# 2014 FC Seoul season

The 2014 season is FC Seoul's 31st season in the K League Classic.

## Pre-season

* In Guam: From 7 January 2014 to 27 January 2014
* In Kagoshima, Japan: From 3 February 2016 to 17 February 2016

### Pre-season match results

| Type | Date | Opponents | Scorers | Result | Score |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 5 February 20140 | Ehime FC | W | 2–1 | Osmar Ibáñez, Sergio Escudero |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 7 February 20140 | Kamatamare Sanuki | W | 2–1 | Sergio Escudero, Kim Hyun-sung |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 10 February 20140 | Shimizu S-Pulse | L | 1–3 | Yun Ju-tae |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 12 February 20140 | Urawa Red Diamonds | L | 0–2 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 12 February 20140 | Urawa Red Diamonds | L | 2–3 | Rafael Costa (2) |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 15 February 20140 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | L | 2–4 | Yun Ju-tae, Go Yo-han |

## 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 2014 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 |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 81 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 3 | FC Seoul | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 58 | |
| 5 | Jeju United | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 54 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 November 2014. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

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

Group F :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Seoul | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 |
| Beijing Guoan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
## 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 |
| 2014 | 12 | 3rd | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 58 | Choi Yong-soo |

### All competitions records

| Seasoan | Teams | K League Classic | FA Cup | AFC Champions League | Manager |
| 2014 | 12 | 3rd | Runners-up | Semi-finals | 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 |
| 2014 | 421,631 / 15,058 | 320,470 / 16,867 | 36,901 / 12,300 | 64,2640 / 10,710 | 46,722 | 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 | Yun Il-lok (7 / 27) | Ko Kwang-min (2 / 5) | Yun Il-lok (3 / 10) | Yun Il-lok (10 / 40) |
| 2 | Escudero (6 / 32) | Park Hee-seong (1 / 1) Shim Je-hyeok (1 / 1) | Rafael (2 / 5) | Escudero (9 / 48) |
| 3 | Molina (5 / 19) | Yun Ju-tae (1 / 2) | Escudero (2 / 11) | Molina (5 / 27) |
| 4 | Go Yo-han (4 / 32) | Escudero (1 / 5) Kim Ju-young (1 / 5) Lee Woong-hee (1 / 5) | Yun Ju-tae (1 / 4) | Yun Ju-tae (4 / 16) |
| 5 | Éverton (3 / 16) | N/A | Kang Seung-jo (1 / 7) | Go Yo-han (4 / 44) |
| | | | Go Yo-han (1 / 9 ) Kim Chi-woo (1 / 9 ) Osmar (1 / 11) | |

### Assists

| Pos | K League Classic | Total |
| 1 | Escudero (4 / 32) | Escudero (4 / 32) |
| 2 | Molina (3 / 19) | Molina (3 / 19) |
| 3 | Ko Kwang-min (3 / 20) | Ko Kwang-min (3 / 20) |
| 4 | Kim Chi-woo (3 / 25) | Kim Chi-woo (3 / 25) |
| 5 | Go Yo-han (3 / 32) | Go Yo-han (3 / 32) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Choi Yong-soo |
| Assistant manager | Vacant |
| Coach | Kim Seong-jae |
| Coach | Lee Ki-hyung |
| Coach | Kim Han-yoon |
| Coach | Adilson dos Santos |
| Goalkeeping coach | Weon Jong-teok |
| Fitness coach | Kanno Atsushi |
| U-18 & U-15 Team Manager | Choi Gi-bong |
| U-18 Team Coach | Yun Dae-sung |
| U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Leandro |
| U-15 Team Coach | Chung Sang-nam |
| U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Cho Jun-ho |
| Chief scout | Kim Hyun-tae |
| Scout | Lee Won-jun |
| Scout | Jung Jae-yoon |
| Scout | Kim Sang-moon |
| Scout | Seo Min-woo |

