2009 Pohang Steelers season

Pohang Steelers

2009 season
Chairman	Kim Hyun-Sik
Manager	Sérgio Farias
K-League	3rd
Korean FA Cup	Quarterfinal
League Cup	Winner
Champions League	Winner
Club World Cup	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Denilson (8 goals) All: Denilson (21 goals)
Highest home attendance	20,736 vs Busan (September 16)
Lowest home attendance	7,348 vs Jeju (May 9)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2009 season is Pohang Steelers' 27th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup, AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup as winners of the 2009 AFC Champions League.

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 Shin Hwa-Yong 2 MF Choi Hyo-Jin 3 DF Kim Gwang-Seok 4 DF Lee Chang-Won 5 MF Kim Tae-Su 6 MF Kim Gi-Dong 7 MF Kim Jae-Sung 8 MF Hwang Jin-Sung 9 MF Hwang Ji-Soo 10 FW Denilson 11 MF Vaguinho 12 MF Park Hee-Chul 15 DF Cho Hong-Kyu 16 MF Kim Jung-Kyum 17 MF Kim Ba-Woo 18 FW Namgung Do 19 MF Cha Ji-Ho 20 MF Shin Hyung-Min 21 GK Song Dong-Jin 22 FW Noh Byung-Joon

No. Position Player 23 FW Yoo Chang-Hyun 24 Hwang Jae-Won (captain) 25 MF Cho Moon-Sang 26 FW Cho Chan-Ho 27 MF Kim Chang-Hoon 28 MF Song Chang-Ho 30 DF Kazunari Okayama 31 GK Kim Jee-Hyuk 32 DF Kim Hyung-Il 33 MF Song Je-Heon 34 MF Kim Bum-Joon 35 DF Hwang Jae-Hun 36 MF Song Soon-Bo 37 DF Kang Dae-Ho 38 DF Maeng Jin-Oh 39 MF Jung Hyung-Ho 41 GK Kim Dae-Ho 77 FW Kim Myung-Joong 88 FW Go Seul-Ki 99 FW Stevica Ristić (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)

On loan

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

No. Position Player DF Shin Kwang-Hoon (on loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) MF Cho Han-Bum (on loan to Daegu FC)

K-League

Regular season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
7 March	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	3 – 2	Kim Tae-Su 6', Stevo 37', Denilson 85'	23,168	3rd
15 March	Gyeongnam FC	H	1 – 1	Namgung Do 41'	16,382	3rd
22 March	Daegu FC	A	2 – 2	Kim Hyung-Il 8', Kim Chang-Hoon 60'	5,342	5th
4 April	Ulsan Hyundai	H	1 – 1	Kim Gi-Dong 57'	7,815	7th
11 April	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	1 – 3	Kim Jae-Sung 11'	3,829	7th
17 April	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	H	1 – 1	Kim Gi-Dong 45+1'	8,183	7th
1 May	Daejeon Citizen	A	0 – 0		4,549	9th
9 May	Jeju United	H	2 – 2	Denilson 24', 67'	7,348	7th
16 May	FC Seoul	A	0 – 1		7,685	10th
24 May	Busan I'Park	H	1 – 1	Choi Hyo-Jin 26'	8,725	10th
21 June	Incheon United	A	4 – 1	Shin Hyung-Min 13', Yoo Chang-Hyun 43', own goal 45+2', Cho Chan-Ho 49'	2,315	8th
28 June	Chunnam Dragons	H	2 – 1	Yoo Chang-Hyun 6', Kim Tae-Su 38'	11,282	6th
4 July	Gangwon FC	A	2 – 1	Noh Byung-Joon 7', Denilson 90+4'	19,699	6th
11 July	Gwangju Sangmu	H	2 – 1	Kim Gi-Dong 26', Denilson 45'	11,662	5th
18 July	Gyeongnam FC	A	2 – 0	Stevo 1', Yoo Chang-Hyun 90+3'	16,852	4th
25 July	Daegu FC	H	3 – 0	Cho Chan-Ho 47', 80', Denilson 74'	10,220	4th
1 August	Ulsan Hyundai	A	2 – 2	Kim Hyung-Il 40', Yoo Chang-Hyun 76'	12,275	3rd
15 August	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	1 – 1	Noh Byung-Joon 50'	15,637	3rd
22 August	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	A	3 – 1	Yoo Chang-Hyun 43', Kim Tae-Su 69', Shin Hyung-Min 83'	19,546	2nd
6 September	Daejeon Citizen	H	2 – 2	Shin Hyung-Min 40', 81'	10,729	3rd
13 September	Jeju United	A	8 – 1	Kim Tae-Su 5', 80', Yoo Chang-Hyun 9', 60', Stevo 56', 68', Choi Hyo-Jin 76', Hwang Jin-Sung 90'	3,526	3rd
26 September	Busan I'Park	A	2 – 1	Stevo 26', Denilson 70'	4,699	3rd
4 October	Incheon United	H	2 – 2	Stevo 13', Denilson 25'	12,451	3rd
7 October	FC Seoul	H	3 – 2	Stevo 0:22', Kim Jung-Kyum 60', Hwang Jae-Won 90+2'	10,773	3rd
11 October	Chunnam Dragons	A	0 – 1		10,895	3rd
17 October	Gangwon FC	H	1 – 0	Noh Byung-Joon 65'	11,202	3rd
24 October	Gwangju Sangmu	A	3 – 2	Okayama 16', Kim Myung-Joong 42', own goal 70'	6,850	3rd
1 November	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	H	1 – 0	Hwang Jin-Sung 9'	12,164	2nd

