2025 FC Seoul season

FC Seoul

2025 season
Chairman	Huh Tae-soo
Manager	Kim Gi-dong
Stadium	Seoul World Cup Stadium
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 2 December 2023.

The 2025 season is FC Seoul's 42nd in the K League 1. The club also participated in the 2025 edition of the FA Cup. As the team finished 4th in the league, they qualified for the AFC Champions League Elite competition. This is because the FA Cup winner, Pohang Steelers failed to finished in Top 4 of the league and Gimcheon Sangmu who finished third, not eligible for the competition.

Players

No.	Player	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Contract since	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Baek Jong-bum		(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001	Osan High School	2019
18	Hwang Sung-min		(1991-06-23) 23 June 1991	Gyeongnam FC	2022
21	Choi Chul-won		(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2023
31	Kang Hyeon-mu		(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2024
99	Seo Ju-hwan		(1999-06-24) 24 June 1999	Ulsan HD FC	2022
Defenders
3	Kwon Wan-kyu		(1991-11-20) 20 November 1991	Seongnam FC	2023
4	Lee Sang-min		(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2021
5	Yazan Al-Arab		(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996	Muaither SC	2024
15	Kang Sang-woo		(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993	Beijing Guoan F.C.	2024
16	Choi Jun		(1999-04-17) 17 April 1999	Busan IPark	2024
17	Kim Jin-ya		(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998	Incheon United	2020
20	Kim Hyeon-deok		(2004-11-05) 5 November 2004	Boin High School	2023
30	Kim Ju-sung		(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2019
33	Bae Hyun-seo		(2005-02-16) 16 February 2005	Youth Team	2018
40	Park Seong-hun		(2003-01-27) 27 January 2003	Youth Team	2016
44	Ham Sun-woo		(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005	Shinpyeong High School	2024
98	Yoon Jong-gyu		(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2017
	Cho Young-kwang		(2004-03-11) 11 March 2004	FC Osaka	2022
	Choi Jun-yeong		(2005-07-16) 16 July 2005	Seongnam FC	2017
	Ahn Jae-min		(2003-01-23) 23 January 2003	Gimpo FC	2022
	Lee Shi-yeong		(1997-04-21) 21 April 1997	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2023
Midfielders
6	Ki Sung-yueng		(1989-01-24) 24 January 1989	RCD Mallorca	2020
8	Lee Seung-mo		(1998-03-30) 30 March 1998	Pohang Steelers	2023
23	Her Dong-min		(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004	Chung-Ang University	2024
25	Paik Sang-hoon		(2002-01-07) 7 January 2002	Youth Team	2015
27	Min Ji-hoon		(2005-03-31) 31 March 2005	Youth Team	2018
29	Ryu Jae-moon		(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2024
39	Kang Ju-hyeok		(2006-08-27) 27 August 2006	Osan High School	2024
41	Hwang Do-yoon		(2003-04-09) 9 April 2003	Korea University	2023
42	Park Jang Han-gyeol		(2004-02-15) 15 February 2004	Boin High School	2022
	Ahn Ji-man		(2003-01-11) 11 January 2003	Yeoju FC	2023
Forwards
7	Lim Sang-hyub		(1998-07-08) 8 July 1998	Pohang Steelers	2023
10	Jesse Lingard		(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992	Nottingham Forest	2024
11	Kang Seong-jin		(2003-03-26) 26 March 2003	Youth Team	2016
19	Lucas Rodrigues		(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999	Marítimo	2024
28	Son Seung-beom		(2004-05-04) 4 May 2004	Youth Team	2017
32	Cho Young-wook		(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2018
90	Stanislav Iljutcenko		(1990-08-13) 13 August 1990	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2022
94	Willyan		(1994-02-17) 17 February 1994	Daejeon Hana Citizen	2023
	Jung Han-min		(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001	Gangwon FC	2014
	Kim Kyeong-min		(1997-01-22) 22 January 1997	Gangwon FC	2022
	Kim Sin-jin		(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001	Seoul E-Land FC	2022
	Park Dong-jin		(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994	Busan IPark	2018
Players who went out on loan during season
	Aleksandar Paločević		(1993-08-22) 22 August 1993	OFK Beograd	2021
Players who left mid-season

Transfers

Pre-season

In

Transfers in

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee

Returned from loan

Position	Player	Returned from	Remark
DF	Cho Young-kwang	FC Osaka	End of loan
DF	Choi Jun-yeong	Seongnam FC	End of loan
DF	Ahn Jae-min	Gimpo FC	End of loan
DF	Lee Shi-yeong	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	End of loan
MF	Ahn Ji-man	Yeoju FC	End of loan
FW	Jung Han-min	Gangwon FC	End of loan
FW	Kim Kyeong-min	Gangwon FC	End of loan
FW	Kim Shin-jin	Seoul E-Land FC	End of loan
FW	Park Dong-jin	Gyeongnam FC	End of loan

Out

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee

Loaned out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Note
MF	Aleksandar Palocevic	OFK Beograd	Season loan till 30 June 2025

Loan return

Position	Player	Loaned to	Note
MF	Ronaldo Tavares	Estrela da Amadora	End of loan

Mid-season

In

Transfers in

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee

Out

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee

Loaned out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Note

Loaned return

Position	Player	Loaned to	Note

Competitions

K League 1

Main article: 2025 K League 1

Matches

As usual, the league season is played over 38 matches. After 33 league matches between the 12 participating teams, the teams are split into the final round (top 6 teams) and relegation round (bottom 6 teams).

Korean FA Cup

Main article: 2025 Korean FA Cup

2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite

Main article: 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 3 Dec 2024

No.	Pos.	Player	K-League		FA Cup		AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 ACL Elite		AFC Champions League Two 2025/26 ACL Two		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
Players featured on a match but left the club on-loan
Players featured on a match but left the club mid-season permanently