Suwon Samsung Bluewings looking to convert 1st chance at promotion back to top football league

After spending two seasons in the second division of Korean football, once-mighty Suwon Samsung Bluewings will take their first crack at earning promotion back to the top flight this week. Suwon Samsung, as the runners-up in the K League 2, will face Jeju SK FC, the second-to-last club in the K League 1 this year, in one of the two promotion-relegation playoff series. Suwon Samsung will host the first of this home-and-away matchup at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. The return match will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jeju World Cup Stadium in Seogwipo on the southern island of Jeju. The other playoff series will see Suwon FC, the third-to-last team in the K League 1, play Bucheon FC 1995, who won a K League 2 playoff to reach this point. Their first meeting will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Bucheon Stadium in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, and the return leg will be 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Suwon Stadium in Suwon. Suwon Samsung, the four-time K League 1 champions, also with five Korea FA Cup titles and two Asian club trophies, were relegated after the 2023 season byWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times