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Ulsan HD

2024 season
Owner	Kwon Oh-gap
Head coach	Kim Pan-gon
Stadium	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
K League 1	Champions
FA Cup	Runners-up
Champions League (2023–24)	Semi-final
Champions League Elite (2024–25)	League stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2024 season was Ulsan HD FC's 41st season in the K League 1, and the first season under the new name after rebranding from Ulsan Hyundai FC. Over the course of the season, the club participated in the 2024 K League 1, the 2024 Korean FA Cup, the 2023–24 AFC Champions League, and the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite.

Players

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Contract since
Goalkeepers
1	Jo Su-Huk		(1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37)	Incheon United	2017
21	Jo Hyeon-woo		(1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 33)	Daegu FC	2020
37	Moon Hyeon-ho		(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)	Chungnam Asan FC	2024
Defenders
2	Sim Sang-min		(1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 (age 31)	Pohang Steelers	2024
4	Kim Kee-hee		(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 35)	Seattle Sounders	2020
5	Lim Jong-eun		(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 34)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2018
13	Lee Myung-jae		(1993-11-04) 4 November 1993 (age 31)	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2014
19	Kim Young-gwon		(1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 34)	Gamba Osaka	2022
20	Hwang Seok-ho		(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35)	Sagan Tosu	2024
23	Kim Ju-hwan		(2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 23)	Cheonan City FC	2024
Midfielders
6	Darijan Bojanić		(1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 30)	Hammarby	2023
7	Ko Seung-beom		(1994-04-24) 24 April 1994 (age 30)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2024
8	Lee Kyu-seong		(1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30)	Seongnam FC	2021
10	Kim Min-woo		(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)	Chengdu Rongcheng	2024
17	Gustav Ludwigson		(1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 31)	Hammarby	2023
22	Kim Min-hyeok		(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32)	Seongnam FC	2022
31	Ataru Esaka		(1992-05-31) 31 May 1992 (age 32)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2023
32	Jung Woo-young		(1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 35)	Al-Khaleej FC	2021
70	Choi Kang-min		(2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 22)	Daegu Arts University	2024
95	Matheus Sales		(1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 29)	Atlético Goianiense	2024
Forwards
9	Giorgi Arabidze		(1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26)	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	2024
11	Um Won-sang		(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 26)	Gwangju FC	2022
18	Joo Min-kyu		(1990-04-13) 13 April 1990 (age 34)	Jeju United	2023
26	Kim Min-jun		(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 24)	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2020
27	Lee Chung-yong		(1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 36)	VfL Bochum	2020
30	Kang Yun-gu		(2002-04-08) 8 April 2002 (age 22)	Busan IPark	2021
73	Yun Il-lok		(1992-03-07) 7 March 1992 (age 32)	Gangwon FC	2021
91	Park Chu-young		(1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 (age 39)	FC Seoul	2022
96	Kim Ji-hyeon		(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2021
99	Yago Cariello		(1999-07-27) 27 July 1999 (age 25)	Gangwon FC	2024
Players who left on loan during mid-season
3	Hong Jae-seok		(2003-07-03) 3 July 2003 (age 21)	Ulsan Citizen FC	2024
16	Lee Jae-wook		(2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23)	Yong In University	2023
24	Park Sang-jun		(2003-11-19) 19 November 2003 (age 21)	Ulsan University	2024
	Choi Seok-hyeon		(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 22)	Dankook University	2024
Players who left permanently during mid-season
9	Martin Ádám		(1994-11-06) 6 November 1994 (age 30)	Paksi FC	2020
66	Seol Young-woo		(1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 26)	University of Ulsan	2020
82	Won Du-jae		(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 27)	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	2020
97	Kelvin		(1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 27)	Atlético Goianiense	2024

Transfers

Pre-season

In

Transfers in

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee
GK	Moon Hyeon-ho	Chungnam Asan	Free transfer
DF	Hwang Seok-ho	Sagan Tosu	Free transfer
DF	Sim Sang-min	Pohang Steelers	Free transfer
DF	Choi Seok-hyeon	Dankook University	Free transfer
DF	Hong Jae-seok	Ulsan Citizen	Free transfer
MF	Kim Min-woo	Chengdu Rongcheng	Free transfer
MF	Ko Seung-beom	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	$600,000
MF	Kim Ju-hwan	Cheonan City	Free transfer
MF	Cho Young-kwang	Dongguk University	Free transfer
MF	Park Sang-jun	Ulsan University	Free transfer
MF	Choi Kang-min	Daegu Arts University	Free transfer
MF	Kim Dong-wook	Dankook University	Free transfer
MF	Matheus Sales	Atlético Goianiense	Free transfer
FW	Kelvin	Atlético Goianiense	R$1.5 million

Returned from loan

Position	Player	Returned from
DF	Kim Tae-hyeon	Vegalta Sendai
DF	Kim Do-hyun	Chungbuk Cheongju
DF	Lee Sang-hyeok	Gimpo FC
MF	Oh In-pyo	Suwon FC
MF	Yun Il-lok	Gangwon FC

1. Choi Seok-hyeon signed and moved to Cheongju FC on loan for the season.
2. Hong Jae-seok signed and moved to Jeju United on loan for the season.

