Ulsan Hyundai's goodwill visit
Sports Reporter
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard FC of South Korea arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to play an exhibition football match against Bangladesh Olympic squad (Under-23).The match will be played tomorrow at 5pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium with free entry for spectators. There were doubts whether the visitors are the great club from Korean city Ulsan, who played Dhaka Mohammedan in the mid 90s in the Asian Cup Winners Cup home and away matches. But club officials confirmed that they are linked as 'brothers' but belong to the amateur N-League. Roh Heung-sub, head of delegation, told at a press conference yesterday that they are one of the three clubs owned by Hyundai. "We have come here to extend the friendly relationship that Korea has with Bangladesh. We know that the game is popular here and hope to have a successful goodwill tour," said Heung-sub, who was also the general secretary of Korean FA. The N-League (or National League, K2 League) is an amateur league, below the level of the K-League (Professional Football League) in Korea, consisting of ten clubs. The season is comprised of two sections with the 10 member clubs playing each other once in each section. The two section winners then play off home and away at the end of the season to decide the league champion. In the event of the same team winning both sections, then that team is pronounced champion without the need for a play off. The N-League is currently a closed league, with no promotion to the K-League and no relegation. Plans are afoot however for promotion and relegation to be in place between the N-League and the K-League in near future with a possible promotion/relegation system involving a rumoured K3 division sometime in the future. "We have won two N-League titles and will play in the K-League in 2008," claimed the visiting team leader. Coach Choi Soon-ho informed that they are on tour for preparation for the coming season. "We beat Indonesian Olympic team 1-0 and drew 2-2 with Bandung. We will go to China from here before our new season kicks off in April," Choi said. "Playing in different countries and meeting new players are very important. We exchange technique and norms," said captain Jung Jae-suk.
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