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	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	Sembawang Rangers		W/O
2			–	Second round 2nd leg	Sembawang Rangers		W/O
3			2000-02-26	Quarter-finals 1st leg	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	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	Muktijoddha Sangsad	H	8–0	S: Ricardo (5), Park Jung-hwan, Dragan, Choi Tae-uk
3			2001-11-28	Second Round 2nd leg	Muktijoddha Sangsad	A	3–0	S: Kim Byung-chae, Park Jung-hwan, (O.G)
4			2002-02-17	Quarter-finals (East Asia)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	N	0–0
5			2002-02-19		Dalian Shide	N	1–1	S: Wang Jung-hyun D: Yan Song
6			2002-02-21		Kashima Antlers	N	1–1	S: Andre K: Masashi Motoyama
7			2002-04-03	Semi-finals	Esteghlal	N	2–1	S: Marco, Andre E: Yadollah Akbari
8			2002-04-05	Final	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	N	0–0 (2–4 PSO)
9	2009	AFC Champions League	2009-03-10	Group stage	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		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		Shandong Luneng	A	0-2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine	SL: Lü Zheng, Han Peng
12			2009-04-21		Shandong Luneng	H	1–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine	S: Park Yong-ho SL: Alejandro Cichero
13			2009-05-05		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		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	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	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	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	Al-Ain	A	1–0	S: Dejan Damjanović
19			2011-03-15		Hangzhou Greentown	H	3–0	S: Dejan Damjanović, Ou Kyoung-Jun, Mauricio Molina
20			2011-04-06		Nagoya Grampus	A	1–1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine	S: Choi Hyun-Tae N: Kensuke Nagai
21			2011-04-19		Nagoya Grampus	H	0–2 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine	N: Mu Kanazaki, Kensuke Nagai
22			2011-05-04		Al-Ain	H	3–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine	S: Dejan Damjanović (2), Ko Yo-Han
23			2011-05-11		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	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	Al-Ittihad	A	1–3	S : Choi Tae-Uk I: Noor, Al-Muwallad, Wendel Geraldo
26			2011-09-27	Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Al-Ittihad	H	1–0	S: Mauricio Molina
27	2013	AFC Champions League	2013-02-26	Group stage	Jiangsu Sainty	H	5–1	S: Dejan Damjanović (2), Yun Il-Lok (2), Mauricio Molina J : Hamdi Salihi
28			2013-03-12		Buriram United	A	0–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
29			2013-04-02		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		Vegalta Sendai	A	0–1	V: Atsushi Yanagisawa
31			2013-04-24		Jiangsu Sainty	A	2–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine	S: Koh Myong-Jin, Yun Il-Lok
32			2013-05-01		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	Beijing Guoan	A	0–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
34			2013-05-21	Round of 16 2nd leg	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	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	Al-Ahli	H	1–0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine	S: Dejan Damjanović
37			2013-09-25	Semi-finals 1st leg	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	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	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	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	Central Coast Mariners	H	2–0	S: Osmar Barba, Yun Il-Lok
42			2014-03-11		Beijing Guoan	A	1–1	S: Go Yo-han B: Utaka
43			2014-03-19		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–1	S: Rafael Costa H: Takahagi, Shiotani
44			2014-04-01		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–0	S: Yun Il-lok, Rafael Costa H: Notsuda, Hwang Seok-ho
45			2014-04-16		Central Coast Mariners	A	1–0	C Hutchinson (O.G)
46			2014-04-23		Beijing Guoan	H	2–1	S: Kang Seung-jo, Yun Ju-tae B: Yu Yang
47			2014-05-07	Round of 16 1st leg	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	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–2	S: Sergio Escudero K: Kobayashi, Morishima
49			2014-08-20	Quarter-finals 1st leg	Pohang Steelers	A	0–0
50			2014-08-27	Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Pohang Steelers	H	0–0 (3–0 PSO)
51			2014-09-17	Semi-finals 1st leg	Western Sydney Wanderers	H	0–0
52			2014-10-01	Semi-finals 2nd leg	Western Sydney Wanderers	A	0–2	W: Poljak, Cole
53	2015	AFC Champions League	2015-02-17	Qualifying Play-off	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	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	A	0–1	G: Ricardo Goulart
55			2015-03-04		Kashima Antlers	H	1–0	S: Kim Jin-kyu
56			2015-03-18		Western Sydney Wanderers	H	0–0
57			2015-04-07		Western Sydney Wanderers	A	1–1	S: Go Yo-han W: Kerem Bulut
