# 2020 Pohang Steelers season

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.

## Current squad

    As of 12 February 2020
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 | 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
### Loan 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 |
| — | 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 | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 50 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sangju Sangmu (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 |
* ↑ Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
* ↑ 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

### Korean FA Cup
#### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Nat. | Pos. | Name | K League | K League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Champions League | Champions League | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| No. | Nat. | Pos. | Name | 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 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Ha Chang-rae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 12 | Lee Gwang-hyuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 22 | Park Jae-Woo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 13 | Kang Sang-woo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Choi Young-jun | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Shim Dong-woon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 49 | 4 | 0 | 53 |
Last updated: 25 November 2020. Source: kleague.com,

### Assists

| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | K League 1 | FA Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 26 | Aleksandar Paločević | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 12 | Lee Gwang-hyuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 |
| 6 | GK | 31 | Kang Hyeon-mu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Choi Young-jun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Shim Dong-woon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 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 | TOTALS | TOTALS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Last updated: 6 July 2020. Source: kleague.com