2010 Pohang Steelers season

Pohang Steelers
2010 season
Chairman Kim Tae-Man
Manager Waldemar Lemos
K-League9th
Korean FA CupRound of 16
League CupGroup Round
Champions LeagueQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerLeague:
Seol Ki-Hyeon (7)

All:
Mota (12)
Highest home attendance15,329 vs Incheon
(22 August)
Lowest home attendance2,800 vs Chungju
(21 April)
Average home league attendance9,964

The 2010 season is Pohang Steelers' 28th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup, AFC Champions League.

Squad

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 Shin Hwa-Yong
2 MF  KOR Park Hee-Chul
3 DF  KOR Kim Gwang-Seok
4 DF  JPN Kazunari Okayama
5 MF  KOR Kim Tae-Su
6 MF  KOR Kim Gi-Dong
7 MF  KOR Kim Jae-Sung
8 MF  KOR Hwang Jin-Sung
9 FW  BRA Zulu
10 FW  BRA Mota
11 FW  KOR Seol Ki-Hyeon
12 GK  KOR Hwang Kyo-Chung
13 MF  KOR Cho Han-Bum
14 MF  KOR Kim Ba-Woo
15 DF  KOR Cho Hong-Kyu
16 MF  KOR Kim Jung-Kyum
17 DF  KOR Shin Kwang-Hoon
18 FW  KOR Lee Jin-Ho (On loan from Ulsan)
19 DF  KOR Ahn Tae-Eun
20 MF  KOR Shin Hyung-Min
21 GK  KOR Song Dong-Jin
22 DF  KOR Jung Hong-Youn
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW  KOR Yoo Chang-Hyun
24 DF  KOR Lee Won-Jae
25 MF  KOR Jeong Seok-Min
26 FW  KOR Cho Chan-Ho
27 MF  KOR Kim Chang-Hoon
28 MF  KOR Song Chang-Ho
29 FW  KOR Choi Hyun-Youn
30 FW  KOR Jung Jeong-Seok
31 GK  KOR Kim Da-Sol
32 DF  KOR Kim Hyung-Il (captain)
33 FW  KOR Lee Ki-Dong
34 MF  KOR Kim Beom-Jun
35 DF  KOR Hwang Jae-Hun
36 DF  KOR Kim Won-Il
37 DF  KOR Kang Dae-Ho
38 DF  KOR Han Ma-Ro
39 MF  KOR Lee Sang-Hoon
40 MF  KOR Kim Dae-Ho
41 GK  KOR Kim Dae-Ho
42 FW  KOR Lee Sung-Jae
77 FW  BRA Almir

On loan

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
FW  KOR Ko Gi-Gu (on loan to Daejeon Citizen)
FW  KOR No Byung-Jun (on loan to Ulsan Hyundai)

K-League

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance League
position
6 March Daegu FC H 2 – 1 No Byung-Jun 63', Almir 81' 11,737 8th
14 March Gwangju Sangmu FC A 1 – 1 Alexsandro 67' 21,360 8th
20 March Gangwon FC H 4 – 0 Mota 11', 81', 88', Hwang Jin-Sung 56' 8,113 4th
27 March FC Seoul A 0 – 1 22,963 7th
3 April Gyeongnam FC A 1 – 3 Almir 78' 12,458 7th
10 April Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors H 3 – 3 Kim Jae-Sung 25', Kim Jung-Kyum 28', Hwang Jin-Sung 41' 10,780 9th
18 April Incheon United A 0 – 4 13,721 10th
24 April Daejeon Citizen H 0 – 1 8,792 10th
2 May Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma A 0 – 3 7,681 13th
5 May Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i H 1 – 1 Lee Ki-Dong 27' 13,827 11th
8 May Jeju United FC H 2 – 5 Ko Ki-Gu 45', Jeong Seok-Min 85' 7,453 12th
10 July Chunnam Dragons H 1 – 1 Kim Hyung-Il 56' 12,773 11th
17 July Busan I'Park A 2 – 4 Mota 37', Yoo Chang-Hyun 68' 5,830 12th
25 July Suwon Samsung Bluewings H 1 – 1 Seol Ki-Hyeon 5' 12,624 12th
31 July Chunnam Dragons A 2 – 2 Seol Ki-Hyeon 59', Yoo Chang-Hyun 63' 13,554 13th
8 August Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma H 2 – 0 Seol Ki-Hyeon 6', Almir 52' 13,213 10th
15 August Daegu FC A 2 – 0 Lee Jin-Ho 89', Own goal 90+3' 2,552 10th
22 August Incheon United H 3 – 2 Almir 9', Seol Ki-Hyeon 40', Hwang Jin-Sung 53' 15,329 9th
29 August Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i A 1 – 1 Kim Hyung-Il 90+4' 12,497 9th
1 September FC Seoul H 1 – 4 Seol Ki-Hyeon 90+2' 13,223 9th
4 September Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors A 2 – 3 Jung Hong-Youn 49', Lee Jin-Ho 82' 10,388 9th
26 September Jeju United FC A 1 – 1 Mota 8' 14,754 10th
9 October Gwangju Sangmu FC H 1 – 0 Lee Jin-Ho 71' 8,115 10th
16 October Busan I'Park H 2 – 2 Seol Ki-Hyeon 77'(pen), Lee Jin-Ho 90+1' 6,155 10th
27 October Daejeon Citizen A 1 – 0 Hwang Jin-Sung 60' 2,138 10th
31 October Suwon Samsung Bluewings A 0 – 2 26,256 10th
3 November Gyeongnam FC H 3 – 0 Own goal 11', Mota 34', Seol Ki-Hyeon 61' 14,286 9th
7 November Gangwon FC A 0 – 2 18,716 9th

