Suwon FC
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| Full name | Suwon Football Club 수원시민프로축구단 | |||
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| Founded | 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 2 | |||
| 2025 | K League 1, 10th of 12 (relegated via play-offs) | |||
| Website | suwonfc | |||
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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 2, the second tier of South Korean football. They play their home games at Suwon Stadium.
History
[edit | edit source]Early years: semi-professional
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Current squad
[edit | edit source]- As of 16 December 2025[4]
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Out on loan
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Backroom staff
[edit | edit source]Coaching staff
[edit | edit source]- Manager: South Korea Kim Eun-jung
- Head coach: South Korea Kim Tae-min
- Coaches: South Korea Lee Sang-don, South Korea Yang Dong-hyen
- Goalkeeping coach: South Korea Kim Ho-jun
- Fitness coach: South Korea Lee Geo-seong
Support staff
[edit | edit source]- Team doctor: South Korea Jung Tae-seok
- Medical staff: South Korea Kim Jeong-won, South Korea Hwang Geon-ha, South Korea Im Jae-young, South Korea Choi Jung-ho
- Scout: South Korea Kim Young-geun
- Analyst: South Korea Chae Bong-joo
- Interpreter: South Korea Park Hyung-man
- Kit managers: South Korea Jang Jae-ho, South Korea Won Young-seung
Source: Official website[5]
Managers
[edit | edit source]| No. | Name | From | To | Season(s) |
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1
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South Korea Kim Chang-kyum | 2003/03/15 | 2011/11/14 | 2003–2011 |
2
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South Korea Cho Deok-je | 2011/11/15 | 2017/08/26 | 2012–2017 |
| C | South Korea Cho Jong-hwa | 2017/08/26 | 2017/10/12 | 2017 |
3
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South Korea Kim Dae-eui | 2017/10/12 | 2019/10/29 | 2017–2019 |
| C | South Korea Lee Kwan-woo | 2019/10/30 | 2019/11/13 | 2019 |
4
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South Korea Kim Do-kyun | 2019/11/14 | 2023/12/12 | 2020–2023 |
5
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South Korea Kim Eun-jung | 2023/12/20 | 2024– |
Honours
[edit | edit source]League
[edit | edit source]Cup
[edit | edit source]- National League Championship
- 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
[edit | edit source]| 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 | South Korea Park Jong-chan (11) | South Korea Cho Deok-je |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 48 | 6th | Round of 16 | South Korea Jung Min-woo (8) South Korea Kim Han-won (8) |
South Korea Cho Deok-je |
| 2015 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 65 | 3rd Increase | Third round | Brazil Japa (19) | South Korea Cho Deok-je |
| 2016 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 58 | –18 | 39 | 12th Decrease | Round of 32 | South Korea Lee Seung-hyun (6) | South Korea Cho Deok-je |
| 2017 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 48 | –6 | 45 | 6th | Third round | South Korea Baek Sung-dong (8) | South Korea Cho Deok-je South Korea Cho Jong-hwa (C) South Korea Kim Dae-eui |
| 2018 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 46 | –17 | 42 | 7th | Round of 32 | Brazil Fernando Viana (6) | South Korea Kim Dae-eui |
| 2019 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 55 | –6 | 43 | 8th | Round of 32 | Nigeria Chisom Egbuchulam (18) | South Korea Kim Dae-eui South Korea Lee Kwan-woo (C) |
| 2020 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 54 | 2nd Increase | Round of 16 | North Korea An Byong-jun (20) | South Korea Kim Do-kyun |
| 2021 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 57 | –4 | 51 | 5th | Third round | South Africa Lars Veldwijk (18) | South Korea Kim Do-kyun |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 63 | –7 | 48 | 7th | Third round | South Korea Lee Seung-woo (14) | South Korea Kim Do-kyun |
| 2023 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 76 | –32 | 33 | 11th | Third round | South Korea Lee Seung-woo (10) | South Korea Kim Do-kyun |
| 2024 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 57 | –3 | 53 | 5th | Third round | South Korea Jeong Seung-won (11) | South Korea Kim Eun-jung |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 58 | –7 | 42 | 10th Decrease | Round of 16 | Syria Pablo Sabbag (17) | South Korea Kim Eun-jung |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Official Club Profile at K League Website Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
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External links
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- Official website (in Korean)
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