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Pohang Steelers 포항 스틸러스
Full name	Pohang Steelers FC 포항 스틸러스 축구단
Founded	1973
Ground	Steelyard (Capacity 20,000)
Chairman	Kim Hyun-Sik
Manager	Sergio Farias
League	K-League
K-League 2007	5th (champions)
Home colours 　 Away colours

Pohang Steelers are a Korean football club. They were originally called POSCO, after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it, the club was founded in 1973 and is one of Korean football's most successful sides.

The club professionalized for the 1984 season and changed its name to POSCO Dolphins, but by the 1985 season they had changed yet again to POSCO Atoms. 1986 saw them win their first Championship, and they enjoyed a great spell of domination in the league; between 1985 and 1998 they were continually in the top four of the League.

The club achieved a Korean football 'first' at the end 1990 with the opening of their purpose-built 20,000 seater Steelyard Stadium, still the only football specific stadium constructed by a Korean football club.

1995 saw yet another name change, becoming Pohang Atoms to further strengthen local ties, and in 1997 adopted the name Pohang Steelers which they still use today. The side scaled Asian football heights, winning the Asian Champions Cup in 1997 and 1998 to establish themselves as one of Asia's top teams.

Unfortunately the club suffered something of a fall from grace in the 2000s struggling near the foot of the table, but bounced back to the forefront of Korean football by winning the first stage of the 2004 K-League championship. The club qualified for the final Championship match of the 2004 season, but lost 4-3 on penalties to Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

In 2007, the club won the championship playoff by beating Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, who finished in 1st place in the K-League. Pohang won the first leg at home 3-1, and then traveled to Seongnam and recorded a 1-0 victory to seal a 4-1 aggregate triumph. The Steelers had ended the K-League season in 5th place, but then defeated Daejeon Citizen, Gyeongnam FC, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and finally Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the playoffs to win the championship.

Contents 1 Club honors 1.1 Domestic 1.1.1 Professional 1.1.2 Amateur 1.2 International 2 Current squad 2.1 2008 Season transfers 3 Club official 4 Famous former players 5 See also 6 External links

K-League Champions: 4 1986, 1988, 1992, 2007 K-League Runners-up: 4 1985, 1987, 1995, 2004 FA Cup Champions: 1 1996 FA Cup Runners-up: 3 2001, 2002, 2007 Adidas Cup Champions: 1 1993 League Cup Runners-up: 1 1997 Korean President's Cup Champions: 1 1989 Korean Football Championship Runners-up: 2 1977, 1985

AFC Champions League Champions: 2 1997, 1998 Asian Super Cup Runners-up: 2 1997, 1998 A3 Champions Cup Runners-up: 1 2005

As of December 16, 2007

No. Position Player 1 GK Kwon Jung-Hyuk 2 MF Cho Hyo-Jin 3 DF Kim Gwang-Seok 4 DF Lee Chang-Won 6 MF Kim Gi-Dong 7 MF Oh Seung-Bum 8 MF Hwang Jin-Sung 9 MF Hwang Ji-Soo 11 MF Choi Jong-Bum 12 MF Park Hee-Chul 13 MF Shin Kwang-hoon 15 FW Jonhes 17 FW Lee Gwang-Jae 19 MF Park Won-Jae 20 FW Schwenck 21 GK Shin Hwa-Yong

No. Position Player 22 DF Lee Won-Jae 23 FW Cha Chul-Ho 24 DF Hwang Jae-Won 25 MF Kim Yoon-Sik 26 DF Kim Soo-Yeon 28 MF Ohn Byung-Hoon 29 FW Lee Tae-Young 30 FW Lee Sung-Jae 31 GK Jung Sung-ryong 32 DF Lee Seung-Yeul 37 DF Cho Sung-Hwan 41 GK Kim Hyun-Bum - FW Denilson - MF Kwon Jip - MF Kim Jung-Kyum - FW Namgung Do

In

No. Position Player FW Denilson (Transferred from Daejeon Citizen) MF Kwon Jip (Transferred from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) MF Kim Jung-Kyum (Transferred from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) FW Namgung Do (Transferred from Chunnam Dragons)

