Suwon FC

South Korean professional football club

Not to be confused with Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

Football club

Suwon FC

Full name| Suwon Football Club
수원시민프로축구단
Founded| 2003; 21 years ago (2003)[1]
Ground| Suwon Stadium
Capacity| 11,808
Owner| Suwon Government
Chairman| Lee Jae-joon (Mayor of Suwon)
Manager| Kim Eun-jung
League| K League 1
2023| K League 1, 11th of 12
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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.

## 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 13 March 2024[4]

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

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1  | GK |  KOR | Park Bae-jong
2  | DF |  KOR | Jeong Dong-ho
3  | DF |  KOR | Park Cheol-woo
5  | DF |  AUS | Lachlan Jackson
6  | DF |  KOR | Choi Kyu-baek
7  | MF |  KOR | Jeong Seung-won
8  | MF |  BRA | Matheus Trindade
9  | FW |  CHI | Josepablo Monreal
10  | FW |  KOR | Ji Dong-won
11  | FW |  KOR | Lee Seung-woo
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
18  | FW |  KOR | Lee Joon-suk
19  | FW |  KOR | Jung Jae-min
20  | MF |  KOR | Hwang Soon-min
21  | DF |  KOR | Kwon Kyung-won
22  | FW |  KOR | Lee Gwang-hyeok
23  | DF |  IDN | Pratama Arhan
24  | DF |  KOR | Kim Ju-yeop
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25  | DF |  KOR | Kim Dae-hyun
26  | DF |  KOR | Jang Young-woo
27  | FW |  KOR | Kang Min-sung
28  | MF |  KOR | Jo Jun-hyun
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  | MF |  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
77  | MF |  KOR | Kang Sang-yoon (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
88  | DF |  KOR | Lee Yong (captain)

## Managers

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No.  | Name  | From  | To  | Season(s)

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|  Kim Chang-kyum | 2003/03/15  | 2011/11/14  | 2003–2011

|  Cho Deok-je | 2011/11/15  | 2017/08/26  | 2012–2017
C |  Cho Jong-hwa | 2017/08/26  | 2017/10/12  | 2017

|  Kim Dae-eui | 2017/10/12  | 2019/10/29  | 2017–2019
C |  Lee Kwan-woo | 2019/10/30  | 2019/11/13  | 2019

|  Kim Do-kyun | 2019/11/14  | 2023/12/12  | 2020–2023

|  Kim Eun-jung | 2023/12/20  |  | 2024–

## Honours

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### League

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* K League 2
* Runners-up (2): 2015, 2020
* National League
* Winners (1): 2010
* Runners-up (3): 2005, 2007, 2008

### Cup

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* National League Championship
* Winners (3): 2005, 2007, 2012
* Runners-up (1): 2004
* National Sports Festival
* Runners-up (3): 2006, 2007, 2011
* Gyeonggido Sports Festival
* Winners (8): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
* Runners-up (1): 2010
* President's Cup
* Winners (2): 2004, 2007

## 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

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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

## See also

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* List of football clubs in South Korea
* Suwon FC Women

## 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 13 March 2024.

## External links

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Suwon FC

* Founded in 2003
* Based in Suwon, Gyeonggi

The club|

* History
* Players
* Managers

Home stadium|

* Suwon Sports Complex (2003–present)

Honours

Korea National League|

* 2010

Korea National League Championship|

* 2005
* 2007
* 2012

President's Cup|

* 2004
* 2007

Website: www.suwonfc.com

Links to related articles

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Suwon FC - current squad

* 1 Park Bae-jong
* 2 Jeong Dong-ho
* 3 Park Cheol-woo
* 5 Jackson
* 6 Choi Kyu-baek
* 7 Jeong Seung-won
* 8 Trindade
* 9 Monreal
* 10 Ji Dong-won
* 11 Lee Seung-woo
* 13 Ahn Joon-soo
* 14 Yoon Bit-garam
* 15 Kim Tae-han
* 16 Lee Jae-won
* 17 No Dong-geon
* 18 Lee Joon-suk
* 19 Jung Jae-min
* 20 Hwang Soon-min
* 22 Lee Gwang-hyeok
* 23 Arhan
* 24 Kim Ju-yeop
* 25 Kim Dae-hyun
* 26 Jang Young-woo
* 27 Kang Min-sung
* 28 Jo Jun-hyun
* 29 Kang Kyo-hun
* 30 Lee Hyeon-yong
* 31 Lee Jae-hoon
* 32 An Chi-woo
* 33 Han Sang-gyu
* 35 Kim Hyeon-min
* 36 Lee Yo-seb
* 37 Sin Il-yeon
* 38 Lee Yun-gun
* 39 Ha Jung-woo
* 40 Kim Do-yoon
* 41 Lee Kyung-min
* 42 Kim Won-hyung
* 43 Park Jin-woo
* 44 Jung Seung-bae
* 70 Anderson Oliveira
* 77 Kang Sang-yoon
* 88 Lee Yong
* Manager: Kim Eun-jung

* v
* t
* e

Suwon FC – managers

* Kim Chang-kyum (2003–2011)
* Cho Deok-je (2011–2017)
* Cho Jong-hwa (2017)
* Kim Dae-eui (2017–2019)
* Lee Kwan-woo (2019)
* Kim Do-kyun (2019–2023)
* Kim Eun-jung (2023–)

* v
* t
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K League

Divisions|

* K League 1
* K League 2

Clubs (2024)|

| K League 1|

* Daegu FC
* Daejeon Hana Citizen
* Gangwon FC
* Gimcheon Sangmu
* Gwangju FC
* Incheon United
* Jeju United
* Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
* Pohang Steelers
* FC Seoul
* Suwon FC
* Ulsan HD

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K League 2|

* Ansan Greeners
* FC Anyang
* Bucheon FC 1995
* Busan IPark
* Cheonan City
* Chungbuk Cheongju
* Chungnam Asan
* Gimpo FC
* Gyeongnam FC
* Jeonnam Dragons
* Seongnam FC
* Seoul E-Land
* Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Former|

* Asan Mugunghwa
* Chonbuk Buffalo
* Chungju Hummel
* Kookmin Bank
* Goyang Zaicro
* Hallelujah FC
* Hanil Bank

Associated competitions|

* All-Star Game
* R League
* Championship play-offs
* League Cup
* Super Cup

Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
* Top goalscorer
* Top assist provider
* Young Player of the Year
* Best XI
* FANtastic Player
* Manager of the Year

Other articles|

* Records and statistics
* Champions
* Foreign players
* K League 1
* 2
* Decentralization policy
* AFC Champions League

* Players
* K League 1
* 2
* Clubs
* K League 1
* 2
* Seasons

Portals:

* Association football
* South Korea

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