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 28 12 5 11 39 44 −5 41 Qualification for the Champions League[a]
8 Busan IPark 28 8 9 11 36 37 −1 33
9 Pohang Steelers 28 8 9 11 39 48 −9 33
10 Jeonnam Dragons 28 8 8 12 40 49 −9 32
11 Incheon United 28 8 7 13 42 51 −9 31
Source: K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Pos Team Qualification
1 FC Seoul (C) Qualification for the Champions League
2 Jeju United
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
4 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
5 Ulsan Hyundai
6 Gyeongnam FC
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Korean FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
21 April Round of 32 Chungju Hummel FC H 5 – 1 Mota 22', Alexsandro 32', 82', Choi Hyun-Youn 40', Jeong Seok-Min 59' 2,800
21 July Round of 16 Gwangju Sangmu FC A 1 – 2 Kim Gi-Dong 21' 200

League Cup

Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance Group
position
23 May Daegu FC A 2 – 1 Mota 29', Hwang Jin-Sung 54' 1,215 2nd
26 May Daejeon Citizen H 1 – 1 Mota 41' 5,562 1st
2 June Busan I'Park H 1 – 2 Mota 6'(pen) 7,213 2nd
6 June Incheon United A 1 – 1 Cho Chan-Ho 58' 5,472 3rd

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BIP DGU PHS ICU DJC
1 Busan IPark 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4 9 2–3 1–0
2 Daegu FC 4 2 0 2 9 9 0 6 1–2 3–2
3 Pohang Steelers 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 1–2 1–1
4 Incheon United 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4 3–2 1–1
5 Daejeon Citizen 4 1 1 2 7 10 −3 4 1–4 3–2
Source: RSSSF

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance Group
position
24 February 2010 Adelaide United A 0 – 1 8,374 3rd
10 March 2010 Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 2 – 1 Hwang Jae-Won 54', Almir 90+2' 10,293 2nd
24 March 2010 Shandong Luneng H 1 – 0 No Byung-Jun 5' 10,128 2nd
30 March 2010 Shandong Luneng A 2 – 1 Kim Jae-Sung 51', Kim Tae-Su 86' 11,810 2nd
13 April 2010 Adelaide United H 0 – 0 8,217 2nd
27 April 2010 Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 3 – 4 Kim Jae-Sung 4', 48', Shin Hyung-Min 63' 5,612 2nd

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Pohang Steelers 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 3 0 3 11 11 0 9
4 Shandong Luneng 6 2 0 4 5 8 −3 6

Knockout stage

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
12 May 2010 Round of 16 Kashima Antlers A 1 – 0 Mota 29' 9,794
15 September 2010 Quarterfinal 1st leg Zob Ahan Isfahan A 1 – 2 Mota 56' 9,156
21 September 2010 Quarterfinal 2nd leg Zob Ahan Isfahan H 1 – 1 Kim Jae-Sung 10' 8,617

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Statistics accurate as of match played 7 November 2010

