Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC

The club was formally founded on 15 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 honours on two occasions, in 2001 and 2002. 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…

Domestic

K League 1 Winners (4): 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008 Runners-up (4): 1996, 2006, 2014, 2015 K League 2 Runners-up (1): 2025 Korean FA Cup Winners (5): 2002, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019 Runners-up (3): 1996, 2006, 2011 Korean League Cup Winners (6): 1999, 1999s, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 Korean Super Cup Winners (3): 1999, 2000, 2005

International

Asian Club Championship Winners (2): 2000–01, 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up (1): 1997–98 Asian Super Cup Winners (2): 2001, 2002 A3 Champions Cup Winners (1): 2005