Incheon's match-winner reveals his hope for promotion, appointing Yoon Jung-hwan as K League 1 coach
Dec 21, 2024
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An official familiar with the K-League situation said on the 21st that "Yoon Jung-hwan is scheduled to be appointed as Incheon's new manager" "Incheon made a proposal to Yoon and decided after consideration. We plan to sign on the 22nd."
Incheon finished 12th in the 2024 season, facing the first K League 2 relegation in the club's history. CEO Jeon Moon-soo stepped down to take responsibility for the relegation. Immediately, an emergency innovation committee was formed to prepare for promotion to the next season. The Emergency Innovation Committee was launched by Choi Dae-hyuk, vice chairman of the Korea Football Association's Ethics Committee, and chairman of Sogang University's Future Innovation Research Institute. Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok also said, `I don't think the financial issue should be a sticking point (for the promotion of Incheon United, etc.)"There will be no cuts to the club's budget for early promotion next season."
Incheon, which aims to be promoted in one season along with maintaining its budget, listed several coaches, but the appointment of the coach needed time. Through meticulous procedures, the Emergency Innovation Committee discussed mid- to long-term strategic plans, club management evaluation, supervisory evaluation items, orientation goals, and club organization evaluation and improvement plans, and through this, it also prepared standards for the appointment of coaches. Incheon, which aims to promote within a year, advance to the top split in two years, and advance to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) club competition within three years, looked for a coach to lead. I sent a love call to director Yoon, who was judged to be a suitable candidate.
Yoon held Incheon's hand. Shim Chan-gu, interim representative, held director Yoon's heart through direct negotiations. As a provincial and provincial club, he accepted a great sense of responsibility to immediately promote Incheon, which had consistently maintained a position in the K League 1.
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Coach Yoon has DNA for promotion. Coach Yoon has also been in charge of strong teams representing leagues such as Ulsan and Cerezo Osaka, but he led the team's first promotion when he was in Sagan Dos. In 2011, he won the runner-up prize in J2 (second division) at Sagan Dos and achieved tremendous results in the first promotion in the club's history in his first year as a manager. Incheon was a necessary figure in the crisis of the first relegation in the club's history.
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He immediately began his leadership career. After coaching the Sagan Dos youth team, he became the coach of Sagan Dos in 2011. Coach Yoon, who led the team's first promotion in history, was recognized for his leadership. In the K-League, he led Ulsan in 2015. He returned to the J-League in 2017 while taking the helm of Cerezo Osaka, and won the League Cup and won the J-League Coach Award. After that, he took a break after playing for Thailand's Muangtong United and J League 2 Jeff United.
The team that called manager Yoon, who returned to the Korean soccer community as a commentator for the K-League, was Gangwon FC. Gangwon appointed Yoon to the vacant manager position after breaking up with Choi Yong-soo in June during the season at the time. He was appointed in the middle of the 2023 season and led to a dramatic stay despite the difficulties of going to the promotion and playoffs. In the 2024 season, Yang Min-hyuk, Hwang Moon-ki, and Lee Sang-heon succeeded in second place in the K League 1. He won the Coach of the Year Award and became the first Korean to win the J-League and K-League Coach Awards.
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Yoon's answer was Incheon. He immediately decided to appoint a second provincial team after Gangwon. Manager Yoon, who is already considered one of the best managers in the K League through various experiences, is the best choice for Incheon, which wants to be promoted.
Coach Yoon, who will take the helm of Incheon, is expected to begin his full-fledged work after the Incheon squad returns from vacation on the 26th. From January 2, he will leave for off-season training in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and start preparing for the season in earnest.
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