Suwon FC

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| fullname = Suwon Football Club
수원시민프로축구단

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| founded = {{Start date and age|2003}}[http://www.kleague.com/kr/sub.asp?avan=1006010000&league_id=3&team_id=K29& Official Club Profile at K League Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429125347/http://www.kleague.com/kr/sub.asp?avan=1006010000&league_id=3&team_id=K29& |date=2014-04-29 }} {{in lang|ko}}

| ground = Suwon Stadium

| capacity = 11,808

| owner = Suwon Government

| chairman = Lee Jae-joon (Mayor of Suwon)

| manager = Kim Eun-jung

| league = K League 1

| season = 2024

| position = K League 1, 5th of 12

| website = {{URL|https://suwonfc.com/}}

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Suwon FC ({{langx|ko|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 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=

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.{{cite web |title=Summary – 2015 K League 2 – Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/korea-republic/k-league/2015/s11176/final-stages/ |website=soccerway.com |access-date=21 November 2022}} 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.{{cite web |title=Suwon soars to K-League Classic |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2015/12/06/Baseball/Suwon-soars-to-KLeague-Classic/3012444.html |website=koreajoongangdaily.joins.com |access-date=21 November 2022 |language=en |date=6 December 2015}}

Players

=Current squad=

{{updated|17 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=선수소개|trans-title=Player introduction|url=https://suwonfc.com/?p=49 |website=suwonfc.com |publisher=Suwon FC |access-date=17 February 2025 |language=ko}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=SYR|name=Pablo Sabbag|pos=FW|other=on loan from La Equidad}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=NOR|name=Mohamed Ofkir|pos=FW|other=on loan from Vålerenga}}

Backroom staff

= Coaching staff =

Manager: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-jung
Head coach: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Tae-min
Coaches: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-don, {{Flagicon|KOR}} Yang Dong-hyen
Goalkeeping coach: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Ho-jun
Fitness coach: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Lee Geo-seong

= Support staff =

Team doctor: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Jung Tae-seok
Medical staff: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Jeong-won, {{Flagicon|KOR}} Hwang Geon-ha, {{Flagicon|KOR}} Im Jae-young, {{Flagicon|KOR}} Choi Jung-ho
Scout: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Young-geun
Analyst: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Chae Bong-joo
Interpreter: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Park Hyung-man
Kit managers: {{Flagicon|KOR}} Jang Jae-ho, {{Flagicon|KOR}} Won Young-seung

Source: Official website{{Cite web |title=코칭스태프 |trans-title=Coaching staff |url=https://www.suwonfc.com/?p=48|website=suwonfc.com |publisher=Suwon FC |access-date=17 February 2025 |language=ko}}

Managers

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! No.

! Name

! From

! To

! Season(s)

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Chang-kyum

| 2003/03/15

| 2011/11/14

| 2003–2011

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Cho Deok-je

| 2011/11/15

| 2017/08/26

| 2012–2017

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| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Cho Jong-hwa

| 2017/08/26

| 2017/10/12

| 2017

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Dae-eui

| 2017/10/12

| 2019/10/29

| 2017–2019

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| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Lee Kwan-woo

| 2019/10/30

| 2019/11/13

| 2019

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Do-kyun

| 2019/11/14

| 2023/12/12

| 2020–2023

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Eun-jung

| 2023/12/20

| 2024–

Honours

= League =

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

= Cup =

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

Season ! Division ! Teams ! {{Tooltip\| P \| Played}} ! {{Tooltip\| W \| Won}} ! {{Tooltip\| D \| Draw}} ! {{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} ! {{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} ! {{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} ! {{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} ! {{Tooltip\| Pts \| Points}} ! 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	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Jong-chan (11)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Cho Deok-je
2014 \|2	10	36	12	12	12	52	49	+3	48	6th \|Round of 16	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Jung Min-woo (8) {{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Han-won (8)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Cho Deok-je
2015 \|2	\|11	40	18	11	11	64	54	+10	65	3rd {{increase}} \|Third round	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Japa (19)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Cho Deok-je
2016 \|1	\|12	38	10	9	19	40	58	–18	39	12th {{decrease}} \|Round of 32	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Lee Seung-hyun (6)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Cho Deok-je
2017 \|2	\|10	36	11	12	13	42	48	–6	45	6th \|Third round	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Baek Sung-dong (8)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Cho Deok-je {{flagicon\|KOR}} Cho Jong-hwa (C) {{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Dae-eui
2018 \|2	\|10	36	13	3	20	29	46	–17	42	7th \|Round of 32	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Fernando Viana (6)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Dae-eui
2019 \|2	\|10	36	11	10	15	49	55	–6	43	8th \|Round of 32	{{flagicon\|NGA}} Chisom Egbuchulam (18)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Dae-eui {{flagicon\|KOR}} Lee Kwan-woo (C)
2020 \|2	\|10	27	17	3	7	52	28	+24	54	2nd {{increase}} \|Round of 16	{{flagicon\|PRK}} An Byong-jun (20)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Do-kyun
2021 \|1	\|12	38	14	9	15	53	57	–4	51	5th \|Third round	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Lars Veldwijk (18)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Do-kyun
2022 \|1	\|12	38	13	9	16	56	63	–7	48	7th \|Third round	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Lee Seung-woo (14)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Do-kyun
2023 \|1	\|12	38	8	9	21	44	76	–32	33	11th \|Third round	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Lee Seung-woo (10)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Do-kyun
2024 \|1	\|12	38	15	8	15	54	57	–3	53	5th \|Third round	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Jeong Seung-won (11)	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Eun-jung