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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

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

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

K League Classic

League table

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

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

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

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

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 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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) — 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

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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).

See also

• FC Seoul

References

1. FC서울, 日 우라와 레즈 연습경기서 3-1 완승

• FC Seoul 2013 Matchday Magazines Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)

External links

• FC Seoul Official Website (in Korean and English)

• FC Seoul seasons
• South Korean football clubs 2013 season