2016 FC Seoul season explained

Season:	2016
Manager:	Choi Yong-soo (until 22 June) Hwang Sun-hong (since 27 June)
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League Result:	Champions
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Adriano (17)
Season Topscorer:	Adriano (35)
Highest Attendance:	47,899 vs Suwon (League, 18 June)
Lowest Attendance:	3,539 vs Daegu (FA Cup, 11 May)
Average Attendance:	18,895
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Prevseason:	2015

The 2016 season was FC Seoul's 33rd season in the K League Classic.

Pre-season

In Guam: From 8 January 2016 to 26 January 2016
In Kagoshima, Japan: From 31 January 2016 to 14 February 2016

Pre-season match results

Type	Date	Opponents	Result	Score	Scorers
Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan	2 February 2016	Yanbian Fude		2–2	Yun Ju-tae, Lee Seok-hyun
4 February 2016	Gamba Osaka		1–0	Dejan Damjanović
	1–1	Cho Chan-ho
7 February 2016	Kyoto Sanga		2–0	Cho Chan-ho (2)
10 February 2016	Júbilo Iwata		1–1	Dejan Damjanović
Honda Lock		3–1	Lee Min-kyu (1), Adriano (2)
13 February 2016	FC Tokyo		1–0
	1–3

Competitions

K League Classic

See main article: 2016 K League Classic.

FA Cup

See main article: 2016 Korean FA Cup.

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2016 AFC Champions League.

Knockout stage

See main article: 2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage.

Match reports and match highlights

Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

Season statistics

Attendance records

Season total attendance includes K League Classic, FA Cup, and AFC Champions League combined.

Squad statistics

Goals

K League Classic	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
Adriano (17 / 30)	Adriano (5 / 6)	Adriano (13 / 11)	Adriano (35 / 47)
Dejan Damjanović (13 / 36)	Yun Ju-tae (2 / 2)	Dejan Damjanović (5 / 11)	Dejan Damjanović (19 / 51)
Park Chu-young (10 / 34)	Yoon Seung-won (1 / 1)	Go Yo-han (2 / 11)	Park Chu-young (11 / 49)
Yun Il-lok (6 / 26)	Dejan Damjanović (1 / 4) Ju Se-jong (1 / 4)	Yun Ju-tae (1 / 6) Park Yong-woo (1 / 6) Lee Seok-hyun (1 / 6)	Yun Ju-tae (6 / 25) Yun Il-lok (6 / 36) Ju Se-jong (6 / 43)
Ju Se-jong (4 / 30)		Kim Won-sik (1 / 8)	Go Yo-han (4 / 42) Osmar (4 / 54)
Osmar (4 / 37)		Ju Se-jong (1 / 9)
Yun Ju-tae (3 / 17)		Park Chu-young (1 / 10)
		Ko Kwang-min (1 / 11)

Assists

	K League Classic
	Yun Il-lok (7 / 26)
	Adriano (6 / 30)
	Go Yo-han (5 / 27)
	Yojiro Takahagi (4 / 32)
	Kim Chi-woo (3 / 26) Osmar (3 / 37)

Coaching staff

Choi Yong-soo and Kim Seong-jae caretaker Era (–25 June 2016)

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Choi Yong-soo
Caretaker Manager	Kim Seong-jae	22 June 2016–25 June 2016
Assistant manager	Kim Seong-jae	–22 June 2016
First-team coach	Kim Dong-young
First-team coach	Adilson dos Santos
First-team goalkeeping coach	Leandro Maciel de Melo
Reserve Team Coach	Chung Sang-nam
Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach	Back Min-chul
Fitness coach	Adam Waterson	–February 2016
Fitness coach	Jasmin Mujdža	March 2016–
U-18 Team Manager	Kim Sang-moon
U-18 Team Coach	Park Hyuk-soon
U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Weon Jong-teok
U-15 Team Manager	Kim Young-jin
U-15 Team Coach	Kim Byung-chae
U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Cho Jun-ho
U-15 Team Fitness Coach	Park Sung-jun
U-12 Team Manager	Park Yo-seb
U-12 Team Coach
U-12 Team GK Coach
Chief Scout	Kim Hyun-tae
Scout	Lee Won-jun
	Jung Jae-yoon
	Seo Min-woo

Hwang Sun-hong Era (27 June 2016–)

