Coach Yoon Jung-hwan, who was recognized as the best head coach of the Korean K-League in 2024, will lead Incheon, which has been relegated to the second division for the first time since its foundation.
Incheon said, “We appointed Yoon Jung-hwan, who received the ‘Coach of the Year Award’ by leading Gangwon FC to the runner-up in the K League 1 in the 2024 season, as the 13th head coach.”
Coach Yoon led Gangwon this season and accumulated 64 points with 19 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses to rank second, the highest in the club’s history.
Based on that leadership, he was selected as the K-League’s coach of the year despite being the second-ranked team’s head coach.
However, they failed to renew the contract because they could not narrow their differences with the club under the conditions, and Gangwon placed head coach Chung Kyung-ho as the head coach.
In the end, coach Yoon Jung-hwan is at the bottom of this year’s 12 K League 1 teams, making a fresh start in Incheon, where he suffered the bitterness of the second division relegation for the first time since its foundation.
Yoon began his professional coaching career with Japan’s J-League Sagan Dos in 2011.
Afterwards, he served as Gangwon manager in 2023 after Ulsan HD in 2015, Japan’s Cerezo Osaka in 2017, Thailand’s Muangtong United in 2019, and Japan’s Jeff United in 2020.
“Coach Yoon Jung-hwan’s game model is space, location, and change,” the Incheon club said. “Coach Yoon is a resourceful man who uses flexible tactics to suit situations in modern soccer with many variables. At the same time, he is a leader who is well received by fans for his aggressive defense based on forward pressure.” 안전놀이터
Coach Yoon said, “We will definitely achieve promotion to the first division of Incheon, which has passionate citizens and fans,” adding, “Incheon has endless potential. We will motivate the team and wear a competitive game model to win the game.”
Meanwhile, Incheon ‘Yoon Jung Hwan-ho’ will convene on the 26th and begin its first training.