Английская Википедия:Hong Kong FC (football)

The football section of Hong Kong Football Club (Abbreviation: HKFC; Шаблон:Zh) fields a range of teams at various age divisions in the Hong Kong leagues.^[1] The first team is a Hong Kong semi-professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League.^[2]

History

While the football team has won many titles in the second-tier competition in recent years, they have rarely enjoyed success when playing against professional sides in the First Division. In 1980 however, the club managed to avoid relegation from the professional First Division for the first time in their history. One of the highlights of the season was a 1–1 draw with eventual champions Seiko SA. On 10 May 1980 at the HK Government Stadium CLUB defeated Kui Tan 1–0 with an 87th-minute penalty scored by John McGunnigle, meaning Kui Tan joined Yuen Long in the drop that year.

In the past few years, HKFC opted not to take promotion to the First Division. In 2006, finally, the club accepted the promotion after winning the Second Division. After showing initial promise, they lost 4 league matches in a row between March and April 2007 and were relegated to the Second Division. They did however become champions of the Second Division again in April 2010 and returned to the First Division. Therefore, HKFC is known as the yo-yo club in Hong Kong.

Uprise to the Hong Kong Premier League

2016–17 Season

In 2016, two years after the establishment of the fully professional Hong Kong Premier League, HKFC finally decided to seek promotion to the top flight after finishing as runners-up behind Tai Po in the 2015–16 season. Their stay in the top flight only lasted a single season. Their first HKPL season saw them only collect 2 wins and 6 points in 20 league games and saw themselves finishing bottom of the league with a staggering -64 goal difference. The club also recorded one of the biggest losses in their history with a 10-0 thumping to Kitchee,^[3] becoming the highest scoring match of the season.

HKFC won the First Division for the first time in a century during the 2017–18 season, going unbeaten throughout the entire league campaign. The club declined promotion as they did not want to field a professional side.^[4]^[5]

Return to the Hong Kong Premier League

2021–22 Season

After being crowned champions of the 2020–21 Hong Kong First Division League, on 19 August 2021, HKFC accepted the HKFA's invitation to be promoted to the 2021–22 Hong Kong Premier League, after the withdrawals of Happy Valley and Pegasus, having last appeared five years ago in the 2016–17 season.^[6]^[7]^[8] The team then signed experienced players such as Brian Fok, To Chun Kiu, Oliver Laxton and Chris Chung to add quality to the squad in pre-season.^[9] Following the season being cut-off by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the club by then had recorded a 6th-place finish in the league with 4 rounds in and 1 point. A poor showing in the Sapling Cup and FA Cup did not help much as they lacked quality.

2022–23 Season

Prior to the start of the 2022-23 Hong Kong Premier League, the club announced the crucial signings of striker Paul Ngue,^[10] others such as Alex Dujardin, Siu Ka Ming, Ng Tsz Chung, Emmet Wan, and Jack Sealy were brought in to help restructure the senior squad and increase their chances of survival.^[11]^[12] The club then bid farewell to goalkeeper To Chun Kiu, who left for fellow Premier League club Sham Shui Po and defender Brian Fok who retired.^[13] A number of youth talents from the club's youth teams were promoted, notably Timothy Chow, Raphael Merkies ^[14] and goalkeeper Justin Fung.

The team would collect all 3 points in their season opener to Sham Shui Po in a 1–0 victory with a penalty scored by Paul Ngue to settle the score.^[15] HKFC, however, fell short in their second game as they fell to a 5-0 thumping by Kitchee in the Senior Challenge Shield.^[16] HKFC then saw the arrival of experienced attacking player Paulinho joining the team with him making his debut in a historical 4–2 comeback to Tai Po FC in a 2022-23 Sapling Cup game, scoring twice and assisting Henry Moore for the equalizing goal.^[17]^[18]

