Football Association appoints Hong Myung-bo as next commander Director Lee Im-saeng briefing on the 8th
Hong Myung-bo returns to the national team as coach after 10 years
The Korea Football Association has decided on Hong Myung-bo, the head coach of professional football K League 1 Ulsan HD, as the
next head coach of the national football team. The Football Association announced on the 7th, “Hong Myung-bo, the head coach of Ulsan, has been decided as the next head coach of the national football team.” It
added, “On the 8th at 11 AM, Director of Technology Headquarters Lee Im-saeng will brief on the matter at the Football Association Hall.”
With this, Coach Hong, who led the national team from 2013 to 2014 and participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, will return as the national team coach after 10 years. The Korea
Football Association has been searching for a successor to former coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany), who was dismissed in February.
They began looking for a new coach centered around Chairman of the Power Reinforcement Committee Jeong Hae-seong, but it was not easy to find common ground.
In the end, the A-match in March and the A-match in June were handled by interim coaches Hwang Sun-hong and Kim Do-hoon, respectively. The Korea Football Association has set a new goal of handling the third round of Asian qualifiers for the ‘2026 North and Central America World Cup’ starting in September with a full-time coach system. And despite Chairman Jeong’s resignation on the 28th of last month, they continued the selection of the next coach by entrusting the task to Technical Director Lee Im-saeng. The technical director went on a business trip to Europe on the 2nd and conducted face-to-face interviews with former Greece manager Gus Poyet and former Norwich manager David Wagner. Despite the technical director’s interviews with foreigners, the Korea Football Association’s final choice was Coach Hong. A Korea Football Association official explained through Newsis on the same day, “After Director Lee interviewed foreign managers, he also interviewed Coach Hong,” and “(Coach Hong) took some time, but he decided to accept (the offer).” Regarding the part where the word “appointment” was used, they said, “(Accepting the offer) does not mean he will become the manager right away. We have to negotiate a contract. (Contract-related) discussions took place, and now that (the agreement) has been reached, (the appointment of Coach Hong) has been announced,” and “The contract has not been stamped, but it is something that was decided internally, and Coach (Hong) is aware of it.” 해외 카지노 사이트
