2013 FC Seoul season

FC Seoul
2013 season
Chairman	Huh Chang-soo
Manager	Choi Yong-soo
K League Classic	4th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Dejan (27); All: Dejan (19)
Highest home attendance	43,681 vs Suwon ; (League, 3 August)
Lowest home attendance	1,835 vs Yonsei University ; (FA Cup, 8 May)
Average home league attendance	16,607
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012 2014 →

Last updated August 02, 2025

The 2013 season is FC Seoul's 30th season in the K League Classic.

Pre-season

In Guam: From 7 January 2013 to 26 January 2013
In Kagoshima, Japan: From 3 February 2013 to 17 February 2013^[1]

Pre-season match results

Type	Date	Opponents	Result	Score	Scorers
Practice matches during winter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan	5 February 2013	Júbilo Iwata	W	1–0	Park Hee-Seong
	5 February 2013	Júbilo Iwata	L	0–2
	8 February 2013	Shimizu S-Pulse	D	1–1	Yun Il-Lok
	11 February 2013	Roasso Kumamoto	W	4–0	Yun Il-Lok, Dejan, Park Hee-Seong
	13 February 2013	Urawa Red Diamonds	W	3–1	Dejan, Ko Kwang-Min, Choi Hyun-Tae
	15 February 2013	Kyoto Sanga F.C.	W	1–0	Dejan
	16 February 2013	Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.	L	2–3	?

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
K League Classic	Matchday 1	Matchday 38					!—
FA Cup	Round of 32						!—
AFC Champions League	Group Stage						!—
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 31 December 2013
Source: Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website

K League Classic

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Ulsan Hyundai	38	22	7	9	63	37	+26	73	Qualification for Champions League ^[a]
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	38	18	9	11	61	49	+12	63
4	FC Seoul	38	17	11	10	59	46	+13	62
5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	38	15	8	15	50	43	+7	53
6	Busan IPark	38	14	10	14	43	41	+2	52

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

↑ Pohang Steelers won the league after qualifying for the Champions League as champions of the FA Cup. Therefore, the spot given to the league champions was passed to the fourth-placed team.

FA Cup

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group E
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11
Buriram United	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7
Jiangsu Sainty	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
Vegalta Sendai	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6

26 February 2013 1	FC Seoul	5–1	Jiangsu Sainty	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Damjanović 8', 61' Yun Il-Lok 33', 56' Molina 87'	Report	Salihi 80'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,231 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

12 March 2013 2	Buriram United	0–0	FC Seoul	Buriram, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7		Report		Stadium: New I-Mobile Stadium Attendance: 20,271 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

2 April 2013 3	FC Seoul	2–1	Vegalta Sendai	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Escudero 6' Kim Jin-Kyu 22'	Report	Wilson 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 9,762 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

10 April 2013 4	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	FC Seoul	Sendai, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Yanagisawa 16'	Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 8,874 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

24 April 2013 5	Jiangsu Sainty	0–2	FC Seoul	Nanjing, China PR
19:40 UTC+8		Report	Koh Myong-Jin 32' Yun Il-Lok 72'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 33,587 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

1 May 2013 6	FC Seoul	2–2	Buriram United	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Jung Seung-Yong 55' Kim Hyun-Sung 74'	Report	Ekkachai 56' Theeraton 75'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

14 May 2013 First leg	Beijing Guoan	0–0	FC Seoul	Beijing, China PR
19:30 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Workers Stadium Attendance: 36,458 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

21 May 2013 Second leg	FC Seoul	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Beijing Guoan	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Adi 60' Yun Il-Lok 70' Koh Myong-Jin 90+4'	Report	Kanouté 9'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 14,437 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Quarter-finals

21 August 2013 First leg	Al-Ahli	1–1	FC Seoul	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3	Al-Sawadi 81'	Report	Damjanović 10'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 25,012 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

18 September 2013 Second leg	FC Seoul	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Al-Ahli	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Damjanović 90'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 18,094 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Semi-finals

25 September 2013 First leg	FC Seoul	2–0	Esteghlal	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Damjanović 39' Go Yo-Han 47'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 12,774 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