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	28	17	6	5	59	33	+26	57
2	Pohang Steelers	28	14	11	3	55	33	+22	53
3	FC Seoul	28	16	5	7	47	27	+20	53

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

Championship

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
29 November	Semifinal	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	0 – 1		16,854

Korean FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
13 May 2009	Round of 32	Hongcheon Idu FC	H	7 – 1	Cho Chan-Ho 12', Stevo 13', 38', 89', Noh Byung-Joon 19', 59, Own goal 28'
1 July 2009	Round of 16	Goyang Kookmin Bank	A	4 – 0	Stevo 40', 54', Kim Gi-Dong 49', 65'
15 July 2009	Quarterfinal	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	1 – 2	Park Hee-Chul 37'

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
8 July 2009	Quarterfinal 1st leg	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	H	3 – 0	Yoo Chang-Hyun 39', 47', Stevo 62'	9,763
22 July 2009	Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	1 – 0	Song Chang-Ho 41'	12,449
19 August 2009	Semifinal 1st leg	FC Seoul	A	1 – 2	Noh Byung-Joon 25'	12,498
26 August 2009	Semifinal 2nd leg	FC Seoul	H	5 – 2	Noh Byung-Joon 46', 84', 90+3', Yoo Chang-Hyun 73', 75'	11,824
2 September 2009	Final 1st leg	Busan I'Park	A	1 – 1	Denilson 76'	12,124
16 September 2009	Final 2nd leg	Busan I'Park	H	5 – 1	Hwang Jin-Sung 6', 56', Denilson 14', Kim Gi-Dong 32', Kim Tae-Su 78'	20,736

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
11 March 2009	Central Coast Mariners	A	0 – 0		6,870	2nd
18 March 2009	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1 – 1	Kim Jae-Sung 12'	7,335	3rd
8 April 2009	Tianjin Teda	H	1 – 0	Hwang Jin-Sung 67'	7,034	2nd
21 April 2009	Tianjin Teda	A	0 – 0		19,831	2nd
5 May 2009	Central Coast Mariners	H	3 – 2	Denilson 8', 71', 88	11,539	2nd
19 May 2009	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2 – 0	Noh Byung-Joon 12', Denilson 72'	13,633	1st

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pohang Steelers	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12
Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Tianjin Teda	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
Central Coast Mariners	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2

