Apathy amongst supporters is at an all-time low and as a result attendances are dwindling. It is a genuine struggle to think of anything that could be deemed as a positive from this season. But, despite such talent in the dressing room, Citizen failed spectacularly, eventually going on to record their worst ever finish in the K League by propping up the K League Challenge.
More notably, last season's K League Challenge second-top scorer Cristian Danalache from Gyeongnam, Suwon FC's promotion-winning attacking midfielder Jung Minwoo and former Korea Republic international Kim Jinkyu all arrived through the door at Purple Arena, as did promising winger Levan Shengelia on loan from AFC Tubize. Accordingly, Lee was allowed to build a new team with the remnants of last year's side. The much-maligned manager Choi Moonsik also left and former Gyeongnam assistant Lee Youngik was brought in and tasked with winning promotion. Kim Dongchan, Kim Sunmin, Gustavo Sauerbeck, Lee Dongsoo and Park Juwon to name but a few all departed and, arguably, were never properly replaced. As well as the seemingly annual upheaval of appointing a new manager, there were also several significant departures from the dressing room, some of whom proved too important to replace adequately. Daejeon Citizen's 2017 season review.Īfter a disappointing 7th placed finish last season, 2017 was supposed to be the year in which Daejeon Citizen made a more of a concerted effort to gain promotion back to the promise land of the K League Classic. Propping up the K League pyramid in 10th place for the vast majority of the year, Daejeon could not have had any worse of a campaign which saw the 2014 Challenge Champions muster just six league victories all season.
After what was hoped to have been a successful season for the Purples, with promotion back to the top tier a realistic target, the 2017 season ended with Daejeon Citizen finishing rock bottom of the Challenge.
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