Out

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee
GK	Seol Hyun-Bin	Bucheon FC 1995	Free transfer
GK	Min Dong-hwan		Free transfer
DF	Lee Sang-hyeok	Bucheon FC 1995	Free transfer
DF	Jung Seung-hyun	Al Wasl	Free transfer
DF	Kim Tae-hyeon	Sagan Tosu	Free transfer
DF	Kim Tae-hwan	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Free transfer
DF	Kim Do-hyun	Busan IPark	Free transfer
DF	Choi Seok-hyeon	Chungbuk Cheongju	Free transfer
MF	Kim Sung-joon	Cheonan City	Free transfer
MF	Oh In-pyo	Seoul E-Land	Free transfer
FW	Valeri Qazaishvili	Shandong Taishan	Free transfer

Loaned out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Note
MF	Cho Hyun-taek	Gimcheon Sangmu	Season-long loan
MF	Cho Young-kwang	Seoul E-Land	Season-long loan
MF	Hwang Jae-hwan	Bucheon FC 1995	Season-long loan
MF	Kim Dong-wook	Jeonnam Dragons	Season-long loan

Mid-season

In

Transfers in

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee
DF	Jung Woo-young	Al-Khaleej	Free transfer
FW	Giorgi Arabidze	Torpedo Kutaisi	$400,000
FW	Yago Cariello	Portimonense	$1.9 million

Returned from loan

Position	Player	Returned from	Note
DF	Won Du-jae	Gimcheon Sangmu	End of military duty
FW	Kim Min-jun	Gimcheon Sangmu	End of military duty

1. Won Du-jae returned from military duty, and then left for Khor Fakkan Club.

Out

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee
DF	Seol Young-woo	Red Star Belgrade	$1.63 million
FW	Won Du-jae	Khor Fakkan Club	Undisclosed
FW	Kelvin	Daejeon Hana Citizen	Undisclosed
FW	Martin Ádám	Asteras Tripolis	Undisclosed

Loaned out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Note
DF	Hong Jae-seok	Jeju United	Season-long loan
MF	Lee Jae-wook	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Season-long loan
MF	Park Sang-jun	Gyeongju KHNP	Season-long loan

Competitions

Overall record

K League 1

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups, the top six and the bottom six.
2. Military-owned team Gimcheon Sangmu cannot qualify for AFC competitions.

Matches

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

10 November 2024 37	FC Seoul	1–1	Ulsan HD	Seoul
	Lingard 51'	Report	Ko Seung-beom 45+2'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 37,288 Referee: Kim Woo-sung

Korean FA Cup

28 August 2024 (2024-08-28) Semi-final second leg	Ulsan HD	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Gwangju FC	Ulsan
19:00 UTC+9	Lim Jong-eun 13' Matheus Sales 54'		Oh Hu-seong 47', 90'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 5,201 Referee: Shin Yong-jun

30 November 2024 Final	Pohang Steelers	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Ulsan HD	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
15:00 UTC+9	Jeong Jae-hee 69' Kim In-sung 112' Kang Hyeon-je 120+5'	Report	Joo Min-kyu 38'	Attendance: 27,184 Referee: Kim Young-woo

2023–24 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) Round of 16 first leg	Ulsan HD	3–0	Ventforet Kofu	Ulsan, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9	Joo Min-kyu 37', 45' (pen.) Seol Young-woo 61'	Report		Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 7,621 Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

21 February 2024 (2024-02-21) Round of 16 second leg	Ventforet Kofu	1–2 (1–5 agg.)	Ulsan HD	Tokyo, Japan
18:00 UTC+9	Mitsuhira 88'	Report	Kim Ji-hyeon 11' Joo Min-kyu 90+4'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 15,932 Referee: Moood Bonyadifard (Iran)

5 March 2024 Quarter-final first leg	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	Ulsan HD	Jeonju, South Korea
19:00 UTC+7	Song Min-kyu 4' Tiago Orobó25 Moon Seon-min 42'		Lee Myung-jae 77' 22'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 9,338 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

12 March 2024 Quarter-final second leg	Ulsan HD	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Ulsan, South Korea
19.00 UTC+7	Seol Young-woo 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Semi-final first leg	Ulsan HD	1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Ulsan, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9	Lee Dong-gyeong 19'	Report		Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 9,558 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Semi-final second leg	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–2 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (5–4 p)	Ulsan HD	Yokohama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Uenaka 13', 30' Anderson Lopes 21'	Report	Matheus Sales 35' Bojanić 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 16,098 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Australia)
	Penalties
	Anderson Lopes Mizunuma Matsubara Amano Eduardo		Ádám Kelvin Ko Seung-beom Lee Chung-yong Kim Min-woo

