‘Red uniform’ K League 2 Asan, South Chungcheong Federation “It is not grounds for disciplinary action”
gostopsite“An important time for political neutrality “We warn and demand to prevent recurrence.”
South Chungcheong Asan played in the second round of Hana Bank K-League 2 2024 against Bucheon FC held at Yi Sun-sin Stadium in Asan, South Chungcheong Province on the 9th, wearing red as their home uniform instead of the existing blue.
According to the professional league, Chungnam Asan's red uniform is the color corresponding to the third kit for home and away.
Generally, a third uniform is not worn during home games unless the uniform colors of the opposing team overlap.
Regarding this, fans strongly criticized it as 'people power' marketing, which was the personal administration of South Chungcheong Province Governor Kim Tae-heum and Asan Mayor Park Kyung-gwi, who visited the stadium that day. Asan, South Chungcheong Province, is a city and provincial club that receives most of its operating expenses from local governments.
However, the professional league said this could not be considered a reason for disciplinary action.
A federation official said, “The red uniform was approved in advance. “I registered according to the procedures,” he said. He added, “There may be many interpretations for not wearing the home uniform, but we cannot impose disciplinary action.” Chungnam Asan has used blue as its home uniform since its founding, but there is no rule prohibiting it from wearing other colors. An official from the federation said, “As political neutrality is a very important time ahead of the general election on April 10, we asked the South Chungcheong Asan club to be especially careful.” Meanwhile, regarding the election campaigns of the four political parties that occurred during the game, a warning was issued to the South Chungcheong Asan team and a request was made to prevent a recurrence. After analyzing the report submitted by South Chungcheong Asan, the federation explained, “There was a protest near the entrance gate on the day of the game, but since the club made efforts to prevent it, it did not hand over the matter to the rewards and punishment committee and only issued a warning.” 섯다