2020 Pohang Steelers season

Pohang Steelers
2020 season
ChairmanShin Young-gwon
ManagerKim Gi-dong
K League 13rd
Korean FA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stanislav Iljutcenko
(12 goals)
All:
Stanislav Iljutcenko
(14 goals)
Lowest home attendance0
Average home league attendance0

The 2020 season was Pohang Steelers' thirty-eighth season in the K League 1 in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in the K League 1 and the Korean FA Cup. The club played their first match on May 10 before the league was suspended from February because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Current squad

As of 12 February 2020

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 Hwang In-jae
2 DF  KOR Sim Sang-min
3 DF  KOR Kim Gwang-seok
4 DF  KOR Jeon Min-gwang
5 DF  KOR Ha Chang-rae
6 DF  KOR Choi Young-jun
7 MF  KOR Shim Dong-woon
8 MF  AUS Brandon O'Neill
9 FW  KOR Heo Yong-joon
10 FW  RUS Stanislav Iljutcenko
11 MF  KOR Lee Gwang-hyeok
12 FW  KOR Song Min-kyu
13 DF  KOR Kim Yong-hwan
14 DF  KOR Gwon Wan-gyu
15 DF  KOR Min Kyoung-hyun
16 MF  KOR Lee Seung-mo
17 DF  KOR Kim Sang-won
18 FW  KOR Moon Kyoung-min
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  KOR Kim Joo-hwan
20 DF  KOR Lee Do-hyun
21 GK  KOR Lee Jun
22 DF  KOR Park Jae-woo
24 MF  KOR Yang Tae-ryul
25 DF  KOR Woo Min-geol
26 MF  SRB Aleksandar Paločević
27 MF  KOR Park Jae-hoon
28 MF  KOR Choi Jae-young
29 FW  KOR Kim Dong-bum
31 GK  KOR Kang Hyeon-mu
36 DF  KOR Kim Min-kyu
41 GK  KOR Cho Sung-hoon
77 FW  COL Manuel Palacios
79 MF  KOR Go Young-joon
88 MF  KOR Kim Kyu-pyo
91 GK  KOR Noh Ji-hoon
99 FW  KOR Lee Ji-yong

Transfer

In

Loan in

Out

Loan out

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 Kwon Ki-pyo (at FC Anyang)
— MF  KOR Kim Ji-min (Unknown)
— FW  KOR Kim Chan (at Chungnam Asan)
— FW  KOR Ha Seung-un (at Jeonnam Dragons)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  KOR Lee Sang-ki (at Jeonnam Dragons for military duty)
— MF  KOR Lee Soo-bin (at Jeonbuk Hyundai)
— MF  KOR Kim Jin-hyun (at Gwangju FC)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Kim Gi-dong
Assistant Manager Lee Sang-uk
GK Coach Ho jin-Park
Physical Coach Park Hyo-jun
Match Analyst Park Cheol-ho
Translator Lee Sang-min
Translator Ki Ji-yong

Last updated: 10 May 2020
Source: Pohang Steelers

Competitions

K League 1

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 15 5 7 56 35  +21 50 8 3 3 30 21  +9 7 2 4 26 14  +12

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAH
ResultWDLWLWLWWWDWDLDLLWWWDWWWWLW
Position314464443544333454444333333
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2020. Source: League Fixtures and Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 27 19 3 5 46 21 +25 60 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Ulsan Hyundai 27 17 6 4 54 23 +31 57
3 Pohang Steelers 27 15 5 7 56 35 +21 50
4 Sangju Sangmu[b] (R) 27 13 5 9 34 36 −2 44 Relegation to K League 2
5 Daegu FC 27 10 8 9 43 39 +4 38 Qualification for Champions League group stage
Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
  2. ^ Sangju Sangmu were a military team and were not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they were relegated to K League 2 regardless of their final position by moving their stronghold the next season.

