In October last year, he dismissed his decision by saying, "I have no intention of joining the Chinese national team,"and also mentioned Chengdu Rongcheng coach Seo Jeong-won as a candidate.

Choi Kang-hee, coach of Chinese professional soccer team Shandong Taishan, was mentioned as the next head coach of the Chinese national soccer team, which was eliminated in the group stage of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AC) Asian Cup with no wins and no goals.

On the 24th, multiple local media outlets, including China's Sohu.com, reported that "Chinese coach Aleksandar Jankovic is expected to be dismissed," and "Shandong coach Choi Kang-hee has emerged as a new candidate."

The Chinese national team lost 0-1 to the host country, Qatar, in the final match of Group A of the tournament that ended the day before at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

As a result, China, which finished the group stage with 2 draws and 1 loss (2 points) and no goals, was placed in 3rd place in the group, following Qatar (9 points) and Tajikistan (4 points).

In this tournament, the 1st and 2nd place teams from 6 groups will advance directly to the round of 16, and the top 4 teams from the 3rd place teams in each group will join the round of 16 tournament.

However, China was confirmed to be eliminated from the group stage as it did not make it into the top four teams among the top three teams in each group.

In the end, the blame fell on Coach Jankovic, and his dismissal seemed inevitable.

Korean leaders are being considered as the next coaches for China, which is in the process of replacing its head coach. In particular, Shandong coach Choi Kang-hee, who has extensive experience in the Chinese Super League, is often mentioned.

Coach Choi is a renowned player who led K-League 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai from 2005 to 2018, winning 9 league titles, 3 Korean Football Association (FA) Cup titles, and 2 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) titles. am.

In particular, during this period, Jeonbuk was greatly loved by fans for its hot attacking soccer, called 'dakgong' (shut up and attack).

After leaving his success at Jeonbuk behind, Coach Choi entered the Chinese stage in 2019 and took charge of Shandong this season after playing at Tianjin Quanjian, Darren Yifang, and Shanghai Shenhua.

The atmosphere was chaotic, with a high-ranking official of the Shandong club and the former coach arrested on bribery charges, but Coach Choi quickly reorganized the team and led the team to second place in the regular league.

They also finished second in the Chinese Football Association (FA) Cup and advanced to the round of 16 in the ACL.

Coach Choi also has experience leading the Korean national team from 2011 to 2013.

However, it is unclear whether Coach Choi will accept the offer to coach the Chinese national team. Coach Choi, who was mentioned as a candidate for a new coach for the Chinese national team, which was underperforming under coach Jankovic ahead of the Asian Cup last October, dismissed it at the time, saying, “The stories coming out of China are fake news,” and “I don’t think about the Chinese national team at all.”

Along with director Choi Kang-hee, Chengdu Rongcheng coach Seo Jeong-won is also considered one of the candidates.

Coach Seo promoted Chengdu from the Chinese A-League (2nd Division) to the 1st Division and took 4th place in the regular league last season.

However, according to the soccer world, Coach Seo is also reportedly not considering taking up a position with the Chinese national team. 스포츠토토맨