2014 FC Seoul season explained

Season:	2014
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League Result:	3rd
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Yun Il-lok (7)
Season Topscorer:	Yun Il-lok (10)
Highest Attendance:	46,549 vs Suwon (League, 12 July)
Lowest Attendance:	3,115 vs Incheon (FA Cup, 30 April)
Average Attendance:	16,867
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Nextseason:	2015

The 2014 season is FC Seoul's 31st season in the K League Classic.

Pre-season

In Guam: From 7 January 2014 to 27 January 2014^[1]
In Kagoshima, Japan: From 3 February 2016 to 17 February 2016

Pre-season match results

Type	Date	Opponents	Scorers	Result	Score
Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan	5 February 2014	Ehime FC		2–1	Osmar Ibáñez, Sergio Escudero
7 February 2014	Kamatamare Sanuki		2–1	Sergio Escudero, Kim Hyun-sung
10 February 2014	Shimizu S-Pulse		1–3	Yun Ju-tae
align=right rowspan="2"	12 February 2014	Urawa Red Diamonds		0–2
	2–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Rafael Costa (2)
15 February 2014	Kyoto Sanga F.C.		2–4	Yun Ju-tae, Go Yo-han

Competitions

K League Classic

See main article: 2014 K League Classic.

Matches

FA Cup

See main article: 2014 Korean FA Cup.

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2014 AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Group F
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FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9
Beijing Guoan	6	1	3	2	7	8	-1	6
Central Coast Mariners	6	2	0	4	4	7	-3	6

Knockout stage

See main article: 2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage.

Semi-finals

Match reports and match highlights

Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

Season statistics

Attendance records

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

K League Classic	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
Yun Il-lok (7 / 27)	Ko Kwang-min (2 / 5)	Yun Il-lok (3 / 10)	Yun Il-lok (10 / 40)
Escudero (6 / 32)	Park Hee-seong (1 / 1) Shim Je-hyeok (1 / 1)	Rafael (2 / 5)	Escudero (9 / 48)
Molina (5 / 19)	Yun Ju-tae (1 / 2)	Escudero (2 / 11)	Molina (5 / 27)
Go Yo-han (4 / 32)	Escudero (1 / 5) Kim Ju-young (1 / 5) Lee Woong-hee (1 / 5)	Yun Ju-tae (1 / 4)	Yun Ju-tae (4 / 16)
Éverton (3 / 16)		Kang Seung-jo (1 / 7)	Go Yo-han (4 / 44)
		Go Yo-han (1 / 9) Kim Chi-woo (1 / 9) Osmar (1 / 11)

Assists

	K League Classic	Total	Notes
	Escudero (4 / 32)	Escudero (4 / 32)
	Molina (3 / 19)	Molina (3 / 19)
	Ko Kwang-min (3 / 20)	Ko Kwang-min (3 / 20)
	Kim Chi-woo (3 / 25)	Kim Chi-woo (3 / 25)
	Go Yo-han (3 / 32)	Go Yo-han (3 / 32)

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Choi Yong-soo
Assistant manager
Coach	Kim Seong-jae
	Lee Ki-hyung
	Kim Han-yoon
	Adilson dos Santos
Goalkeeping coach	Weon Jong-teok
Fitness coach	Kanno Atsushi
U-18 & U-15 Team Manager	Choi Gi-bong
U-18 Team Coach	Yun Dae-sung
U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Leandro
U-15 Team Coach	Chung Sang-nam
U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Cho Jun-ho
Chief scout	Kim Hyun-tae
Scout	Lee Won-jun
	Jung Jae-yoon
	Kim Sang-moon
	Seo Min-woo

Players

Team squad

All players registered for the 2014 season are listed.

(Discharged) (Out) (In) (Out) (In) (Conscripted) (Out) (Discharged) (Out) (In) (Out) (Discharged) (Out) (Discharged) (Discharged)

Out on loan & military service

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 2014 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	Notes
1	Cho Min-woo	DF	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2013 season)		N/A
2	Kang Jung-hun	FW	Gangwon FC	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2013 season)		N/A
3	Osmar Ibáñez	DF	Buriram United	Transfer	Winter (2014-01-05)	3 years	Undisclosed
4	Rafael Costa	FW	Figueirense	Transfer	Winter (2014-01-19)	4 years	R$2,000,000^[2] ^[3]
5	Lee Woong-hee	DF	Daejeon Citizen	Transfer	Winter (2014-01-13)	Undisclosed	Trade	Lee Kwang-jin↔Lee Woong-hee
6	Kim Dong-suk	MF	Ulsan Hyundai	Transfer	Winter (2014-01-28)	Undisclosed	Trade	Choi Tae-uk↔Kim Dong-suk
7	Choi Jung-han	MF	Oita Trinita	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Summer (2014-07-07)	Undisclosed	Free
8	Éverton Santos	FW	Figueirense	Transfer	Summer (2014-07-17)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
9	Yang Han-been	GK	Seongnam FC	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Summer (2014-07-29)	Undisclosed	Free
10	Jung Jo-gook	FW	Ansan Police	Return from military service	N/A (2014-09-26)		N/A
11	Kim Dong-woo	DF	Ansan Police	Return from military service	N/A (2014-09-26)		N/A
12	Moon Ki-han	MF	Ansan Police	Return from military service	N/A (2014-09-26)		N/A
13	Song Seung-ju	DF	Ansan Police	Return from military service	N/A (2014-09-26)		N/A
14	Kim Won-sik	MF	Ansan Police	Return from military service	N/A (2014-09-26)		N/A

