2008 Pohang Steelers season

Pohang Steelers

2008 season
Chairman	Kim Hyun-Sik
Manager	Sérgio Farias
K-League	5th
Korean FA Cup	Winner
League Cup	Semifinal
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Stevo Denilson Namgung Do (All 6 goals) All: Denilson (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	17,288 vs Suwon (26 October)
Lowest home attendance	4,571 vs Bình Dương (21 May)
Average home league attendance	10,751
Home colours Away colours
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 season is Pohang Steelers' 26th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Shin Hwa-Yong 2 MF Choi Hyo-Jin 3 DF Kim Gwang-Seok 4 DF Lee Chang-Won 6 MF Kim Gi-Dong 7 MF Kim Jae-Sung 8 MF Hwang Jin-Sung 9 MF Hwang Ji-Soo 10 FW Denilson 11 MF Choi Jong-Bum 12 MF Park Hee-Chul 14 DF Kim Hyung-Il 16 MF Kim Jung-Kyum 17 MF Lee Gwang-Jae 18 FW Namgung Do 19 MF Park Won-Jae

No. Position Player 21 GK Song Dong-Jin 22 DF Jang Hyun-Kyu 23 FW Yoo Chang-Hyun 24 DF Hwang Jae-Won 25 MF Shin Hyung-Min 26 DF Kim Soo-Yeon 27 MF Cho Han-Bum 28 MF Song Chang-Ho 29 MF Lee Tae-Young 30 MF Lee Sung-Jae 31 GK Kim Jee-Hyuk 33 MF Noh Byung-Joon 35 MF Kim Yoon-Sik 36 MF Kim Ji-min 37 DF Cho Sung-Hwan 99 FW Stevica Ristić (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai)

K-League

Regular season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
8 March	Chunnam Dragons	H	2 – 1	Kim Gwang-Seok 26', Namgung Do 90+3'	15,121	1st
15 March	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	A	0 – 3		22,676	8th
29 March	Incheon United	H	1 – 2	Denilson 90+1'	8,862	10th
6 April	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	A	1 – 1	Kim Gi-Dong 73'	9,823	10th
13 April	Daejeon Citizen	H	0 – 0		9,641	9th
19 April	Daegu FC	H	3 – 0	Namgung Do 16', Hwang Jae-Won 30', Noh Byung-Joon 70'	7,517	7th
26 April	Busan I'Park	A	2 – 1	Shin Hyung-Min 80', Park Won-Jae 90'	7,775	4th
3 May	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	3 – 2	Park Won-Jae 21', Kim Jae-Sung 25', Own goal 71'	7,282	4th
11 May	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	H	3 – 1	Denilson 10', 51', Choi Hyo-Jin 89'	10,511	4th
17 May	Gyeongnam FC	H	3 – 1	Namgung Do 34', Denilson 63', 65'	14,326	2nd
24 May	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	0 – 1		38,239	3rd
28 June	Jeju United	H	0 – 1		5,805	4th
5 July	FC Seoul	A	1 – 4	Hwang Jin-Sung 52'	18,233	5th
12 July	Chunnam Dragons	A	0 – 2		10,803	6th
19 July	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	H	3 – 1	Denilson 14, Stevo 29', Jang Hyun-Kyu 54'	11,374	4th
23 August	Incheon United	A	1 – 2	Namgung Do 89'	5,872	5th
30 August	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	H	1 – 1	Stevo 14'	12,151	6th
13 September	Daegu FC	A	4 – 1	Kim Jae-Sung 4', Kim Gi-Dong 48', Park Won-Jae 75', Namgung Do 90'	7,285	6th
20 September	Busan I'Park	H	3 – 2	Hwang Jin-Sung 3', Choi Hyo-Jin 44', Stevo 58'	13,671	5th
27 September	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	2 – 1	Noh Byung-Joon 77', Shin Hyung-Min 83'	13,984	5th
5 October	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	A	1 – 1	Park Won-Jae 57'	16,820	5th
18 October	Gyeongnam FC	A	4 – 3	Namgung Do 31', Stevo 75', 76', Noh Byung-Joon 87'	17,293	4th
26 October	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	H	0 – 0		17,288	5th
29 October	Daejeon Citizen	A	3 – 0	Kim Gi-Dong 42', Shin Hyung-Min 65', Cho Sung-Hwan 77'	15,824	5th
2 November	Jeju United	A	1 – 0	Noh Byung-Joon 65'	4,416	5th
9 November	FC Seoul	H	1 – 2	Stevo 90'	13,289	5th

