‘The first ACLE’ Gangwon FC, the first historic game in Chuncheon …

(OSEN = Go Sung-hwan) Gangwon FC has the first historic match with Shanghai Sunhwa (China) in the 2025-2026 Asian Champions League Elite (ACLE), which was the first in the club’s history.

The Asian Football Federation (AFC) held a 2025 ~ 2026 ACLE draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the afternoon of 15th.

As a result of the lottery, Gangwon FC will start the first match with Shanghai Sunhwa (China) at the Chuncheon Songam Stadium on September 16, and brings Bitsell Kobe (Japan), Machida Zelvia (Japan), and Shanghai Port (China) in the home, and Chengdu Longcheong (China), San Preceche Hiroshima (Japan), Buriram United (Thailand), from the expedition. I faced Melbourne City (Australia).

In particular, it takes more than 10 hours to move, and it is expected to be a big challenge to Gangwon FC, which is notorious for Thailand and Melbourne, which requires long -distance flight.

Gangwon FC was in the second place in the K-League last season and was in the highland of 2025-2026 ACLE. And on April 26, Gwangju FC was eliminated from the ACLE 2024-2025 ACLE quarter-finals.

Gangwon FC plans to prepare for the successful hosting of the ACLE competition, which was first entered after 17 years of its founding.

The company plans to create a home game without any disruptions with the improvement of Songam Stadium facilities such as medical rooms and reservations for expedition team accommodation and practice fields, and will hold a home game without any disruptions, and promote on -line and offline promotion of SNS, YouTube, and banners.

Director Chung Kyung -ho said, “It is the first historic entry of Gangwon FC. We will do our best to prove Gangwon’s strength.” Governor Kim Jin -tae, the owner of the owner, also said, “I will realize that I will go out to ACLE because the Daejin is confirmed.”

Meanwhile, the 2025-2026 ACLE final stage will set a team to advance to the round of 16 for eight group matches (four home games and four away games) from mid-September to early next year.

/finekosh@osen.co.kr