Suwon FC
Suwon Football Club (Korean: 수원 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Suwon. It currently plays in the K League Classic. They play their home games at Suwon Sports Complex.
History
Early years: semi-professional
Suwon city government decided to create a semi-professional level football team 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 FC 2-1 aggregate in the finals. Manager Kim Chang-Kyum left the team after the 2010 season as his contract expired and Cho Duck-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 3rd, Suwon FC proceeded to the Semi-Playoff 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-Playoff and Playoff, the higher placed team advances to the next phase, Suwon FC advanced to the Playoff. On 28 November 2015, Suwon FC beat Daegu FC 2-1 on the Playoff. Suwon FC beat Busan IPark 3-0 on aggregate in the K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs and won the promotion. Suwon FC will make their K League Classic (top tier) debut in the 2016 season.
Squad
Current squad
- As of 1 February 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managers
| # |
Name |
From |
To |
Season |
Notes |
| 1 |
 Kim Chang-Kyum |
2003/03/?? |
2011/11/14 |
2003-2011 |
First manager |
| 2 |
Cho Duck-Je |
2011/11/15 |
present |
2012–present |
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Club honors
League
- Winners (1): 2010
- Runners-up (3): 2005, 2007, 2008
Cup
- Winners (3): 2005, 2007, 2012
- Runners-up (1): 2004
- Winners (2): 2004, 2007
- Runners-up (3): 2006, 2007, 2011
- Gyeonggido Sports Festival
- Winners (8): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
- Runners-up (1): 2010
Statistics
- Korea National League era
| Season |
Stage |
Teams |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Position |
Korean FA Cup |
League Cup |
Top scorer
(League goals) |
Manager |
| 2003 |
First Stage | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | –1 | 12 | 6th |
Round of 16 | None | Shin Hyun-kuk (4)
Ju Won-kwan (4) | Kim Chang-kyum |
| Second Stage | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 17 | 3rd |
| 2004 |
First Stage | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | –3 | 10 | 5th |
Round of 16 | Runner-up | 4 players (3) |
| Second Stage | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 | 3rd |
| 2005 |
First Stage | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 22 | 1st |
Round 1 | Winner | Kim Han-won (11) |
| Second Stage | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 14 | 6th |
| Playoff | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 0 | Runner-up |
| 2006 |
First Stage | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 16 | 5th |
Round 1 | Quarterfinal | Oh Jung-seok (6) |
| Second Stage | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 19 | 3rd |
| 2007 |
First Stage | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 16 | 4th |
Round 1 | Winner | Park Jong-chan (11) |
| Second Stage | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 31 | 1st |
| Playoff | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 | Runner-up |
| 2008 |
First Stage | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 24 | 3rd |
Round 1 | Group Round | Ha Jung-heon (11) |
| Second Stage | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 34 | 1st |
| Playoff | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Runner-up |
| 2009 |
First Stage | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 21 | 7th |
Round 1 | Quarterfinal | Kim Han-won (12) |
| Second Stage | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 25 | 2nd |
| Playoff | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 0 | Semifinal |
| 2010 |
First Stage | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 10th |
Round of 16 | Semifinal | Yoon Dong-min (6) |
| Second Stage | 15 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 30 | 2nd |
| Playoff | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Winner |
| 2011 |
— | 14 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 35 | 7th |
Round of 16 | Group Round | Kim Han-won (9) |
| 2012 |
— | 14 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 32 | –3 | 34 | 9th |
Round of 32 | Winner | Kim Han-won (5) | Cho Duck-je |
- K League era
See also
References
External links
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