2008 Pohang Steelers season

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Pohang Steelers
2008 season
ChairmanSouth Korea Kim Hyun-Sik
ManagerBrazil Sérgio Farias
K-League5th
Korean FA CupWinner
League CupSemifinal
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevo
Denilson
Namgung Do (All 6 goals)
All:
Denilson (8 goals)
Highest home attendance17,288 vs Suwon
(26 October)
Lowest home attendance4,571 vs Bình Dương
(21 May)
Average home league attendance10,751
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The 2008 season is Pohang Steelers' 26th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.

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 South Korea KOR Shin Hwa-Yong
2 MF South Korea KOR Choi Hyo-Jin
3 DF South Korea KOR Kim Gwang-Seok
4 DF South Korea KOR Lee Chang-Won
6 MF South Korea KOR Kim Gi-Dong
7 MF South Korea KOR Kim Jae-Sung
8 MF South Korea KOR Hwang Jin-Sung
9 MF South Korea KOR Hwang Ji-Soo
10 FW Brazil BRA Denilson
11 MF South Korea KOR Choi Jong-Bum
12 MF South Korea KOR Park Hee-Chul
14 DF South Korea KOR Kim Hyung-Il
16 MF South Korea KOR Kim Jung-Kyum
17 MF South Korea KOR Lee Gwang-Jae
18 FW South Korea KOR Namgung Do
19 MF South Korea KOR Park Won-Jae
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK South Korea KOR Song Dong-Jin
22 DF South Korea KOR Jang Hyun-Kyu
23 FW South Korea KOR Yoo Chang-Hyun
24 DF South Korea KOR Hwang Jae-Won
25 MF South Korea KOR Shin Hyung-Min
26 DF South Korea KOR Kim Soo-Yeon
27 MF South Korea KOR Cho Han-Bum
28 MF South Korea KOR Song Chang-Ho
29 MF South Korea KOR Lee Tae-Young
30 MF South Korea KOR Lee Sung-Jae
31 GK South Korea KOR Kim Jee-Hyuk
33 MF South Korea KOR Noh Byung-Joon
35 MF South Korea KOR Kim Yoon-Sik
36 MF South Korea KOR Kim Ji-min
37 DF South Korea KOR Cho Sung-Hwan
99 FW North Macedonia MKD Stevica Ristić (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai)

K-League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
8 March Chunnam Dragons H 2 – 1[permanent dead link] Kim Gwang-Seok 26', Namgung Do 90+3' 15,121 1st
15 March Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i A 0 – 3[permanent dead link] 22,676 8th
29 March Incheon United H 1 – 2[permanent dead link] Denilson 90+1' 8,862 10th
6 April Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors A 1 – 1[permanent dead link] Kim Gi-Dong 73' 9,823 10th
13 April Daejeon Citizen H 0 – 0[permanent dead link] 9,641 9th
19 April Daegu FC H 3 – 0[permanent dead link] Namgung Do 16', Hwang Jae-Won 30', Noh Byung-Joon 70' 7,517 7th
26 April Busan I'Park A 2 – 1[permanent dead link] Shin Hyung-Min 80', Park Won-Jae 90' 7,775 4th
3 May Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma A 3 – 2[permanent dead link] Park Won-Jae 21', Kim Jae-Sung 25', Own goal 71' 7,282 4th
11 May Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix H 3 – 1[permanent dead link] Denilson 10', 51', Choi Hyo-Jin 89' 10,511 4th
17 May Gyeongnam FC H 3 – 1[permanent dead link] Namgung Do 34', Denilson 63', 65' 14,326 2nd
24 May Suwon Samsung Bluewings A 0 – 1[permanent dead link] 38,239 3rd
28 June Jeju United H 0 – 1[permanent dead link] 5,805 4th
5 July FC Seoul A 1 – 4[permanent dead link] Hwang Jin-Sung 52' 18,233 5th
12 July Chunnam Dragons A 0 – 2[permanent dead link] 10,803 6th
19 July Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i H 3 – 1[permanent dead link] Denilson 14, Stevo 29', Jang Hyun-Kyu 54' 11,374 4th
23 August Incheon United A 1 – 2[permanent dead link] Namgung Do 89' 5,872 5th
30 August Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors H 1 – 1[permanent dead link] Stevo 14' 12,151 6th
13 September Daegu FC A 4 – 1[permanent dead link] Kim Jae-Sung 4', Kim Gi-Dong 48', Park Won-Jae 75', Namgung Do 90' 7,285 6th
20 September Busan I'Park H 3 – 2[permanent dead link] Hwang Jin-Sung 3', Choi Hyo-Jin 44', Stevo 58' 13,671 5th
27 September Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma H 2 – 1[permanent dead link] Noh Byung-Joon 77', Shin Hyung-Min 83' 13,984 5th
5 October Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix A 1 – 1[permanent dead link] Park Won-Jae 57' 16,820 5th
18 October Gyeongnam FC A 4 – 3[permanent dead link] Namgung Do 31', Stevo 75', 76', Noh Byung-Joon 87' 17,293 4th
26 October Suwon Samsung Bluewings H 0 – 0[permanent dead link] 17,288 5th
29 October Daejeon Citizen A 3 – 0[permanent dead link] Kim Gi-Dong 42', Shin Hyung-Min 65', Cho Sung-Hwan 77' 15,824 5th
2 November Jeju United A 1 – 0[permanent dead link] Noh Byung-Joon 65' 4,416 5th
9 November FC Seoul H 1 – 2[permanent dead link] Stevo 90' 13,289 5th
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 26 14 7 5 39 26 +13 49
5 Pohang Steelers 26 13 5 8 43 34 +9 44
6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26 11 4 11 39 37 +2 37

