The 2016 season was South Korean club FC Seoul's 33rd season in the K League Classic, the highest level of the South Korean football league system.
Pre-season In Guam: From 8 January 2016 to 26 January 2016 In Kagoshima, Japan: From 31 January 2016 to 14 February 2016
Pre-season match results TypeDateOpponentsResultScoreScorersNotesPractice matches duringwinter training spell in Kagoshima, Japan2 February 2016 Yanbian Fude 2–2 Yun Ju-tae, Lee Seok-hyun 4 February 2016 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Dejan Damjanović 1–1 Cho Chan-ho 7 February 2016 Kyoto Sanga 2–0 Cho Chan-ho (2) 10 February 2016 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Dejan Damjanović Honda Lock 3–1 Lee Min-kyu (1), Adriano (2) 13 February 2016 FC Tokyo 1–0 Own goal 1–3 Lee Seok-hyun
Competitions
Overview
K League Classic
FA Cup
AFC Champions League
Group stage
Knockout stage
Match reports and match highlights Fixtures and Results at FC Seoul Official Website
Season statistics
K League Classic records Season Teams FinalPosition Manager 2016 12Champions 38 21 7 10 67 46+21 70 Choi Yong-soo Hwang Sun-hong
All competitions records K LeagueClassic FA Cup AFCChampions League ManagerChampionsRunners-up Semi-finals Choi Yong-soo Hwang Sun-hong
Attendance records SeasonTotal Att. K League Classic SeasonTotal Att. K League Classic SeasonAverage Att. FA CupTotal / Average Att. ACLTotal / Average Att. Friendly Match Att. Att. Ranking Notes 474,044 342,134 18,895 53,645 / 10,729 78,265 / 13,044 N/A 1st (12 clubs)
Season total attendance includes K League Classic, FA Cup, and AFC Champions League combined.
Squad statistics
Goals K League Classic FA Cup AFCChampions League Total Notes Adriano (17 / 30) Adriano (5 / 6) Adriano (13 / 11) Adriano (35 / 47) Dejan Damjanović (13 / 36) Yun Ju-tae (2 / 2) Dejan Damjanović (5 / 11) Dejan Damjanović (19 / 51) Park Chu-young (10 / 34) Yoon Seung-won (1 / 1) Go Yo-han (2 / 11) Park Chu-young (11 / 49) Yun Il-lok (6 / 26) Dejan Damjanović (1 / 4) Ju Se-jong (1 / 4) Yun Ju-tae (1 / 6) Park Yong-woo (1 / 6) Lee Seok-hyun (1 / 6) Yun Ju-tae (6 / 25) Yun Il-lok (6 / 36) Ju Se-jong (6 / 43) Ju Se-jong (4 / 30) Kim Won-sik (1 / 8) Go Yo-han (4 / 42) Osmar (4 / 54) Osmar (4 / 37) Ju Se-jong (1 / 9) Yun Ju-tae (3 / 17) Park Chu-young (1 / 10) Ko Kwang-min (1 / 11)
Assists K League Classic Yun Il-lok (7 / 26) Adriano (6 / 30) Go Yo-han (5 / 27) Yojiro Takahagi (4 / 32) Kim Chi-woo (3 / 26) Osmar (3 / 37)
Coaching staff
Choi Yong-soo and Kim Seong-jae caretaker Era (–25 June 2016) Position Name Notes Manager Choi Yong-soo Caretaker Manager Kim Seong-jae 22 June 2016–25 June 2016 Assistant manager Kim Seong-jae –22 June 2016 First-team coach Kim Dong-young First-team coach Adilson dos Santos First-team goalkeeping coach Leandro Maciel de Melo Reserve Team Coach Chung Sang-nam Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach Back Min-chul Fitness coach Adam Waterson –February 2016 Jasmin Mujdža March 2016– U-18 Team Manager Kim Sang-moon U-18 Team Coach Park Hyuk-soon U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach Weon Jong-teok U-15 Team Manager Kim Young-jin U-15 Team Coach Kim Byung-chae U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach Cho Jun-ho U-15 Team Fitness Coach Park Sung-jun U-12 Team Manager Park Yo-seb U-12 Team Coach U-12 Team GK Coach Chief Scout Kim Hyun-tae Scout Lee Won-jun Jung Jae-yoon Seo Min-woo
Hwang Sun-hong Era (27 June 2016– ) Position Name Notes Manager Hwang Sun-hong Assistant manager Kang Chul First-team coach Kim Dong-young Adilson dos Santos First-team goalkeeping coach Leandro Maciel de Melo Reserve Team Coach Chung Sang-nam Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach Back Min-chul Fitness coach Jasmin Mujdža U-18 Team Manager Kim Sang-moon U-18 Team Coach Lee Jung-youl U-18 Team Goalkeeping Coach Weon Jong-teok U-15 Team Manager Kim Young-jin U-15 Team Coach Park Hyuk-soon U-15 Team Goalkeeping Coach Cho Jun-ho U-15 Team Fitness Coach Park Sung-jun U-12 Team Manager Kim Byung-chae U-12 Team Coach Seo Ki-man U-12 Team Goalkeeping Coach Lee Ji-hun Chief Scout Kim Hyun-tae Scout Lee Won-jun Jung Jae-yoon Seo Min-woo
Supporting staff Position Name Notes Club doctor Cho Yun-sang Athletic Trainer Park Sung-ryul, Hwangbo-hyun, Choi Kyu-jung Performance analyst Kim Jeong-hoon, Shin Jung-hyun Equipment manager Lee Cheun-gil Translator Kim Hyun-soo
Players
Team squad All players registered for the 2016 season are listed.
