Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year

Aug 20, 2025

Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
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Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
Source=Birmingham City SNS Capture
Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
Source=Birmingham City SNS Capture
Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
Source=Birmingham City SNS Capture
National University midfielder Baek Seung-ho (28, Birmingham City) was selected as England's third division (League One) team of the year for the first time as a Korean player.

The British Professional Footballers Association (PFA) held the PFA Awards on the 20th (Korea time) in honor of the best players across England. Baek Seung-ho, wearing a neat suit, was selected as the PFA League One team of the year and walked on the red carpet.

Baek Seung-ho, who left Jeonbuk Hyundai in 2024 and returned to the European stage by joining Birmingham, where he was playing in the championship at the time, stayed after the team was relegated to League One, helping him re-advise for the first time in a season. He played 41 league games as a solid main midfielder, scoring one goal and three assists.




Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
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Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
Source=Birmingham City SNS Capture
Birmingham coach Chris Davis prefers soccer, which makes an attack cutely through a build-up from the end, and Baek Seung-ho was praised for his role in receiving the ball in the third line and connecting it to the attack.

Birmingham achieved promotion to the championship by winning the championship early with a performance of 'Overwhelming 1st place', with just three losses and 111 points in 46 League One matches.

Birmingham dominated League One team of the year. A total of seven players, including Baek Seung-ho, Japanese midfielder Tomoki Iwata, Jay Stansfield, Ethan Laird, Christophe Claer, Alex Cochrane and Ryan Althorp, were named in this year's team.




Baek Seung-ho is a member of Birmingham who is aiming to be promoted to back-to-back and is also impressive in the 2025-2026 season championship. He started in both of the first two games played by the team and showed extraordinary cheek touches and active movements.

Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
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Paik's Era Has Opened. Baek Seung-ho Climbing the Red Carpet in Suit, Korea's First League One Team of the Year
Source=Birmingham City SNS Capture
The team drew 1-1 in the opening match against Ipswich Town, allowing a theater goal, but in the second match against Blackburn Rovers on the 16th, Lindon Dykes' theater goal in the eighth minute of second half came from behind to win 2-1. The Birmingham area 'Birmingham Live' gave Baek Seung-ho eight points, the highest rating in the team, in the Birmingham-Blackburn match. The team ranked sixth with one win, one draw and four points.

Baek Seung-ho, who has been recognized for his skills on the European stage, continues his strong step toward hunting two rabbits: promotion to the Premier League next year and his second World Cup appearance.




He aims to win two consecutive games in the third round of the championship against Oxfors United at home on the 23rd.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.