2011 South Korean football match-fixing scandal

Large-scale coordinated match-fixing scandal August 2023 The 2011 South Korean football match-fixing scandal was a large-scale match-fixing scandal, which occurred in K League and Korean League Cup since 2010 and was revealed in 2011. A total of 57 footballers were charged with the scandal and 55 players among them were punished. Background The match-fixing scandals in South Korean football began between amateur players in 2008. K3 League club Seoul Pabal was shut down by the Korean FA after a significant number of its players were convicted of dealing with a Chinese betting site,https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20090113198000007 ko:승부조작 K3축구 파발FC 해체 Yonhap News Agency ko 2009-01-14 2023-08-28 and four Korea National League players were also prosecuted for their involvement.https://www.viewsnnews.com/article?q=43282 ko:실업 내셔널리그도 승부조작 적발 Views & News ko 2008-11-26 2023-08-28 The inception of this scandal was the alleged suicide of Incheon United player Yoon Ki-won on 6 May 2011:https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/05/113_86565.html Incheon United goalkeeper dies The Korea Times 6 May 2011 his suicide was amplified with the match-fixing allegations via media and football fans.http://isplus.live.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=5457433&cloc= ko:K-리그 승부조작 의혹, 공론화한 까닭은? Daily Sports 7 May 2011 Korean 2011-07-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120317184321/http://isplus.live.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=5457433&cloc= 2012-03-17 usurped The press heard from staffs of K League clubs that brokers and gangsters had made approaches to players in the previous year.http://news.donga.com/3//20110509/37035387/1 ko:K리거 '불법 베팅'은 공공연한 비밀 9 May 2011 The Dong-a Ilbo Korean 12 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215140048/http://news.donga.com/3//20110509/37035387/1 15 December 2013 dead After an arrest warrant was issued for two football players on 25 May by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea, the K League's match-fixing case began to surface.http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2011/05/136_87728.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110527231721/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2011/05/136_87728.html dead 27 May 2011 Match fixing scandal rocks K-League The Korea Times 26 May 2011 12 July 2011 The prosecutors arrested two brokers and were investigating ten players, including former national team member Kim Dong-hyun. First investigation The reports of the arrests of two footballers by the South Korean media led to the exposure of the initial match-fixing scandals in the K League. The arrested footballers were Park Sang-wook of Daejeon Citizen and Sung Kyung-mo of Gwangju FC. On 27 May, four players of Daejeon Citizen were also arrested and more extensive investigations were held into match fixing.http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000921041 ko:승부조작 혐의 대전시티즌 선수 4명 추가 체포 SBS 28 May 2011 Korean On 30 May, former footballer Jung Jong-kwan, who played for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors was found dead in an apparent suicide. In his suicide note, he said "I'm ashamed of myself as a person involved in the match-fixing scandal. Those under investigation are all my friends and they haven't blown my name because of friendship. All is my fault and I got them involved."https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/05/117_87973.html Footballer kills himself over match fixing scandal The Korea Times 30 May 2011 On 17 June, the Changwon branch of Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced an investigation result of match fixing. Ten football players were banned from playing in the South Korean football permanently.http://news.kukinews.com/article/view.asp?page=1&gCode=kmi&arcid=0005069604&cp=nv