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Play-off[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
20 August First Round Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i A 0 – 0 (2–4p)[permanent dead link] 9,480

Korean FA Cup[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
20 August Round of 16 Chunnam Dragons A 1 – 0 Noh Byung-Joon 89'
5 November Quarterfinal Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma H 1 – 1 (8–7p) Namgung Do 82'
18 December Semifinal Daegu FC N 2 – 0 Hwang Jae-Won 42', Lee Gwang-Jae 82'
21 December Final Gyeongnam FC N 2 – 0 Hwang Jin-Sung 3', Kim Jae-Sung 78'

League Cup[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
1 October Quarterfinal Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma A 1 – 0[permanent dead link] Noh Byung-Joon 29' 7,825
8 October Semifinal Suwon Samsung Bluewings A 0 – 0 (2–3p)[permanent dead link] 16,321

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance Group
position
12 March Adelaide United H 0 – 2 8,436 4th
19 March Bình Dương A 4 – 1 Denilson 49' (pen.), 58' (pen.), Kim Jae-Sung 56', Choi Hyo-Jin 64' 12,000 3rd
9 April Changchun Yatai A 0 – 1 18,000 3rd
23 April Changchun Yatai H 2 – 2 Hwang Jae-Won 64', Hwang Jin-Sung 90' 5,468 3rd
7 May Adelaide United A 0 – 1 11,805 3rd
21 May Bình Dương H 0 – 0 4,571 3rd
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Adelaide United 6 4 2 0 9 2 7 14
China Changchun Yatai 6 3 3 0 10 3 7 12
South Korea Pohang Steelers 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5
Vietnam Bình Dương 6 0 1 5 4 17 −13 1

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Asia Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Total Goals
1 GK South Korea Shin Hwa-Yong 8 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 6 0 15 (1) 16 0 0 0
2 MF South Korea Choi Hyo-Jin 25 2 4 0 1 0 4 1 34 (0) 34 3 5 0
3 DF South Korea Kim Gwang-Seok 18 (2) 1 1 0 0 (1) 0 5 0 24 (3) 27 1 6 0
4 DF South Korea Lee Chang-Won 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 (0) 9 0 2 0
6 MF South Korea Kim Gi-Dong 17 (1) 3 2 0 0 (1) 0 3 (1) 0 22 (3) 25 3 2 1
7 MF South Korea Kim Jae-Sung 13 (11) 2 2 (1) 1 2 0 3 (1) 1 20 (13) 33 4 9 0
8 MF South Korea Hwang Jin-Sung 16 (6) 2 2 (1) 1 1 (1) 0 2 (1) 1 21 (9) 30 4 4 0
9 MF South Korea Hwang Ji-Soo 23 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 32 (0) 32 0 4 0
10 FW Brazil Denilson 19 6 2 0 0 0 4 2 25 (0) 25 8 6 0
11 MF South Korea Choi Jong-Bum 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 (0) 2 0 0 0
12 MF South Korea Park Yoon-Hwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF South Korea Park Hee-Chul 3 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 4 (3) 7 0 1 0
13 MF South Korea Shin Kwang-Hoon 0 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 (4) 6 0 1 0
14 FW South Korea Kwon Jip 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 (0) 2 0 0 0
14 DF South Korea Kim Hyung-Il 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 (0) 4 0 2 0
15 FW Brazil Clodoaldo 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 3 (1) 4 0 1 0
16 MF South Korea Park Won-Jae 23 (2) 4 3 (1) 0 1 0 3 0 30 (3) 33 4 6 2
16 MF South Korea Kim Jung-Kyum 2 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 4 0 0 0
17 FW South Korea Lee Gwang-Jae 2 (6) 0 0 (2) 1 0 (1) 0 2 (2) 0 4 (11) 15 1 2 0
18 FW South Korea Namgung Do 11 (13) 6 1 (2) 1 0 (1) 0 3 0 15 (16) 31 7 4 0
19 FW South Korea Lee Sung-Jae 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 (3) 3 0 1 0
20 MF Brazil Fabiano Gadelha 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (5) 0 1 (5) 6 0 0 0
21 GK South Korea Song Dong-Jin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF South Korea Jang Hyun-Kyu 19 (1) 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 27 (1) 28 1 3 0
23 FW South Korea Yoo Chang-Hyun 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 2 0 0 0
24 DF South Korea Hwang Jae-Won 17 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 23 (0) 23 3 4 1
25 MF South Korea Shin Hyung-Min 15 (2) 3 2 (1) 0 2 0 2 (2) 0 21 (5) 26 3 5 0
26 DF South Korea Kim Soo-Yeon 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 (0) 3 0 1 0
27 MF South Korea Cho Han-Bum 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 2 (2) 4 0 1 0
28 MF South Korea Song Chang-Ho 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 (0) 2 0 0 0
29 DF South Korea Lee Tae-Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK South Korea Kim Jee-Hyuk 19 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 24 (0) 24 0 1 0
32 DF South Korea Lee Seung-Yeul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF South Korea Noh Byung-Joon 7 (12) 4 1 (3) 1 1 (1) 1 0 0 9 (16) 25 6 1 0
35 MF South Korea Kim Yoon-Sik 0 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 3 0 0 0
36 MF South Korea Kim Ji-min 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 1 0 0 0
37 DF South Korea Cho Sung-Hwan 16 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 26 (0) 26 1 9 1
99 FW North Macedonia Stevica Ristić (loan in) 9 (3) 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 (3) 17 6 1 0

