“Autonomy comes with responsibility, and rights come with obligations!”Jeju United, which experienced deep disappointment by failing to advance to Final A in the professional soccer K-League 1 stage last year, pledged to make a big comeback in 2024 under the new coach Kim Hak-beom (63), an academic leader.The Jeju club took the first step toward preparing for the new season by holding the ‘2024 Jeju United New Year Meeting’ at the Seogwipo City clubhouse on the 5th with all players and secretariat staff gathered.At this event, Jeju presented this year’s motto ‘Speed Up, Volume Up, Step Up’ which means ‘Let’s raise the cheers of fans and advance to a bigger stage with fast and dynamic soccer.’ Jeju experienced severe ups and downs on the 2023 K League 1 stage.
Jeju, which rose to second place at the beginning of the season with five consecutive wins and a seven-game undefeated streak (5 wins, 2 draws), continued to decline in the mid to late seasons and eventually fell to 9th place.Coach Nam Ki-il returned the baton midway through the season without being able to finish, and he also experienced the bittersweet situation of ending 2023 with difficulty with Jeong Jo-guk serving as acting coach.Ahead of the 2024 season, Jeju prepared for a turnaround by recruiting ‘veteran coach’ coach Hak-beom Kim, who led the team to victory in the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championship.At the meeting, CEO Koo Chang-yong said, “The club went through a lot of trial and error last year, but I think the bond has become stronger. We have 토토사이트 also hired a new coaching staff. I hope we can play happy soccer this year.”