2010 Pohang Steelers season

Pohang Steelers
2010 season
Chairman
Manager	Waldemar Lemos
K-League	9th
Korean FA Cup	Round of 16
League Cup	Group Round
Champions League	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: ; Seol Ki-Hyeon (7); All: ; Mota (12)
Highest home attendance	15,329 vs Incheon ; (22 August)
Lowest home attendance	2,800 vs Chungju ; (21 April)
Average home league attendance	9,964
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 season is Pohang Steelers' 28th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup, 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	Park Hee-Chul
3	DF	KOR	Kim Gwang-Seok
4	DF	JPN	Kazunari Okayama
5	MF	KOR	Kim Tae-Su
6	MF	KOR	Kim Gi-Dong
7	MF	KOR	Kim Jae-Sung
8	MF	KOR	Hwang Jin-Sung
9	FW	BRA
10	FW	BRA	Mota
11	FW	KOR	Seol Ki-Hyeon
12	GK	KOR	Hwang Kyo-Chung
13	MF	KOR	Cho Han-Bum
14	MF	KOR	Kim Ba-Woo
15	DF	KOR	Cho Hong-Kyu
16	MF	KOR	Kim Jung-Kyum
17	DF	KOR	Shin Kwang-Hoon
18	FW	KOR	Lee Jin-Ho (On loan from Ulsan)
19	DF	KOR	Ahn Tae-Eun
20	MF	KOR	Shin Hyung-Min
21	GK	KOR	Song Dong-Jin
22	DF	KOR	Jung Hong-Youn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	KOR	Yoo Chang-Hyun
24	DF	KOR	Lee Won-Jae
25	MF	KOR	Jeong Seok-Min
26	FW	KOR	Cho Chan-Ho
27	MF	KOR	Kim Chang-Hoon
28	MF	KOR	Song Chang-Ho
29	FW	KOR	Choi Hyun-Youn
30	FW	KOR
31	GK	KOR	Kim Da-Sol
32	DF	KOR	Kim Hyung-Il (captain)
33	FW	KOR
34	MF	KOR	Kim Beom-Jun
35	DF	KOR	Hwang Jae-Hun
36	DF	KOR	Kim Won-Il
37	DF	KOR	Kang Dae-Ho
38	DF	KOR
39	MF	KOR
40	MF	KOR	Kim Dae-Ho
41	GK	KOR
42	FW	KOR	Lee Sung-Jae
77	FW	BRA	Almir

On loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	KOR	Ko Gi-Gu (on loan to Daejeon Citizen)
—	FW	KOR	No Byung-Jun (on loan to Ulsan Hyundai)

K-League[]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
6 March	Daegu FC	H	2 – 1	No Byung-Jun 63', Almir 81'	11,737	8th
14 March	Gwangju Sangmu FC	A	1 – 1	Alexsandro 67'	21,360	8th
20 March	Gangwon FC	H	4 – 0	Mota 11', 81', 88', Hwang Jin-Sung 56'	8,113	4th
27 March	FC Seoul	A	0 – 1		22,963	7th
3 April	Gyeongnam FC	A	1 – 3	Almir 78'	12,458	7th
10 April	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	H	3 – 3	Kim Jae-Sung 25', Kim Jung-Kyum 28', Hwang Jin-Sung 41'	10,780	9th
18 April	Incheon United	A	0 – 4		13,721	10th
24 April	Daejeon Citizen	H	0 – 1		8,792	10th
2 May	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	0 – 3		7,681	13th
5 May	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	H	1 – 1	27'	13,827	11th
8 May	Jeju United FC	H	2 – 5	Ko Ki-Gu 45', Jeong Seok-Min 85'	7,453	12th
10 July	Chunnam Dragons	H	1 – 1	Kim Hyung-Il 56'	12,773	11th
17 July	Busan I'Park	A	2 – 4	Mota 37', Yoo Chang-Hyun 68'	5,830	12th
25 July	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	H	1 – 1	Seol Ki-Hyeon 5'	12,624	12th
31 July	Chunnam Dragons	A	2 – 2	Seol Ki-Hyeon 59', Yoo Chang-Hyun 63'	13,554	13th
8 August	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	2 – 0	Seol Ki-Hyeon 6', Almir 52'	13,213	10th
15 August	Daegu FC	A	2 – 0	Lee Jin-Ho 89', Own goal 90+3'	2,552	10th
22 August	Incheon United	H	3 – 2	Almir 9', Seol Ki-Hyeon 40', Hwang Jin-Sung 53'	15,329	9th
29 August	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	A	1 – 1	Kim Hyung-Il 90+4'	12,497	9th
1 September	FC Seoul	H	1 – 4	Seol Ki-Hyeon 90+2'	13,223	9th
4 September	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	A	2 – 3	Jung Hong-Youn 49', Lee Jin-Ho 82'	10,388	9th
26 September	Jeju United FC	A	1 – 1	Mota 8'	14,754	10th
9 October	Gwangju Sangmu FC	H	1 – 0	Lee Jin-Ho 71'	8,115	10th
16 October	Busan I'Park	H	2 – 2	Seol Ki-Hyeon 77'(pen), Lee Jin-Ho 90+1'	6,155	10th
27 October	Daejeon Citizen	A	1 – 0	Hwang Jin-Sung 60'	2,138	10th
31 October	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	0 – 2		26,256	10th
3 November	Gyeongnam FC	H	3 – 0	Own goal 11', Mota 34', Seol Ki-Hyeon 61'	14,286	9th
7 November	Gangwon FC	A	0 – 2		18,716	9th

