2012 Pohang Steelers season

Pohang Steelers
2012 season
Chairman	Kim Tae-Man
Manager	Hwang Sun-Hong
K-League	7th
Korean FA Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Group round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ianis Zicu (6); All: ; Derek Asamoah (7)
Highest home attendance	13,612 vs Ulsan; (March 3)
Lowest home attendance	2,833 vs Adelaide Utd; (April 3)
Average home league attendance	7,068 ; (as of May 11)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2012 season was Pohang Steelers' thirtieth season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers is competing K-League, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.

Current 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	KOR	Bae Seul-Ki
5	DF	KOR	Lee Won-Jae
6	MF	KOR	Shin Jin-Ho
7	DF	SRB	Zoran Rendulić
8	MF	KOR	Hwang Jin-Sung
9	MF	KOR	Hwang Ji-Soo
10	FW	GHA	Derek Asamoah
11	FW	KOR	Park Sung-Ho
12	GK	KOR	Hwang Kyo-Chung
13	DF	KOR	Kim Won-Il
14	MF	KOR	Kim Tae-Su
15	DF	KOR	Jung Hong-Youn
16	FW	KOR	Kim Jin-Yong (on loan from Gangwon)
17	DF	KOR	Shin Kwang-Hoon
18	FW	KOR	Ko Mu-Yeol


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	KOR	Kim Sun-Woo
20	MF	KOR	Shin Hyung-Min (captain)
21	GK	KOR	Song Dong-Jin
22	FW	KOR	No Byung-Jun
23	DF	KOR	Yoon Joon-Sung
24	MF	KOR	Kim Dae-Ho
26	FW	KOR	Cho Chan-Ho
27	FW	ROU	Ianis Zicu
28	DF	KOR	An Il-Joo
29	MF	KOR	Lee Myung-Joo
30	FW	KOR	Kim Chan-Hee
31	GK	KOR	Kim Da-Sol
32	FW	KOR	Kim Eun-Chong
33	FW	KOR	Lee Kwang-Hoon
34	MF	KOR	Yoon Won-Il
35	MF	KOR	Hwang Jung-Soo
36	MF	KOR	Moon Chang-Jin
77	MF	KOR	Moon Kyu-Hyun

Out 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
—	MF	KOR	Kim Beom-Joon (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
—	FW	KOR	Lee Sung-Jae (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
—	FW	KOR	Yoo Chang-Hyun (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
—	DF	KOR	Kim Hyung-Il (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Kim Jae-Sung (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
—	FW	KOR	Jeong Jung-Seok (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Jung-Bin (at Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)

Transfer

In

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	Park Sung-Ho (Transferred from Daejeon Citizen)
—	FW	KOR	Hwang Ji-Soo (Loan return from Yangju Citizen FC)
—	FW	KOR	Kim Chan-Hee (Drafted from Hanyang University)
—	DF	KOR	Yoon Joon-Sung (Drafted from Kyunghee University)
—	DF	KOR	Bae Seul-Ki (Drafted)
—	FW	KOR	Kim Eun-Chong (Drafted from Yonsei University)
—	MF	KOR	Lee Myoung-Joo (Drafted from Youngnam University)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Moon Kyu-Hyun (Drafted from youth team)
—	MF	KOR	Moon Chang-Jin (Drafted from youth team)
—	FW	KOR	Lee Kwang-Hoon (Drafted from youth team)
—	FW	ROU	Ianis Zicu (Transferred from CSKA Sofia)
—	DF	SRB	Zoran Rendulić (Transferred from FK Javor Ivanjica)
—	FW	KOR	Kim Jin-Yong (Loan from Gangwon FC)

Out

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	Kim Dong-Hee (Transferred to Daejeon Citizen)
—	MF	KOR	Lee Seul-Gi (Transferred to Daejeon Citizen)
—	DF	KOR	Kim Hyung-Il (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Jae-Sung (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)
—	FW	KOR	Jeong Jung-Seok (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Kim Jung-Bin (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)
—	FW	BRA	Mota (Released)
—	FW	BRA	Adriano Chuva (Released)
—	DF	KOR	Kang Dae-Ho (Transferred to Daejeon Citizen)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Hwang Sun-Hong
Assistant Manager	Kang Chul
Coach	Yoon Hee-Jun
GK Coach	Kim Il-Jin
Physical Coach	Flavio

