# 2015 FC Seoul season

The 2015 season is FC Seoul's 32nd season in the K League Classic

## Pre-season

* In Guam: From 3 January 2015 to 22 January 2015
* In Kagoshima, Japan: From 25 January 2015 to 8 February 2015

### Practice match results

| Type | Date | Opponents | Result | Score | Scorers |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 28 January 2015 | Honda Lock SC | W | 6–0 | Jung Jo-gook, Lee Seok-hyun, Kim Jin-kyu Park Hee-seong, Sergio Escudero, Kim Won-gun |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 31 January 2015 | Tokai University | W | 4–0 | Kim Won-gun, Choi Jung-han, Kim Hyun-sung, Kim Nam-chun |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 31 January 2015 | Daejeon Citizen | W | 4–0 | Koh Myong-jin, Jung Jo-gook, Yun Il-lok, Shim Je-hyeok |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 3 February 2015 | Jubilo Iwata | W | 5–1 | Jung Seung-yong, Park Hee-seong, Jung Jo-gook, Own Goal, Yun Il-lok |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 5 February 2015 | Roasso Kumamoto | W | 3–0 | Jung Jo-gook (2), Choi Jung-han |
| Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan | 8 February 2015 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | W | 1–0 | Yun Il-lok |

## 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 | Play-off round | | | | | | !— | |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: 31 December 2015 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 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | FC Seoul | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Seongnam FC | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 60 | |
| 6 | Jeju United | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 50 | |
* ↑ Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 November 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### AFC Champions League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

Group H :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| FC Seoul | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 |
| Kashima Antlers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16
## 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 |
| 2015 | 12 | 4th | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 62 | Choi Yong-soo |

### All competitions records

| Seasoan | Teams | K League Classic | FA Cup | AFC Champions League | Manager |
| 2015 | 12 | 4th | Winners | Round of 16 | 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 |
| 2015 | 406,820 / 15,067 | 326,269 / 17,172 | 34,634 / 11,545 | 45,917 / 9,183 | 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 | Yun Ju-tae (9 / 26) | Jung Jo-gook (2 / 1) Park Chu-young (2 / 1) | Yun Ju-tae (3 / 3) | Yun Ju-tae (13 / 32) |
| 2 | Adriano (8 / 13) | Takahagi (2 / 2) Adriano (2 / 2) | Jung Jo-gook (2 / 6) | Adriano (10 / 15) |
| 3 | Park Chu-young (7 / 23) | Éverton (1 / 1) Shim Je-hyeok (1 / 1) | Sergio Escudero (1 / 1) | Park Chu-young (8 / 24) |
| 4 | Éverton (4 / 16) | Yun Ju-tae (1 / 3) | Lee Seok-hyun (1 / 3) | Éverton (6 / 23) |
| 5 | Kim Hyun-sung (4 / 17) | Molina (1 / 5) | Éverton (1 / 6) Go Yo-han (1 / 6) Kim Jin-kyu (1 / 6) | Molina (6 / 47) |
| | Molina (4 / 35) | | Molina (1 / 7) Osmar (1 / 7) | |
| | | | Yun Il-lok (1 / 8) Koh Myong-jin (1 / 8) Lee Woong-hee (1 / 8) | |

### Assists

| Pos | K League Classic | Total |
| 1 | Molina (11 / 35) | Molina (11 / 35) |
| 2 | Yun Il-lok (3 / 20) | Yun Il-lok (3 / 20) |
| 3 | Ko Kwang-min (3 / 28) | Ko Kwang-min (3 / 28) |
| 4 | Sim Sang-min (2 / 12) | Sim Sang-min (2 / 12) |
| 5 | Park Chu-young (2 / 23) | Park Chu-young (2 / 23) |
| | Cha Du-ri (2 / 24) | Cha Du-ri (2 / 24) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name | Period |
| Manager | Choi Yong-soo | |
| Assistant manager | Kim Seong-jae | |
| Coach | Song Kyung-sub | |
| Coach | Kim Han-yoon | |
| Coach | Adilson dos Santos | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Leandro | |
| Fitness coach | Wagner | |
| U-18 Team Manager | Kim Sang-moon | |
| U-18 Team Coach | Min Dong-sung | |
| U-18 Team Coach | Park Yo-seb | (2015/07/??–2015/07/31) |
| U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Kim Sung-soo | |
| U-15 Team Manager | Chung Sang-nam | |
| U-15 Team Coach | Park Hyuk-soon | |
| U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Cho Jun-ho | |
| U-15 Team Fitness Coach | Park Sung-jun | |
| U-12 Team Manager | Park Yo-seb | (–2015/07/??) |
| U-12 Team Coach | Kim Byung-chae | |
| U-12 Team Goalkeeping Coach | Weon Jong-teok | |
| Chief scout | Kim Hyun-tae | |
| Scout | Lee Won-jun | |
| Scout | Jung Jae-yoon | |
| Scout | Seo Min-woo | |