ko:K리그 승부 조작 10명 영구 제명… 프로축구연맹 상벌위서 결정 Kukmin Ilbo 17 June 2011 Korean https://web.archive.org/web/20111007055157/http://news.kukinews.com/article/view.asp?page=1&gCode=kmi&arcid=0005069604&cp=nv 2011-10-07 Pohang Steelers player Kim Jung-kyum did not directly come in with match fixing, but was banned for five years in South Korean football, because he made unfair profits from the knowledge of match fixing. Daejeon Citizen's dividend of Sports Toto was reduced by 30% for the 2011 season, and Gwangju FC and Sangju Sangmu Phoenix were reduced by 10% each. (Sports Toto was a legal betting business of South Korean government.) Second investigation After the end of the first investigation focused on Daejeon Citizen, Changwon branch of Supreme Prosecutors' Office and the military prosecution broadened the scope of their investigation against Jeonnam Dragons' players.http://news.sportsseoul.com/read/soccer/951231.htm ko:승부조작 관련 상주 2명 구속 '전남 커넥션' 밝혀지나 Sports Seoul 29 June 2011 19 July 2011 Korean https://web.archive.org/web/20120326144918/http://news.sportsseoul.com/read/soccer/951231.htm 2012-03-26 dead Players who turned themselves in to the prosecutor also appeared, while the number of players summoned by the prosecutor was increasing. On 29 June, another South Korean international Choi Sung-kuk voluntarily confessed that he attended a conspiracy, but did not participate in match fixing.https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/06/29/2011062900166.html ko:[단독] 국가대표 출신 최성국 "승부조작 모의 참석" The Chosun Ilbo ko 2011-06-29 On 7 July, Changwon Prosecutors' Office announced that ten players including retired players were arrested on suspicion of match fixing, 33 players including retired players were under indictment, and three players were summarily indicted.http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20110707/38635909/3 ko:K리그 선수 10명중 1명 승부조작 Sports Dong-A 8 July 2011 19 July 2011 Korean Choi Sung-kuk was also indicted for participating in match fixing.https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1000944759 ko:펄쩍 뛰던 최성국, 사실상 승부조작 브로커였다 Seoul Broadcasting System ko 2011-07-08 On 12 July, Sangju Sangmu Phoenix manager Lee Soo-chul was arrested for accepting bribes and intimidation charges in 2010 season.http://artsnews.mk.co.kr/news/158925 ko:이수철 감독 구속, "승부조작 연루 선수 부모 협박, 금품 받아…" ART News 12 July 2011 19 July 2011 Korean 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230359/http://artsnews.mk.co.kr/news/158925 dead One of the indicted players, Do Hwa-sung, was running his private betting site, and it was discovered by investigators.https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=859665 ko:승부조작범 도화성, 에이전트 사기 혐의로 징역 1년 6개월 선고받고 구속 Topstarnews ko 2021-02-08 On 3 August, Changwon Prosecutors' Office lastly announced four more indicted players. On 25 August, K League Federation announced that 40 of the 46 indicted players in the second investigation were banned for life from football. However, it gave 25 players who had confessed to police the possibility to reduce their punishment.https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=111&aid=0000248083 ko:연맹, 승부조작 47명 영구 제명…자진신고자는 복귀 기회 JoyNews24 Naver ko 2011-08-25 Affected matches The Changwon branch of Supreme Prosecutors' Office concluded that nineteen matches in the 2010 season and two matches in the 2011 season were fixed.http://news.donga.com/3/all/20110707/38617655/1 ko:프로축구 승부조작 15경기…연관된 선수-브로커만 63명 The Dong-a Ilbo 7 July 2011 31 August 2011 Korean https://archive.today/20120711021459/http://news.donga.com/3/all/20110707/38617655/1 2012-07-11 deadhttp://www.segye.com/Articles/SPN/SPORTS/Article.asp?aid=20110707005492&subctg1=&subctg2= ko:끝 안보이는 프로축구 승부조작 Segye Ilbo 7 July 2011 31 August 2011 Koreanhttp://www.asiatoday.co.kr/news/view.asp?seq=511021 ko:檢, ‘프로축구 승부조작’ 4경기 추가 확인 Asia Today 4 August 2011 31 August 2011 Koreanhttps://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20110609046251052 