Pohang Steelers 2008 football season
The 2008 season is Pohang Steelers ' 26th season in the K-League in South Korea . Pohang Steelers competed in K-League , League Cup , Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League .
Squad
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K-League
Regular season
Date
Opponents
H / A
Result F – A
Scorers
Attendance
League position
8 March
Chunnam Dragons
H
2 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Kim Gwang-Seok 26', Namgung Do 90+3'
15,121
1st
15 March
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
A
0 – 3 [permanent dead link ]
22,676
8th
29 March
Incheon United
H
1 – 2 [permanent dead link ]
Denilson 90+1'
8,862
10th
6 April
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
A
1 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Kim Gi-Dong 73'
9,823
10th
13 April
Daejeon Citizen
H
0 – 0 [permanent dead link ]
9,641
9th
19 April
Daegu FC
H
3 – 0 [permanent dead link ]
Namgung Do 16', Hwang Jae-Won 30', Noh Byung-Joon 70'
7,517
7th
26 April
Busan I'Park
A
2 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Shin Hyung-Min 80', Park Won-Jae 90'
7,775
4th
3 May
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
A
3 – 2 [permanent dead link ]
Park Won-Jae 21', Kim Jae-Sung 25', Own goal 71'
7,282
4th
11 May
Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
H
3 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Denilson 10', 51', Choi Hyo-Jin 89'
10,511
4th
17 May
Gyeongnam FC
H
3 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Namgung Do 34', Denilson 63', 65'
14,326
2nd
24 May
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
A
0 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
38,239
3rd
28 June
Jeju United
H
0 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
5,805
4th
5 July
FC Seoul
A
1 – 4 [permanent dead link ]
Hwang Jin-Sung 52'
18,233
5th
12 July
Chunnam Dragons
A
0 – 2 [permanent dead link ]
10,803
6th
19 July
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
H
3 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Denilson 14, Stevo 29', Jang Hyun-Kyu 54'
11,374
4th
23 August
Incheon United
A
1 – 2 [permanent dead link ]
Namgung Do 89'
5,872
5th
30 August
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
H
1 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Stevo 14'
12,151
6th
13 September
Daegu FC
A
4 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Kim Jae-Sung 4', Kim Gi-Dong 48', Park Won-Jae 75', Namgung Do 90'
7,285
6th
20 September
Busan I'Park
H
3 – 2 [permanent dead link ]
Hwang Jin-Sung 3', Choi Hyo-Jin 44', Stevo 58'
13,671
5th
27 September
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
H
2 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Noh Byung-Joon 77', Shin Hyung-Min 83'
13,984
5th
5 October
Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
A
1 – 1 [permanent dead link ]
Park Won-Jae 57'
16,820
5th
18 October
Gyeongnam FC
A
4 – 3 [permanent dead link ]
Namgung Do 31', Stevo 75', 76', Noh Byung-Joon 87'
17,293
4th
26 October
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
H
0 – 0 [permanent dead link ]
17,288
5th
29 October
Daejeon Citizen
A
3 – 0 [permanent dead link ]
Kim Gi-Dong 42', Shin Hyung-Min 65', Cho Sung-Hwan 77'
15,824
5th
2 November
Jeju United
A
1 – 0 [permanent dead link ]
Noh Byung-Joon 65'
4,416
5th
9 November
FC Seoul
H
1 – 2 [permanent dead link ]
Stevo 90'
13,289
5th
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
Korean FA Cup
League Cup
AFC Champions League
Group stage
Date
Opponents
H / A
Result F – A
Scorers
Attendance
Group position
12 March
Adelaide United
H
0 – 2
8,436
4th
19 March
Bình Dương
A
4 – 1
Denilson 49' (pen. ), 58' (pen. ), Kim Jae-Sung 56', Choi Hyo-Jin 64'
12,000
3rd
9 April
Changchun Yatai
A
0 – 1
18,000
3rd
23 April
Changchun Yatai
H
2 – 2
Hwang Jae-Won 64', Hwang Jin-Sung 90'
5,468
3rd
7 May
Adelaide United
A
0 – 1
11,805
3rd
21 May
Bình Dương
H
0 – 0
4,571
3rd
Squad statistics
No.
Pos.
