# 2013 FC Seoul season

The 2013 season is FC Seoul's 30th season in the K League Classic.

## Pre-season

* In Guam: From 7 January 2013 to 26 January 2013
* In Kagoshima, Japan: From 3 February 2013 to 17 February 2013

### Pre-season match results

| Type | Date | Opponents | Result | Score | Scorers |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 5 February 20130 | Júbilo Iwata | W | 1–0 | Park Hee-Seong |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 5 February 20130 | Júbilo Iwata | L | 0–2 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 8 February 20130 | Shimizu S-Pulse | D | 1–1 | Yun Il-Lok |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 11 February 20130 | Roasso Kumamoto | W | 4–0 | Yun Il-Lok, Dejan, Park Hee-Seong |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 13 February 20130 | Urawa Red Diamonds | W | 3–1 | Dejan, Ko Kwang-Min, Choi Hyun-Tae |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 15 February 20130 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | W | 1–0 | Dejan |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 16 February 20130 | Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. | L | 2–3 | ? |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| K League Classic | Matchday 1 | Matchday 38 | | | | | !— | |
| FA Cup | Round of 32 | | | | | | !— | |
| AFC Champions League | Group Stage | | | | | | !— | |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: 31 December 2013 Source: Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

### K League Classic
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Ulsan Hyundai | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 73 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 63 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 4 | FC Seoul | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 5 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 53 | |
| 6 | Busan IPark | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 52 | |
* ↑ Pohang Steelers won the league after qualifying for the Champions League as champions of the FA Cup. Therefore, the spot given to the league champions was passed to the fourth-placed team.

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

Group E :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Seoul | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 |
| Buriram United | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Jiangsu Sainty | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |

#### Knockout stage
##### Final
## Match reports and match highlights

Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website (in English)

## Season statistics
### K League Classic records

| Season | Teams | Final Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Manager |
| 2013 | 14 | 4th | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | Choi Yong-Soo |

### All competitions records

| Seasoan | Teams | K League Classic | FA Cup | AFC Champions League | Manager |
| 2013 | 14 | 4th | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | Choi Yong-Soo |

### Attendance records

| Season | Season Total / Average Att. | K League Classic Total / Average Att. | FA Cup Total / Average Att. | ACL Total / Average Att. | Friendly Match Att. | Att. Ranking | Notes |
| 2013 | 451,845 / 15,581 | 315,540 / 16,607 | 11,945 / 3,982 | 124,360 / 17,766 | N/A | K League Season Total Att. 2nd | |
* Season total attendance is K League Classic, FA Cup, AFC Champions League in the aggregate and friendly match attendance is not included.

## Squad statistics
### Goals

| Pos | K League Classic | FA Cup | AFC Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Dejan (19 / 29) | Ha Dae-Sung (1 / 1) Molina (1 / 1) | Dejan (7 / 13) | Dejan (27 / 44) |
| 2 | Molina (9 / 35) | Kim Hyun-Sung (1 / 2) Dejan (1 / 2) | Yun Il-Lok (4 / 10) | Molina (11 / 49) |
| 3 | Kim Jin-Kyu (6 / 35) | Lee Sang-Hyeob (1 / 3) Han Tae-You (1 / 3) | Kim Jin-Kyu (2 / 11) | Kim Jin-Kyu (8 / 47) |
| 4 | Go Yo-Han (5 / 37) | N/A | Escudero (2 / 12) | Yun Il-Lok (6 / 41) |
| 5 | Escudero (4 / 34) | N/A | Koh Myong-Jin (2 / 13 ) | Escudero (6 / 49) |

### Assists

| Pos | K League Classic | Total |
| 1 | Molina (13 / 35) | Molina (13 / 35) |
| 2 | Escudero (7 / 34) | Escudero (7 / 34) |
| 3 | Dejan (5 / 29) | Dejan (5 / 29) |
| 4 | Cha Du-Ri (3 / 30) | Cha Du-Ri (3 / 30) |
| 5 | Go Yo-Han (3 / 37) | Go Yo-Han (3 / 37) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Choi Yong-Soo |
| Assistant manager | Lee Young-Jin |
| Coach | Kim Seong-Jae |
| Coach | Lee Ki-Hyung |
| Goalkeeping coach | Leandro |
| Fitness coach | Kanno Atsushi |
| Youth Team Manager | Kike Linero |
| U-18 Team Coach | Lee Won-Jun |
| U-16 Team Coach | Yun Dae-Sung |
| U-14 Team Coach | Chung Sang-Nam |
| Youth Team Goalkeeping Coach | Seo Dong-Myung |
| Youth Team Goalkeeping Coach | Gjorgji Jovanovski |
| Head of Youth Development | Choi Soon-Ho |
| Chief scout | Choi Gi-Bong |
| Scout | Jung Jae-Yoon |
| Scout | Kim Sang-Moon |

