"Failed appointment in May, leaving two temporary directors behind..." Chairman Jung Hae-sung suddenly announced his resignation, what happens to the South Korean command tower

"Failed appointment in May, leaving two temporary directors behind..." Chairman Jung Hae-sung suddenly announced his resignation, what happens to the South Korean command tower

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Jeong Hae-sung (66), chairman of the Korea Football Association's national team reinforcement committee, who oversees the selection of a new coach for the Korean men's soccer team, abruptly offered to resign. What will happen to the appointment of the Korean national soccer team's head coach.

According to the soccer community, Jung Hae-sung visited the Korea Football Association (KFA) building in central Seoul on Friday and expressed his resignation to an official of the Korea Football Association. After former coach Jurgen Klinsmann was sacked in February due to poor performance, a new power reinforcement committee was formed with Jung as the head coach. However, Jung announced that he would step down after four months. The KFA has not reportedly decided whether to accept the resignation or not.
Until now, Chung had led the process of appointing a new coach, but nothing came of it. It was a series of disappointments. In March, a large number of incumbent K-League coaches were included in the candidate list for the new national team coach, sparking controversy. At the time, Chung stressed that he was focusing more on domestic coaches than foreign coaches. He had to change his plan due to strong criticism.

This led to the establishment of an interim coach, not an official coach. Hwang Seon-hong, the current coach of Daejeon Hana Citizen, was in charge of the second qualifying round for the 2026 North Korea-China World Cup, which took place in March. At that time, Hwang was in charge of the U-23 team, which was determined to advance to the 2026 Paris Olympics. Despite tight preparation time, he had to lead the A team. The A team had one win and one draw in two matches in March, but the U-23 team failed to advance to the Olympics as it failed to make it to the quarterfinals at the U-23 Asian Cup in April. It is the first time in 40 years that Korean soccer has failed to advance to the Olympics.

Chung promised to appoint an official coach by early May, but failed to keep the promise. He negotiated with Canadian coach Jesse Marsch and Iraqi coach Jesus Casas. However, things turned sour due to differences in salary and taxes. As a result, he had to play two consecutive A matches in June under another interim coach. Kim Do-hoon, who led Ulsan HD, took charge of the A team. "I wish I was the last interim coach," Kim said.

Since then, the Korea Football Association has reportedly conducted several strengthening committees to select the final candidate group for the new coach. Against this backdrop, Chung abruptly offered to resign. However, some argue that there will be no big problem in selecting the coach apart from Chung's resignation, as the final qualifying round for the North-China World Cup, which will begin in September, is just around the corner and the final candidate has been announced.

South Korea was in Group B along with Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Palestine and Kuwait in the final qualifying round for the North and Central America World Cup. 스포츠토토