2013 FC Seoul season

FC Seoul

2013 season
Chairman	Huh Chang-Soo
Manager	Choi Yong-Soo
K League Classic	4th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League	Runners-up
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Pre-season

Practice match results

Date	Opponents	Result	Score	Scorers	Notes
5 February	Júbilo Iwata	W	1–0	Park Hee-Seong	Winter training in Kagoshima, Japan
		L	0-2
8 February	Shimizu S-Pulse	D	1–1	Yun Il-Lok
11 February	Roasso Kumamoto	W	4-0	Yun Il-Lok, Dejan, Park Hee-Seong
13 February	Urawa Red Diamonds	W	3–1	Dejan, Ko Kwang-Min, Choi Hyun-Tae
15 February	Kyoto Sanga F.C.	W	1-0	Dejan
16 February	Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.	L	2–3	?

Match results

Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website (English)

K League Classic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pohang Steelers (C) (Q)	38	21	11	6	63	38	+25	74	Qualification to 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1
2	Ulsan Hyundai (Q)	38	22	7	9	63	37	+26	73
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Q)	38	18	9	11	61	49	+12	63
4	FC Seoul (Q)	38	17	11	10	59	46	+13	62
5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	38	15	8	15	50	43	+7	53
6	Busan IPark	38	14	10	14	43	41	+2	52
7	Incheon United	38	12	14	12	48	46	+2	50
8	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	38	17	9	12	51	42	+9	60
9	Jeju United	38	16	10	12	51	46	+5	58
10	Chunnam Dragons	38	9	13	16	34	45	−11	40
11	Gyeongnam FC	38	8	13	17	42	55	−13	37
12	Gangwon FC (R)	38	8	12	18	37	64	−27	36	Qualification to relegation play-offs
13	Daegu FC (R)	38	6	14	18	38	57	−19	32	Relegation to 2014 K League Challenge
14	Daejeon Citizen (R)	38	7	11	20	37	68	−31	32

Updated to games played on 1 December 2013.
Source: K-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Pohang Steelers qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League by winning the 2013 Korean FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

FA Cup

AFC Champions League

Group Stage

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11
Buriram United	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7
Jiangsu Sainty	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
Vegalta Sendai	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6

FC Seoul v Jiangsu Sainty

26 February 2013 1	FC Seoul	5–1	Jiangsu Sainty	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Damjanović  8', 61' Yun Il-Lok  33', 56' Molina  87'	Report	Salihi  80'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,231 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Buriram United v FC Seoul

12 March 2013 2	Buriram United	0–0	FC Seoul	Buriram, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7		Report		Stadium: New I-Mobile Stadium Attendance: 20,271 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

FC Seoul v Vegalta Sendai

2 April 2013 3	FC Seoul	2–1	Vegalta Sendai	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Escudero  6' Kim Jin-Kyu  22'	Report	Wilson  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 9,762 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Vegalta Sendai v FC Seoul

10 April 2013 4	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	FC Seoul	Sendai, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Yanagisawa  16'	Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 8,874 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

Jiangsu Sainty v FC Seoul

24 April 2013 5	Jiangsu Sainty	0–2	FC Seoul	Nanjing, China PR
19:40 UTC+8		Report	Koh Myong-Jin  32' Yun Il-Lok  72'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 33,587 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

FC Seoul v Buriram United

1 May 2013 6	FC Seoul	2–2	Buriram United	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Jung Seung-Yong  55' Kim Hyun-Sung  74'	Report	Ekkachai  56' Theeraton  75'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Knockout Stage

Round of 16

Beijing Guoan v FC Seoul

14 May 2013 First leg	Beijing Guoan	0–0	FC Seoul	Beijing, China PR
19:30 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Workers Stadium Attendance: 36,458 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

FC Seoul v Beijing Guoan

21 May 2013 Second leg	FC Seoul	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Beijing Guoan	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Adi  60' Yun Il-Lok  70' Koh Myong-Jin  90+4'	Report	Kanouté  9'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 14,437 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Quarter-finals