## Players
### Team roster

All players registered for the 2013 season are listed.
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 | Kim Yong-Dae |
| 2 | DF | KOR | Choi Hyo-Jin |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Kim Ju-Young |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Cha Du-Ri (In) |
| 6 | DF | KOR | Kim Jin-Kyu (vice-captain) |
| 7 | DF | KOR | Kim Chi-Woo |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Adilson dos Santos |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Sergio Escudero |
| 10 | FW | MNE | Dejan Damjanović |
| 11 | FW | COL | Mauricio Molina |
| 13 | DF | KOR | Hyun Young-Min (Out) |
| 14 | FW | KOR | Park Hee-Seong |
| 15 | FW | KOR | Kang Jung-Hun (Out) |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Ha Dae-Sung (captain) |
| 17 | MF | KOR | Choi Hyun-Tae |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Kim Hyun-Sung |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-Kwon (Conscripted) |
| 20 | MF | KOR | Han Tae-You |
| 21 | MF | KOR | Go Yo-Han |
| 22 | MF | KOR | Koh Myong-Jin |
| 23 | GK | KOR | Han Il-Koo |
| 24 | MF | KOR | Yun Il-Lok |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | KOR | Cho Nam-Kee (Discharged) |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Ko Kwang-Min |
| 28 | DF | KOR | Kim Nam Chun |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Lee Sang-Hyeob |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Yu Sang-Hun |
| 32 | FW | KOR | Jung Seung-Yong |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Choi Tae-Uk |
| 36 | DF | KOR | Lee Taig-Ki |
| 37 | MF | KOR | Moon Dong-Ju |
| 38 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Woo |
| 41 | GK | KOR | Lee Seung-Kyu |
| 42 | DF | KOR | Choi Bong-Won |
| 43 | MF | KOR | Lee Kwang-Jin (Out) |
| 44 | FW | KOR | Joo Ik-Seong |
| 45 | DF | KOR | Cho Min-Woo (Out) |
| 46 | MF | KOR | Roh Young-Gyun |
| 47 | MF | KOR | Shin Hak-Young |
| 48 | DF | KOR | Kim Sang-Pil |
| 49 | FW | KOR | Hwang Sin-Young |
| 50 | MF | KOR | Park Seung-Ryeol |
| 51 | GK | KOR | Kim Eun-Do |

### Out on loan & military service

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 | Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Busan IPark until July 2013) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013) |
| — | MF | KOR | Youn Sung-Woo (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013) |
| — | MF | KOR | Yoon Seung-Hyeon (to Incheon Korail until December 2013) |
| — | DF | KOR | Cho Min-Woo (to V-Varen Nagasaki until December 2013) |
| — | FW | KOR | Kang Jung-hun (to Gangwon FC until December 2013) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Kwang-jin (to Gwangju FC until December 2013) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KOR | Cho Nam-Kee (to Police FC until July 2013 / Discharged) |
| — | DF | KOR | Choi Won-Wook (to Police FC until September 2013 / Discharged$^{[1]}$) |
| — | DF | KOR | Kim Dong-Woo (to Police FC until September 2014) |
| — | DF | KOR | Song Seung-Ju (to Police FC until September 2014) |
| — | MF | KOR | Moon Ki-Han (to Police FC until September 2014) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Won-Sik (to Police FC until September 2014) |
| — | FW | KOR | Jung Jo-Gook (to Police FC until September 2014) |
* Choi Won-Wook was not registered 2013 season
* In : Transferred from other teams in the middle of season.
* Out : Transferred to other teams in the middle of season.
* Discharged : Transferred from Sangju Sangmu and Police FC for military service in the middle of season. (Registered in 2013 season)
* Conscripted : Transferred to Sangju Sangmu and Police FC for military service after end of season.

## Transfers
### In

| # | Name | POS | Moving from | Mode | Window | Period | Fee |
| 1 | Lee Kwang-Jin | MF | Daegu FC | Loan Return | Winter (End of the 2012 season) | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | Kim Hyun-Sung | FW | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan return | Winter (End of the 2012 season) | | N/A |
| 3 | Yun Il-Lok | FW | Gyeongnam FC | Transfer | Winter (2012-12-26) | Undisclosed | $930,000 |
| 4 | Sergio Escudero | FW | Urawa Red Diamonds | Transfer | Winter (2012-12-28) | 3 years (2015-12-31) | Undisclosed |
| 5 | Cha Du-Ri | DF | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2013-03-25) | 2 years (2014-12-31) | Free |
| 6 | Cho Nam-Kee | MF | Police FC | Return from military service | N/A (2013-07-15) | | N/A |
| 7 | Choi Won-Wook | DF | Police FC | Return from military service | N/A (2013-09-28) | | N/A |