Last updated: 19 February 2012
Source: Pohang Steelers

Match results

K-League

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

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

3 March 1	Pohang	0–1	Ulsan	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
15:00		Report	Kim Shin-Wook 44'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 13,612 Referee: Song Min-Seok

11 March 2	*Gwangju*	1–1	*Pohang*	Seo-gu, Gwangju
15:00	Kim Eun-sun 0:30'	Report	Zicu 34' (Assist by No.14)	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 8,551 Referee: Hong Jin-Ho

17 March 3	*Pohang*	2–2	*Busan*	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
17:00	Zicu 9', 37'	Report	Kim Han-Yoon 41' Lee Jong-Won 69'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 9,134 Referee: Ko Keum-Bok

25 March 4	Sangju	1–2	Pohang	Sangju, Gyeongbuk
15:00	Yoo Chang-Hyun 45' Kim Hyung-Il 87' 90+2'	Report	Cho Chan-Ho 60' (Assist by No.20) Zicu 90+3' (Assist by No.18)	Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Moon Jin-Hee

30 March 5	Pohang	1–0	Chunnam	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:30	Cho Chan-Ho 29' (Assist by No.17)	Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Lee Jong-Guk

8 April 6	Seongnam	0–2	Pohang	Seongnam, Gyeonggi
15:00		Report	Asamoah 49' (Assist by No.29) Zicu 80' (Assist by No.18)	Stadium: Tancheon Sports Complex Attendance: 3,697 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong

11 April 7	Suwon	2–0	Pohang	Suwon, Gyeonggi
13:00	Radončić 15' Lee Yong-Rae 82'	Report		Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 10,434 Referee: Ahn Yong-Hee

14 April 8	Pohang	2–3	Jeju	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
15:00	Asamoah 27' (Assist by No.2) Zicu 57' (Assist by No.18)	Report	Santos 21', 45' Jair 43' Park Byeong-Ju 81' 90+1'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 8,747 Referee: Ko Keum-Bok

22 April 9	Pohang	1–0	Jeonbuk	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
15:00	Hwang Jin-Sung 3' (Assist by No.26)	Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 11,053 Referee: Kim Wan-Tae

28 April 10	Daegu	1–0	Pohang	Suseong-gu, Daegu
15:00	Lee Jin-Ho 90'	Report		Stadium: Daegu Stadium Attendance: 21,750 Referee: Kim Sung-Ho

5 May 11	Seoul	2–1	Pohang	Mapo-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

11 May 12	*Pohang*	0–0	*Daejeon*	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:30		Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 6,557 Referee: Woo Sang-Il

20 May 13	Gangwon	1–2	Pohang	Gangneung, Gangwon
15:00	Jung Sung-Min 80'	Report	Asamoah 7' (Assist by No.14) Ko Mu-Yeol 62' (Assist by No.10)	Stadium: Gangneung Stadium Attendance: 3,293 Referee: Lee Dong-Jun

26 May 14	Pohang	0–1	Gyeongnam	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
15:00		Report	Yun Il-Rok 79'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 7,759 Referee: An Yong-Hee

14 June 15	*Incheon*	1–1	*Pohang*	Nam-gu, Incheon
19:30	Jung In-Hwan 29'	Report	Kim Won-Il 90+3' (Assist by No.6)	Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 82^[1] Referee: Kim Wan-Tae

17 June 16	Pohang	1–0	Seoul	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
17:00	Kim Dae-Ho 58' (Assist by No.8)	Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 11,887 Referee: Lee Min-Hu

23 June 17	Jeju	0–1	Pohang	Seogwipo, Jeju
19:00		Report	Lee Myung-Joo 84' (Assist by No.20) Shin Hwa-Yong 90+4'	Stadium: Jeju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,227 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong

