# 2008 Pohang Steelers season

The 2008 season is Pohang Steelers' 26th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.

## 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 | Choi Hyo-Jin |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Kim Gwang-Seok |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Lee Chang-Won |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Kim Gi-Dong |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Kim Jae-Sung |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Hwang Jin-Sung |
| 9 | MF | KOR | Hwang Ji-Soo |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Denilson |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Choi Jong-Bum |
| 12 | MF | KOR | Park Hee-Chul |
| 14 | DF | KOR | Kim Hyung-Il |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Kyum |
| 17 | MF | KOR | Lee Gwang-Jae |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Namgung Do |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Park Won-Jae |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | KOR | Song Dong-Jin |
| 22 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Kyu |
| 23 | FW | KOR | Yoo Chang-Hyun |
| 24 | DF | KOR | Hwang Jae-Won |
| 25 | MF | KOR | Shin Hyung-Min |
| 26 | DF | KOR | Kim Soo-Yeon |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Cho Han-Bum |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Song Chang-Ho |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Lee Tae-Young |
| 30 | MF | KOR | Lee Sung-Jae |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Kim Jee-Hyuk |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Noh Byung-Joon |
| 35 | MF | KOR | Kim Yoon-Sik |
| 36 | MF | KOR | Kim Ji-min |
| 37 | DF | KOR | Cho Sung-Hwan |
| 99 | FW | MKD | Stevica Ristić (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai) |

## K-League
### Regular season

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 8 March | Chunnam Dragons | H | 2 – 1 | Kim Gwang-Seok 26', Namgung Do 90+3' | 15,121 | 1st |
| 15 March | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | A | 0 – 3 | | 22,676 | 8th |
| 29 March | Incheon United | H | 1 – 2 | Denilson 90+1' | 8,862 | 10th |
| 6 April | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | A | 1 – 1 | Kim Gi-Dong 73' | 9,823 | 10th |
| 13 April | Daejeon Citizen | H | 0 – 0 | | 9,641 | 9th |
| 19 April | Daegu FC | H | 3 – 0 | Namgung Do 16', Hwang Jae-Won 30', Noh Byung-Joon 70' | 7,517 | 7th |
| 26 April | Busan I'Park | A | 2 – 1 | Shin Hyung-Min 80', Park Won-Jae 90' | 7,775 | 4th |
| 3 May | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | A | 3 – 2 | Park Won-Jae 21', Kim Jae-Sung 25', Own goal 71' | 7,282 | 4th |
| 11 May | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | H | 3 – 1 | Denilson 10', 51', Choi Hyo-Jin 89' | 10,511 | 4th |
| 17 May | Gyeongnam FC | H | 3 – 1 | Namgung Do 34', Denilson 63', 65' | 14,326 | 2nd |
| 24 May | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | A | 0 – 1 | | 38,239 | 3rd |
| 28 June | Jeju United | H | 0 – 1 | | 5,805 | 4th |
| 5 July | FC Seoul | A | 1 – 4 | Hwang Jin-Sung 52' | 18,233 | 5th |
| 12 July | Chunnam Dragons | A | 0 – 2 | | 10,803 | 6th |
| 19 July | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | H | 3 – 1 | Denilson 14, Stevo 29', Jang Hyun-Kyu 54' | 11,374 | 4th |
| 23 August | Incheon United | A | 1 – 2 | Namgung Do 89' | 5,872 | 5th |
| 30 August | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | H | 1 – 1 | Stevo 14' | 12,151 | 6th |
| 13 September | Daegu FC | A | 4 – 1 | Kim Jae-Sung 4', Kim Gi-Dong 48', Park Won-Jae 75', Namgung Do 90' | 7,285 | 6th |
| 20 September | Busan I'Park | H | 3 – 2 | Hwang Jin-Sung 3', Choi Hyo-Jin 44', Stevo 58' | 13,671 | 5th |
| 27 September | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | H | 2 – 1 | Noh Byung-Joon 77', Shin Hyung-Min 83' | 13,984 | 5th |
| 5 October | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | A | 1 – 1 | Park Won-Jae 57' | 16,820 | 5th |
| 18 October | Gyeongnam FC | A | 4 – 3 | Namgung Do 31', Stevo 75', 76', Noh Byung-Joon 87' | 17,293 | 4th |
| 26 October | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | H | 0 – 0 | | 17,288 | 5th |
| 29 October | Daejeon Citizen | A | 3 – 0 | Kim Gi-Dong 42', Shin Hyung-Min 65', Cho Sung-Hwan 77' | 15,824 | 5th |
| 2 November | Jeju United | A | 1 – 0 | Noh Byung-Joon 65' | 4,416 | 5th |
| 9 November | FC Seoul | H | 1 – 2 | Stevo 90' | 13,289 | 5th |
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 49 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 44 |
| 6 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 37 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