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	28	12	5	11	39	44	−5	41	Qualification for the Champions League^[a]
8	Busan IPark	28	8	9	11	36	37	−1	33
9	Pohang Steelers	28	8	9	11	39	48	−9	33
10	Jeonnam Dragons	28	8	8	12	40	49	−9	32
11	Incheon United	28	8	7	13	42	51	−9	31

Source: K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Pos	Team v t	Qualification
1	FC Seoul (C)	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Jeju United
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
4	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
5	Ulsan Hyundai
6	Gyeongnam FC

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

Korean FA Cup[]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
21 April	Round of 32	Chungju Hummel FC	H	5 – 1	Mota 22', Alexsandro 32', 82', Choi Hyun-Youn 40', Jeong Seok-Min 59'	2,800
21 July	Round of 16	Gwangju Sangmu FC	A	1 – 2	Kim Gi-Dong 21'	200

League Cup[]

Group stage[]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
23 May	Daegu FC	A	2 – 1	Mota 29', Hwang Jin-Sung 54'	1,215	2nd
26 May	Daejeon Citizen	H	1 – 1	Mota 41'	5,562	1st
2 June	Busan I'Park	H	1 – 2	Mota 6'(pen)	7,213	2nd
6 June	Incheon United	A	1 – 1	Cho Chan-Ho 58'	5,472	3rd

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BIP	DGU	PHS	ICU	DJC
1	Busan IPark	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	9	—	2–3	—	1–0	—
2	Daegu FC	4	2	0	2	9	9	0	6	—	—	1–2	—	3–2
3	Pohang Steelers	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	1–2	—	—	—	1–1
4	Incheon United	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4	—	3–2	1–1	—	—
5	Daejeon Citizen	4	1	1	2	7	10	−3	4	1–4	—	—	3–2	—

Source: RSSSF

AFC Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
24 February 2010	Adelaide United	A	0 – 1		8,374	3rd
10 March 2010	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2 – 1	Hwang Jae-Won 54', Almir 90+2'	10,293	2nd
24 March 2010	Shandong Luneng	H	1 – 0	No Byung-Jun 5'	10,128	2nd
30 March 2010	Shandong Luneng	A	2 – 1	Kim Jae-Sung 51', Kim Tae-Su 86'	11,810	2nd
13 April 2010	Adelaide United	H	0 – 0		8,217	2nd
27 April 2010	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	3 – 4	Kim Jae-Sung 4', 48', Shin Hyung-Min 63'	5,612	2nd

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pohang Steelers	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	3	0	3	11	11	0	9
4	Shandong Luneng	6	2	0	4	5	8	−3	6

Source: AFC Champions League Official Page

Knockout stage[]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
12 May 2010	Round of 16	Kashima Antlers	A	1 – 0	Mota 29'	9,794
15 September 2010	Quarterfinal 1st leg	Zob Ahan Isfahan	A	1 – 2	Mota 56'	9,156
21 September 2010	Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Zob Ahan Isfahan	H	1 – 1	Kim Jae-Sung 10'	8,617

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Statistics accurate as of match played 7 November 2010

