K-League clubs are preparing for the 2025 season through internal promotion.
With the fate of all K-League teams determined in the 2024 season, the biggest topic of the K-League is the coach’s future. Suwon FC, which posted the highest performance among its teams in the Final A, has yet to resolve its future with coach Kim Eun-joong. Also, Gwangju FC manager Lee Jung-hyo is rumored to be moving to Jeonbuk Hyundai.
Incheon, which has been demoted to the K League 2, has also set up an emergency committee to resolve the issue over the head coach. Amid such a hot issue over the coach’s future, some teams have displayed “chances of internal promotion” for the vacant post of head coach.
The first team is Gangwon FC, which created a fairy tale for the 2024 season. Coach Yoon Jeong-hwan, who ranked second in this season’s best record, eventually left the club after failing to narrow differences with his team.
Since then, he has decided to promote senior coach Chung Kyung-ho, who has a clear understanding of the team’s internal situation, to place him as the new head coach. Gangwon said on its official website on the 6th, “We are preparing for the 2025 season with new coach Chung Kyung-ho.”
Chung, who stepped in as Gangwon’s head coach after breaking up with Choi Yong-soo in the 2023 season, played an important role by assisting his predecessor, Yoon. In the 2023 season, when he was on the verge of relegation, Chung, who found a solution with Yoon, overpowered Gimpo in the promotion playoff and achieved the achievement of surviving in the first division.
Later in the 2024 season, he succeeded in putting a well-organized build-up and offensive soccer color on the Gangwon club through collaboration with coach Yoon, which became the top scorer (62 points) in the league. In particular, he succeeded in sweeping the K-League by using appropriate players such as Yang Min-hyuk, Lee Ki-hyuk, Lee Sang-heon, and Hwang Moon-ki.
Following Kangwon, Asan in South Chungcheong Province also showed a winning move through internal promotion. Asan in South Chungcheong Province, which swept the K League 2 this season with organic tactical fluidity and strong attack soccer under coach Kim Hyun-seok, ended the season as second place and advanced to the promotion playoff, but failed to get promoted as it allowed Daegu to suffer a bitter upset loss.
Asan in South Chungcheong Province, which had been appeasing its disappointment after its failed promotion, faced a chaos with unexpected news. Manager Kim chose to move to the South Jeolla Dragons. Since then, Asan in South Chungcheong Province has been looking for a head coach to calm the confusion, and has decided to promote its head coach Bae Sung-jae within the team.
Bae stood out in analyzing season tactics and managing team, and played a major role in enhancing the team’s teamwork and tactical completeness in just one season by cooperating with former coach Kim Hyun-seok. He also helped enhance the team’s competitiveness by taking charge of set piece tactics. 카지노사이트
Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, the rival of the Chungcheong provinces, is preparing for the 2025 season through internal promotion after Asan in South Chungcheong Province. This season, Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province ended without an official head coach. Choi Yoon-kyum, who has led the team since its inception, voluntarily resigned to take responsibility for its ranking that dropped to 10th in the second half of this season. Later, Kwon Oh-kyu, the head coach of Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, led the team in an acting position and ended 2024 in 10th place.
Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, which had been searching for a new head coach, succeeded in filling the void through internal promotion. Kwon Oh-kyu was appointed as acting head coach.