# 2011 Pohang Steelers season

The 2011 season was Pohang Steelers's twenty-ninth season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers will be competing in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Lee Won-Jae |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Kim Gi-Dong |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Kim Jae-Sung |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Hwang Jin-Sung |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Derek Asamoah |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Mota |
| 12 | GK | KOR | Hwang Kyo-Chung |
| 13 | DF | KOR | Kim Won-Il |
| 14 | MF | KOR | Kim Tae-Su |
| 15 | DF | KOR | Jung Hong-Youn |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Kyum |
| 17 | DF | KOR | Shin Kwang-Hoon |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Ko Moo-Yeol |
| 19 | FW | KOR | Kim Sun-Woo |
| 20 | MF | KOR | Shin Hyung-Min |
| 21 | GK | KOR | Song Dong-Jin |
| 22 | FW | KOR | No Byung-Jun |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | KOR | Kim Dae-Ho |
| 25 | MF | KOR | Kang Jong-Koo |
| 26 | FW | KOR | Cho Chan-Ho |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Adriano Chuva |
| 28 | DF | KOR | An Il-Joo |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Shin Jin-Ho |
| 30 | FW | KOR | Jeong Jung-Seok |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Kim Da-Sol |
| 32 | DF | KOR | Kim Hyung-Il (captain) |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Bin |
| 34 | MF | KOR | Yoon Won-Il |
| 35 | MF | KOR | Hwang Jung-Soo |
| 36 | FW | KOR | Kim Dong-Hee |
| 37 | DF | KOR | Kang Dae-Ho |
| 39 | MF | KOR | Lee Sang-Hoon |
| 40 | DF | KOR | Kim Dong-Kwon |
| 44 | FW | KOR | Kim Do-Hoon |
| 66 | MF | KOR | Lee Seul-Gi |
| 77 | MF | KOR | Jeong Seok-Min |

## Match results
### K-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 63 | Qualification for the K League playoffs final |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 59 | Qualification for the K League playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | FC Seoul | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 55 | Qualification for the K League playoffs first round |
| 4 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 55 | Qualification for the K League playoffs first round |
| 5 | Busan IPark | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 46 | Qualification for the K League playoffs first round |
| Pos | Teamvte | Qualification |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Ulsan Hyundai | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | Qualification for the Champions League playoff round |
| 4 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | |
| 5 | FC Seoul | |
| 6 | Busan IPark | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### League Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 November 2011
| No. | Nat. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Appearances | Appearances | Goals |
| No. | Nat. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | App (sub) | Total | Goals |
| 1 | | GK | Shin Hwa-Yong | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 (0) | 33 | 0 |
| 2 | | MF | Park Hee-Chul | 13 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 (2) | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Kim Gwang-Seok | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 (0) | 38 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Lee Won-Jae | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (3) | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Kim Gi-Dong | 2 (12) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 (13) | 20 | 4 |
| 7 | | MF | Kim Jae-Sung | 28 (1) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 31 (2) | 33 | 5 |
| 8 | | MF | Hwang Jin-Sung | 24 (3) | 6 | 3 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 (4) | 34 | 6 |
| 10 | | FW | Derek Asamoah | 24 (3) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 (2) | 0 | 30 (5) | 35 | 8 |
| 11 | | FW | Mota | 26 (2) | 13 | 3 (1) | 2 | 0 (3) | 1 | 29 (6) | 35 | 16 |
| 12 | | GK | Hwang Kyo-Chung | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Kim Won-Il | 14 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 (4) | 25 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Kim Tae-Su | 16 (6) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 (6) | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | | DF | Jung Hong-Youn | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 (3) | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | | DF | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 (0) | 29 | 1 |
| 18 | | FW | Ko Moo-Yeol | 17 (7) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 (1) | 1 | 24 (8) | 32 | 11 |
| 19 | | DF | Kim Sun-Woo | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Shin Hyung-Min | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 (0) | 31 | 4 |
| 21 | | GK | Song Dong-Jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | No Byung-Jun | 9 (20) | 4 | 1 (3) | 2 | 3 (2) | 1 | 13 (25) | 38 | 7 |
| 24 | | MF | Kim Dae-Ho | 11 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (1) | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Kang Jong-Koo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | | FW | Cho Chan-Ho | 6 (14) | 2 | 0 (3) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 (17) | 29 | 5 |
| 27 | | FW | Adriano Chuva | 7 (5) | 4 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 | 9 (8) | 17 | 6 |
| 28 | | DF | An Il-Joo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Shin Jin-Ho | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 2 (5) | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | | FW | Jeong Jung-Seok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | | GK | Kim Da-Sol | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (0) | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | | DF | Kim Hyung-Il | 17 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 (2) | 25 | 0 |
| 33 | | MF | Kim Jung-Bin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | | MF | Yoon Won-Il | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | MF | Hwang Jung-Soo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | | FW | Kim Dong-Hee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | | DF | Kang Dae-Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | | MF | Lee Sang-Hoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | | DF | Kim Dong-Kwon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | | FW | Kim Do-Hoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | | MF | Lee Seul-Gi | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 (1) | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Jeong Seok-Min | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 2 | 4 (4) | 8 | 2 |
| 16 | | MF | Kim Jung-Kyum (out) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (0) | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Lee Gi-Dong (out) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Jang Hyun-Kyu (out) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (1) | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | | FW | Choi Hyun-Yeon (out) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | KFA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 11 | Mota | 13 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | | 18 | Ko Moo-Yeol | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | | 10 | Derek Asamoah | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | | 22 | No Byung-Jun | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | | 8 | Hwang Jin-Sung | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| = | | 27 | Adriano Chuva | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | | 7 | Kim Jae-Sung | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | | 26 | Cho Chan-Ho | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | | 20 | Shin Hyung-Min | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | | 6 | Kim Gi-Dong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | | 14 | Kim Tae-Su | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | | 77 | Jeong Seok-Min | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | | 17 | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 59 | 7 | 12 | 78 |

