Suwon FC
Club crest
Full nameSuwon Football Club
수원시민프로축구단
Founded2003 (2003)[1]
GroundSuwon Stadium
Capacity11,808
OwnerSuwon Government
ChairmanMayor of Suwon
ManagerVacant
LeagueK League 1
2023K League 1, 11th of 12
WebsiteClub website

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

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 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 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 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]

Current squad

As of 23 July 2023

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 South Korea KOR Park Bae-jong
2 DF South Korea KOR Jeong Dong-ho
3 MF South Korea KOR Park Cheol-woo
5 DF Australia AUS Lachlan Jackson
7 FW South Korea KOR Kim Hyun
8 MF South Korea KOR Jung Jae-yong (vice-captain)
9 FW South Africa RSA Lars Veldwijk
10 FW Brazil BRA Ricardo Lopes
11 FW South Korea KOR Lee Seung-woo (vice-captain)
13 DF South Korea KOR Oh In-pyo (on loan from Ulsan HD)
14 MF South Korea KOR Yoon Bit-garam (captain)
16 MF South Korea KOR Jung Jae-yoon
17 GK South Korea KOR No Dong-geon
18 FW South Korea KOR Yang Dong-hyen
19 MF South Korea KOR Kim Gyu-hyeong
20 MF South Korea KOR Hwang Soon-min
21 DF South Korea KOR Choi Bo-kyung
22 MF South Korea KOR Lee Gwang-hyeok
24 DF South Korea KOR Kim Ju-yeop
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF Brazil BRA Hugo Gomes
27 DF South Korea KOR Lee Tae-sub
28 MF South Korea KOR Lee Yeong-jae
29 FW South Korea KOR Jang Jae-woong
30 DF South Korea KOR Shin Se-gye
31 GK South Korea KOR Lee Bum-young
32 DF South Korea KOR Kwak Dong-joon
34 MF South Korea KOR Kim Ye-sung
35 MF South Korea KOR Seo Seung-woo
37 FW Brazil BRA Walterson
55 MF South Korea KOR Kim Sun-min
61 GK South Korea KOR Lee Jae-hoon
66 DF South Korea KOR Park Byung-hyun
71 MF South Korea KOR Kim Do-yoon
77 FW South Korea KOR Jeong Eun-woo
88 DF South Korea KOR Lee Yong
89 MF South Korea KOR An Chi-woo
91 FW South Korea KOR Kim Jae-hyeon
96 FW South Korea KOR Kang Min-sung

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
GK South Korea KOR Kim Chan-yong (to FC Mokpo)
DF South Korea KOR Kim Hyun-hun (to Jeonnam Dragons)
DF South Korea KOR Kwak Yun-ho (to Geoje Citizen for military duty)
DF South Korea KOR Lee Hyun-yong (to Siheung Citizen)
DF South Korea KOR Park Min-gyu (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF South Korea KOR Choi Chi-ung (to Yangju Citizen)
FW South Korea KOR Kim Chang-heon (to Dangjin Citizen)
FW South Korea KOR Lee Dae-gwang (to Gangneung Citizen)
FW South Korea KOR Lee Young-joon (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty)

Managers

No. Name From To Season(s)
1
South Korea Kim Chang-kyum 2003/03/15 2011/11/14 2003–2011
2
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
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
South Korea Kim Do-kyun 2019/11/14 2023/12/12 2020–2023

Honours

League

Cup

Season-by-season record

Season Division Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Korean FA Cup Top scorer
(league goals)
Manager
2013 2835138145351+2474th Quarter-finalSouth Korea Park Jong-chan (11)South Korea Cho Deok-je
2014 210361212125249+3486th Round of 16South Korea Jung Min-woo (8)
South Korea Kim Han-won (8)
South Korea Cho Deok-je
2015 211401811116454+10653rd Increase Third roundBrazil Japa (19)South Korea Cho Deok-je
2016 11238109194058–183912th Decrease Round of 32South Korea Lee Seung-hyun (6)South Korea Cho Deok-je
2017 210361112134248–6456th Third roundSouth Korea Baek Sung-dong (8)South Korea Cho Deok-je
South Korea Cho Jong-hwa (C)
South Korea Kim Dae-eui
2018 21036133202946–17427th Round of 32Brazil Fernando Viana (6)South Korea Kim Dae-eui
2019 210361110154955–6438th Round of 32Nigeria Chisom Egbuchulam (18)South Korea Kim Dae-eui
South Korea Lee Kwan-woo (C)
2020 2102717375228+24542nd Increase Round of 16North Korea An Byong-jun (20)South Korea Kim Do-kyun
2021 11238149155357–4515th Third roundSouth Africa Lars Veldwijk (18)South Korea Kim Do-kyun
2022 11238139165663–7487th Third roundSouth Korea Lee Seung-woo (14)South Korea Kim Do-kyun
2023 1123889214476–323311th Third roundSouth Korea Lee Seung-woo (10)South Korea Kim Do-kyun

    See also

    References

    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.
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