2 October 2013 Second leg	Esteghlal	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	FC Seoul	Tehran, Iran
19:00 UTC+3:30	Omranzadeh 50' Ghazi 75'	Report	Ha Dae-Sung 37' Kim Jin-Kyu 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 88,330 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Final

26 October 2013 First leg	FC Seoul	2–2	Guangzhou E.	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Escudero 11' Damjanović 83'	Report	Elkeson 30' Gao Lin 58'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 55,501 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

9 November 2013 Second leg	Guangzhou E.	1–1 (3–3 agg.)	FC Seoul	Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8	Elkeson 58'	Report	Damjanović 63'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 55,847 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Match reports and match highlights

Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website (in English)

Season statistics

K League Classic records

Season	Teams	Final Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Manager
2013	14	4th	38	17	11	10	59	46	+13	62	Choi Yong-Soo

All competitions records

Seasoan	Teams	K League Classic	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Manager
2013	14	4th	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	Choi Yong-Soo

Attendance records

Season	Season Total / Average Att.	K League Classic Total / Average Att.	FA Cup Total / Average Att.	ACL Total / Average Att.	Friendly Match Att.	Att. Ranking	Notes
2013	451,845 / 15,581	315,540 / 16,607	11,945 / 3,982	124,360 / 17,766	N/A	K League Season Total Att. 2nd

Season total attendance is K League Classic, FA Cup, AFC Champions League in the aggregate and friendly match attendance is not included.

Squad statistics

Goals

Pos	K League Classic	FA Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	Dejan (19 / 29)	Ha Dae-Sung (1 / 1) Molina (1 / 1)	Dejan (7 / 13)	Dejan (27 / 44)
2	Molina (9 / 35)	Kim Hyun-Sung (1 / 2) Dejan (1 / 2)	Yun Il-Lok (4 / 10)	Molina (11 / 49)
3	Kim Jin-Kyu (6 / 35)	Lee Sang-Hyeob (1 / 3) Han Tae-You (1 / 3)	Kim Jin-Kyu (2 / 11)	Kim Jin-Kyu (8 / 47)
4	Go Yo-Han (5 / 37)	N/A	Escudero (2 / 12)	Yun Il-Lok (6 / 41)
5	Escudero (4 / 34)	N/A	Koh Myong-Jin (2 / 13 )	Escudero (6 / 49)

Assists

Pos	K League Classic	Total
1	Molina (13 / 35)	Molina (13 / 35)
2	Escudero (7 / 34)	Escudero (7 / 34)
3	Dejan (5 / 29)	Dejan (5 / 29)
4	Cha Du-Ri (3 / 30)	Cha Du-Ri (3 / 30)
5	Go Yo-Han (3 / 37)	Go Yo-Han (3 / 37)

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Choi Yong-Soo
Assistant manager	Lee Young-Jin
Coach	Kim Seong-Jae
Coach	Lee Ki-Hyung
Goalkeeping coach	Leandro
Fitness coach	Kanno Atsushi
Youth Team Manager	Kike Linero
U-18 Team Coach	Lee Won-Jun
U-16 Team Coach	Yun Dae-Sung
U-14 Team Coach	Chung Sang-Nam
Youth Team Goalkeeping Coach	Seo Dong-Myung
Youth Team Goalkeeping Coach	Gjorgji Jovanovski
Head of Youth Development	Choi Soon-Ho
Chief scout	Choi Gi-Bong
Scout	Jung Jae-Yoon
Scout	Kim Sang-Moon

Players

Team roster

All players registered for the 2013 season are listed.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Kim Yong-Dae
2	DF	KOR	Choi Hyo-Jin
4	DF	KOR	Kim Ju-Young
5	DF	KOR	Cha Du-Ri (In)
6	DF	KOR	Kim Jin-Kyu (vice-captain)
7	DF	KOR	Kim Chi-Woo
8	DF	BRA	Adilson dos Santos
9	FW	JPN	Sergio Escudero
10	FW	MNE	Dejan Damjanović
11	FW	COL	Mauricio Molina
13	DF	KOR	Hyun Young-Min (Out)
14	FW	KOR	Park Hee-Seong
15	FW	KOR	Kang Jung-Hun(Out)
16	MF	KOR	Ha Dae-Sung (captain)
17	MF	KOR	Choi Hyun-Tae
18	FW	KOR	Kim Hyun-Sung
19	MF	KOR	Lee Jae-Kwon (Conscripted)
20	MF	KOR	Han Tae-You
21	MF	KOR	Go Yo-Han
22	MF	KOR	Koh Myong-Jin
23	GK	KOR	Han Il-Koo
24	MF	KOR	Yun Il-Lok


