FC Seoul in international competitions

FC Seoul is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul, South Korea, who currently play in the K League Classic. FC Seoul's first participation in Asian competition was during the 1986 season, when they competed in the Asian Club Championship, their first match was against Hap Kuan of Macau, but FC Seoul withdrew. FC Seoul's next participation in Asian competition was 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and actual first match was Shimizu S-Pulse of Japan.

FC Seoul haven't won the Asia Champions League not yet, only have runners-up one time. Their most recent participation in the competition was in 2011.

Matches

AFC Competitions

1980s

# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
1 1986 Asian
Club Championship
First round Macau Hap Kuan W/O

2000s

# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
1 1999–2000 Asian
Cup Winners' Cup
Second round
1st leg
Singapore Sembawang Rangers W/O
2 Second round
2nd leg
Singapore Sembawang Rangers W/O
3 2000-02-26 Quarter-finals
1st leg
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse A 1–3 S: Choi Yong-soo
SH: Sotaro Yasunaga, Masaaki Sawanobori, Toshihide Saito
4 2000-03-01 Quarter-finals
2nd leg
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–2 S: Kim Gwi-hwa
SH: Ryuzo Morioka, Masaaki Sawanobori
# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
2 2001–02 Asian
Club Championship
2001-11-21 Second Round
1st leg
Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad H 8–0 S: Ricardo (5), Park Jung-hwan, Dragan, Choi Tae-uk
3 2001-11-28 Second Round
2nd leg
Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad A 3–0 S: Kim Byung-chae, Park Jung-hwan, (O.G)
4 2002-02-17 Quarter-finals
(East Asia)
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings N 0–0
5 2002-02-19 China Dalian Shide N 1–1 S: Wang Jung-hyun
D: Yan Song
6 2002-02-21 Japan Kashima Antlers N 1–1 S: Andre
K: Masashi Motoyama
7 2002-04-03 Semi-finals Iran Esteghlal N 2–1 S: Marco, Andre
E: Yadollah Akbari
8 2002-04-05 Final South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings N 0–0
(2–4 PSO)
9 2009 AFC
Champions League
2009-03-10 Group stage Indonesia Sriwijaya A 4–2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Kim Chi-woo (2), Jung Jo-gook, Kim Seung-yong
SR: Ngon A Djam (2)
10 2009-03-17 Japan Gamba Osaka H 2–4 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Jung Jo-gook, Lee Sang-hyup
G: Leandro (3), Masato Yamazaki
11 2009-04-08 China Shandong Luneng A 0-2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine SL: Lü Zheng, Han Peng
12 2009-04-21 China Shandong Luneng H 1–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Park Yong-ho
SL: Alejandro Cichero
13 2009-05-05 Indonesia Sriwijaya H 5–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović (3), Sim Woo-yeon (2)
SR: Keith Gumbs
14 2009-05-20 Japan Gamba Osaka A 2–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović, Kim Han-yoon
G: Takashi Usami
15 2009-06-24 Round of 16 Japan Kashima Antlers A 2–2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
(5–4 PSO)
S: Lee Seung-yeoul, Ki Sung-yong
K: Shinzo Koroki, Takeshi Aoki
16 2009-09-23 Quarter-finals
1st leg
Qatar Umm-Salal A 2–3 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Jung Jo-gook (2)
U: Magno Alves (2), Fábio César Montezine
17 2009-09-30 Quarter-finals
2nd leg
Qatar Umm-Salal H 1–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović
U: Aziz Ben Askar

