Daegu City forms Daegu FC's innovation committee at risk of relegation...Emphasis on total reform

Sep 02, 2025

Daegu City forms Daegu FC's innovation committee at risk of relegation...Emphasis on total reform
photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association



Daegu City forms Daegu FC's innovation committee at risk of relegation...Emphasis on total reform
photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association
Daegu Metropolitan City has formed the Daegu FC Innovation Committee.

Daegu FC remains at the bottom of the 'Hana Bank K League 1 2025' It was pointed out that structural problems were revealed in various fields such as club management, team management, and fan communication. Daegu City has formed an innovation committee to solve structural problems in the management of the team and the overall management of the team. The plan is to come up with a team innovation plan.

The Innovation Committee involved more than 60% of outside experts. To secure reliability and objectivity, Daegu City and Daegu FC plan to ensure the independent and autonomous activities of the committee through administrative support. The committee is made up of seven members. Park Sung-kyun, secretary-general of the Korea Professional Football Federation, soccer commentator Lee Keun-ho, and Lee Seok-myung, chairman of the Korea Professional Football Federation Club Qualification Review Committee, will participate. In addition, Daegu City and Daegu FC will be in charge of administrative support by the head of the sports promotion department and the team's technical director. Angel Club will also participate in suggesting ways to expand communication between soccer fans and soccer-loving citizens.




The committee will widely discuss ways to reform the team's operation, such as the size of the team and the player recruitment system, come up with reorganization plans through diagnosing the efficiency of the team's operation, and strengthen communication with fan clubs and local communities.

The committee holds regular meetings from September until the end of this season. It plans to derive an innovation plan based on practical implementation so that the team's innovation can lead to tangible results in the field.

Acting Mayor of Daegu Metropolitan City Kim Jung-ki said, `Daegu FC is a regional representative civic club and pride of Daegu that has grown with the support of citizens, but many fans are concerned about the recent poor performance. Daegu City will support the independent activities of the Innovation Committee to lead to change and innovation in Daegu FC that citizens can sympathize with."






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.