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Competition for tickets to the AFC Champions League… Lower Splitters should ‘avoid demotion’
Ulsan Hyundai coach Hong Myung-bo speaks
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Ulsan Hyundai coach Hong Myung-bo is speaking at a press conference held at Hyundai Hotel By Lahan in Dong-gu, Ulsan on the 18th, a day before the first match of Group I of the 2023-2024 season ACL group stage against Pathum (Thailand). 2023.9.18 [울산 현대 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지] photo@yna.co.kr
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan and Lee Eui-jin = Ahead of the professional soccer K-League 1 final round, coaches and players from the six clubs that advanced to the top split expressed their respective aspirations.
At the Hana One Q K League 1 2023 Final Round Media Day event held at the Nine Tree Premier Locaus Hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 18th, coaches and players from the top 6 teams among the 12 K League 1 teams this season attended.
The six teams will hold their results until the 33rd round and play five more games each until early December to determine the final rankings for the 2023 season.
Ulsan, who is leading with 67 points, will try to solidify its second consecutive loss in the K League in the remaining five games.
Ulsan coach Hong Myung-bo, who is relatively comfortable ahead of the second-place Pohang Steelers (58 points) by 9 points, said, “As each game is important, we will do our best until the end,” and added, “Our goal is to add one star (championship sign) on the left chest.” “That’s it, and there’s nothing more,” he said.
In order for second-place Pohang to pull off a comeback victory in the remaining five games, they must win against Ulsan on November 12 and wait to see the results of the remaining games.
Pohang Kim Seung-dae pledged, “We will not lose second place, and we will also chase first place Ulsan until the end.”
In the top split, in addition to winning, there is also competition for tickets to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.
You must finish third or higher to have the opportunity to participate in the AFC club competition in the 2024-2025 season.
Gwangju FC in 3rd place has 54 points, Jeonbuk Hyundai in 4th place and Daegu FC in 5th place have 49 points, and Incheon United in 6th place has 48 points.
At the Media Day event, 120 fans from 6 teams were invited to cheer on the coaches and players of the teams they were rooting for.
A professional soccer match between Ulsan and Pohang.
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The Hana One Q K League 1 2023 Final Round will start with the game between Pohang and Incheon on the 20th and a total of 30 games will be held until December 3.
The six clubs that were pushed to the bottom of the split will also continue their race to avoid relegation through the remaining five games.
If they rank 12th in the bottom, they will be immediately relegated to K-League 2 in the 2024 season.
Since there is a possibility that 10th or 11th place will be downgraded to K League 2 through the playoffs, a team must finish at least 9th to be confirmed to remain in K League 1 next season.
Currently, 9th place Jeju United has 35 points, and 10th place Suwon FC has 31 points.
11th place Gangwon FC (26 points) and 12th place Suwon Samsung (25 points) will also take on the challenge of avoiding last place and confirmation of relegation in the remaining 5 games.
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