2012 FC Seoul season explained

Season:	2012
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League Result:	1st
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
League Topscorer:	Dejan (31)
Season Topscorer:	Dejan (31)
Highest Attendance:	50,787 vs Suwon (League, 18 August)
Lowest Attendance:	7,278 vs Ulsan (League, 15 November)
Average Attendance:	20,502
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Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 season is FC Seoul's 29th season in the K League 1.

Pre-season

In Guam: From 9 January 2012 to 27 January 2012
In Kagoshima, Japan: From 5 February 2012 to 22 February 2012^[1]

Pre-season match results

Type	Date	Opponents	Result	Score	Scorers	Notes
Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan	align=right rowspan="2"	8 February 2012	Júbilo Iwata		2–3	Park Hee-Do, Yoon Sung-Woo
	1–1	Dejan
11 February 2012	Urawa Red Diamonds		4–1	Dejan, Kim Joo-Young, Molina (2)
14 February 2012	Vissel Kobe		2–3	Ha Dae-Sung, Kim Tae-Hwan
18 February 2012	Hangzhou Greentown		5–0	Adilson, Ha Dae-Sung, Park Hee-Do Hyun Young-Min, Yoon Sung-Woo
21 February 2012	FC Tokyo		2–3	Molina, Hyun Young-Min

Competitions

K League

See main article: 2012 K-League.

Matches

FA Cup

Match reports and match highlights

Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

Season statistics

Attendance records

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

Squad statistics

Appearances

Statistics accurate as of match played 28 June 2012

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	K League		FA Cup		Appearances		Goals
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	App (sub)	Total	Goals
1		GK	Kim Yong-Dae	18	0	1	0	19 (0)	19	0
2		DF	Yoon Si-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		DF	Kim Dong-Woo	10 (2)	0	1	0	11 (2)	13	0
4		DF	Kim Ju-Young	8 (3)	0	1	0	9 (3)	12	0
5		MF	Choi Hyun-Tae	16 (1)	0	2	0	18 (1)	19	0
6		DF	Kim Jin-Kyu	18	1	2	0	20 (0)	20	1
7		DF	Go Yo-Han	14	1	2	0	16 (0)	16	1
8		DF	Adilson dos Santos	14	0	1	0	15 (0)	15	0
9		FW	Kang Jung-Hun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		FW	Dejan Damjanović	18	10	1 (1)	0	19 (1)	20	10
11		FW	Mauricio Molina	17	8	2	1	19 (0)	19	9
13		DF	Hyun Young-Min	9 (1)	0	1	0	10 (1)	11	0
14		MF	Moon Ki-Han	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
16		MF	Ha Dae-Sung	17	1	2	1	19 (0)	19	2
17		DF	Lee Jung-Youl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		FW	Kim Hyun-Sung	2 (10)	1	1 (1)	1	3 (11)	14	2
19		MF	Lee Jae-Kwon	2 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	5	0
20		MF	Han Tae-You	2 (5)	0	0	0	2 (5)	7	0
21		GK	Jo Su-Huk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		MF	Koh Myong-Jin	15 (1)	0	1	0	16 (1)	17	0
23		GK	Han Il-Koo	0	0	1	0	1 (0)	1	0
24		GK	Yu Sang-Hun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		MF	Ko Kwang-Min	1 (4)	0	0	0	1 (4)	5	0
29		MF	Kim Tae-Hwan	6 (11)	1	1 (1)	0	7 (12)	19	1
30		MF	Park Hee-Do	4 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	5 (4)	9	0
31		GK	Lee Seung-Kyu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		FW	Jung Seung-Yong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Choi Tae-Uk	7 (3)	1	1	0	8 (3)	11	1
34		MF	Yoon Seung-Hyeon	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
35		DF	Kim Yong-Chan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		DF	Lee Taig-Ki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37		MF	Kim Won-Sik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		DF	Jang Hyun-Woo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39		MF	Song Seung-Ju	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		MF	Yoon Sung-Woo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41		FW	Hwang In-Sung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42		MF	Kwak Joong-Geun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43		MF	Cho Ho-Yeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44		FW	Ju Ik-Sung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45		DF	Cho Min-Woo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		FW	Lee Jae-Il	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47		DF	Jung Dong-Yeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48		DF	Yoo Sang-Hee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals and assists

