2009 Daegu FC season

Daegu F.C.

2009 season
Chairman	Kim Bum-il (Mayor)
Manager	Byun Byung-Joo
K-League	15th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
Peace Cup Korea	Group A 3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Léo (4) All: Cho Hyung-Ik (7)
Highest home attendance	32,250 vs Incheon United (6 Sep 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1,504 vs Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (22 Apr 2009)
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The 2009 season was Daegu F.C.'s 7th season in South Korea's K-League.

Season Summary

This season would transpire to be one of the worst, if not the worst, in the club's history. In a now expanded league of 15 clubs, thanks to new entrant Gangwon FC, Daegu would finish last. Jang Nam-Seok, who had played for the club since 2006 and has been a prolific scorer for the club, was appointed captain for the 2009 season. While defensively, there had been improvements, the club lost its attacking focus of the previous season. The leading scorer of the previous season, Lee Keun-Ho had completed his contract and moved to Japanese club Júbilo Iwata and Eninho, who had been one of the club's best performing imports, transferred to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. Their replacements, Émile Mbamba and Lazar Popović, were not of the same calibre, and would be released mid-season.

Only five games were won all season in the K-League. That even five games were won was fortunate, and this number is somewhat deceptive as it was as late as the 21st round that the club had but a single win. It was only a late season string of four consecutive wins that saved the club's blushes. This late season revival was far too late to lift the club from the foot of the table, from where it had been anchored since round 11 of the competition. An midseason incoming transfer, Leo would score four goals while midfielder draftee Lee Seul-Ki scored three goals from 25 games. That a midfielder playing as an occasional part-time forward would be the club's second highest scorer only highlighted the club's lack of offensive penetration.

In the FA Cup, Daegu made it to the quarterfinals, beating Gyeongnam FC in a penalty shootout in the round of 16. In the quarterfinal itself, against Daejeon Citizen, the game finished as a one all draw, Daegu's goal coming from Lee Seul-Ki. For the second consecutive match, the result would come down to a penalty shootout. This time, Daegu lost out. In the league cup, now known as the Peace Cup Korea 2009 finished third in their group, one point away from qualifying for the knockout phase of the cup. Cho Hyung-Ik, another midfielder, would be the club's highest scorer in the competition with three goals.

Off the field, Park Jong-Sun was elected as the third representative director of Daegu FC on 11 May 2009. Lee Dae-Sub and Choi Jong-Joon were the preceding representative directors.^[1] Daegu FC also signed a memorandum of understanding with the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B side Deportivo Coreano on 31 August 2009.^[2] It was hoped that this will lead to promising Argentinean players playing for the club.

The 2009 season also saw a change in the club's kit provider; Joma replaced previous supplier Lotto Sport Italia.^[3]

On December 22, 2009, Daegu FC appointed Lee Young-jin as manager to lead the club for the 2010 season.^[4] Lee, who has previously coached FC Seoul, replaced Byun Byung-Joo who had been manager since 2006. Byun resigned after being embroiled in a scandal involving a player's agent and payoffs for selecting specific players.^[5]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Cho Jun-Ho 2 MF Baek Young-Cheol 3 DF Choi Sang-Hyun 4 MF Cho Han-Bum (on loan from Pohang Steelers) 5 DF Feng Xiaoting 6 MF Lee Seul-Ki 7 MF Valdeir 8 MF Kim Chang-hee 9 FW Jang Nam-Seok (captain) 10 FW Léo 11 MF Kim Min-Kyun 12 MF Jang Sang-Won 13 MF Cho Hyung-Ik 14 MF Choi Jong-Bum 15 MF Kim Oh-Sung 16 DF Bang Dae-Jong 17 MF Han Jung-Hwa (on loan from Busan I'Park)

No. Position Player 18 MF Lim Hyun-Woo 19 MF Choi Jong-Hyuk 20 MF Yoon Seong-Min 21 GK Baek Min-Cheol 22 DF Chong Woo-Sung 23 MF Nam Hyun-Seong 24 DF Park Jung-Sik 25 DF Yoon Yeo-San (vice-captain) 26 DF Lee Sang-Deok 27 MF Lee Hyun-Chang 28 MF Kim Ju-Hwan 29 DF Kim Myung-Ryong 30 DF Yang Seung-Won 31 GK Cho Young-Joon 32 FW Cha Jung-Min 33 DF Kim Jong-Kyung 34 DF Park Jong-Jin

