2012 Gwangju FC season

Gwangju FC
2012 season
Chairman	Kang Woon-Tae
Manager	Choi Man-Hee
K-League	12th
Korean FA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; João Paulo (6); All: ; João Paulo (6); Bogdan Milić (6)
Highest home attendance	10,711 vs Daegu ; (May 5)
Lowest home attendance	1,566 vs Gyeongnam ; (June 14)
Average home league attendance	4,689 ; (as of June 23)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2012 season was Gwangju FC's second season in the K-League in South Korea. Gwangju FC will be competing in K-League and Korean FA Cup.

Current squad edit

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	Park Ho-Jin
2	DF	KOR	Jeong Woo-In
3	DF	KOR	Jang Kyung-Jin
4	DF	KOR	Lee Yong
5	DF	KOR	Lim Sun-Young
6	MF	KOR	Kim Eun-Sun (captain)
7	MF	KOR	Lee Seung-Gi
8	MF	KOR	An Dong-Hyeok
9	FW	KOR	Kim Dong-Sub
10	FW	KOR	Park Gi-Dong
11	MF	KOR	Jo Woo-Jin
13	FW	KOR	Kim Ho-Nam
14	FW	KOR	Yoo Dong-Min
15	DF	KOR	Yoo Jong-Hyun
16	DF	KOR	Lee Han-Saem
17	MF	KOR	Park Hyun
18	FW	KOR	Park Jeong-Min


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	KOR	Park Hee-Sung (vice-captain)
20	DF	KOR	Kang Min
21	GK	KOR	Yun Gi-Hea
22	DF	KOR	Kim Soo-Beom
23	MF	KOR	Park Min
24	DF	KOR	Park Yo-Han
25	MF	KOR	Yeo Reum
26	DF	KOR	Noh Haeng-Seok
27	DF	KOR	Lim Ha-Ram
28	FW	KOR	Park Jong-In
29	MF	KOR	Moon Du-Yun
31	GK	KOR	Lee Jung-Rae
34	MF	KOR	Ahn Sung-Nam
38	MF	KOR	Yoon Min-Ho
37	FW	BRA	João Paulo
99	FW	MNE	Bogdan Milić

Out on loan edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	KOR	Jo Sang-Jun (to National Police Agency for military service)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Hong-Il (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)
—	FW	KOR	Kim Sung-Min (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)

Transfer edit

In edit


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Ahn Sung-Nam (from Gangwon FC, previously on loan)
—	DF	KOR	Jang Kyung-Jin (Free agent, former Incheon United)
—	GK	KOR	Lee Jung-Rae (from Gyeongnam FC)
—	DF	KOR	Park Min (Unattached, former Gyeongnam FC)
—	FW	MNE	Bogdan Milić (from PFC Spartak Nalchik)
—	FW	BRA	Adriano Chuva (Unattached, former Pohang Steelers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	KOR	Lee Han-Saem (drafted)
—	FW	KOR	Park Jeong-Min (drafted)
—	DF	KOR	Kang Min (drafted from Yongin City FC)
—	GK	KOR	Yun Gi-Hea (drafted)
—	FW	KOR	Park Jong-In (drafted)
—	DF	KOR	Yeo Reum (drafted)
—	MF	KOR	Moon Du-Yun (drafted)

Out edit


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KOR	Park Byeong-Ju (contract terminated, to Jeju United)
16	FW	KOR	Kim Seong-Min (contract terminated)
18	MF	KOR	Kim Hong-Il (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, army)
20	DF	KOR	Koh Eun-Seong (contract terminated)
21	GK	KOR	Jo Sang-Jun (to National Police Agency FC, army)
23	MF	KOR	Park Sung-Hwa (contract terminated)
25	FW	KOR	Kim Sung-Min (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, army)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	KOR	Yoon Kwang-Bok (contract terminated)
30	FW	KOR	Kim Sung-Min (contract terminated)
31	DF	KOR	Heo Jae-Won (contract terminated, to Jeju United)
32	MF	KOR	Park Sang-Hyeon (contract terminated)
35	MF	KOR	Lee Jae-Chan (contract terminated)
36	FW	BRA	Celin (contract terminated)
80	FW	BRA	Adriano Chuva (contract terminated^[1])

