# Samsung Sports

Active departments of Samsung Sports :
| Football | Baseball | Volleyball |
| Basketball (men's) | Basketball (women's) | |
Defunct departments of Samsung Sports :
| Rugby Union | Esports |
Samsung Sports is Samsung's multi-sport club and sports marketing department in South Korea.

## Own sports teams
### Professional

| Sports | League | Team | Founded | City | Venue | Notable players | Honors | Note |
| Football | K League 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1995 | Suwon, Gyeonggi | Suwon World Cup Stadium | Yeom Ki-hun, Dejan Damjanović | K League 1: 4, ACL: 2 | |
| Baseball | KBO League | Samsung Lions | 1982 | Daegu | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | Kang Min-ho, Lee Seung-Yuop | KBO: 8, AS: 1 | |
| Basketball | KBL | Seoul Samsung Thunders | 1978 | Seoul | Jamsil Arena | Moon Tae-young, Ricardo Ratliffe | KBL: 2 | |
| Basketball | WKBL | Yongin Samsung Life Blueminx | 1977 | Yongin, Gyeonggi | Yongin Gymnasium | Huh Yoon-ja, Bae Hye-yoon | WKBL: 5 | |
| Volleyball | V-League | Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs | 1995 | Daejeon | Chungmu Gymnasium | Park Chul-woo, Yoo Kwang-woo | V-League: 8, AVC CC: 2 | |
| eSports | Proleague | Samsung Galaxy | 2000 | Seoul | - | Kang Min-soo, Park Jin-hyuk | Proleagues: 1 | Disbanded in 2016 |
| eSports | LCK | Samsung White | 2013 | Seoul | - | Cho "Mata" Se-hyoung, Heo "PawN" Won-seok Choi "DanDy" In-kyu, Gu "imp" Seung-bin, Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok | World Championships: 1 | Disbanded in 2015 |
| eSports | LCK | Samsung Blue | 2013 | Seoul | - | Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu, Lee "Spirit" Da-yoon, Choi "Acorn" Cheon-ju, Lee "Heart" Gwan-hyung, Bae "dade" Eo-jin | LCK: 1 | Disbanded in 2015 |
| eSports | LCK | Samsung Galaxy | 2015 | Seoul | - | Lee Min-ho, Kang Chan-yong, Park Jae-hyeok, Jo Yong-in, Lee Seong-jin | World Championships: 1 | Disbanded in 2018 |

### Amateur

| Sports | Parent company | Team | Founded | Training ground | Notable players | Note |
| Equestrian | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics Equestrian Club | 1988 | Samsung Equestrian Center | Choi Joon-sang | Disbanded in 2010 |
| Athletics | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics Athletic Club | 2000 | Challenge Camp | Lee Bong-ju | |
| Rugby | Samsung Heavy Industries | Samsung Heavy Industries Rugby Club | 1995 | | Yoon Tae-il | Disbanded in 2015 |
| Badminton | Samsung Life Insurance | Samsung Life Insurance Badminton Club | 1996 | Hanullim Gymnasium | Lee Yong-dae, Lee Hyo-jung | |
| Tennis | Samsung Securities | Samsung Securities Tennis Club | 1992 | | Lee Hyung-taik, Chung Hyeon | Disbanded in 2015 |
| Table Tennis | Samsung Life Insurance | Samsung Life Table Tennis Club | 1978 | Samsung Training Center | Ryu Seung-min, Joo Se-hyuk | |
| Wrestling | Samsung Life Insurance | Samsung Life Wrestling Club | 1983 | Samsung Training Center | Jung Ji-hyun, Kim Hyeon-woo | |
| Taekwondo | S-1 Corporation | Samsung S-1 Taekwondo Club | 1997 | Samsung Training Center | Moon Dae-sung | |
| American Football | Samsung Heavy Industries | Samsung Geoje Blue Storm | 1999 | | Jeon Hong-duck | |

## Sponsorship
### Organization

* International Olympic Committee
* FINA
* Asian Football Confederation
* Confederation of African Football
* International Association of Athletics Federations
* International Hockey Federation
* Union Cycliste Internationale
* Korean Olympic Committee
* Korea Association of Athletics Federations
* Korea Skating Union
* Korea Women's Football Federation
* United States Olympic Committee
* British Olympic Association
* Italian National Olympic Committee
* Swedish Olympic Committee
* Belgian Olympic Committee
* National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
* Jordan Olympic Committee
* Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
* Singapore National Olympic Council
* Australian Olympic Committee
* The Football Association
* Austrian Football Association
* USA Basketball
* Australian Rugby Union
* Rugby Football Union
* Hockey Canada

