Suwon FC

Suwon Football Club (Korean: 수원 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Suwon. Suwon plays in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. They play their home games at Suwon Sports Complex.

Suwon FC
수원 FC
Full nameSuwon Football Club
수원시민프로축구단
Nickname(s)Suwon Dashers
Founded2003 (2003)[1]
GroundSuwon Sports Complex
Capacity11,808
OwnerSuwon Government
ChairmanMayor of Suwon
ManagerKim Do-kyun
LeagueK League 1
2020 K League 2 K League 2, 2nd of 10 (promoted by promotional play-offs)
WebsiteClub website

History

Early years: semi-professional

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, reaching the play-off in four occasions in 2005, 2007, 2008 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 aggregate in the finals. Manager Kim Chang-Kyum left the team after the 2010 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

On 9 December 2012, it was officially announced that the team would become a fully professional club. They officially changed their name to "Suwon FC" and got an approval to join the professional K League. Suwon FC joined K League Challenge in the 2013 season. Their debut season as a professional club was successful, as they finished 4th in the league and became the only K League Challenge club to reach quarter-finals in the FA Cup.

The 2015 season was a dramatic milestone for the club. After finishing the regular season as third, Suwon FC proceeded to the semi play-off in which they met Seoul E-Land FC, on 25 November 2015. They drew 3–3, but since if scores are tied after regular time at semi play-off and play-off, the higher placed team advances to the next phase. On 28 November 2015, Suwon FC beat Daegu FC 2–1 in the play-off. Suwon FC beat Busan IPark 3–0 on aggregate in the K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs and won the promotion. Suwon made their K League Classic (top tier) debut in the 2016 season.

In the second round of the 2020 Hana Bank FA Cup between Suwon FC and Gwangju Seo-gu Hyo-chang FC at Suwon Stadium on the afternoon of the 6th (Korea time), the team completed a 10-0, a rare victory in professional football. It was the most perfect victory in this round.[2]

Current squad

As of 1 May 2020

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 Cho Won-Hee
3 DF  KOR Pak Min-gyu
4 MF  KOR Kim Geon-ung
5 DF  KOR Jang Jun-young
6 DF  KOR Choi Jong-hoan
7 FW  KOR Song Soo-young
8 MF  KOR Kim Jae-heon
9 FW  PRK An Byong-jun
10 FW  BRA Marlone
11 FW  KOR Mo Jae-hyeon
13 MF  KOR Jang Seong-jae
14 MF  KOR Jung seon-ho
15 DF  KOR Yeon Jei-min
16 FW  KOR Kang Min-jae
17 DF  KOR Lee Ji-hun
18 FW  JPN Masatoshi Ishida
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  KOR Lee Yong
20 MF  KOR Cho Yu-min
21 FW  KOR Han Jeong-uh
22 FW  KOR Jeon Jeong-ho
23 FW  RSA Lars Veldwijk
24 DF  KOR Kang Shin-myeong
25 GK  KOR Lee Si-hwan
26 DF  KOR Kim Ju-yeop
28 DF  KOR Choi Kyu-baek
29 DF  KOR Min Hyun-hong
30 DF  KOR Chae Seon-il
31 MF  KOR Hwang Byeong-gwon
32 MF  KOR Jeong Myeong-won
33 MF  KOR Lee Han-saem
36 GK  KOR Park Dae-han
51 GK  KOR Yoo Hyun
99 FW  BRA Danilo Alves

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  KOR Park Yo-han (to FC Anyang)
DF  KOR Kim Byeom-yong (to FC Pocheon)
FW  KOR Ahn Eun-san (to Gyeongju KH&NP)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  KOR Kim Chang-heon (to Pyeongtaek Citizen)
MF  KOR Woo Ye-chan (to Gangneung City FC)

Managers

# Name From To Season Notes
1
Kim Chang-kyum 2003/03/?? 2011/11/14 2003–2011 First manager
2
Cho Deok-je 2011/11/15 2017/08/26 2012–2017
3
Kim Dae-eui 2017/10/13 2019/10/29 2017–2019
4
Kim Do-kyun 2019/11/15 2020–present

Honours

Professional
Runners up (1): 2020
Third place (1): 2015
Semi-professional
Winners (1): 2010
Runners-up (3): 2005, 2007, 2008
Semi-professional
Winners (3): 2005, 2007, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2004
Runners-up (3): 2006, 2007, 2011
  • Gyeonggido Sports Festival
Winners (8): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2010
Winners (2): 2004, 2007

Statistics

Season Division Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Korean FA Cup Top scorer
(League goals)
Manager
2013 2835138145351+2475th Quarter-final Park Jong-chan (11) Cho Deok-je
2014 210361212125249+3486th Round of 16 Jung Min-woo (8)
Kim Han-won (8)
Cho Deok-je
2015 211421912116958+11693rd Third round Japa (19) Cho Deok-je
2016 11238109194058–183912th Round of 32 Lee Seung-hyun (6) Cho Deok-je
2017 210361112134248-6456th Third round Baek Sung-dong (8) Cho Deok-je
Cho Jong-hwa (C)
Kim Dae-eui
2018 21036133202946-17427th Round of 32 Fernando Viana (6) Kim Dae-eui
2019 210361110154955-6438th Round of 32 Chisom Egbuchulam (18) Kim Dae-eui
Lee Kwan-woo (C)
2020 2102717375228+24542nd Round of 32 [[]] () Kim Do-kyun

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