## Players
### Team squad

All players registered for the 2014 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 |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Lee Woong-hee |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Kim Ju-young |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Cha Du-ri |
| 6 | DF | KOR | Kim Jin-kyu (captain) |
| 7 | DF | KOR | Kim Chi-woo |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Moon Ki-han (Discharged) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Sergio Escudero |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rafael Costa (Out) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Éverton Santos (In) |
| 11 | FW | COL | Mauricio Molina |
| 13 | MF | KOR | Go Yo-han |
| 14 | FW | KOR | Park Hee-seong |
| 15 | DF | KOR | Cho Min-woo (Out) |
| 15 | MF | KOR | Choi Jung-han (In) |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Kang Seung-jo |
| 17 | MF | KOR | Choi Hyun-tae (Conscripted) |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Kim Hyun-sung |
| 19 | FW | KOR | Yun Ju-tae |
| 20 | MF | KOR | Han Tae-you |
| 21 | DF | KOR | Sim Sang-min |
| 22 | MF | KOR | Koh Myong-jin |
| 23 | GK | KOR | Han Il-koo |
| 24 | MF | KOR | Yun Il-lok |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | KOR | Kim Dong-suk |
| 26 | DF | KOR | Kim Nam-chun |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Ko Kwang-min |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Osmar Ibáñez |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Lee Sang-hyeob |
| 30 | DF | KOR | Lee Jun-hyeong |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Yu Sang-hun |
| 32 | MF | KOR | Jung Seung-yong |
| 33 | DF | KOR | Kim Woo-hyun |
| 34 | FW | KOR | Jung Dong-cheol |
| 35 | MF | KOR | Choi Myung-hun |
| 36 | DF | KOR | Lee Taig-ki (Out) |
| 36 | FW | KOR | Jung Jo-gook (Discharged) |
| 37 | MF | KOR | Cho Nam-ki |
| 38 | MF | KOR | Yoon Hyun-oh (Out) |
| 38 | GK | KOR | Yang Han Been (In) |
| 39 | MF | KOR | Hwang Sin-young (Out) |
| 39 | DF | KOR | Kim Dong-woo (Discharged) |
| 40 | FW | KOR | Shim Je-hyeok |
| 41 | GK | KOR | Kim Chol-ho |
| 42 | DF | KOR | Hwang Hyun-soo |
| 43 | FW | KOR | Kang Jung-hun (Out) |
| 43 | MF | KOR | Kim Won-sik (Discharged) |
| 44 | DF | KOR | Song Seung-ju (Discharged) |

### 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 | Moon Dong-ju (to Ehime FC until December 2014) |
| — | DF | KOR | Cho Min-woo (to Gangwon FC until December 2014) |
| — | MF | KOR | Yoon Hyun-oh (to Gangneung FC until December 2014) |
| — | MF | KOR | Rafael Costa (to Ponte Preta until December 2014) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | KOR | Kim Dong-woo (to Ansan Police until September 2014 / Discharged) |
| — | DF | KOR | Song Seung-ju (to Ansan Police until September 2014 / Discharged) |
| — | MF | KOR | Moon Ki-han (to Ansan Police until September 2014 / Discharged) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Won-sik (to Ansan Police until September 2014 / Discharged) |
| — | FW | KOR | Jung Jo-gook (to Ansan Police until September 2014 / Discharged) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-kwon (to Ansan Police until September 2015) |
* 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 Ansan Police for military service in the middle of season. (Registered in 2014 season)
* Conscripted : Transferred to Sangju Sangmu and Ansan Police for military service after end of season.

## Transfers
### In

| # | Name | POS | Moving from | Mode | Window | Period | Fee | Notes |
| 1 | Cho Min-woo | DF | V-Varen Nagasaki | Loan return | Winter (End of the 2013 season) | | N/A | |
| 2 | Kang Jung-hun | FW | Gangwon FC | Loan return | Winter (End of the 2013 season) | | N/A | |
| 3 | Osmar Ibáñez | DF | Buriram United | Transfer | Winter (2014-01-05) | 3 years | Undisclosed | |
| 4 | Rafael Costa | FW | Figueirense | Transfer | Winter (2014-01-19) | 4 years | R$2,000,000 | |
| 5 | Lee Woong-hee | DF | Daejeon Citizen | Transfer | Winter (2014-01-13) | Undisclosed | Trade | Lee Kwang-jin↔Lee Woong-hee |
| 6 | Kim Dong-suk | MF | Ulsan Hyundai | Transfer | Winter (2014-01-28) | Undisclosed | Trade | Choi Tae-uk↔Kim Dong-suk |
| 7 | Choi Jung-han | MF | Oita Trinita | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Summer (2014-07-07) | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 8 | Éverton Santos | FW | Figueirense | Transfer | Summer (2014-07-17) | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 9 | Yang Han-been | GK | Seongnam FC | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Summer (2014-07-29) | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 10 | Jung Jo-gook | FW | Ansan Police | Return from military service | N/A (2014-09-26) | | N/A | |
| 11 | Kim Dong-woo | DF | Ansan Police | Return from military service | N/A (2014-09-26) | | N/A | |
| 12 | Moon Ki-han | MF | Ansan Police | Return from military service | N/A (2014-09-26) | | N/A | |
| 13 | Song Seung-ju | DF | Ansan Police | Return from military service | N/A (2014-09-26) | | N/A | |
| 14 | Kim Won-sik | MF | Ansan Police | Return from military service | N/A (2014-09-26) | | N/A | |

