Seoul Samsung Thunders

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Seoul Samsung Thunders (Korean: 서울 삼성 썬더스) is a professional basketball team, competing in the Korean Basketball League. Ever since the club was founded in 1978, they have been associated with Samsung Electronics. Initially based in Suwon, they relocated to Seoul in 2001, and had played their home games at Jamsil Arena ever since.

Team names

• 1978–1982: Samsung Men's Basketball Club
• 1982–1996: Samsung Electronics Basketball Club
• 1996–2001: Suwon Samsung Thunders
• 2001–present: Seoul Samsung Thunders

Current roster

Seoul Samsung Thunders roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Lee Dong-yeop 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-02-22)22 February 1994 G 2 Lee Ho-hyun 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1992-12-02)2 December 1992 G 3 Lee Jung-hyun (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 G 5 Kim Si-rae 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 35 – (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 F 6 Choi Seung-wook 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-04-15)15 April 1994 G 7 Kim Hyun-soo 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 PG 8 Kim Moo-sung 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1997-03-28)28 March 1997 F 9 Jang Min-guk 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 C 11 Lee Weon-seok 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-01-30)30 January 2000 G 14 Kim Jin-young 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-06-22)22 June 1998 F 17 Cha Min-seok 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-09-16)16 September 2001 F 19 Kang Ba-il 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1995-03-02)2 March 1995 G 20 Park Min-chae 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 G 21 Kim Gwang-cheol 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1994-03-27)27 March 1994 C 22 Kim Han-sol 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1994-08-28)28 August 1994 F 24 Shin Dong-hyuk 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2000-01-20)20 January 2000 G 25 Jeon Hyung-jun 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 C 32 Jo Woo-sung 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1998-09-18)18 September 1998 PF Darral Willis (I) 28 – (1996-01-21)21 January 1996 C Anthony Morse (I) 30 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994	Head coach Eun Hee-seok Assistant coach(es) Kim Hyo-beom Lee Doo-hun Kim Bo-hyun Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 15 January 2023

Enlisted players

Player name	Military branch	Enlisted	Expected discharge
Lee Jae-woo[1]	Republic of Korea Army	2021	N/A
Park Min-woo[2]	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps	May 2022	November 2023

Season by season

Year	Position	Season		Playoff		Remark
		Win	Lose	Win	Lose
1997	8 / 8	6	15
1997–98	9 / 10	17	28
1998–99	6 / 10	25	20	4	4	Playoff Semifinalist
1999–00	3 / 10	23	22	3	4	Playoff Semifinalist
2000–01	1 / 10	34	11	7	2	Playoff Winner
2001–02	8 / 10	24	30
2002–03	5 / 10	28	26	0	2
2003–04	5 / 10	28	26	1	2
2004–05	5 / 10	27	27	2	3	Playoff Semifinalist
2005–06	2 / 10	32	22	7	0	Playoff Winner
2006–07	5 / 10	29	25	1	2
2007–08	3 / 10	32	22	5	4	Playoff Runner-up
2008–09	4 / 10	30	24	9	6	Playoff Runner-up
2009–10	6 / 10	26	28	1	3
2010–11	6 / 10	27	27	0	3
2011–12	10 / 10	13	41

Honours

Domestic

• Korean Basketball League championship

Winners: 2000–01, 2005–06

Runners-up: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17

• Korean Basketball League regular season

Winners: 2000–01

Runners-up: 2005–06

Continental

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Third place: 1988

• ABA Club Championship

Winners: 2001, 2007, 2010

Third place: 2008, 2009

International invitationals

• Merlion Cup

Third place: 2016

References

External links

The clubArenasRetired numbersKBL Championships (2)