27 June 18	Ulsan	3–1	Pohang	Nam-gu, Ulsan
19:00	Maranhão 27' Ienaga 48' Choi Jae-Soo 67'	Report(English) Report(Korean)	No Byung-Jun 30' (Assist by No.29) Shin Kwang-Hoon 58'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 14,135 Referee: Ko Keum-Bok

[1] Round 15 Match of Incheon vs Pohang was originally K-League restricted non-attendance match.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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) Champions
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
18	7	4	7	18	19	−1	25	3	2	3	7	7	0	4	2	4	11	12	−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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L
Position	12	10	11	8	7	5	7	7	6	8	8	9	7	9	9	7	7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2012. Source: League Fixtures and Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Korean FA Cup

23 May Round of 32	Pohang Steelers	4–0	Cheongju Jikji	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:30 KST	Shin Hyung-Min 14' (pen.) Asamoah 51' (Assist by No.14) Ko Mu-Yeol 66' (Assist by No.11) Park Sung-Ho 76' (Assist by No.8)			Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 1,452 Referee: Kim Cheol-Yong

20 June Round of 16	Pohang Steelers	3–1	Gwangju FC	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:30 KST	No Byung-Jun 22' (Assist by No.17) Ko Mu-Yeol 59' (Assist by No.22) No Byung-Jun 90+2' (Assist by No.6)		Park Jeong-Min 43'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Song Min-Seok

1 August Quarterfinal		–
TBD KST

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

18 February Qualifying play-off	Pohang Steelers	2–0	Chonburi	Pohang, South Korea
15:30 UTC+9	Hwang Jin-Sung 28' (Free kick) Park Sung-Ho 70' (Assist by No.20)	Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 5,344 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Group stage (Group E)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ADE	BYD	POH	GMB
1	Adelaide United	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	1–0	2–0
2	Bunyodkor	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	1–0	3–2
3	Pohang Steelers	6	3	0	3	6	4	+2	9		1–0	0–2	—	2–0
4	Gamba Osaka	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3		0–2	3–1	0–3	—

Source: WorldFootball.net

6 March Match 1	Gamba Osaka	0–3	Pohang Steelers	Osaka, Japan
19:00 UTC+9		Report	Kim Tae-Su 19' (Assist by No.17) Rendulić 22' Asamoah 76' (Assist by No.20)	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 9,101 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

20 March Match 2	Pohang Steelers	0–2	Bunyodkor	Pohang, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9		Report	Turaev 28' Murzoev 77'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 3,449 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

3 April Match 3	Pohang Steelers	1–0	Adelaide United	Pohang, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Kim Dae-Ho 68'	Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

18 April Match 4	Adelaide United	1–0	Pohang Steelers	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 UTC+9:30	Djite 90'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,659 Referee: Tan Hai (China P.R.)

2 May Match 5	Pohang Steelers	2–0	Gamba Osaka	Pohang, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Kim Jin-Yong 45+1' Asamoah 77'	Report		Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 3,825 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

16 May Match 6	Bunyodkor	1–0	Pohang Steelers	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:30 UTC+9:30	Gafurov 48'	Report		Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Squad statistics