No. POS Nation Player Notes South Korea Yoo Hyun (Vice Captain) Japan Yojiro Takahagi South Korea Jung In-whan South Korea Kim Dong-woo Spain Osmar (Captain) South Korea Ju Se-jong South Korea Kim Chi-woo South Korea Sin Jin-ho Out Montenegro Dejan Damjanović South Korea Park Chu-young Brazil Adriano South Korea Go Yo-han South Korea Cho Chan-ho South Korea Kim Won-sik South Korea Shim Je-hyeok South Korea Yun Il-lok South Korea Geum Kyo-jin In South Korea Yun Ju-tae Conscripted South Korea Kim Won-gun Out & In South Korea Sim Sang-min Out South Korea Park Yong-woo South Korea Sim Woo-yeon South Korea Hwang Hyun-soo South Korea Lee Seok-hyun South Korea Kim Nam-chun Conscripted South Korea Ko Kwang-min South Korea Lee Sang-hyeob South Korea Lee Min-kyu South Korea Yu Sang-hun Conscripted South Korea Joo Hyung-jun South Korea Kim Hak-seung South Korea Kim Jeong-hwan South Korea Lim Min-hyeok South Korea Yoon Seung-won South Korea Yang Han-been South Korea Shin Seong-jae South Korea Kim Chol-ho South Korea Kim Ju-yeong South Korea Lee Hyun-gu South Korea Jeong Ye-chan Out South Korea Kwak Tae-hwi In South Korea Choi Hyun-tae Discharged South Korea Lee Kyu-ro In
Out on loan and military service No. POS Nation Player Moving To Loan Period Notes South Korea Choi Hyun-tae Sangju Sangmu 2014/12–2016/09 South Korea Kang Seung-jo Ansan Mugunghwa 2015/03–2016/12 South Korea Lee Woong-hee Sangju Sangmu 2015/11–2017/08 South Korea Park Hee-seong Sangju Sangmu 2015/11–2017/08 South Korea Kim Won-gun Gangwon FC 2016/03–2016/07 South Korea Sin Jin-ho Sangju Sangmu 2016/04–2018/01 South Korea Sim Sang-min Seoul E-Land 2016/07–2016/12
※ In: Transferred from other teams in the middle of the season. ※ Out: Transferred to other teams in the middle of the season. ※ Discharged: Transferred from Sanjgu Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service in the middle of the season (registered in 2016 season). ※ Conscripted: Transferred to Sangju Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service after the end of the season.
