2020 Pohang Steelers season

Pohang Steelers
2020 season
Chairman	Shin Young-gwon
Manager	Kim Gi-dong
K League 1	5th
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stanislav Iljutcenko; (6 goals); All: ; Stanislav Iljutcenko; (6 goals)
Lowest home attendance	0

The 2020 season was Pohang Steelers' thirty-eighth season in the K League 1 in South Korea. Pohang Steelers is competing K League 1, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League. Pohang Steelers was play their first match on May 10th before the league was suspend from February during COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Current squad

As of 12 February 2020

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	Hwang In-jae
2	DF	Sim Sang-min
3	DF	Kim Gwang-seok
4	DF	Jeon Min-gwang
5	DF	Ha Chang-rae
6	DF	Choi Young-jun
7	MF	Shim Dong-woon
8	MF	Brandon O'Neill
9	FW	Heo Yong-joon
10	FW	Stanislav Iljutcenko
11	MF	Lee Gwang-hyeok
12	FW	Song Min-kyu
13	DF	Kim Yong-hwan
14	DF	Gwon Wan-gyu
15	DF	Min Kyoung-hyun
16	MF	Lee Seung-mo
17	DF	Kim Sang-won
18	FW	Moon Kyoung-min

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Kim Joo-hwan
20	DF	Lee Do-hyun
21	GK	Lee Jun
22	DF	Park Jae-woo
24	MF	Yang Tae-ryul
25	DF	Woo Min-geol
26	MF	Aleksandar Paločević
27	MF	Park Jae-hoon
28	MF	Choi Jae-young
29	FW	Kim Dong-bum
31	GK	Kang Hyeon-mu
36	DF	Kim Min-kyu
41	GK	Cho Sung-hoon
77	FW	Manuel Palacios
79	MF	Go Young-joon
88	MF	Kim Kyu-pyo
91	GK	Noh Ji-hoon
99	FW	Lee Ji-yong

Transfer

In

Loan in

Out

Loan out

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kwon Ki-pyo (at FC Anyang)
		MF	Kim Ji-min (Unknown)
		FW	Kim Chan (at Chungnam Asan)
		FW	Ha Seung-un (at Jeonnam Dragons)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Lee Sang-ki (at Jeonnam Dragons for military duty)
		MF	Lee Soo-bin (at Jeonbuk Hyundai)
		MF	Kim Jin-hyeon (at Gwangju FC)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Kim Gi-dong
Assistant Manager	Lee Sang-uk
GK Coach	Ho jin-Park
Physical Coach	Park Hyo-jun
Match Analyst	Park Cheol-ho
Translator	Lee Sang-min
Translator	Ki Ji-yong

Last updated: 10 May 2020
Source: Pohang Steelers

Match results

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	5	1	3	17	12	+5	16	2	0	3	6	8	−2	3	1	0	11	4	+7

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W
Position	3	1	4	4	6	4	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: League Fixtures and Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
3	Sangju Sangmu[lower-alpha 2] (R)	9	5	2	2	10	10	0	17	Relegation to K League 2
4	Daegu FC	9	4	4	1	17	9	+8	16	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Pohang Steelers	9	5	1	3	17	12	+5	16
6	Gangwon FC	9	3	2	4	10	14	−4	11
7	Gwangju FC	9	3	1	5	7	10	−3	10

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
Sangju Sangmu are a military team and are not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they have confirmed that the team will move its franchise city in the 2021 season and will be relegated to K League 2 season regardless of their final position in this season.

K League 1

All times are Korea Standard Time (KST) – UTC+9

10 May 2020 1	Pohang Steelers	2–0	Busan IPark	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
14:00 KST	Iljutcenko 24' Palocevic 72', pen' Choi 52' Sim 72'	Report	Soo 30'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Yong-Woo

16 May 2020 2	Daegu	1–1	Pohang Steelers	Suseong-gu, Daegu
16:30 KST	Edgar 67' Hong 72' Kim 90+3'	Report	Paločević 43'	Stadium: Daegu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

22 May 2020 3	Pohang Steelers	1–2	Seoul	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
17:30 KST	Iljutcenko 5' Chang 15' O'Neill 41'	Report	Hwang 35' Go 56' Osmar Barba 74' Kim 90+4'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-Sung

31 May 2020 4	Incheon United	1–4	Pohang Steelers	Jung-gu, Incheon
19:00 KST	Kim 26' Kim 45+2'	Report	Iljutcenko 7' Ha 14' Ha Chang-rae	Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin

6 June 2020 5	Pohang Steelers	0–4	Ulsan	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST	Iljutcenko 16'	Report	Kim 16' Lee 26', 37' In-sung 76' Negrão 86' Dong-gyeong 90+2'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

13 June 2020 6	Sangju Sangmu	2–4	Pohang Steelers	Gyeongsangbuk-do, Sangju
19:00 KST	Ko Myeong-seok 37' Oh Se-hun 43', 70' (pen.) Oh Se-hun 59'	Report	Chang 29' Iljutcenko 40', 49' Paločević 45+4', 78' Choi Young-jun 46'	Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Dae-Yong