## Players
### Team squad

All players registered for the 2015 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 | MF | JPN | Yojiro Takahagi (In) |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Lee Woong-hee |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Osmar Ibáñez (vice captain) |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Cha Du-ri (captain)$^1$(Retired) |
| 6 | DF | KOR | Kim Jin-kyu |
| 7 | DF | KOR | Kim Chi-woo |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Lee Seok-hyun |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Sergio Escudero (Out) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Éverton Santos (Out) |
| 11 | MF | COL | Mauricio Molina |
| 13 | MF | KOR | Go Yo-han |
| 14 | FW | KOR | Park Hee-seong |
| 15 | MF | KOR | Choi Jung-han |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Jung Seung-yong |
| 17 | FW | KOR | Yun Il-lok |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Kim Hyun-sung |
| 19 | FW | KOR | Yun Ju-tae |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Kim Won-gun (Out) |
| 21 | DF | KOR | Sim Sang-min |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | KOR | Koh Myong-jin (captain)$^1$(Out) |
| 23 | MF | KOR | Kim Min-hyeok |
| 24 | DF | KOR | Hwang Hyun-soo |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Adriano (In) |
| 26 | DF | KOR | Kim Nam-chun |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Ko Kwang-min |
| 28 | DF | KOR | Kim Dong-woo |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Lee Sang-hyeob |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Yu Sang-hun |
| 32 | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-kwon (Discharged) |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Yoo Lo-mon |
| 34 | MF | KOR | Park Yong-woo |
| 36 | FW | KOR | Jung Jo-gook |
| 37 | MF | KOR | Yoon Seung-won |
| 38 | GK | KOR | Yang Han-been |
| 40 | FW | KOR | Shim Je-hyeok |
| 41 | GK | KOR | Kim Chol-ho |
| 42 | MF | KOR | Kang Seung-jo (Conscripted)$^{[3]}$ |
| 91 | FW | KOR | Park Chu-young (In) |
* From 1 May, Cha Du-ri appointed as new captain.
* Koh Myoung-jin served as captain by 30 April
* Kang Seung-jo was conscripted in the middle of season.

### 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 |
| — | DF | KOR | Cho Min-woo (to V-Varen Nagasaki until December 2015) |
| — | MF | KOR | Moon Ki-han (to Daegu FC until December 2015) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Won-sik (to Incheon United until December 2015) |
| — | FW | BRA | Rafael Costa (to Joinville EC until July 2015) |
| — | FW | BRA | Rafael Costa (to Joinville EC until December 2015) |
| — | DF | KOR | Kim Won-gun (to Gangwon FC until December 2015 season) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Jae-kwon (to Ansan Police until September 2015 / Discharged) |
| — | MF | KOR | Choi Hyun-tae (to Sangju Sangmu until September 2016) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kang Seung-jo (to Ansan Police until December 2016) |
※ 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 2015 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 |
| 1 | Yoon Seung-won | MF | Gimhae FC | Loan return | Winter (after the 2014 season) | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | Lee Seok-hyun | MF | Incheon United | Transfer | Winter (2015-01-02) | Undisclosed | $3500,000 |
| 3 | Park Chu-young | FW | Al-Shabab | Free transfer (Contract terminated) | Winter (2015-03-10) | 3 Years | Free |
| 4 | Yojiro Takahagi | MF | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer (Contract exfired) | Summer (2015-06-16) | 2 years 6 months | Free |
| 5 | Adriano | FW | Daejeon Citizen | Transfer | Summer (2015-07-28) | 2 years 6 months | $560,000 |
| 6 | Lee Jae-kwon | MF | Ansan Polilce | Return from military service | N/A (2015-09-23) | | N/A |