Al-Ahli v FC Seoul

21 August 2013 First leg	Al-Ahli	1–1	FC Seoul	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3	Al-Sawadi  81'	Report	Damjanović  10'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 25,012 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

FC Seoul v Al-Ahli

18 September 2013 Second leg	FC Seoul	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Al-Ahli	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Damjanović  90'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 18,094 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Semi-finals

FC Seoul v Esteghlal

25 September 2013 First leg	FC Seoul	2–0	Esteghlal	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Damjanović  39' Go Yo-Han  47'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 12,774 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Esteghlal v FC Seoul

2 October 2013 Second leg	Esteghlal	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	FC Seoul	Tehran, Iran
19:00 UTC+3:30	Omranzadeh  50' Ghazi  75'	Report	Ha Dae-Sung  37' Kim Jin-Kyu  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 88,330 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Final

FC Seoul v Guangzhou E.

26 October 2013 First leg	FC Seoul	2–2	Guangzhou E.	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Escudero  11' Damjanović  83'	Report	Elkeson  30' Gao Lin  58'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 55,501 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Guangzhou E. v FC Seoul

9 November 2013 Second leg	Guangzhou E.	1–1 (3–3 agg.)	FC Seoul	Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8	Elkeson  58'	Report	Damjanović  63'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 55,847 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Season statistics

K League Classic records

Season	Teams	Final Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Manager
2013	14	4th	38	17	11	10	59	46	+13	62	Choi Yong-Soo

All competitions records

Seasoan	Teams	K League Classic	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Manager
2013	14	4th	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	Choi Yong-Soo

Attendance records

Season	Season Total / Average Att.	K League Classic Total / Average Att.	FA Cup Total / Average Att.	ACL Total / Average Att.	Friendly Match Att.	Att. Ranking	Notes
2013	451,845 / 15,581	315,540 / 16,607	11,945 / 3,982	124,360 / 17,766	N/A	K League Season Total Att. 2nd

• Season total attendance is K League Classic, FA Cup, AFC Champions League in the aggregate and friendly match attendance is not included.

Squad statistics

Top 5 Goal Scorers

Pos	K League	League Cup	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Total	Notes
1	Dejan (19)	Ceased	Kim Hyun-Sung (1) Molina (1) Lee Sang-Hyeob (1) Han Tae-You (1) Molina (1) Ha Dae-Sung (1)	Dejan (7)	Dejan (27)
2	Molina (9)		N/A	Yun Il-Lok (4)	Molina (10)
3	Kim Jin-Kyu (6)		N/A	Koh Myong-Jin (2) Kim Jin-Kyu (2) Escudero (2)	Kim Jin-Kyu (8)
4	Escudero (4)		N/A	N/A	Yun Il-Lok (6)
5	Ko Yo-Han (4)		N/A	N/A	Escudero (6)

Top 5 Assist Makers

Pos	K League Classic	League Cup	Total	Notes
1	Molina (13)	Ceased	Molina (13)
2	Escudero (7)		Escudero (7)
3	Dejan (5)		Dejan (5)
4	Cha Du-Ri (3)		Cha Du-Ri (3)
5	Ko Yo-Han (3)		Ko Yo-Han (3)

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Choi Yong-Soo
Assistant Manager	Lee Young-Jin
Coach	Kim Seong-Jae
Coach	Lee Ki-Hyung
Goalkeeping Coach	Leandro
Fitness Coach	Kanno Atsushi
Youth Team Manager	Kike Linero
U-18 Team Coach	Lee Won-Jun
U-16 Team Coach	Yun Dae-Sung
U-14 Team Coach	Chung Sang-Nam
Youth Team Goalkeeping Coach	Seo Dong-Myung
Youth Team Goalkeeping Coach	Zole
Head of Youth Development	Choi Soon-Ho
Chief Scout	Choi Ki-Bong
Scout	Jung Jae-Yoon
	Kim Sang-Moon

