2012 FC Seoul season

FC Seoul
2012 season
Chairman	Huh Chang-soo
Manager	Choi Yong-soo
K-League	1st
FA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Dejan (31); All: Dejan (31)
Highest home attendance	50,787 vs Suwon ; (League, 18 August)
Lowest home attendance	7,278 vs Ulsan ; (League, 15 November)
Average home league attendance	20,502
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 season is FC Seoul's 29th season in the K League 1.

Pre-season[]

In Guam: From 9 January 2012 to 27 January 2012
In Kagoshima, Japan: From 5 February 2012 to 22 February 2012^[1]

Pre-season match results[]

Type	Date	Opponents	Result	Score	Scorers
Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan	8 February 20120	Júbilo Iwata	L	2–3	Park Hee-Do, Yoon Sung-Woo
	8 February 20120	Júbilo Iwata	D	1–1	Dejan
	11 February 20120	Urawa Red Diamonds	W	4–1	Dejan, Kim Joo-Young, Molina (2)
	14 February 20120	Vissel Kobe	L	2–3	Ha Dae-Sung, Kim Tae-Hwan
	18 February 20120	Hangzhou Greentown	W	5–0	Adilson, Ha Dae-Sung, Park Hee-Do Hyun Young-Min, Yoon Sung-Woo
	21 February 20120	FC Tokyo	L	2–3	Molina, Hyun Young-Min

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
K League	Matchday 1	Matchday 44					!—
FA Cup	Round of 32						!—
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 31 December 2012
Source: Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

K League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Seoul (C)	44	29	9	6	76	42	+34	96	Qualification for the Champions League^[a]
2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	44	22	13	9	82	49	+33	79
3	Pohang Steelers	44	23	8	13	72	47	+25	77
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	44	20	13	11	61	51	+10	73
5	Ulsan Hyundai	44	18	14	12	60	52	+8	68

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Pohang Steelers finished the league in third place after qualifying for the Champions League as champions of the FA Cup. Therefore, the spot given to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	17	7	3	47	26	+21	58	11	2	0	30	10	+20	6	5	3	17	16	+1

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	39	40	41	42	43	44
Ground	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	6	5	3	1	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2012. Source: League Fixtures and Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

4 March 1	*Daegu FC*	1 – 1	*FC Seoul*	showSuseong-gu, Daegu
15:00 UTC+9	Kang Yong 13'	Report	Ha Dae-Sung 63'	Stadium: Daegu Stadium Attendance: 21,207 Referee: Yu Sun-Ho

10 March 2	FC Seoul	2 – 0	Jeonnam Dragons	showMapo-gu, Seoul
15:00 UTC+9	Damjanović 4' Molina 73'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 18,306 Referee: Kim Seong-Ho

18 March 3	FC Seoul	2 – 0	Daejeon Citizen FC	showMapo-gu, Seoul
15:00 UTC+9	Molina 51', 78'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 20,622 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

25 March 4	FC Seoul	2 – 1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	showMapo-gu, Seoul
15:00 UTC+9	Ha Dae-Sung 27' Molina 89'	Report	Lee Dong-Gook 3'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 25,811 Referee: Ko Geum-Bok

1 April 5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2 – 0	FC Seoul	showSuwon, Gyeonggi
15:00 UTC+9	Éverton 24' Radončić 34'	Report		Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 45,192 Referee: Lee Min-Hoo

8 April 6	FC Seoul	2 – 0	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	showMapo-gu, Seoul
17:00 UTC+9	Damjanović 39', 87'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 10,099 Referee: Kim Wan-Tae

11 April 7	*Busan IPark*	0 – 0	*FC Seoul*	showYeonje-gu, Busan
15:00 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Busan Asiad Stadium Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong

21 April 9	*FC Seoul*	1 – 1	*Jeju United FC*	showMapo-gu, Seoul
15:00 UTC+9	Kim Hyun-Sung 76'	Report	Santos 90+3'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 8,228 Referee: Yoo Sun-Ho

25 April 8	*Ulsan Hyundai FC*	2 – 2	*FC Seoul*	showNam-gu, Ulsan
19:00	Go Seul-Ki 57' Maranhão 77'	Report	Damjanović 9', 52' Choi Hyun-Tae 31' 64'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 1,272 Referee: Kim Sung-Ho