On February 5, 2023, goalkeeper Freddie Toomer became the first goalkeeper in the Hong Kong Premier League history to score a goal as he netted an acrobatic bicycle kick in the 90+6 minute to help the club equalize and salvage a point in a 1–1 draw to Resources Capital.^[19] The match between Kitchee and HKFC at HKFC Stadium became the first game in the club's history to become a sellout, however, HKFC came on the losing end in a 3-0 humbling.^[20]

Following the club's 2–0 victory over Sham Shui Po on 19 February 2023, the club broke their records as they recorded a 21-point finish following the game, breaking the former record of 20 points in the top-tier league way back in 1963.^[21] Following their 1–0 loss to Eastern and the confirmation of their final league position, it was announced that another record had been broken as they had made history by finishing in 6th place, 5 places above the original record of 11th place back in the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League season. The club then finished the season on a high with a 2–1 victory over Southern with goals from Thiago and Timothy Chow sealing the victory, the match was also the final professional game for club legend Freek Schipper and veteran striker Shunsuke Nakamura.

Star goalkeeper Freddie Toomer's overhead equalizer against RCFC would win goal of the season from WELOVEHKPL.^[22]

2023–24 Season

Prior to the start of the 2023–24 season, the club said farewell to Raphaël Merkies and Alexandre Dujardin.^[23]^[24] Yue Yixing was also revealed to have joined HK U23 on a free transfer in search of gametime.^[25] Jahangir Khan was then leaked to have signed for the club ^[26]^[27] following a Hong Kong national team call-up announcement. In addition to Khan, the club also secured signings of former Southern defender Lau Hok Ming,^[28]^[29] Harima Hirokane, Jordon Brown on loan from Kitchee along with young players Lee Chun Yin, Maddox Kong, Stefan Antonic^[30] and Calum Bloxham to their ranks. Foreigners Dominic Johns who was formerly on trial with fellow HKPL club Eastern^[31] was signed alongside Costa Rican-English defender Felix Perez-Doyle.^[32]

The team would fall miserably to Kitchee in a 8–0 thrashing on season opening,^[33]^[34] goalkeeper Issey Maholo was also forced off the pitch due to injury and on came striker Paul Ngue having to step up to go in goal due to the team having no reserve goalkeeper.^[35]

HKFC Soccer Sevens

The team is known outside Hong Kong for being the host of the annual HKFC Soccer Sevens youth-team seven-a-side tournament which attracts high-profile teams such as Manchester United, Aston Villa and Celtic.

Following a 3-year postponement, it was announced the soccer sevens would make a return in 2023, with teams such as Brighton, Fulham, and Glasgow Rangers youth teams invite to the tournament.^[36] Les Ferdinand was also invited as the main guest of the drawing of teams during the 2023 edition of the tournament. He was spotted overseeing youth teams of HKFC and even interacted with some of the youth players.

Stadium

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium

Шаблон:Main The stadium was situated adjacent to the racecourse. But in 1995, as part of a redevelopment of the racecourse, the club moved into a brand new, 64,000 square meter, purpose-built home, with the main building being outside the race track, and the main pitch, all-weather hockey pitch, bowling green, and sports bar being inside the racetrack.^[37] The stadium is currently used for the club's youth pathways teams, senior and youth rugby team and also serves as the home stadium of Lucky Mile FC. Aside from hosting regular league games, the stadium is also the host stadium of the annual HKFC Soccer Sevens which is a seven-a-side tournament with teams joining all over the world.

