Suwon Samsung Bluewings
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings 수원 삼성 블루윙즈 |
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| Surname | Suwon Samsung Bluewings Football Club 수원 삼성 블루윙즈 축구단 |
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| Seat | Suwon , South Korea | ||
| founding | 1995 | ||
| owner |
Cheil Worldwide Samsung (part owner) |
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| president |
 Lee Seok-myung
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| Website | bluewings.kr | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach |
Ju Seung-jin (Interim)
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| Venue | Suwon World Cup Stadium | ||
| Places | 43,923 | ||
| league | K League 1 | ||
| 2019 | 8th place | ||
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The Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a football franchise from the South Korean city of Suwon . The team is currently playing in the K League Classic , the top division in South Korea.
history
1995 to 2004: origin / era of Kim Ho
Suwon Samsung Bluewings was founded in December 1995 and joined the K-League in 1996. At that time, the Bluewings were one of nine clubs in the Korean professional league. The franchise's first coach was Kim Ho. In the first half of the first season , the team finished third behind Ulsan Hyundai Horangi and Pohang Atoms . In the second half of the season, Kim Ho's team lost only one game and thus secured the second-round championship in 1996 and qualified for the championship game against the first-round champion Ulsan Hyundai Horangi. After the Bluewings won the first leg with a 1-0 goal from Cho Hyun-doo , they lost 3-1 in the second leg on November 16, 1996, making them only runner-up. In the same year, the club moved into the cup final . After regular playing time and extra time, they split 0-0 against the Pohang Atoms. In the end, Suwon lost 6-7 on penalties . For the following year , the league mode changed and the league title was played in a calendar year without play-off games. The Bluewings came in fifth out of ten teams.
The great era of the Bluewings began in 1998. From 1998 to 2002, the team won two national championship titles, the cup and even the AFC Champions League twice in a row . At the first championship win in 1998 they just prevailed over runner-up Ulsan Hyundai FC . With this success, the Bluewings were entitled to take part in the Asian Club Championship 1999/00 . There the team advanced to the semi-finals, where they lost to the eventual title winner Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia. In the same year the team defended the championship by twelve points over the second Bucheon SK .
At the Asian Club Championship 2000/01 , the Ho team succeeded in winning over Hurriyya SC , placing second in the group stage with the teams Júbilo Iwata , Shandong Luneng Taishan and PSM Makassar and a subsequent semi-final victory against Persepolis Tehran , making it into the final for the highest asian soccer competition. There the Bluewings met again on Júbilo Iwata from Japan, against whom they suffered their only defeat in the group stage 3-0. The final game was played on March 26, 2001 in the domestic Suwon World Cup stadium . In the 15th minute, the Brazilian Sandro took the lead. His goal was enough for the Koreans to win 1-0. Bluewings striker Sandro was also able to convince in the league and was the top scorer in the K-League in 2001 with 13 goals. His colleague in attack Seo Jung-won scored 11 goals and landed second among the best league shooters. The goals of the two strikers were not enough to defend first place in the K-League, so the club had to be content with third place. As the defending champion Suwon went to the Asian Club Championship 2001/02 and again reached the final, where Anyang LG Cheetahs faced a competitor from his home country. After 0-0 and extra time, the penalty shoot-out must decide. Here the Suwon kickers prevailed with 4: 2.
2004 to 2010: Cha Bum-kun era
At the beginning of 2004, coach Kim Ho was followed by former Bundesliga professional Cha Bum-kun , who won the championship title in his first year of responsibility. Cha was the club's coach until May 2010 and was able to repeat the triumph of 2004 in 2008. Before Cha resigned, the club was able to win the Pan-Pacific Championship in 2009 . In addition to the Bluewings, the Chinese club Shandong Luneng Taishan , the Japanese club Ōita Trinita and the US club Los Angeles Galaxy also took part . The Suwon players emerged victorious from this competition after beating Shandong Luneng Taishan 1-0 in the semifinals and Los Angeles 5-2 on penalties in the final. The only goal for Suwon in regular time in the tournament was scored by Cho Yong-tae .
