AFC Seorin

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AFC Seorin
Full nameAssociation Football Club Seorin
Nickname(s)Metropolitans
Short nameSeorin
Founded1901
StadiumSuyang Stadium, Suyang
Capacity92,080
OwnerHS Entertainment (33% majority stake)
ChairmanJeong Jin
ManagerErnesto Caceres
CoachYoon Ju-wan
LeagueCommonwealth League
23-24 Season2nd (in progress)

AFC Seorin, or Seorin, is an association football club based in Suyang, Haesan currently participating in the Commonwealth League and the 2023–24 UHFA Elite Championship. The club's routinely uses the motto "Suyang's Team", and it plays its home games at Suyang Stadium in Choejaseong-gu. A stalwart contender during the 20s and 30s, after the Great War the club faced financial difficulties and played in the second division for many years. The early 2000s brought the golden age of Seorin after its purchase by HS Entertainment and the construction of Suyang Stadium when the club won 5 of 6 Commonwealth Shields from 2003-04 to 2008-09 and won its sole Hesperidan championship in 2005. It is now a routine contender for Hesperidan competition but has not won a league title since 2009.