#### Rookie Draft & Free Agent

| # | Name | POS | Moving from | Mode | Notes |
| 1 | 이정기 | DF | Osan High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 2 | 황기욱 | MF | Osan High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 3 | 이영찬 | MF | Osan High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 4 | 김민준 | FW | Osan High School | Youth system (Univ.) | FC Seoul U-18 Team |
| 5 | 유로몬 | DF | Ryutsu Keizai University | Extra | |
| 6 | 김원균 | DF | Korea University | Rookie Free Agent | |
| 7 | 김민혁 | MF | Kwangwoon University | Rookie Free Agent | |
| 8 | 박용우 | MF | Konkuk University | Rookie Free Agent | |
(1) 우선지명 : 각 구단 유소년 클럽 출신 선수들에 대해 4명까지 우선 지명 (2) 일반지명 : 1순위에서 6순위까지 추첨순서에서 의해서 지명하며 유소년클럽 출신에 대한 000우선지명이 3순위 지명권에 해당되며 구단 사정에 따라 지명권을 행사 안 할 수 있음
(3) 번외지명 : 6순위까지 끝나고 번외로 다시 6순위까지 선수 지명 (4) 추가지명 : 드래프트에서 미선발된 선수들에 한하여 2월말까지 구단 자율적으로 지명
* (대) 표기는 드래프트에 참여하여 선발은 되었지만 당해 연도에 입단하지 않고 대학 진학 후 입단하는 선수를 의미한다.
* (대후) 표기는 드래프트에 기 선발된 후 대학에 진학하여 중퇴 및 졸업 후 당해 연도에 입단하는 선수를 의미한다.
* 근거자료

### Out

| # | Name | POS | Moving to | Mode | Window | Period | Fee | Notes |
| 1 | 문동주 | FW | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-08) | | | 임대종료 후 계약해지 2015년 1월 FA 공시 |
| 2 | 한태유 | MF | 미상 | 계약만료 | 겨울 이적시장 (2014-12-31) | | | |
| 3 | 김주영 | DF | 상하이 상강 | 완전이적 | 겨울 이적시장 (2014-12-23) | 3년 | 약 27억 원 | |
| 4 | 최효진 | DF | 전남 드래곤즈 | 완전이적 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-02) | 2년 | 비공개 | |
| 5 | 조남기 | MF | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 | | | 2014년 12월 FA 공시 |
| 6 | 이준형 | DF | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 | | | 2014년 12월 FA 공시 |
| 7 | 한일구 | GK | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-08) | | | 2015년 1월 FA 공시 |
| 8 | 송승주 | DF | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-08) | | | 2015년 1월 FA 공시 |
| 9 | 정동철 | FW | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-08) | | | 2015년 1월 FA 공시 |
| 10 | 최명훈 | MF | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-08) | | | 2015년 1월 FA 공시 |
| 11 | 김동석 | MF | 인천 유나이티드 | 자유이적 (계약해지) | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-29) | 비공개 | 무상 | |
| 12 | 에스쿠데로 | FW | 장쑤 궈신 순톈 | 완전이적 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-02-24) | 2년 | 약 17~19억 원 | |
| 13 | 김우현 | DF | 미상 | 계약해지 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-03-??) | | | |
| 14 | 고명진 | MF | 알라이얀 SC | 완전이적 | 여름 이적시장 (2015-07-15) | 3년 | 약 20억 원 | |
| 15 | 에벨톤 | FW | 울산 현대 | 자유이적 (계약해지) | 여름 이적시장 (2015-07-28) | 비공개 | 무상 | |
| 16 | 차두리 | DF | N/A | 은퇴 (계약만료) | 2015 시즌 중 (2015-11-07) | | | |

#### Loan & Military service

| # | Name | POS | Moving to | Window | Period | Fee |
| 1 | 최현태 | MF | 상주 상무 | 2014 시즌 종료 후 (2014-12-15) | 21개월 | N/A |
| 2 | 문기한 | MF | 대구 FC | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-05) | 1년 | 비공개 |
| 3 | 하파엘 | FW | 조인빌리 EC | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-07) | 1년 | 비공개 |
| 4 | 조민우 | DF | V-바렌 나가사키 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-17) | 1년 | 비공개 |
| 5 | 김원식 | MF | 인천 유나이티드 | 겨울 이적시장 (2015-01-29) | 1년 | 비공개 |
| 6 | 강승조 | MF | 안산 경찰청 | 2015 시즌 중 (2015-03-26) | 21개월 | N/A |
| 7 | 김원균 | DF | 강원 FC | 여름 이적시장 (2015-07-29) | 5개월 | 비공개 |

## Technical report
### Starting 11 & Formation

This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 3–5–2 formation.

### Substitutes

| No. | Pos. | Name |
| 1 | GK | Kim Yong-dae |
| 5 | DF | Kim Jin-kyu |
| 6 | MF | Kim Chi-woo |
| 8 | MF | Lee Seok-hyun |
| 13 | MF | Go Yo-han |
| 17 | FW | Yun Il-lok |
| 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).