2020 Ulsan Hyundai FC season explained

Club:	Ulsan Hyundai
Season:	2020
Chairman:	Chung Mong-joon
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Manager:	Kim Do-hoon
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Stadium:	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Stdtitle:	Stadium
League:	K League 1
League Result:	2nd
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Júnior Negrão (26)
Season Topscorer:	Júnior Negrão (35)
Highest Attendance:	All: 3,350 (11 February vs. FC Tokyo) League: 6,973 (25 October vs. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
Lowest Attendance:	League: 2,659 (8 August vs. Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
Largest Win:	League/All: 1–5 (25 July vs. Sangju Sangmu)
Largest Loss:	League/All: 4–0 (18 October vs. Pohang Steelers)
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Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2021

The 2020 season was Ulsan Hyundai FC's 37th season in the K League 1 in South Korea. Ulsan Hyundai competed K League 1, FA Cup, AFC Champions League. Ulsan Hyundai played their first match on 9 May after the league was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Kits

Supplier: Hummel / Sponsor: 태화강 국가정원 현대오일뱅크 프리미엄 선박유 HYUNDAI S-T☆R / Rear sponsor: 현대중공업 현대건설기계 / Sleeve Partner: HYUNDAI S-T☆R ULSAN / Champions League Partner: Hyundai Oilbank

Management team

style=background:#014ea0;color:#FFFFFF	Position	style=background:#014ea0;color:#FFFFFF	Name
Head coach	Kim Do-hoon
Assistant head coach	Myung Jae-yong
Assistant coaches	Kim In-soo
	Byun Jae-sub
Goalkeeper coach	Kim Bum-soo
Fitness Coach	Tsukoshi Tomo
Individual Coach	Lee In-cheol
	Jeong Seong-deok
	Lee Won-bin
Video Analyst	Kim Young-kwang
Scouter	Kim Young-ki

Squad

Current squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Jo Su-huk		GK	1987 3, df=yes
21	Jo Hyeon-woo		GK	1991 9, df=yes
25	Seo Ju-hwan		GK	1999 6, df=yes
88	Min Dong-hwan		GK	2001 1, df=yes
Defenders
2	Jeong Dong-ho		DF	1990 3, df=yes
3	Davidson		DF	1991 6, df=yes
4	Bulthuis		DF	1990 6, df=yes
5	Kim Min-duk		DF	1996 7, df=yes
6	Park Joo-ho		DF	1987 1, df=yes
15	Jung Seung-hyun (3rd C)		DF	1994 4, df=yes
23	Kim Tae-hwan (VC)		DF	1989 7, df=yes
26	Cho Hyun-taek		DF	2001 8, df=yes
32	Hong Chul		DF	1990 9, df=yes
44	Kim Kee-hee		DF	1989 7, df=yes
45	Lee Gi-un		DF	1997 2, df=yes
66	Seol Young-woo		DF	1998 12, df=yes
Midfielders
8	Sin Jin-ho (C)		MF	1988 9, df=yes
10	Yoon Bit-garam		MF	1990 5, df=yes
14	Lee Dong-gyeong		MF	1997 11, df=yes
16	Won Du-jae		MF	1997 11, df=yes
17	Kim Sung-joon		MF	1988 4, df=yes
22	Koh Myong-jin		MF	1988 1, df=yes
24	Lee Hyeon-seung		MF	2000 6, df=yes
27	Jang Jae-won		MF	1998 4, df=yes
33	Park Ha-bean		MF	1997 4, df=yes
72	Lee Chung-yong		MF	1988 7, df=yes
98	Lee Sang-heon (4th C)		MF	1998 2, df=yes
Forwards
7	Kim In-sung		FW	1989 9, df=yes
9	Júnior		FW	1986 12, df=yes
11	Lee Keun-ho		FW	1985 4, df=yes
13	Kim Min-jun		FW	2000 2, df=yes
19	Bjørn Johnsen		FW	1991 11, df=yes
29	Lee Hyeong-kyeong		FW	1998 5, df=yes
30	Jung Hoon-sung		FW	1994 2, df=yes
99	Park Jeong-in		FW	2000 10, df=yes

Transfers

Released

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Notes	Ref.
7 January 2020	FW				Released	^[2]
15 January 2020	DF				Released	^[3]
27 January 2020	DF				Released	^[4]
8 February 2020	GK				Released	^[5]
12 February 2020	MF				Released	^[6]
15 February 2020	DF				Released	^[7]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
9 December 2019	MF
9 December 2019	FW
4 January 2020	GK
9 January 2020	DF
9 January 2020	MF
16 January 2020	DF
29 January 2020	DF
25 June 2020	DF
25 June 2020	DF
2 July 2020	FW

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 December 2019	MF				Free transfer
3 January 2020	MF				Undisclosed
3 January 2020	DF				Undisclosed
6 January 2020	FW				€1.000.000
7 January 2020	FW				Undisclosed
20 January 2020	GK				Free transfer
31 January 2020	MF				Free transfer
25 February 2020	DF				Free transfer	^[8]
3 March 2020	MF				Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2020	DF				€487.500

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 December 2019	MF				Loan return
31 December 2019	MF				Loan return
1 January 2020	FW				Undisclosed
7 January 2020	DF				Undisclosed
9 January 2020	FW				Undisclosed
10 January 2020	GK				Undisclosed
13 January 2020	MF				Undisclosed
6 February 2020	FW				€430.000

Competitions

K League 1

See main article: 2020 K League 1.

