Suwon Samsung Bluewings F.C.
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| Full name | Suwon Samsung Bluewings Football Club 수원 삼성 블루윙즈 축구단 |
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| Nickname(s) | Blue Wings |
| Short name | SSB |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Ground | Suwon World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity | 43,959 |
| Owner |
Cheil Worldwide (Samsung's subsidiary) |
| Chairman | Kim Jae-yeol |
| Manager | Kim Joon-sik |
| Coach | Seo Jung-won |
| League | K League Classic |
| 2016 | K League Classic, 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Hanja | 블루윙즈 |
| Revised Romanization | Suwon Samseong Beulluwingjeu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Suwǒn Samsǒng Bǔlluwingjǔ |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Korean: 수원 삼성 블루윙즈) is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K League Classic. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours. Suwon have won the championship on four occasions, in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2008.
Asia's Player of the Century Cha Bum-kun was the manager of the club from 2004 to 2010, when he replaced former national team manager Kim Ho who had been the club's first manager.
The club was officially founded in December 1995, by Samsung, to be 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 the other member 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 (the predecessor to the AFC Champions League) twice in succession in 2000–01 and 2001–02, and also added the Asian Super Cup to their roll of honors on two occasions.
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