Knockout stage

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
24 June 2009	Round of 16	Newcastle United Jets	H	6 – 0	Denilson 9' (pen.), Choi Hyo-Jin 15', 63', 72', Kim Jae-Sung 56', Stevo 85'	15,253
23 September 2009	Quarterfinal 1st leg	FC Bunyodkor	A	1 – 3	Noh Byung-Joon 8'	8,350
30 September 2009	Quarterfinal 2nd leg	FC Bunyodkor	H	4 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Kim Jae-Sung 46', Denilson 56', 77', Stevo 102'	16,252
21 October 2009	Semifinal 1st leg	Umm-Salal	H	2 – 0	Hwang Jae-Won 45+2', Kim Jae-Sung 79'	15,635
28 October 2009	Semifinal 2nd leg	Umm-Salal	A	2 – 1	Stevo 55', Noh Byung-Joon 60'	9,200
7 November 2009	Final	Al-Ittihad	N	2 – 1	Noh Byung-Joon 56', Kim Hyung-Il 65'	25,743

FIFA Club World Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 December 2009	Quarterfinal	TP Mazembe	N	2 – 1	Denilson 50', 78'	9,627
15 December 2009	Semifinal	Estudiantes	N	1 – 2	Denilson 71'	22,626
19 December 2009	Third place match	Atlante	N	1 – 1 (4–3p)	Denilson 42'	13,814

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Playoff		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		World		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Total	Goals
1	GK	Shin Hwa-Yong	19 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	12	0	2	0	40 (1)	41	0
2	MF	Choi Hyo-Jin	20 (1)	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	12	3	3	0	42 (1)	43	5
3	DF	Kim Gwang-Seok	15 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	8 (1)	0	0	0	25 (4)	29	0
4	DF	Lee Chang-Won	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0
5	MF	Kim Tae-Su	16 (5)	5	1	0	0	0	5	1	12	0	3	0	37 (5)	42	6
6	MF	Kim Gi-Dong	17 (3)	3	0	0	1	2	3	1	4 (3)	0	0	0	25 (6)	31	6
7	MF	Kim Jae-Sung	17 (5)	1	1	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	9 (3)	4	2	0	32 (9)	41	5
8	MF	Hwang Jin-Sung	11 (3)	2	0 (1)	0	0	0	3	2	3 (4)	1	0 (1)	0	17 (9)	26	5
9	FW	Hwang Ji-Soo	16 (1)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20 (1)	21	0
10	FW	Denilson	21 (2)	8	1	0	1	0	4	2	11 (1)	7	3	4	41 (3)	44	21
11	FW	Brasília	3 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6 (3)	9	0
11	FW	Vaguinho	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (6)	6	0
12	MF	Park Hee-Chul	9 (1)	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	13 (5)	18	1
13	MF	Cho Han-Bum	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (4)	4	0
14	FW	Lee Gwang-Jae	2 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	5	0
15	DF	Cho Hong-Kyu	4 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	8 (2)	10	0
16	MF	Kim Jung-Kyum	16 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	8 (2)	0	3	0	33 (3)	36	1
17	MF	Kim Ba-Woo	1	0	0	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	3	0
18	FW	Namgung Do	3 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	2	0	6 (4)	10	1
19	MF	Cha Ji-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Shin Hyung-Min	17 (4)	4	1	0	2	0	6	0	11	0	3	0	40 (4)	44	4
21	GK	Song Dong-Jin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (0)	1	0
22	FW	Noh Byung-Joon	8 (13)	3	1	0	1 (1)	2	3 (2)	4	7 (5)	4	3	0	23 (21)	44	13
23	FW	Yoo Chang-Hyun	11 (8)	7	0 (1)	0	2	0	2 (3)	4	1 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	16 (17)	33	11
24	DF	Hwang Jae-Won	16 (1)	1	1	0	1	0	4 (1)	0	8	1	2	0	32 (2)	34	2
25	MF	Cho Moon-Sang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	Cho Chan-Ho	2 (5)	3	0	0	2 (1)	1	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	6 (8)	14	4
27	MF	Kim Chang-Hoon	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12 (0)	12	1
28	MF	Song Chang-Ho	2 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	1	0 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	4 (14)	18	1
29	DF	Lee Su-Hwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Kazunari Okayama	4 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	6 (5)	11	1
31	GK	Kim Jee-Hyuk	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12 (0)	12	0
32	DF	Kim Hyung-Il	23 (1)	2	1	0	3	0	5	0	10	1	3	0	45 (1)	46	3
33	FW	Song Je-Heon	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (4)	5	0
34	MF	Kim Bum-Joon	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0
35	DF	Hwang Jae-Hun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Song Soon-Bo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	Kang Dae-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Maeng Jin-Oh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Jung Hyung-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	Kim Dae-Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	Kim Myung-Joong	1 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	2 (2)	4	1
88	FW	Go Seul-Ki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	1 (2)	3	0
99	FW	Stevica Ristić	15 (4)	7	1	0	2 (1)	5	4	1	7 (2)	3	0	0	29 (7)	36	16

