2013 FC Seoul season

The 2013 season is FC Seoul's 30th season in the K League Classic.

FC Seoul
2013 season
ChairmanHuh Chang-soo
ManagerChoi Yong-soo
K League Classic4th
FA CupQuarter-finals
AFC Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Dejan (27)
All: Dejan (19)
Highest home attendance43,681 vs Suwon
(League, 3 August)
Lowest home attendance1,835 vs Yonsei University
(FA Cup, 8 May)
Average home league attendance16,607

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
Competition Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
K League Classic Matchday 1 Matchday 38 !—
FA Cup Round of 32 !—
AFC Champions League Group Stage !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: 31 December 2013
Source: Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

K League Classic
Main article: 2013 K League Classic

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Ulsan Hyundai 38 22 7 9 63 37 +26 73 Qualification for the Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 38 18 9 11 61 49 +12 63
4 FC Seoul 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
Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Pohang Steelers won the league after qualifying for the Champions League as champions of the FA Cup. Therefore, the spot given to the league champions was passed to the fourth-placed team.

FA Cup
Main article: 2013 Korean FA Cup

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League group stage § Group E
Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Seoul 6321115+611
Buriram United 61416607
Jiangsu Sainty 6213510−57
Vegalta Sendai 613256−16
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League Final
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)
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 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

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 squad

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

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.

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).

See also

References
  1. FC서울, 日 우라와 레즈 연습경기서 3-1 완승
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