Wikipedia - Suwon Samsung Bluewings
The Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Korean: 수원 삼성 블루윙즈) are a South Korean football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the national championship on four occasions (1998, 1999, 2004 and 2008), as well as the Asian Club Championship (the predecessor to the AFC Champions League) twice, in 2000–01 and 2001–02.
History
The club was officially founded in December 1995 by Samsung Electronics, becoming the ninth member of the K League from the 1996 season. It was also the first club to be founded in one specific city, a plan which led to the K-League initiating plans to encourage its other clubs to forge similar links with local communities.
Former South Korean national team manager Kim Ho took charge of the side from their first season in the K-League, and the team finished runners-up in the championship play-off that season. The championship was secured in 1998 and retained in 1999 as Suwon started to dominate Korean football.
Suwon lifted the Asian Club Championship twice in succession in 2000–01 and 2001–02, and also added the Asian Super Cup to their roll of honors on two occasions.
In the 2002 season, Suwon also won the Korean FA Cup for the first time, achieving a continental double.
The departure of Kim Ho in 2003 saw Korean football legend Cha Bum-kun appointed manager ahead of the 2004 season, and the club won its third league title in his debut season as manager.
Suwon finished runners-up in both major domestic competitions in 2006, as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma claimed victory in the K-League championship play-off final and Chunnam Dragons won in the FA Cup final, thwarting Suwon's attempts to win the first ever domestic double in South Korean football.
The 2008 season became one of the most successful seasons in the club's history. Suwon achieved a domestic double by winning the K League Championship and the League Cup.
In the 2023 season, the club was relegated to the second-tier K League 2 for the first time in its history after finishing in last place.
Stadionul echipei, Suwon World Cup Stadium, este unul dintre cele mai mari stadii din Coreea de Sud și a găzduit meciuri la Campionatul Mondial din 2002. Printre cei mai cunoscuți jucători care au evoluat pentru Suwon Bluewings se numără legendarii Park Ji-sung și Yeom Ki-hun, precum și câștigătorii Cupei Mondiale Kim Nam-il și Kim Dae-eui.
Cu un palmares impresionant și o bază de fani loiali, Suwon Bluewings este o forță dominantă în fotbalul sud-coreean și o echipă respectată la nivel continental.