FC Seoul's Jung Seung-won Voted K League 1 Round 19 MVP... "Multi-Goal Against Pohang"

Professional football club FC Seoul's Jung Seung-won has been recognized as the best-performing player in the midweek round of K League 1.

The Korea Professional Football League announced today (July 24) that it has selected Jung Seung-won as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for Round 19 of the Hana Bank K League 1 2026.

Jung led Seoul to a 3-1 victory by scoring multiple goals in the match between Seoul and Pohang Steelers held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium the day before yesterday.

With the score tied 1-1, Jung scored the team's second goal in the 24th minute of the second half, followed by the clinching goal in the 43rd minute of the second half.

The Round Best Team was also awarded to Seoul.

Seoul secured a comfortable win combined with Klimala's opening goal in the 36th minute of the first half and Jung's multi-goal performance.

Seoul is on a six-match unbeaten streak (5 wins, 1 draw), including two consecutive wins recently.

With the victory over Pohang, they widened the point gap with second-place Gangwon FC to 10 points.

The Round Best Match was selected as the game between Bucheon FC and FC Anyang held at the Bucheon Stadium the day before yesterday.

Anyang won 3-2 after a slugfest featuring a total of five goals exchanged.

Named to the Round Best 11, along with Jung Seung-won, were Anderson, Moon Seon-min, Yazan, and Koo Sung-yun (all from Seoul); Ferrier, Seo Jae-min, and Juan Ibiza (all from Incheon); and Matheus, Choi Geon-joo, and Kang Ji-hoon (all from Anyang).

(Photo courtesy of Korea Professional Football League, Yonhap News)
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