The domestic coaching staff to assist Hong Myung-bo, who returned to the A team after 10 years, has been confirmed.
The Korea Football Association announced on the 16th that it appointed Park Geon-ha (51), former Samsung coach of Suwon Samsung, Kim Dong-jin (42), acting coach of Kitch FC, and Kim Jin-kyu (39), head of FC Seoul's power reinforcement office, as coaches for the national team. Goalkeeper coach Yang Young-min (50) and physical coach Lee Jae-hong (41) and Chung Hyun-kyu (37), who were with the national team during the second consecutive World Cup qualifying round (China, Singapore) in June under the temporary coach system, will also join.
Coach Park Geon-ha is a veteran leader who served as the head coach of Seoul E-Land and Suwon Samsung, and joined as the head coach in the second qualifying round of the World Cup in June. In the 2012 London Olympics and the 2014 Brazil World Cup, he assisted Hong Myung-bo as a coach.
Coach Kim Dong-jin, who played as a national defender, has played in Zenit (Russia), Hangzhou (China), Muangtong (Thailand), and Seoul E-Land since his professional debut with Anyang LG, the predecessor of FC Seoul in 2000. Since retiring from Kitch SC in Hong Kong in 2018, he has had a leadership career at Kitch SC.
Coach Kim Jin-kyu is a former national defender who has shown leadership by serving as captain of various national teams and teams when he was a player, and has been active in various positions such as coaches, acting coaches, and head of the power reinforcement office at FC Seoul since his retirement in 2017.
The new coaching staff will start their first move on the 16th by watching the K-League game. The foreign coaching staff, which is currently in last-minute negotiations, will be announced next week.
