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 the Pohang Steelers' 27th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in the 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Shin Hwa-Yong
2	MF	KOR	Choi Hyo-Jin
3	DF	KOR	Kim Gwang-Seok
4	DF	KOR	Lee Chang-Won
5	MF	KOR	Kim Tae-Su
6	MF	KOR	Kim Gi-Dong
7	MF	KOR	Kim Jae-Sung
8	MF	KOR	Hwang Jin-Sung
9	MF	KOR	Hwang Ji-Soo
10	FW	BRA	Denilson
11	MF	BRA	Vaguinho
12	MF	KOR	Park Hee-Chul
15	DF	KOR	Cho Hong-Kyu
16	MF	KOR	Kim Jung-Kyum
17	MF	KOR	Kim Ba-Woo
18	FW	KOR	Namgung Do
19	MF	KOR	Cha Ji-Ho
20	MF	KOR	Shin Hyung-Min
21	GK	KOR	Song Dong-Jin
22	FW	KOR	Noh Byung-Joon


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

On loan

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
—	DF	KOR	Shin Kwang-Hoon (on loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
—	MF	KOR	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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Tae-Su 6', Stevo 37', Denilson 85'	23,168	3rd
15 March	Gyeongnam FC	H	1 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Namgung Do 41'	16,382	3rd
22 March	Daegu FC	A	2 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Hyung-Il 8', Kim Chang-Hoon 60'	5,342	5th
4 April	Ulsan Hyundai	H	1 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Gi-Dong 57'	7,815	7th
11 April	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	A	1 – 3^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Jae-Sung 11'	3,829	7th
17 April	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	H	1 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Gi-Dong 45+1'	8,183	7th
1 May	Daejeon Citizen	A	0 – 0^{[permanent dead link‍]}		4,549	9th
9 May	Jeju United	H	2 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Denilson 24', 67'	7,348	7th
16 May	FC Seoul	A	0 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}		7,685	10th
24 May	Busan I'Park	H	1 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Choi Hyo-Jin 26'	8,725	10th
21 June	Incheon United	A	4 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yoo Chang-Hyun 6', Kim Tae-Su 38'	11,282	6th
4 July	Gangwon FC	A	2 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Noh Byung-Joon 7', Denilson 90+4'	19,699	6th
11 July	Gwangju Sangmu	H	2 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Gi-Dong 26', Denilson 45'	11,662	5th
18 July	Gyeongnam FC	A	2 – 0^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Stevo 1', Yoo Chang-Hyun 90+3'	16,852	4th
25 July	Daegu FC	H	3 – 0^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Cho Chan-Ho 47', 80', Denilson 74'	10,220	4th
1 August	Ulsan Hyundai	A	2 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kim Hyung-Il 40', Yoo Chang-Hyun 76'	12,275	3rd
15 August	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	1 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Noh Byung-Joon 50'	15,637	3rd
22 August	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	A	3 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yoo Chang-Hyun 43', Kim Tae-Su 69', Shin Hyung-Min 83'	19,546	2nd
6 September	Daejeon Citizen	H	2 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Shin Hyung-Min 40', 81'	10,729	3rd
13 September	Jeju United	A	8 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Stevo 26', Denilson 70'	4,699	3rd
4 October	Incheon United	H	2 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Stevo 13', Denilson 25'	12,451	3rd
7 October	FC Seoul	H	3 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Stevo 0:22', Kim Jung-Kyum 60', Hwang Jae-Won 90+2'	10,773	3rd
11 October	Chunnam Dragons	A	0 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}		10,895	3rd
17 October	Gangwon FC	H	1 – 0^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Noh Byung-Joon 65'	11,202	3rd
24 October	Gwangju Sangmu	A	3 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Okayama 16', Kim Myung-Joong 42', own goal 70'	6,850	3rd
1 November	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	H	1 – 0^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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
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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yoo Chang-Hyun 39', 47', Stevo 62'	9,763
22 July 2009	Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	A	1 – 0^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Song Chang-Ho 41'	12,449
19 August 2009	Semifinal 1st leg	FC Seoul	A	1 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Noh Byung-Joon 25'	12,498
26 August 2009	Semifinal 2nd leg	FC Seoul	H	5 – 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Denilson 76'	12,124
16 September 2009	Final 2nd leg	Busan I'Park	H	5 – 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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
No.	Pos.	Name	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
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	[1] (in Korean)
10 November 2008	MF	Lee Su-Hwan	Gwangju Sangmu	[1] (in Korean)
20 November 2008	FW	Cho Chan-Ho	Yonsei University	[2] (in 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	[3] (in Korean)
28 January 2009	FW	Brasília	Ulsan Hyundai	[4] (in 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	[5] (in 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	[6]
22 July 2009	FW	Cha Ji-Ho	Roasso Kumamoto	[7] (in Korean)
27 July 2009	FW	Vaguinho	Joinville	[8]^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Korean)
22 October 2009	FW	Kim Myung-Joong	Gwangju Sangmu	[9] (in Korean)
22 October 2009	FW	Go Seul-Ki	Gwangju Sangmu	[9] (in Korean)

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Source
10 December 2008	DF	Kim Soo-Yeon	Gwangju Sangmu	[10] (in Korean)
10 December 2008	DF	Jang Hyun-Kyu	Gwangju Sangmu	[10] (in Korean)
January 2009	MF	Lee Tae-Young	Qingdao Jonoon F.C.
6 January 2009	DF	Cho Sung-Hwan	Consadole Sapporo	[11] (in Korean)
12 January 2009	MF	Park Won-Jae	Omiya Ardija	[12] (in Korean)
26 March 2009	FW	Nam Ik-Kyung	JJK	[13] (in Finnish)
13 July 2009	FW	Brasília	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	[14] (in Korean)
21 July 2009	MF	Lee Gwang-Jae	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	[15] (in 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	[16] (in Korean)

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Name	Moving To	Source
29 July 2009	DF	Cho Han-Bum	Daegu FC	[17] (in 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

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National teams	FIFA World Cup qualification Friendlies
Leagues	K League Playoffs National League K3 League U-League R League WK League FK-League
Domestic cups	FA Cup Final League Cup National League Championship
International cups	FIFA Club World Cup AFC Champions League
Club seasons	Daegu FC FC Seoul Gangwon FC Pohang Steelers Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Suwon Samsung Bluewings