# 2011 Gwangju FC season

The 2011 season was Gwangju FC's first ever season in the K-League in South Korea. Gwangju FC will be competing in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.

## Current 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 | Park Ho-Jin |
| 2 | DF | KOR | Jeong Woo-In |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Park Byeong-Ju |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Lee Yong |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Lim Sun-Young |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Kim Eun-sun (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Lee Seung-Ki |
| 8 | MF | KOR | An Dong-Hyeok |
| 9 | FW | KOR | Kim Dong-Sub |
| 10 | FW | KOR | Park Gi-Dong (captain) |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Jo Woo-Jin |
| 13 | MF | KOR | Kim Ho-Nam |
| 14 | FW | KOR | Yoo Dong-Min |
| 15 | FW | KOR | Yoo Jong-Hyun |
| 16 | FW | KOR | Kim Sung-Min |
| 17 | MF | KOR | Park Hyun |
| 18 | MF | KOR | Kim Hong-Il |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Park Hee-Sung |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Koh Eun-Seong |
| 21 | GK | KOR | Jo Sang-Jun |
| 22 | DF | KOR | Kim Soo-Beom |
| 23 | MF | KOR | Park Sung-Hwa |
| 24 | DF | KOR | Park Yo-Han |
| 25 | FW | KOR | Kim Sung-Min |
| 26 | DF | KOR | Noh Haeng-Seok |
| 27 | DF | KOR | Lim Ha-Ram |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Yoon Kwang-Bok |
| 30 | MF | KOR | Kim Sung-Min |
| 31 | DF | KOR | Heo Jae-Won |
| 32 | MF | KOR | Park Sang-Hyeon |
| 34 | MF | KOR | Ahn Sung-Nam (on loan from Gangwon) |
| 35 | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-Chan |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Celin |
| 37 | FW | BRA | João Paulo |
| 38 | MF | KOR | Yoon Min-Ho |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 9 | Jeju United | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 40 | |
| 10 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 35 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 11 | Gwangju FC | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 35 | |
| 12 | Daegu FC | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 33 | |
| 13 | Incheon United | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 32 | |
* ↑ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.
| 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 | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

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

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 October 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 | Park Ho-Jin | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 (0) | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Jeong Woo-In | 20 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 (2) | 24 | 1 |
| 3 | | DF | Park Byeong-Ju | 20 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 (1) | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Lee Yong | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 (0) | 29 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Lim Sun-Young | 10 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 15 (7) | 22 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Kim Eun-sun | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 (0) | 28 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Lee Seung-Ki | 25 | 8 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 (1) | 28 | 8 |
| 8 | | MF | An Dong-Hyeok | 6 (12) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 (12) | 22 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Kim Dong-Sub | 23 | 7 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 25 (3) | 28 | 7 |
| 10 | | FW | Park Gi-Dong | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 31 (1) | 32 | 3 |
| 11 | | MF | Jo Woo-Jin | 0 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (11) | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | | MF | Kim Ho-Nam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Yoo Dong-Min | 1 (15) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 1 | 1 (17) | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | | FW | Yoo Jong-Hyun | 20 (3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24 (3) | 27 | 3 |
| 16 | | FW | Kim Sung-Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | | MF | Park Hyun | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 (1) | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Kim Hong-Il | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Park Hee-Sung | 19 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 (4) | 28 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Ko Eun-Seong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | GK | Jo Sang-Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Kim Soo-Beom | 16 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 (5) | 24 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Park Sung-Hwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Park Yo-Han | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | FW | Kim Sung-Min | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 (4) | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | | DF | No Haeng-Seok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Lim Ha-Ram | 7 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 (4) | 15 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Yoon Kwang-Bok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | | MF | Kim Sung-Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | | DF | Heo Jae-Won | 26 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 (1) | 29 | 1 |
| 32 | | DF | Park Sang-Hyeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | | MF | Ahn Sung-Nam | 19 (2) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 (3) | 23 | 2 |
| 35 | | MF | Lee Jae-Chan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | | FW | Celin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | | FW | João Paulo | 7 (20) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 10 (21) | 31 | 8 |
| 38 | | MF | Yoon Min-Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | | GK | Sung Kyung-Mo (out) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 (0) | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | | FW | Vinícius Lopes (out) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 3 (2) | 5 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | KFA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 7 | Lee Seung-Ki | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| = | | 37 | João Paulo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | | 9 | Kim Dong-Sub | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | | 10 | Park Gi-Dong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 15 | Yoo Jong-Hyun | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | | 34 | Ahn Sung-Nam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 14 | Yoo Dong-Min | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | | 2 | Jeong Woo-In | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 31 | Heo Jae-Won | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 16 | Kim Sung-Min | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | 25 | Kim Sung-Min | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 32 | 1 | 4 | 37 |

