# Super Match

The Super Match (Korean: 슈퍼매치) is a name for a football rivalry between two South Korean football teams from the Seoul Metropolitan Area, FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung Bluewings. The match and the rivalry between the two teams is regarded as the biggest in the South Korean K League.
The first match was played in 1996. The rivalry became more fierce in 2004, after Anyang LG Cheetahs relocated to Seoul and changed the club's name to FC Seoul. As of 2025, Suwon plays in K League 2 after their relegation in the 2023 K League 1 season, while Seoul continues to play in the top flight.

## History

In 1996, neighboring Gyeonggi cities of Anyang and Suwon started hosting K League clubs. LG Cheetahs (currently FC Seoul), based in Seoul between 1990 and 1995, has relocated to Anyang under decentralization policy in K League. Suwon has hosted the newly founded Suwon Samsung Bluewings since that year.
For Suwon in early days, main rivals were Ulsan Hyundai and Pusan Daewoo which had fierce showdowns in the league finals in 1996 and 1997. Anyang and Suwon became rivals between 1998 and 1999, after former Suwon assistant coach Cho Kwang-rae joined Anyang and former Anyang player Seo Jung-won transferred to Suwon after his short spell with RC Strasbourg to beat Anyang 5–1 in the 1999 Korean Super Cup. Also a fact that the club's parent companies (LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics) being industrial arch rivals, boosted the rivalry. The match up was informally named Jijidae Derby in 2003, after a hill on the National Route 1 connecting two cities.
The rivalry between the two clubs became more fierce after 2004, when Anyang LG Cheetahs relocated back to Seoul and changed the club's name to FC Seoul. Since then, the rivalry has been promoted heavily by the league and media for commercial reasons, and is officially named "Super Match" since 2009.

## Venues

| FC Seoul | SuwonSeoul | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Seoul World Cup Stadium | SuwonSeoul | Suwon World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,704 | SuwonSeoul | Capacity: 44,031 |

## Players who have played for both clubs

* Kim Dong-hae (Seoul: 1989–1995; Suwon: 1996)
* Park Chul-woo (Seoul: 1992–1994; Suwon: 1996–1997)
* Seo Jung-won (Seoul: 1992–1997; Suwon: 1999–2004)
* Park Jung-suk (Suwon: 1996–2000; Seoul: 2001–2007)
* Lee Ki-hyung (Suwon: 1996–2002; Seoul: 2005–2006)
* Vitaliy Parakhnevych (Suwon: 1998–2000; Seoul: 2001)
* Tuta (Seoul: 2002; Suwon: 2003)
* Lee Jung-soo (Seoul: 2002–2004; Suwon: 2006–2008 and 2016–2017)
* Han Dong-won (Seoul: 2002–2006; Suwon: 2012)
* Lee Jong-min (Suwon: 2002–2004 and 2013; Seoul: 2008–2012)
* Baek Ji-hoon (Seoul: 2005–2006; Suwon: 2006–2016)
* Park Sung-bae (Seoul: 2005–2006; Suwon: 2007)
* Choi Jae-soo (Seoul: 2004–2007; Suwon: 2012–2015)
* Cho Chan-ho (Suwon: 2015; Seoul: 2016–2017)
* Lee Sang-ho (Suwon: 2009–2016; Seoul: 2017–2018)
* Dejan Damjanović (Seoul: 2008–2013 and 2016–2017; Suwon: 2018–2019)
* Cho Ji-hun (Suwon: 2011–2018; Seoul: 2022)
* Lim Sang-hyub (Suwon: 2018–2020; Seoul: 2023–2024)
* Lee Si-young (Seoul: 2023–present; Suwon: 2024 (on loan))
* Stanislav Iljutcenko (Seoul: 2022–2024; Suwon: 2025–present)

## Match reports

All times are KST (UTC+09:00).

### AFC Champions League matches
## Records and statistics

* As of 25 November 2023.
* Penalty shoot-outs results are counted as a drawn match.

### All-time results

| Competition | Played | Seoul wins | Draws | Suwon wins | Seoul goals | Suwon goals |
| K League 1 | 85 | 36 | 19 | 30 | 100 | 105 |
| Korean League Cup | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 27 |
| Korean FA Cup | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Korean Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| AFC Champions League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 112 | 43 | 30 | 39 | 135 | 146 |

### Top goalscorers

| No. | Player | Team | K League 1 | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Park Chu-young | FC Seoul | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Dejan Damjanović | Both teams | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Adam Taggart | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Jung Jo-gook | FC Seoul | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Yeom Ki-hun | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Seo Jung-won | Both teams | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Jung Kwang-min | FC Seoul | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Park Kun-ha | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Yun Ju-tae | FC Seoul | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Lee Sang-ho | Both teams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Adriano | FC Seoul | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Choi Yong-soo | FC Seoul | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
* Goals against both teams
** Seo Jung-won (3 goals against Suwon, 3 goals against Seoul)
** Lee Sang-ho (4 goals against Seoul, 1 goal against Suwon)
** Dejan Damjanović (7 goals against Suwon, 2 goals against Seoul)

### Largest victories

| Date | Competition | Result | Venue |
| 20 March 1999 | Super Cup | Suwon 5–1 Anyang | Suwon Stadium |
| 18 April 2015 | K League Classic | Suwon 5–1 Seoul | Suwon World Cup Stadium |
| 21 July 1999 | K League | Anyang 0–4 Suwon | Changwon Civic Stadium |
| 13 November 2002 | K League | Suwon 4–1 Anyang | Suwon World Cup Stadium |
| 21 March 2007 | League Cup | Seoul 4–1 Suwon | Seoul World Cup Stadium |
| 14 July 2002 | K League | Anyang 3–0 Suwon | Anyang Stadium |
| 23 October 2005 | K League | Suwon 0–3 Seoul | Suwon World Cup Stadium |
| 19 September 2015 | K League Classic | Suwon 0–3 Seoul | Suwon World Cup Stadium |

### Highest attendances

| No. | Date | Competition | Attendance | Venue | Result |
| 1 | 8 April 2007 | K League | 55,397 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 0–1 Suwon |
| 2 | 6 March 2011 | K League | 51,606 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 0–2 Suwon |
| 3 | 8 August 2012 | K League | 50,787 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 0–2 Suwon |
| 4 | 4 April 2010 | K League | 48,558 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 3–1 Suwon |
| 5 | 18 June 2016 | K League Classic | 47,899 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 1–1 Suwon |
| 6 | 13 July 2014 | K League Classic | 46,549 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 2–0 Suwon |
| 7 | 1 April 2012 | K League | 45,192 | Suwon World Cup Stadium | Suwon 2–0 Suwon |
| 8 | 3 October 2011 | K League | 44,537 | Suwon World Cup Stadium | Suwon 1–0 Seoul |
| 9 | 13 April 2008 | K League | 44,239 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 0–2 Suwon |
| 10 | 3 August 2013 | K League Classic | 43,681 | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Seoul 2–1 Suwon |

## Honours

| FC Seoul | Competition | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| International |||
| 0 | AFC Champions League | 2 |
| 0 | Asian Super Cup (defunct) | 2 |
| Domestic |||
| 6 | K League 1 | 4 |
| 2 | League Cup (defunct) | 6 |
| 2 | FA Cup | 5 |
| 1 | Korean Super Cup (defunct) | 3 |
| 11 | Aggregate | 22 |