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	K League	FA Cup	Sum	Total
width=50	Goals	width=50	Assists	width=50	Goals	width=50	Assists	width=50	Goals	width=50	Assists
1		11	Mauricio Molina	8	8	1	0	9	8	17
2		10	Dejan Damjanović	10	2	0	2	10	4	14
3		16	Ha Dae-Sung	1	3	1	0	2	3	5
4		18	Kim Hyun-Sung	1	0	1	0	2	0	2
=		6	Kim Jin-Kyu	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
=		7	Go Yo-Han	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
=		22	Koh Myong-Jin	0	2	0	0	0	2	2
5		29	Kim Tae-Hwan	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		33	Choi Tae-Uk	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		30	Park Hee-Do	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	1	-	0	-	1	-	1
/	/	/	TOTALS	25	18	3	2	28	20

Discipline

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	K League		FA Cup		Total
1		GK	Kim Yong-Dae	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Kim Ju-Young	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	Choi Hyun-Tae	4	1	0	0	4	1
6		DF	Kim Jin-Kyu	2	0	1	1	3	1
7		DF	Go Yo-Han	3	0	1	0	4	0
8		DF	Adilson dos Santos	2	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Dejan Damjanović	2	0	1	0	3	0
11		FW	Mauricio Molina	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Ha Dae-Sung	1	0	1	0	2	0
18		FW	Kim Hyun-Sung	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Lee Jae-Kwon	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Han Tae-You	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Koh Myong-Jin	0	0	1	0	1	0
29		MF	Kim Tae-Hwan	3	0	0	0	3	0
30		MF	Park Hee-Do	2	0	0	0	2	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	27	1	5	1	32	2

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Period
Manager	Choi Yong-Soo
Assistant manager	Park Tae-Ha
First-team coach	Kim Seong-Jae
Reserve Team Manager		–2012/08/??
Reserve Team Coach	Lee Ki-Hyung
Goalkeeping coach	Leandro
Fitness coach	Kanno Atsushi
U-18 Team Manager	Lee Young-Ik
U-18 Team Coach	Chang Myong-Jin
U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Weon Jong-teok
Head of Youth Development	Choi Soon-Ho
Technical director		–2012/11/??
Chief scout		2012/11/??–
Scout		–2012/11/??
		2012/04/20–
		2012/11/??–

Players

Team squad

All players registered for the 2012 season are listed.

(Conscripted)(In & Conscripted)(Conscripted)(Out)(Out)(Discharged)(Discharged)(In)(Out)(Conscripted)(Conscripted)(Discharged)

Out on loan & military service

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 2012 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	Kim Hyun-Sung	FW	Daegu FC	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2011 season)		N/A
2	Jung Seung-Yong	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2011 season)		N/A
3	Park Hee-Do	MF	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2011-11-21)	Undisclosed	Trade	Bang Seung-Hwan and Yeo Hyo-Jin ↔ Park Hee-Do
4	Kim Jin-Kyu	DF	Ventforet Kofu	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-19)	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Free
5	Kim Ju-Young	DF	Gyeongnam FC	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-20)	Undisclosed	Transfer	US$792,000	Cash+Player (US$616,000+Lee Jae-An↔Kim Ju-Young)
6	Lee Jae-Kwon	MF	Incheon United	Transfer	Winter (2012-02-01)	Undisclosed	Trade	Lee Kyu-Ro↔Lee Jae-Kwon
7	Yoon Si-Ho	DF	Daegu FC	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-02-02)	1 year	Free
8	Lee Jae-Il	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-02-02)	Undisclosed	Free
9	Jung Jo-Gook	FW	AJ Auxerre	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Summer (2012-07-06)	1 year	Free
10	Sergio Escudero	FW	Urawa Red Diamonds	Loan	Summer (2012-07-17)	6 months (2012-12-31)	Undisclosed
11	Choi Hyo-Jin	DF	Sangju Sangmu	Return from military service	N/A (2012-09-10)		N/A
12	Lee Jong-min	DF	Sangju Sangmu	Return from military service	N/A (2012-09-10)		N/A
13	Kim Chi-Woo	MF	Sangju Sangmu	Return from military service	N/A (2012-09-10)		N/A

