Li replaces Park as coach of CSL side Tianjin Tianhai

TIANJIN Tianhai, which is struggling to avoid relegation, has decided to change coaches again with the Chinese Super League club announcing yesterday that South Korean Park Choong-kyun is no longer at the helm.

According to the announcement, Li Weifeng, a former Chinese international defender, was appointed as the leader of all the coaches and will form a new coaching team together with chief coach Liu Xueyu and assistant coach Guo Hao to guide the team for the rest of the CSL season. Park replaced Shen Xiangfu as head coach in May this year, but failed to change the club’s fortunes. The team has been hovering in the relegation zone since he took charge. After 25 rounds in the league, Tianhai is second last in the CSL standing with two wins, 12 draws and 11 losses. Tianhai has gone through several coaching changes this season. Choi Kang-hee was hired before the start of the season. But due to a change of club investors, the South Korean did not have the chance to take charge of a single match before he was dismissed. Shen, who took over from Choi, did not have much success either, winning just once in 11 CSL games.