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
4	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	26	14	7	5	39	26	+13	49
5	Pohang Steelers	26	13	5	8	43	34	+9	44
6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	26	11	4	11	39	37	+2	37

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Play-off

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
20 August	First Round	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	A	0 – 0 (2–4p)		9,480

Korean FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
20 August	Round of 16	Chunnam Dragons	A	1 – 0	Noh Byung-Joon 89'
5 November	Quarterfinal	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	1 – 1 (8–7p)	Namgung Do 82'
18 December	Semifinal	Daegu FC	N	2 – 0	Hwang Jae-Won 42', Lee Gwang-Jae 82'
21 December	Final	Gyeongnam FC	N	2 – 0	Hwang Jin-Sung 3', Kim Jae-Sung 78'

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 October	Quarterfinal	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	1 – 0	Noh Byung-Joon 29'	7,825
8 October	Semifinal	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	0 – 0 (2–3p)		16,321

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
12 March	Adelaide United	H	0 – 2		8,436	4th
19 March	Bình Dương	A	4 – 1	Denilson 49' (pen.), 58' (pen.), Kim Jae-Sung 56', Choi Hyo-Jin 64'	12,000	3rd
9 April	Changchun Yatai	A	0 – 1		18,000	3rd
23 April	Changchun Yatai	H	2 – 2	Hwang Jae-Won 64', Hwang Jin-Sung 90'	5,468	3rd
7 May	Adelaide United	A	0 – 1		11,805	3rd
21 May	Bình Dương	H	0 – 0		4,571	3rd