Transfers
In No. Name Pos. Moving from Type Window Period Fee Notes 1 Kim Won-sik MF Incheon United Loan return Winter(after the 2015 season) N/A N/A 2 Kim Won-gun DF Gangwon FC Loan return Winter(after the 2015 season) N/A N/A March 2016, reloan to Gangwon FC 3 Yoo Hyun GK Incheon United Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2015-12-22) N/A Undisclosed 4 Dejan Damjanović FW Beijing Guoan Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2015-12-28) 2 years Free 5 Cho Chan-ho MF Pohang Steelers Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-01-04) 3 years Free 6 Sin Jin-ho MF Pohang Steelers Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-01-04) 1 year Free 7 Ju Se-jong MF Busan IPark Transfer Winter(2016-01-08) 2 years Trade Kim Hyun-sung↔Ju Se-jong 8 Jung In-whan DF Henan Jianye Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-02-04) 2 years Free 9 Sim Woo-yeon DF Seongnam FC Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-02-11) 2 years Free 10 Kwak Tae-hwi DF Al-Hilal Free transfer(contract expired) Summer(2016-07-07) 2.5 years Free 11 Lee Kyu-ro DF Seoul E-Land Transfer Summer(2016-07-25) N/A Undisclosed 12 Kim Won-gun DF Gangwon FC Loan return Summer(2016-07-28) N/A N/A 13 Geum Kyo-jin DF Gyeongju KHNP Free transfer(contract expired) Summer(2016-07-29) N/A Free 14 Choi Hyun-tae MF Sangju Sangmu Return frommilitary service Summer(2016-09-14) N/A N/A
Rookie Free Agent No. Name Pos. Moving from Type Notes 1 Joo Hyung-jun DF Pai Chai University Youth system (After Univ.) FC Seoul U-18 Team (2012 Draft) 2 Kim Hak-seung MF Dongguk University Youth system (After Univ.) FC Seoul U-18 Team (2012 Draft) 3 Sin Seong-jae MF Osan High School Youth system FC Seoul U-18 Team 4 Lee Hyeon-gu FW Osan High School Youth system FC Seoul U-18 Team 5 Jeong Ye-chan DF Jungkyung High School Free agent 6 Lee Min-kyu MF Korea University Free agent 7 Lim Min-hyeok MF Suwon Technical High School Free agent 8 Kim Jeong-hwan FW Shingal High School Free agent 9 Kim Ju-yeong FW Jungkyung High School Free agent
(Univ.) means player who went to university then back to FC Seoul. (After Univ.) means player who joined FC Seoul after entering university.
Out No. Name Pos. Moving to Type Window Fee Notes 1 Moon Ki-han MF Bucheon FC 1995 Transfer Winter(2015-12-29) Loan finish 2 Cho Min-woo DF V-Varen Nagasaki Transfer Winter(2016-01-05) Loan finish 3 Rafael Costa FW Ceará Sporting Club Free transfer(Contract terminated) Winter(2016-01-23) Undisclosed Loan finish 4 Mauricio Molina MF Independiente Medellín Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2015-12-28) 5 Lee Jae-kwon MF Daegu FC Transfer Winter(2015-12-28) 6 Choi Jung-han FW Daegu FC Transfer Winter(2015-12-28) 7 Kim Hyun-sung FW Busan IPark Transfer Winter(2016-01-08) Trade Kim Hyun-sung↔Ju Se-jong 8 Jung Jo-gook FW Gwangju FC Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-01-11) 9 Kim Min-hyeok MF Gwangju FC Transfer Winter(2016-01-11) Undisclosed 10 Jung Seung-yong DF Gangwon FC Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-01-12) 11 Kim Yong-dae GK Ulsan Hyundai Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-02-11) Undisclosed 12 Kim Jin-kyu DF Muangthong United Free transfer(contract expired) Winter(2016-02-12) 13 Yoo Lo-mon MF Contract expired Winter(2016-02-12) 14 Jeong Ye-chan DF Withdrawn During the season(2016-03-18)
Loan & Military service No. Name Pos. Moving to Date Duration Fee Notes 1 Lee Woong-hee DF Sangju Sangmu After the 2015 season(15 December 2015) 21 months N/A Conscripted 2 Park Hee-seong FW Sangju Sangmu After the 2015 season(15 December 2015) 21 months N/A Conscripted 3 Kim Won-gun DF Gangwon FC Winter(23 March 2016) 5 months Undisclosed Loan 4 Sin Jin-ho MF Sangju Sangmu During the 2016 season(18 April 2016) 21 months N/A Conscripted 5 Sim Sang-min DF Seoul E-Land During the 2016 season(25 July 2016) 5 months Undisclosed Loan
Tactics
Tactical analysis Former manager Choi Yong-soo used a 3–5–2 formation. Hwang Sun-hong used a 4–3–3 formation.
Starting eleven and formation This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4–3–3 formation.
Substitutes
References
External links FC Seoul official website FC Seoul 2016 Matchday Magazines FC Seoul season review at FC Seoul official blog