K League 1 overall 'scoring famine' due to 'goal drought' in Seoul and Ulsan
K League 1 overall 'scoring famine' due to 'goal drought' in Seoul and Ulsan
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As FC Seoul and Ulsan HD, one of the K-League players, have difficulty scoring goals, a goal drought has come to the entire league. Only Daejeon Hana Citizen seems to have avoided scoring famine by banking on its 100th career goal.
According to the Korea Professional Football Association on Monday, the total score of the 2025 K-League 1 was 138 (62 matches) as of the end of the 10th round, down 24 from 162 goals (59 matches) in the previous season. Including Daejeon, which increased from 0.9 goals on average last year to 1.64 this year, Daegu FC (0.8 goals → 1 goal) and Jeonbuk Hyundai (1.3 goals → 1.5 goals) have scored the same as or decreased as the previous season. "Players had difficulty scoring points as the ground freezes due to cold weather due to the aftermath of the upcoming opening of the season," a source at the association said in a briefing. "The grass issue that had been raised in the early days of the season also had an impact."
In particular, the drop in attack power of Seoul (1.5 goals → 0.9 goals) and Ulsan (2.3 goals → 0.92 goals) is notable. Seoul fell to eighth place in the league (3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses) with the third fewest points in the league (9 goals). The main striker Cho Young-wook scored only one goal in 10 games, and Marco Duganjic (Ducks), who was recruited in February, has also been silent for six games. Seoul coach Kim Ki-dong, who has been mired in a four-game winless streak (two draws and two losses), expressed frustration after losing 0-1 to the Pohang Steelers on the 27th, saying, "The players were in a hurry because they didn't score and the balance of offense and defense was broken."
Ulsan is also utilizing Erik Parias (three goals) and others as its front-line positions where Joo Min-gyu left, but the team lacks destructive power. As a result, Ulsan, which was the top scorer (62 goals in 38 games) last year, has only 11 goals in 12 games this season. Ulsan coach Kim Pan-gon apologized to fans, saying, "I will make up for the shortcomings quickly," after losing 0-2 at the match against Sangmu, Gimcheon. 먹튀검증
On the other hand, Daejeon ranked first in the league with 18 goals (seven wins, two draws and two losses). When scoring the final goal against Gangwon FC on Sunday, Joo Min-kyu became the fourth player in the K-League to post 100 goals (222 matches) overall after Lee Dong-guk (231 goals in 506 matches), Dejan (184 goals in 351 matches), and Kim Shin-wook (116 goals in 327 matches).