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Total Goals
1 GK Shin Hwa-Yong 23 0 2 0 4 0 9 0 38 (0) 38 0
2 MF Park Hee-Chul 8 (2) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 13 (2) 15 0
3 DF Kim Gwang-Seok 9 (3) 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 20 (3) 23 0
4 DF Kazunari Okayama 4 (2) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 9 (2) 11 0
5 MF Kim Tae-Su 18 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 7 1 28 (2) 30 1
6 MF Kim Gi-Dong 3 (6) 0 1 1 3 (1) 0 0 0 7 (7) 14 1
7 MF Kim Jae-Sung 23 (1) 1 0 (1) 0 0 0 9 4 32 (2) 34 5
8 MF Hwang Jin-Sung 20 (1) 4 1 0 3 1 2 (5) 0 26 (6) 32 5
9 FW Zulu 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 1 0
10 FW Mota 24 6 2 1 3 (1) 3 9 2 38 (1) 39 12
11 FW Seol Ki-Hyeon 16 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 (0) 18 7
12 GK Hwang Kyo-Chung 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (0) 4 0
13 MF Cho Han-Bum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Kim Ba-Woo 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (2) 2 0
15 DF Cho Hong-Kyu 3 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 4 (2) 6 0
16 MF Kim Jung-Kyum 13 (1) 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 21 (1) 22 1
17 DF Shin Kwang-Hoon 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 (0) 9 0
18 FW Lee Jin-Ho 5 (6) 4 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 6 (7) 13 4
19 DF Ahn Tae-Eun 3 (1) 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 8 (1) 9 0
20 MF Shin Hyung-Min 22 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 32 (0) 32 1
21 GK Song Dong-Jin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0) 1 0
22 DF Jung Hong-Youn 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 (0) 13 1
23 FW Yoo Chang-Hyun 2 (7) 2 1 0 3 (1) 0 0 (4) 0 6 (12) 18 2
24 DF Lee Won-Jae 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (0) 3 0
25 MF Jeong Seok-Min 1 (2) 1 1 1 2 0 0 (1) 0 4 (3) 7 2
26 FW Cho Chan-Ho 4 (7) 0 1 (1) 0 2 (2) 1 1 0 8 (10) 18 1
27 MF Kim Chang-Hoon 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 1 0
28 MF Song Chang-Ho 4 (5) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (4) 0 5 (11) 16 0
29 FW Choi Hyun-Youn 2 (2) 0 1 1 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 3 (5) 8 1
30 FW Jung Jeong-Seok 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0) 1 0
31 GK Kim Da-Sol 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 1 0
32 DF Kim Hyung-Il 22 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 31 (0) 31 2
33 FW Lee Ki-Dong 2 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 (1) 3 1
34 MF Kim Bum-Joon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Hwang Jae-Hun 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0) 1 0
36 MF Kim Won-Il 12 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 (1) 16 0
37 DF Kang Dae-Ho 3 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 (1) 6 0
38 DF Han Ma-Ro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Lee Sang-Hoon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Kim Dae-Ho 1 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (4) 5 0
41 GK Kim Dae-Ho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW Lee Sung-Jae 2 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (3) 5 0
77 FW Almir 13 (9) 4 1 (1) 0 3 0 3 (6) 1 20 (16) 36 5
88 DF Jang Hyun-Kyu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0) 1 0
9 FW Alexsandro (out) 5 (4) 1 1 2 0 0 5 (1) 0 11 (5) 16 3
17 MF Ko Gi-Gu (loan out) 2 (4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 2 (7) 9 1
22 FW No Byung-Jun (loan out) 3 1 0 0 2 (1) 0 5 1 10 (1) 11 2
24 DF Hwang Jae-Won (out) 6 0 1 0 3 0 5 1 15 (0) 15 1

Top scorers

Position Nation Number Name K-League KFA Cup League Cup Champions League Total
1 10 Mota 6 1 3 2 12
2 11 Seol Ki-Hyeon 7 0 0 0 7
3 77 Almir 4 0 0 1 5
= 8 Hwang Jin-Sung 4 0 1 0 5
= 7 Kim Jae-Sung 1 0 0 4 5
4 18 Lee Jin-Ho 4 0 0 0 4
5 9 Alexsandro 1 2 0 0 3
6 23 Yoo Chang-Hyun 2 0 0 0 2
= 32 Kim Hyung-Il 2 0 0 0 2
= 25 Jeong Seok-Min 1 1 0 0 2
= 22 Noh Byung-Joon 1 0 0 1 2
7 16 Kim Jung-Kyum 1 0 0 0 1
= 17 Ko Ki-Gu 1 0 0 0 1
= 22 Jung Hong-Youn 1 0 0 0 1
= 33 Lee Ki-Dong 1 0 0 0 1
= 6 Kim Gi-Dong 0 1 0 0 1
= 29 Choi Hyun-Youn 0 1 0 0 1
= 5 Kim Tae-Su 0 0 0 1 1
= 20 Shin Hyung-Min 0 0 0 1 1
= 24 Hwang Jae-Won 0 0 0 1 1
= 26 Cho Chan-Ho 0 0 1 0 1
/ / / Own Goals 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 39 6 5 11 61

