The Real Reason for the Fall of a Famous Soccer Family’

A renowned K-League tradition Suwon Samsung ended up facing an unimaginable reality: relegation. 

The bad news that had been accumulating over the years finally exploded all at once this year. 

Suwon drew 0-0 in the Hana One Q K League 1 2023 Final B 38th round match against Gangwon FC held at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 2nd.  카지노사이트랭크

Suwon tied with Suwon FC, who drew 1-1 with Jeju United at the same time, with 33 points, but lost in the number of points and was confirmed to be in last place, confirming relegation to K League 2 (second division) next season.

It is no exaggeration to say that Suwon's relegation was the most shocking event since the K-League was launched in 1983. 

Suwon was one of the most prestigious clubs representing the K League. 

Founded in 1995, it entered the K-League stage late in 1996, but won many championships, including 4 times in the league, 5 times in the Korea Football Association (FA) Cup, and 2 times in the Asian Champions League (ACL), and quickly became a ' It stands tall as a ‘famous family of tradition’.

This was the result of bringing together the best coaches and players under the name of ‘Samsung’ and advocating a first-class principle.

Suwon also began to decline little by little starting in 2014. 2014 was the year in which the management of the Samsung Sports Team was transferred from Samsung Electronics to Cheil Worldwide.

 As a result of the tightening of finances with an emphasis on efficiency and marketing, there was a significant lack of financial resources, which ultimately led to a vicious cycle of poor performance due to the inability to recruit good players.

However, if you look closely, there is a bit of a question mark as to whether Suwon's downfall was solely related to money. Suwon ranked first overall in 2013, when the promotion system was first introduced, with a total annual salary of 9,067.42 million won (excluding foreign players). In 2014, it increased further to 9.864 billion won, ranking second after Jeonbuk Hyundai (11.8 billion won). 

Afterwards, due to Cheil Worldwide's full-fledged budget cuts, the size gradually decreased, dropping to the 7 to 8 billion won range. 

Still, there are corporate clubs, such as the Pohang Steelers, that achieve good results despite spending less money than Suwon, and the situation of some city and provincial teams is more difficult than Suwon, so this relegation cannot be seen as simply a problem of reduced budget.

Rather than this, greater weight is placed on the disappointing management of the club's front office. 

After the budget began to decrease, Suwon began to put a lot of effort into training. 

We also achieved the result of talented youth players such as Jeong Sang-bin (Minnesota), Oh Hyeon-gyu (Celtic), and Kang Hyun-mook (Gimcheon).

However, the club was unable to find a clear direction and was unable to maximize the team's performance, and eventually reached a standstill again when Jeong Sang-bin and Oh Hyeon-gyu left overseas. 

The large transfer fee received for transferring players was not used efficiently. This season was the peak. 

Suwon received a transfer fee of approximately 3 million euros (approximately 4.2 billion won, estimated value) when transferring Oh Hyun-gyu to Celtic ahead of this season. However, the transfer fee did not provide proper reinforcement.

 Mulic, a 203cm tall striker, was recruited, but the signing was essentially a failure as he scored only 4 goals and 1 assist.

In a difficult situation for the club, the entire team could not come together. 

The front office is criticized for trying to resolve the crisis solely by replacing the manager. 

After coach Lee Im-saeng resigned in the middle of the 2020 season, Suwon went through coach Park Geon-ha, acting coach Joo Seung-jin, Lee Byeong-geun, acting coach Choi Seong-yong, and Kim Byeong-soo, and at the end of this season, they appointed team legend Yeom Ki-hoon (pictured) as acting coach to overcome the crisis.

I was going to do it. The players were also confused by the constantly changing command tower. 

After the Gangwon match, Acting Manager Yeom said, “It seems like too many changes have occurred in the players. “It must have been very confusing,” he said. 

There is also a lot to look back on to see whether the players showed their fighting spirit in every game in front of the fans who cheered for Suwon, a famous team.

In the inevitable reality of a reduced budget, Suwon was unable to come up with a long-term and systematic solution. 

The complacency of simply trying to overcome the immediate crisis resulted in the worst outcome: demotion. 

If he fails to improve his constitution through a complete transformation in the second division, the winter in Suwon could be longer and harsher than expected.