58			2015-04-21		Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	H	0–0
59			2015-05-05		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	Gamba Osaka	H	1–3	S: Yun Ju-tae O: Takashi Usami (2), Koki Yonekura
61			2015-05-27	Round of 16 2nd leg	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	Buriram United	A
63			2016-03-01		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H
64			2016-03-16		Shandong Luneng	H
65			2016-04-05		Shandong Luneng	A
66			2016-04-20		Buriram United	H
67			2016-05-04		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	Shanghai SIPG	H
75			2017-02-28		Urawa Red Diamonds
76			2017-03-15		Western Sydney Wanderers	H
77			2017-04-11		Western Sydney Wanderers
78			2017-04-26		Shanghai SIPG
79			2016-05-10		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	Happy Valley	N	2–0	S: Park Hang-Seo, Lee Young-jin
2			1987-01-22		Sea Bee	N	2–1	S: Unknown, Unknown SB: Unknown
3			1987-01-25	Final	South China	N	0–1	SC: Chan Fat Chi
4	1988	Lunar New Year Cup	1988-02-17	Semi-finals	AGF Aarhus	N	0–2	A: Unknown
5			1988-02-21	Third place play-off	Dalian Shide	N	3–0	S: Gu Sang-Bum (2), Kang Deuk-Soo
6	1989	King's Cup	1989-01-28	Group stage	Indonesia	N	2–0	S: Gu Sang-Bum (2)
7			1989-01-30		FC Grenchen	N	2–0	S: Choi Jin-Han, Gu Sang-Bum
8			1989-02-01		Malaysia	N	3–0	S: Yoon Sang-Chul, Gu Sang-Bum (2)
9			1989-02-05		Thailand	N	2–0	S: Choi Soon-Ho, Yoon Sang-Chul
10			1989-02-08	Semi-finals	Rotor Volgograd	N	0–1	R: Valeri Chupin
11			1989-02-10	Third place play-off	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 U-20	N	4–1	S: Choi Tae-Jin, Yoon Sang-Chul, Lee Young-Ik (2) M: Unknown
13			1991-01-23		China PR Olympic	N	1–1	S: Lee Jang-Wook C: Unknown
14			1991-01-25		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	Happy Valley	N	2–3	S: Choi Won-kwon, Choi Tae-uk H: Unknown
16			2002-12-22	Third place play-off	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	Auckland City	N	0–1[permanent dead link]	A: Emiliano Tade
18			2017-01-31	Third place play-off	Muangthong United	N	0–1[permanent dead link]	M: Cleiton Silva
19	2017	Saitama City Cup	2017-02-12	Final	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	Sriwijaya	5–1	4–2	2nd
		Gamba Osaka	2–4	2–1
		Shandong Luneng	1–1	0–2
	Round of 16	Kashima Antlers	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)
	Quarter-final	Umm-Salal	1–1	2–3	3–4
2011	Group F	Al-Ain	3–0	1–0	1st
		Hangzhou Greentown	3–0	1–1
		Nagoya Grampus	0–2	1–1
	Round of 16	Kashima Antlers	3–0
	Quarter-final	Al-Ittihad	1–0	1–3	2–3
2013	Group E	Jiangsu Sainty	5–1	2–0	1st
		Buriram United	2–2	0–0
		Vegalta Sendai	2–1	0–1
	Round of 16	Beijing Guoan	3–1	0–0	3–1
	Quarter-final	Al-Ahli	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Semi-final	Esteghlal	2–0	2–2	4–2
	Final	Guangzhou Evergrande	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2014	Group F	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	1–0	1st
		Beijing Guoan	2–1	1–1
		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–2	1–2
	Round of 16	Kawasaki Frontale	1–2	3–2	4–4 (a)
	Quarter-final	Pohang Steelers	0–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0	0–0 (3–0 p)
	Semi-final	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–0	0–2	0–2
2015	Play-off	Hanoi	7–0
	Group H	Guangzhou Evergrande	0–0	0–1	2nd
		Kashima Antlers	1–0	3–2
		Western Sydney Wanderers	0–0	1–1
	Round of 16	Gamba Osaka	1–3	2–3	3–6
2016	Group F	Buriram United	2–1	6–0	1st
		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–1	1–2
		Shandong Luneng	0–0	4–1
	Round of 16	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2 (a.e.t.)	0–1	3–3 (7–6 p)
	Quarter-final	Shandong Luneng	3–1	1–1	4–2
	Semi-final	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	1–4	3–5
2017	Group F	Shanghai SIPG	0–1	2–4	3rd
		Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	2–5
		Western Sydney Wanderers	2–3	3–2
2020	Play-off	Kedah	4–1
	Group E	Beijing Guoan	1–2	1–3	3rd
		Melbourne Victory	1–0	1–2
		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	Go Yo-han	33	2004–present
2	Koh Myong-jin	31	2003–present
2	Dejan Damjanović	31	2008–2013
4	Adilson dos Santos	29	2006–2013
5	Kim Yong-dae	27	2010–present

Goal Leaders Top 5

Ranking	Name	Goals	Matches	Goals per Match	Seasons	Notes
1	Dejan Damjanović	17	31	0.55	2008–2013
2	Yun Il-lok	7	20	0.35	2013–present
3	Ricardo Campos da Costa	5	4+?	?	2000-2004
4	Jung Jo-gook	4	7	0.57	2003–present
5	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	Kim Yong-dae	11	27	0.41	2010–present
2	Yu Sang-hun	3	5	0.60	2011–present
3	Shin Eui-son	2	5+?	?	2000–2004
4	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	Choi Yong-Soo

AFC Champions League Dream Team

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

See also

• FC Seoul records and statistics
• South Korean clubs in the Asian Club Championship
• South Korean clubs in the AFC Champions League