Discipline

Position Nation Number Name K-League KFA Cup League Cup Champions League Total
GK 1 Shin Hwa-Yong 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF 2 Park Hee-Chul 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1
DF 3 Kim Gwang-Seok 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
DF 4 Kazunari Okayama 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 5 Kim Tae-Su 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 1
MF 6 Kim Gi-Dong 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF 7 Kim Jae-Sung 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MF 8 Hwang Jin-Sung 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
FW 9 Alexsandro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW 10 Mota 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9 1
FW 14 Kim Ba-Woo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF 15 Cho Hong-Kyu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 16 Kim Jung-Kyum 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
FW 17 Ko Ki-Gu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 17 Shin Kwang-Hoon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW 18 Lee Jin-Ho 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF 19 Ahn Tae-Eun 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
MF 20 Shin Hyung-Min 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
FW 22 No Byung-Jun 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF 22 Jung Hong-Youn 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
DF 24 Hwang Jae-Won 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 1
DF 24 Lee Won-Jae 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 25 Jeong Seok-Min 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
MF 28 Song Chang-Ho 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW 29 Choi Hyun-Youn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK 31 Kim Da-Sol 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 32 Kim Hyung-Il 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
FW 33 Lee Ki-Dong 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF 36 Kim Won-Il 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
DF 37 Kang Dae-Ho 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
MF 40 Kim Dae-Ho 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW 77 Almir 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 88 Jang Hyun-Kyu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
/ / / TOTALS 78 5 3 0 8 0 16 1 105 6

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Source
17 November 2009 GK Hwang Kyo-Chung Gimhae FC Draft (in Korean)
17 November 2009 GK Kim Da-Sol Yonsei University
17 November 2009 MF Jeong Seok-Min Inje University
17 November 2009 DF Kim Won-Il Soongsil University
17 November 2009 FW Lee Ki-Dong Cheongju Jikji FC
17 November 2009 MF Lee Sang-Hoon Youngdong University
17 November 2009 DF Han Ma-Ro Myongji University
28 December 2010 FW Mota Ceará SC Transfer (in Portuguese)
11 January 2010 DF Ahn Tae-Eun FC Seoul Transfer (in Korean)
11 January 2010 MF Kim Dae-Ho Soongsil University Youth team (in Korean)
11 January 2010 FW Jung Jeong-Seok Konkuk University
15 January 2010 FW Ko Ki-Gu Chunnam Dragons Transfer (in Korean)
15 January 2010 FW Choi Hyun-Youn Jeju United Free Agent (in Korean)
17 January 2010 FW Seol Ki-Hyeon Fulham Transfer (in Korean)
27 January 2010 FW Almir Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Transfer (in Korean)
2 February 2010 FW Alexandro América Transfer (in Korean)
March 2010 FW Lee Sung-Jae Incheon United Transfer
23 July 2010 FW Zulu ABC Transfer (in Korean)
23 July 2010 DF Jung Hong-Youn Busan I'Park FC Transfer (in Korean)
29 July 2010 DF Shin Kwang-Hoon Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Loan end
29 July 2010 DF Lee Won-Jae Ulsan Hyundai FC Transfer
Loan In
Date Pos. Name From End Source
22 June 2010 FW Lee Jin-Ho Ulsan Hyundai FC December 2010 Loan in (in Korean)

Out

Date Pos. Name To Source
December 2009 MF Vaguinho Contract end
5 January 2010 FW Namgung Do Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Transfer (in Korean)
6 January 2010 DF Song Je-Heon Daegu FC Free Agent (in Korean)
7 January 2010 MF Go Seul-Ki Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Free Agent (in Korean)
9 January 2010 FW Denilson FC Bunyodkor Transfer (in English), Transfer (in English)
9 January 2010 FW Stevica Ristić FC Bunyodkor Transfer (in English)
11 January 2010 MF Choi Hyo-Jin FC Seoul Free Agent (in Korean)
12 January 2010 FW Kim Myung-Joong Chunnam Dragons Free Agent (in Korean)
January 2010 MF Cho Moon-Sang unattached Free Agent
January 2010 MF Song Soon-Bo unattached Free Agent
January 2010 MF Maeng Jin-Oh unattached Free Agent
January 2010 MF Jung Hyung-Ho unattached Free Agent
July 2010 FW Alexsandro unattached Cancel a contract
26 July 2010 DF Hwang Jae-Won Suwon Samsung Bluewings Transfer
Loan Out
Date Pos. Name To End Source
22 June 2010 FW No Byung-Jun Ulsan Hyundai FC December 2010 Loan Out (in Korean)
12 July 2010 FW Ko Ki-Gu Daejeon Citizen December 2010 Loan Out (in Korean)

References