[Official] Seoul coach Kim Ki-dong beats Lee Jung-hyo to win the K-League Coach of the Month Award in February and March

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FC Seoul coach Kim Ki-dong won the first "flex coach of the month" in the 2026 season by leading the opening four consecutive wins.

Head coach Kim Ki-dong won all four K League 1 games held in February and March, becoming the first in the history of the Seoul club to achieve four consecutive wins.

Starting with the first round match of the season against Incheon (2-1 win), Seoul continued its winning streak in the third round against Jeju (2-1 win) and the fourth round against Pohang (1-0 win), especially with a 5-0 victory over Gwangju in the fifth round. During this period, Seoul showed stable performance on both sides of offense and defense with 10 points and two runs along with all four wins.

Thanks to this, Kim Ki-dong won the Coach of the Month Award in February and March, beating Lee Jung-hyo, Suwon Samsung (K League 2), who led the team's opening five consecutive wins during the same period. It is Kim Ki-dong's fifth career director of the month award and the second director award in Seoul. Coach Kim Ki-dong was once again honored with the award following September 2019, November, 2020 (Pohang), and August 2024 (Seoul).

Meanwhile, this month's director of the month's awards changed the selection method starting this year.

Previously, the winner was decided by 100% voting for all K-League 1 and 2 coaches on the K-League Technical Research Group (TSG), but from this year, the top five coaches will be selected as candidates based on their performance.

This time, Kim Ki-dong (Seoul), Kim Hyun-seok (Ulsan), Lee Jung-hyo, Park Geon-ha (Suwon FC), and Cho Sung-hwan (Busan), who performed the best in February and March, were nominated.

After that, the final winner is determined by combining grade-based quantitative evaluation (70%) and field evaluation-based qualitative evaluation (30%). The quantitative evaluation was calculated by reflecting the number of points per game and the total number of points, reflecting the difficulty of the game through the actual difference in points compared to the expected points, and comprehensively considering the game environment such as home or away. The qualitative evaluation was comprehensively reviewed by the technical committee members of the K League TSG based on organizational power, tactical completeness, and ability to cope with the game situation.

Meanwhile, flex is an HR-based AI platform company that has signed an official HR partnership with the federation since 2023. flex is carrying out various joint projects such as integrated advertising in the K-League stadium, "flex Coach of the Month Award", and "K-League Academy HR Training Course". Flex creates a team where players focus on their goals with great leadership, selects a K-League master who is a model for all organizational leaders, and sponsors the Coach of the Month Award every month.

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*This content was translated by AI.