"We must solve it ourselves and move forward"… Bucheon coach Lee Young-min stresses self-reliant survival ahead of Anyang match, with 32 points

Bucheon coach Lee Young-min pointed to his players' tension and impatience in an interview before the match against Anyang on the 1st. Rather than relying on rival results, he spoke of staying up on their own and named containing Anyang's attack as the key task.

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Three-line summary

In an interview before the Anyang match on the 1st, Bucheon coach Lee Young-min pointed to his players' tension and impatience
Before the match, Bucheon were 11th with 32 points, 10 points ahead of last-place Gwangju (22 points) (as of 2026.11.01 16:00)
The final result of the Anyang match and whether they actually stayed up had not been confirmed as of 2026.11.01 18:00

The afternoon of November 1, at Anyang Sports Complex. This was the day the Korea Professional Football League scheduled the Bucheon vs. Anyang K League 1 Round 34 match for 16:30. Jeonguk Maeil Shinmun also reported the same schedule. The topic Bucheon FC 1995 coach Lee Young-min (52) raised before the match was not about other teams' results. It was about his own players' tension and impatience.

Coach Lee Young-min interview: pointing to tension and impatience, stresses self-reliant survival

MK Sports reported the interview on this day at 16:00. According to the interview, the coach pointed out that his players had grown tense and impatient. His prescription was calm match management.

The sentence most often quoted is a separate one. In the same interview, the coach said, "Rather than hoping the opponent fails, we have to solve things ourselves and move forward." It means he will achieve the goal in his own games, without relying on results of rival teams in the survival race.

The match tasks were also specific. The coach said they must contain Anyang's attacks and make transitions between defense and offense efficiently. This pre-match judgment accounted for the possibility of being outpossessed by Anyang. It means they would hold on through efficiency in both defense and attack, even with less of the ball.

Anyang's starting goalkeeper was Kim Hyeon-yeop (25), who was also named in the interview. He filled in for the injury absence of starter Kim Hyeong-geun. According to Soccerway, he has played 13 K League 1 matches in the 2026 season and was also named in the Round 21 Best XI.

Lee Young-min, age 52; Bucheon's 6th season under former Anyang manager

Born December 20, 1973, the coach is 52 years old by the league's date-of-birth record. He joined Pohang in 1996, played for Jeonbuk and Goyang Kookmin Bank, and won the 2003 President's Cup MVP award. As a coach, he worked at Anyang and Ansan, and he was appointed to Bucheon in November 2020 and has led the team since the 2021 season.

His history with Anyang's bench opponent, Yoo Byung-hoon (50), is long. Placing the publicly available career records of the two side by side, they overlapped at the same club three times.

Period	Team	Lee Young-min	Yoo Byung-hoon
2005~2006	Goyang Kookmin Bank	Player	Player
2011~2012	Kookmin Bank	Coach	Coach
2013~2016	FC Anyang	Assistant head coach · interim manager · manager	Coach · assistant head coach

The numbers show this year's sharp drop. Club announcement According to the club's announcement, over the previous five seasons he recorded 84 wins, 56 draws and 67 losses in 207 matches. His win rate is 84 divided by 207: 40.6%. This year's 7 wins in 33 K League 1 matches gives 21.2%, 19.4 percentage points lower.

Bucheon 11th place, 32 points, 10 points ahead of Gwangju

Bucheon finished third in the 2025 K League 2 season, then went through the promotion playoffs to reach K League 1 for the first time in club history. Their pre-match record in their first season was 11th place, 32 points (as of 2026.11.01 16:00). Last-place Gwangju has 22 points, 10 points behind.the league's official standings, and the competitive picture becomes clear.

K League 1 Final B standings (as of 2026.10.31; update time not disclosed; November 1 matches not reflected)

Rank	Team	Points	Matches	Point gap with Bucheon
7	Jeju	46	33	+14
8	Anyang	43	33	+11
9	Pohang	42	33	+10
10	Gimcheon	35	34	+3
11	Bucheon	32	33	0
12	Gwangju	22	34	-10

Based on the table, if they beat Anyang, their points would reach 35, level with Gimcheon. However, this table does not reflect the November 1 match, and Gimcheon has played one more game. The pre-match reports' "win and stay up" line is also only a conditional description, not a confirmed survival. The reported four straight defeats and nine winless matches have not been checked against official records, so we are not including the date of the last win.

The remaining variable is the result itself. As of 2026.11.01 18:00, the final result of the Anyang match and whether they stayed up have not been confirmed. How far the self-reliant survival the coach spoke of has come can only be known once the league's official results are confirmed.

Frequently asked questions

Q. How old is Lee Young-min?

Born December 20, 1973, he is 52 years old as of November 1, 2026. A March club announcement listed him as 53.

Q. What is Bucheon's ranking?

As of 2026.11.01 16:00, before the match, they were 11th with 32 points. The official table as of 2026.10.31 shows a record of 7 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses, and does not reflect the Anyang match result.

Q. If Bucheon beat Anyang, is survival confirmed?

Pre-match reports described it as "win and stay up," but that is a conditional explanation. We have not confirmed the final score as of 2026.11.01 18:00, so official results are needed to determine whether they actually stayed up.

Related official sites

Korea Professional Football League official match schedule and results — Check the final result of the Anyang match and the remaining schedule
Korea Professional Football League Bucheon club information and standings — Check Bucheon's official standing and points
Bucheon FC 1995 official website — Check club notices and news

Featured image · Archive photo · Not an on-site photo of the match in this article · Photo=Wikimedia Commons (Haena96), CC BY 4.0