# 2012 Pohang Steelers season

The 2012 season was Pohang Steelers' thirtieth season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers is competing K-League, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.

## 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 | Shin Hwa-Yong |
| 2 | MF | KOR | Park Hee-Chul |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Kim Gwang-Seok |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Bae Seul-Ki |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Lee Won-Jae |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Shin Jin-Ho |
| 7 | DF | SRB | Zoran Rendulić |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Hwang Jin-Sung |
| 9 | MF | KOR | Hwang Ji-Soo |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Derek Asamoah |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Park Sung-Ho |
| 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 | FW | KOR | Kim Jin-Yong (on loan from Gangwon) |
| 17 | DF | KOR | Shin Kwang-Hoon |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Ko Mu-Yeol |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | KOR | Kim Sun-Woo |
| 20 | MF | KOR | Shin Hyung-Min (captain) |
| 21 | GK | KOR | Song Dong-Jin |
| 22 | FW | KOR | No Byung-Jun |
| 23 | DF | KOR | Yoon Joon-Sung |
| 24 | MF | KOR | Kim Dae-Ho |
| 26 | FW | KOR | Cho Chan-Ho |
| 27 | FW | ROU | Ianis Zicu |
| 28 | DF | KOR | An Il-Joo |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Lee Myung-Joo |
| 30 | FW | KOR | Kim Chan-Hee |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Kim Da-Sol |
| 32 | FW | KOR | Kim Eun-Chong |
| 33 | FW | KOR | Lee Kwang-Hoon |
| 34 | MF | KOR | Yoon Won-Il |
| 35 | MF | KOR | Hwang Jung-Soo |
| 36 | MF | KOR | Moon Chang-Jin |
| 77 | MF | KOR | Moon Kyu-Hyun |

### Out on loan

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 | Kim Beom-Joon (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) |
| — | FW | KOR | Lee Sung-Jae (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) |
| — | FW | KOR | Yoo Chang-Hyun (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) |
| — | DF | KOR | Kim Hyung-Il (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Jae-Sung (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) |
| — | FW | KOR | Jeong Jung-Seok (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Bin (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) |

## 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 |
| — | FW | KOR | Park Sung-Ho (Transferred from Daejeon Citizen) |
| — | FW | KOR | Hwang Ji-Soo (Loan return from Yangju Citizen FC) |
| — | FW | KOR | Kim Chan-Hee (Drafted from Hanyang University) |
| — | DF | KOR | Yoon Joon-Sung (Drafted from Kyunghee University) |
| — | DF | KOR | Bae Seul-Ki (Drafted) |
| — | FW | KOR | Kim Eun-Chong (Drafted from Yonsei University) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Myoung-Joo (Drafted from Youngnam University) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KOR | Moon Kyu-Hyun (Drafted from youth team) |
| — | MF | KOR | Moon Chang-Jin (Drafted from youth team) |
| — | FW | KOR | Lee Kwang-Hoon (Drafted from youth team) |
| — | FW | ROU | Ianis Zicu (Transferred from CSKA Sofia) |
| — | DF | SRB | Zoran Rendulić (Transferred from FK Javor Ivanjica) |
| — | FW | KOR | Kim Jin-Yong (Loan from Gangwon FC) |

### 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 | Kim Dong-Hee (Transferred to Daejeon Citizen) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Seul-Gi (Transferred to Daejeon Citizen) |
| — | DF | KOR | Kim Hyung-Il (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Jae-Sung (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service) |
| — | FW | KOR | Jeong Jung-Seok (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Bin (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service) |
| — | FW | BRA | Mota (Released) |
| — | FW | BRA | Adriano Chuva (Released) |
| — | DF | KOR | Kang Dae-Ho (Transferred to Daejeon Citizen) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Hwang Sun-Hong |
| Assistant Manager | Kang Chul |
| Coach | Yoon Hee-Jun |
| GK Coach | Kim Il-Jin |
| Physical Coach | Flavio |
Last updated: 19 February 2012 Source: Pohang Steelers

