Suwon FC (Korean: 수원 FC; Hanja: 水原 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Suwon, that competes in the K League 1, the South Korea's top professional league. They play their home games at Suwon Stadium.

Suwon FC
Club crest
Full nameSuwon Football Club
수원시민프로축구단
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)[1]
GroundSuwon Stadium
Capacity11,808
OwnerSuwon Government
ChairmanLee Jae-joon (Mayor of Suwon)
ManagerKim Eun-jung
LeagueK League 1
2024K League 1, 5th of 12
Websitehttps://suwonfc.com/

History

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Early years: semi-professional

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Suwon city government decided to create a semi-professional level football club that would link school-level football clubs within the city and Suwon Samsung Bluewings, which is a professional club based in the city. On 15 March 2003, Suwon City Football Club was officially formed. The club appointed Kim Chang-kyum as their manager and joined the semi-professional Korea National League, which was then called the K2 League.

They won their first trophy in 2004 by winning the Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament. Slowly, they rose to strong contenders in the Korea National League as they reached the play-off on four occasions between 2005 and 2009, although they failed to lift the trophy on all four occasions. Finally, in the 2010 season, they became the league champions after beating Daejeon Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power 2–1 on aggregate in the final. Manager Kim Chang-kyum left the team after the 2011 season as his contract expired and Cho Deok-je, who had been managing the club's youth team, took over his place.

Suwon FC era

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On 9 December 2012, it was officially announced that the team would become fully professional. The club's name was also changed to Suwon FC and got an approval to join the professional K League. Suwon FC joined the second-tier K League Challenge in the 2013 season. Their debut season as a professional club was successful, as they finished fourth in the league and became the only K League Challenge club to reach the quarter-finals in the FA Cup.

The 2015 season was a milestone for the club. After finishing the regular season in third place, Suwon FC proceeded to the K League Challenge play-offs in which they eliminated Seoul E-Land and Daegu FC.[2] In the promotion-relegation playoffs, Suwon then defeated top division side Busan IPark 3–0 on aggregate and won the promotion to the 2016 K League Classic.[3]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 30 November 2024[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   KOR Park Bae-jong
2 DF   KOR Jeong Dong-ho
3 DF   KOR Park Cheol-woo
4 MF   KOR Cho Joon-hyeon
5 DF   AUS Lachlan Jackson
6 DF   KOR Choi Kyu-baek
7 MF   KOR Jeong Seung-won
8 DF   ALB Eljon Sota
9 FW   PRK An Byong-jun
10 FW   KOR Ji Dong-won
13 GK   KOR Ahn Joon-soo
14 MF   KOR Yoon Bit-garam
15 DF   KOR Kim Tae-han
16 MF   KOR Lee Jae-won
17 GK   KOR No Dong-geon
20 MF   KOR Hwang Soon-min
21 DF   KOR Kwak Yun-ho
22 MF   KOR Roh Kyung-ho
23 DF   IDN Pratama Arhan
24 DF   KOR Kim Ju-yeop
25 DF   KOR Kim Dae-hyun
26 DF   KOR Jang Young-woo
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW   KOR Kang Min-sung
29 DF   KOR Kang Kyo-hun
30 DF   KOR Lee Hyeon-yong
31 GK   KOR Lee Jae-hoon
32 MF   KOR An Chi-woo
33 DF   KOR Han Sang-gyu
35 MF   KOR Kim Hyeon-min
36 MF   KOR Lee Yo-seb
37 DF   KOR Sin Il-yeon
38 MF   KOR Lee Yun-gun
39 FW   KOR Ha Jung-woo
40 MF   KOR Kim Do-yoon
41 GK   KOR Lee Kyung-min
42 MF   KOR Kim Won-hyung
43 FW   KOR Park Jin-woo
44 FW   KOR Jung Seung-bae
70 FW   BRA Anderson Oliveira
71 MF   KOR Han Kyo-won
77 MF   KOR Kang Sang-yoon (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
88 DF   KOR Lee Yong (captain)
99 GK   KOR Jeong Min-ki

Managers

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No. Name From To Season(s)
1
  Kim Chang-kyum 2003/03/15 2011/11/14 2003–2011
2
  Cho Deok-je 2011/11/15 2017/08/26 2012–2017
C   Cho Jong-hwa 2017/08/26 2017/10/12 2017
3
  Kim Dae-eui 2017/10/12 2019/10/29 2017–2019
C   Lee Kwan-woo 2019/10/30 2019/11/13 2019
4
  Kim Do-kyun 2019/11/14 2023/12/12 2020–2023
5
  Kim Eun-jung 2023/12/20 2024–

Honours

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League

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Season-by-season record

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Season Division Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Korean FA Cup Top scorer
(league goals)
Manager
2013 2 8 35 13 8 14 53 51 +2 47 4th Quarter-final   Park Jong-chan (11)   Cho Deok-je
2014 2 10 36 12 12 12 52 49 +3 48 6th Round of 16   Jung Min-woo (8)
  Kim Han-won (8)
  Cho Deok-je
2015 2 11 40 18 11 11 64 54 +10 65 3rd   Third round   Japa (19)   Cho Deok-je
2016 1 12 38 10 9 19 40 58 –18 39 12th   Round of 32   Lee Seung-hyun (6)   Cho Deok-je
2017 2 10 36 11 12 13 42 48 –6 45 6th Third round   Baek Sung-dong (8)   Cho Deok-je
  Cho Jong-hwa (C)
  Kim Dae-eui
2018 2 10 36 13 3 20 29 46 –17 42 7th Round of 32   Fernando Viana (6)   Kim Dae-eui
2019 2 10 36 11 10 15 49 55 –6 43 8th Round of 32   Chisom Egbuchulam (18)   Kim Dae-eui
  Lee Kwan-woo (C)
2020 2 10 27 17 3 7 52 28 +24 54 2nd   Round of 16   An Byong-jun (20)   Kim Do-kyun
2021 1 12 38 14 9 15 53 57 –4 51 5th Third round   Lars Veldwijk (18)   Kim Do-kyun
2022 1 12 38 13 9 16 56 63 –7 48 7th Third round   Lee Seung-woo (14)   Kim Do-kyun
2023 1 12 38 8 9 21 44 76 –32 33 11th Third round   Lee Seung-woo (10)   Kim Do-kyun
2024 1 12 38 15 8 15 54 57 –3 53 5th Third round   Jeong Seung-won (11)   Kim Eun-jung

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Official Club Profile at K League Website Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
  2. ^ "Summary – 2015 K League 2 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Suwon soars to K-League Classic". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "선수소개". suwonfc.com (in Korean). Suwon FC. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
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