
Incheon United leads K League 1 promotion to Final A in first season
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Coach Yoon Jeong-hwan has received the Coach of the Month award three times while leading K-League 1 Gangwon FC in 2024. Incheon produced the Coach of the Month Award for the first time since April last year when it was in the K League 2 (Second Division).
Coach Yoon Jeong-hwan, who led Incheon United to Final A in the first season of promotion to professional soccer K-League 1, was selected as 'Coach of the Month' for the fifth time in his career.
The Korea Professional Football League announced on the 11th, “Coach Yoon Jeong-hwan won the Flex Coach of the Month Award for October 2026 season.”
This is the first time and the fifth time in total that Coach Yoon Jeong-hwan has been selected as Coach of the Month since April last year when Incheon was in the K League 2 (Second Division).
Coach Yoon has received the Coach of the Month award three times while leading K League 1 Gangwon FC in 2024.
Incheon recorded 3 wins and 1 draw in 4 games played during the October Coach of the Month Award evaluation period.
In particular, they dramatically confirmed their advancement to Final A, where the top 1 to 6 ranks compete, by beating Jeju SK 3-1 in the last 33rd round of the regular round.
In the 34th round, the first game of the final round, they defeated FC Seoul, who had already confirmed the championship, 1-0, achieving their first win after three losses this season.
Incheon showed stable performance in both offense and defense, scoring 8 goals and conceding 2 goals in 4 games.
Coach Yoon Jeong-hwan will be presented with a commemorative trophy and prize money produced by the professional league.

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