List of South Korean football transfers summer 2012

This is a list of South Korean football transfers for the 2012 season transfer window. Only transfers of the K-League are included.

K-League

Busan IPark

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	KOR	Jeon Jae-Ho (released, to Gangwon FC)

Chunnam Dragons

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Yang Joon-A (loan from Jeju United)
—	FW	BRA	Henan Silveira (unattached, former Red Bull Brasil)
—	MF	BRA	Lúcio Flávio (loan from Guaratinguetá)
—	FW	KOR	Jeong Shung-Hoon (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	KOR	Kim Shin-young (to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
11	MF	BRA	Silva (released)
12	MF	KOR	Lee Seung-Hee (loan to Jeju United)
27	MF	KOR	Park Jung-Hoon (loan to Gangwon FC)
77	MF	BRA	Paulo (released)

Daegu FC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	KOR	Lee Gwang-Jae (unattached, former Phichit)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	KOR	Kim Min-Koo (released, to Daejeon Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power)

Daejeon Citizen

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BRA	Alex Terra (unattached, former Melbourne Victory)^[1]
—	MF	KOR	Kim Byung-Suk (unattached, former Al-Nasr)
—	MF	KOR	Jung Yeon-Woong (loan return from V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	MF	KOR	Noh Yong-Hun (unattached, former Gangwon FC)
—	DF	KOR	Lee Jung-Youl (unattached, former FC Seoul)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	BRA	Leo (released, to Santa Cruz)
37	FW	KOR	Kim Seul-Gi (loan to Incheon Korail)

Gangwon FC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	KOR	Shim Young-Sung (loan from Jeju United (6 months))
—	MF	KOR	Park Jung-Hoon (loan from Chunnam Dragons (6 months))
—	MF	ROU	Ianis Zicu (loan from Pohang Steelers (6 months))
—	DF	KOR	Chun Jae-Ho (unattached, former Busan IPark)
—	MF	KOR	Denis Laktionov (unattached, former Tom Tomsk)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Jong-Gook (loan from Ulsan Hyundai (6 months))
—	FW	KOR	Han Dong-Won (from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
—	DF	KOR	Lee Yoon-Ho (from Ulsan Mipo Dockyard)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	KOR	Park Tae-Woong (released, to Suwon Bluewings)
9	FW	CRO	Mateas Delić (released, to Slaven Belupo)
22	MF	KOR	Kim Joon-Beom (loan to Gangneung City FC (6 months))
23	MF	KOR	Lee Jung-Woon (loan to Gangneung City FC (6 months))
25	MF	KOR	Kim Eun-Hu (released, to Mokpo City FC)
32	MF	KOR	Noh Yong-Hun (released, to Daejeon Citizen)

Gwangju FC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
80	FW	BRA	Adriano Chuva (retired)

Gyeongnam FC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Incheon United

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Nam Joon-Jae (from Jeju United)
—	FW	BRA	Paulo Júnior (unattached, former Dibba Al Fujairah)
—	MF	ALB	Sokol Cikalleshi (loan from Besa Kavajë)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KOR	Jang Won-Seok (to Jeju United)
22	MF	BRA	Nando (to Portuguesa)
39	DF	KOR	Kim Tae-Eun (released, to Incheon Korail)
40	MF	KOR	Hong Sun-Man (loan to Cheonan City FC)
43	DF	KOR	Jung Jae-Yoon (loan to Yongin City FC)
44	FW	KOR	Jung Soo-Woon (released)
45	FW	KOR	Cho Sung-Tae (released)
47	MF	KOR	Seo Young-Won (released)

Jeju United

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Lee Seung-Hee (loan from Chunnam Dragons)
—	DF	KOR	Jang Won-Seok (from Incheon United)
—	FW	BRA	Renan Marques (unattached, former Paulista)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	BRA	Robert (released, to Ceará)
10	FW	KOR	Shim Young-Sung (loan to Gangwon FC)
16	DF	KOR	Ma Chul-Jun (to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
22	MF	KOR	Yang Joon-A (loan to Chunnam Dragons)
23	FW	KOR	Ahn Jong-Hun (loan to Mokpo City FC)
24	MF	KOR	Nam Joon-Jae (to Incheon United)
38	MF	KOR	Lee Sang-Hyup (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, army)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	KOR	Ma Chul-Jun (from Jeju United)
—	DF	AUS	Alex Wilkinson (unattached, former Central Coast Mariners)^[2]
—	MF	BRA	Leonardo (from AEK Athens)^[3]
—	FW	KOR	Kim Shin-young (from Chunnam Dragons)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	DF	KOR	Lee Gang-Jin (loan to Machida Zelvia)
9	FW	KOR	Jeong Shung-Hoon (to Chunnam Dragons)
11	MF	BRA	Luiz Henrique (to Al-Shabab)^[4]
18	MF	CHN	Huang Bowen (to Guangzhou Evergrande)^[5]
23	DF	KOR	Kim Jae-Hwan (loan to Consadole Sapporo)
25	DF	KOR	Choi Chul-Soon (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, army)

