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
Top goalscorer	League: Dejan (27) All: Dejan (19)
Highest home attendance	43,681 vs Suwon (League, 3 August)
Lowest home attendance	1,835 vs Yonsei University (FA Cup, 8 May)
Average home league attendance	16,607
Home colours Away colours
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The 2013 season is FC Seoul's 30th season in the K League Classic.

Pre-season

• In Guam: From 7 January 2013 to 26 January 2013
• In Kagoshima, Japan: From 3 February 2013 to 17 February 2013^[1]

Pre-season match results

Type	Date	Opponents	Result	Score	Scorers	Notes
Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan	5 February 20130	Júbilo Iwata	W	1–0	Park Hee-Seong
			L	0–2
	8 February 20130	Shimizu S-Pulse	D	1–1	Yun Il-Lok
	11 February 20130	Roasso Kumamoto	W	4–0	Yun Il-Lok, Dejan, Park Hee-Seong
	13 February 20130	Urawa Red Diamonds	W	3–1	Dejan, Ko Kwang-Min, Choi Hyun-Tae
	15 February 20130	Kyoto Sanga F.C.	W	1–0	Dejan
	16 February 20130	Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.	L	2–3	?

Competitions

Overview

K League Classic

League table

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)

Match reports and match highlights

Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website (in English)

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

Squad statistics

Goals

Pos	K League Classic	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Total	Notes
1	Dejan (19 / 29)	Ha Dae-Sung (1 / 1) Molina (1 / 1)	Dejan (7 / 13)	Dejan (27 / 44)
2	Molina (9 / 35)	Kim Hyun-Sung (1 / 2) Dejan (1 / 2)	Yun Il-Lok (4 / 10)	Molina (11 / 49)
3	Kim Jin-Kyu (6 / 35)	Lee Sang-Hyeob (1 / 3) Han Tae-You (1 / 3)	Kim Jin-Kyu (2 / 11)	Kim Jin-Kyu (8 / 47)
4	Go Yo-Han (5 / 37)	N/A	Escudero (2 / 12)	Yun Il-Lok (6 / 41)
5	Escudero (4 / 34)	N/A	Koh Myong-Jin (2 / 13 )	Escudero (6 / 49)

Assists

Pos	K League Classic	Total	Notes
1	Molina (13 / 35)	Molina (13 / 35)
2	Escudero (7 / 34)	Escudero (7 / 34)
3	Dejan (5 / 29)	Dejan (5 / 29)
4	Cha Du-Ri (3 / 30)	Cha Du-Ri (3 / 30)
5	Go Yo-Han (3 / 37)	Go Yo-Han (3 / 37)

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Choi Yong-Soo
Assistant manager	Lee Young-Jin
Coach	Kim Seong-Jae
	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
	Gjorgji Jovanovski
Head of Youth Development	Choi Soon-Ho
Chief scout	Choi Gi-Bong
Scout	Jung Jae-Yoon
	Kim Sang-Moon

Players

Team roster

All players registered for the 2013 season are listed.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KOR Kim Yong-Dae 2 DF  KOR Choi Hyo-Jin 4 DF  KOR Kim Ju-Young 5 DF  KOR Cha Du-Ri (In) 6 DF  KOR Kim Jin-Kyu (vice-captain) 7 DF  KOR Kim Chi-Woo 8 DF  BRA Adilson dos Santos 9 FW  JPN Sergio Escudero 10 FW  MNE Dejan Damjanović 11 FW  COL Mauricio Molina 13 DF  KOR Hyun Young-Min (Out) 14 FW  KOR Park Hee-Seong 15 FW  KOR Kang Jung-Hun (Out) 16 MF  KOR Ha Dae-Sung (captain) 17 MF  KOR Choi Hyun-Tae 18 FW  KOR Kim Hyun-Sung 19 MF  KOR Lee Jae-Kwon (Conscripted) 20 MF  KOR Han Tae-You 21 MF  KOR Go Yo-Han 22 MF  KOR Koh Myong-Jin 23 GK  KOR Han Il-Koo 24 MF  KOR Yun Il-Lok

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  KOR Cho Nam-Kee (Discharged) 27 MF  KOR Ko Kwang-Min 28 DF  KOR Kim Nam Chun 29 MF  KOR Lee Sang-Hyeob 31 GK  KOR Yu Sang-Hun 32 FW  KOR Jung Seung-Yong 33 MF  KOR Choi Tae-Uk 36 DF  KOR Lee Taig-Ki 37 MF  KOR Moon Dong-Ju 38 DF  KOR Jang Hyun-Woo 41 GK  KOR Lee Seung-Kyu 42 DF  KOR Choi Bong-Won 43 MF  KOR Lee Kwang-Jin (Out) 44 FW  KOR Joo Ik-Seong 45 DF  KOR Cho Min-Woo (Out) 46 MF  KOR Roh Young-Gyun 47 MF  KOR Shin Hak-Young 48 DF  KOR Kim Sang-Pil 49 FW  KOR Hwang Sin-Young 50 MF  KOR Park Seung-Ryeol 51 GK  KOR 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. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KOR Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Busan IPark until July 2013) — MF  KOR Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013) — MF  KOR Youn Sung-Woo (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013) — MF  KOR Yoon Seung-Hyeon (to Incheon Korail until December 2013) — DF  KOR Cho Min-Woo (to V-Varen Nagasaki until December 2013) — FW  KOR Kang Jung-hun (to Gangwon FC until December 2013) — MF  KOR Lee Kwang-jin (to Gwangju FC until December 2013)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KOR Cho Nam-Kee (to Police FC until July 2013 / Discharged) — DF  KOR Choi Won-Wook (to Police FC until September 2013 / Discharged[1]) — DF  KOR Kim Dong-Woo (to Police FC until September 2014) — DF  KOR Song Seung-Ju (to Police FC until September 2014) — MF  KOR Moon Ki-Han (to Police FC until September 2014) — MF  KOR Kim Won-Sik (to Police FC until September 2014) — FW  KOR 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	Kim Hyun-Sung	FW	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2012 season)		N/A
3	Yun Il-Lok	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Transfer	Winter (2012-12-26)	Undisclosed	$930,000
4	Sergio Escudero	FW	Urawa Red Diamonds	Transfer	Winter (2012-12-28)	3 years (2015-12-31)	Undisclosed
5	Cha Du-Ri	DF	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2013-03-25)	2 years (2014-12-31)	Free
6	Cho Nam-Kee	MF	Police FC	Return from military service	N/A (2013-07-15)		N/A
7	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 U-18 Team (2009 Draft)
2	Kim Eun-Do	GK	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
3	Park Seung-Ryeol	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
4	Shin Hak-Young	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
5	Choi Bong-Won	DF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
6	Hwang Sin-Young	FW	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
7	Oh Jun-Hyeok		Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
8	Cho Won-Tae		Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
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	Song Seung-Ju	DF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
4	Moon Ki-Han	MF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
5	Kim Won-Sik	MF	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

Tactics

Tactical analysis

Starting eleven and 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 Go Yo-Han 16 MF Ha Dae-Sung 22 MF Koh Myong-Jin 9 MF Escudero 10 FW Dejan 11 MF Molina Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

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

Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).