Matches

All times are Korea Standard Time (KST) – UTC+9

10 May 2020 1 Pohang Steelers 2–0 Busan IPark Pohang, Gyeongbuk
14:00 KST Iljutcenko 24'
Palocevic 72', pen'
Choi  52'
Sim  72'		 Report Soo  30' Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Yong-Woo
16 May 2020 2 Daegu 1–1 Pohang Steelers Suseong-gu, Daegu
16:30 KST Edgar 67'
Hong  72'
Kim  90+3'		 Report Paločević 43' Stadium: Daegu Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
22 May 2020 3 Pohang Steelers 1–2 Seoul Pohang, Gyeongbuk
17:30 KST Iljutcenko 5'
Chang  15'
O'Neill  41'		 Report Hwang 35'
Go  56'
Osmar Barba 74'
Kim  90+4'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Woo-sung
31 May 2020 4 Incheon United 1–4 Pohang Steelers Jung-gu, Incheon
19:00 KST Kim 26'
Kim  45+2'		 Report Iljutcenko 7'
Ha  14'
Ha 17'
Lee  43'
Lee 73'
Song 90'		 Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin
6 June 2020 5 Pohang Steelers 0–4 Ulsan Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Iljutcenko  16' Report Kim  16'
Lee 26', 37'
In-sung 76'
Júnior 86'
Dong-gyeong  90+2'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
13 June 2020 6 Sangju Sangmu 2–4 Pohang Steelers Gyeongsangbuk-do, Sangju
19:00 KST Ko Myeong-seok  37'
Oh Se-hun 43', 70' (pen.)
Oh Se-hun  59'		 Report Chang  29'
Iljutcenko 40', 49'
Paločević 45+4', 78'
Choi Young-jun  46'		 Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Dae-Yong
16 June 2020 7 Pohang Steelers 1–2 Jeonbuk Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:30 KST Kim Sang-won  6'
Lee Seung-mo 41'
Palocevic  52'
O'Neill  57'
Lee Seung-mo  60'
Iljutcenko  70'		 Report Han Kyo-won 61'
Son Jun-ho  87'
Kim Min-hyeok 90+2'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Park Byung-Jin
20 June 2020 8 Pohang Steelers 2–0 Gangwon Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Iljutcenko 62' (pen.)
Shim Dong-woon  79'
Kwon Wan-kyu 83'
Park Jae-woo  90+3'		 Report Shin Kwang-Hoon  59'
Kim Oh-gyu  90'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Park Byung-Jin
26 June 2020 9 Gwangju 0–2 Pohang Steelers Seo-gu, Gwangju
19:00 KST Willyan  63'
Lim Min-hyuk  90+4'
Kim Chang-soo  90+6'		 Report Choi Young-jun  24'
Palacios 34'
Oh Beom-seok  41'
Song Min-kyu 90'		 Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Woo-sung
5 July 2020 10 Seongnam 0–4 Pohang Steelers Bundang-gu, Seongnam
19:00 KST Report Song Min-kyu 23', 53'
Ha Chang-rae  43'
Iljutcenko 45+2'
Palacios 70'		 Stadium: Tancheon Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Dong-jun
11 July 2020 11 Pohang Steelers 1–1 Suwon Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Palacios  33'
O'Neill  45+1'
Song 60'		 Report Taggart 38'
Antonis  52'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Park Byung-jin
18 July 2020 12 Seoul 1–3 Pohang Steelers Mapo-gu, Seoul
20:00 KST Cho Young-wook 38'
Kim Nam-chun  57'		 Summary Iljutcenko 52', 62' (pen.)
Lee Gwang-hyuk  57'
Song Min-kyu  90+1'
Palacios 90+2'		 Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
26 July 2020 13 Pohang Steelers 1–1 Incheon Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Iljutcenko 34'
Kwon Wan-kyu  64'		 Summary Mugoša 29' (pen.)
Lee Jae-sung  74'
Mun Ji-hwan  90+3'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin
1 August 2020 14 Jeonbuk 2–1 Pohang Steelers Jeonju
19:00 KST Son Jun-ho 61'
Kim Bo-kyung 70'		 Summary Palacios  31'
Song Min-kyu 55'
Kang Hyeon-mu  70'
Iljutcenko  90'		 Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Kim Woo-sung
8 August 2020 15 Pohang Steelers 1–1 Gwangju Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Kim Sang-won  39'
Park Jae-Woo  68'
Go Young-jun 90+1'		 Summary Willyan  26'
Felipe 63' (pen.)
Felipe  87'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Kim Dae-yong
15 August 2020 16 Ulsan 2–0 Pohang Steelers Ulsan
19:00 KST Kim In-sung 55'
Johnsen 57'
Koh Myong-Jin  59'		 Report Ha Chang-rae  32' Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Attendance: 3,242
Referee: Park Byung-jin
23 August 2020 17 Busan 2–1 Pohang Steelers Busan
19:00 KST Kang Min-soo 14'
Lee Jeong-hyeop 36' (pen.)		 Report Kim Sang-won  4'  83'
Lee Gwang-hyuk 61'
Paločević  65'
Kim Gwang-seok  90'
Jeon Min-gwang  90+5'		 Stadium: Busan Gudeok Stadium′
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin
30 August 2020 18 Pohang Steelers 2–1 Seongnam Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Iljutcenko 52', 56'
Iljutcenko  73'		 Report Na Sang-ho 20' Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cho Ji-um
5 September 2020 19 Pohang Steelers 3–2 Daegu Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Paločević 21' (pen.)
Palacios 51'
Palacios  71'
Song Min-kyu 82'
Choi Young-jun  90+2'		 Report Cesinha 7', 34'
Jo Jin-woo  84'
Jeong Seung-won  90+2'
Kim Woo-seok  90+4'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop
13 September 2020 20 Gangwon 0–3 Pohang Steelers Chuncheon
19:00 KST Lim Chai-min  21'
Shin Kwang-hoon  49'
Koim Young-bin  85'		 Report Palacios 1'
Song Min-kyu 26'
Paločević 64'
Kim Gwang-seok  81'
Lee Seung-mo  87'		 Stadium: Chuncheon Songam Sports Town
Attendance: 0
Referee: Park Byung-jin
16 September 2020 21 Suwon 0–0 Pohang Steelers Suwon
19:00 KST Report Kang Sang-woo  15'
Palacios  22'
Iljutcenko  86'
Choi Young-jun  89'		 Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Yong-woo
20 September 2020 22 Pohang Steelers 4–3 Sangju Pohang, Gyeongbuk
15:00 KST Paločević 28', 38', 90+6'
Jeon Min-kwan  39'
Palacios  55'
Lee Seung-mo  57'
Kim Sang-won  63'
Song Min-kyu 74'
Ha Chang-rae  77'
Kang Sang-Woo  90+5'		 Report Kwon Kyung-won  45'
Moon Seon-min 59' (pen.)
Jeong Jae-hee 60'
Kim Min-hyeok 85'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Woo-sung
27 September 2020 23 (Final A) Pohang Steelers 5–3 Gwangju Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Lee Gwang-hyuk  29'
Iljutcenko 36', 71', 89'
Ha Chang-rae  54'
Palocevic 77' (pen.)
Lee Seung-mo  57'
Kim Sang-won  63'
Song Min-kyu 74'
Ha Chang-rae  77'		 Report Willyan  10'
Silva 56'
Eom Won-sang 69'
Hong Joon-ho  76'
Felipe  82'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Dong-jun
3 October 2020 24 (Final A) Jeonbuk 0–1 Pohang Steelers Jeonju
19:00 KST Hong Jeong-ho  41' Report Song Min-kyu 60'
Kang Hyeon-mu  84'
Palocevic  90+1'		 Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
18 October 2020 25 (Final A) Pohang Steelers 4–0 Ulsan Pohang
19:00 KST Iljutcenko 3', 73'
Lee Gwang-hyuk  11'
Palocevic 81', 82'		 Report Jung Seung-hyun  22'
Bulthuis  59'
Johnsen  63'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Kim Woo-sung
25 October 2020 26 (Final A) Daegu 3–2 Pohang Steelers Daegu
14:00 KST Cesinha 7', 86'
Park Han-bin  25'
Damjanović 60'
Jeong Tae-uk  81'
Jeong Seung-won  83'
Lee Jin-hyun  89'		 Report Palocevic 31'
Iljutcenko  59'
Jeon Min-kwang  71'
Iljutcenko 85'
Oh Beom-Seok  90+3'		 Stadium: Daegu Civic Stadium
Attendance: 3,030
Referee: Chae Sang-Hyeop
1 November 2020 27 (Final A) Pohang Steelers 3–1 Sangju Sangmu Pohang
15:00 KST Kang Sang-woo 62'
Palacios  73'
Iljutcenko 79'
Ha Chang-rae  83'
Goh Young-jun 85'		 Report Kwon Kyung-won 84' (pen.) Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 3,280
Referee: Lee Dong-Jun