Players In/Out

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Type	Source (Korean)
20 November 2008	MF	6	Lee Seul-Ki	Dongguk University	Drafted	Daegu FC
20 November 2008	MF	8	Kim Chang-hee	Konkuk University	Drafted
20 November 2008	DF	26	Lee Sang-Deok	Dong-A University	Drafted
20 November 2008	MF	15	Kim Oh-Sung	Korea University	Drafted
20 November 2008	DF	22	Chong Woo-Sung	Chungang University	Drafted
20 November 2008	FW	11	Kim Min-Kyun	Myongji University	Drafted
20 November 2008	FW	32	Cha Jung-Min	Ajou University	Drafted
20 November 2008	DF	29	Kim Myung-Ryong	Myongji University	Drafted
20 November 2008	MF	27	Lee Hyun-Chang	Yeungnam University	Drafted
13 January 2009	GK	1	Cho Jun-Ho	Jeju United FC	Transferred	Daegu FC
13 January 2009	MF	17	Han Jung-Hwa	Busan I'Park	Loan
24 February 2009	FW	7	Émile Mbamba	Arema Malang	Transferred	Daegu FC
24 February 2009	FW	10	Lazar Popović	FK Čukarički Stankom	Transferred
2 March 2009	MF	14	Choi Jong-Bum	Pohang Steelers	Transferred	Daegu FC
2 March 2009	MF	3	Choi Sang-Hyun	Seongnam Ilhwa	Transferred
1 July 2009	MF	7	Valdeir	Joinville-SC	Transferred	Daegu FC
3 July 2009	FW	10	Léo	Górnik Zabrze	Transferred	Daegu FC
29 July 2009	MF	4	Cho Han-Bum	Pohang Steelers	Loan	Daegu FC
22 October 2009	DF	34	Park Jong-Jin	Gwangju Sangmu	Leave the army	Daegu FC

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Type	Source (Korean)
10 December 2008	FW	5	Hwang Sun-Pil	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	Military service	Naver
1 January 2009	FW	35	Leandro	Paraná Clube	Contract expired
1 January 2009	FW	85	Geovane	América de Natal	Released
1 January 2009	FW	12	Jeon Sang-Dae		Contract expired
1 January 2009	MF	14	Lee Tae-Woo		Contract expired
1 January 2009	DF	34	Lee Sung-Hwan		Released
8 January 2009	MF	6	Moon Joo-Won	Gangwon FC	Transferred	Naver
19 January 2009	FW	11	Eninho	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Transferred	Jeonbuk Hyundai
28 January 2009	DF	4	Cho Hong-Kyu	Pohang Steelers	Transferred	Pohang Steelers
16 February 2009	DF	22	Hwang Ji-Yoon	Daejeon Citizen	Transferred	Daejeon Citizen
2 March 2009	MF	7	Ha Dae-Sung	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Transferred	Jeonbuk Hyundai
2 March 2009	MF	17	Jin Kyung-Sun	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Transferred
2 April 2009	FW	10	Lee Keun-Ho	Júbilo Iwata	Contract expired	Naver
30 June 2009	FW	7	Émile Mbamba	Botev Plovdiv	Released
30 June 2009	FW	10	Lazar Popović	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Released

Statistics

Updated to games played 1 November 2009.

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Player	Total		K-League		Korean FA Cup		Pice Cup Korea
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Cho Jun-Ho	14	-29	14	-29	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Baek Young-Cheol	27	1	21	1	2	0	4	0
3	DF		Choi Sang-Hyun	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Cho Han-Bum	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Feng Xiaoting	22	0	19	0	2	0	1	0
6	MF		Lee Seul-Ki	31	4	25	3	2	1	4	0
7	MF		Valdeir	16	2	15	2	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Kim Chang-hee	15	0	11	0	3	0	1	0
9	FW		Jang Nam-Seok	17	0	14	0	2	0	1	0
10	MF		Léo	15	4	14	4	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Kim Min-Kyun	34	1	27	1	3	0	4	0
12	MF		Jang Sang-Won	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Cho Hyung-Ik	35	7	27	3	3	1	5	3
14	MF		Choi Jong-Bum	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
15	MF		Kim Oh-Sung	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Bang Dae-Jong	27	2	20	2	2	0	5	0
17	MF		Han Jung-Hwa	22	0	15	0	2	0	5	0
18	MF		Lim Hyun-Woo	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Choi Jong-Hyuk	21	0	13	0	3	0	5	0
20	MF		Yoon Seong-Min	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Baek Min-Cheol	23	-20	15	-13	3	-1	5	-6
22	DF		Chong Woo-Sung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Nam Hyun-Seong	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF		Park Jung-Sik	15	0	10	0	3	0	2	0
25	DF		Yoon Yeo-San	26	0	20	0	2	0	4	0
26	DF		Lee Sang-Deok	7	3	5	1	0	0	2	2
27	MF		Lee Hyun-Chang	23	2	18	1	3	1	2	0
28	MF		Kim Ju-Hwan	20	1	14	1	2	0	4	0
29	DF		Kim Myung-Ryong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Yang Seung-Won	23	0	18	0	3	0	2	0
31	GK		Cho Young-Joon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Cha Jung-Min	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Kim Jong-Kyung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Park Jong-Jin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Émile Mbamba	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
	FW		Lazar Popović	14	3	9	1	1	1	4	1