29 April 10	Gangwon FC	1 – 2	FC Seoul	showGangneung, Gangwon
15:00	Bae Hyo-Sung 68'	Report	Molina 28' Damjanović 90+4'	Stadium: Gangneung Stadium Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyuk

5 May 11	FC Seoul	2 – 1	Pohang Steelers	showMapo-gu, Seoul
15:00	Choi Tae-Uk 0:28' Kim Tae-Hwan 72'	Report	Asamoah 52'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 45,982 Referee: Lee Min-Hu

12 May 12	Gyeongnam FC	0 – 1	FC Seoul	showChangwon, Gyeongnam
17:00		Report	Damjanović 90+1'	Stadium: Changwon Football Center Attendance: 3,193 Referee: Song Min-Seok

19 May 13	Gwangju FC	1 – 2	FC Seoul	showSeo-gu, Gwangju
15:00	Lee Han-Saem 78'	Report	Damjanović 6' Molina 30'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,741 Referee: Ko Keum-Bok

28 May 14	FC Seoul	3 – 1	Incheon United FC	showMapo-gu, Seoul
15:00	Molina 26' Damjanović 36' (pen.), 89'	Report	Jeong Hyuk 73'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 31,156 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong

14 June 15	FC Seoul	1 – 0	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	showMapo-gu, Seoul
20:00	Kim Jin-Kyu 23' (Assist by No.30)	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 9,276 Referee: Yoo Seon-Ho

17 June 16	Pohang Steelers	1 – 0	FC Seoul	showPohang, Gyeongbuk
17:00	Kim Dae-Ho 58'	Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 11,887 Referee: Lee Min-Hu

24 June 17	*FC Seoul*	1 – 1	*Ulsan Hyundai*	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:00	Go Seul-Ki 39' (o.g.)	Report(English) Report(Korean)	Maranhão 46'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 25,653 Referee: Kim Sung-Ho

28 June 18	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	0 – 1	FC Seoul	showSangju,, Gyeongbuk
19:00		Report	Go Yo-Han 38' (Assist by No.10)	Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium Attendance: 4,008 Referee: Song Min-Seok

1 July 19	FC Seoul	3 – 2	Gwangju FC	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:00	Damjanović 70', 88' (pen.) Choi Tae-Uk 72'	Report	Kim Dong-Sub 15' (pen.) Park Hyun 84'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Lee Dong-Jun

11 July 20	*Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors*	0 – 0	*FC Seoul*	showJeonju, Jeonbuk
20:00				Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium

15 July 21	Incheon United	3 – 2	FC Seoul	showNam-gu, Incheon
19:00	Han Kyo-Won 45+1', 62' Yoo Hyun 81' Paulo 90+1'	Report(Kor) Report(Eng)	Kim Jin-Kyu 33' Ha Dae-Sung 67'	Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 5,154 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok

21 July 22	FC Seoul	6 – 0	Busan IPark	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:00	Mauricio 5' Koh Myong-Jin 14' Kim Jin-Kyu 25' (pen.), 63' Escudero 52' Damjanović 67'			Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium

25 July 23	Daejon Citizen	0 – 2	FC Seoul	showYuseong-gu, Daejon
19:00		Report	Mauricio Molina 33' Dejan Damjanović 57'	Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,860 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

28 July 24	*Jeju United*	3 – 3	*FC Seoul*	showSeogwipo, Jeju
19:00	Santos 4' Han Yong-Su 8' Han Dong-Jin 14' Bae Il-Hwan 26' Seo Dong-Hyun 57' Jair 64'	Report	Molina 31' Damjanović 40', 49' Kim Ju-Young 57'	Stadium: Jeju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 16,910 Referee: Ahn Yong-Hee

4 August 25	FC Seoul	3 – 2	Gangwon FC	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:00	Ha Dae-Sung 30' Damjanović 32' Molina 63', 67'	Report	Wesley 8' Jeon Jae-Ho 30' Park Woo-Hyun 50' Kim Jin-Hwan 60' Laktionov 83' Jung Sung-Min 87'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 13,576 Referee: Yoo Sun-Ho