Rookie Draft

	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Notes
1	Cho Min-Woo	DF	Dongguk University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team (2010 Draft)
2	Kim Won-Sik	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team After overseas training program, He joined.
3	Jang Hyun-Woo	DF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
4	Joo Hyung-jun	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
5	Baek Cheol-Seung	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
6	Kim Hak-Seung	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
7	Choi Myeong-Hun	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
8	Park Jun-Gyeong	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
9	Youn Sung-woo	FW	Sangji University	Regular (1st)
10	Lee Taig-Ki	DF	Ajou University	Regular (2nd)
11	Kim Yong-Chan	DF	Ajou University	Regular (3rd)
12	Joo Ik-Seong	MF	Taekwang High School	Extra
13	Yoo Sang-Hee	MF	Korea University	Extra
14	Kwak Jung-Geun	FW	Yong In University	Extra
15	Lee Seung-Kyu	GK	Sun Moon University	Extra
16	Cho Ho-Yeon	MF	Kwangwoon University	Extra
17	Hwang In-Seong	FW	Yewon Arts University	Supplement
18	Jeong Dong-Yeon	DF	Hanyang University	Supplement

(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	Lee Hyun-Seung	MF	Jeonnam Dragons	Transfer	Winter (2012–01-03)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Loan finish
2	Choi Hyun-Bin	DF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-01-05)			Loan finish
3	Bang Seung-Hwan	FW	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2011–11-21)		Trade	Bang Seung-Hwan and Yeo Hyo-Jin ↔ Park Hee-Do
4	Yeo Hyo-Jin	DF	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2011–11-21)		Trade	Bang Seung-Hwan and Yeo Hyo-Jin ↔ Park Hee-Do
5	Lee Dong-Nyck	DF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-01-05)
6	Bae Hae-Min	FW		Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-01-05)	Undisclosed	Free
7	Oh Byoung-Min	DF		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-05)
8	Lee Han-Wool	MF		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-05)
9	Kim Dong-Hyo	FW		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-05)
10	Kim Ki-Baek	DF		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-11)
11	Choi Jong-Hoan	MF	Incheon United	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-01-12)	Undisclosed	Free
12	Lee Jae-An	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-19)	Undisclosed	Transfer	Kim Ju-Young–US$616,000	Cash+Player (US$616,000+Lee Jae-An↔Kim Ju-Young)
13	Park Yong-Ho	DF	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-31)	1 year	Undisclosed
14	Lee Kyu-Ro	DF	Incheon United	Transfer	Winter (2012-02-01)	Undisclosed	Trade	Lee Kyu-Ro↔Lee Jae-Kwon
15	Lee Seung-Yeoul	FW	Gamba Osaka	Transfer	Winter (2012-02-01)	Undisclosed	US$1,950,000
16	Ou Kyoung-Jun	MF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-02-01)
17	Chun Je-Hun	MF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-02-01)
18	Kim Dong-Jin	DF	Hangzhou Greentown	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-02-09)	Undisclosed	Free
19	Lee Jung-Youl	DF	Daejeon Citizen	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Summer (2012-07-31)	Undisclosed	Free

Loan & Military service

	Name	POS	Moving to	Window	Period	Fee
1	Choi Won-Wook	DF	Police FC	End of the 2011 season (2011-12-06)	21 months	N/A
2	Cho Nam-Kee	MF	Police FC	End of the 2011 season (2011-12-06)	21 months	N/A
3	Lee Kwang-Jin	MF	Daegu FC	Winter (2012-01-01)	1 year 6 months	Free
4	Kyung Jae-Yoon	MF	Busan IPark	Winter (2012-01-31)	2 years	Free
5	Yoon Seung-Hyeon	MF	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Summer (2012-07-31)	6 months	Free
6	Kim Hyun-Sung	FW	Shimizu S-Pulse	Summer (2012-08-14)	5 months	Undisclosed

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

References

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FC Seoul 2012 Matchday Magazines

External links

FC Seoul Official Website