Football Season Guide

Gangwon FC

In


Young-jun Go (r Mid) Abdallah Khleihel (r att)

Out


Il-lok Yun (mid - sp - Gyeongnam) Bruno de Oliveira Souza (def sp) Bon-cheul Goo (mid r Suwon FC) Vitor Gabriel (att sp Bucheon) Shin-jin Kim (att sp Jeju) Jin-hyuk Cho (att Gyeongnam) Kang-gook Kim (r mid military)

A very solid season under the new manager Chung Kyung-ho going deep in the Korea cup, experiencing the ACLE for the first team and embedding their own style of play. Finishing 5th and qualifying for the ACL2 was a good season. Things have been kept mostly the same with only the two major additions while fringe players have been let go. They've been active in preseason friendlies in Turkey playing good quality European opposition again. Top half finish would again be a good achievement and with a good settled squad very achievable. Early start in the ACLE could be a hindrance but they are likely to exit the competition in February. Strengths - Squad depth is very good and the manager has shown that he has managed rotations very well with little drop off. Team will be more settled this year with a number of starters new to the team in 2025 or returning from the army. Weaknesses - Lack that star quality especially in the foreign player department with goals sometimes lacking. Game management has been an issue at times with the team failing to hold onto leads.

Target


The team will try to keep progressing to ACLE qualification (2nd-3rd) likely the aim