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KFA to open new Korea Football Hall of Fame in Cheonan

Published: 26 Apr. 2023, 17:46 Updated: 26 Apr. 2023, 17:48

The Korea Football Association (KFA)'s new Korea Football Hall of Fame has found a permanent home in Cheonan, South Chungcheong.

The KFA signed a business agreement with the city of Cheonan on Wednesday to house the Korea Football Hall of Fame inside the Football History Museum that is set to be built in Cheonan.

Cheonan city will operate the Hall of Fame in a permanent exhibition at the museum, which is yet to begin construction.

The KFA will provide the necessary materials for the exhibition as well as a list of figures to be inducted in the Hall of Fame.

“Seven figures — Kim Yong-shik, Kim Hwa-jip, Hong Deok-young, Lee Hoi-taek, Cha Bum-geun, Chung Mong-joon and Guus Hiddink — have already been inducted into a small Korea Football Hall of Fame housed inside Seoul World Cup Stadium,” Park Il-ki, a manager at the KFA, said. “It is very meaningful to have a new permanent space to commemorate Korean football heroes inside the football museum. The KFA will fully support the city to build it successfully.”

Shim Sang-wook, head of the Football History Museum development team, left, poses with Park Il-ki, a manager at the KFA, after signing a business agreement at KFA House in Jongno District, central Seoul on Wednesday. [KOREA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION]

“The new Korea Football Hall of Fame will be carefully managed and operated by museum experts," Shim Sang-wook, head of the Football History Museum development team, said. "I will do my best to elevate the status of Korean football by honoring those who contributed to the development of football.”

Construction of the museum will start after a validity assessment by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is completed in the second half of the year.

BY PAIK JI-HWAN [[email protected]]