Rookie Draft & Free Agent

	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Notes
1	Jung Dong-cheol	DF	Kyung Hee University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team (2011 Draft)
2	Choi Myung-hun	MF	Soongsil University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team (2012 Draft)
3	Hwang Hyun-soo	DF	Osan High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
4	Yoon Hyun-oh	MF	Osan High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
5	Kim Chol-ho	GK	Osan High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
6	Shim Je-hyeok	FW	Osan High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
7	Park Min-gyu	DF	Osan High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
8	Park Jun-Young	DF	Osan High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
9	Yun Ju-tae	MF	FSV Frankfurt	Regular (1st)
10	Kim Woo-hyun	DF	Korea University	Regular (3rd)
11	Lee Jun-hyeong	DF	Myongji University	Extra
12	Sim Sang-min	DF	Chung-Ang University	Rookie Free Agent

(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 Kwang-jin	MF	Daejeon Citizen	Transfer	Winter (2014-01-08)	Undisclosed	Trade	Loan finish Lee Kwang-jin↔Lee Woong-hee
2	Youn Sung-woo	MF	Gangneung City Government	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2014-02-03)	Undisclosed	Free	Loan finish Free agent
3	Yoon Seung-hyeon	MF	NK Istra 1961	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2014-02-03)	2 years 6 months	Free	Loan finish Free agent
4	Kyung Jae-yoon	MF	Bucheon FC 1995	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2014-01-03)	Undisclosed	Free	Loan finish Free agent
5	Dejan Damjanović	FW	Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty	Transfer	Winter (2013-12-26)	2 years (?)	$4,120,000
6	Ha Dae-sung	MF	Beijing Guoan	Transfer	Winter (2014-01-03)	3 years	$1670,000
7	Jang Hyun-woo	DF	Sangju Sangmu	Military service (Contract terminated)	Winter (2014-01-03)
8	Kim Eun-do	GK	Chungju Hummel	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2014-01-03)	Undisclosed	Free	Free agent
9	Choi Bong-won	DF	FC Slovan Liberec	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2014-01-03)	Undisclosed	Free	Free agent
19	Choi Won-wook	DF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2014-01-03)			Free agent
11	Park Seung-ryeol	MF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2014-01-03)			Free agent
12	Shin Hak-young	MF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2014-01-03)			Free agent
13	Roh Young-gyun	MF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2014-01-03)			Free agent
14	Lee Seung-kyu	GK	Gwangju FC	Free transfer (Contract expired)	Winter (2014-01-10)	Undisclosed	Free
15	Kim Sang-pil	DF	Daejeon Citizen	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2014-01-14)	Undisclosed	Free	Free agent
16	Joo Ik-seong	FW	Daejeon Citizen	Transfer	Winter (2014-01-14)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
17	Choi Tae-uk	MF	Ulsan Hyundai	Free transfer (Contract expired)	Winter (2014-01-28)	2 years	Trade	Choi Tae-uk↔Kim Dong-suk
18	Adilson dos Santos	DF	N/A	Retirement (Contract expired)	Winter (2014-01-29)			Coach appointed
19	Lee Taig-ki	DF	Chungju Hummel	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Summer (2014-07-03)	Undisclosed	Free	Free agent
20	Hwang Shin-young	MF	Contract terminated	Unknown	Summer (2014-07-03)			Free agent
21	Kang Jung-hun	FW	Busan Transportation Corporation	Transfer	Summer (2014-07-11)	6 months	Undisclosed

Loan & Military service

	Name	POS	Moving to	Window	Period	Fee
1	Lee Jae-kwon	MF	Police FC	End of the 2013 season (2013-12-??)	21 months	N/A
2	Moon Dong-ju	MF	Ehime FC	End of the 2013 season (2014-01-20)	1 year	Undisclosed
3	Cho Min-woo	DF	Gangwon FC	Summer (2014-07-04)	6 months	Undisclosed
4	Yoon Hyun-oh	MF	Gimhae FC	Summer (2014-07-11)	6 months	Undisclosed
5	Rafael Costa	FW	Ponte Preta	Summer (2014-07-17)		Undisclosed

Tactics

Starting eleven and formation

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

Substitutes

References

News: 한 눈에 보는 K리그 동계 훈련 일정. Korean . SportalKorea. 8 January 2014.
News: Rafa Costa é liberado para problemas particulares e saída pode estar perto. Globoesporte.com. 2014-01-06. pt.
News: Rafa Costa é liberado para problemas particulares e saída pode estar perto. Expressomt.com. 2014-01-06. pt.

FC Seoul 2014 Matchday Magazines

External links

FC Seoul Official Website