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Hwang Sun-hong
Assistant manager	Kang Chul
First-team coach	Kim Dong-young
First-team coach	Adilson dos Santos
First-team goalkeeping coach	Leandro Maciel de Melo
Reserve Team Coach	Chung Sang-nam
Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach	Back Min-chul
Fitness coach	Jasmin Mujdža
U-18 Team Manager	Kim Sang-moon
U-18 Team Coach	Lee Jung-youl
U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Weon Jong-teok
U-15 Team Manager	Kim Young-jin
U-15 Team Coach	Park Hyuk-soon
U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Cho Jun-ho
U-15 Team Fitness Coach	Park Sung-jun
U-12 Team Manager	Kim Byung-chae
U-12 Team Coach	Seo Ki-man
U-12 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Lee Ji-hun
Chief Scout	Kim Hyun-tae
Scout	Lee Won-jun
	Jung Jae-yoon
	Seo Min-woo

Supporting staff

Position	Name	Notes
Club doctor	Cho Yun-sang
Athletic Trainer	Park Sung-ryul, Hwangbo-hyun, Choi Kyu-jung
Performance analyst	Kim Jeong-hoon, Shin Jung-hyun
Equipment manager	Lee Cheun-gil
Translator	Kim Hyun-soo

Players

Team squad

All players registered for the 2016 season are listed.

Nation	Player	Notes
South Korea	Yoo Hyun (Vice Captain)
Japan	Yojiro Takahagi
South Korea	Jung In-whan
South Korea	Kim Dong-woo
Spain	Osmar (Captain)
South Korea	Ju Se-jong
South Korea	Kim Chi-woo
South Korea	Sin Jin-ho	Out
Montenegro	Dejan Damjanović
South Korea	Park Chu-young
Brazil	Adriano
South Korea	Go Yo-han
South Korea	Cho Chan-ho
South Korea	Kim Won-sik
South Korea	Shim Je-hyeok
South Korea	Yun Il-lok
South Korea	Geum Kyo-jin	In
South Korea	Yun Ju-tae	Conscripted
South Korea	Kim Won-gun	Out & In
South Korea	Sim Sang-min	Out
South Korea	Park Yong-woo
South Korea	Sim Woo-yeon
South Korea	Hwang Hyun-soo
South Korea	Lee Seok-hyun
South Korea	Kim Nam-chun	Conscripted
South Korea	Ko Kwang-min
South Korea	Lee Sang-hyeob
South Korea	Lee Min-kyu
South Korea	Yu Sang-hun	Conscripted
South Korea	Joo Hyung-jun
South Korea	Kim Hak-seung
South Korea	Kim Jeong-hwan
South Korea	Lim Min-hyeok
South Korea	Yoon Seung-won
South Korea	Yang Han-been
South Korea	Shin Seong-jae
South Korea	Kim Chol-ho
South Korea	Kim Ju-yeong
South Korea	Lee Hyun-gu
South Korea	Jeong Ye-chan	Out
South Korea	Kwak Tae-hwi	In
South Korea	Choi Hyun-tae	Discharged
South Korea	Lee Kyu-ro	In

Out on loan and military service

No.	POS	Nation	width=150	Player	Moving To	Loan Period	Notes
		South Korea		Sangju Sangmu	2014/12–2016/09
		South Korea		Ansan Mugunghwa	2015/03–2016/12
		South Korea		Sangju Sangmu	2015/11–2017/08
		South Korea	Park Hee-seong	Sangju Sangmu	2015/11–2017/08
		South Korea		Gangwon FC	2016/03–2016/07
		South Korea	Sin Jin-ho	Sangju Sangmu	2016/04–2018/01
		South Korea		Seoul E-Land	2016/07–2016/12

※ In: Transferred from other teams in the middle of the season.
※ Out: Transferred to other teams in the middle of the season.
※ Discharged: Transferred from Sanjgu Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service in the middle of the season (registered in 2016 season).
※ Conscripted: Transferred to Sangju Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service after the end of the season.