8 August 26	FC Seoul	2 – 1	Gyeongnam FC	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:00	Kim Jin-Kyu 42' Ha Dae-Sung 51' Escudero 74'	Report	Kim In-Han 8' Kang Seung-Jo 54'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 7,814 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin

11 August 27	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2 – 3	FC Seoul	showSeongnam, Gyeonggi
19:00	Hamill 3' 57' Yoon Bit-Garam 70' Jung San 81'	Report	Damjanović 13', 90+1' 80' Go Yo-Han 45' Ha Dae-Sung 83' Molina 90'	Stadium: Tancheon Sports Complex Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Kim Wan-Tae

18 August 28	FC Seoul	0 – 2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:00	Escudero 20' Kim Dong-Woo 46' Molina 50'	Report(Eng) Report(Kor)	Radončić 9' (pen.), 81' 81' Kwak Hee-Ju 16' Yang Sang-Min 18' Lee Sang-ho 18' Park Hyun-Beom 32' Bosnar 50' Choi Jae-Soo 85' Yang Dong-Won 90+4'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 50,787 Referee: Kim Sung-Ho

22 August 29	Jeonnam Dragons	0 – 3	FC Seoul	showGwangyang, Jeonnam
19:30			Escudero 12' Damjanovic 27' 58'	Stadium: Gwangyang Football Stadium

26 August 30	FC Seoul	–	Daegu FC	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:00				Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium

FA Cup[]

23 May Round of 32	FC Seoul	3 – 0	Mokpo City Government	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:30 KST	Molina 62' (Assist by No.10) Ha Dae-Sung 83' Kim Hyun-Sung 84' (Assist by No.10)			Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 1,751 Referee: Lee Cheon-Su

20 June Round of 16	FC Seoul	0 – 2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	showMapo-gu, Seoul
19:30 KST	Kim Jin-Kyu 2' 90+4'		Kim Ju-Young 40' (o.g.) Ristić 53'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 14,853 Referee: Yoo Seon-Ho

Match reports and match highlights[]

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

Season statistics[]

K League records[]

Season	Teams	Final Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Manager
2012	16	Champions	44	29	9	6	76	42	+34	96	Choi Yong-Soo

All competitions records[]

Seasoan	Teams	K League	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Manager
2012	16	Champions	Round of 16	Did not qualify	Choi Yong-Soo

Attendance records[]

Season	Season Total / Average Att.	K League Total / Average Att.	FA Cup Total / Average Att.	ACL Total / Average Att.	Friendly Match Att.	Att. Ranking	Notes
2012	467,649 / 19,485	451,045 / 20,502	16,604 / 8,302	N/A	N/A	K League Season Total Att. 1st

Season total attendance is K League, FA Cup, AFC Champions League in the aggregate and friendly match attendance is not included.

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

Statistics accurate as of match played 28 June 2012

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	K League		FA Cup		Appearances		Goals
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	App (sub)	Total	Goals
1		GK	Kim Yong-Dae	18	0	1	0	19 (0)	19	0
2		DF	Yoon Si-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		DF	Kim Dong-Woo	10 (2)	0	1	0	11 (2)	13	0
4		DF	Kim Ju-Young	8 (3)	0	1	0	9 (3)	12	0
5		MF	Choi Hyun-Tae	16 (1)	0	2	0	18 (1)	19	0
6		DF	Kim Jin-Kyu	18	1	2	0	20 (0)	20	1
7		DF	Go Yo-Han	14	1	2	0	16 (0)	16	1
8		DF	Adilson dos Santos	14	0	1	0	15 (0)	15	0
9		FW	Kang Jung-Hun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		FW	Dejan Damjanović	18	10	1 (1)	0	19 (1)	20	10
11		FW	Mauricio Molina	17	8	2	1	19 (0)	19	9
13		DF	Hyun Young-Min	9 (1)	0	1	0	10 (1)	11	0
14		MF	Moon Ki-Han	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
16		MF	Ha Dae-Sung	17	1	2	1	19 (0)	19	2
17		DF	Lee Jung-Youl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		FW	Kim Hyun-Sung	2 (10)	1	1 (1)	1	3 (11)	14	2
19		MF	Lee Jae-Kwon	2 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	5	0
20		MF	Han Tae-You	2 (5)	0	0	0	2 (5)	7	0
21		GK	Jo Su-Huk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		MF	Koh Myong-Jin	15 (1)	0	1	0	16 (1)	17	0
23		GK	Han Il-Koo	0	0	1	0	1 (0)	1	0
24		GK	Yu Sang-Hun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		MF	Ko Kwang-Min	1 (4)	0	0	0	1 (4)	5	0
29		MF	Kim Tae-Hwan	6 (11)	1	1 (1)	0	7 (12)	19	1
30		MF	Park Hee-Do	4 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	5 (4)	9	0
31		GK		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		FW	Jung Seung-Yong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Choi Tae-Uk	7 (3)	1	1	0	8 (3)	11	1
34		MF	Yoon Seung-Hyeon	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
35		DF	Kim Yong-Chan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37		MF	Kim Won-Sik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39		MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		MF	Yoon Sung-Woo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41		FW		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42		MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43		MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44		FW		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45		DF	Cho Min-Woo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		FW		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47		DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48		DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals and assists[]

