2007 Pohang Steelers season

The 2007 season is Pohang Steelers' 25th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.

Pohang Steelers

2007 season
Chairman	Kim Hyun-Sik
Manager	Sérgio Farias
K-League	Winner
Korean FA Cup	Runner-up
League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Lee Gwang-Jae (7 goals) All: Lee Gwang-Jae (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	20,875 vs Seongnam (4 November)
Lowest home attendance	1,074 vs Jeonbuk (9 May)
Average home league attendance	5,949
Home colours Away colours

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	Kwon Jung-Hyuk
2	MF	KOR	Choi Hyo-Jin
3	DF	KOR	Kim Gwang-Seok
4	DF	KOR	Lee Chang-Won
5	DF	KOR	Kim Sung-Keun
6	MF	KOR	Kim Gi-Dong
7	MF	KOR	Oh Seung-Bum
8	MF	KOR	Hwang Jin-Sung
9	MF	KOR	Hwang Ji-Soo
10	FW	BRA	Tavares
11	MF	KOR	Choi Jong-Bum
12	MF	KOR	Park Hee-Chul
13	MF	KOR	Shin Kwang-Hoon
15	FW	BRA	Jonhes
16	MF	KOR	Choi Tae-Uk
17	MF	KOR	Lee Gwang-Jae
18	FW	KOR	Ko Gi-Gu

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	KOR	Park Won-Jae
20	FW	BRA	Schwenck
21	GK	KOR	Shin Hwa-Yong
22	DF	KOR	Lee Won-Jae
23	FW	KOR	Cha Chul-Ho
24	DF	KOR	Hwang Jae-Won
25	MF	KOR	Kim Yoon-Sik
26	DF	KOR	Kim Soo-Yeon
27	MF	KOR	Kim Myung-Joong
28	MF	KOR	Ohn Byung-Hoon
29	MF	KOR	Lee Tae-Young
31	GK	KOR	Jung Sung-Ryong
32	DF	KOR	Lee Seung-Yeul
33	MF	KOR	Go Seul-Ki
35	MF	KOR	Lee Sung-Jae
37	DF	KOR	Cho Sung-Hwan
41	GK	KOR	Kim Hyun-Bum

K-League

Regular season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
4 March	Incheon United	A	1 – 0	Ko Gi-Gu 10'	24,772	4th
10 March	Gyeongnam FC	A	3 – 1	Lee Gwang-Jae 31', 66', Hwang Jae-Won 61'	17,826	1st
17 March	Daejeon Citizen	H	1 – 1	Kim Gi-Dong 41'	10,042	3rd
1 April	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	A	2 – 1	Choi Hyo-Jin 4', Park Won-Jae 67'	6,943	2nd
7 April	Busan I'Park	H	0 – 1		4,528	3rd
15 April	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	1 – 1	Hwang Jin-Sung 32'	7,832	2nd
22 April	FC Seoul	H	0 – 0		12,596	2nd
29 April	Daegu FC	H	1 – 3	Kim Gi-Dong 29'	5,084	4th
5 May	Chunnam Dragons	A	1 – 2	own goal 36'	13,800	8th
13 May	Jeju United	H	0 – 1		5,077	10th
19 May	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	A	1 – 0	Kim Gi-Dong 0:40'	3,542	5th
26 May	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	H	0 – 0		12,106	6th
16 June	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	A	0 – 0		8,217	7th
8 August	Gyeongnam FC	H	2 – 1	Kim Gi-Dong 5', Schwenck 12'	2,240	6th
12 August	Daejeon Citizen	A	0 – 3		13,097	8th
15 August	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	H	1 – 3	Jonhes 86'	5,287	9th
18 August	Busan I'Park	A	2 – 1	Lee Gwang-Jae 72', own goal 75'	4,765	5th
25 August	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	2 – 1	Schwenck 3', Hwang Ji-Soo 55'	11,097	6th
29 August	FC Seoul	A	0 – 3		12,013	7th
1 September	Daegu FC	A	2 – 2	Tavares 53', Kim Soo-Yeon 64'	2,537	7th
15 September	Chunnam Dragons	H	1 – 0	Oh Seung-Bum 8'	1,735	5th
23 September	Jeju United	A	0 – 2		2,064	7th
29 September	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	H	2 – 1	Tavares 40', Jonhes 75'	5,396	5th
6 October	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	0 – 1		26,123	7th
10 October	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	H	1 – 0	Jonhes 21'	3,685	6th
14 October	Incheon United	H	3 – 2	Lee Gwang-Jae 12', Jonhes 29', Schwenck 81'	4,074	5th

