# 2018 FC Seoul season

The 2018 season was FC Seoul's 35th season in the K League 1.

## Pre-season

* In Murcia, Spain: From 6 January 2018 to 7 February 2018
* In Kagoshima, Japan: From 14 February 2018 to 22 February 2018

### Pre-season match results

| Type | Date | Opponents | Result | Score | Scorers |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 10 January 2018 | R. Charleroi S.C. | L | 0–1 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 12 January 2018 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | L | 0–1 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 16 January 2018 | Holstein Kiel | W | 2–1 | Go Yo-han, Kim Sung-joon |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 19 January 2018 | FC Vaduz | L | 0–1 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 26 January 2018 | Yanbian Funde | D | 0–0 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 30 January 2018 | FC Nordsjælland | L | 0–3 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 2 February 2018 | Dundalk | L | 0–1 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Murcia, Spain | 5 February 2018 | Örebro SK | W | 1–0 | Park Chu-young |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 17 January 2018 | Matsumoto Yamaga | D | 0–0 | |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 20 January 2018 | Tokai University | W | 7–0 | Go Yo-han, Jeong Hyeon-cheol, Park Chu-young Cho Young-wook, Lee Sang-ho, Kwak Tae-hwi |

## 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 1 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 38 | | | | | !— | |
| FA Cup | Round of 32 | | | | | | !— | |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: 31 December 2018 Source: Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

### FA Cup
## Match reports and match highlights

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

## Season statistics
### K League 1 records

| Season | Teams | Final Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Manager |
| 2018 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 48 | –8 | 40 | Hwang Sun-hong Lee Eul-yong (Caretaker) Choi Yong-soo |

### All competitions records

| K League 1 | FA Cup | AFC Champions League | Manager |
| | | Round of 16 | Hwang Sun-hong Lee Eul-yong (Caretaker) Choi Yong-soo |

### Attendance records

| Season Total Att. | K League 1 Season Total Att. | K League 1 Season Average Att. | FA Cup Total / Average Att. | ACL Total / Average Att. | Att. Ranking | Notes |
* Season total attendance is K League 1, FA Cup, and AFC Champions League combined

## Squad statistics
### Goals

| Pos | K League 1 | FA Cup | AFC Champions League | Total | Notes |
| 1 | | | | | |

### Assists

| Pos | K League 1 | League Cup | Total | Notes |
| 1 | | | | |

## Coaching staff
### Hwang Sun-hong Era (~2018-04-30)

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Hwang Sun-hong |
| Assistant manager | Kang Chul |
| First-team coach | Yoon Hee-joon |
| First-team coach | Adilson dos Santos |
| First-team goalkeeping coach | Kim Il-jin |
| Reserve Team Coach | Lee Eul-yong |
| Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach | Back Min-chul |
| Fitness coach | Shin Sang-kyu |
| U-18 Team Manager | Myong Jin-young |
| U-18 Team Coach | Kim Jin-kyu |
| U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Weon Jong-teok |
| U-18 Team Fitness Coach | Hwang Ji-hwan |
| U-15 Team Manager | Kim Young-jin |
| U-15 Team Coach | Park Hyuk-soon |
| U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Son Il-pyo |
| U-15 Team Fitness Coach | Jung Hoon-gi |
| U-12 Team Manager | Kim Byung-chae |
| U-12 Team Coach | Seo Ki-man |
| U-12 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Lee Ji-hun |
| Chief scout | Kim Hyun-tae |
| Scout | Lee Won-jun |
| Scout | Jung Jae-yoon |
| Scout | Park Yong-ho |

### Lee Eul-yong Era (2018-04-30~2018-10-11)

| Position | Name | Notes |
| Caretake Manager | Lee Eul-yong | |
| First-team coach | Kim Seong-jae | May 2018~ |
| First-team coach | Park Yong-ho | May 2018~ |
| First-team coach | Adilson dos Santos | |
| First-team goalkeeping coach | Back Min-chul | May 2018~ |
| Reserve Team Coach | Yoon Hee-joon | May 2018~ |
| Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach | Kim Il-jin | May 2018~ |
| Fitness coach | Shin Sang-kyu | |
| U-18 Team Manager | Myong Jin-young | |
| U-18 Team Coach | Kim Jin-kyu | |
| U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Weon Jong-teok | |
| U-18 Team Fitness Coach | Hwang Ji-hwan | |
| U-15 Team Manager | Kim Young-jin | |
| U-15 Team Coach | Park Hyuk-soon | |
| U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Son Il-pyo | |
| U-15 Team Fitness Coach | Jung Hoon-gi | |
| U-12 Team Manager | Kim Byung-chae | |
| U-12 Team Coach | Seo Ki-man | |
| U-12 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Lee Ji-hun | |
| Chief scout | Kim Hyun-tae | |
| Scout | Lee Won-jun | |
| Scout | Jung Jae-yoon | |