2010s

# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
18 2011 AFC
Champions League
2011-03-02 Group
stage
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain A 1–0 S: Dejan Damjanović
19 2011-03-15 China Hangzhou Greentown H 3–0 S: Dejan Damjanović, Ou Kyoung-Jun, Mauricio Molina
20 2011-04-06 Japan Nagoya Grampus A 1–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Choi Hyun-Tae
N: Kensuke Nagai
21 2011-04-19 Japan Nagoya Grampus H 0–2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine N: Mu Kanazaki, Kensuke Nagai
22 2011-05-04 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain H 3–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović (2), Ko Yo-Han
23 2011-05-11 China Hangzhou Greentown A 1–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Bang Seung-Hwan
H: Zeng Yue
24 2011-05-25 Round of 16 Japan Kashima Antlers H 3–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Bang Seung-Hwan, Dejan Damjanović, Koh Myong-Jin
25 2011-09-14 Quarter-finals
1st leg
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad A 1–3 S : Choi Tae-Uk
I: Noor, Al-Muwallad, Wendel Geraldo
26 2011-09-27 Quarter-finals
2nd leg
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad H 1–0 S: Mauricio Molina
27 2013 AFC
Champions League
2013-02-26 Group stage China Jiangsu Sainty H 5–1 S: Dejan Damjanović (2), Yun Il-Lok (2), Mauricio Molina
J : Hamdi Salihi
28 2013-03-12 Thailand Buriram United A 0–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
29 2013-04-02 Japan Vegalta Sendai H 2–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Sergio Escudero, Kim Jin-Kyu
V: Wilson Rodrigues Fonseca
30 2013-04-10 Japan Vegalta Sendai A 0–1 V: Atsushi Yanagisawa
31 2013-04-24 China Jiangsu Sainty A 2–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Koh Myong-Jin, Yun Il-Lok
32 2013-05-01 Thailand Buriram United H 2–2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Jung Seung-Yong, Kim Hyun-Sung
B: Ekkachai Sumrei, Theeraton Bunmathan
33 2013-05-14 Round of 16
1st leg
China Beijing Guoan A 0–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
34 2013-05-21 Round of 16
2nd leg
China Beijing Guoan H 3–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Adilson dos Santos, Yun Il-Lok, Koh Myong-Jin
B: Frédéric Kanouté
35 2013-08-21 Quarter-finals
1st leg
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli A 1–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović
A: Sultan Al-Sawadi
36 2013-09-18 Quarter-finals
2nd leg
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli H 1–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović
37 2013-09-25 Semi-finals
1st leg
Iran Esteghlal H 2–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović, Ko Yo-Han
38 2013-10-02 Semi-finals
2nd leg
Iran Esteghlal A 2–2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Ha Dae-Sung, Kim Jin-Kyu
E: Jlloyd Samuel, Mohammad Ghazi
39 2013-10-26 Final
1st leg
China Guangzhou Evergrande H 2–2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine S: Sergio Escudero, Dejan Damjanović
G: Elkeson, Gao Lin
40 2013-11-09 Final
2nd leg
China Guangzhou Evergrande A 1–1 Archived 2017-01-26 at the Wayback Machine S: Dejan Damjanović
G: Elkeson
41 2014 AFC
Champions League
2014-02-25 Group stage Australia Central Coast Mariners H 2–0 S: Osmar Barba, Yun Il-Lok
42 2014-03-11 China Beijing Guoan A 1–1 S: Go Yo-han
B: Utaka
43 2014-03-19 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 2–1 S: Rafael Costa
H: Takahagi, Shiotani
44 2014-04-01 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 2–0 S: Yun Il-lok, Rafael Costa
H: Notsuda, Hwang Seok-ho
45 2014-04-16 Australia Central Coast Mariners A 1–0 C Hutchinson (O.G)
46 2014-04-23 China Beijing Guoan H 2–1 S: Kang Seung-jo, Yun Ju-tae
B: Yu Yang
47 2014-05-07 Round of 16
1st leg
Japan Kawasaki Frontale A 3–2 S: Sergio Escudero, Kim Chi-woo, Yun Il-lok
K: Kobayashi, Renato
48 2014-05-14 Round of 16
2nd leg
Japan Kawasaki Frontale H 1–2 S: Sergio Escudero
K: Kobayashi, Morishima
49 2014-08-20 Quarter-finals
1st leg
South Korea Pohang Steelers A 0–0
50 2014-08-27 Quarter-finals
2nd leg
South Korea Pohang Steelers H 0–0
(3–0 PSO)
51 2014-09-17 Semi-finals
1st leg
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers H 0–0
52 2014-10-01 Semi-finals
2nd leg
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers A 0–2 W: Poljak, Cole
53 2015 AFC
Champions League
2015-02-17 Qualifying
Play-off
Vietnam Hanoi T&T H 7–0 S: Yun Il-lok, Éverton Santos, Jung Jo-gook (2)
Sergio Escudero, Lee Seok-hyun, Koh Myong-jin
54 2015-02-25 Group stage China Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao A 0–1 G: Ricardo Goulart
55 2015-03-04 Japan Kashima Antlers H 1–0 S: Kim Jin-kyu
56 2015-03-18 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers H 0–0
57 2015-04-07 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers A 1–1 S: Go Yo-han
W: Kerem Bulut
58 2015-04-21 China Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao H 0–0
59 2015-05-05 Japan Kashima Antlers A 3–2 S: Lee Woong-hee, Osmar Barba, Mauricio Molina
K: Shuhei Akasaki, Gaku Shibasaki
60 2015-05-20 Round of 16
1st leg
Japan Gamba Osaka H 1–3 S: Yun Ju-tae
O: Takashi Usami (2), Koki Yonekura
61 2015-05-27 Round of 16
2nd leg
Japan Gamba Osaka A 2–3 S: Yun Ju-tae (2)
O: Patric, Shu Kurata, Lins
62 2016 AFC
Champions League
2016-02-23 Group stage Thailand Buriram United A
63 2016-03-01 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima H
64 2016-03-16 China Shandong Luneng H
65 2016-04-05 China Shandong Luneng A
66 2016-04-20 Thailand Buriram United H
67 2016-05-04 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima A
68 2016-05-18 Round of 16
1st leg
69 2016-05-25 Round of 16
2nd leg
70 2016-08-24 Quarter-finals
1st leg
71 2016-09-14 Quarter-finals
2nd leg
72 2016-09-28 Semi-finals
1st leg
73 2016-10-19 Semi-finals
2nd leg
74 2017 AFC
Champions League
2017-02-21 Group stage China Shanghai SIPG H
75 2017-02-28 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
76 2017-03-15 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers H
77 2017-04-11 Australia Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
78 2017-04-26 China Shanghai SIPG
79 2016-05-10 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds H

