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Ulsan Hyundai Director Kim Do-hoon receives a rinse.
(AFP = Yonhap News)
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-ho = Professional soccer K-League 1 The day Ulsan Hyundai became the champions of the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League, he and Kim Do-hoon (50) ended a four-year companionship.
The Ulsan club announced on the 20th that “Director Do-Hoon Kim, who led the team to the championship in the AFC Champions League, will take down the role of Ulsan Hyundai manager as the contract period ends after the final match with Persepolis (Iran).”
Ulsan defeated Persepolis 2-1 with Junio, a goalkeeper, who scored an equalizer and a reversal goal in the 2020 AFC Champions League final held at Aljanub Stadium in Alwakra, Qatar on the 19th Korean time.
Ulsan, who won the first championship in 2012, regained its position as an Asian champion after eight years.
Although he returned to the AFC Champions League throne after eight years, Ulsan decided to break up with manager Kim Do-hoon, whose contract period expired as scheduled.
Coach Kim, who took the lead in Ulsan ahead of the 2017 season, won the first FA Cup in the club’s history in the first season and secured the right to advance to the AFC Champions League every season.
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