Korean FA Cup

Matches

1 July 2020 Third round Pohang Steelers 1–0 Gyeongju Citizen Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST Lee  21'
Oh  21'
Lee 86'
Choi  89'		 Report Yun  77'
Kwon  83'		 Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeong Heui-su
15 July 2020 Fourth round Sangju Sangmu 2–3 (a.e.t.) Pohang Steelers Sangju
19:00 KST Jeong Jae-hee 31'
Heo Yong-joon 59'		 Summary Iljutcenko 17', 120+1'
Choi Young-jun 65'		 Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeong Dong-sik
15 July 2020 Quarter-finals Seoul 1–5 Pohang Steelers Seoul
19:30 KST Jeong Hyeon-cheol 33'
Yu Sang-hun  42'
Jeong Hyeon-cheol  59'
Hwang Hyun-soo  85'		 Summary Song Min-kyu 13'
Kim Gwang-seok 32'
Iljutcenko  59'
Park Jae-Woo  63'
Iljutcenko 83', 90+1'
Shim Dong-woon 89'		 Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
23 September 2020 Semi-finals Ulsan Hyundai 1–1 (a.e.t.) Pohang Steelers Ulsan
18:30 KST Sin Jin-ho  23'
Kim Tae-hwan  33'
Kim In-Sung 53'
Jung Seung-hyun  54'		 Summary Kim Tae-hwan 12' (o.g.)
Ha Chang-rae  56'		 Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop
Penalties
Johnsen
Won Du-jae
Kim In-sung
Yoon Bit-garam
Negrão
Jung Seung-hyun
Lee Dong-gyeong
Hong Chul 		Iljutcenko
Shim Dong-woon
Kang Sang-woo
Lee Seung-mo
Paločević
Kang Hyeon-mu
Choi Young-jun
Song Min-kyu