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	KOR	Cho Nam-Kee (Discharged)
27	MF	KOR	Ko Kwang-Min
28	DF	KOR	Kim Nam Chun
29	MF	KOR	Lee Sang-Hyeob
31	GK	KOR	Yu Sang-Hun
32	FW	KOR	Jung Seung-Yong
33	MF	KOR	Choi Tae-Uk
36	DF	KOR	Lee Taig-Ki
37	MF	KOR	Moon Dong-Ju
38	DF	KOR	Jang Hyun-Woo
41	GK	KOR	Lee Seung-Kyu
42	DF	KOR	Choi Bong-Won
43	MF	KOR	Lee Kwang-Jin (Out)
44	FW	KOR	Joo Ik-Seong
45	DF	KOR	Cho Min-Woo (Out)
46	MF	KOR	Roh Young-Gyun
47	MF	KOR	Shin Hak-Young
48	DF	KOR	Kim Sang-Pil
49	FW	KOR	Hwang Sin-Young
50	MF	KOR	Park Seung-Ryeol
51	GK	KOR	Kim Eun-Do

Out on loan & military service

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Busan IPark until July 2013)
—	MF	KOR	Kyung Jae-Yoon (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013)
—	MF	KOR	Youn Sung-Woo (to Goyang Hi FC until December 2013)
—	MF	KOR	Yoon Seung-Hyeon (to Incheon Korail until December 2013)
—	DF	KOR	Cho Min-Woo (to V-Varen Nagasaki until December 2013)
—	FW	KOR	Kang Jung-hun(to Gangwon FC until December 2013)
—	MF	KOR	Lee Kwang-jin (to Gwangju FC until December 2013)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Cho Nam-Kee (to Police FC until July 2013 / Discharged)
—	DF	KOR	Choi Won-Wook (to Police FC until September 2013 / Discharged^[1])
—	DF	KOR	Kim Dong-Woo (to Police FC until September 2014)
—	DF	KOR	Song Seung-Ju (to Police FC until September 2014)
—	MF	KOR	Moon Ki-Han (to Police FC until September 2014)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Won-Sik (to Police FC until September 2014)
—	FW	KOR	Jung Jo-Gook (to Police FC until September 2014)

Choi Won-Wook was not registered 2013 season

In : Transferred from other teams in the middle of season.
Out : Transferred to other teams in the middle of season.
Discharged : Transferred from Sangju Sangmu and Police FC for military service in the middle of season. (Registered in 2013 season)
Conscripted : Transferred to Sangju Sangmu and Police FC for military service after end of season.

Transfers

In

#	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Window	Period	Fee
1	Lee Kwang-Jin	MF	Daegu FC	Loan Return	Winter (End of the 2012 season)	N/A	N/A
2	Kim Hyun-Sung	FW	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan return	Winter (End of the 2012 season)		N/A
3	Yun Il-Lok	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Transfer	Winter (2012-12-26)	Undisclosed	$930,000
4	Sergio Escudero	FW	Urawa Red Diamonds	Transfer	Winter (2012-12-28)	3 years (2015-12-31)	Undisclosed
5	Cha Du-Ri	DF	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2013-03-25)	2 years (2014-12-31)	Free
6	Cho Nam-Kee	MF	Police FC	Return from military service	N/A (2013-07-15)		N/A
7	Choi Won-Wook	DF	Police FC	Return from military service	N/A (2013-09-28)		N/A