Statistics accurate as of match played 19 December 2009

Top scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	K-League	Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	FIFA Club World Cup	Total
1		10	Denilson	8	0	2	7	4	21
2		99	Stevica Ristić	7	5	1	3	0	16
3		22	Noh Byung-Joon	3	2	4	4	0	13
4		23	Yoo Chang-Hyun	7	0	4	0	0	11
5		5	Kim Tae-Su	5	0	1	0	0	6
=		6	Kim Gi-Dong	3	2	1	0	0	6
6		2	Choi Hyo-Jin	2	0	0	3	0	5
=		8	Hwang Jin-Sung	2	0	2	1	0	5
=		7	Kim Jae-Sung	1	0	0	4	0	5
7		20	Shin Hyung-Min	4	0	0	0	0	4
=		26	Cho Chan-Ho	3	1	0	0	0	4
8		32	Kim Hyung-Il	2	0	0	1	0	3
9		24	Hwang Jae-Won	1	0	0	1	0	2
10		16	Kim Jung-Kyum	1	0	0	0	0	1
=		18	Namgung Do	1	0	0	0	0	1
=		27	Kim Chang-Hoon	1	0	0	0	0	1
=		30	Kazunari Okayama	1	0	0	0	0	1
=		77	Kim Myung-Joong	1	0	0	0	0	1
=		12	Park Hee-Chul	0	1	0	0	0	1
=		28	Song Chang-Ho	0	0	1	0	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	2	1	0	0	0	3
			TOTALS	55	12	16	24	4	111

Discipline

Position	Nation	Number	Name	K-League		Korean FA Cup		K-League Cup		Champions League		Club World Cup		Total
GK		1	Shin Hwa-Yong	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
MF		2	Choi Hyo-Jin	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
DF		3	Kim Gwang-Seok	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		5	Kim Tae-Su	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
MF		6	Kim Gi-Dong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		7	Kim Jae-Sung	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	8	1
MF		8	Hwang Jin-Sung	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MF		9	Hwang Ji-Soo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW		10	Denilson	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	1
FW		11	Vaguinho	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		12	Park Hee-Chul	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
DF		15	Cho Hong-Kyu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		16	Kim Jung-Kyum	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
MF		17	Kim Ba-Woo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		20	Shin Hyung-Min	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	10	1
FW		22	Noh Byung-Joon	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
FW		23	Yoo Chang-Hyun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF		24	Hwang Jae-Won	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	12	1
MF		27	Kim Chang-Hoon	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		28	Song Chang-Ho	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
DF		30	Kazunari Okayama	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF		32	Kim Hyung-Il	6	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	13	2
FW		77	Kim Myung-Joong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW		88	Go Seul-Ki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW		99	Stevica Ristić	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
			TOTALS	57	2	6	0	15	1	20	2	12	3	110	8