The stadium holds a home sellout record of 1,720 sold tickets during the 3–0 defeat of HKFC against Kitchee in the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League season.^[38]

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Pitchside view of the HKFC Stadium, October 2022

Players

Current squad

Remarks:
^LP These players are considered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Club officials

Soccer Section Committee

Position	Staff
Chairman	Mark Grainger
Captain	Graeme Lane
Representative	Nigel Merritt
Secretary	Jun Li
Treasurer	Audrey Menard
Membership Secretary	Ivan Hung
Social Convener	Mia Williams
Communications Officer	Adrian Martin
Section Coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Hamilton-Bram
First Team Representative	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Sealy
Lucky Mile Representative	Шаблон:Flagicon Shinnosuke Kawasaki
Junior Soccer Representative	Nam Nguyen

Coaching Staff

Senior team^[39]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Hamilton-Bram
Team Manager	Шаблон:Flagicon Stewart Montgomery
Coach	Шаблон:Flagicon John Pimlott
Goalkeeping Coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Justin Wah
Technical Coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Stephen Tucker-Roberts
Academy Director	Шаблон:Flagicon Chancy Cooke

Youth teams

Position	Staff
Under-18 Manager	Шаблон:Flagicon Paulinho Piracicaba
Under-16 Manager	Шаблон:Flagicon Chancy Cooke
Under-16 Manager (Lucky Mile)	Шаблон:Flagicon Gilles Meyer
Under-16 Assistant (Lucky Mile)	Шаблон:Flagicon Dominic Johns

Development squads

Шаблон:Flagicon Lucky Mile

Lucky Mile is the B or second team of the HKFC Soccer Section and has used the club's membership since the late 1990s.^[40] The club now competes in the Hong Kong Second Division and is led by coach Rich Le-Gallez alongside assistant managers Leung King Yu and Ko Chun.

Шаблон:Flagicon Club Wanderers
Шаблон:Flagicon Club Albion
Шаблон:Flagicon Club Colts

Season-to-season record

Season	Tier	Division	Teams	Position	Home Stadium	Attendance/G	FA Cup	Senior Shield	League Cup	Sapling Cup
2004–05	2	Second Division	12	1	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter	Did not enter	Did not enter	Not held
2005–06	2	Second Division	13	1	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter	Did not enter	Did not enter
2006–07	1	First Division	10	9	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	346	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Group Stage
2007–08	2	Second Division	10	2	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter	Did not enter	Did not enter
2008–09	2	Second Division	10	3	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium				Did not enter
2009–10	2	Second Division	9	1	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium				Not held
2010–11	1	First Division	10	10	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	327	First Round	Semi-finals	First Round
2011–12	2	Second Division	12	3	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter	Did not enter	Did not enter
2012–13	2	Second Division	11	5	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter		Not held
2013–14	2	Second Division	12	3	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Round of 16		Not held
2014–15	2	First Division	15	2	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter		Did not enter
2015–16	2	First Division	14	2	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter		Did not enter	Did not enter
2016–17	1	Premier League	11	11	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	387	First Round	Quarter-finals	Defunct	First Round
2017–18	2	First Division	14	1	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Did not enter	Did not enter		Did not enter
2018–19	2	First Division	14	2	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
2019–20	2	First Division	14	Cancelled	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
2020–21	2	First Division	14	1	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	1	Premier League	8	Cancelled	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	489	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic			Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022–23	1	Premier League	10	6	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	825	Quarter-finals	First Round		Group Stage
2023–24	1	Premier League	11		Hong Kong Football Club Stadium		Quarter-finals	First Round		Group Stage

Note:

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Honours

League

Hong Kong First Division/Hong Kong Premier League (Tier 1)
- Champions (1): 1919–20
Hong Kong Second Division/Hong Kong First Division (Tier 2)
- Champions (15): 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2017–18, 2020–21
- Runners Up (5): 1988–89, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Hong Kong Third Division/Hong Kong Second Division (Tier 3)
- Champions (2): 1978–79, 1986–87

Cup Competitions

Hong Kong Senior Shield
- Champions (5): 1898–99, 1907–08, 1915–16, 1918–19, 1921–22
Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield
- Champions (6): 1976–77, 1978–79, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2004–05

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Head coaches

Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Sealy (1995–2016)
Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Ewart (2016–2018)
Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Hamilton-Bram (2018–)

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Hong Kong Football Club Шаблон:Hong Kong FC squad Шаблон:Hong Kong Premier League

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