Bucheon FC finally apologized for "Another controversy over swearing and throwing foreign substances in the audience." "An apology for inconvenience and concern."

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Bucheon FC, the K-League 1 promotion team, apologized for swearing and throwing foreign substances at the opposing team after the match against Ulsan HD on the 15th.

The Bucheon club said on its official channel on the 17th, "We received a request from the Korea Professional Football Federation to find out the facts and submit a report on the team's actions regarding the situation of some spectators slandering and throwing foreign substances toward the Ulsan team during recovery training," adding, "We apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused to the Ulsan HDFC team and officials."

The Bucheon club added, "We will submit a report based on the confirmed contents after investigating the visitors of the area and securing additional data."

It has also come up with measures to prevent a recurrence. The Bucheon club said, "We will implement measures to strengthen on-site management (one left and right) by installing cameras in front of ▲1995 seats from the match against Gangwon FC on the 18th before entering ▲1995 seats, depending on the cup prepared."

"The filming will only be used as a reference for finding out the facts in the event of an incident or accident in the 1995 seat, and legal measures, including a claim for reimbursement, will be reviewed and carried out if violations are confirmed," the Bucheon club said. "We will respond more responsibly for a safe and respectful stadium culture."

Earlier, some fans in Bucheon threw abusive language and foreign substances at Ulsan players who were undergoing reinforcement training using the entire ground after losing 1-2 in the third round of the Hana Bank K League 1 2026 at Bucheon Stadium on the 15th. Ulsan players were running from the opposite goalpost to the Bucheon supporters' seat. Coincidentally, this scene became known as a video taken at the Bucheon supporters' seat spread through the community.

Bucheon fans could have misunderstood the other team's players running to the supporters' seats as a provocative intention. However, soccer officials explain that this training, called a "top-up session" in technical terms, is a standard conditioning process for professional football. It is an official training session to match the amount of exercise of players who did not participate or who did not participate in the training on the same day as the main players. In the FIFA World Cup or the Asian Football Confederation Champions League, it is mandatory immediately after the end of the game.

Ulsan clubs have also been conducting the same session immediately after the end of the game, regardless of the results of the game or the other team. The same was true of the match against Bucheon. A club official said, "There was no intention at all to stimulate the other team or fans. It is a professional routine for player protection and power management." Jung Seung-hyun, who was running, was eventually seen approaching the cheering section and explaining it due to strong protests from Bucheon fans, but the problem was that something flew from the Bucheon supporters' seats and fell near Ulsan players.

Throwing foreign substances in the ground by spectators is subject to disciplinary action. According to the Korean Professional Football Federation reward and punishment regulations, when spectators throw foreign substances, the club will be punished by holding a home game without spectators or a home game in a third region designated by the federation, imposing sanctions of more than 3 million won, and closing cheering and away cheering seats. The throwing of foreign substances is also a serious issue in the federation, as the cases in which spectators' actions are directly subject to disciplinary action are two examples of spectators' unrest or spectators' throwing of foreign substances in the ground. Even after the end of the game, the timing is irrelevant as there were players on the ground at the time.

Even the Bucheon club has already been disciplined by the league for throwing foreign substances from spectators. In October 2024, foreign substances were thrown from the stands after all the games were over during the match against Chungcheongbuk-do in the K League 2. Lee Han-sam, the owner of Chungcheongbuk-do, approached the Bucheon supporters' net to raise goalkeeper Jeong Jin-wook, and some of the Bucheon supporters cursed at Lee Han-sam as a group and Lee Han-sam also confronted fans. In the process, Bucheon fans threw ice and other foreign substances to the ground. At that time, the federation imposed a fine of 5 million won on the Bucheon club and two games of the home game's cheering seats.

One year and five months later, another abusive language and foreign substances were thrown at the opponent's player in the Bucheon stands, and the club eventually apologized. Since its first promotion, some fans have poured cold water on the Bucheon club, which has succeeded in attracting a large crowd by beating Jeonbuk Hyundai and drawing with Daejeon Hana Citizen.

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