He is the Longest-time Coach of Korean Origin in the Chinese League, having coached avant-garde Huandao (Chongqing Loncin, Chongqing Lifan), Qingdao Yizhong (Qingdao Beret), Beijing Guoan, Guangzhou Evergrande, Chengdu Tiancheng, Changchun Yatai; the team he coached has won the China League One championship, the Chinese Super League championship, and the FA Cup champion; he is known as the "Iron Marshal" under the guidance of Lee Jang-so.
In 1998, when Lee Decided to take up the coaching whip of the avant-garde Huandao team, his Korean friends advised him to be cautious because coaching China's professional team was not only stressful but also at any time at risk of "leaving class". But Lee Jang-so was unmoved and resolutely picked up the vanguard Huandao team's teaching whip.
Coaching forward Huandao (Chongqing Loncin, Chongqing Lifan) for four seasons, in the 1999 season and the 2000 season twice led the team to win the fourth place in the league, in the 2000 season in the FA Cup final with an aggregate score of 4-2 victory over Beijing Guoan team, won the FA Cup championship that year, Lee Zhangsu coach also won the best coach of the A League that year.
Lee Jang-so led Chongqing to win the 2000 FA Cup
The success of Li Zhangsu's guidance in Chongqing depends on the strict management of the team, Li Zhangsu improved the reward and punishment system of the team with the club leaders after taking office, he ate and lived with the players, led by example, and enhanced the cohesion of the team; Li Zhangsu advocated offensive football, and in the context of the prevalence of "pragmatist" football in domestic football at that time, the Chongqing team under the guidance of Li held high the banner of offensive football, and blew a "white whirlwind" on the A-League field, attracting a large number of fans; Li guidance was also good at promoting young players, Jiang Hui , Luo Di, Qiu Weiguo, Xu Xin and other young players have won many opportunities to play under him, and gradually provoked a beam in the team.
In the 2001 season, Chongqing's performance declined severely, ending the season with only seven wins, ten draws and nine losses, ranking eleventh in the league, and Lee Jang-so was overshadowed by coaching.
In the 2002 season, Lee Chang-so directed the transfer to Qingdao Yizhong, and the Qingdao team under The guidance of Lee ranked eighth in the league with nine wins, nine draws and ten losses in the league. In that season's FA Cup, The Qingdao team under Lee Chang-so made it all the way to the final. In the two-legged final, Qingdao defeated Liaoning 2-0 at home in the case of a 1-3 defeat away from home, and won the FA Cup with the advantage of scoring more goals away from home, which is also the first national championship in the history of Qingdao professional football so far. Lee Jang-so led two teams that were not top-notch to win the FA Cup, which also brought tie shuai's reputation in China to the peak.
After Qingdao won the FA Cup, Lee Jang-so cried with joy
In the 2003 season, Qingdao's record was not satisfactory, ending the season with ten wins, five draws and thirteen losses, although after many times of retention by the chairman and general manager of the team, the discouraged Lee Jang-so still chose to leave under the guidance of the discouraged Lee Chang-so.
At the end of 2006, Lee Chang-so, who had been away from China for four years, returned to China under the guidance of him and became the manager of the Beijing Guoan team. In the 2007 season, The Beijing Guoan team under Lee Jang-so won 15 wins, drew 9 and lost 4 defeats, ranking second in the league after Changchun Yatai by only one point. At the end of the season, Guoan Club renewed its contract with Lee Jang-so for another two years. The Guoan team under the "Iron Marshal" achieved 16 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses in the 2008 season, ranking third in the league. Although it has not won the league, compared with the achievements of the Guoan team in the league in previous years, the achievements of the Guoan team under the guidance of Li have been significantly improved.
Coached by Lee Jang-so, who leads the training team on the training ground
In the 2009 season, after the Guoan team lost at home to Changchun Yatai, many contradictions in the team began to erupt, Lee Jang-so was dismissed by the club under the guidance of lee chang-so, and then the veteran coach who took over the team, Hong Yuanshuo, finally led the team to win the league championship that season.
In 2010, Lee Jang-so took over the coaching whip of Guangzhou from Peng Weiguo, and in that season he successfully overtook the league three rounds in advance and won the 2010 China League One championship; in the 2011 season, Evergrande won the league championship with a score of 20 wins, eight draws and two losses, once creating the myth of the league's 22nd round unbeaten, fifteen points ahead of the second-ranked Guoan team; in the 2012 season, Evergrande was replaced by the "Silver Fox" Lippi in the case of temporarily ranking first in the league and qualifying from the AFC Champions League group.
In the summer of 2014, Chengdu Tiancheng team, which ranked at the bottom of the top of the Top A standings, invited Lee Zhangsu to guide him to join and help the team relegate, Li Zhangsu pulled the same team he had when he was coaching Evergrande, but since coaching Chengdu Tiancheng, Lee Zhangsu and his players have not received a penny of salary and bonuses, and the team was eventually relegated at the end of the season. After the season, Lee Left Chengdu.
In May 2016, Changchun Yatai team started the new season unfavorably, ranking at the bottom of the league table with two draws and five losses in the first seven rounds of the league, after Stoyanovic handed over the coaching seal, Yatai team urgently needed an experienced and familiar chinese Super League coach to help the team out of the predicament. After many negotiations, Li Zhangsu, who had worked hard in China for many years, became the final candidate. In the last four rounds of the league, Lee Jang-so coached the Yatai team to four consecutive victories in the last four rounds of the league, and finally completed the relegation in a thrilling way. In the 2017 season, Yatai Club increased its investment, hoping to do something in that season. Unexpectedly, Yatai started with consecutive defeats, and sat firmly in the position of deputy squad leader with a record of one draw and four losses. The intolerable Yatai executives announced that they would let Lee Jang-soo guide him to "take a back seat." After Chen Jingang coached the agency team, he won two consecutive victories and fled the relegation zone in one fell swoop. Subsequently, the Yatai Club officially announced that "Fuzheng" Chen Jingang was instructed, and Lee Zhangsu was helpless to leave the class.
Coach Lee Jang-so of Changchun Yatai
Coach Lee Jang-so is a charismatic head coach, and his self-confidence, non-submission and dedication are worth learning from all football coaches.