Kim Do-gyun, who coached professional soccer’s Suwon FC to K League 1 retention, is expected to take the helm of K League 2 (second division) Seoul Eland next year.
According to the soccer world on Wednesday, Kim and the club are in talks to sign a contract.
The contract has not been stamped yet, but they have reportedly reached a general agreement.
“The negotiations are very advanced,” an official from Lee Land told Yonhap News Agency.
“We’re going to have a meeting about the contract,” Kim said, adding, “I’m very happy to keep (Suwon FC).”
Kim tendered his resignation to Suwon FC after the second leg of the promotion playoff against Busan I-Park in the K League 2 on Sept. 9.
On the afternoon of the 12th, Suwon FC announced that “Coach Kim Do-gyun will end his four-year association with Suwon FC at the end of the 2023 season,” and Kim became a free agent.
Kim said, “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the club and fans for their faith and support until the end despite the poor performance this season. I am sure that the remaining players and leaders will lead the team well,” he said in his farewell speech.
The club’s determination to achieve promotion on its 10th anniversary was matched by Kim’s desire to leave civic club Suwon FC for a new challenge.
Founded in 2014, Lee Land has always been in the K League 2. 온라인카지노 As a corporate club founded after 17 years in the K League, the team had high expectations but failed to live up to them.
Except for their first season in 2015, they didn’t even make the playoffs and bounced around the bottom of the K League 2.
By the 2023 season, the team had dropped to 11th place out of 13 teams in K League 2.
The team parted ways with coach Park Chung-gyun after just one year and began searching for a new head coach early on.
None of the seven coaches who have taken the helm of the club have had previous experience in the K League as a head coach.
Kim’s four seasons at the helm of Suwon FC, where he experienced both promotion and retention in the K League 1, made him the best choice for the club, which cannot afford to delay its goal of promotion.
Lee Land first offered Kim the head coaching job at Suwon FC, where he was fighting to stay up.
Kim connected with the club after they won the promotion playoffs, and the process moved quickly from there.
“Personally, I think I need to make a new change,” Kim said. It’s probably time for Suwon FC to change its manager and players,” he said, adding, “I’ll be a second-tier manager (at Eland), but I want to take on another challenge.” 메이저 토토사이트