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
4	Gyeongnam FC	26	13	4	9	41	31	+10	43
5	Pohang Steelers	26	11	6	9	27	31	−2	39
6	Daejeon Citizen	26	10	7	9	34	27	+7	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

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
20 October	First Round	Gyeongnam FC	A	1 – 1 (4–3p)	Lee Gwang-Jae 68'	8,965
28 October	Second Round	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	A	2 – 1	Hwang Jae-Won 34', Lee Gwang-Jae 76'	31,783
31 October	Semifinal	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	1 – 0	Park Won-Jae 86'	33,824
4 November	Final 1st leg	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	3 – 1	Park Won-Jae 31', Ko Gi-Gu 73', Lee Gwang-Jae 74'	20,875
11 November	Final 2nd leg	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	1 – 0	Schwenck 43'	18,924

Korean FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
12 June	Round 1	Konkuk University	H	4 – 1	Choi Tae-Uk 16', 73', Lee Gwang-Jae 54', Kim Gwang-Seok 55'
1 August	Round of 16	Goyang Kookmin Bank	A	2 – 2 (4–2p)	Lee Chang-Won 60', Hwang Jae-Won 70'
18 September	Quarterfinal	Ulsan Mipo Dockyard	A	2 – 0	Hwang Jae-Won 31', Lee Gwang-Jae 64'
3 October	Semifinal	Jeju United	H	2 – 1	Tavares 10', Jonhes 57'
25 November	Final 1st leg	Chunnam Dragons	A	2 – 3	Tavares 24' (p), Kim Gwang-Seok 50'
2 December	Final 2nd leg	Chunnam Dragons	H	1 – 3	Hwang Jin-Sung 48'

League Cup

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
14 March	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	A	0 – 0		3,837	3rd
21 March	Jeju United	H	1 – 0	Hwang Jin-Sung 61' (pen.)	3,128	2nd
4 April	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	A	1 – 3	Kim Soo-Yeon 75'	3,327	4th
11 April	Daegu FC	H	0 – 0		2,352	5th
18 April	Incheon United	H	1 – 2	Tavares 43'	1,137	5th
25 April	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	H	0 – 2		1,527	6th
2 May	Jeju United	A	0 – 0		2,140	6th
9 May	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	H	0 – 0		1,074	6th
16 May	Daegu FC	A	3 – 1	Lee Won-Jae 46', Choi Hyo-Jin 74', Shin Kwang-Hoon 82'	2,583	4th
23 May	Incheon United	A	2 – 2	Choi Hyo-Jin 89', Choi Tae-Uk 90'	9,326	5th

Group A

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	10	3	3	4	9	10	−1	12
5	Pohang Steelers	10	2	5	3	8	10	−2	11
6	Jeju United	10	2	2	6	4	9	−5	8