## Match results
### K-League

All times are Korea Standard Time (KST) – UTC+9
[1] Round 15 Match of Incheon vs Pohang was originally K-League restricted non-attendance match.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Seoul (C) | 44 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 96 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 82 | 49 | +33 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 4 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 44 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 5 | Ulsan Hyundai | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 68 | |
* ↑ Pohang Steelers finished the league in third place after qualifying for the Champions League as champions of the FA Cup. Therefore, the spot given to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### AFC Champions League
#### Qualifying play-off
#### Group stage (Group E)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ADE | BYD | POH | GMB |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Bunyodkor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 June 2012
| No. | Nat. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Appearances | Appearances | Goals |
| No. | Nat. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | App (sub) | Total | Goals |
| 1 | | GK | Shin Hwa-Yong | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 (0) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | | MF | Park Hee-Chul | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 (0) | 15 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Kim Gwang-Seok | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 (0) | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Bae Seul-Ki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Lee Won-Jae | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Shin Jin-Ho | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 2 (6) | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | | DF | Zoran Rendulić | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 (0) | 12 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Hwang Jin-Sung | 14 (2) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 (3) | 24 | 2 |
| 9 | | MF | Hwang Ji-Soo | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 12 (1) | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Derek Asamoah | 9 (4) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 (4) | 20 | 7 |
| 11 | | FW | Park Sung-Ho | 7 (7) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 3 (3) | 1 | 10 (11) | 21 | 2 |
| 12 | | GK | Hwang Kyo-Chung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Kim Won-Il | 11 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 15 (2) | 17 | 1 |
| 14 | | MF | Kim Tae-Su | 5 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 (1) | 12 | 1 |
| 15 | | DF | Jung Hong-Youn | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (1) | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | | FW | Kim Jin-Yong | 5 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 | 7 (7) | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | | DF | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 (0) | 23 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Ko Mu-Yeol | 10 (6) | 1 | 1 (1) | 2 | 2 (2) | 0 | 13 (9) | 22 | 3 |
| 19 | | FW | Kim Sun-Woo | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Shin Hyung-Min | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 24 (0) | 24 | 1 |
| 21 | | GK | Song Dong-Jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | No Byung-Jun | 6 (9) | 1 | 1 (1) | 2 | 3 (3) | 0 | 10 (13) | 23 | 3 |
| 23 | | DF | Yoon Joon-Sung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Kim Dae-Ho | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 (0) | 12 | 2 |
| 26 | | FW | Cho Chan-Ho | 7 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 | 9 (7) | 16 | 2 |
| 27 | | FW | Ianis Zicu | 5 (8) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 (8) | 18 | 6 |
| 28 | | DF | An Il-Joo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Lee Myung-Joo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 14 (1) | 15 | 1 |
| 30 | | FW | Kim Chan-Hee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | | GK | Kim Da-Sol | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (0) | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | | FW | Kim Eun-Chong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | | FW | Lee Kwang-Hoon | 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 | | DF | Moon Chang-Jin | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Moon Kyu-Hyun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goals and assists

| Rank | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | K-League | KFA Cup | KFA Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Sum | Sum | Total |
| Rank | Nation | Number | Name | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Total |
| 1 | | 10 | Derek Asamoah | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | | 27 | Ianis Zicu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| = | | 18 | Ko Mu-Yeol | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | | 20 | Shin Hyung-Min | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | | 22 | No Byung-Jun | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| = | | 8 | Hwang Jin-Sung | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| = | | 14 | Kim Tae-Su | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | | 26 | Cho Chan-Ho | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| = | | 11 | Park Sung-Ho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| = | | 29 | Lee Myung-Joo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| = | | 17 | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | | 24 | Kim Dae-Ho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 6 | Shin Jin-Ho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | | 13 | Kim Won-Il | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 7 | Zoran Rendulić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 16 | Kim Jin-Yong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 2 | Park Hee-Chul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 24 | |

### Discipline

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | K-League | K-League | KFA Cup | KFA Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| GK | | 1 | Shin Hwa-Yong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | | 2 | Park Hee-Chul | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | | 3 | Kim Gwang-Seok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 6 | Shin Jin-Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 7 | Zoran Rendulić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | 8 | Hwang Jin-Sung | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | | 9 | Hwang Ji-Soo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | 10 | Derek Asamoah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | 11 | Park Sung-Ho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 13 | Kim Won-Il | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | | 16 | Kim Jin-Yong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | | 17 | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | | 18 | Ko Mu-Yeol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 20 | Shin Hyung-Min | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| FW | | 22 | No Byung-Jun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 24 | Kim Dae-Ho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 26 | Cho Chan-Ho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | 27 | Ianis Zicu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 29 | Lee Myung-Joo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 |