Suwon FC

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.^[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 9 April 2026^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KOR Lee Yun-oh 2 DF  KOR Kim Jeong-wan 3 DF  BRA Derlan 5 DF  KOR Lee Hyun-yong 6 DF  KOR Kim Ji-hoon 7 MF  KOR Lee Jae-won (vice-captain) 8 MF  KOR Han Chan-hee (captain) 9 FW  BRA Matheus Babi 10 MF  BRA Matheus Frizzo 11 FW  KOR Kim Jeong-hwan 13 GK  KOR Jeong Min-ki 14 MF  KOR Goo Bon-cheul 15 DF  KOR Hong Joon-ho 16 DF  KOR Jo Jin-woo 17 FW  NOR Martin Hoel Andersen 19 FW  KOR Kim Gyeong-min 20 DF  KOR Lee Ji-sol 21 GK  KOR Yang Han-been (vice-captain) 22 MF  KOR Seo Jae-min 23 FW  KOR Yeom Do-hyun

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  KOR Kang Yun-koo 25 DF  KOR Jang Young-woo 26 FW  KOR Ahn Jun-kyu 27 DF  KOR Lee Si-young 29 FW  KOR Choi Gi-yun 31 GK  KOR Moon Jung-woo 34 MF  KOR Jang Yun-ho 38 DF  KOR Baek Seung-hwan 40 MF  KOR Kim Min-ho 41 GK  KOR Choi Jun-young 44 FW  BRA Willyan (vice-captain) 66 DF  KOR Jang Yeon-woo 70 FW  KOR Jung Seung-bae 77 FW  KOR Baek Kyung 79 MF  KOR Choi Ryun-seong 88 DF  KOR Park Jae-hoon 89 MF  KOR Lee Gwang-hyeok 91 MF  KOR Kim Do-yoon 99 FW  KOR Ha Jeong-woo

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  KOR Lee Jae-hun (at Sejong SA) — DF  KOR Han Sang-gyu (at Changwon FC) — DF  KOR Kim Jae-sung (at Seoul Jungnang for military service) — DF  KOR Park Cheol-woo (at Gimcheon Sangmu for military service) — MF  KOR An Chi-woo (at Busan Transportation Corporation)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KOR Roh Kyung-ho (at Gimcheon Sangmu for military service) — FW  KOR Choi Chi-ung (at Yongin FC) — FW  KOR Kang Min-sung (at Yeoju FC) — FW  KOR Park Yong-hee (at Gimcheon Sangmu for military service) — FW  KOR Yang Woo-jin (at Busan Transportation Corporation)

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^[5]

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