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Ah, the old days, ‘the fall of Suwon’ First ever second division relegation

Automatic relegation after finishing at the bottom of K League 1 This year alone, 3 managers were replaced and the team endured without reinforcements, but eventually fell. Gwangju qualified for the AFC Champions League. K League 1 top scorer Joo Min-gyu with 17 goals

Suwon of the professional soccer K-League 1 (1st division) ultimately failed to avoid relegation to the 2nd division. Suwon's relegation to the second division is the first in 28 years since the team was founded in 1995. Suwon has participated in the league since 1996, the year after the team was founded, and finished second in the first season. He reached the top of the league four times (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008) and also lifted the Korea Football Association (FA) Cup trophy five times. In the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 seasons, they won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League two times in a row. As such, the soccer world is receiving it as a shock when a prestigious club representing Korean professional soccer is relegated to the second division.

Suwon drew 0-0 in the final 38th round home game of the 2023 season K-League 1 Final Group B against Gangwon on the 2nd and remained at 33 points (8 wins, 9 draws, 21 losses). As a result, Suwon, which finished the season in 12th place, was directly relegated to the second division next season. The 10th and 11th places still have a chance to remain in the 1st division because they go through a promotion play-off with the 2nd division teams, but the 12th place falls directly to the 2nd division.

Acting manager Ki-hoon Yeom bows his head Acting manager Ki-hoon Yeom of professional soccer K-League 1 Suwon is leaving the ground with his head bowed after the team's relegation to the second division next season was confirmed following a 0-0 draw in the last game of the season against Gangwon on the 2nd. A banner containing a message of protest against the Suwon team, which had been performing poorly throughout this season, was hung in the stands at Suwon World Cup Stadium.

Suwon started this season with coach Lee Byung-geun, but due to poor performance, the baton changed hands several times. The team atmosphere was just as chaotic. Coach Lee was fired in April, less than two months after the season opened. Since then, acting manager Choi Seong-yong has maintained the bench, and in May, manager Kim Byeong-soo took over as the new head coach. However, Director Kim was also dismissed in September due to poor performance, and this time, Acting Director Yeom Gi-hoon took over the baton.

Suwon was once a team called 'Real Suwon' as its bench members were evaluated as being better than most teams' starting lineups. However, due to insufficient power reinforcement, it has remained in 6th to 8th place for four consecutive years since 2018. Suwon, which was far from the top of the league, finished the regular season in 10th place, which was in the relegation zone, last year and barely survived in the first division by winning the promotion playoffs against Anyang, a second division team. 카지노사이트랭크

On the 2nd, 24,932 spectators visited Suwon World Cup Stadium, where the game was held. When Suwon's relegation was confirmed, there were many home fans who shed tears. Some angry fans went down to the ground and screamed at the Suwon bench. Fans also blocked the team bus carrying Suwon players from the stadium for about two hours. Before leaving the ground, the Suwon players stood side by side in front of their home fans and bowed their heads. Acting coach Yeom said at the post-game press conference, “I did my best, but the result was not what I wanted, and I am so sorry to the fans that I cannot hold my head high.”

In the final Group A match held on the 3rd, Gwangju held on to 3rd place with a 0-0 draw with Pohang and won the right to participate in the AFC Champions League for the first time since its founding. Jeonbuk lost 0-1 to Ulsan, but maintained 4th place and secured a ticket to next season's Champions League. The top 4th place in K League 1 will advance to the Champions League next season.

This season's K-League 1 top scorer was Ulsan Joo Min-gyu (33). Joo Min-gyu, who scored 17 goals for Jeju last year, the same as Jeonbuk Cho Kyu-sung (now Midtjylland), but lost the title due to the number of games played, this year he scored 17 goals, the same as Daejeon Thiago, but played less time, becoming the top scorer. Joo Min-gyu and Thiago played the same number of games, 36. Ulsan coach Hong Myung-bo said with a smile, “I was sorry that I couldn’t give Ju Min-gyu much playing time this year, but in the end, I wasn’t sorry.” 고스톱