Friendly Competitions

1980s

# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
1 1987 Winfulai Cup 1987-01-19 Group stage Hong Kong Happy Valley N 2–0 S: Park Hang-Seo, Lee Young-jin
2 1987-01-22 Hong Kong Sea Bee N 2–1 S: Unknown, Unknown
SB: Unknown
3 1987-01-25 Final Hong Kong South China N 0–1 SC: Chan Fat Chi
4 1988 Lunar New Year Cup 1988-02-17 Semi-finals Denmark AGF Aarhus N 0–2 A: Unknown
5 1988-02-21 Third place
play-off
China Dalian Shide N 3–0 S: Gu Sang-Bum (2), Kang Deuk-Soo
6 1989 King's Cup 1989-01-28 Group stage Indonesia Indonesia N 2–0 S: Gu Sang-Bum (2)
7 1989-01-30 Switzerland FC Grenchen N 2–0 S: Choi Jin-Han, Gu Sang-Bum
8 1989-02-01 Malaysia Malaysia N 3–0 S: Yoon Sang-Chul, Gu Sang-Bum (2)
9 1989-02-05 Thailand Thailand N 2–0 S: Choi Soon-Ho, Yoon Sang-Chul
10 1989-02-08 Semi-finals Russia Rotor Volgograd N 0–1 R: Valeri Chupin
11 1989-02-10 Third place
play-off
China China PR B N 2–1 S: Yoon Sang-Chul, Gu Sang-Bum
C: Xu Hui

