2007 Pohang Steelers season
# 2007 Pohang Steelers season

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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | KOR | Kwon Jung-Hyuk |
| 2 | MF | KOR | Choi Hyo-Jin |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Kim Gwang-Seok |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Lee Chang-Won |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Kim Sung-Keun |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Kim Gi-Dong |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Oh Seung-Bum |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Hwang Jin-Sung |
| 9 | MF | KOR | Hwang Ji-Soo |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Tavares |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Choi Jong-Bum |
| 12 | MF | KOR | Park Hee-Chul |
| 13 | MF | KOR | Shin Kwang-Hoon |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Jonhes |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Choi Tae-Uk |
| 17 | MF | KOR | Lee Gwang-Jae |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Ko Gi-Gu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Park Won-Jae |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Schwenck |
| 21 | GK | KOR | Shin Hwa-Yong |
| 22 | DF | KOR | Lee Won-Jae |
| 23 | FW | KOR | Cha Chul-Ho |
| 24 | DF | KOR | Hwang Jae-Won |
| 25 | MF | KOR | Kim Yoon-Sik |
| 26 | DF | KOR | Kim Soo-Yeon |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Kim Myung-Joong |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Ohn Byung-Hoon |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Lee Tae-Young |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Jung Sung-Ryong |
| 32 | DF | KOR | Lee Seung-Yeul |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Go Seul-Ki |
| 35 | MF | KOR | Lee Sung-Jae |
| 37 | DF | KOR | Cho Sung-Hwan |
| 41 | GK | KOR | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | 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 | (in Korean) |
| 17 November 2006 | FW | Cha Chul-Ho | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | (in Korean) |
| 17 November 2006 | DF | Kim Gwang-Seok | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | (in Korean) |
| 28 November 2006 | GK | Kwon Jung-Hyuk | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | (in Korean) |
| 20 December 2006 | MF | Choi Hyo-Jin | Incheon United | (in Korean) |
| 22 December 2006 | DF | Lee Seung-Yeul | Halla University | (in Korean) |
| 12 January 2007 | DF | Mauricio Fernandes | SC Braga | (in Korean) |
| 22 January 2007 | FW | Lee Gwang-Jae | Chunnam Dragons | (in Korean) |
| 29 June 2007 | FW | Schwenck | Beitar Jerusalem F.C. | (in Korean) |
| 30 July 2007 | FW | Jonhes | Brasiliense | (in Korean) |

### Out

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

**Loan Out**

| Date | Pos. | Name | Moving To | End | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 August 2007 | MF | Oh Bum-Seok | Yokohama FC | December 2007 | (in Korean) |
