It seems that there will be an internal promotion for the new head coach position of Suwon Samsung professional soccer team. The ‘Real Blue’ keynote that caused Suwon to fail is not expected to be broken.
A football source said on the 3rd, “It is highly likely that Suwon scout Joo Seung-jin will join Suwon as head coach.”
Scout Joo Seung-jin, who was a defender during his active career, debuted in 1998 at Busan Royals, the predecessor of Busan I-Park, played for Daejeon Citizen (2003-2008) and returned to Busan in 2009 to end his playing career.
After retiring, scout Joo Seung-jin walked the path of a leader, starting with the coaching position of his ‘alma mater’ Jeonju Technical High School. Afterwards, in 2010, he was inaugurated as a coach at Maetan Middle School, a U-15 team in Suwon, and was promoted to head coach in 2012. After going through Maetan High School, he served as Suwon Youth General Director (2018) ~ Coach (2019-2020) ~ Acting Director (2020).
He has a deep connection with Suwon, and he is facing an ‘internal promotion’. He is scheduled to be put into Suwon, which is going down without a bottom this season.
Suwon, who barely survived last season’s relegation fight, fell into a ‘swamp of no wins’ this time. After playing 10 games in the 2023 season, they are currently in 12th place in the league’last’ with 2 draws and 8 losses and 2 points. The gap with 11th place Gangwon FC (2 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses, 10 points) is 8 points. 크크크벳
On the 17th, when Suwon had no victory in 7 games, it sacked coach Lee Byung-geun after a year and switched to the acting system of Choi Seong-yong, but only suffered 3 more defeats. In an urgent situation, Suwon has reached the end of the process of appointing a new coach. Former Gangwon FC coach Kim Byung-soo is likely, and Suwon plans to make an official announcement within this week at the earliest.