#### Rookie Draft & Free Agent

| # | Name | POS | Moving from | Mode | Notes |
| 1 | Kim Sang-Pil | DF | Sungkyunkwan University | Youth system (After Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team (2009 Draft) |
| 2 | Kim Eun-Do | GK | Dongbuk High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 3 | Park Seung-Ryeol | MF | Dongbuk High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 4 | Shin Hak-Young | MF | Dongbuk High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 5 | Choi Bong-Won | DF | Dongbuk High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 6 | Hwang Sin-Young | FW | Dongbuk High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 7 | Oh Jun-Hyeok | | Dongbuk High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 8 | Cho Won-Tae | | Dongbuk High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 9 | Park Hee-Seong | FW | Korea University | Regular (1st) | |
| 10 | Lee Sang Hyeob | FW | Korea University | Regular (3rd) | |
| 11 | Moon Dong-Ju | FW | Daegu University | Regular (4th) | |
| 12 | Roh Young-Gyun | MF | Boin High School | Regular (6th) | |
| 13 | Kim Nam-Chun | DF | Dongguk University | Rookie Free Agent | |
* (Univ.) means player who go to university then back to FC Seoul.
* (After Univ.) means player who is joined FC Seoul after entering university.

### Out

| # | Name | POS | Moving to | Mode | Window | Period | Fee |
| 1 | Park Hee-Do | MF | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Transfer | Winter (2013-01-07) | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 2 | Kim Tae-Hwan | MF | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Transfer | Winter (2013-01-07) | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 3 | Lee Jong-min | DF | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Transfer | Winter (2013-01-13) | 3년 | Undisclosed |
| 4 | Jo Su-Huk | GK | Incheon United | Transfer | Winter (2013-01-16) | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 5 | Yoon Si-Ho | DF | Jeonnam Dragons | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2013-01-16) | Undisclosed | Free |
| 6 | Kim Yong-Chan | DF | Gyeongnam FC | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2013-01-22) | Undisclosed | Free |
| 7 | Hwang In-Seong | FW | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2013-01-23) | | |
| 8 | Kwak Jung-Geun | MF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2013-01-23) | | |
| 9 | Lee Jae-Il | FW | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2013-01-23) | | |
| 10 | Jeong Dong-Yeon | DF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2013-01-23) | | |
| 11 | Yoo Sang-Hee | DF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2013-01-23) | | |
| 12 | Cho Ho-Yeon | MF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2013-01-23) | | |
| 13 | Hyun Young-Min | DF | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Transfer | Winter (2013-03-27) | Undisclosed | $88,000 |

#### Loan & Military service

| # | Name | POS | Moving to | Window | Period | Fee |
| 1 | Jung Jo-Gook | FW | Police FC | End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27) | 21 months | N/A |
| 2 | Kim Dong-Woo | DF | Police FC | End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27) | 21 months | N/A |
| 3 | Song Seung-Ju | DF | Police FC | End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27) | 21 months | N/A |
| 4 | Moon Ki-Han | MF | Police FC | End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27) | 21 months | N/A |
| 5 | Kim Won-Sik | MF | Police FC | End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27) | 21 months | N/A |
| 6 | Youn Sung-Woo | MF | Goyang Hi FC | Winter (2013-01-08) | 1 year | Free |
| 7 | Yoon Seung-Hyun | MF | Incheon Korail FC | Winter (2013-02-14) | 1 year | Free |
| 8 | Cho Min-Woo | DF | V-Varen Nagasaki | Winter (2013-04-05) | 1 year | Free |
| 9 | Kang Jung-Hun | FW | Gangwon FC | Summer (2013-07-26) | 6 months | Free |
| 10 | Lee Kwang-Jin | MF | Goyang Hi FC | Summer (2013-07-31) | 6 months | Free |
| 11 | Kyung Jae-Yoon | MF | Goyang Hi FC | Summer (2013-07-31) | 6 months | Free |

## Tactics
### Starting eleven and formation

This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4–3–3 or 4-2-3-1 formation.

### Substitutes

| No. | Pos. | Name |
| 31 | GK | Yu Sang-Hun |
| 3 | DF | Choi Hyo-Jin |
| 7 | DF | Kim Chi-Woo |
| 20 | MF | Han Tae-You |
| 24 | MF | Yun Il-Lok |
| 33 | MF | Choi Tae-Uk |
| 18 | FW | Kim Hyun-Sung |
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).