#### Rookie Draft & Free Agent

| # | Name | POS | Moving from | Mode | Notes |
| 1 | Jung Dong-cheol | DF | Kyung Hee University | Youth system (After Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team (2011 Draft) |
| 2 | Choi Myung-hun | MF | Soongsil University | Youth system (After Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team (2012 Draft) |
| 3 | Hwang Hyun-soo | DF | Osan High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 4 | Yoon Hyun-oh | MF | Osan High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 5 | Kim Chol-ho | GK | Osan High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 6 | Shim Je-hyeok | FW | Osan High School | Youth system | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 7 | Park Min-gyu | DF | Osan High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 8 | Park Jun-Young | DF | Osan High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 9 | Yun Ju-tae | MF | FSV Frankfurt | Regular (1st) | |
| 10 | Kim Woo-hyun | DF | Korea University | Regular (3rd) | |
| 11 | Lee Jun-hyeong | DF | Myongji University | Extra | |
| 12 | Sim Sang-min | DF | Chung-Ang 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 | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Kwang-jin | MF | Daejeon Citizen | Transfer | Winter (2014-01-08) | Undisclosed | Trade | Loan finish Lee Kwang-jin↔Lee Woong-hee |
| 2 | Youn Sung-woo | MF | Gangneung City Government | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2014-02-03) | Undisclosed | Free | Loan finish Free agent |
| 3 | Yoon Seung-hyeon | MF | NK Istra 1961 | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2014-02-03) | 2 years 6 months | Free | Loan finish Free agent |
| 4 | Kyung Jae-yoon | MF | Bucheon FC 1995 | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2014-01-03) | Undisclosed | Free | Loan finish Free agent |
| 5 | Dejan Damjanović | FW | Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty | Transfer | Winter (2013-12-26) | 2 years (?) | $4,120,000 | |
| 6 | Ha Dae-sung | MF | Beijing Guoan | Transfer | Winter (2014-01-03) | 3 years | $1670,000 | |
| 7 | Jang Hyun-woo | DF | Sangju Sangmu | Military service (Contract terminated) | Winter (2014-01-03) | | | |
| 8 | Kim Eun-do | GK | Chungju Hummel | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2014-01-03) | Undisclosed | Free | Free agent |
| 9 | Choi Bong-won | DF | FC Slovan Liberec | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2014-01-03) | Undisclosed | Free | Free agent |
| 19 | Choi Won-wook | DF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2014-01-03) | | | Free agent |
| 11 | Park Seung-ryeol | MF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2014-01-03) | | | Free agent |
| 12 | Shin Hak-young | MF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2014-01-03) | | | Free agent |
| 13 | Roh Young-gyun | MF | Unknown | Contract terminated | Winter (2014-01-03) | | | Free agent |
| 14 | Lee Seung-kyu | GK | Gwangju FC | Free transfer (Contract expired) | Winter (2014-01-10) | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 15 | Kim Sang-pil | DF | Daejeon Citizen | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2014-01-14) | Undisclosed | Free | Free agent |
| 16 | Joo Ik-seong | FW | Daejeon Citizen | Transfer | Winter (2014-01-14) | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 17 | Choi Tae-uk | MF | Ulsan Hyundai | Free transfer (Contract expired) | Winter (2014-01-28) | 2 years | Trade | Choi Tae-uk↔Kim Dong-suk |
| 18 | Adilson dos Santos | DF | N/A | Retirement (Contract expired) | Winter (2014-01-29) | | | Coach appointed |
| 19 | Lee Taig-ki | DF | Chungju Hummel | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Summer (2014-07-03) | Undisclosed | Free | Free agent |
| 20 | Hwang Shin-young | MF | Contract terminated | Unknown | Summer (2014-07-03) | | | Free agent |
| 21 | Kang Jung-hun | FW | Busan Transportation Corporation | Transfer | Summer (2014-07-11) | 6 months | Undisclosed | |

#### Loan & Military service

| # | Name | POS | Moving to | Window | Period | Fee |
| 1 | Lee Jae-kwon | MF | Police FC | End of the 2013 season (2013-12-??) | 21 months | N/A |
| 2 | Moon Dong-ju | MF | Ehime FC | End of the 2013 season (2014-01-20) | 1 year | Undisclosed |
| 3 | Cho Min-woo | DF | Gangwon FC | Summer (2014-07-04) | 6 months | Undisclosed |
| 4 | Yoon Hyun-oh | MF | Gimhae FC | Summer (2014-07-11) | 6 months | Undisclosed |
| 5 | Rafael Costa | FW | Ponte Preta | Summer (2014-07-17) | | Undisclosed |

## Tactics
### Starting eleven and formation

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

### Substitutes

| No. | Pos. | Name |
| 31 | GK | Yu Sang-hun |
| 2 | MF | Choi Hyo-jin |
| 16 | MF | Lee Sang-hyeob |
| 27 | MF | Ko Kwang-min |
| 10 | FW | Éverton Santos |
| 11 | FW | Mauricio Molina |
| 19 | FW | Yun Ju-tae |
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).