1990s

# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
12 1991 King's Cup 1991-01-21 Group stage Malaysia Malaysia U-20 N 4–1 S: Choi Tae-Jin, Yoon Sang-Chul, Lee Young-Ik (2)
M: Unknown
13 1991-01-23 China China PR Olympic N 1–1 S: Lee Jang-Wook
C: Unknown
14 1991-01-25 Thailand Thailand N 0–1 T: Unknown

2000s

# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
15 2002 ATV Cup (Hong Kong Super Inter Club Cup) 2002-12-20 Semi-finals Hong Kong Happy Valley N 2–3 S: Choi Won-kwon, Choi Tae-uk
H: Unknown
16 2002-12-22 Third place play-off China Dalian Shide N 1–2 Unknown

2010s

# Season Competition Date Round Opponent H / A Result Scorer (s)
17 2017 Lunar New Year Cup 2017-01-28 Semi-finals New Zealand Auckland City N 0–1[permanent dead link] A: Emiliano Tade
18 2017-01-31 Third place
play-off
Thailand Muangthong United N 0–1[permanent dead link] M: Cleiton Silva
19 2017 Saitama City Cup 2017-02-12 Final Japan Urawa Reds Diamonds A 1-1
(Shared Title)
S: Lee Sang-ho
U: Nagasawa

Statistics

AFC Champions League record

Season Round Opposition Home Away Agg.
2009 Group F Indonesia Sriwijaya 5–1 4–2 2nd
Japan Gamba Osaka 2–4 2–1
China Shandong Luneng 1–1 0–2
Round of 16 Japan Kashima Antlers 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Quarter-final Qatar Umm-Salal 1–1 2–3 3–4
2011 Group F United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3–0 1–0 1st
China Hangzhou Greentown 3–0 1–1
Japan Nagoya Grampus 0–2 1–1
Round of 16 Japan Kashima Antlers 3–0
Quarter-final Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1–0 1–3 2–3
2013 Group E Japan Jiangsu Sainty 5–1 2–0 1st
Thailand Buriram United 2–2 0–0
Japan Vegalta Sendai 2–1 0–1
Round of 16 China Beijing Guoan 3–1 0–0 3–1
Quarter-final Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1–0 1–1 2–1
Semi-final Iran Esteghlal 2–0 2–2 4–2
Final China Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 1–1 3–3 (a)
2014 Group F Australia Central Coast Mariners 2–0 1–0 1st
China Beijing Guoan 2–1 1–1
Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 1–2
Round of 16 Japan Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 3–2 4–4 (a)
Quarter-final South Korea Pohang Steelers 0–0 (a.e.t.) 0–0 0–0
(3–0 p)
Semi-final Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 0–2 0–2
2015 Play-off Vietnam Hanoi 7–0
Group H China Guangzhou Evergrande 0–0 0–1 2nd
Japan Kashima Antlers 1–0 3–2
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 1–1
Round of 16 Japan Gamba Osaka 1–3 2–3 3–6
2016 Group F Thailand Buriram United 2–1 6–0 1st
Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 1–2
China Shandong Luneng 0–0 4–1
Round of 16 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 3–2 (a.e.t.) 0–1 3–3
(7–6 p)
Quarter-final China Shandong Luneng 3–1 1–1 4–2
Semi-final South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–1 1–4 3–5
2017 Group F China Shanghai SIPG 0–1 2–4 3rd
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 2–5
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 3–2
2020 Play-off Malaysia Kedah 4–1
Group E China Beijing Guoan 1–2 1–3 3rd
Australia Melbourne Victory 1–0 1–2
Thailand Chiangrai United 5–0 1–2

