Farewell process with Paju NFC The national soccer team, led by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, will take the first step toward the "11th consecutive World Cup finals" in earnest, starting with the first round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying round against Singapore at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 16th. The Klinsmann team will start a call-up training session on the afternoon of the 13th ahead of the Singapore match. However, the place where Taegeuk Warriors gather is a little strange. The national team has been warming up at Paju NFC ahead of the A match. This time, however, he chose Mokdong Main Stadium as the training ground. This is because the contract for the use of Paju NFC between Paju City and the Korea Football Association is about to expire. Paju NFC opened in November 2001 ahead of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup and has served as the cradle of Korean soccer. In the meantime, the contract for use between Paju City and the Korea Football Association will end at the end of January next year. As a result, the Korea Football Association faced a situation where it had to pay 2.6 billion won in annual fees for Paju NFC, which had been used free of charge since the end of January next year. If user fees and operating expenses are added together, the scale will inevitably increase. For this reason, the Korea Football Association searched for another place instead of Paju NFC from this national team call-up training, and players lived in nearby hotels while training at Mokdong Main Stadium. The Korea Football Association is currently building the Korea Football Center in Cheonan. It is currently aiming to open in the first half of 2025 after going through the process of selecting a construction company. For this reason, the Korea Football Association has no reason to use Paju NFC by paying an annual operating fee of 2.6 billion won. An official from the Korea Football Association explained, "We will use it as a concept of paying a certain amount to Paju NFC whenever there is a demand for training until the soccer center is completed. https://www.outlookindia.com/outlook-spotlight/2023%EB%85%84-11%EC%9B%94-%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EC%B8%A0-%ED%86%A0%ED%86%A0%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8-%EC%88%9C%EC%9C%84-%EB%B0%8F-%EC%B6%94%EC%B2%9C-%EC%82%AC%EC%84%A4%ED%86%A0%ED%86%A0-%EB%A8%B9%ED%8A%80%EA%B2%80%EC%A6%9D-top15-news-328577
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Why did Clinsman gather in Mokdong?
Farewell process with Paju NFC
The national soccer team, led by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, will take the first step toward the "11th consecutive World Cup finals" in earnest, starting with the first round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying round against Singapore at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 16th.
The Klinsmann team will start a call-up training session on the afternoon of the 13th ahead of the Singapore match.
However, the place where Taegeuk Warriors gather is a little strange.
The national team has been warming up at Paju NFC ahead of the A match. This time, however, he chose Mokdong Main Stadium as the training ground.
This is because the contract for the use of Paju NFC between Paju City and the Korea Football Association is about to expire.
Paju NFC opened in November 2001 ahead of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup and has served as the cradle of Korean soccer.
In the meantime, the contract for use between Paju City and the Korea Football Association will end at the end of January next year.
As a result, the Korea Football Association faced a situation where it had to pay 2.6 billion won in annual fees for Paju NFC, which had been used free of charge since the end of January next year. If user fees and operating expenses are added together, the scale will inevitably increase.
For this reason, the Korea Football Association searched for another place instead of Paju NFC from this national team call-up training, and players lived in nearby hotels while training at Mokdong Main Stadium.
The Korea Football Association is currently building the Korea Football Center in Cheonan. It is currently aiming to open in the first half of 2025 after going through the process of selecting a construction company.
For this reason, the Korea Football Association has no reason to use Paju NFC by paying an annual operating fee of 2.6 billion won.
An official from the Korea Football Association explained, "We will use it as a concept of paying a certain amount to Paju NFC whenever there is a demand for training until the soccer center is completed. https://www.outlookindia.com/outlook-spotlight/2023%EB%85%84-11%EC%9B%94-%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EC%B8%A0-%ED%86%A0%ED%86%A0%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8-%EC%88%9C%EC%9C%84-%EB%B0%8F-%EC%B6%94%EC%B2%9C-%EC%82%AC%EC%84%A4%ED%86%A0%ED%86%A0-%EB%A8%B9%ED%8A%80%EA%B2%80%EC%A6%9D-top15-news-328577