Transfers

In

No.	Name	Pos.	Moving from	Type	Window	Period	Fee	Notes
1	Kim Won-sik	MF	Incheon United	Loan return	Winter (after the 2015 season)	N/A	N/A
2	Kim Won-gun	DF	Gangwon FC	Loan return	Winter (after the 2015 season)	N/A	N/A	March 2016, reloan to Gangwon FC
3	Yoo Hyun	GK	Incheon United	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2015-12-22)	N/A	Undisclosed
4	Dejan Damjanović	FW	Beijing Guoan	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2015-12-28)	2 years	Free
5	Cho Chan-ho	MF	Pohang Steelers	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-01-04)	3 years	Free
6	Sin Jin-ho	MF	Pohang Steelers	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-01-04)	1 year	Free
7	Ju Se-jong	MF	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2016-01-08)	2 years	Trade	Kim Hyun-sung↔Ju Se-jong
8	Jung In-whan	DF	Henan Jianye	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-02-04)	2 years	Free
9	Sim Woo-yeon	DF	Seongnam FC	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-02-11)	2 years	Free
10	Kwak Tae-hwi	DF	Al-Hilal	Free transfer (contract expired)	Summer (2016-07-07)	2.5 years	Free
11	Lee Kyu-ro	DF	Seoul E-Land	Transfer	Summer (2016-07-25)	N/A	Undisclosed
12	Kim Won-gun	DF	Gangwon FC	Loan return	Summer (2016-07-28)	N/A	N/A
13	Geum Kyo-jin	DF	Gyeongju KHNP	Free transfer (contract expired)	Summer (2016-07-29)	N/A	Free
14	Choi Hyun-tae	MF	Sangju Sangmu	Return from military service	Summer (2016-09-14)	N/A	N/A

Rookie Free Agent

No.	Name	Pos.	Moving from	Type	Notes
1	Joo Hyung-jun	DF	Pai Chai University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team (2012 Draft)
2	Kim Hak-seung	MF	Dongguk University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team (2012 Draft)
3	Sin Seong-jae	MF	Osan High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
4	Lee Hyeon-gu	FW	Osan High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
5	Jeong Ye-chan	DF	Jungkyung High School	Free agent
6	Lee Min-kyu	MF	Korea University	Free agent
7	Lim Min-hyeok	MF	Suwon Technical High School	Free agent
8	Kim Jeong-hwan	FW	Shingal High School	Free agent
9	Kim Ju-yeong	FW	Jungkyung High School	Free agent

(Univ.) means player who went to university then back to FC Seoul.
(After Univ.) means player who joined FC Seoul after entering university.

Out

No.	Name	Pos.	Moving to	Type	Window	Fee	Notes
1	Moon Ki-han	MF	Bucheon FC 1995	Transfer	Winter (2015-12-29)		Loan finish
2	Cho Min-woo	DF	V-Varen Nagasaki	Transfer	Winter (2016-01-05)
3	Rafael Costa	FW	Ceará Sporting Club	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2016-01-23)	Undisclosed	Loan finish
4	Mauricio Molina	MF	Independiente Medellín	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2015-12-28)
5	Lee Jae-kwon	MF	Daegu FC	Transfer	Winter (2015-12-28)
6	Choi Jung-han	FW	Daegu FC	Transfer	Winter (2015-12-28)
7	Kim Hyun-sung	FW	Busan IPark	Transfer	Winter (2016-01-08)	Trade	Kim Hyun-sung↔Ju Se-jong
8	Jung Jo-gook	FW	Gwangju FC	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-01-11)
9	Kim Min-hyeok	MF	Gwangju FC	Transfer	Winter (2016-01-11)	Undisclosed
10	Jung Seung-yong	DF	Gangwon FC	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-01-12)
11	Kim Yong-dae	GK	Ulsan Hyundai	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-02-11)	Undisclosed
12	Kim Jin-kyu	DF	Muangthong United	Free transfer (contract expired)	Winter (2016-02-12)
13	Yoo Lo-mon	MF		Contract expired	Winter (2016-02-12)
14	Jeong Ye-chan	DF		Withdrawn	During the season (2016-03-18)

Loan & Military service

No.	Name	Pos.	Moving to	Date	Duration	Fee	Notes
1	Lee Woong-hee	DF	Sangju Sangmu	After the 2015 season (15 December 2015)	21 months	N/A	Conscripted
2	Park Hee-seong	FW	Sangju Sangmu	After the 2015 season (15 December 2015)	21 months	N/A	Conscripted
3	Kim Won-gun	DF	Gangwon FC	Winter (23 March 2016)	5 months	Undisclosed	Loan
4	Sin Jin-ho	MF	Sangju Sangmu	During the 2016 season (18 April 2016)	21 months	N/A	Conscripted
5	Sim Sang-min	DF	Seoul E-Land	During the 2016 season (25 July 2016)	5 months	Undisclosed	Loan

Tactics

Tactical analysis

Former manager Choi Yong-soo used a 3–5–2 formation.Hwang Sun-hong used a 4–3–3 formation.

Starting eleven and formation

This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4–3–3 formation.^[1]

Substitutes

References

Web site: FC Seoul 2016 season. Soccerway.com. 27 December 2016.