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	2	0	9	2	7	14
Changchun Yatai	6	3	3	0	10	3	7	12
Pohang Steelers	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
Bình Dương	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total			Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Total	Goals
1	GK	Shin Hwa-Yong	8	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	6	0	15 (1)	16	0	0	0
2	MF	Choi Hyo-Jin	25	2	4	0	1	0	4	1	34 (0)	34	3	5	0
3	DF	Kim Gwang-Seok	18 (2)	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	5	0	24 (3)	27	1	6	0
4	DF	Lee Chang-Won	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9 (0)	9	0	2	0
6	MF	Kim Gi-Dong	17 (1)	3	2	0	0 (1)	0	3 (1)	0	22 (3)	25	3	2	1
7	MF	Kim Jae-Sung	13 (11)	2	2 (1)	1	2	0	3 (1)	1	20 (13)	33	4	9	0
8	MF	Hwang Jin-Sung	16 (6)	2	2 (1)	1	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	1	21 (9)	30	4	4	0
9	MF	Hwang Ji-Soo	23	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	32 (0)	32	0	4	0
10	FW	Denilson	19	6	2	0	0	0	4	2	25 (0)	25	8	6	0
11	MF	Choi Jong-Bum	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2 (0)	2	0	0	0
12	MF	Park Yoon-Hwa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Park Hee-Chul	3 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	4 (3)	7	0	1	0
13	MF	Shin Kwang-Hoon	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2 (4)	6	0	1	0
14	FW	Kwon Jip	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2 (0)	2	0	0	0
14	DF	Kim Hyung-Il	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4 (0)	4	0	2	0
15	FW	Clodoaldo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	3 (1)	4	0	1	0
16	MF	Park Won-Jae	23 (2)	4	3 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	30 (3)	33	4	6	2
16	MF	Kim Jung-Kyum	2 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	4	0	0	0
17	FW	Lee Gwang-Jae	2 (6)	0	0 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	2 (2)	0	4 (11)	15	1	2	0
18	FW	Namgung Do	11 (13)	6	1 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	3	0	15 (16)	31	7	4	0
19	FW	Lee Sung-Jae	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0 (3)	3	0	1	0
20	MF	Fabiano Gadelha	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	1 (5)	6	0	0	0
21	GK	Song Dong-Jin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Jang Hyun-Kyu	19 (1)	1	4	0	2	0	2	0	27 (1)	28	1	3	0
23	FW	Yoo Chang-Hyun	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	2	0	0	0
24	DF	Hwang Jae-Won	17	1	2	1	2	0	2	1	23 (0)	23	3	4	1
25	MF	Shin Hyung-Min	15 (2)	3	2 (1)	0	2	0	2 (2)	0	21 (5)	26	3	5	0
26	DF	Kim Soo-Yeon	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3 (0)	3	0	1	0
27	MF	Cho Han-Bum	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	2 (2)	4	0	1	0
28	MF	Song Chang-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2 (0)	2	0	0	0
29	DF	Lee Tae-Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Kim Jee-Hyuk	19	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	24 (0)	24	0	1	0
32	DF	Lee Seung-Yeul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Noh Byung-Joon	7 (12)	4	1 (3)	1	1 (1)	1	0	0	9 (16)	25	6	1	0
35	MF	Kim Yoon-Sik	0 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	3	0	0	0
36	MF	Kim Ji-min	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0	0	0
37	DF	Cho Sung-Hwan	16	1	4	0	2	0	4	0	26 (0)	26	1	9	1
99	FW	Stevica Ristić (loan in)	9 (3)	6	3	0	2	0	0	0	14 (3)	17	6	1	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Source
15 November 2007	MF	Shin Hyung-Min	Hongik University	(Korean)
15 November 2007	FW	Yoo Chang-Hyun	Daegu University
15 November 2007	MF	Cho Han-Bum	Chung-Ang University
15 November 2007	MF	Song Chang-Ho	Dong-A University
3 December 2007	FW	Denilson	Daejeon Citizen	(Korean)
10 December 2007	MF	Kwon Jip	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	(Korean)
10 December 2007	MF	Kim Jung-Kyum	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
11 December 2007	FW	Namgung Do	Chunnam Dragons	(Korean)
18 December 2007	FW	Fabiano	Marília Atlético Clube	(Korean)
28 December 2007	DF	Jang Hyun-Kyu	Daejeon Citizen	(Korean)
7 January 2008	MF	Kim Jae-Sung	Jeju United	(Korean)
30 January 2008	MF	Park Yoon-Hwa	Daegu FC	(Korean)
29 February 2008	GK	Kim Jee-Hyuk	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	(Korean)
7 March 2008	FW	Noh Byung-Joon	Free Agent
11 July 2008	MF	Park Hee-Chul	Gyeongnam FC	(Korean)
29 July 2008	DF	Kim Hyung-Il	Daejeon Citizen	(Korean)

Loan in

Date	Pos.	Name	Moving From	End	Source
22 January 2008	FW	Aldo	Corinthians	December 2009	(Korean)
4 July 2008	FW	Stevica Ristić	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	December 2010	(Korean)

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Source
26 November 2007	MF	Kim Myung-Joong	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	(Korean)
26 November 2007	MF	Go Seul-Ki	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
3 December 2007	FW	Schwenck	Goiás Esporte Clube	(Korean)
10 December 2007	MF	Kim Sung-Keun	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	(Korean)
10 December 2007	MF	Choi Tae-Uk	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
11 December 2007	FW	Ko Ki-Gu	Chunnam Dragons	(Korean)
7 January 2008	MF	Oh Seung-Bum	Jeju United	(Korean)
9 January 2008	MF	Tavares	Sport Club Internacional	(Korean)
14 January 2008	MF	Ohn Byung-Hoon	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	(Korean)
14 January 2008	DF	Lee Won-Jae	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
22 January 2008	FW	Jonhes	Release	(Korean)
18 February 2008	GK	Cha Chul-Ho	Ulsan Mipo Dockyard	(Korean)
29 February 2008	GK	Jung Sung-Ryong	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	(Korean)
February 2008	GK	Kwon Jung-Hyuk	FC Seoul
June 2008	FW	Aldo	Náutico
June 2008	FW	Fabiano	Náutico
11 July 2008	MF	Park Yoon-Hwa	Gyeongnam FC	(Korean)
29 July 2008	MF	Kwon Jip	Daejeon Citizen	(Korean)
	GK	Kim Hyun-Bum	?

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Name	Moving To	End	Source
4 July 2008	MF	Shin Kwang-Hoon	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	December 2010	(Korean)

References