Players

Team squad

FC Seoul's all players registered in 2013 season. 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 Kim Yong-Dae 2 DF Choi Hyo-Jin 4 DF Kim Ju-Young 5 DF Cha Du-Ri (In) 6 DF Kim Jin-Kyu (vice-captain) 7 DF Kim Chi-Woo 8 DF Adilson dos Santos 9 FW Sergio Escudero 10 FW Dejan Damjanović 11 FW Mauricio Molina 13 DF Hyun Young-Min (Out) 14 FW Park Hee-Seong 15 FW Kang Jung-Hun (Out) 16 MF Ha Dae-Sung (captain) 17 MF Choi Hyun-Tae 18 FW Kim Hyun-Sung 19 MF Lee Jae-Kwon (Conscripted) 20 MF Han Tae-You 21 MF Ko Yo-Han 22 MF Koh Myong-Jin 23 GK Han Il-Koo 24 MF Yun Il-Lok

No. Position Player 26 MF Cho Nam-Kee (Discharged) 27 MF Ko Kwang-Min 28 DF Kim Nam Chun 29 MF Lee Sang-Hyeob 31 GK Yu Sang-Hun 32 FW Jung Seung-Yong 33 MF Choi Tae-Uk 36 DF Lee Taig-Ki 37 MF Moon Dong-Ju 38 DF Jang Hyun-Woo 41 GK Lee Seung-Kyu 42 DF Choi Bong-Won 43 MF Lee Kwang-Jin (Out) 44 FW Joo Ik-Seong 45 DF Cho Min-Woo (Out) 46 MF Roh Young-Gyun 47 MF Shin Hak-Young 48 DF Kim Sang-Pil 49 FW Hwang Sin-Young 50 MF Park Seung-Ryeol 51 GK Kim Eun-Do

Out on loan & military service

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

No. Position Player MF Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Busan IPark until July 2013) MF Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013) MF Youn Sung-Woo (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013) MF Yoon Seung-Hyeon (to Incheon Korail until December 2013) DF Cho Min-Woo (to V-Varen Nagasaki until December 2013) FW Kang Jung-hun (to Gangwon FC until December 2013) MF Lee Kwang-jin (to Gwangju FC until December 2013)

No. Position Player MF Cho Nam-Kee (to Police FC until July 2013 / Discharged) DF Choi Won-Wook (to Police FC until September 2013 / Discharged^[1]) DF Kim Dong-Woo (to Police FC until September 2014) DF Song Seung-Ju (to Police FC until September 2014) MF Moon Ki-Han (to Police FC until September 2014) MF Kim Won-Sik (to Police FC until September 2014) FW Jung Jo-Gook (to Police FC until September 2014)

1. Choi Won-Wook was not registered 2013 season

• In : Transferred from other teams in the middle of season.
• Out : Transferred to other teams in the middle of season.
• Discharged : Transferred from Sangju Sangmu and Police FC for military service in the middle of season. (Registered in 2013 season)
• Conscripted : Transferred to Sangju Sangmu and Police FC for military service after end of season.

Transfers

In

#	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Window	Period	Fee	Notes
1	Lee Kwang-Jin	MF	Daegu FC	Loan Return	Winter (End of the 2012 season)	N/A	N/A
2	Yoon Seung-Hyeon	MF	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2012 season)		N/A
3	Kim Hyun-Sung	FW	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2012 season)		N/A
4	Yun Il-Lok	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Transfer	Winter (2012-12-26)	Undisclosed	$930,000
5	Sergio Escudero	FW	Urawa Red Diamonds	Transfer	Winter (2012-12-28)	3 years (2015-12-31)	Undisclosed
6	Cha Du-Ri	DF	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2013-03-25)	2 years (2014-12-31)	Free
7	Cho Nam-Kee	MF	Police FC	Return from military service	N/A (2013-07-15)		N/A
8	Choi Won-Wook	DF	Police FC	Return from military service	N/A (2013-09-28)		N/A