Name
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Asia
Total
Discipline
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Total
Goals
1
GK
Shin Hwa-Yong
8
0
1
0
0 (1)
0
6
0
15 (1)
16
0
0
0
2
MF
Choi Hyo-Jin
25
2
4
0
1
0
4
1
34 (0)
34
3
5
0
3
DF
Kim Gwang-Seok
18 (2)
1
1
0
0 (1)
0
5
0
24 (3)
27
1
6
0
4
DF
Lee Chang-Won
5
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
9 (0)
9
0
2
0
6
MF
Kim Gi-Dong
17 (1)
3
2
0
0 (1)
0
3 (1)
0
22 (3)
25
3
2
1
7
MF
Kim Jae-Sung
13 (11)
2
2 (1)
1
2
0
3 (1)
1
20 (13)
33
4
9
0
8
MF
Hwang Jin-Sung
16 (6)
2
2 (1)
1
1 (1)
0
2 (1)
1
21 (9)
30
4
4
0
9
MF
Hwang Ji-Soo
23
0
3
0
2
0
4
0
32 (0)
32
0
4
0
10
FW
Denilson
19
6
2
0
0
0
4
2
25 (0)
25
8
6
0
11
MF
Choi Jong-Bum
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2 (0)
2
0
0
0
12
MF
Park Yoon-Hwa
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
MF
Park Hee-Chul
3 (1)
0
0 (1)
0
1 (1)
0
0
0
4 (3)
7
0
1
0
13
MF
Shin Kwang-Hoon
0 (4)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2 (4)
6
0
1
0
14
FW
Kwon Jip
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2 (0)
2
0
0
0
14
DF
Kim Hyung-Il
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4 (0)
4
0
2
0
15
FW
Clodoaldo
2
0
0
0
0
0
1 (1)
0
3 (1)
4
0
1
0
16
MF
Park Won-Jae
23 (2)
4
3 (1)
0
1
0
3
0
30 (3)
33
4
6
2
16
MF
Kim Jung-Kyum
2 (1)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3 (1)
4
0
0
0
17
FW
Lee Gwang-Jae
2 (6)
0
0 (2)
1
0 (1)
0
2 (2)
0
4 (11)
15
1
2
0
18
FW
Namgung Do
11 (13)
6
1 (2)
1
0 (1)
0
3
0
15 (16)
31
7
4
0
19
FW
Lee Sung-Jae
0 (1)
0
0
0
0
0
0 (2)
0
0 (3)
3
0
1
0
20
MF
Fabiano Gadelha
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 (5)
0
1 (5)
6
0
0
0
21
GK
Song Dong-Jin
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
DF
Jang Hyun-Kyu
19 (1)
1
4
0
2
0
2
0
27 (1)
28
1
3
0
23
FW
Yoo Chang-Hyun
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 (1)
0
1 (1)
2
0
0
0
24
DF
Hwang Jae-Won
17
1
2
1
2
0
2
1
23 (0)
23
3
4
1
25
MF
Shin Hyung-Min
15 (2)
3
2 (1)
0
2
0
2 (2)
0
21 (5)
26
3
5
0
26
DF
Kim Soo-Yeon
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3 (0)
3
0
1
0
27
MF
Cho Han-Bum
0 (1)
0
0
0
1
0
1 (1)
0
2 (2)
4
0
1
0
28
MF
Song Chang-Ho
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2 (0)
2
0
0
0
29
DF
Lee Tae-Young
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
GK
Kim Jee-Hyuk
19
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
24 (0)
24
0
1
0
32
DF
Lee Seung-Yeul
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
DF
Noh Byung-Joon
7 (12)
4
1 (3)
1
1 (1)
1
0
0
9 (16)
25
6
1
0
35
MF
Kim Yoon-Sik
0 (2)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1 (2)
3
0
0
0
36
MF
Kim Ji-min
0 (1)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 (1)
1
0
0
0
37
DF
Cho Sung-Hwan
16
1
4
0
2
0
4
0
26 (0)
26
1
9
1
99
FW
Stevica Ristić (loan in)
9 (3)
6
3
0
2
0
0
0
14 (3)
17
6
1
0
Transfers
In
Loan in
Out
Loan out
References
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