Squad statistics

Appearances

No. Nat. Pos. Name K League FA Cup Champions League TOTAL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
31 GK Kang Hyeon-mu 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1 GK Hwang In-jae 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Kim Gwang-seok 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
4 DF Jeon Min-gwang 2(2) 0 1 0 0 0 3(2) 0
5 DF Ha Chang-rae 10 1 1 0 0 0 11 0
6 DF Choi Young-jun 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
7 MF Shim Dong-woon 6(4) 0 1 0 0 0 7(4) 0
8 MF Brandon O'Neill 7 0 0(1) 0 0 0 7(1) 0
9 FW Nam Joon-jae 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
10 FW Stanislav Iljutcenko 10 7 1 0 0 0 11 7
11 MF Lee Gwang-hyeok 1(8) 0 1 0 0 0 2(8) 0
12 FW Song Min-kyu 8(2) 3 0(1) 0 0 0 8(3) 3
14 DF Gwon Wan-gyu 5(1) 1 0 1 0 0 6(1) 1
15 DF Min Kyung-hyun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Lee Seung-mo 4(3) 2 1 1 0 0 5(3) 3
17 DF Kim Sang-won 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18 FW Mun Kyung-min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Kim Joo-hwan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Lee Do-hyun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK Jun Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Park Jae-woo 2(1) 0 1 0 0 0 3(1) 0
25 GK Woo Min-geol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Aleksandar Paločević 7 4 0 0 0 0 7 4
27 MF Park Jae-hoon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 MF Choi Jae-young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Kim Dong-bum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Kim Min-kyu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK Cho Sung-hoon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF Oh Beom-seok 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
77 FW Manuel Palacios 9(1) 2 0(1) 0 0 0 9(2) 2
79 MF Go Young-joon 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
88 MF Kim Kyu-pyo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 GK Noh Ji-hoon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Lee Ji-yong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club in Transfer window or on loan
2 DF Sim Sang-min 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 FW Heo Yong-joon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 DF Kim Yong-hwan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
24 GK Park Jae-woo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player K League 1 FA Cup Champions League Total
1 FW 10 Stanislav Iljutcenko 18 2 0 20
2 MF 26 Aleksandar Paločević 11 0 0 11
3 FW 12 Song Min-kyu 10 0 0 10
4 FW 77 Manuel Palacios 4 0 0 4
4 MF 79 Go Young-jun 2 0 0 2
5 DF 27 Lee Seung-mo 1 2 0 3
6 DF 3 Kim Gwang-seok 0 1 0 1
DF 5 Ha Chang-rae 1 0 0 1
DF 12 Lee Gwang-hyuk 1 0 0 1
DF 22 Park Jae-Woo 0 1 0 1
MF 13 Kang Sang-woo 1 0 0 1
MF 6 Choi Young-jun 0 1 0 1
FW 7 Shim Dong-woon 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 49 4 0 53

Last updated: 25 November 2020.
Source: kleague.com, [1]

Assists

Rnk Pos No. Player K League 1 FA Cup Champions League Total
1 MF 26 Aleksandar Paločević 4 2 0 6
FW 10 Stanislav Iljutcenko 3 2 0 5
3 FW 12 Lee Gwang-hyuk 3 0 0 3
FW 77 Palacios 3 0 0 3
5 FW 10 Song Min-kyu 2 0 0 2
6 FW 13 Kim Yong-hwan 1 0 0 1
GK 31 Kang Hyeon-mu 1 0 0 1
MF 6 Choi Young-jun 1 0 0 1
FW 7 Shim Dong-woon 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 19 4 0 23

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player K League 1 FA Cup Champions League Total
1 31 Kang Hyeon-mu 4 0 0 4
2 1 Hwang In-jae 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 4 1 0 5

Last updated: 6 July 2020.
Source: kleague.com

Notes

References

  1. ^ "K League 1 will kick off on 8 May". K League. K League. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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