Gimpo FC announced an apology in the name of the club’s CEO regarding the death of a youth player that occurred in April of last year.
CEO Seo Young-gil said in an apology on the 17th, “I apologize for not meeting the expectations of the bereaved family.
The death of a player belonging to the Gimpo FC youth club (U-18) that occurred in April last year is currently undergoing disciplinary deliberation by the Korea Football Association in accordance with the decision to request disciplinary action by the Sports Ethics Center in January 2023.
Regarding this, Gimpo FC said, “As of the 13th, we have suspended the duties of three related leaders, and we will do our best to protect the management of youth players.”
▲ The following is the full text of the apology from Gimpo FC.
First of all, I would like to express my deepest consolation and apology to the deceased player and his bereaved family regarding the death of a youth player in Gimpo FC.
The club founded a youth team (U-18) in January 2022 to build a youth system according to the regulations of the Korea Professional Football Federation, and an unfortunate incident occurred in April of the same year while operating. 메이저사이트
In this regard, we tried to take action on the relevant persons through the resolution of the Emergency Response Committee on the three leaders, but we sincerely apologize once again for not meeting the expectations of the bereaved families under the name of regulations and administration.
In response to the wishes of the bereaved families, we have suspended the duties of three controversial leaders, and we will deal with them strictly in the future to thoroughly finish them.
Taking this as an opportunity, we will do our best to appoint new leaders and manage and protect young players for the guidance of other players who are currently remaining.