### Top assistors

| Rank | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | KFA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 10 | Park Gi-Dong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | | 22 | Kim Soo-Beom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 17 | Park Hyun | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | | 7 | Lee Seung-Ki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 9 | Kim Dong-Sub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | 5 | Lim Sun-Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 6 | Kim Eun-sun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 8 | An Dong-Hyeok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 15 | Yoo Jong-Hyun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 19 | Park Hee-Sung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 31 | Heo Jae-Won | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 37 | João Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 11 | Jo Woo-Jin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | 18 | Kim Hong-Il | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 20 | 1 | 3 | 24 |

### Discipline

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | K-League | KFA Cup | KFA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | | 1 | Park Ho-Jin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 2 | Jeong Woo-In | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | | 3 | Park Byeong-Ju | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | | 4 | Lee Yong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | | 5 | Lim Sun-Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 6 | Kim Eun-sun | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | | 8 | An Dong-Hyeok | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | 9 | Kim Dong-Sub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | | 10 | Park Gi-Dong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 13 | Kim Ho-Nam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | 15 | Yoo Jong-Hyun | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| MF | | 17 | Park Hyun | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 19 | Park Hee-Sung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 20 | Ko Eun-Seong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 22 | Kim Soo-Beom | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | | 27 | Lim Ha-Ram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | | 31 | Heo Jae-Won | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| GK | | 33 | Sung Kyung-Mo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 34 | Ahn Sung-Nam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | | 37 | João Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 63 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 77 | 3 |

## Transfer
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Note |
| 2 November 2010 | DF | Lim Ha-Ram | Yonsei University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | DF | Kim Soo-Beom | Sangji University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | DF | Lee Yong | Korea University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | MF | Park Hyun | University of Incheon | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | MF | Park Hee-Sung | Honam University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | MF | Lee Seung-Ki | University of Ulsan | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | MF | Kim Eun-Seon | Daegu University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | MF | Im Seon-Yeong | University of Suwon | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | MF | Ahn Dong-Hyuk | Kwangwoon University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | MF | Jo Woo-Jin | Mokpo City FC | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | FW | Yoo Jong-Hyun | Konkuk University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | FW | Yoo Dong-Min | Chodang University | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | FW | Park Ki-Dong | FC Gifu | Draft (Priority) |
| 2 November 2010 | FW | Kim Dong-Sub | Tokushima Vortis | Draft (Priority) |
| 9 November 2010 | MF | Kim Ho-Nam | Sagan Tosu | Draft (1st) |
| 9 November 2010 | DF | Jung Woo-In | Yongin City FC | Draft (2nd) |
| 9 November 2010 | DF | Park Yo-Han | Yonsei University | Draft (4th) |
| 9 November 2010 | DF | Ko Eun-Seong | Dankook University | Draft (5th) |
| 9 November 2010 | DF | No Haeng-Seok | Dongguk University | Draft (6th) |
| 9 November 2010 | MF | Lee Jae-Chan | Chosun University | Draft (Extra) |
| 9 November 2010 | GK | Jo Sang-Joon | Daegu University | Draft (Extra) |
| 9 November 2010 | FW | Kim Sung-Min | Honam University | Draft (Extra) |
| 9 November 2010 | MF | Park Sung-Hwa | Chosun University | Draft (Extra) |
| 9 November 2010 | MF | Yoon Kwang-Bok | Chosun University | Draft (Extra) |
| 9 November 2010 | DF | Kang Min-Seong | Chosun University | Draft (Extra) |
| 4 January 2011 | GK | Park Ho-Jin | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Transfer |
| 4 January 2011 | MF | Kim Hong-Il | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Transfer |
| 4 January 2011 | GK | Sung Kyung-Mo | Incheon United | Transfer |
| 4 January 2011 | FW | Kim Sung-Min | Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | Transfer |
| 4 January 2011 | DF | Park Byeong-Ju | Suwon City FC | Transfer |
| 4 January 2011 | MF | Park Sang-Hyeon | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Free Agent |
| 18 January 2011 | MF | Ahn Sung-Nam | Gangwon FC | Loan |
| 18 January 2011 | DF | Heo Jae-Won | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Transfer |
| 20 February 2011 | FW | João Paulo | ABC Futebol Clube | Transfer |
| 20 February 2011 | FW | Vinícius Lopes | BK Häcken | Transfer |
| 27 July 2011 | FW | Celin | ASA | Transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Note |
| 14 June 2011 | FW | Vinícius Lopes | Free Agent | |
| 17 June 2011 | GK | Sung Kyung-Mo | released (termination of contract) | |