Coaching staff edit

Position	Staff
Manager	Choi Man-Hee
Assistant Manager	Yeo Bum-Kyu
Coach	Kim Jung-Su
Coach	Lim Kwan-Sik
Team Doctor	Lee Jun-Young
Trainer	Park Sung-Pil
Trainer	Ko Byung-Hyuk

Last updated: 26 March 2012
Source: Gwangju FC

Match results edit

K-League edit

All times are Korea Standard Time (KST) – UTC+9

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

4 March 1	Sangju	0–1	Gwangju	Sangju, Gyeongbuk
15:00		Report	João Paulo 85' (Assist by No.99)	Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium Attendance: 5,710 Referee: Lee Jong-Guk

11 March 2	*Gwangju*	1–1	*Pohang*	Nam-gu, Gwangju
15:00	Kim Eun-Sun 0:30'	Report	Zicu 34'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 8,551 Referee: Hong Jin-Ho

18 March 3	Gwangju	3–2	Jeju	Nam-gu, Gwangju
17:00	Kim Dong-Sub 2' (Assist by No.7) João Paulo 88' (pen.) Adriano Chuva 90+2' (Assist by No.37)	Report	Bae Il-Hwan 20', 50'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 3,020 Referee: An Yong-Hee

24 March 4	Busan	1–2	Gwangju	Yeonje-gu, Busan
15:00	Lim Sang-Hyub 52'	Report	Lim Sun-Young 9' (Assist by No.22) João Paulo 65' (Assist by No.99)	Stadium: Busan Asiad Stadium Attendance: 2,899 Referee: Kim Sung-Ho

1 April 5	*Gwangju*	1–1	*Gangwon*	Seo-gu, Gwangju
15:00	Milić 90+3'	Report	Kim Myung-Joong 41'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 3,638 Referee: Woo Sang-Il

8 April 6	Gwangju	0–1	Ulsan	Seo-gu, Gwangju
15:00		Report	Kim Shin-Wook 66'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Yoo Sun-Ho

11 April 7	*Incheon*	1–1	*Gwangju*	Nam-gu, Incheon
15:00	Choi Jong-hoan 17'	Report	Kim Eun-Sun 39' (Assist by No.7)	Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 1,989 Referee: Moon Jin-Hee

15 April 8	*Chunnam*	2–2	*Gwangju*	Gwangyang, Jeonnam
17:00	Lee Hyun-Seung 27' Lee Jong-Ho 81'	Report	Jo Woo-Jin 76' (Assist by No.37) João Paulo 88'	Stadium: Gwangyang Football Stadium Attendance: 3,040 Referee: Song Min-Seok

22 April 9	Seongnam	4–2	Gwangju	Seongnam, Gyeonggi
17:00	Éverton 49', 55', 72' Park Se-Young 80'	Report	Milić 35' (Assist by No.22) Milić 59' (Assist by No.37)	Stadium: Tancheon Sports Complex Attendance: 1,220 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

27 April 10	Jeonbuk	5–2	Gwangju	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
19:00	Lim You-Hwan 17' Kim Jung-Woo 23' Eninho 70' (pen.) Droguett 84' Kim Dong-Chan 88'	Report	Kim Eun-Sun 45+1' (Assist by No.7) Jeong Woo-In 55' 69' 00Kim Eun-Sun 76' (Assist by No.7)	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,792 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong

5 May 11	*Gwangju*	2–2	*Daegu*	Seo-gu, Gwangju
15:00	Park Hyun 44' Milić 49'	Report	Kim Kee-Hee 9' Lee Jin-Ho 25'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 10,711 Referee: Woo Sang-Il

13 May 12	Suwon	4–1	Gwangju	Suwon, Gyeonggi
16:50	Éverton 47' Yoo Jong-Hyun 62' (o.g.) Park Hyun-Beom 69' Cho Yong-Tae 80'	Report	Kim Dong-Sub 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 29,019 Referee: Lee Jong-Guk

19 May 13	Gwangju	1–2	Seoul	Seo-gu, Gwangju
15:00	Lee Han-Saem 78' (Assist by No.22)	Report	Damjanović 6' Molina 30'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,741 Referee: Ko Keum-Bok

28 May 14	Daejeon	2–1	Gwangju	Yuseong-gu, Daejeon
15:00	Ji Kyeong-Deuk 8' Oris 40'	Report	João Paulo 69' (Assist by No.10)	Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Kim Dae-Yong