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Source
10 November 2008	FW	Nam Ik-Kyung	Gwangju Sangmu	(Korean)
10 November 2008	MF	Lee Su-Hwan	Gwangju Sangmu
20 November 2008	FW	Cho Chan-Ho	Yonsei University	(Korean)
20 November 2008	DF	Hwang Jae-Hoon	Konkuk University
20 November 2008	GK	Kim Dae-Ho	Soongsil University
20 November 2008	DF	Kang Dae-Ho	Hanyang University
20 November 2008	MF	Kim Bum-Joon	Kyunghee University
20 November 2008	FW	Song Je-Heon	Sunmoon University
20 November 2008	DF	Jung Hyung-Ho	Honam University
20 November 2008	MF	Song Soon-Bo	Portuguesa Londrinense
29 December 2008	MF	Kim Ba-Woo	Daejeon Citizen	(Korean)
28 January 2009	FW	Brasília	Ulsan Hyundai	(Korean)
28 January 2009	DF	Cho Hong-Kyu	Daegu FC
28 January 2009	MF	Kim Tae-Su	Chunnam Dragons
9 February 2009	MF	Kim Chang-Hoon	Jeju United	(Korean)
February 2009	MF	Cho Moon-Sang	Suwon City
February 2009	DF	Maeng Jin-Oh	Honam University
14 July 2009	DF	Kazunari Okayama	Vegalta Sendai
22 July 2009	FW	Cha Ji-Ho	Roasso Kumamoto	(Korean)
27 July 2009	FW	Vaguinho	Joinville	(Korean)
22 October 2009	FW	Kim Myung-Joong	Gwangju Sangmu	(Korean)
22 October 2009	FW	Go Seul-Ki	Gwangju Sangmu

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Source
10 December 2008	DF	Kim Soo-Yeon	Gwangju Sangmu	(Korean)
10 December 2008	DF	Jang Hyun-Kyu	Gwangju Sangmu
January 2009	MF	Lee Tae-Young	Qingdao Jonoon F.C.
6 January 2009	DF	Cho Sung-Hwan	Consadole Sapporo	(Korean)
12 January 2009	MF	Park Won-Jae	Omiya Ardija	(Korean)
26 March 2009	FW	Nam Ik-Kyung	JJK	(Finnish)
13 July 2009	FW	Brasília	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	(Korean)
21 July 2009	MF	Lee Gwang-Jae	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	(Korean)
July 2009	MF	Lee Su-Hwan	Cheonan City
1 November 2009	DF	Lee Chang-Won	Retired
30 November 2009	GK	Kim Jee-Hyuk	Gwangju Sangmu	(Korean)

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Name	Moving To	Source
29 July 2009	DF	Cho Han-Bum	Daegu FC	(Korean)

Honours

Club

• AFC Champions League Winners, Fair Play Award
• K-League Cup Winners

Individual

• K-League Best XI: Shin Hwa-Yong, Kim Hyung-Il, Hwang Jae-Won, Choi Hyo-Jin, Denilson
• K-League Cup Top Scorer: Yoo Chang-Hyun (4 goals)
• K-League Cup Top Assistor: Cho Chan-Ho (3 assists)
• Korean FA Cup Top Scorer: Stevo (5 goals)
• AFC Champions League MVP: No Byung-Jun
• FIFA Club World Cup Top Scorer: Denilson (4 goals)

References

Pohang Steelers Founded in 1973 Based in Pohang, Gyeongbuk The Club History Players Managers Asia Current season Home stadium Daegu Civic Stadium (1987) Pohang Stadium (1987-1990, 2013) Gwangyang Football Stadium (1993-1994) Pohang Steel Yard (1990-present) Rivalries Ulsan Hyundai (Donghaean derby) Supporters Ultras Levante Honors (16) K League Classic (5) 1986 1988 1992 2007 2013 KFA Cup (4) 1996 2008 2012 2013 League Cup (2) 1993 2009 President's Cup (1) 1974 AFC Champions League (3) 1996–97 1997–98 2009 Asian Challenge Cup (1) 2010 Seasons (32) K League Classic (32) 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Website: www.steelers.co.kr

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