Matches

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

FA Cup

See main article: 2020 Korean FA Cup.

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2020 AFC Champions League.

Ulsan Hyundai qualified for the Champions League group stage as the runners-up of the 2019 K League 1 season.^[10] They were drawn in Group F with FC Tokyo, Perth Glory and Shanghai Shenhua.^[11] As the group winners, they advanced to the knockout stage, where they eliminated Melbourne Victory in the round of 16, Beijing FC in the quarter-finals, and Vissel Kobe in the semi-finals, respectively.^[12] In the final, held on 19 December 2020 in Al Wakrah, Qatar, they defeated Iranian side Persepolis 2–1 with a brace by Júnior Negrão to win their second Champions League title, and first since 2012.^[13]

Knockout stage

See main article: 2020 AFC Champions League knockout stage.

Final

Statistics

Appearances

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| A player who left the club on loan during the season.|}

Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

width=10		width=10		width=10		width=180	Player	width=50	K League 1	width=50	FA Cup	width=50	Champions League	width=50	Total
1	FW	9	align=left		26	2	7	35
2	FW	19		5	1	3	11
3	MF	10		4	2	4	10
4	FW	7		4	1	2	7
5	MF	72		4	1	0	5
6	MF	14		2	1	0	3
7	DF	15		2	0	0	2
8	MF	98		1	0	1	2
	MF	8		1	0	0	1
	FW	30		1	0	0	1
	DF	23		1	0	0	1
	DF	44		0	0	1	1
	FW	99		0	0	1	1
	MF	16		0	0	1	1
Own Goals				3	0	1	4
TOTALS				54	8	19	81

Goal assists

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

width=10		width=10		width=10		width=180	Player	width=50	K League 1	width=50	FA Cup	width=50	Champions League	width=50	Total
1	FW	7	align=left		5	1	2	8
2	DF	23	align=left		4	2	0	6
3	MF	8	align=left		3	0	2	5
4	DF	32	align=left		4	0	0	4
	MF	10	align=left		0	1	3	4
5	MF	72	align=left		3	0	0	3
	FW	11	align=left		3	0	0	3
	FW	9	align=left		2	0	1	3
6	MF	22	align=left		2	0	0	2
	FW	19	align=left		1	0	1	2
	MF	16	align=left		1	0	1	2
	FW	30	align=left		0	0	2	2
7	DF	44	align=left		1	0	0	1
	DF	6		1	0	0	1
	DF	66	align=left		1	0	0	1
	MF	14	align=left		1	0	0	1
	FW	99	align=left		1	0	0	1
	MF	98	align=left		0	0	1	1
TOTALS				33	4	13	50

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

width=10		width=10		width=200	Player	width=50	K League 1	width=50	FA Cup	width=50	Champions League	Total
1	21		11	2	0	13
2	1		0	0	3	3
TOTALS			11	2	3	16

Hat-tricks

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Disciplinary record

Notes and References

1. News: K League 1 will kick off on 8 May . K League . K League . 7 May 2020 .
2. Kim Su-an joined Seoul E-Land in January 2020.
3. Lee Ji-hoon joined Suwon FC in January 2020.
4. Park Jae-min joined Daejeon Korail in January 2020.
5. Park Suk-min joined Hwaseong FC in January 2020.
6. Lee Ji-seung joined Busan IPark in February 2020.
7. Kang Min-soo joined Busan IPark in February 2020.
8. Web site: Mondello . Joseph . 25 February 2020 . Seattle Sounders defender Kim Kee-hee signs with Ulsan Hyundai . 27 June 2020 . Seattle Sounders FC.
9. Web site: 4 March 2020 . Lee verlässt Bochum mit sofortiger Wirkung . 27 June 2020 . . de-DE.
10. Web site: K League 1 2019 Championship – 5. Round . worldfootball.net . 5 February 2023 . en.
11. Web site: AFC Champions League 2020 – Group F . worldfootball.net . 5 February 2023 . en.
12. Web site: Ulsan Hyundai – Fixtures & Results 2019/2020 . worldfootball.net . 5 February 2023 . en.
13. Web site: Ulsan Hyundai FC win AFC Champions League title . . 5 February 2023 . en . 19 December 2020.