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	K League		FA Cup		Sum		Total
Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Total
1		11	Mauricio Molina	8	8	1	0	9	8	17
2		10	Dejan Damjanović	10	2	0	2	10	4	14
3		16	Ha Dae-Sung	1	3	1	0	2	3	5
4		18	Kim Hyun-Sung	1	0	1	0	2	0	2
=		6	Kim Jin-Kyu	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
=		7	Go Yo-Han	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
=		22	Koh Myong-Jin	0	2	0	0	0	2	2
5		29	Kim Tae-Hwan	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		33	Choi Tae-Uk	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		30	Park Hee-Do	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	1	-	0	-	1	-	1
/	/	/	TOTALS	25	18	3	2	28	20

Discipline[]

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	K League		FA Cup		Total
1		GK	Kim Yong-Dae	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Kim Ju-Young	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	Choi Hyun-Tae	4	1	0	0	4	1
6		DF	Kim Jin-Kyu	2	0	1	1	3	1
7		DF	Go Yo-Han	3	0	1	0	4	0
8		DF	Adilson dos Santos	2	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Dejan Damjanović	2	0	1	0	3	0
11		FW	Mauricio Molina	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Ha Dae-Sung	1	0	1	0	2	0
18		FW	Kim Hyun-Sung	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Lee Jae-Kwon	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Han Tae-You	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Koh Myong-Jin	0	0	1	0	1	0
29		MF	Kim Tae-Hwan	3	0	0	0	3	0
30		MF	Park Hee-Do	2	0	0	0	2	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	27	1	5	1	32	2

Coaching staff[]

Position	Name	Period
Manager	Choi Yong-Soo
Assistant Manager	Park Tae-Ha
First Team Coach	Kim Seong-Jae
Reserve Team Manager	Kim Sung-Nam	–2012/08/??
Reserve Team Coach	Lee Ki-Hyung
Goalkeeping Coach
Fitness Coach
U-18 Team Manager	Lee Young-Ik
U-18 Team Coach
U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Weon Jong-teok
Head of Youth Development	Choi Soon-Ho
Technical Director	Choi Gi-Bong	–2012/11/??
Chief Scout	Choi Gi-Bong	2012/11/??–
Scout	Lee Won-Jun	–2012/11/??
	Jung Jae-Yoon	2012/04/20–
	Kim Sang-Moon	2012/11/??–

Players[]

Team squad[]

