The
2007 season was
Daegu F.C.
Daegu FC (Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was re ...
's 5th season in
South Korea's
K-League.
Season Summary
For 2007,
Kim Hyun-Soo
Hyun-soo Kim (; ; born January 12, 1988) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder for the LG Twins of the KBO League. He previously played for the Doosan Bears, and has also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore O ...
, an experienced defender who had joined the club the previous season, was appointed captain. As well as the regular bunch of draftees from universities around South Korea, Daegu brought in three Brazilians who would play significant roles in the season;
Selmir,
Luizinho and
Eninho
Ênio Oliveira Júnior, known as Eninho, (born 16 May 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Eninho was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. He played for Brazilian clubs Mog ...
. An Argentinean,
Maxi, who had played for Spanish La Liga club Racing de Santander, also joined the club but was released mid-season without playing a game.
The K-League revamped its format, with the season now simply consisting of a conventional league, with the top six teams qualifying to the championship phase. This didn't help Daegu much, and after their mid-table finishes of the previous two seasons, their performance slipped, and the club placed 12th, winning six games. However, one notable win at home for the club was the 3-1 victory over
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League ...
. Ulsan represented a major scalp that year, as they would win the League Cup in 2007, as well as eventually finishing third in the K-League. Daegu also secured a 1-0 victory over FC Seoul in their last match of the regular season. Luizinho played in 23 of the 26 regular season games, scoring 11 goals.
Lee Keun-Ho finished as the top scoring Korean, in joint 7th with 8 goals, Eninho was just behind with 7 goals.
Daegu failed to get out of the group stage in the
2007 Samsung Hauzen Cup. However, Luizinho did finish as top scorer in the competition, with seven goals from just nine games. The club achieved a similar level of performance in the
FA Cup, where Daegu lost to
Incheon United in the round of 16.
Squad
Players In/Out
In
Out
Statistics
K-League
Standings
Korean FA Cup
Matches
Samsung Hauzen Cup
Standings
See also
*
Daegu FC
References
External links
Daegu FC Official website
{{2007 in South Korean football
Daegu FC seasons
Daegu FC