"Seongnam are the second strongest team in the league but we are the strongest," said Pohang Steelers boss Sergio Farias after his team defeated the K-League leaders 2-1 last Saturday. The Brazilian is exaggerating his team's abilities but at the moment in Korea, just as the weather finally settles into seasonable temperatures, the football scene has gone haywire. Click to continue reading...

2007 K-League champions Pohang Steelers have no stars. That is the official line in South Korean football but it is one that it is only partly true.

The south-eastern outfit may have lacked a big-name player since Lee Dong-gook left for Middlesbrough at the start of the year but there have been some big performances from those in red and black in recent weeks as the team powered through the play-offs to take the title. Click to continue reading...

It was surprisingly easy in the end. Pohang Steelers defeated Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-0 in the second leg of the final of the 2007 K-League championship play-off series to add to their 3-1 win a week previously.

As Kim Ki-dong lifted the golden trophy on a chilly November afternoon at Seongnam's Tancheon Stadium, he became the fourth Pohang captain to do so but the first in 15 years. Click to continue reading...