2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Buriram United	6	2	2	2	3	9	−6	8	Advance to round of 16
9	Shanghai Shenhua	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7
10	Shandong Taishan	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7
11	Ulsan HD	6	1	0	5	3	14	−11	3
12	Central Coast Mariners (E)	6	0	1	5	8	17	−9	1

  Win   Draw   Loss

League stage

18 September 2024 1	Ulsan HD	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Ulsan, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9		Report	Marcinho 54'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 9,673 Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)

2 October 2024 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Ulsan HD	Yokohama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Watanabe 4' (pen.) Nishimura 44' Lopes 83' Mizunuma 90+2'	Report		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 8,153 Referee: Mohammed Al Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)

22 October 2024 3	Ulsan HD	0–2	Vissel Kobe	Ulsan, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9		Report	Taisei Miyashiro 48', 73'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 5,371 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

5 November 2024 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Ulsan HD	Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
19:00 UTC+8	Arif Aiman 9' Óscar Arribas 68' Bérgson 88'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 34,236 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

26 November 2024 5	Ulsan HD	1–3	Shanghai Port	Ulsan, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9	Joo Min-kyu 73'	Report	Vargas 11', 23', 83'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

4 December 2024 6	Shanghai Shenhua	1–2	Ulsan HD	Shanghai, China
19:00 UTC+8	André Luis 23'	Report	Cariello 58' (pen.) Kang Min-woo 66'	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 26,191 Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (Qatar)

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos.	Player	K League		FA Cup		AFC Champions League 2023–24 ACL		AFC Champions League Elite 2024–25 ACL Elite		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Jo Su-huk	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	Sim Sang-min	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	13	0
4	DF	Kim Kee-hee	22	0	1+2	0	2	0	1	0	28	0
5	DF	Lim Jong-eun	20+4	0	4+1	1	0+1	0	3+1	0	34	1
6	MF	Darijan Bojanić	22+4	2	2+1	0	0+1	0	2	0	32	2
7	MF	Ko Seung-beom	25+3	4	3	0	5+1	0	3+2	0	42	4
8	MF	Lee Kyu-seong	14+11	0	3	0	4+3	0	4+1	0	40	0
9	FW	Giorgi Arabidze	5+2	2	0+1	0	0	0	2+3	0	13	2
10	MF	Kim Min-woo	11+8	2	3	1	1+4	0	3+1	0	31	3
11	FW	Um Won-sang	12+14	4	2+1	1	5	0	0	0	34	5
13	DF	Lee Myung-jae	27+1	0	3+1	0	6	1	2+2	0	42	1
17	MF	Gustav Ludwigson	17+5	7	2	0	4+1	0	2+3	0	34	7
18	FW	Joo Min-kyu	26+7	10	2+2	1	5+1	2	3+2	1	48	14
19	DF	Kim Young-gwon	20+1	1	2+1	0	5+1	0	4	0	34	1
20	DF	Hwang Seok-ho	12+5	0	1+1	0	5+1	0	3+2	0	30	0
21	GK	Jo Hyeon-woo	38	0	4	0	6	0	5	0	53	0
22	MF	Kim Min-hyeok	7+6	0	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	18	0
23	DF	Kim Ju-hwan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	FW	Kim Min-jun	3+3	1	1+1	1	0	0	2+2	0	12	2
27	FW	Lee Chung-yong	7+16	0	2+2	1	0+2	0	2+3	0	34	1
28	FW	Jang Si-young	9+9	1	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	22	1
30	MF	Kang Yun-gu	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2
31	MF	Ataru Esaka	9+20	5	0+4	1	2+2	0	4+2	0	43	6
32	FW	Jung Woo-young	4+4	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
33	DF	Kang Min-woo	3+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	7	1
37	GK	Moon Hyun-ho	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
70	FW	Choi Kang-min	8+13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
73	FW	Yun Il-lok	21+5	0	2+1	1	0	0	6	0	35	1
91	FW	Park Chu-young	0+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
95	MF	Matheus Sales	6+6	0	1	1	1+4	1	3	0	20	2
96	FW	Kim Ji-hyeon	4+6	1	0+1	0	0+3	1	0	0	14	2
99	FW	Yago Cariello	5+7	4	2+1	1	0	0	3+2	1	20	6
Players featured on a match but left the club mid-season on loan transfer
3	DF	Hong Jae-seok	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24	DF	Park Sang-jun	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Lee Jae-wook	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players featured on a match but left the club mid-season permanently
9	FW	Martin Ádám	6+4	3	0	0	4+1	0	0	0	15	3
14	FW	Lee Dong-gyeong	7+1	7	0	0	4+2	1	0	0	0	0
66	DF	Seol Young-woo	7+2	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	15	2
82	MF	Won Du-jae	3+2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
97	FW	Kelvin	6+4	2	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	14	2

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Notes

1. To comply with the AFC requirements, Ventforet Kofu played at the Japan National Stadium instead of their home ground.

External links

• Official website (in Korean and English)

• Ulsan HD FC seasons
• South Korean football clubs 2024 season