Rookie Draft & Free Agent

#	Name	POS	Moving from	Mode	Notes
1	Kim Sang-Pil	DF	Sungkyunkwan University	Youth system (After Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team (2009 Draft)
2	Kim Eun-Do	GK	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
3	Park Seung-Ryeol	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
4	Shin Hak-Young	MF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
5	Choi Bong-Won	DF	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
6	Hwang Sin-Young	FW	Dongbuk High School	Youth system	FC Seoul U-18 Team
7	Oh Jun-Hyeok		Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
8	Cho Won-Tae		Dongbuk High School	Youth system (Univ.)	FC Seoul U-18 Team
9	Park Hee-Seong	FW	Korea University	Regular (1st)
10	Lee Sang Hyeob	FW	Korea University	Regular (3rd)
11	Moon Dong-Ju	FW	Daegu University	Regular (4th)
12	Roh Young-Gyun	MF	Boin High School	Regular (6th)
13	Kim Nam-Chun	DF	Dongguk University	Rookie Free Agent

(Univ.) means player who go to university then back to FC Seoul.
(After Univ.) means player who is joined FC Seoul after entering university.

Out

#	Name	POS	Moving to	Mode	Window	Period	Fee
1	Park Hee-Do	MF	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-07)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
2	Kim Tae-Hwan	MF	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-07)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
3	Lee Jong-min	DF	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-13)	3년	Undisclosed
4	Jo Su-Huk	GK	Incheon United	Transfer	Winter (2013-01-16)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
5	Yoon Si-Ho	DF	Jeonnam Dragons	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2013-01-16)	Undisclosed	Free
6	Kim Yong-Chan	DF	Gyeongnam FC	Free transfer (Contract terminated)	Winter (2013-01-22)	Undisclosed	Free
7	Hwang In-Seong	FW	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
8	Kwak Jung-Geun	MF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
9	Lee Jae-Il	FW	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
10	Jeong Dong-Yeon	DF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
11	Yoo Sang-Hee	DF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
12	Cho Ho-Yeon	MF	Unknown	Contract terminated	Winter (2013-01-23)
13	Hyun Young-Min	DF	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Transfer	Winter (2013-03-27)	Undisclosed	$88,000

Loan & Military service

#	Name	POS	Moving to	Window	Period	Fee
1	Jung Jo-Gook	FW	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
2	Kim Dong-Woo	DF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
3	Song Seung-Ju	DF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
4	Moon Ki-Han	MF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
5	Kim Won-Sik	MF	Police FC	End of the 2012 season (2012-12-27)	21 months	N/A
6	Youn Sung-Woo	MF	Goyang Hi FC	Winter (2013-01-08)	1 year	Free
7	Yoon Seung-Hyun	MF	Incheon Korail FC	Winter (2013-02-14)	1 year	Free
8	Cho Min-Woo	DF	V-Varen Nagasaki	Winter (2013-04-05)	1 year	Free
9	Kang Jung-Hun	FW	Gangwon FC	Summer (2013-07-26)	6 months	Free
10	Lee Kwang-Jin	MF	Goyang Hi FC	Summer (2013-07-31)	6 months	Free
11	Kyung Jae-Yoon	MF	Goyang Hi FC	Summer (2013-07-31)	6 months	Free

Tactics

Tactical analysis

Starting eleven and formation

This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4–3–3 or 4-2-3-1 formation.

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Kim Yong-Dae
5	DF	Cha Du-Ri
6	DF	Kim Jin-Kyu
4	DF	Kim Ju-Young
8	DF	Adilson
21	MF	Go Yo-Han
16	MF	Ha Dae-Sung
22	MF	Koh Myong-Jin
9	MF	Escudero
10	FW	Dejan
11	MF	Molina

Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Yong-Dae

Du-Ri

Jin-Kyu

Ju-Young

Adilson

Yo-Han

Dae-Sung

Myong-Jin

Escudero

Dejan

Molina

Substitutes

No.	Pos.	Name
31	GK	Yu Sang-Hun
3	DF	Choi Hyo-Jin
7	DF	Kim Chi-Woo
20	MF	Han Tae-You
24	MF	Yun Il-Lok
33	MF	Choi Tae-Uk
18	FW	Kim Hyun-Sung