(Star News | Reporter Kim Myung -seok)
Gangwon FC players and fans are taking a commemorative photo after the victory of Gwangju FC held at the Chuncheon Songam Sports Town Stadium in April. /Photo = Korean Professional Football Federation Provided
Professional football K -League Gangwon FC fans are likely to watch the professional football K -League match next year in Chuncheon Songam Sports Town. Chuncheon -si did not participate in the competition to set the order of the 2026 home game. The Gangwon Division will be re -open and decide on the area of the home game in the second half of next year. If the situation does not change even in the re -opening, all the home games of the K -League and Korea Cup will be held in Gangneung next year.
According to the soccer industry and Gangwon team on the 6th, the application form was issued by the Chuncheon -si and Gangneung City Awards 2026, which was closed on the 5th. This competition was a contest to set the order of holding the order of diversification in the first and second half of the year to provide many citizens with opportunities. Gangwon -si will re -open until 3 pm on the 12th according to the guidance before the competition. If you apply for the Gangneung City Bay, the K -League and the Korea Cup home game will be held in Gangneung in the first and second half of the 2026 season.
The competition was held with the end of the agreement with the Gangwon Division, which had been concluded with Chuncheon -si and Gangneung -si for the past three years. Considering the preference for the second half of the year, the new competition has added competition conditions to allocate the right to host the second half of the year. In the second half of the year, the crowd is increasing in fierce ranking competition. However, Chuncheon City has held a home game in the first half of the past three years, but it is repulsed that the terms of the second half of the year were added through the competition for support for local governments. The agreement has not been related to the right to host in the first three years.
Kim Byung -ji, CEO of Gangwon FC. /Photo = provided by Gangwon FC
In addition, Chuncheon City demands officially apologies for Kim Byung -ji, CEO of Gangwon, and restricting unilateral access to Chuncheon Mayor in May. If there is no official apology at the CEO of Kim Byung -ji and the club level, there will be no application for public offering. Chuncheon City lawmakers are divided into opposition parties and criticize Chuncheon and Gangwon.
However, the Gangwon team said in a statement last month, “The work between Kim Byung -ji and Chuncheon -si has already been apologized to the citizens in May. “If you reject the competition in the second half of the year, the best conditions will be convinced.”
The Gangwon FC is a citizen’s team, and under the slogan ‘Great Union’, the Chuncheon -Gangneung Distributed Distribution is held for the harmony of the citizens, but the competition is in progress. Eventually, the situation should be watched until the end of the re -opening, but if Chuncheon’s position does not change, the K -League and Korea Cup home game in Gangwon will be held in Gangneung next year.
In Chuncheon next year, the AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE) League Stage match, which was confirmed by the Asian Football Federation (AFC), will only be held early next year. The damage that cannot be seen in the Gangwon Gyeonggi in Chuncheon is inevitable for the Chuncheon area or nearby fans.
Gangwon FC players and fans are taking a commemorative photo after the Daegu FC victory held at Gangneung High1 Arena in June. /Photo = Korean Professional Football Federation Provided
By Kim Myung -seok, reporter elcrack@mtstarnews.com
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