K-League

Matches

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Score	Scorers	Attendance
1	8 March 2009	Seongnam Ilhwa	H	1 – 1	Cho Hyung-Ik 22'	15,429
2	15 March 2009	Jeonbuk Hyundai	A	0 – 2		11,043
3	22 March 2009	Pohang Steelers	H	2 – 2	Lee Sang-Deok 50', Lee Seul-Ki 71'	5,342
4	4 April 2009	Daejeon Citizen	A	0 – 2		4,724
5	12 April 2009	Jeju United	H	2 – 1	Kim Ju-Hwan 42', Bang Dae-Jong 83'	3,215
6	18 April 2009	FC Seoul	A	0 – 0		11,305
7	25 April 2009	Busan I'Park	A	0 – 1		4,590
8	2 May 2009	Incheon United	A	1 – 2	Lee Seul-Ki 12'	3,240
9	10 May 2009	Chunnam Dragons	H	1 – 2	Baek Young-Cheol 3'	4,396
10	16 May 2009	Gangwon FC	A	2 – 2	Kim Min-Kyun 46', Lazar Popović 91'	5,129
11	24 May 2009	Gwangju Sangmu	H	1 – 3	Cho Hyung-Ik 3'	4,396
12	20 June 2009	Suwon Bluewings	A	0 – 1		10,206
13	28 June 2009	Gyeongnam FC	H	1 – 3	Bang Dae-Jong 71'	13,375
14	12 July 2009	Ulsan Hyundai	A	1 – 3	Lee Seul-Ki 47'	10,572
15	18 July 2009	Jeonbuk Hyundai	H	0 – 3		7,333
16	25 July 2009	Pohang Steelers	A	0 – 3		10,220
17	1 August 2009	Daejeon Citizen	H	2 – 2	Lee Hyun-Chang 51', Valdeir 75'	10,059
18	15 August 2009	Jeju United	A	0 – 0		3,572
19	22 August 2009	FC Seoul	H	0 – 3		5,876
20	29 August 2009	Busan I'Park	H	1 – 1	Cho Hyung-Ik 78'	3,550
21	6 September 2009	Incheon United	H	0 – 0		32,250
22	12 September 2009	Chunnam Dragons	A	1 – 0	Léo 25'	1,1980
23	20 September 2009	Gangwon FC	H	2 – 1	Léo 1', 68'	3,414
24	27 September 2009	Gwangju Sangmu	A	1 – 0	Léo 91'	3,155
25	2 October 2009	Suwon Bluewings	H	1 – 0	Valdeir 24'	4,723
26	11 October 2009	Gyeongnam FC	A	0 – 3		15,821
27	25 October 2009	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	H	0 – 1		3,201
28	1 November 2009	Seongnam Ilhwa	A	0 – 3		4,355

Current standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Gangwon FC	28	7	7	14	42	57	−15	28
14	Jeju United	28	7	7	14	22	44	−22	28
15	Daegu FC	28	5	8	15	20	45	−25	23

Updated to games played on 2009-11-01.
Source: kleaguei.com (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2009 K-League full League standing

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	5	8	15	20	45	−25	23	3	5	6	14	23	−9	2	3	9	6	22	−16

Last updated: 2009-11-01.
Source: kleaguei.com (Korean)

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L
Position	6	13	11	13	11	11	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15

Last updated: 2009-11-01.
Source: kleaguei.com (Korean)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Korean FA Cup

Matches

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Score	Scorers
Round of 32	13 May 2009	Suwon City	H	3 – 1	Cho Hyung-Ik 59', Lazar Popović 61', Lee Hyun-Chang 68'
Round of 16	1 July 2009	Gyeongnam FC	A	0 – 0 ^(a.e.t.)4 PK 5
Quarterfinals	15 July 2009	Daejeon Citizen	H	1 – 1 ^(a.e.t.)3 PK 5	Lee Seul-Ki 49'

Peace Cup Korea

Matches

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Score	Scorers	Attendance
1	8 March 2009	Chunnam Dragons	A	2 – 3	Lazar Popović 63', Lee Sang-Deok 69'	4,865
2	8 April 2009	Gangwon FC	H	2 – 1	Cho Hyung-Ik 17', Lee Sang-Deok 65'	3,077
3	22 April 2009	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	H	0 – 0		1,504
4	5 May 2009	Daejeon Citizen	A	0 – 2		12,335
5	27 May 2009	Incheon United	H	2 – 0	Cho Hyung-Ik 10', 50'	1,512

Standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Incheon United (A)	5	2	2	1	6	6	0	8	Peace Cup Korea 2009 Knockout Round
3	Daegu FC	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Chunnam Dragons	5	2	1	2	8	10	−2	7

Updated to games played on 27 May 2009.
Source: kleaguei.com (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. "대구FC 제 3대 박종선 단장 선임" (in Korean). Daegu FC. 2009-05-11.
2. "대구FC-데포르티보 꼬리아노 WIN-WIN 협약체결" (in Korean). Daegu FC. 2009-08-31.
3. "대구FC 출정식 및 JOMA(조마) 조인식". Daegu FC (in Korean). Naver. 2009-02-25.
4. "대구FC 제 3대 감독에 이영진 감독선임". Daegu FC (in Korean). 2009-12-22. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27.
5. "Sports agent scandal taints Daegu FC manager". JoongAng Daily. 2009-12-09.

See also

• Daegu F.C.

External links

• Daegu FC Official website (Korean)