Pohang Steelers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	KOR	Shin Hyung-Min (to Al-Jazira)
27	MF	ROU	Ianis Zicu (loan to Gangwon FC)
28	DF	KOR	An Il-Joo (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, army)

Sangju Sangmu Phoenix

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Lee Sang-Hyup (from Jeju United)
—	DF	KOR	Choi Chul-Soon (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
—	DF	KOR	An Il-Joo (from Pohang Steelers)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	COL	Javier Reina (from Ceará)
—	DF	KOR	Byun Sung-Hwan (unattached, former Newcastle United Jets)
—	DF	AUS	Brendan Hamill (from Melbourne Heart)^[6]
—	FW	BRA	Jael Ferreira (from Sport)
—	FW	KOR	Han Dong-Won (loan return from Suwon Bluewings)
—	MF	KOR	Yoon Seung-Hyeon (loan from FC Seoul)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	AUS	Saša Ognenovski (to Umm Salal)^[7]
10	FW	SRB	Vladimir Jovančić (loan to Tianjin Teda)
11	MF	KOR	Han Sang-Woon (to Júbilo Iwata)
20	MF	BRA	Héverton (loan return to Portuguesa)
29	DF	KOR	Lee Chang-Won (released)
—	FW	KOR	Han Dong-Won (to Gangwon FC)

FC Seoul

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	KOR	Jung Jo-Gook (unattached, former Auxerre)^[8]
—	MF	JPN	Sergio Escudero (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	KOR	Lee Jung-Youl (released, to Daejeon Citizen)
18	FW	KOR	Kim Hyun-Sung (loan to Shimizu S-Pulse)
34	MF	KOR	Yoon Seung-Hyeon (loan to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

Suwon Bluewings

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Lee Sang-ho (loan return from Al-Sharjah)
—	GK	KOR	Kim Dae-Hwan (return after retirement)
—	MF	KOR	Park Tae-Woong (unattached, former Gangwon FC)
—	DF	KOR	Choi Jae-Soo (from Ulsan Hyundai)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	KOR	~~Lee Yong-Rae~~ (~~to Al-Jazira~~)^[9]
24	FW	KOR	Han Dong-Won (loan return to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
25	DF	KOR	Choi Sung-Hwan (to Ulsan Hyundai)

Ulsan Hyundai

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BRA	Rafinha (loan from Nacional-SP)
—	DF	KOR	Choi Sung-Hwan (from Suwon Bluewings)
—	FW	KOR	Lee Seung-Yeoul (loan from Gamba Osaka)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	KOR	Choi Jae-Soo (to Suwon Bluewings)
19	MF	KOR	Byun Woong (loan to Ulsan Hyundai Mipo)
21	FW	KOR	Kim Hyo-Gi (loan to Ulsan Hyundai Mipo)
26	MF	KOR	Kim Jong-Gook (loan to Gangwon FC)
28	MF	JPN	Akihiro Ienaga (loan to Gamba Osaka)
29	MF	KOR	Kim Seo-Joon (loan to Ulsan Hyundai Mipo)

References

^ "Heart Star Heads For K-League". FourFourTwo (Australia). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
^ "Wilkinson joins Jeonbuk". ccmariners.com.au. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ "Leonardo makes Motors move". AFP. FIFA.com. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
^ "Al Shabab sign with Brazilian Luiz". official website. UAE Pro League. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ "Official: Guangzhou Evergrande announce signing of Jeonbuk Motors' China international Huang Bowen". Ben Somerford. goal.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ "Heart Agrees Terms With Seongnam For Hamill". Simon Chiarelli. melbourneheartfc.com.au. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ "Umm Salal seal Ognenovski deal". official site. QSL. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Official: Former K-League Rookie of the Year Jung Jo-Gook leaves AJ Auxerre for FC Seoul". Ben Somerford. goal.com. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Leave Young Rae". official website. bluewings.kr. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[Terra-1] "Heart Star Heads For K-League". FourFourTwo (Australia). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

[Wilkinson-2] "Wilkinson joins Jeonbuk". ccmariners.com.au. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

[Leonardo-3] "Leonardo makes Motors move". AFP. FIFA.com. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[Luiz-4] "Al Shabab sign with Brazilian Luiz". official website. UAE Pro League. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

[Bowen-5] "Official: Guangzhou Evergrande announce signing of Jeonbuk Motors' China international Huang Bowen". Ben Somerford. goal.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[Hamill-6] "Heart Agrees Terms With Seongnam For Hamill". Simon Chiarelli. melbourneheartfc.com.au. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[Saša-7] "Umm Salal seal Ognenovski deal". official site. QSL. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[Jo-Gook-8] "Official: Former K-League Rookie of the Year Jung Jo-Gook leaves AJ Auxerre for FC Seoul". Ben Somerford. goal.com. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[Yong-Rae-9] "Leave Young Rae". official website. bluewings.kr. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

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