### Competition

* Olympic Games
* Paralympic Games
* Universiade
* Youth Olympic Games
* IAAF World Championships in Athletics
* IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
* IAAF Diamond League
* FINA World Aquatics Championships
* ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
* UCI Track Cycling World Cup
* World Rowing Championships
* World Rowing Cup
* FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
* FIVB Volleyball World League
* Asian Games
* FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers
* AFC Asian Cup
* Africa Cup of Nations
* Copa Libertadores
* Austrian Cup
* Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
* FIBA EuroBasket
* FIBA 3x3 World Championships
* La Liga
* National Basketball Association
* NBA Summer League
* Major League Baseball
* Samsung Securities Cup
* PGA Championship
* Samsung World Championship
* Asian Amateur Championship
* The Samsung Marathon of Tel Aviv- Israel
* Davao Pro-am Golf Tournament
* NASCAR
* Test match (rugby league)
* Super Rugby
* KBO League Post Season
* Korea National League
* WK League
* Women's Korean Basketball League
* Chinese Super League
* Italian Women's Volleyball League
* Samsung Cup World Go Championship
* Copa Samsung
* University Athletic Association of the Philippines
* Subroto Cup
* Samsung MOTG Freestyle World Championship
* World Match Racing Tour
* World Combat Games
* ASP World Tour
* Triple Crown of Surfing
* Whistler Blackcomb
* World Cyber Games

### Individual

* Yuna Kim
* Kim Ja-in
* Chung Hyeon
* David Beckham
* Lionel Messi
* Paulo Henrique Ganso
* Junior dos Santos
* LeBron James
* Manny Pacquiao
* David Ortiz
* Usain Bolt
* Maria Sharapova
* Ana Ivanovic
* Li Na
* James Magnussen
* Ahmed Kelly
* Taku Hiraoka
* Team Samsung (2010 Winter Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2014 Asian Games)
** Team Samsung (2010 Vancouver): Wayne Gretzky, Jarome Iginla, Hayley Wickenheiser
** Team Samsung (2012 London): Zara Phillips, Phillips Idowu, Victoria Pendleton, Laura Trott, Alex Partridge, Jenna Randall, Daniel Purvis, Emily Pidgeon, Keith Cook, Jon Pollock, Sally Brown / David Beckham (Honorary ambassador)
** Team Samsung (2012 London): Valentina Vezzali, Rossano Galtarossa, Sara Morganti, Silvia Salis, Clemente Russo, Luca Dotto, Stefano Tempesti, Aldo Montano, Tania Cagnotto, Elisa Santoni
** Team Malaysia (2012 London): Fatehah Mustapa, Khairulnizam Afendy, Azizulhasni Awang, Lee Chong Wei, Pandelela Rinong, Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Cheng Chu Sian, Yu Peng Kean
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Park Tae-hwan, Kim Nam-hun, Kim Yong-woong, Kong Tae-hyun, Youm Eun-ho
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Ma Long, Zhang Peimeng, Xu Anqi
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Pornchai Kaokaew, Wassana Winatho, Nootsara Tomkom, Chatchai Butdee
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Lee Chong Wei, Pandelela Rinong
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Parupalli Kashyap, P. V. Sindhu, Deepika Kumari, Gagan Narang, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Malaika Goel, Abhinav Bindra, Babita Kumari, Yogeshwar Dutt, Vinesh Phogat, Mary Kom, Devendro Singh
** Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Laith Al-Bashtawi, Ihab Al-Matbouli, Reham Abu Ghazaleh, Yahya Abu Tabaikh, Dana Haidar
* Samsung GALAXY Team (2014 Winter Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics)
** Russia (2014 Sochi): Evgeni Malkin, Tatiana Borodulina, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Liudmila Privivkova, Serafim Pikalov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Sergey Shilov, Nikita Kriukov, Maxim Trankov and Tatiana Volosozhar / Maria Sharapova (Honorary ambassador)
** Germany (2014 Sochi): Magdalena Neuner, Isabella Laböck, Severin Freund, Anna Schaffelhuber
** United Kingdom (2014 Sochi): Eve Muirhead, James Woods, Billy Morgan, Elise Christie, Shelley Rudman, Kelly Gallagher, Charlotte Evans
** Italy (2014 Sochi): Armin Zöggeler, Christof Innerhofer, Arianna Fontana, Omar Visintin, Melania Corradini
** France (2014 Sochi): Alexis Pinturault, Tessa Worley, Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
** Netherlands (2014 Sochi): Ireen Wüst, Bell Berghuis, Bibian Mentel
** Austria (2014 Sochi): Hermann Maier, Benjamin Maier, Miriam Kastlunger, Wolfgang Linger, Andreas Linger, Christina Ager, Thomas Pöck, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Claudia Lösch, Anna Fenninger
** Switzerland (2014 Sochi): Kai Mahler, Fabian Bösch, Giulia Tanno, Patrick Burgener, David Hablützel, Fanny Smith
** Ukraine (2014 Sochi): Yosyf Penyak, Andriy Deryzemlya, Annamari Chundak
** Poland (2014 Sochi): Piotr Żyła, Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Andrzej Szczęsny
** Sweden (2014 Sochi): Henrik Lundqvist, Anna Holmlund, Victor Öhling Norberg, Frida Hansdotter, Helene Ripa
** Norway (2014 Sochi): Aksel Lund Svindal, Bastian Juell, Hedda Berntsen, Mariann Marthinsen, Ståle Sandbech
** Finland (2014 Sochi): Petteri Nummelin, Jouni Pellinen, Andreas Romar, Katja Saarinen
** United States (2014 Sochi): Evan Strong
** Canada (2014 Sochi): Steven Stamkos, Hayley Wickenheiser, Greg Westlake, Marie-Ève Drolet, Michael Gilday
** Australia (2014 Sochi): Alex Pullin, Scotty James, Jessica Gallagher
** South Korea (2014 Sochi): Lee Sang-hwa, Lee Seung-hoon, Mo Tae-bum
** China (2014 Sochi): Jia Zongyang, Xu Mengtao, Li Nina, Qi Guangpu
** Italy (2016 Rio): Aldo Montano, Clemente Russo, Frank Chamizo Marquez, Tania Cagnotto, Erika Fasana, Marta Menegatti, Martina Caironi
** Italy (2018 PyeongChang): Christof Innerhofer, Sofia Goggia, Dorothea Wierer, Omar Visintin
* GALAXY 11 (2014 FIFA World Cup)
** Manager: Franz Beckenbauer
** Players: Lionel Messi (captain), Mario Götze, Oscar, Wu Lei, Stephan El Shaarawy, Victor Moses, Radamel Falcao, Lee Chung-yong, Iker Casillas, Wayne Rooney, Landon Donovan, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Cristiano Ronaldo
* Avengers: Age of Ultron: Lionel Messi (Iron Man), Eddie Lacy (Hulk), John John Florence (Thor), Fabian Cancellara (Hawkeye), Yoshihiro Akiyama ( Chu Seong-hoon)