Out

No. Position Player 27 MF Kim Myung-Joong (Transferred to Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix) 33 MF Go Seul-Ki (Transferred to Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix) 10 MF Tavares (Released) 5 DF Kim Seung-Geun (Transferred to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) 16 FW Choi Tae-Uk (Transferred to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) 18 FW Ko Ki-Gu (Transferred to Chunnam Dragons)

Senior club staff

• Manager : Sergio Ricardo de Pavia Farias
• Coach : Park Tae-Ha
• Physical Coach : Renato Vinhas Antunes
• Reserve Team Coach : Gong Mun-Bae
• Goalkeeper Coach : Kim Sung-Su
• Trainer : Kim Tae-Soo, Ahn Seung-Hoon
• Interpreter : Na Young-Jun

Junior club staff

• U-18 Manager : Kim Kyung-Ho
• U-18 Coach : Baek Ki-Tae
• U-15 Manager : Choi Moon-Sik
• U-15 Coach : Kim Jung-Chan
• U-12 Manager : Kim Dong-Young
• U-12 Coach : Kim Sung-Jin
• Goalkeeper Coach : Kim Il-Jin
• Youth Academy Head Coach : Lee Young-Hwan
• Youth Academy Coach : Kwon Ki-Duk

• Carlos Esteban Frontini
• Paulinho Criciúma
• Rogerio Pinheiro Dos Santos
• Jasenko Sabitović (now naturalized and known as Lee Sa-Vik)
• Abbas Obeid Jassim
• Goran Petreski
• Rade Bogdanović
• Choi Soon-Ho
• Ha Seok-Ju
• Hong Myung-Bo
• Hwang Sun-Hong
• Jeon Kyung-Joon
• Kim Byung-Ji
• Ko Jeong-Woon
• Lee Dong-Gook
• Lee Heung-Sil
• Lee Min-Sung
• Woo Sung-Yong

Some of the current coaches, such as Park Tae-Ha and Choi Moon-Sik, also played for the club during their active years.

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• Pohang steelers supporters Club "Marines"

Preceded by Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	K-League Champions 1986	Succeeded by Daewoo Royals
Preceded by Daewoo Royals	K-League Champions 1988	Succeeded by Yukong Kokkiri
Preceded by Daewoo Royals	K-League Champions 1992	Succeeded by Ilhwa Chunma
Preceded by Ilhwa Chunma	Champions of Asia 1997-1998	Succeeded by Júbilo Iwata
Preceded by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	K-League Champions 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

Pohang Steelers – current squad
1 Kwon Jung-Hyuk • 2 Cho Hyo-Jin • 3 Kim Gwang-Seok • 4 Lee Chang-Won • 5 Kim Seung-Geun • 6 Kim Gi-Dong • 7 Oh Seung-Bum • 8 Hwang Jin-Sung • 9 Hwang Ji-Soo • 10 Tavares • 11 Choi Jong-Bum • 12 Park Hee-Chul • 13 Shin Kwang-hoon • 15 Jonhes • 16 Choi Tae-Uk • 17 Lee Gwang-Jae • 18 Go Gi-Gu • 19 Park Won-Jae • 20 Schwenck • 21 Shin Hwa-Yong • 22 Lee Won-Jae • 23 Cha Chul-Ho • 24 Hwang Jae-Won • 25 Kim Yoon-Sik • 26 Kim Soo-Yeon • 27 Kim Myung-Joong • 28 Ohn Byung-Hoon • 29 Lee Tae-Young • 30 Lee Sung-Jae • 31 Jung Sung-ryong • 32 Lee Seung-Yeul • 33 Go Seul-Ki • 37 Cho Sung-Hwan • 41 Kim Hyun-Bum • Coach: Farias

K-League 2007 clubs v • d • e
Busan I'Park | Chunnam Dragons | Daegu FC | Daejeon Citizen | FC Seoul | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | Gyeongnam FC | Incheon United | Jeju United | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Pohang Steelers | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i