### Play-off

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 20 August | First Round | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | A | 0 – 0 (2–4p) | | 9,480 |

## Korean FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| 20 August | Round of 16 | Chunnam Dragons | A | 1 – 0 | Noh Byung-Joon 89' |
| 5 November | Quarterfinal | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | H | 1 – 1 (8–7p) | Namgung Do 82' |
| 18 December | Semifinal | Daegu FC | N | 2 – 0 | Hwang Jae-Won 42', Lee Gwang-Jae 82' |
| 21 December | Final | Gyeongnam FC | N | 2 – 0 | Hwang Jin-Sung 3', Kim Jae-Sung 78' |

## League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 October | Quarterfinal | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | A | 1 – 0 | Noh Byung-Joon 29' | 7,825 |
| 8 October | Semifinal | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | A | 0 – 0 (2–3p) | | 16,321 |

## AFC Champions League
### Group stage

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance | Group position |
| 12 March | Adelaide United | H | 0 – 2 | | 8,436 | 4th |
| 19 March | Bình Dương | A | 4 – 1 | Denilson 49' (pen.), 58' (pen.), Kim Jae-Sung 56', Choi Hyo-Jin 64' | 12,000 | 3rd |
| 9 April | Changchun Yatai | A | 0 – 1 | | 18,000 | 3rd |
| 23 April | Changchun Yatai | H | 2 – 2 | Hwang Jae-Won 64', Hwang Jin-Sung 90' | 5,468 | 3rd |
| 7 May | Adelaide United | A | 0 – 1 | | 11,805 | 3rd |
| 21 May | Bình Dương | H | 0 – 0 | | 4,571 | 3rd |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Adelaide United | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Changchun Yatai | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Pohang Steelers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 |
| Bình Dương | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Total | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Shin Hwa-Yong | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 (1) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Choi Hyo-Jin | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 (0) | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kim Gwang-Seok | 18 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 (3) | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lee Chang-Won | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 (0) | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Kim Gi-Dong | 17 (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 22 (3) | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Kim Jae-Sung | 13 (11) | 2 | 2 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 20 (13) | 33 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Hwang Jin-Sung | 16 (6) | 2 | 2 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 | 21 (9) | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Hwang Ji-Soo | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 (0) | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Denilson | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 (0) | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Choi Jong-Bum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Park Yoon-Hwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Park Hee-Chul | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (3) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Kwon Jip | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Kim Hyung-Il | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (0) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Clodoaldo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Park Won-Jae | 23 (2) | 4 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 (3) | 33 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | Kim Jung-Kyum | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Lee Gwang-Jae | 2 (6) | 0 | 0 (2) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 4 (11) | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Namgung Do | 11 (13) | 6 | 1 (2) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 (16) | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Lee Sung-Jae | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (3) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Fabiano Gadelha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (5) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Song Dong-Jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Jang Hyun-Kyu | 19 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 (1) | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Yoo Chang-Hyun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Hwang Jae-Won | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 (0) | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Shin Hyung-Min | 15 (2) | 3 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 21 (5) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Kim Soo-Yeon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (0) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Cho Han-Bum | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Song Chang-Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Lee Tae-Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Kim Jee-Hyuk | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (0) | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Lee Seung-Yeul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Noh Byung-Joon | 7 (12) | 4 | 1 (3) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 (16) | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Kim Yoon-Sik | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Kim Ji-min | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Cho Sung-Hwan | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 (0) | 26 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Stevica Ristić (loan in) | 9 (3) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (3) | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Source |
| 15 November 2007 | MF | Shin Hyung-Min | Hongik University | (in Korean) |
| 15 November 2007 | FW | Yoo Chang-Hyun | Daegu University | (in Korean) |
| 15 November 2007 | MF | Cho Han-Bum | Chung-Ang University | (in Korean) |
| 15 November 2007 | MF | Song Chang-Ho | Dong-A University | (in Korean) |
| 3 December 2007 | FW | Denilson | Daejeon Citizen | (in Korean) |
| 10 December 2007 | MF | Kwon Jip | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | (in Korean) |
| 10 December 2007 | MF | Kim Jung-Kyum | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | (in Korean) |
| 11 December 2007 | FW | Namgung Do | Chunnam Dragons | (in Korean) |
| 18 December 2007 | FW | Fabiano | Marília Atlético Clube | (in Korean) |
| 28 December 2007 | DF | Jang Hyun-Kyu | Daejeon Citizen | (in Korean) |
| 7 January 2008 | MF | Kim Jae-Sung | Jeju United | (in Korean) |
| 30 January 2008 | MF | Park Yoon-Hwa | Daegu FC | (in Korean) |
| 29 February 2008 | GK | Kim Jee-Hyuk | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | (in Korean) |
| 7 March 2008 | FW | Noh Byung-Joon | Free Agent |
| 11 July 2008 | MF | Park Hee-Chul | Gyeongnam FC | (in Korean) |
| 29 July 2008 | DF | Kim Hyung-Il | Daejeon Citizen | (in Korean) |

