Disciplinary action? KFA asks Ulsan to investigate Shin Tae-yong's assault controversy

Disciplinary action? KFA asks Ulsan to investigate Shin Tae-yong's assault controversy
Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Former Ulsan coach Shin Tae-yong is entering the venue with a bright expression. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/



Disciplinary action? KFA asks Ulsan to investigate Shin Tae-yong's assault controversy
K League 1 2025 match between Ulsan HD and Jeju SK FC at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium on the 30th. Jeju won the game 1-0. Ulsan lost but confirmed its stay in ninth place. Jung Seung-hyun of Ulsan expressed his sorry to his fans after the game. Ulsan=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.30/
The Korea Football Association (KFA) has opened an investigation into the controversy over former Ulsan HD coach Shin Tae-yong's assault on players.

On the 5th, the KFA sent an official letter to Ulsan asking for the facts that the club has identified regarding coach Shin's assault on players. However, it is not a disciplinary procedure. A KFA official explained that `the dimension is that we will check the facts of the case for now.'

If Ulsan responds to a document explaining the details of the incident, the KFA is expected to decide whether to enter disciplinary proceedings based on this. The official letter that Ulsan will reply to can include the slap of Jung Seung-hyun, as well as Shin's various words and actions that Ulsan players accepted as assault and abuse, and the process that eventually led to the dismissal after the club's warning.




Coach Shin was dismissed in October in a surprise move. It has been 65 days since his inauguration. The ostensible reason was poor grades, but there were a number of noises around internal problems. Director Shin immediately denied all, but the aftershock continued. In the final match of K League 1 on the 30th of last month, Jung Seung-hyun rekindled the spark. He revealed in an interview that there was an assault by director Shin. He said there were many unfair treatment besides assault against him.

Coach Shin, who attended the K-League Awards the next day, denies it again, and it is flowing in the form of a truth game. Ulsan said in a statement on the 2nd that it will take measures to prevent this from happening again by taking responsibility for this incident and making every effort to supplement the system.

The KFA has launched a fact-finding investigation in consideration of the impact of the incident on the soccer community. However, even if Ulsan actively explains the details of the incident, it is unclear whether KFA's disciplinary action against coach Shin will actually take place. It is known that there was a tight conflict between the opinion that the old form should be ended and the voice to cover it up and move on.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.