### Sports team
#### National team

* Team Korea
* Team USA
* Team GB
* Team Singapore
* Italia Team
* Swedish Olympic Team
* Belgian Olympic Team
* Australian Olympic Team
* Jordan Olympic Team
* Hong Kong Olympic Team
* Brazil national football team
* England national football team
* Austria national football team
* England national rugby union team
* Australia national rugby union team
* South Africa national rugby union team
* Canada national ice hockey team
* Canada national short track speed skating team
* China national ski team
* Jamaica national bobsleigh team

#### Club

* Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield (Former)
* C.D. Guadalajara
* C.F. Pachuca
* Real Madrid C.F.
* Juventus FC
* Chelsea (Former)
* Wimbledon (Former)
* Royal Thai Police (Former)
* Brøndby IF (Former)
* Olympiacos F.C.
* Vác FC (Former)
* Leinster Rugby
* Banbridge RFC
* Frankfurt Universe
* BMW Motorsport
* FC Köln (Former)
* Eintracht Frankfurt (Former)
* Samsung Smart Motorsport
* Honda Racing British Superbike team
* Trek Factory Racing
* Lampre-Merida
* MTN-Qhubeka
* Mumbai Indians

## Facilities

* Samsung Training Center
* Samsung Leports Center
* Suwon Samsung Bluewings Club House - Suwon Samsung Bluewings
* Samsung Lions Ballpark - Samsung Lions
* Challenge Camp - Samsung Electronics Athletic Club
* Samsung Equestrian Center - Samsung Electronics Equestrian Team
* Hanullim Gymnasium - Samsung Electro-Mechanics Badminton Club

## Social contribution

* Keunnarae Program
* Dream Camp
* Therapeutic Riding
* I see your dreams