U-22 national team to be interim head coach of international friendly tournament in March... KFA "will decide official head coach in next administration"

U-22 national team to be interim head coach of international friendly tournament in March... KFA "will decide official head coach in next administration"

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The Korea Football Association (KFA) Power Reinforcement Committee announced that it will hold the U-22 international friendly tournament in China in March under the temporary coach system.

KFA announced on the 16th, "The Korea Football Association recently confirmed that it will send the U-22 national team to the international friendly tournament in China during the March A-match period, and held a power reinforcement committee on the afternoon of the 16th to discuss the coaching staff issue that will lead the team to the tournament."

He added, "We once again confirmed that the official coach of the U-22 national team, who will prepare for the next Asian Games, will be decided by the next executive after the presidential election, and the international friendlies in March will be held by a temporary coaching staff composed of former leaders of the association."

In April last year, the KFA said goodbye to coach Hwang Sun-hong (Daejeon Hana Citizen) in the aftermath of his failed advance to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Since then, the team has failed to appoint a head coach for the U-23 national team, which will take charge of the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

The committee, led by Choi Young-il, chairman of the committee, appointed Shin Sang-woo as the head coach of the women's national soccer team. Nine months later, however, it has failed to appoint a coach for the U-23 team.

The election of the Korea Football Association (KFA) also affected the election of its head coach. The election for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association (KFA) was scheduled to take place on Saturday. However, the election was temporarily postponed, citing the court's request for provisional injunction to ban Huh Jung-moo's election as the president of the KFA.

The KFA's election management committee moved its presidential election on Tuesday, but Huh and Shin were against the move. The two suggested entrusting the election process to the National Election Commission, saying they cannot accept the unilateral decision by the election management committee.

The Election Commission said, "There have been several unfounded accusations and protests," adding, "We regret the situation and decided that it was impossible for the committee to fulfill its responsibilities normally, so all the members decided to resign after careful consideration."

At the same time, the KFA said, "All members of the committee resigned and the election was canceled on the 23rd," adding, "We will discuss the overall matter and announce it again." The KFA attempted to entrust the election to the Election Commission to ensure fairness in the election, but even this failed.

The postponement of the election for the president of the Korea Football Association has also delayed the appointment of the head coach of the U-23 national team. After the election of the 55th president of the Korea Football Association, the Korea Power Enhancement Committee tried to hand over the appointment of the head coach of the U-23 national team to the new Korea Power Enhancement Committee, but it was affected by the postponement of the election twice. 스포츠토토

In the end, the committee decided to hold the U-22 International Friendship Conference in March under the temporary supervision system. The KFA also stressed that the committee has delegated the coaching staff to be composed by the chairman of the committee, and the temporary coaching staff will be reported to the board of directors.