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. Name From Source
15 November 2007 MF South Korea Shin Hyung-Min South Korea Hongik University [1] (in Korean)
15 November 2007 FW South Korea Yoo Chang-Hyun South Korea Daegu University
15 November 2007 MF South Korea Cho Han-Bum South Korea Chung-Ang University
15 November 2007 MF South Korea Song Chang-Ho South Korea Dong-A University
3 December 2007 FW Brazil Denilson South Korea Daejeon Citizen [2] (in Korean)
10 December 2007 MF South Korea Kwon Jip South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [3] (in Korean)
10 December 2007 MF South Korea Kim Jung-Kyum South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
11 December 2007 FW South Korea Namgung Do South Korea Chunnam Dragons [4] (in Korean)
18 December 2007 FW Brazil Fabiano Brazil Marília Atlético Clube [5] (in Korean)
28 December 2007 DF South Korea Jang Hyun-Kyu South Korea Daejeon Citizen [6] (in Korean)
7 January 2008 MF South Korea Kim Jae-Sung South Korea Jeju United [7] (in Korean)
30 January 2008 MF South Korea Park Yoon-Hwa South Korea Daegu FC [8] (in Korean)
29 February 2008 GK South Korea Kim Jee-Hyuk South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i [9][permanent dead link] (in Korean)
7 March 2008 FW South Korea Noh Byung-Joon Free Agent
11 July 2008 MF South Korea Park Hee-Chul South Korea Gyeongnam FC [10] (in Korean)
29 July 2008 DF South Korea Kim Hyung-Il South Korea Daejeon Citizen [11] (in Korean)
Loan in
Date Pos. Name Moving From End Source
22 January 2008 FW Brazil Aldo Brazil Corinthians December 2009 [12] (in Korean)
4 July 2008 FW North Macedonia Stevica Ristić South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors December 2010 [13] (in Korean)

Out[edit]

Date Pos. Name To Source
26 November 2007 MF South Korea Kim Myung-Joong South Korea Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix [14] (in Korean)
26 November 2007 MF South Korea Go Seul-Ki South Korea Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
3 December 2007 FW Brazil Schwenck Brazil Goiás Esporte Clube [15] (in Korean)
10 December 2007 MF South Korea Kim Sung-Keun South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [16] (in Korean)
10 December 2007 MF South Korea Choi Tae-Uk South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
11 December 2007 FW South Korea Ko Ki-Gu South Korea Chunnam Dragons [17] (in Korean)
7 January 2008 MF South Korea Oh Seung-Bum South Korea Jeju United [18] (in Korean)
9 January 2008 MF Brazil Tavares Brazil Sport Club Internacional [19] (in Korean)
14 January 2008 MF South Korea Ohn Byung-Hoon South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [20][permanent dead link] (in Korean)
14 January 2008 DF South Korea Lee Won-Jae South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
22 January 2008 FW Brazil Jonhes Release [21] (in Korean)
18 February 2008 GK South Korea Cha Chul-Ho South Korea Ulsan Mipo Dockyard [22] (in Korean)
29 February 2008 GK South Korea Jung Sung-Ryong South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [23] (in Korean)
February 2008 GK South Korea Kwon Jung-Hyuk South Korea FC Seoul
June 2008 FW Brazil Aldo Brazil Náutico
June 2008 FW Brazil Fabiano Brazil Náutico
11 July 2008 MF South Korea Park Yoon-Hwa South Korea Gyeongnam FC [24] (in Korean)
29 July 2008 MF South Korea Kwon Jip South Korea Daejeon Citizen [25] (in Korean)
GK South Korea Kim Hyun-Bum ?
Loan out
Date Pos. Name Moving To End Source
4 July 2008 MF South Korea Shin Kwang-Hoon South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors December 2010 [26] (in Korean)

References[edit]

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