All players registered for the 2012 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	Yoon Si-Ho
3	DF	KOR	Kim Dong-Woo (Conscripted)
4	DF	KOR	Kim Ju-Young
5	MF	KOR	Choi Hyun-Tae
6	DF	KOR	Kim Jin-Kyu (vice-captain)
7	DF	KOR	Go Yo-Han
8	DF	BRA	Adilson dos Santos
9	FW	KOR	Jung Jo-Gook (In & Conscripted)
10	FW	MNE	Dejan Damjanović
11	FW	COL	Mauricio Molina
13	DF	KOR	Hyun Young-Min
14	MF	KOR	Moon Ki-Han (Conscripted)
15	FW	KOR	Kang Jung-Hun
16	MF	KOR	Ha Dae-Sung (captain)
17	DF	KOR	Lee Jung-Youl (Out)
18	FW	KOR	Kim Hyun-Sung (Out)
17	DF	KOR	Lee Jong-min (Discharged)
18	DF	KOR	Kim Chi-Woo (Discharged)
19	MF	KOR	Lee Jae-Kwon
20	MF	KOR	Han Tae-You
21	GK	KOR	Jo Su-Huk
22	MF	KOR	Koh Myong-Jin
23	GK	KOR	Han Il-Koo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	GK	KOR	Yu Sang-Hun
26	FW	JPN	Sergio Escudero (In)
27	MF	KOR	Ko Kwang-Min
29	MF	KOR	Kim Tae-Hwan
30	MF	KOR	Park Hee-Do
31	GK	KOR
32	FW	KOR	Jung Seung-Yong
33	MF	KOR	Choi Tae-Uk
34	MF	KOR	Yoon Seung-Hyeon (Out)
35	DF	KOR	Kim Yong-Chan
36	DF	KOR
37	MF	KOR	Kim Won-Sik (Conscripted)
38	DF	KOR
39	DF	KOR	(Conscripted)
40	MF	KOR	Youn Sung-Woo
41	FW	KOR
42	MF	KOR
43	MF	KOR
44	FW	KOR
45	DF	KOR	Cho Min-Woo
46	FW	KOR
47	DF	KOR
48	DF	KOR
77	DF	KOR	Choi Hyo-Jin (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	Lee Kwang-Jin (to Daegu FC until December 2012)
—	MF	KOR	(to Busan IPark until December 2012)
—	MF	KOR	Yoon Seung-Hyeon (to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma until December 2012)
—	FW	KOR	Kim Hyun-Sung (to Shimizu S-Pulse until December 2012)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	KOR	Choi Hyo-Jin (to Sangju Sangmu until September 2012 / Discharged)
—	DF	KOR	Lee Jong-Min (to Sangju Sangmu until September 2012 / Discharged)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Chi-Woo (to Sangju Sangmu until September 2012 / Discharged)
—	DF	KOR	(to Police FC until September 2013)
—	MF	KOR	(to Police FC until September 2013)

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 Police FC for military service in the middle of season. (Registered in 2012 season)
Conscripted : Transferred to Sangju Sangmu and Police FC for military service after end of season.

Transfers[]

In[]

#	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Window	Period	Fee	Notes
1	Kim Hyun-Sung	FW	Daegu FC	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2011 season)		N/A
2	Jung Seung-Yong	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2011 season)		N/A
3	Park Hee-Do	MF	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2011-11-21)	Undisclosed	Trade	Bang Seung-Hwan and Yeo Hyo-Jin ↔ Park Hee-Do
4	Kim Jin-Kyu	DF	Ventforet Kofu	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-19)	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Free
5	Kim Ju-Young	DF	Gyeongnam FC	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-20)	Undisclosed	US$792,000	Cash+Player (US$616,000+Lee Jae-An↔Kim Ju-Young)
6	Lee Jae-Kwon	MF	Incheon United	Transfer	Winter (2012-02-01)	Undisclosed	Trade	Lee Kyu-Ro↔Lee Jae-Kwon
7	Yoon Si-Ho	DF	Daegu FC	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-02-02)	1 year	Free
8		FW	Gyeongnam FC	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-02-02)	Undisclosed	Free
9	Jung Jo-Gook	FW	AJ Auxerre	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Summer (2012-07-06)	1 year	Free
10	Sergio Escudero	FW	Urawa Red Diamonds	Loan	Summer (2012-07-17)	6 months (2012-12-31)	Undisclosed
11	Choi Hyo-Jin	DF	Sangju Sangmu	Return from military service	N/A (2012-09-10)		N/A
12	Lee Jong-min	DF	Sangju Sangmu	Return from military service	N/A (2012-09-10)		N/A
13	Kim Chi-Woo	MF	Sangju Sangmu	Return from military service	N/A (2012-09-10)		N/A

Rookie Draft[]