14 June 15	Gwangju	0–1	Gyeongnam	Seo-gu, Gwangju
19:30		Report	Caíque 57'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 1,566 Referee: Kim Sung-Ho

17 June 16	*Gwangju*	0–0	*Incheon*	Seo-gu, Gwangju
19:00		Report		Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,416 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin

23 June 17	Gwangju	6–0	Chunnam	Seo-gu, Gwangju
17:00	Park Min 4' (Assist by No.7) Kim Dong-Sub 28' (Assist by No.22) Kim Eun-Sun 32' (Assist by No.10) Kim Dong-Sub 43' (Assist by No.7) Park Min 45+2' (Assist by No.6) João Paulo 65' (Assist by No.7)	Report		Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,132 Referee: Kim Dae-Yong

27 June 18	Gwangju	0–3	Jeonbuk	Seo-gu, Gwangju
20:00		Report(English) Report(Korean)	Eninho 9' (pen.) Lee Dong-Gook 53' Lee Seung-Hyun 63'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,522 Referee: Woo Sang-Il

1 July 19	Seoul	3–2	Gwangju	Mapo-gu, Seoul
19:00	Kim Ju-Young 13' Hyun Young-Min 60' Dejan Damjanović 68', 88' (pen.) 90+3' Choi Tae-Uk 71'	Report(Eng) Report(Kor)	Kim Dong-Sub 14' (pen.) 29' Park Ho-Jin 23' Kim Eun-Sun 26' Noh Haeng-Seok 51' Park Min 77' Park Hyun 83' João Paulo 83' Lee Han-Saem 86'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Lee Dong-Jun

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	44	14	10	20	47	56	−9	52
13	Daejeon Citizen	44	13	11	20	46	67	−21	50
14	Gangwon FC	44	14	7	23	57	68	−11	49
15	Gwangju FC (R)	44	10	15	19	57	67	−10	45	Relegation to the K League Challenge
16	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix (R)	44	7	6	31	29	74	−45	27	Withdrawal^[a]

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

^ Sangju Sangmu Phoenix were going to be forcibly relegated to the second division by K League Federation regardless of the results for a reason that they failed to get the club license of Asian Football Confederation. They boycotted the rest of the season from the 31st to the last matchweek after their relegation was decided.^[2]

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	4	7	9	29	36	−7	19	2	4	4	14	13	+1	2	3	5	15	23	−8

Results by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A
Result	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D
Position	4	7	4	2	2	6	6	6	8	9	9	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	13

Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2012. Source: League Fixtures and Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Korean FA Cup edit

23 May Round of 32	Chungju Hummel	2–4	Gwangju FC	Chungju, Chungbuk
19:00 KST	Kim Seong-Jun 44' Kang Du-Ho 71' (pen.)		Ahn Sung-Nam 27' Milić 45+2' Milić 62' (Assist by No.9) Lee Han-Saem 77' (Assist by No.37)	Stadium: Chungju Stadium Attendance: 3,500

20 June Round of 16	Pohang Steelers	3–1	Gwangju FC	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:30 KST	No Byung-Jun 22', 90+' Ko Mu-Yeol 59'		Park Jeong-Min 43' (Assist by No.17)	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Song Min-Seok

