Seoul Samsung Thunders ( ko, 서울 삼성 썬더스) is a professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
team, competing in the
Korean Basketball League. Ever since the club was founded in 1978, they have been associated with
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, a ...
. Initially based in
Suwon, they relocated to
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
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
Enlisted players
Season by season
Honours
Domestic
Korean Basketball League
*KBL Championship
:: Winners:
2000–01,
2005–06
:: Runners-up:
2007–08,
2008–09,
2016–17
*KBL Regular Season
:: Winners:
2000–01
:: Runners-up:
2005–06
:: Third place:
1999–2000,
2007–08,
2016–17
Continental
*
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
:: Third place:
1988
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*
ABA Club Championship
The ABA Club Championship was an Asian basketball tournament for professional clubs, organised by the Asian Basketball Association (ABA) under Dr. Carl Men Ky Ching. The ABA is not to be confused with FIBA Asia which Dr. Ching had also once presi ...
::Winners: 2001, 2007, 2010
:: Third place: 2008, 2009
International invitationals
*
Merlion Cup
:: Third place:
2016
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References
External links
Official website
Basketball teams established in 1978
Basketball teams in South Korea
Korean Basketball League teams
Sport in Seoul
Samsung Sports
Cheil Worldwide
1978 establishments in South Korea
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