Seoul Samsung Thunders

Seoul Samsung Thunders 서울 삼성 썬더스
2015–16 Seoul Samsung Thunders season
Seoul Samsung Thunders 서울 삼성 썬더스 logo
League	Korean Basketball League
Founded	1978
History	Samsung Men's Basketball Club 1978–1982 Samsung Electronics Basketball Club 1982–1996 Suwon Samsung Thunders 1996–2001 Seoul Samsung Thunders 2001–present
Arena	Jamsil Gymnasium (Capacity: 13,595)
Location	Seoul, Republic of Korea
Team colors	Blue, White and Yellow
Head coach	Lee Sang-min
Affiliation(s)	Cheil Worldwide
2014–15 position	10th
Championships	2
Retired numbers	10
Website	thunders.co.kr
Uniforms
Home Away

Samsung Sports
Football	Baseball	Volleyball
Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)	eSports
Table Tennis	Badminton	Equestrian
Athletics	Wrestling	Taekwondo

Seoul Samsung Thunders (Korean: 서울 삼성 썬더스) have been in the KBL (Korean Basketball League) since its inception 28 years ago. The Seoul Samsung Thunders received their name from Samsung Electronics. Originally based in Suwon, they are now located in the heart of South Korea's capital, Seoul and play at Jamsil Arena.

Team names

• 1978–1982 : Samsung Men's Basketball Club
• 1982–1996 : Samsung Electronics Basketball Club
• 1997–2001 : Suwon Samsung Thunders
• 2001–present : Seoul Samsung Thunders

Club honours

Domestic

League

• KBL Finals

Winners (2): 2000–2001, 2005–2006

• KBL Regular Season

Winners (1): 2000–2001

Continental

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Third-placed (1): 1988

• ABA Club Championship

Winners (2): 2007, 2010

Third-placed (2): 2008, 2009

Record

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

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Seoul Samsung Thunders roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 1 Choi Soo-hyun 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) – (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 PG 6 Shin Jae-ho 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 G 7 Park Jae-hyun 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) – (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 SG 8 Kim Tae-hyung 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) – (1988-07-10)10 July 1988 PG 9 Joo Hee-jung 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) – (1977-02-14)14 February 1977 C 12 Song Chang-moo 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) – (1982-12-20)20 December 1982 F 13 Lim Dong-seob 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1990-08-29)29 August 1990 SF 15 Moon Tae-young (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1978-02-10)10 February 1978 PG 17 Lee Si-jun 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 73 kg (161 lb) – (1983-07-26)26 July 1983 G/F 19 Ron Howard (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1982-11-14)14 November 1982 C 20 Ricardo Ratliffe (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) – (1989-02-20)20 February 1989 PG 21 Lee Ho-hyun 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) – (1992-12-02)2 December 1992 F 23 Bae Kang-ryul 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 C 25 Kim Myung-hoon 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) – (1985-11-08)8 November 1985 F 30 Jang Min-guk 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) – (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 C 31 Kim Jun-il 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1992-05-07)7 May 1992	Head coach Lee Sang-min Assistant coach(es) Park Hun-keun Lee Kyu-sup Yang Eun-sung Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 2015-10-04

External links

• (Korean)(English) Official website
• Official Facebook
• Official Twitter
• Official YouTube
• (English) Asia-Basket.com

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