KFA Presidential Election Electorate to Expand to "At Least Several Thousand"

The K-Football Innovation Committee, currently working on improving the election system for the Korea Football Association (KFA) president, has announced plans to expand the electorate from the current level of approximately 200 to several thousand.

On July 16, the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC), the parent organization of the KFA, decided to significantly increase its own presidential electorate to approximately 92,000, a 41-fold increase from the previous number. Following this, the K-Football Innovation Committee has accelerated its efforts to reform the KFA presidential election system.

The Innovation Committee held its third meeting today (July 20) and decided to substantially expand the presidential electorate, which had previously been limited to around 200 people.

[Interview] Park Ji-sung / Co-chair of the K-Football Innovation Committee: "We have agreed with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee to promptly amend the regulations for member sports organizations, which currently stipulate an indirect election system with no more than 300 people. What is clear is that it will be at least several thousand, and how much further it will go is something that will eventually be decided through future meetings."

Co-chair Park Ji-sung stated that they would not rush the reforms to align with upcoming international events such as the Asian Games in September and the Asian Cup in January next year. However, he emphasized, "Even if there is some opposition, the institutional reform will not return to square one."

(Video reporting: Yoo Dong-hyuk, Video editing: Hwang Ji-young)
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