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South Korea is a sports enthusiast's delight as it presents visitors with a variety of sports and recreation options, matching their tastes. The choice of sports and recreation in Daegu are unending, and cover winter sports like skating and skiing, muscle sports like wrestling and boxing, elite sports like golf and horse riding, various martial arts forms like judo and Taekwondo, global sports like football, baseball, tennis and fun sports like bowling. One of the most popular sports here is Football in South Korea. The history of Football in South Korea goes a long way back, to the Korean ball game called "chuk-guk", which was very similar in form to contemporary football. The Koreans, however, were first introduced to the contemporary version of football in 1882, when British crew members were playing a game while their vessel was visiting the port of Incheon. Since then, Football in South Korea began to played, and has gone on o become one of the most-loved sports of the country. Football in South Korea is supported by the Korea Football Association, which was originally organized in 1928, and then was re-established again in 1948, following the establishment of the Republic of Korea. The KFA became a member of FIFA, the international body governing football in the same year. It later also joined the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) in 1954.
Football in South Korea is pursued professionally by the football league, called K-League, who have taken it to great heights. The popularity of Football in South Korea grew by leaps and bounds, when the 2002 FIFA World Cup was held in Korea and Japan. What was better was that in the 2002 World Cup, South Korea reached 4th place.
Football in South Korea is so famous, that there are stadiums and playgrounds spread all over the country. AsiaRooms.com presents you a list of some of the most famous venues, where people play the sport of Football in South Korea - Ansan Stadium
Busan Asiad Stadium
Chuncheon Civil Stadium
Chungnam Cheonan Stadium
Daegu World Cup Stadium
Daejeon Sports Complex
Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Guus Hiddink Stadium
Hyochang Stadium
Icheon City Stadium
Jeju World Cup Stadium
Jeonju Stadium
Munsu Cup Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Seoul)
Paju Public Stadium
Seoul World Cup Stadium
Ulsan Sports Complex
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