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Total	Goals
1	GK	Shin Hwa-Yong	23	0	2	0	4	0	9	0	38 (0)	38	0
2	MF	Park Hee-Chul	8 (2)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	13 (2)	15	0
3	DF	Kim Gwang-Seok	9 (3)	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	20 (3)	23	0
4	DF	Kazunari Okayama	4 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	9 (2)	11	0
5	MF	Kim Tae-Su	18 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	7	1	28 (2)	30	1
6	MF	Kim Gi-Dong	3 (6)	0	1	1	3 (1)	0	0	0	7 (7)	14	1
7	MF	Kim Jae-Sung	23 (1)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	9	4	32 (2)	34	5
8	MF	Hwang Jin-Sung	20 (1)	4	1	0	3	1	2 (5)	0	26 (6)	32	5
9	FW		0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
10	FW	Mota	24	6	2	1	3 (1)	3	9	2	38 (1)	39	12
11	FW	Seol Ki-Hyeon	16	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	18 (0)	18	7
12	GK	Hwang Kyo-Chung	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (0)	4	0
13	MF	Cho Han-Bum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Kim Ba-Woo	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	2	0
15	DF	Cho Hong-Kyu	3	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	4 (2)	6	0
16	MF	Kim Jung-Kyum	13 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	21 (1)	22	1
17	DF	Shin Kwang-Hoon	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9 (0)	9	0
18	FW	Lee Jin-Ho	5 (6)	4	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	6 (7)	13	4
19	DF	Ahn Tae-Eun	3 (1)	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	8 (1)	9	0
20	MF	Shin Hyung-Min	22	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	32 (0)	32	1
21	GK	Song Dong-Jin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0
22	DF	Jung Hong-Youn	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13 (0)	13	1
23	FW	Yoo Chang-Hyun	2 (7)	2	1	0	3 (1)	0	0 (4)	0	6 (12)	18	2
24	DF	Lee Won-Jae	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (0)	3	0
25	MF	Jeong Seok-Min	1 (2)	1	1	1	2	0	0 (1)	0	4 (3)	7	2
26	FW	Cho Chan-Ho	4 (7)	0	1 (1)	0	2 (2)	1	1	0	8 (10)	18	1
27	MF	Kim Chang-Hoon	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
28	MF	Song Chang-Ho	4 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0 (4)	0	5 (11)	16	0
29	FW	Choi Hyun-Youn	2 (2)	0	1	1	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	3 (5)	8	1
30	FW		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0
31	GK	Kim Da-Sol	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
32	DF	Kim Hyung-Il	22	2	1	0	0	0	8	0	31 (0)	31	2
33	FW		2	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	3	1
34	MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	Hwang Jae-Hun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0
36	MF	Kim Won-Il	12 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	15 (1)	16	0
37	DF	Kang Dae-Ho	3 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5 (1)	6	0
38	DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Kim Dae-Ho	1 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (4)	5	0
41	GK		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	Lee Sung-Jae	2 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (3)	5	0
77	FW	Almir	13 (9)	4	1 (1)	0	3	0	3 (6)	1	20 (16)	36	5
88	DF	Jang Hyun-Kyu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0
9	FW	Alexsandro (out)	5 (4)	1	1	2	0	0	5 (1)	0	11 (5)	16	3
17	MF	Ko Gi-Gu (loan out)	2 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	2 (7)	9	1
22	FW	No Byung-Jun (loan out)	3	1	0	0	2 (1)	0	5	1	10 (1)	11	2
24	DF	Hwang Jae-Won (out)	6	0	1	0	3	0	5	1	15 (0)	15	1

Top scorers[]

Position	Nation	Number	Name	K-League	KFA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1		10	Mota	6	1	3	2	12
2		11	Seol Ki-Hyeon	7	0	0	0	7
3		77	Almir	4	0	0	1	5
=		8	Hwang Jin-Sung	4	0	1	0	5
=		7	Kim Jae-Sung	1	0	0	4	5
4		18	Lee Jin-Ho	4	0	0	0	4
5		9	Alexsandro	1	2	0	0	3
6		23	Yoo Chang-Hyun	2	0	0	0	2
=		32	Kim Hyung-Il	2	0	0	0	2
=		25	Jeong Seok-Min	1	1	0	0	2
=		22	Noh Byung-Joon	1	0	0	1	2
7		16	Kim Jung-Kyum	1	0	0	0	1
=		17	Ko Ki-Gu	1	0	0	0	1
=		22	Jung Hong-Youn	1	0	0	0	1
=		33		1	0	0	0	1
=		6	Kim Gi-Dong	0	1	0	0	1
=		29	Choi Hyun-Youn	0	1	0	0	1
=		5	Kim Tae-Su	0	0	0	1	1
=		20	Shin Hyung-Min	0	0	0	1	1
=		24	Hwang Jae-Won	0	0	0	1	1
=		26	Cho Chan-Ho	0	0	1	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	2	0	0	0	2
			TOTALS	39	6	5	11	61

Discipline[]