### Choi Yong-soo Era (2018-10-11~)

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Choi Yong-soo |
| First-team coach | Kim Seong-jae |
| First-team coach | Yoon Hee-joon |
| First-team coach | Adilson dos Santos |
| First-team goalkeeping coach | Back Min-chul |
| Reserve Team Coach | Park Yong-ho |
| Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach | Kim Il-jin |
| Fitness coach | Shin Sang-kyu |
| U-18 Team Manager | Myong Jin-young |
| U-18 Team Coach | Kim Jin-kyu |
| U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Weon Jong-teok |
| U-18 Team Fitness Coach | Hwang Ji-hwan |
| U-15 Team Manager | Kim Young-jin |
| U-15 Team Coach | Park Hyuk-soon |
| U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Son Il-pyo |
| U-15 Team Fitness Coach | Jung Hoon-gi |
| U-12 Team Manager | Kim Byung-chae |
| U-12 Team Coach | Seo Ki-man |
| U-12 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Lee Ji-hun |
| Chief scout | Kim Hyun-tae |
| Scout | Lee Won-jun |
| Scout | Jung Jae-yoon |

## Players
### Team squad

All players registered for the 2018 season are listed.
| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Player | Notes |
| 1 | GK | South Korea | Yoo Hyun | |
| 2 | DF | South Korea | Hwang Hyun-soo | |
| 3 | DF | South Korea | Lee Woong-hee (vice-captain) | |
| 4 | DF | South Korea | Kim Dong-woo | |
| 6 | MF | South Korea | Kim Sung-joon | |
| 7 | FW | South Korea | Lee Sang-ho | |
| 8 | MF | South Korea | Sin Jin-ho | |
| 9 | FW | Brazil | Anderson Lopes | |
| 10 | FW | South Korea | Park Chu-young | |
| 11 | FW | Brazil | Evandro | |
| 13 | MF | South Korea | Go Yo-han (captain) | |
| 14 | MF | South Korea | Kim Han-gil | |
| 15 | MF | South Korea | Kim Won-sik | |
| 16 | MF | South Korea | Ha Dae-sung | |
| 17 | DF | South Korea | Shin Kwang-hoon | |
| 18 | DF | South Korea | Yun Suk-young | In |
| 19 | DF | South Korea | Sim Sang-min | |
| 20 | DF | South Korea | Park Jun-yeong | |
| 21 | GK | South Korea | Yang Han-been | |
| 22 | MF | South Korea | Yoon Seung-won | |
| 23 | MF | South Korea | Lee Seok-hyun | Out |
| 24 | FW | South Korea | Jung Hyun-cheol | |
| 25 | DF | South Korea | Pak Min-gyu | |
| 26 | DF | South Korea | Kim Nam-chun | Discharged |
| 27 | MF | South Korea | Shin Seong-jae | |
| 28 | MF | South Korea | Hwang Ki-wook | |
| 29 | FW | South Korea | Park Hee-seong | |
| 30 | GK | South Korea | Jeong Jin-wook | |
| 31 | GK | South Korea | Son Moo-been | |
| 32 | FW | South Korea | Cho Young-wook | |
| 36 | FW | South Korea | Park Sung-min | |
| 37 | MF | South Korea | Song Jin-hyung | |
| 38 | DF | South Korea | Yoon Jong-gyu | |
| 40 | DF | South Korea | Kim Won-gun | |
| 41 | GK | South Korea | Yu Sang-hun | Discharged |
| 47 | FW | South Korea | Kim Woo-hong | |
| 50 | DF | South Korea | Park Dong-jin | |
| 55 | DF | South Korea | Kwak Tae-hwi | |
| 72 | MF | South Korea | Jung Won-jin | In |
| 77 | FW | Croatia | Ivan Kovačec | Out |
| 77 | FW | South Korea | Yun Ju-tae | Discharged |
| 99 | FW | Serbia | Bojan Matić | In |

### Out on loan and military service

| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Player | Moving To | Loan Period |
| — | GK | South Korea | Yu Sang-hun | Sangju Sangmu | 2016/12–2018/09 |
| — | DF | South Korea | Kim Nam-chun | Sangju Sangmu | 2016/12–2018/09 |
| — | FW | South Korea | Yun Ju-tae | Sangju Sangmu | 2016/12–2018/09 |
| — | DF | South Korea | Ko Kwang-min | Hwaseong FC | 2016/12–2018/09 |
| — | MF | South Korea | Ju Se-jong | Asan Mugunghwa | 2018/01–2019/10 |
| — | MF | South Korea | Lee Myung-joo | Asan Mugunghwa | 2018/01–2019/10 |
| — | MF | South Korea | Lee Kyu-ro | FC Pocheon | 2018/01–2019/12 |
| — | MF | South Korea | Kim Ju-yeong | FC Pocheon | 2018/01–2020/06 |
| — | MF | Spain | Osmar | Cerezo Osaka | 2018/02–2019/01 |
Note: Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. ※ In: Transferred from other teams in the middle of the season. ※ Out: Transferred to other teams in the middle of the season. ※ Discharged: Transferred from Sanjgu Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service in the middle of the season (registered in 2019 season). ※ Conscripted: Transferred to Sangju Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service after the end of the season.