Rookie Draft & Free Agent

#	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Notes
1	Kim Sang-Pil	DF	Sungkyunkwan University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul Academy (2009 Draft)
2	Kim Eun-Do	GK	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul Academy
3	Park Seung-Ryeol	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul Academy
4	Shin Hak-Young	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul Academy
5	Choi Bong-Won	DF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul Academy
6	Hwang Sin-Young	FW	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul Academy
7	Oh Jun-Hyeok		Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul Academy
8	Cho Won-Tae		Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul Academy
9	Park Hee-Seong	FW	Korea University	Regular (1st)
10	Lee Sang Hyeob	FW	Korea University	Regular (3rd)
11	Moon Dong-Ju	FW	Daegu University	Regular (4th)
12	Roh Young-Gyun	MF	Boin High School	Regular (6th)
13	Kim Nam-Chun	DF	Dongguk University	Rookie Free Agent

• (Univ.) means player who go to university then back to FC Seoul.
• (After Univ.) means player who is joined FC Seoul after entering university.

Out

#	Name	POS	Moving to	Mode	Window	Period	Fee	Notes
1	Park Hee-Do	MF	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-07)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
2	Kim Tae-Hwan	MF	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-07)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
3	Lee Jong-min	DF	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-13)	3년	Undisclosed
4	Jo Su-Huk	GK	Incheon United	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-16)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
5	Yoon Si-Ho	DF	Jeonnam Dragons	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2013-01-16)	Undisclosed	Free
6	Kim Yong-Chan	DF	Gyeongnam FC	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2013-01-22)	Undisclosed	Free
7	Hwang In-Seong	FW	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
8	Kwak Jung-Geun	MF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
9	Lee Jae-Il	FW	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
10	Jeong Dong-Yeon	DF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
11	Yoo Sang-Hee	DF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
12	Cho Ho-Yeon	MF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
13	Hyun Young-Min	DF	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Transfer	Winter (2013-03-27)	Undisclosed	$88,000

Loan & Military service

#	Name	POS	Moving to	Window	Period	Fee	Notes
1	Jung Jo-Gook	FW	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
2	Kim Dong-Woo	DF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
3	Moon Ki-Han	MF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
4	Kim Won-Sik	MF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
5	Song Seung-Ju	DF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
6	Youn Sung-Woo	MF	Goyang Hi FC	Winter (2013-01-08)	1 year	Free
7	Yoon Seung-Hyun	MF	Incheon Korail FC	Winter (2013-02-14)	1 year	Free
8	Cho Min-Woo	DF	V-Varen Nagasaki	Winter (2013-04-05)	1 year	Free
9	Kang Jung-Hun	FW	Gangwon FC	Summer (2013-07-26)	6 months	Free
10	Lee Kwang-Jin	MF	Goyang Hi FC	Summer (2013-07-31)	6 months	Free
11	Kyung Jae-Yoon	MF	Goyang Hi FC	Summer (2013-07-31)	6 months	Free

Technical report

Starting 11 & Formation

This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4–3–3 or 4-2-3-1 formation.

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Kim Yong-Dae 5 DF Cha Du-Ri 6 DF Kim Jin-Kyu 4 DF Kim Ju-Young 8 DF Adilson 21 MF Ko Yo-Han 16 MF Ha Dae-Sung 22 MF Koh Myong-Jin 9 MF Escudero 10 FW Dejan 11 MF Molina

Yong-Dae Du-Ri Jin-Kyu Ju-Young Adilson Yo-Han Dae-Sung Myong-Jin Escudero Dejan Molina

Substitutes

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 31 GK Yu Sang-Hun 3 DF Choi Hyo-Jin 7 DF Kim Chi-Woo 20 MF Han Tae-You 24 MF Yun Il-Lok 33 MF Choi Tae-Uk 18 FW Kim Hyun-Sung See also FC Seoul References FC Seoul 2013 Matchday Magazines (Korean) External links FC Seoul Official Website (Korean) (English)