### Top assistors

| Rank | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | KFA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 8 | Hwang Jin-Sung | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | | 11 | Mota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | | 10 | Derek Asamoah | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | | 17 | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | | 7 | Kim Jae-Sung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | 18 | Ko Moo-Yeol | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 27 | Adriano Chuva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | 22 | No Byung-Jun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 26 | Cho Chan-Ho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | | 13 | Kim Won-Il | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | | 14 | Kim Tae-Su | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 20 | Shin Hyung-Min | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 2 | Park Hee-Chul | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | 6 | Kim Gi-Dong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | 29 | Shin Jin-Ho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 38 | 3 | 8 | 49 |

### Discipline

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | K-League | KFA Cup | KFA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | | 1 | Shin Hwa-Yong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 2 | Park Hee-Chul | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | | 7 | Kim Jae-Sung | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | | 8 | Hwang Jin-Sung | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | | 10 | Derek Asamoah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | | 11 | Mota | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| DF | | 13 | Kim Won-Il | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | | 14 | Kim Tae-Su | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 15 | Jung Hong-Youn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 16 | Kim Jung-Kyum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 17 | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| FW | | 18 | Ko Moo-Yeol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | 20 | Shin Hyung-Min | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| FW | | 22 | No Byung-Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 23 | Jang Hyun-Kyu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 24 | Kim Dae-Ho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | 27 | Adriano Chuva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 29 | Shin Jin-Ho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 32 | Kim Hyung-Il | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | 34 | Yoon Won-Il | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 66 | Lee Seul-Gi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 77 | Jeong Seok-Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 65 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 85 | 2 |

## Transfer
### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Derek Asamoah (Transferred from Lokomotiv Sofia) |
| 22 | FW | KOR | No Byung-Jun (Loan return from Ulsan Hyundai) |
| 25 | MF | KOR | Kang Jong-Koo (Drafted from Dongeui University) |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Adriano Chuva (Transferred from Chunnam Dragons) |
| 28 | DF | KOR | Ahn Il-Joo (Drafted from Dongguk University) |
| 35 | DF | KOR | Hwang Jung-Soo (Drafted from Kwangwoon University) |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Bin (Drafted from Sunmoon University) |
| 36 | FW | KOR | Kim Dong-Hee (Drafted from Yonsei University) |
| 40 | DF | KOR | Kim Dong-Kwon (Drafted from Chunggu High School) |
| 66 | MF | KOR | Lee Seul-Gi (Transferred from Daegu FC) |
| — | DF | KOR | Yoon Won-Il (Free agent) |
| — | FW | KOR | Kim Sun-Woo (Transferred from Ulsan Mipo Dockyard) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | KOR | Lee Jin-Ho (Loan return to Ulsan Hyundai) |
| — | FW | BRA | Zulu (Transferred to Juventude) |
| — | FW | KOR | Song Chang-Ho (Transferred to Daegu FC) |
| — | DF | KOR | Ahn Tae-Eun (Transferred to Incheon United FC) |
| — | FW | KOR | Lee Gi-Dong (Transferred to Ulsan Hyundai) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Beom-Joon (Loan to Sangju Sangmu for military service) |
| — | FW | KOR | Lee Sung-Jae (Loan to Sangju Sangmu for military service) |
| — | FW | KOR | Yoo Chang-Hyun (Loan to Sangju Sangmu for military service) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kazunari Okayama (Released) |
| — | FW | BRA | Almir (Released) |
| — | GK | KOR | Kim Dae-Ho (Released) |
| — | DF | KOR | Han Ma-Ro (Released) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kang Dae-Ho (Released) |
| — | FW | KOR | Seol Ki-Hyeon (Contract expires) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Kyum (Released) |
| — | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Kyu (under indictment (7 July 2011)) |
| — | FW | KOR | Lee Gi-Dong (Transferred to Ulsan Hyundai FC) |
| — | FW | KOR | Choi Hyun-Youn (Released) |