The Super Match () 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 2026, 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 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 66,704 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: 2025–2026) Kang Seong-jin (Seoul: 2021–2025; Suwon: 2025–present)
Match reports All times are KST (UTC+09:00). League matches 1990s
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League Cup matches
FA Cup matches
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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 goalsSuwon 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 93 Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 0 0 6 Jung Jo-gook FC Seoul 5 1 0 Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4 1 1 Seo Jung-won Both teams 3 2 1 Jung Kwang-min FC Seoul 2 4 0 Park Kun-ha Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 4 09 Yun Ju-tae FC Seoul 5 0 0 5 Lee Sang-ho Both teams 5 0 0 Adriano FC Seoul 4 0 1 Choi Yong-soo 3 2 0
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 CompetitionResultVenue 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 CompetitionAttendanceVenueResult 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 SeoulCompetitionSuwon 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
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