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| dhk1995 | Feb 17 2009, 08:43 AM |
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Hello. Autually I'm neither a Bucheon nor Wimbledon fan(sorry  ). I am a fan of Suwon Bluewings, a team based near the city of Bucheon.But I'm very interested in the case of Bucheon because this might be a very good example to Anyang, a city which was also harmed by the franchising. I am replying because I think some Wimbledon fans are wanting to know more about Korean football(or not but I'm gonna post this anyway) There are several leagues in Korea including the three divisions. *K-League is at the top and it is the only professional league in Korea. It was started in 1983 as a semi-professional league because of the pressure from the dictator at the time. 15 teams will participate in the 2009 season. *National League is the second, and it is a semi-professional league. It was established in 2003 to fulfill the promotion and relagation system, but it failed after two unsuccessful tries in 2006 and 2007. 14 teams participate. *K3-League is an amateur league that was first established in 2007. 17 teams including Bucheon will participate this year. Teams ranked higher regularly compete in the FA cup. *U-League is the league of 10 university teams. This league is not directly related to the promotion and relegation system, but the teams compete in the FA cup. *WK-League is a semi-professional women's league with 6 teams that will start this year. This is not like the league in England, which is composed of teams that can also be found in the men's league. *The KFA(acronym for the Korean Football Association) recently established a futsal league with 10 teams including Bucheon. The good things about Korean football are: increase of young fans, several regional leagues(like England), competent club teams in K-League, and the good results of National League teams in the FA cup. The bad things are: less media coverage, having a rival sport(baseball), terrible TV broadcast techniques, too many fans of bigger Europe clubs, too many fans of the national team, less club fans, short history(which means that Korean football is not fully rooted), incompetence of K3-League teams in the FA cup, and no promotions nor relegations. Since the first league was only established in 1983(that is almost a hundred years from England!!), the leagues and club teams are still developing. Although the history is dark and the future is unpredictable, Korean football has a massive potential. It is fantastic that Daum, which is a very popular website in Korea, is sponsoring for Bucheon. People will watch more Bucheon news and a number of football fans should have heard about AFC Wimbledon thanks to it. The two foreign players in Bucheon participates in the training but can't in the games due to the regulations of K3-League(which is TERRIBLE!!!) |
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