ko:프로축구 승부조작 첫 규명..12명 기소(종합2보) Yonhap News Agency 9 June 2011 31 August 2011 Korean Clubs in bold had players involved in match fixing. Competition Date Home Result Away Match-fixing result 2010 Korean League Cup 2 June 2010 Gwangju Sangmu 1–1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Failure 6 June 2010 Ulsan Hyundai 2–0 Gwangju Sangmu Success6 June 2010 FC Seoul 5–1 Gwangju Sangmu Success 2010 K League 17 July 2010 Daejeon Citizen 0–4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Success18 July 2010 Daegu FC 1–3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Success24 July 2010 Incheon United 2–3 Jeju United Success25 July 2010 Daegu FC 1–1 Gyeongnam FC Failure 31 July 2010 Gyeongnam FC 3–2 Incheon United Success7 August 2010 Daegu FC 1–3 Daejeon Citizen Success7 August 2010 Jeju United 4–0 Gwangju Sangmu Success28 August 2010 Gwangju Sangmu 1–1 Gyeongnam FC Success29 August 2010 Busan IPark 5–3 Jeonnam Dragons Success4 September 2010 Jeonnam Dragons 3–0 Daejeon Citizen Success18 September 2010 Ulsan Hyundai 3–0 Jeonnam Dragons Success19 September 2010 Daejeon Citizen 3–0 Gwangju Sangmu Success 9 October 2010 FC Seoul 3–2 Gyeongnam FC Success27 October 2010 Busan IPark 0–1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Success27 October 2010 Jeju United 1–1 FC Seoul Failure3 November 2010 Gwangju Sangmu 0–1 Jeonnam Dragons Success 2011 Korean League Cup 6 April 2011 Busan IPark 1–0 Gwangju FC Success6 April 2011 Daejeon Citizen 0–3 Pohang Steelers Success Indicted players + Match fixers (47)Daejeon Citizen (13)Gwangju Sangmu (10)Jeonnam Dragons (7)Daegu FC (6)Incheon United (5)Hwang Ji-yoon Kang Gu-nam Kim Ba-woo Kwak Chang-hee Kwon Jiphttps://www.khan.co.kr/article/201307120943101 ko:'승부조작' 최성국, 축구협회로부터 징계 해제받아 ko Kyunghyang 2013-07-12 Lee Jung-won Lee Kyung-hwanhttps://www.polinews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=154477 ko:장현규 사망 '축구계 발칵' ‥ 유족 "저녁 축구게임, 아침 돌연사" 주장만 ko Polinews 2012-08-16 Lee Myeong-cheol Ou Kyoung-jun Park Jung-hye Park Sang-wook Sin Jun-bae Yang Jung-minChoi Sung-kuk Chun Je-hun Jang Hyun-kyu Kim Beom-su Kim Dong-hyun Kim Soo-yeonhttps://www.mydaily.co.kr/page/view/2011121518254702232 ko:프로연맹, 승부조작 관련자 4명 추가 징계 ko Mydaily 2011-12-15 Park Byung-gyu Seo Min-gook Seong Kyung-il Yoon Yeo-sanBaek Seung-min Jung Yoon-sung Kim Hyung-hohttps://m.ytn.co.kr/news_view.amp.php?param=1411_201107071132774402 ko:송정현-염동균 등 10명 구속...최성국 등 33명 불구속 ko YTN 2011-07-07 Lee Sang-hong Park Ji-yong Song Jung-hyun Yeom Dong-gyunAn Sung-min Cho Hyung-ik Jang Nam-seok Lee Sang-duk Oh Ju-hyun Yang Seung-wonAhn Hyun-sik Do Hwa-sung Lee Jun-younghttps://www.sunnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=6513 ko:상주상무피닉스프로축구단 승부조작관련 공식 입장 ko Sun News 2011-07-13 Lee Se-ju Park Chang-heonhttps://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4288183 ko:승부조작 영구제명된 K리거 7명, 징계 경감 ko No Cut News 2012-10-29Jeju United (3)Gyeongnam FC (2)Gwangju FC (1)Choi Sung-hyunhttps://www.joongang.co.kr/article/5742515 ko:승부조작 '몸통' 최성현 구속 … 올림픽팀 홍정호 조사 받아 ko JoongAng Ilbo 2011-07-06 Kim In-ho Kim Myeong-hwanKim Tae-wook Lee Hun Sung Kyung-mo Bettor of fixed match (1) Kim Jung-kyum (Pohang Steelers) Bribed players uninvolved in match fixing (7) Hong Seong-yo (Busan IPark) Kim Eung-jin (Busan IPark) Lee Jung-ho (Busan IPark) Ju Kwang-youn (Gwangju Sangmu) Kim Jee-hyuk (Gwangju Sangmu) Lim In-sung (Gwangju Sangmu) Park Sang-cheol (Jeonnam Dragons) Acquitted players (2) Kim Seung-hyun (Jeonnam Dragons)https://sports.news.nate.com/view/20111027n20169 ko:K리그 승부조작 연루 김승현 무죄 판결 ko Maeil Business Newspaper Nate 2011-10-27 On Byung-hoon (Daegu FC)https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20121112153600052 ko:프로축구 승부조작 혐의 온병훈 항소심서 무죄 ko Yonhap News Agency 2012-11-12 References Category:Match fixing in association football Category:2011 in South Korean football Category:Scandals in South Korea Category:2011 scandals