Seoul Samsung Thunders () is a professional basketball team, competing in the Korean Basketball League. Ever since the club was founded in 1978, they have been associated with Samsung Electronics. Initially based in Suwon, they relocated to Seoul in 2001 and have played their home games at Jamsil Arena ever since.

History The Thunders were founded in 1978, and joined the professional Korean Basketball League (KBL) in 1997. They won two championships in 2001 and 2006 with players such as Moon Kyung-eun, Lee Sang-min and Seo Jang-hoon.

Team names 1978–1982: Samsung Men's Basketball Club 1982–1996: Samsung Electronics Basketball Club 1996–2001: Suwon Samsung Thunders 2001–present: Seoul Samsung Thunders

Current roster

Season by season YearRegular seasonPlayoffs Position Won Lost 1997 8th 6 15 Did not qualify 1997–98 9th 17 28 Did not qualify 1998–99 6th 25 20 Semifinals 1999–00 3rd 23 22 Semifinals 2000–011st 34 11Champions 2001–02 8th 24 30 Did not qualify 2002–03 5th 28 26 First round 2003–04 5th 28 26 First round 2004–05 5th 27 27 Semifinals 2005–062nd 32 22Champions 2006–07 5th 29 25 First round 2007–08 3rd 32 22Runners-up 2008–09 4th 30 24Runners-up 2009–10 6th 26 28 First round 2010–11 6th 27 27 First round 2011–12 10th 13 41 Did not qualify 2012–13 6th 22 32 First round 2013–14 8th 19 35 Did not qualify 2014–15 10th 11 43 Did not qualify 2015–16 5th 29 25 First round 2016–17 3rd 34 20Runners-up 2017–18 7th 25 29 Did not qualify 2018–19 10th 11 43 Did not qualify 2019–20 7th 19 24 Not held 2020–21 7th 24 30 Did not qualify 2021–22 10th 9 45 Did not qualify 2022–23 10th 14 40 Did not qualify 2023–24 10th 14 40 Did not qualify 2024–25 10th 16 38 Did not qualify 2025–26 10th 16 38 Did not qualify

Honours

Domestic

Korean Basketball League championship Winners: 2000–01, 2005–06 Runners-up: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17

Korean Basketball League regular season Winners: 2000–01 Runners-up: 2005–06

Continental FIBA Asia Champions Cup Third place: 1988

ABA Club Championship Winners: 2001, 2007, 2010 Third place: 2008, 2009

International invitationals Merlion Cup Third place: 2016

References

External links

Official website