#### Loan in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Moving From | End | Source |
| 22 January 2008 | FW | Aldo | Corinthians | December 2009 | (in Korean) |
| 4 July 2008 | FW | Stevica Ristić | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | December 2010 | (in Korean) |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Source |
| 26 November 2007 | MF | Kim Myung-Joong | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | (in Korean) |
| 26 November 2007 | MF | Go Seul-Ki | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | (in Korean) |
| 3 December 2007 | FW | Schwenck | Goiás Esporte Clube | (in Korean) |
| 10 December 2007 | MF | Kim Sung-Keun | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | (in Korean) |
| 10 December 2007 | MF | Choi Tae-Uk | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | (in Korean) |
| 11 December 2007 | FW | Ko Ki-Gu | Chunnam Dragons | (in Korean) |
| 7 January 2008 | MF | Oh Seung-Bum | Jeju United | (in Korean) |
| 9 January 2008 | MF | Tavares | Sport Club Internacional | (in Korean) |
| 14 January 2008 | MF | Ohn Byung-Hoon | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | (in Korean) |
| 14 January 2008 | DF | Lee Won-Jae | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | (in Korean) |
| 22 January 2008 | FW | Jonhes | Release | (in Korean) |
| 18 February 2008 | GK | Cha Chul-Ho | Ulsan Mipo Dockyard | (in Korean) |
| 29 February 2008 | GK | Jung Sung-Ryong | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | (in Korean) |
| February 2008 | GK | Kwon Jung-Hyuk | FC Seoul | |
| June 2008 | FW | Aldo | Náutico | |
| June 2008 | FW | Fabiano | Náutico | |
| 11 July 2008 | MF | Park Yoon-Hwa | Gyeongnam FC | (in Korean) |
| 29 July 2008 | MF | Kwon Jip | Daejeon Citizen | (in Korean) |
| | GK | Kim Hyun-Bum | ? | |

#### Loan out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Moving To | End | Source |
| 4 July 2008 | MF | Shin Kwang-Hoon | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | December 2010 | (in Korean) |