16 June 2020 7	Pohang Steelers	1–2	Jeonbuk	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:30 KST	Kim Sang-won 6' Lee Seung-mo 41' Palocevic 52' O'Neill 57' Lee Seung-mo 60' Iljutcenko 70'	Report	Han Kyo-won 61' Son Jun-ho 87' Kim Min-hyeok 90+2'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 0 Referee: Park Byung-Jin

20 June 2020 8	Pohang Steelers	2–0	Gangwon	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST	Iljutcenko 62' (pen.) Shim Dong-woon 79' Kwon Wan-kyu 83' Park Jae-woo 90+3'	Report	Shin Kwang-Hoon 59' Kim Oh-gyu 90'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 0 Referee: Park Byung-Jin

26 June 2020 9	Gwangju	0–2	Pohang Steelers	Seo-gu, Gwangju
19:00 KST	Willyan 63' Lim Min-hyuk 90+4' Kim Chang-soo 90+6'	Report	Choi Young-jun 24' Palacios 34' Oh Beom-seok 41' Song Min-kyu 90'	Stadium: Gwangju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-sung

5 July 2020 10	Seongnam	v	Pohang Steelers	Bundang-gu, Seongnam
19:00 KST				Stadium: Tancheon Sports Complex Attendance: 0

11 July 2020 11	Pohang Steelers	v	Suwon	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST				Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard

18 July 2020 12	Seoul	v	Pohang Steelers	Mapo-gu ,Seoul
20:00 KST				Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium

26 July 2020 13	Pohang Steelers	v	Incheon	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST				Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard

Korean FA Cup

1 July 2020 Round of 16	Pohang Steelers	v	Gyeongju Citizen	Pohang, Gyeongbuk
19:00 KST				Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 0

AFC Champions League

TBD	TBD	v	TBD	TBD
TBD KST				Stadium: TBD Referee: TBD

Squad statistics

Appearances

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	K League		FA Cup		Champions League		Appearances		Goals
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	App	Total	Goals
31		GK	Kang Hyeon-mu	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0
1		GK	Hwang In-jae	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		DF	Kim Gwang-seok	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0
4		DF	Jeon Min-gwang	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	2(2)	0
5		DF	Ha Chang-rae	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	9	1
6		DF	Choi Young-jun	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0
7		MF	Shim Dong-woon	5(4)	0	0	0	0	0	5(4)	5(4)	0
8		MF	Brandon O'Neill	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0
10		FW	Stanislav Iljutcenko	9	6	0	0	0	0	9	9	6
11		MF	Lee Gwang-hyeok	1(7)	0	0	0	0	0	1(7)	1(7)	0
12		FW	Song Min-kyu	7(2)	2	0	0	0	0	7(2)	7(2)	2
14		DF	Gwon Wan-gyu	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	1
15		DF	Min Kyung-hyun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		MF	Lee Seung-mo	4(2)	2	0	0	0	0	4(2)	4(2)	2
17		DF	Kim Sang-won	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
18		FW	Mun Kyung-min	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		DF	Kim Joo-hwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		DF	Lee Do-hyun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		GK	Jun Lee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		GK	Park Jae-woo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
25		GK	Woo Min-geol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		MF	Aleksandar Paločević	7	4	0	0	0	0	7	7	4
27		MF	Park Jae-hoon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
28		MF	Choi Jae-young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29		FW	Kim Dong-bum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		DF	Kim Min-kyu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41		GK	Cho Sung-hoon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77		FW	Manuel Palacios	8(1)	1	0	0	0	0	8(1)	8(1)	1
79		MF	Go Young-joon	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0(2)	0
88		MF	Kim Kyu-pyo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91		GK	Noh Ji-hoon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99		FW	Lee Ji-yong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club in Transfer window or on loan
2		DF	Sim Sang-min	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
9		FW	Heo Yong-joon	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
13		DF	Kim Yong-hwan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
24		GK	Park Jae-woo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	K League 1	Total
1	FW	10	Stanislav Iljutcenko	6	6
2	MF	26	Aleksandar Paločević	4	4
3	FW	12	Song Min-kyu	2	2
4	DF	5	Ha Chang-rae	1	1
	DF	27	Lee Seung-mo	1	1
	DF	12	Kwon Wan-kyu	1	1
	FW	77	Manuel Palacios	1	1
TOTALS				16	16

Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source: kleague.com,

Assists

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	K League 1	Total
1	MF	26	Aleksandar Paločević	3	3
2	FW	10	Stanislav Iljutcenko	2	2
3	FW	13	Kim Yong-hwan	1	1
	FW	10	Song Min-kyu	1	1
	FW	77	Murillo	1	1
	GK	31	Kang Hyeon-mu	1	1
	MF	6	Choi Young-jun	1	1
	FW	12	Lee Gwang-hyuk	1	1
TOTALS				11	11

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	K League 1	FA Cup	Champions League	Total
1	31	Kang Hyeon-mu	3	0	0	3
TOTALS			3	0	0	3

Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source: kleague.com

Notes

References

"K League 1 will kick off on 8 May". K League. K League. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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[2] Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.

[table_note_SJS0.5117523318677-3] Sangju Sangmu are a military team and are not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they have confirmed that the team will move its franchise city in the 2021 season and will be relegated to K League 2 season regardless of their final position in this season.

[1] "K League 1 will kick off on 8 May". K League. K League. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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