2023 FC Seoul season explained

The 2023 season is FC Seoul's 40th in the K League 1. The club also participated in the 2023 edition of the FA Cup, being knocked out on the third round. A defeat in the FA Cup Final and a 9th place finish on 2022 means the club does not participate in the 2023-24 AFC Champions League.

Pre-season

Pre-season match results

Type	Date	Opponents	Result	Score	Scorers	Notes
Practice matches during winter training spell	13 January 2022	Daejeon Korail FC			1–1[1]
1 February 2022	Hwaseong FC			5–0[2]
4 February 2022	Jeonju University			4–3[3]
4 February 2022	Gangneung FC			4–0[4]
9 February 2022	Chungju Citizen FC			5–0[5]
9 February 2022	Busan IPark			1–1[6]

Competitions

K League 1

See main article: 2023 K League 1.

Matches

FA Cup

The club started the competition at the third round, as a non-ACL team from K League 1.^[7]

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	An Ik-soo
Coach	Kim Jin-kyu
	Kim Myung-gon
	Cho Seong-rae
	Kim Young-chul
	Hwang Eun-chan
Goalkeeping Coach	Jeon Sang-wook
Fitness Coach	Jung Hoon-gi
U-18 Team Manager	Yun Hyun-pil
U-18 Team Coach	Choi Hyun-tae
U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Yoo Hyun-wook
U-18 Team Fitness Coach	Hwang Ji-hwan
Scout	Lee Won-jun
	Jung Jae-yoon

Players

Team squad

^[8]

• All players registered for the 2023 season are listed.

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Notes
		South Korea	Baek Jong-bum
		South Korea	Hwang Hyun-soo
		South Korea	Gwon Wan-gyu
		South Korea
		Spain	Osmar
		South Korea	Ki Sung-yueng
		South Korea	Na Sang-ho
		South Korea	Lim Min-hyeok	Left mid-season
		South Korea	Kim Sin-jin
		South Korea	Ji Dong-won
		South Korea	Kang Seong-jin
		South Korea
		South Korea	Lim Sang-hyub (vice-captain)
		South Korea	Hwang Ui-jo
		South Korea	Kim Jin-ya (vice-captain)
		South Korea	Hwang Sung-min
		South Korea	Kim Gyeong-min
		South Korea	Kim Hyun-deok
		South Korea	Choi Chul-won
		South Korea	Lee Si-young
		South Korea	Seo Ju-hwan
		South Korea	Jung Hyun-cheol
		South Korea	Han Chan-hee (vice-captain)
		Serbia
		South Korea	Kim Yeoun-Kyum
		South Korea	Kim Jin-sung
		South Korea	Kim Ju-sung (vice-captain)
		South Korea	Seo Jae-min
		South Korea	Cho Young-kwang
		South Korea
		South Korea	Anh Jae-min
		South Korea	Son Seung-beom
		South Korea	Lee Ji-suk
		South Korea	Park Seong-hoon
		South Korea	Park Jang Han-gyeol
		South Korea		Left mid-season
		South Korea
		South Korea
		South Korea	Lee Seung-jun
		South Korea	Lee In-gyu	Left mid-season
		South Korea	Kim Sung-min
		South Korea	Hwang Do-yoon
		South Korea
		Germany	Stanislav Iljutcenko (captain)
		South Korea	Kang Sang-hee
		Brazil	Willyan
		South Korea	Park Soo-il
		Syria	Hosam Aiesh

Out on loan or military service

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Loaned to	Loan period
		South Korea	Lee Sang-min		January 2023–July 2024
		South Korea	Yoon Jong-gyu		January 2023–July 2024
		South Korea	Ahn Ji-man		January 2023–December 2023
		South Korea			January 2023–December 2023
		South Korea			February 2023–December 2023
		South Korea	Cho Young-wook		January 2023–July 2024
		South Korea	Jung Han-min		January 2023–December 2023
		South Korea	Lee Seung-jae		January 2023–December 2023
		South Korea	Kwon Sung-yun		February 2023–December 2023

Goalscorers

Updated as of 1 July 2023.

			Player	K League 1	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	7		8	0	8
	FW	16		4	0	4
	FW	94		4	0	4
4	MF	14		3	0	3
	MF	26		3	0	3
6	DF	5		2	0	2
	FW	50		2	0	2
8	FW	9		1	0	1
	DF	17		1	0	1
	MF	25		1	0	1
	DF	30		1	0	1
	FW	90		1	0	1
	DF	96		1	0	1
	FW	11		0	1	1
Total				32	1	33

See also

• FC Seoul

External links

• FC Seoul official website

Notes and References

1. https://www.facebook.com/fcseoul/posts/4753580161363040 FC Seoul Official Pre-Match Result
2. https://www.facebook.com/fcseoul/posts/4836487156405673 FC Seoul Official Pre-Match Result
3. https://www.facebook.com/fcseoul/posts/4846007538786968 FC Seoul Official Pre-Match Result
4. https://www.facebook.com/fcseoul/posts/4846035868784135 FC Seoul Official Pre-Match Result
5. https://www.facebook.com/fcseoul/posts/4861654010555654 FC Seoul Official Pre-Match Result
6. https://www.facebook.com/fcseoul/posts/4861673370553718 Official Pre-Match Result
7. Web site: 2023 하나원큐 FA컵 1~4R 대진 확정. ko. 2 March 2023. 20 February 2023. kfa.or.kr. Kim Tae-hee.
8. Web site: 선수단 소개. FC Seoul. ko. 22 February 2023.