The domestic coaching staff to assist Hong
Myung-bo (55), the head coach of the Korean national football team, has been confirmed. On the 16th, the Korea Football Association announced that former K-League 1 Suwon coach Park Geon-ha (53), Kitchee (Hong Kong) interim coach Kim Dong-jin (42), and FC Seoul power reinforcement director Kim Jin-gyu (39) were appointed as the domestic coaching staff for 'Hong Myung-bo'.
Park Geon-ha
Among the three, Coach Park has a particularly deep connection with Coach Hong. Coach Park assisted Coach Hong in the 2012 London Olympics and contributed to winning the first ever Olympic soccer medal (bronze). He also worked with Coach Hong when he led the national soccer team to the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
Kim Dong-jin
Coach Kim Dong-jin, who played as a national team defender, retired from his current team Kitchee in 2018 and has been building his coaching career. Coach Kim Jin-gyu, who also played as a national team defender, served as a coach, acting head coach, and head of the power reinforcement office in Seoul after retiring in 2017.
Kim Jin-gyu
Goalkeeper coach Yang Young-min (50), Lee Jae-hong (41), and physical coach Jeong Hyeon-gyu (37), who were with the national team during the two matches against China and Singapore in the second round of the North and Central American World Cup qualifiers held under the temporary coach system in June, will also join to assist coach Hong. They will be with the team for the 2026 North
and Central American (USA, Canada, Mexico) World Cup and the Asian Cup held the following year. The two foreign coaches are expected to be appointed early next week. A Korea Football Association official said, “There are two foreign coaches scheduled to come, but the announcement was somewhat delayed because we have to settle the existing contracts with their teams,” and “The head coach will be decided after all foreign coaches are appointed early next week.”
‘Hong Myung-bo’ is scheduled to play the first and second matches of the third round of the 2026 North and Central American World Cup Asian region qualifiers on the 5th (Palestine, home) and the 10th (Oman, visit) of next month. 파워볼사이트