FC Seoul head coach resigns after poor season start in S. Korean football league



SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- FC Seoul head coach Hwang Sun-hong has resigned to take responsibility for his side's poor performance this season, his club said Monday.

FC Seoul said Hwang offered to quit his post on Sunday after the club posted a scoreless draw in a home game against Sangju Sangmu. The K League 1 club said it accepted Hwang's resignation and decided to promote assistant coach Lee Eul-yong as interim head coach for remainder of the season.

Hwang took the helm of FC Seoul in the middle of the 2016 season after his predecessor, Choi Yong-soo, left for China. The 49-year-old led Seoul to the K League 1 title in the 2016 season, but failed to defend their title last year after finishing in fifth place.

The former Busan IPark and Pohang Steelers boss found himself in hot water this season after Seoul's poor season start. Seoul, six-time K League 1 champions, are currently ninth in the 12 team league with two wins, four draws and four losses.

Hwang, considered one of the best Asian strikers of his generation, achieved a rare double with Pohang in 2013 by winning both the K League Classic and the FA Cup. He has 162 wins, 99 draws and 112 losses as head coach in the South Korean pro football league.

This file photo taken on April 19, 2018, shows FC Seoul head coach Hwang Sun-hong speaking to reporters at a press conference in Guri, Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap) This file photo taken on April 19, 2018, shows FC Seoul head coach Hwang Sun-hong speaking to reporters at a press conference in Guri, Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)

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