2010 to today: Current development
From 2010 to 2012 Yoon Sung-hyo was a trainer at Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He took over the team after Cha Bum-kun resigned as head coach on June 6, 2010. Yoon already looked after the team as Kim Ho's assistant coach between 2000 and 2003. He finished the 2010 season with the team in sixth place. This narrowly missed qualifying for the championship play-off. Before that, he led the team out of the table basement after they were in 15th place, the last place. The club's youth team, organized at Maetan High School, was voted Youth Team of the Year that year. In the battle for the national cup, the playing time went better. Yoon was able to lead his team to the final, where they won 1-0 against Busan IPark FC on October 24, 2010 . The protector of the golden gate was Yeom Ki-hun . It was also he who was voted player of the match in the final. This success enabled the club to participate in the 2011 AFC Champions League . Seo has been a Jung-won trainer since 2013 .
Stadion
The team plays their home games in the Suwon World Cup Stadium . It was built for the 2002 World Cup and has a capacity of 43,923 spectators.
successes
National
- Champion: 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008
- Runner-up: 1996, 2006, 2014, 2015
- Winner: 1999, 2000, 2005
- Winner: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008
Continental
- Winner: 2001, 2002
- Asian Cup Winners Cup
- Finalist: 1998
- Winner: 1986
- Winner: 2009
player
Status: March 2020
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Borrowed Players
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Former known players (selection)
| Name of the player | Period | comment |
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 Pavel Badea
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1996-1997 | • former Romanian international |
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Ahn Jung-hwan
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2007 | • Active in Europe for FC Metz and MSV Duisburg , among others |
 Edu
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2007-2009 | • Active in Germany for VfL Bochum and FC Schalke 04 , among others |
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Ko Jong-soo
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1996-2004 | • Former South Korean national player • Footballer of the year in South Korea 1998 |
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Seo Young-won
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1999-2004 | • Former South Korean national player • Active in Europe for RC Strasbourg and Austria Salzburg and SV Ried , among others |
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Gabriel Popescu
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2002-2004 | • Former Romanian national player • Active in Spain for FC Valencia and UD Salamanca and CD Numancia , among others |
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Nádson
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2003-2008 | • Former Brazilian national player • South Korea Footballer of the Year 2004 |
 Mato Neretljak
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2006–2008 2009-present |
• Former Croatian international |
 Naohiro Takahara
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2010 | • Current Japanese national player • Active in Germany for Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburger SV |
 Li Weifeng
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2009-2010 | • former China international |
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Cho Won-hee
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2005–2008 2010-today |
• Current South Korean international • Active in Europe for Wigan Athletic |
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Lee Woon-jae
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1996–1999 2002-today |
• Former South Korean national player • Footballer of the Year in South Korea 2008 |
Coach chronicle
| Trainer | nation | from | to |
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| Ho Kim |
South Korea
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December 22, 1995 | October 16, 2003 |
| Cha Bum-kun |
South Korea
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October 20, 2003 | June 8, 2010 |
| Yoon Sung-hyo |
South Korea
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June 9, 2010 | December 12, 2012 |
| Seo Young-won |
South Korea
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December 12, 2012 | August 28, 2018 |
| Lee Byung-keun |
South Korea
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29th August 2018 | October 14, 2018 |
| Seo Young-won |
South Korea
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15th October 2018 | 2nd December 2018 |
| Lee Lim-saeng |
South Korea
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3rd December 2018 | today |
Season placement
| season | league | Level | space | FA Cup | AFC CL |
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| 1996 | K League 1 | 1 | 2. | final | |
| 1997 | 5. | Quarter finals | |||
| 1998 | 1. | Quarter finals | |||
| 1999 | 1. | 1 round | |||
| 2000 | 5. | Quarter finals | |||
| 2001 | 3. | 1 round | |||
| 2002 | 3. | winner | |||
| 2003 | 3. | Round of 16 | |||
| 2004 | 1. | Round of 16 | |||
| 2005 | 10. | Round of 16 | Group stage | ||
| 2006 | 2. | final | |||
| 2007 | 3. | Round of 16 | |||
| 2008 | 1. | Round of 16 | |||
| 2009 | 10. | winner | Round of 16 | ||
| 2010 | 7th | winner | Quarter finals | ||
| 2011 | 4th | final | Semifinals | ||
| 2012 | 4th | Quarter finals | |||
| 2013 | 5. | Round of 16 | Group stage | ||
| 2014 | 2. | Round of 16 | |||
| 2015 | 2. | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | ||
| 2016 | 7th | winner | Group stage | ||
| 2017 | 3. | Semifinals | Group stage | ||
| 2018 | 6th | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| 2019 | 8th. | winner | |||
| 2020 |
Web links
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings Official Website (Korean / English)
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings Supporters Club 'GRAND BLEU' Official Website
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the transfermarkt database. de
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings in soccerway.com's database