2007 Pohang Steelers season

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
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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.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kwon Jung-Hyuk 2 MF Choi Hyo-Jin 3 DF Kim Gwang-Seok 4 DF Lee Chang-Won 5 DF Kim Sung-Keun 6 MF Kim Gi-Dong 7 MF Oh Seung-Bum 8 MF Hwang Jin-Sung 9 MF Hwang Ji-Soo 10 FW Tavares 11 MF Choi Jong-Bum 12 MF Park Hee-Chul 13 MF Shin Kwang-Hoon 15 FW Jonhes 16 MF Choi Tae-Uk 17 MF Lee Gwang-Jae 18 FW Ko Gi-Gu

No. Position Player 19 MF Park Won-Jae 20 FW Schwenck 21 GK Shin Hwa-Yong 22 DF Lee Won-Jae 23 FW Cha Chul-Ho 24 DF Hwang Jae-Won 25 MF Kim Yoon-Sik 26 DF Kim Soo-Yeon 27 MF Kim Myung-Joong 28 MF Ohn Byung-Hoon 29 MF Lee Tae-Young 31 GK Jung Sung-Ryong 32 DF Lee Seung-Yeul 33 MF Go Seul-Ki 35 MF Lee Sung-Jae 37 DF Cho Sung-Hwan 41 GK 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	(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	(Korean)
20 December 2006	MF	Choi Hyo-Jin	Incheon United	(Korean)
22 December 2006	DF	Lee Seung-Yeul	Halla University	(Korean)
12 January 2007	DF	Mauricio Fernandes	SC Braga	(Korean)
22 January 2007	FW	Lee Gwang-Jae	Chunnam Dragons	(Korean)
29 June 2007	FW	Schwenck	Beitar Jerusalem F.C.	(Korean)
30 July 2007	FW	Jonhes	Brasiliense	(Korean)

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Source
20 December 2006	MF	Kim Tae-Won	Incheon United	(Korean)
23 January 2007	FW	Lee Dong-Gook	Middlesbrough F.C.
29 June 2007	FW	Frontini	Released	(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	(Korean)

References