On January 8, Beijing time, the new season of heavy league promotion Ma Lijiang Jiayunhao announced the team's new head coach candidate, South Korean coach Lin Zhongxian will lead the team to compete in the 2017 season of the Chinese League A.
The official Weibo of Lijiang Jiayunhao Football Club wrote: South Korean coach Lin Jong-hyun officially signed a contract with our club today, and he and his team will lead the Lijiang Flying Tigers Football Team to compete in the 2017 First Division!
Lijiang Jiayunhao Football Club was officially registered in September 2012 and reached the final stage for three consecutive years, but the first division ended in failure. In the 2016 season, Lijiang Jiayunhao ranked second in the preliminary round of the Central Second Division South Division and reached the final.
In the final stage, Lijiang first eliminated the new army in the second division and Shenyang City Construction in the third place in the northern district, and then drew with Sichuan Annapurna in the two legs of the semi-final, and won the ChongJia through the penalty shootout, ending the history of Yunnan football without a Chinese first division team for 13 years.
Lim Jong-hyun was selected for the South Korean U20 and national teams when he played football, became a football coach after retiring, coached the football teams of Bupyeong High School and Korea University in South Korea, and trained stars such as Lee Jong-so, Ha Dae-sung, Choi Dui-wook, Cha Douli, and Park Dong-hyuk.
After traveling to Brazil to study, Lim Jong-hyun served as the director of Ulsan Hyundai Youth Training, and in the 2015 season, he led thai team Pattaya United to a successful victory and won the honor of Thai football coach of the year.