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	K-League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Total
GK		1	Shin Hwa-Yong	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF		2	Park Hee-Chul	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
DF		3	Kim Gwang-Seok	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
DF		4	Kazunari Okayama	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		5	Kim Tae-Su	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	8	1
MF		6	Kim Gi-Dong	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF		7	Kim Jae-Sung	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF		8	Hwang Jin-Sung	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
FW		9	Alexsandro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW		10	Mota	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	1
FW		14	Kim Ba-Woo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		15	Cho Hong-Kyu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		16	Kim Jung-Kyum	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
FW		17	Ko Ki-Gu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		17	Shin Kwang-Hoon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW		18	Lee Jin-Ho	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		19	Ahn Tae-Eun	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
MF		20	Shin Hyung-Min	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
FW		22	No Byung-Jun	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF		22	Jung Hong-Youn	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
DF		24	Hwang Jae-Won	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	1
DF		24	Lee Won-Jae	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		25	Jeong Seok-Min	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
MF		28	Song Chang-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW		29	Choi Hyun-Youn	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK		31	Kim Da-Sol	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		32	Kim Hyung-Il	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
FW		33		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF		36	Kim Won-Il	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
DF		37	Kang Dae-Ho	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
MF		40	Kim Dae-Ho	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW		77	Almir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		88	Jang Hyun-Kyu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	78	5	3	0	8	0	16	1	105	6

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Source
17 November 2009	GK	Hwang Kyo-Chung	Gimhae FC	Draft (in Korean)
17 November 2009	GK	Kim Da-Sol	Yonsei University
17 November 2009	MF	Jeong Seok-Min	Inje University
17 November 2009	DF	Kim Won-Il	Soongsil University
17 November 2009	FW		Cheongju Jikji FC
17 November 2009	MF		Youngdong University
17 November 2009	DF		Myongji University
28 December 2010	FW	Mota	Ceará SC	Transfer (in Portuguese)
11 January 2010	DF	Ahn Tae-Eun	FC Seoul	Transfer (in Korean)
11 January 2010	MF	Kim Dae-Ho	Soongsil University	Youth team (in Korean)
11 January 2010	FW		Konkuk University	Youth team (in Korean)
15 January 2010	FW	Ko Ki-Gu	Chunnam Dragons	Transfer (in Korean)
15 January 2010	FW	Choi Hyun-Youn	Jeju United	Free Agent (in Korean)
17 January 2010	FW	Seol Ki-Hyeon	Fulham	Transfer (in Korean)
27 January 2010	FW	Almir	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Transfer (in Korean)
2 February 2010	FW	Alexandro	América	Transfer (in Korean)
March 2010	FW	Lee Sung-Jae	Incheon United	Transfer
23 July 2010	FW		ABC	Transfer (in Korean)
23 July 2010	DF	Jung Hong-Youn	Busan I'Park FC	Transfer (in Korean)
29 July 2010	DF	Shin Kwang-Hoon	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Loan end
29 July 2010	DF	Lee Won-Jae	Ulsan Hyundai FC	Transfer

Loan In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	End	Source
22 June 2010	FW	Lee Jin-Ho	Ulsan Hyundai FC	December 2010	Loan in (in Korean)

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Source
December 2009	MF	Vaguinho	Contract end
5 January 2010	FW	Namgung Do	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Transfer (in Korean)
6 January 2010	DF	Song Je-Heon	Daegu FC	Free Agent (in Korean)
7 January 2010	MF	Go Seul-Ki	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Free Agent (in Korean)
9 January 2010	FW	Denilson	FC Bunyodkor	Transfer^{[permanent dead link]} (in English), Transfer (in English)
9 January 2010	FW	Stevica Ristić	FC Bunyodkor	Transfer (in English)
11 January 2010	MF	Choi Hyo-Jin	FC Seoul	Free Agent (in Korean)
12 January 2010	FW	Kim Myung-Joong	Chunnam Dragons	Free Agent (in Korean)
January 2010	MF		unattached	Free Agent
January 2010	MF		unattached	Free Agent
January 2010	MF		unattached	Free Agent
January 2010	MF		unattached	Free Agent
July 2010	FW	Alexsandro	unattached	Cancel a contract
26 July 2010	DF	Hwang Jae-Won	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Transfer

Loan Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End	Source
22 June 2010	FW	No Byung-Jun	Ulsan Hyundai FC	December 2010	Loan Out (in Korean)
12 July 2010	FW	Ko Ki-Gu	Daejeon Citizen	December 2010	Loan Out (in Korean)

References[]

[table_note_res_FAC0.035564517618886-1] Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

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