Suwon 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 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 be 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, succeeded him.
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. 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.
Players Current squad
Out on loan
Backroom staff
Coaching staff
Manager: Park Kun-ha Head coach: Kim Tae-min Coaches: Lee Sang-don, Yang Dong-hyen Goalkeeping coach: Kim Ho-jun Fitness coach: Lee Geo-seong
Support staff
Team doctor: Jung Tae-seok Medical staff: Kim Jeong-won, Hwang Geon-ha, Im Jae-young, Choi Jung-ho Scout: Kim Young-geun Analyst: Chae Bong-joo Interpreter: Park Hyung-man Kit managers: Jang Jae-ho, Won Young-seung
Source: Official website
Managers No. Name From To Season(s) Kim Chang-kyum 2003/03/15 2011/11/14 2003–2011 Cho Deok-je 2011/11/15 2017/08/26 2012–2017C Cho Jong-hwa 2017/08/26 2017/10/12 2017 Kim Dae-eui 2017/10/12 2019/10/29 2017–2019C Lee Kwan-woo 2019/10/30 2019/11/13 2019 Kim Do-kyun 2019/11/14 2023/12/12 2020–2023 Kim Eun-jung 2023/12/20 2025/12/24 2024–2025 Park Kun-ha 2025/12/24 present 2026–
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 Position Korean FA Cup Top scorer(league goals) Manager20132835138145351+2474thQuarter-final Park Jong-chan (11) Cho Deok-je2014210361212125249+3486thRound of 16 Jung Min-woo (8) Kim Han-won (8) Cho Deok-je2015211401811116454+10653rd Third round Japa (19) Cho Deok-je201611238109194058–183912th Round of 32 Lee Seung-hyun (6) Cho Deok-je2017210361112134248–6456thThird round Baek Sung-dong (8) Cho Deok-je Cho Jong-hwa (C) Kim Dae-eui201821036133202946–17427thRound of 32 Fernando Viana (6) Kim Dae-eui2019210361110154955–6438thRound of 32 Chisom Egbuchulam (18) Kim Dae-eui Lee Kwan-woo (C) 20202102717375228+24542nd Round of 16 An Byong-jun (20) Kim Do-kyun202111238149155357–4515thThird round Lars Veldwijk (18) Kim Do-kyun202211238139165663–7487thThird round Lee Seung-woo (14) Kim Do-kyun20231123889214476–323311thThird round Lee Seung-woo (10) Kim Do-kyun202411238158155457–3535thThird round Jeong Seung-won (11) Kim Eun-jung202511238119185158–74210th Round of 16 Pablo Sabbag (17) Kim Eun-jung
See also List of football clubs in South Korea Suwon FC Women
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