The Korea Professional Football League announced that fan voting and media voting will begin on the 19th to select inductees for the second ‘K League Hall of Fame’ player institutional sector.
The ‘K League Hall of Fame’ was established in 2023 to honor the achievements of individuals who contributed to the development of professional football in Korea and to leave a lasting legacy in the history of the K League. It is composed of a total of three institutional sectors: ‘players (STARS)’, ‘leaders (LEADERS)’, and ‘contributors (HONORS)’, and inductees are selected every two years.
The first inductees of the Hall of Fame in 2023 include Choi Soon-ho, Hong Myung-bo, Shin Tae-yong, and Lee Dong-gook in the player institutional sector, Kim Jeong-nam, former manager, in the leader institutional sector, and the late Park Tae-jun, honorary chairman of POSCO, in the contributor institutional sector.
For the player institutional sector of the second K League Hall of Fame, 20 inductees have been selected from over 230 retired players who meet certain criteria such as appearances, goals, clean sheets, season best 11, and season MVP awards, including ▲Go Jung-woon, ▲Kim Do-hoon, ▲Kim Byung-ji, ▲Kim Eun-jung, ▲Kim Joo-seong, ▲Kim Hyun-seok, ▲Deyaan, ▲Rade, ▲Park Kyung-hoon, ▲Sasha, ▲Seo Jung-won, ▲Shin Ui-son (Sharychev), ▲Yoo Sang-chul, ▲Yoon Sang-chul, ▲Lee Woon-jae, ▲Lee Tae-ho, ▲Jeong Yong-hwan, ▲Choi Kang-hee, ▲Choi Jin-cheol, ▲Hwang Sun-hong (in alphabetical order).
The inductees for the player institutional sector are determined by combining scores from the selection committee vote (40%), club representatives vote (20%), media vote (20%), and fan vote (20%). The fan voting will be conducted from 12 a.m. on June 19 to 11:59 p.m. on the 27th for a period of 9 days. Fans wishing to vote can participate by clicking on the banner posted on the main screen after registering as a member on the K League official website. During the 9-day voting period, fans can select 4 candidates from the final list of 20 once a day.
The final inductees in the leader and contributor institutional sectors, including the player institutional sector, will be announced in July, and the induction ceremony will be held in September. The league plans to inform the significance of the K League Hall of Fame through various means, including awarding trophies and induction certificates to inductees, inviting them to home matches of their clubs, and online exhibition displays.
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