Club

As of end of 2013 season

By competition

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
AFC Champions League 40 17 16 7 71 39 +32 042.50
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 033.33
Winfulai Cup 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 066.67
Lunar New Year Cup 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00
King's Cup 9 6 1 2 16 5 +11 066.67
Total 57 27 17 13 96 53
+43
47.37

AFC competition

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
AFC Champions League 40 17 16 7 71 39 +32 042.50
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 033.33
Total 43 18 6 9 73 44
+29
41.86

By season

Season Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win% Round
1986 Asian Club Championship 1 0 0 1 0 0 +0 000.00 Group Stage
1987 Winfulai Cup 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 066.67 Runners-up
1988 Lunar New Year Cup 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00 3rd
1989 King's Cup 6 5 0 1 11 2 +9 083.33 3rd
1991 King's Cup 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 033.33 Group Stage
1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 033.33 Quarter-finals
2001–2002 Asian Club Championship 7 3 4 0 15 3 +12 042.86 Runners-up
2009 AFC Champions League 9 3 3 3 19 17 +2 033.33 Quarter-finals
2011 AFC Champions League 9 5 2 2 14 7 +7 055.56 Quarter-finals
2013 AFC Champions League 14 6 7 1 23 12 +11 042.86 Runners-up
Total 57 27 17 13 96 53
+43
47.37

By nation

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
 Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 100.00
 China PR 14 6 7 1 25 12 +13 042.86
 Denmark 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 066.67
 Indonesia 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 100.00
 Iran 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 066.67
 Japan 11 3 3 5 15 18 −3 027.27
 Korea Republic 2 0 2 0 0 0 +0 000.00
 Macau 1 0 0 1 0 0 +0 000.00
 Malaysia 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100.00
 Qatar 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00
 Russia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 1 1 4 4 +0 050.00
 Singapore 1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 100.00
  Swiss 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Thailand 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 025.00
 UAE 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Total 57 27 17 13 96 53
+43
47.37

Players

As of end of 2014 season

Appearance Leaders Top 5

Ranking Name Apps Seasons Notes
1 South Korea Go Yo-han 33 2004–present
2 South Korea Koh Myong-jin 31 2003–present
2 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović 31 2008–2013
4 Brazil Adilson dos Santos 29 2006–2013
5 South Korea Kim Yong-dae 27 2010–present

Goal Leaders Top 5

Ranking Name Goals Matches Goals per Match Seasons Notes
1 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović 17 31 0.55 2008–2013
2 South Korea Yun Il-lok 7 20 0.35 2013–present
3 Brazil Ricardo Campos da Costa 5 4+? ? 2000-2004
4 South Korea Jung Jo-gook 4 7 0.57 2003–present
5 Japan Sergio Escudero 4 23 0.17 2012–present

Clean Sheets Leaders Top 5

Ranking Name Clean Sheets Matches Clean Sheets per Match Seasons Notes
1 South Korea Kim Yong-dae 11 27 0.41 2010–present
2 South Korea Yu Sang-hun 3 5 0.60 2011–present
3 South Korea Shin Eui-son 2 5+? ? 2000–2004
4 South Korea Han Il-koo 1 2 0.50 2010–present

Awards

Club

Most Organized Club

# Year Award Descriptions Notes
1 2009 In all clubs of 2009 AFC Champions League,
FC Seoul was most organized home matches.

AFC Champions League Fair Play Award

# Year Award Descriptions Notes
1 2013 Took lowest number of red cards, yellow cards, disciplinary of all clubs

Individual

AFC Coach of the Year

# Year Coach Notes
1 2013 South Korea Choi Yong-Soo
Year Substitute Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Sum Notes
2013 South Korea Kim Jin-kyu (DF)
South Korea Ha Dae-Sung (MF)
South Korea Kim Yong-dae Montenegro Dejan Damjanović
4
2014 South Korea Cha Du-ri (DF)
South Korea Kim Ju-young (DF)
South Korea Yun Il-lok (MF)
3
Total
7

See also

References