#	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Notes
1	Cho Min-Woo	DF	Dongguk University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team (2010 Draft)
2	Kim Won-Sik	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team After overseas training program, He joined.
3		DF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
4		MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
5		MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
6		MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
7		MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
8		MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
9	Youn Sung-woo	FW	Sangji University	Regular (1st)
10		DF	Ajou University	Regular (2nd)
11	Kim Yong-Chan	DF	Ajou University	Regular (3rd)
12		MF	Taekwang High School	Extra
13		MF	Korea University	Extra
14		FW	Yong In University	Extra
15		GK	Sun Moon University	Extra
16		MF	Kwangwoon University	Extra
17		FW	Yewon Arts University	Supplement
18		DF	Hanyang University	Supplement

(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 Hyun-Seung	MF	Jeonnam Dragons	Transfer	Winter (2012–01-03)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Loan finish
2		DF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-01-05)			Loan finish
3	Bang Seung-Hwan	FW	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2011–11-21)		Trade	Bang Seung-Hwan and Yeo Hyo-Jin ↔ Park Hee-Do
4	Yeo Hyo-Jin	DF	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2011–11-21)		Trade	Bang Seung-Hwan and Yeo Hyo-Jin ↔ Park Hee-Do
5		DF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-01-05)
6	Bae Hae-Min	FW	Daejeon Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-01-05)	Undisclosed	Free
7		DF		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-05)
8		MF		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-05)
9		FW		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-05)
10		DF		Contract expired	Winter (2012-01-11)
11	Choi Jong-Hoan	MF	Incheon United	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-01-12)	Undisclosed	Free
12	Lee Jae-An	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-19)	Undisclosed	Kim Ju-Young–US$616,000	Cash+Player (US$616,000+Lee Jae-An↔Kim Ju-Young)
13	Park Yong-Ho	DF	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2012-01-31)	1 year	Undisclosed
14	Lee Kyu-Ro	DF	Incheon United	Transfer	Winter (2012-02-01)	Undisclosed	Trade	Lee Kyu-Ro↔Lee Jae-Kwon
15	Lee Seung-Yeoul	FW	Gamba Osaka	Transfer	Winter (2012-02-01)	Undisclosed	US$1,950,000
16	Ou Kyoung-Jun	MF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-02-01)
17	Chun Je-Hun	MF		Contract terminated	Winter (2012-02-01)
18	Kim Dong-Jin	DF	Hangzhou Greentown	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2012-02-09)	Undisclosed	Free
19	Lee Jung-Youl	DF	Daejeon Citizen	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Summer (2012-07-31)	Undisclosed	Free

Loan & Military service[]

#	Name	POS	Moving to	Window	Period	Fee
1		DF	Police FC	End of the 2011 season (2011-12-06)	21 months	N/A
2		MF	Police FC	End of the 2011 season (2011-12-06)	21 months	N/A
3	Lee Kwang-Jin	MF	Daegu FC	Winter (2012-01-01)	1 year 6 months	Free
4		MF	Busan IPark	Winter (2012-01-31)	2 years	Free
5	Yoon Seung-Hyeon	MF	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Summer (2012-07-31)	6 months	Free
6	Kim Hyun-Sung	FW	Shimizu S-Pulse	Summer (2012-08-14)	5 months	Undisclosed

Tactics[]

Tactical analysis[]

Starting eleven and formation[]

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

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Kim Yong-Dae
7	DF	Ko Yo-Han
6	DF	Kim Jin-Kyu
4	DF	Kim Ju-Young
8	DF	Adilson
5	MF	Choi Hyun-Tae
16	MF	Ha Dae-Sung
22	MF	Koh Myong-Jin
33	FW	Choi Tae-Uk
11	FW	Molina
10	FW	Dejan

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).

Yong-Dae

Yo-Han

Jin-Kyu

Ju-Young

Adilson

Hyun-Tae

Dae-Sung

Tae-Uk

Molina

Dejan

Substitutes[]

No.	Pos.	Name
23	GK	Han Il-Koo
3	DF	Kim Dong-Woo
13	DF	Hyun Young-Min
14	MF	Moon Ki-Han
29	MF	Kim Tae-Hwan
30	MF	Park Hee-Do
18	FW	Kim Hyun-Sung

References[]

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FC Seoul 2012 Matchday Magazines Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)

External links[]

FC Seoul Official Website (in Korean and English)

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