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 June 2012

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Appearances		Goals
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	App (sub)	Total	Goals
1		GK	Park Ho-Jin	16	0	1	0	17 (0)	17	0
2		DF	Jeong Woo-In	16	0	1	0	17 (0)	17	0
3		DF	Jang Kyung-Jin	5	0	1	0	6 (0)	6	0
4		DF	Lee Yong	5 (3)	0	1	0	6 (3)	9	0
5		DF	Lim Sun-Young	5 (6)	1	1	0	6 (6)	12	1
6		MF	Kim Eun-Sun	16	5	1	0	17 (0)	17	5
7		MF	Lee Seung-Gi	16	0	1	0	17 (0)	17	0
8		MF	An Dong-Hyeok	6 (4)	0	0	0	6 (4)	10	0
9		FW	Kim Dong-Sub	12 (1)	4	1	0	13 (1)	14	4
10		FW	Park Gi-Dong	5 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	5 (4)	9	0
11		MF	Jo Woo-Jin	0 (8)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (9)	9	1
13		FW	Kim Ho-Nam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		FW	Yoo Dong-Min	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	2	0
15		DF	Yoo Jong-Hyun	13	0	2	0	15 (0)	15	0
16		DF	Lee Han-Saem	6 (2)	1	1	1	7 (2)	9	2
17		MF	Park Hyun	1 (4)	1	0 (1)	0	1 (5)	6	1
18		FW	Park Jeong-Min	0 (2)	0	1	1	1 (2)	3	1
19		MF	Park Hee-Sung	7	0	0	0	7 (0)	7	0
20		DF	Kang Min	0	0	1	0	1 (0)	1	0
21		GK	Yoon Gi-Hae	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		DF	Kim Soo-Beom	17	0	1	0	18 (0)	18	0
23		MF	Park Min	4	2	0 (1)	0	4 (1)	5	2
24		DF	Park Yo-Han	2 (1)	0	2	0	4 (1)	5	0
25		MF	Yeo Reum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		DF	Noh Haeng-Seok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		DF	Lim Ha-Ram	12	0	1	0	13 (0)	13	0
28		FW	Park Jong-In	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	1	0
29		MF	Moon Du-Yun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31		GK	Lee Jung-Rae	2	0	1	0	3 (0)	3	0
34		MF	Ahn Sung-Nam	12 (1)	0	2	1	14 (1)	15	1
37		FW	João Paulo	3 (14)	6	0 (1)	0	3 (15)	18	6
38		MF	Yoon Min-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99		FW	Bogdan Milić	17	4	1	2	18 (0)	18	6
80		FW	Adriano Chuva (out)	0 (3)	1	0	0	0 (3)	3	1

Goals and assists edit

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	K-League		KFA Cup		Sum		Total
Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Total
1		37	João Paulo	6	3	0	1	6	4	10
2		99	Bogdan Milić	4	2	2	0	6	2	8
3		7	Lee Seung-Gi	0	7	0	0	0	7	7
4		6	Kim Eun-Sun	5	1	0	0	5	1	6
5		9	Kim Dong-Sub	4	0	0	1	4	1	5
6		22	Kim Soo-Beom	0	4	0	0	0	4	4
7		23	Park Min	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
=		16	Lee Han-Saem	1	0	1	0	2	0	2
=		17	Park Hyun	1	0	0	1	1	1	2
=		10	Park Gi-Dong	0	2	0	0	0	2	2
8		5	Lim Sun-Young	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		11	Jo Woo-Jin	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		80	Adriano Chuva	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		18	Park Jeong-Min	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
=		34	Ahn Sung-Nam	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	26	19	5	3	31	22

Discipline edit

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	K-League		KFA Cup		Total
DF		2	Jeong Woo-In	8	1	0	0	8	1
DF		3	Jang Kyung-Jin	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF		4	Lee Yong	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF		6	Kim Eun-Sun	6	0	1	0	7	0
MF		7	Lee Seung-Gi	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF		8	An Dong-Hyeok	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW		9	Kim Dong-Sub	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF		11	Jo Woo-Jin	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		15	Yoo Jong-Hyun	4	0	0	0	4	0
DF		16	Lee Han-Saem	3	0	1	0	4	0
FW		18	Park Jeong-Min	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		20	Kang Min	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF		22	Kim Soo-Beom	5	0	1	0	6	0
DF		24	Park Yo-Han	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF		27	Lim Ha-Ram	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK		31	Lee Jung-Rae	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF		34	Ahn Sung-Nam	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW		37	João Paulo	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW		99	Bogdan Milić	5	0	0	0	5	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	52	1	7	0	59	1

Notes edit

References edit

^ "광주 슈바 "K리그 굿바이~"". Sports Hankook (in Korean). Naver. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
^ 상주 보이콧, '어쩌다 이 지경까지…' 해결책은? (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2021-06-21.

[table_note_res_WIT0.22836244908551-3] Sangju Sangmu Phoenix were going to be forcibly relegated to the second division by K League Federation regardless of the results for a reason that they failed to get the club license of Asian Football Confederation. They boycotted the rest of the season from the 31st to the last matchweek after their relegation was decided.^[2]

[1] "광주 슈바 "K리그 굿바이~"". Sports Hankook (in Korean). Naver. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[2] 상주 보이콧, '어쩌다 이 지경까지…' 해결책은? (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2021-06-21.

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