3rd Head Chung Mong-gyu, Chairman of the Korea Football Association, EAFF Chairman → Single Candidate, unanimously recommended
Jul 15, 2025
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Chairman Chung was unanimously elected as EAFF chairman at the 6th EAFF extraordinary general meeting held at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do on the 15th. The term of office is about eight months until March, when the EAFF regular general meeting will be held in 2026.
EAFF hosts the EAFF E-1 Football Championship every two to three years, with four East Asian men's and women's national teams, including three from Korea, China, and Japan, and this year's competition is held in Korea from the 7th to the 16th.
The EAFF presidency has been held by the president of the host football association, which typically hosts the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, together with the EAFF presidency for a four-year term. However, China, which was the venue for the 2022 tournament, abruptly withdrew its hosting of the tournament due to COVID-19. The two vice-chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Zhao Chai, who served as EAFF chairman until 2026, also resigned as EAFF chairman in 2023 due to circumstances in China. As a result, Kozo Kelp, former president of the Japan Football Association, has led EAFF until March.
The EAFF secretariat said "As this year's competition was held in Korea, Chung Mong-gyu, chairman of the Korea Football Association, was scheduled to lead the EAFF for one year, succeeding Gozo through the presidential election at the regular general meeting held at the end of March. However, due to the postponement of the presidential election process of the Korea Football Association, the EAFF presidential election will be held through this extraordinary general meeting.
The EAFF Secretariat said "As the next EAFF E-1 Football Championship scheduled for 2028 is held in China, the president of the Chinese Football Association will be inaugurated as EAFF president at next year's regular general meeting."
Chairman Chung said at the general meeting that `Although it is a short period of time, we will make efforts to achieve the common goal of harmony and exchange of East Asian soccer well. Also, I will do my best to finish the EAFF E-1 Championship in Korea well by tomorrow."
This is the third time that Chairman Chung will be the head of EAFF. He served as EAFF president twice, from February 2013 to March 2014, and from March 2018 to April 2022.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
