Decentralization policy in K League
The decentralization policy in the K League was an effort by the Korea Professional Football League and South Korean Government in 1995 in order to spread football popularity in the provinces (except Seoul) by compulsory relocating top division professional football clubs away from Seoul. Partially motivated by its bid for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the league succeeded in its policy as the Yukong Elephants, Ilhwa Chunma, and the LG Cheetahs moved to Bucheon, Cheonan, and Anyang respectively in 1996.