# 2023 FC Seoul season

The 2023 season was FC Seoul's 40th season 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 |
| Practice matches during winter training spell | 13 January 2022 | Daejeon Korail FC | D | 1–1 |
| Practice matches during winter training spell | 1 February 2022 | Hwaseong FC | W | 5–0 |
| Practice matches during winter training spell | 4 February 2022 | Jeonju University | W | 4–3 |
| Practice matches during winter training spell | 4 February 2022 | Gangneung FC | W | 4–0 |
| Practice matches during winter training spell | 9 February 2022 | Chungju Citizen FC | W | 5–0 |
| Practice matches during winter training spell | 9 February 2022 | Busan IPark | D | 1–1 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| K League 1 | 25 February | 2 December | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 036.84 |
| FA Cup | 12 April | 12 April | Third round | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 035.90 |
Last updated: 1 July 2023 Source: FC Seoul Official Website

### K League 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Incheon United | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 56 |
| 6 | Daegu FC | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Seoul | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 55 |
| 8 | Daejeon Hana Citizen | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 51 |
| 9 | Jeju United | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 41 |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups, the top six and the bottom six.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 December 2023. Source: Soccerway

#### Matches
### FA Cup

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

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | An Ik-soo |
| Coach | Kim Jin-kyu |
| Coach | Kim Myung-gon |
| Coach | Cho Seong-rae |
| Coach | Kim Young-chul |
| Coach | 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 |
| Scout | Jung Jae-yoon |

## Players
### Team squad

    As of 25 March 2023.
* All players registered for the 2023 season are listed.
| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Player | Notes |
| 1 | GK | South Korea | Baek Jong-bum | |
| 2 | DF | South Korea | Hwang Hyun-soo | |
| 3 | DF | South Korea | Gwon Wan-gyu | |
| 4 | DF | South Korea | Lee Han-beom | |
| 5 | MF | Spain | Osmar | |
| 6 | MF | South Korea | Ki Sung-yueng | |
| 7 | FW | South Korea | Na Sang-ho | |
| 8 | MF | South Korea | Lim Min-hyeok | Left mid-season |
| 9 | FW | South Korea | Kim Sin-jin | |
| 10 | FW | South Korea | Ji Dong-won | |
| 11 | FW | South Korea | Kang Seong-jin | |
| 13 | MF | South Korea | Go Yo-han | |
| 14 | MF | South Korea | Lim Sang-hyub (vice-captain) | |
| 16 | FW | South Korea | Hwang Ui-jo | |
| 17 | DF | South Korea | Kim Jin-ya (vice-captain) | |
| 18 | GK | South Korea | Hwang Sung-min | |
| 19 | FW | South Korea | Kim Gyeong-min | |
| 20 | DF | South Korea | Kim Hyun-deok | |
| 21 | GK | South Korea | Choi Chul-won | |
| 22 | DF | South Korea | Lee Si-young | |
| 23 | GK | South Korea | Seo Ju-hwan | |
| 24 | MF | South Korea | Jung Hyun-cheol | |
| 25 | MF | South Korea | Han Chan-hee (vice-captain) | |
| 26 | MF | Serbia | Aleksandar Paločević | |
| 28 | MF | South Korea | Kim Yeoun-Kyum | |
| 29 | MF | South Korea | Kim Jin-sung | |
| 30 | DF | South Korea | Kim Ju-sung (vice-captain) | |
| 31 | MF | South Korea | Seo Jae-min | |
| 32 | DF | South Korea | Cho Young-kwang | |
| 35 | MF | South Korea | Paik Sang-hoon | |
| 36 | DF | South Korea | Anh Jae-min | |
| 37 | FW | South Korea | Son Seung-beom | |
| 39 | DF | South Korea | Lee Ji-suk | |
| 40 | DF | South Korea | Park Seong-hoon | |
| 42 | MF | South Korea | Park Jang Han-gyeol | |
| 47 | FW | South Korea | Ahn Gi-hun | Left mid-season |
| 50 | FW | South Korea | Park Dong-jin | |
| 66 | MF | South Korea | Han Seung-gyu | |
| 72 | MF | South Korea | Lee Seung-jun | |
| 73 | FW | South Korea | Lee In-gyu | Left mid-season |
| 77 | MF | South Korea | Kim Sung-min | |
| 81 | MF | South Korea | Hwang Do-yoon | |
| 88 | DF | South Korea | Lee Tae-seok | |
| 90 | FW | Germany | Stanislav Iljutcenko (captain) | |
| 91 | DF | South Korea | Kang Sang-hee | |
| 94 | FW | Brazil | Willyan | |
| 96 | DF | South Korea | Park Soo-il | |
| 99 | FW | Syria | Hosam Aiesh |

### Out on loan or military service

| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Player | Loaned to | Loan period |
| — | DF | South Korea | Lee Sang-min | Gimcheon Sangmu | January 2023–July 2024 |
| — | DF | South Korea | Yoon Jong-gyu | Gimcheon Sangmu | January 2023–July 2024 |
| — | MF | South Korea | Ahn Ji-man | Gimhae FC | January 2023–December 2023 |
| — | MF | South Korea | Cha Oh-yeon | Cheonan City FC | January 2023–December 2023 |
| — | MF | South Korea | Lim Min-hyeok | Busan IPark | February 2023–December 2023 |
| — | FW | South Korea | Cho Young-wook | Gimcheon Sangmu | January 2023–July 2024 |
| — | FW | South Korea | Jung Han-min | Seongnam FC | January 2023–December 2023 |
| — | FW | South Korea | Lee Seung-jae | Chungbuk Cheongju FC | January 2023–December 2023 |
| — | FW | South Korea | Kwon Sung-yun | Daejeon Korail FC | February 2023–December 2023 |

## Goalscorers

Updated as of 1 July 2023.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | K League 1 | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Na Sang-ho | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | FW | 16 | Hwang Ui-jo | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | FW | 94 | Willyan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Lim Sang-hyub | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 26 | Aleksandar Paločević | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Osmar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 50 | Park Dong-jin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Kim Sin-jin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 17 | Kim Jin-ya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Han Chan-hee | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 30 | Kim Ju-sung | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 90 | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 96 | Park Soo-il | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Kang Seong-jin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 1 | 33 |