FC Seoul insists that the dolls - used in the absence of supporters, who are not admitted to the stadiums because of the corona crisis - "had no connection to sex toys". But some of the artificial spectators, deployed in Sunday's home game against Gwangju FC in the South Korean high school, wore advertising signs and t-shirts with the name of a company selling sex toys.
This prompted both supporters and the media to respond.
"I wonder how they even came up with this bizarre idea," wrote a social media supporter.
"FC Seoul turned its arena into a child-banned zone," wrote another.
The club emphasizes that it is about mannequins, while in a statement on Instagram regrets what happened.
"We have been in contact with them (the supplier) several times to ensure that the dolls are not adult toys," writes FC Seoul.
The fact that the dolls were dressed in advertising of this type should be related to the fact that the company also delivers dolls to a company that sells sex toys. An error in communication must have resulted in the dolls being carried in the advertising which has now created big headlines.
“The problem was that we were unable to check all the details. It is an unforgivable mistake on our part, ”writes FC Seoul.
With the dolls on the stand, the capital club won the match against Gwangju by 1-0.