The disciplinary decision sent to FIFA and Gwangju FC includes the prohibition of participating in the World Cup and other host competitions in Korea
The disciplinary decision sent to FIFA and Gwangju FC includes the prohibition of participating in the World Cup and other host competitions in Korea
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It has been confirmed that if FIFA fails to comply with the disciplinary decision sent to Gwangju FC, South Korea's loss of qualification to participate in FIFA-hosted tournaments, that is, the possibility of banning it from participating in the World Cup, was mentioned.먹튀검증
According to a report by Yonhap News on the 22nd, the FIFA disciplinary committee's decision on Gwangju's failure to pay Asani solidarity contributions stipulates that the disciplinary action is automatically and immediately implemented by the Korea Football Association or FIFA at the domestic and international level.
The disciplinary committee warned, "The respondent's association (Korea Football Association) is obligated to implement this decision and provide evidence to FIFA that the registration ban has been implemented at the domestic level, and failure to do so could result in potential sanctions."
The panel cited that the FIFA event could be excluded from the event as an example of potential sanctions. FIFA tournaments refer to all international soccer tournaments including those hosted by not only FIFA but also continental federations such as the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Of course, the World Cup is included in this event.
In other words, if the Korea Football Association does not report to FIFA that Gwangju has implemented a ban on player registration, there is a possibility that it will be banned from the World Cup.
Concerns are growing as the content of FIFA's warning and the direction of the Korea Football Association to resolve the situation seem to be contradictory.
The Korea Football Association defined the incident as "an accident caused by an unintentional administrative mistake" and interpreted it as too much to judge the players registered by Gwangju as "unqualified players" after the disciplinary action was imposed.
The plan is to let these players play K League 1 games as they are and to solve the problem by communicating with FIFA.
However, FIFA's disciplinary committee said that the disciplinary action will be automatically and immediately implemented without additional judgment. It also gave the KFA the duty to report whether the disciplinary action was properly implemented.
The Korea Football Association was not fully aware of FIFA's disciplinary action against Gwangju, and even accepted FIFA's registration as a player during the disciplinary period. Therefore, it did not report to FIFA whether the disciplinary action was implemented.
If the FIFA disciplinary decision is interpreted as it is, there seems to be nothing strange about FIFA immediately punishing the Korea Football Association for "banning the World Cup."
It is common to mention the exclusion of participation in the tournament in the disciplinary action taken by FIFA.
However, the phrase excluding participation does not have only a ritual meaning. There are not a few cases where FIFA actually banned or went right before the World Cup.
A similar case to the Gwangju club's failure to pay joint contributions is Xiong, a Swiss club. In 2011, Xiong sent five players who had signed during this period to a playoff game of the UEFA Europa League, even after being banned from recruiting players for one year by FIFA. The opposing team was Celtic, Scotland, where Ki Sung-yueng and Cha Du-ri were active at the time.
Celtic lost 1-3 on aggregate in the first and second legs, but Sion raised an objection to UEFA, saying that they had unqualified players, and eventually the qualification for the finals became Celtic.
Siong filed a civil lawsuit against UEFA in protest and won the case, but FIFA threatened the Swiss Football Association to ban Sion from participating in international tournaments such as the World Cup unless he was sanctioned.
In the end, the situation ended with the Swiss Football Association's disciplinary action to cut Sion's domestic league points by 36 points.
The case of the Xiong club is different from the Gwangju FC in detail, but it is a case worth referencing by the Korea Football Association in that it informs how sensitive FIFA responds to the failure of the club or the football association of the country to implement the ban on player registration.
Meanwhile, the Gwangju club issued an apology and said, "I feel deeply responsible for the issue of 'non-payment of Asani players' solidarity contributions and unrecognized FIFA disciplinary action', and I sincerely apologize to fans and officials."
He then promised, "We are strictly judging the work gap, and we will check the internal system and reorganize the process in a responsible manner. We will clarify who is responsible for the cause through a thorough investigation and prevent similar problems from happening again in the future."
The Korea Football Association announced on the same day that it received an official letter from FIFA the previous evening that it had received a solidarity contribution from Gwangju.
As a result, Gwangju will be able to get out of FIFA's disciplinary action and register players normally again.
However, the problem of playing 'unqualified players' still remains.
In this regard, the Korea Football Association said, "We are waiting for FIFA's official response," and added, "We plan to follow up procedures according to FIFA's policy as soon as we receive it."
The Korea Football Association also said, "The association is very sternly aware of the situation in response to criticism from some media and clubs such as 'destruction of principles and non-compliance with regulations' or 'side with Gwangju FC'. The association humbly accepts the public criticism of the decision made after deliberation that the value of 'stabilization of leagues and tournaments' precedes 'untolerant compliance'."