Appearances

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 June 2012

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Champions League		Appearances		Goals
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	App (sub)	Total	Goals
1		GK	Shin Hwa-Yong	7	0	0	0	6	0	13 (0)	13	0
2		MF	Park Hee-Chul	11	0	2	0	2	0	15 (0)	15	0
3		DF	Kim Gwang-Seok	18	0	2	0	6	0	26 (0)	26	0
4		DF	Bae Seul-Ki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		DF	Lee Won-Jae	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	3	0
6		MF	Shin Jin-Ho	2 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (3)	0	2 (6)	8	0
7		DF	Zoran Rendulić	6	0	1	0	5	1	12 (0)	12	1
8		MF	Hwang Jin-Sung	14 (2)	1	1 (1)	0	6	1	21 (3)	24	2
9		MF	Hwang Ji-Soo	9	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	12 (1)	13	0
10		FW	Derek Asamoah	9 (4)	4	1	1	6	2	16 (4)	20	7
11		FW	Park Sung-Ho	7 (7)	0	0 (1)	1	3 (3)	1	10 (11)	21	2
12		GK	Hwang Kyo-Chung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		DF	Kim Won-Il	11 (1)	1	1	0	3 (1)	0	15 (2)	17	1
14		MF	Kim Tae-Su	5 (1)	0	1	0	5	1	11 (1)	12	1
15		DF	Jung Hong-Youn	2 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	4 (1)	5	0
16		FW	Kim Jin-Yong	5 (5)	0	0	0	2 (2)	1	7 (7)	14	1
17		DF	Shin Kwang-Hoon	16	0	2	0	5	0	23 (0)	23	0
18		FW	Ko Mu-Yeol	10 (6)	1	1 (1)	2	2 (2)	0	13 (9)	22	3
19		FW	Kim Sun-Woo	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
20		MF	Shin Hyung-Min	16	0	2	1	6	0	24 (0)	24	1
21		GK	Song Dong-Jin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		FW	No Byung-Jun	6 (9)	1	1 (1)	2	3 (3)	0	10 (13)	23	3
23		DF	Yoon Joon-Sung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		MF	Kim Dae-Ho	7	1	1	0	4	1	12 (0)	12	2
26		FW	Cho Chan-Ho	7 (3)	2	0	0	2 (4)	0	9 (7)	16	2
27		FW	Ianis Zicu	5 (8)	6	1	0	4	0	10 (8)	18	6
28		DF	An Il-Joo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29		MF	Lee Myung-Joo	11	1	2	0	1 (1)	0	14 (1)	15	1
30		FW	Kim Chan-Hee	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	2	0
31		GK	Kim Da-Sol	11	0	2	0	1	0	14 (0)	14	0
32		FW	Kim Eun-Chong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		FW	Lee Kwang-Hoon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34		MF	Yoon Won-Il	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0
35		MF	Hwang Jung-Soo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		DF	Moon Chang-Jin	0 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (4)	4	0
77		MF	Moon Kyu-Hyun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals and assists

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	K-League		KFA Cup		Champions League		Sum		Total
Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Total
1		10	Derek Asamoah	4	1	1	0	2	0	7	1	8
2		27	Ianis Zicu	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6
=		18	Ko Mu-Yeol	1	3	2	0	0	0	3	3	6
3		20	Shin Hyung-Min	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	5
4		22	No Byung-Jun	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	4
=		8	Hwang Jin-Sung	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	4
=		14	Kim Tae-Su	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	3	4
5		26	Cho Chan-Ho	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
=		11	Park Sung-Ho	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	3
=		29	Lee Myung-Joo	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
=		17	Shin Kwang-Hoon	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	3
6		24	Kim Dae-Ho	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2
=		6	Shin Jin-Ho	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
7		13	Kim Won-Il	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		7	Zoran Rendulić	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
=		16	Kim Jin-Yong	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
=		2	Park Hee-Chul	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	18	15	7	6	8	3	33	24

Discipline

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	K-League		KFA Cup		Champions League		Total
GK		1	Shin Hwa-Yong	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
MF		2	Park Hee-Chul	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
DF		3	Kim Gwang-Seok	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
MF		6	Shin Jin-Ho	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF		7	Zoran Rendulić	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF		8	Hwang Jin-Sung	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MF		9	Hwang Ji-Soo	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW		10	Derek Asamoah	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
FW		11	Park Sung-Ho	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
DF		13	Kim Won-Il	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
FW		16	Kim Jin-Yong	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		17	Shin Kwang-Hoon	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1
FW		18	Ko Mu-Yeol	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		20	Shin Hyung-Min	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
FW		22	No Byung-Jun	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
MF		24	Kim Dae-Ho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		26	Cho Chan-Ho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW		27	Ianis Zicu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		29	Lee Myung-Joo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	40	2	4	0	9	0	53	2

References

[table_note_res_CL0.62088115635369-1] 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.

[a]