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

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total			Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Total	Goals
1	GK	Kwon Jung-Hyuk	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	2	0	0	0
2	MF	Choi Hyo-Jin	16 (2)	1	3 (1)	0	5 (3)	2	24 (6)	30	3	6	0
3	DF	Kim Gwang-Seok	8 (3)	0	3 (2)	2	4 (1)	0	15 (6)	21	2	2	0
4	DF	Lee Chang-Won	15 (4)	0	3	1	3	0	21 (4)	25	1	3	1
5	DF	Kim Sung-Keun	19 (1)	0	4	0	2 (1)	0	25 (2)	27	0	5	0
6	MF	Kim Gi-Dong	30	4	6	0	4 (2)	0	40 (2)	42	4	3	0
7	MF	Oh Seung-Bum	9 (17)	1	2 (3)	0	7 (2)	0	18 (22)	40	1	3	0
8	MF	Hwang Jin-Sung	7 (10)	1	0 (2)	1	5 (1)	1	12 (13)	25	3	2	0
9	MF	Hwang Ji-Soo	26	1	5	0	5	0	36 (0)	36	1	6	0
10	FW	Tavares	27 (1)	2	6	2	6 (1)	1	39 (2)	41	5	1	1
11	MF	Choi Jong-Bum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Park Hee-Chul	4	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	5 (1)	6	0	1	0
13	MF	Shin Kwang-Hoon	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	1	3 (4)	7	1	3	0
14	DF	Oh Bum-Seok	8 (3)	0	1	0	5	0	14 (3)	17	0	6	1
15	FW	Mauricio Fernandes	2 (1)	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	6 (2)	8	0	3	0
15	FW	Jonhes	12 (2)	4	1	1	0	0	13 (2)	15	5	1	0
16	MF	Choi Tae-Uk	4 (9)	0	2 (3)	2	3 (2)	1	9 (14)	23	3	0	0
17	FW	Lee Gwang-Jae	8 (16)	7	2 (3)	2	2 (3)	0	12 (22)	34	9	4	0
18	FW	Ko Gi-Gu	12 (6)	2	3	0	4 (1)	0	19 (7)	26	2	2	0
19	MF	Park Won-Jae	20 (2)	3	4 (1)	0	3	0	27 (3)	30	3	2	0
20	FW	Frontini	3	0	0	0	4 (2)	0	7 (2)	9	0	1	0
20	FW	Schwenck	16 (1)	4	5	0	0	0	21 (1)	22	4	5	0
21	GK	Shin Hwa-Yong	17 (1)	0	3	0	8	0	28 (1)	29	0	2	0
22	DF	Lee Won-Jae	0	0	0	0	5	1	5 (0)	5	1	0	0
23	FW	Cha Chul-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Hwang Jae-Won	28	2	5	2	4	0	37 (0)	37	4	4	0
25	MF	Kim Yoon-Sik	4 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	3 (1)	0	7 (6)	13	0	1	0
26	DF	Kim Soo-Yeon	7	1	0	0	6	1	13 (0)	13	2	6	0
27	MF	Kim Myung-Joong	1 (3)	0	0	0	6 (1)	0	7 (4)	11	0	3	0
28	MF	Ohn Byung-Hoon	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	1	0	1	0
29	DF	Lee Tae-Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Jung Sung-Ryong	14	0	3	0	2	0	19 (0)	19	0	1	0
32	DF	Lee Seung-Yeul	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	1	0	0	0
33	MF	Go Seul-Ki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	Lee Sung-Jae	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	Cho Sung-Hwan	21	0	4	0	6	0	31 (0)	31	0	8	1
41	GK	Kim Hyun-Bum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Source
17 November 2006	MF	Choi Jong-Bum	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	[1] (in Korean)
17 November 2006	FW	Cha Chul-Ho	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
17 November 2006	DF	Kim Gwang-Seok	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
28 November 2006	GK	Kwon Jung-Hyuk	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	[2] (in Korean)
20 December 2006	MF	Choi Hyo-Jin	Incheon United	[3] (in Korean)
22 December 2006	DF	Lee Seung-Yeul	Halla University	[4] (in Korean)
12 January 2007	DF	Mauricio Fernandes	SC Braga	[5] (in Korean)
22 January 2007	FW	Lee Gwang-Jae	Chunnam Dragons	[6] (in Korean)
29 June 2007	FW	Schwenck	Beitar Jerusalem F.C.	[7] (in Korean)
30 July 2007	FW	Jonhes	Brasiliense	[8] (in Korean)

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Source
20 December 2006	MF	Kim Tae-Won	Incheon United	[9] (in Korean)
23 January 2007	FW	Lee Dong-Gook	Middlesbrough F.C.	[10]
29 June 2007	FW	Frontini	Released	[11] (in Korean)
29 June 2007	DF	Mauricio Fernandes	Released

Loan Out

Date	Pos.	Name	Moving To	End	Source
1 August 2007	MF	Oh Bum-Seok	Yokohama FC	December 2007	[12] (in Korean)