1953–54 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1953–54 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 43rd since its establishment. League table References Hong Kong First Division League seasons Hong football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Hong Kong First Division League
The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation of the Hong Kong Premier League in 2014. Since 1908, a total of 29 clubs have been crowned champions of the Hong Kong football system. South China are the most successful club, having won 41 times since their first participation in 1941. Competition format Each team plays the other teams in the division twice, one home and one away game. The ticket profits go to the home team. If there are two matches in the same stadium on the day, the profits are shared between the two home teams. The top two teams in the league are offered promotion to the Premier League while the bottom two are relegated to the Hong Kong Second Division. Exceptions There were two teams, The Army and The Police, that are not required to be relegated. The league ex ...
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KMB Football Team
KMB Football Team () was a Hong Kong football club. The club last played in the Hong Kong football league system during the 2017–18 season when they finished bottom, and were eliminated from the league system as a result. Honours Domestic *Hong Kong First Division League (1st tier) : Champions (2): 1953–54, 1966–67 *Hong Kong Senior Shield : Champions (1): 1950–51 : Runners-up (1): 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1963–64 Performance in Asian club competitions See also * Kowloon Motor Bus The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes. It is a subsidiary of Transport International. ... External links KMBat HKFA Football clubs in Hong Kong Works association football clubs in Hong Kong {{HongKong-footyclub-stub ...
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1952–53 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1952–53 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 42nd since its establishment. League table References Hong Kong First Division League seasons Hong football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

1954–55 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1954–55 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 44th since its establishment. League table References {{DEFAULTSORT:1954-55 Hong Kong First Division League Hong Kong First Division League seasons Hong football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

South China AA
South China Athletic Association (known simply as South China, SCAA, ) is a Hong Kong professional football club that competes in the Hong Kong First Division, the second-tier league in Hong Kong football league system. The club is historically one of the most successful football clubs in Hong Kong, having won a record 41 First Division titles, a record 31 Senior Shields, a record 10 FA Cups and 3 League Cups. The club has a very long history in playing in the top-tier league, but decided to self-relegate after the end of the 2016–17 season. Nicknamed "Shaolin Temple" and "Caroliners", South China has produced many great Hong Kong footballers over the years. In November 2007, the club entered into a charity partnership with Hong Kong Red Cross. The partnership is a pioneer between a sports association and a humanitarian organisation in Hong Kong. The club plays its home matches at Happy Valley Recreation Ground. History Early history The Chinese Football Team wa ...
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Kitchee SC
Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, including 6 Hong Kong First Division titles and 5 Hong Kong Premier League titles. It also won the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, Hong Kong Senior Shield 7 times and the Hong Kong FA Cup 6 times. In the last 10 years, Kitchee won over than 50% of all possible trophies competed in Hong Kong. The club is also the first team from Hong Kong to win a game in AFC Champions League group stage and the first Hong Kong club to advance to the round of 16. History Formation In the late 1920s, a group of Hong Kongers formed a football team in order to compete in the Hong Kong Third Division League, Hong Kong Third Division. It was not until 1931, however, that the team was established as Kitchee Sports Club. Kitchee was founded as a grassroots org ...
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Kwong Wah AA
Kwong Wah Athletic Association () are a football club that currently playing in the Hong Kong Second Division. The team's home matches are played throughout Hong Kong. History Kwong Wah were formed in 1936 by a group of coworkers at CLP Group. Among them, there were local and foreign players including future star Hau Yung Seng. The year after their formation, they won the 1937–38 Hong Kong Junior Shield as well as promotion into the Hong Kong Second Division. The club reached the Hong Kong First Division in 1947. For two for their first three seasons in the top flight, Kwong Wah finished at the bottom of the table but because there was no relegation during that time, they remained. In the early 1950s, Kwong Wah were sponsored by Shanghai businessmen including Xu Wenkui. They signed a number of Shanghai-based players to help the squad such as Zhang Jinhai, Wu Qixiang, Chen Mingzhe, Luo Shoufu, and Yan Shixin. During their 18-year stay in the First Division, their highest t ...
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Sing Tao (football)
Sing Tao Sports Club () is a now defunct Hong Kong football club which was dissolved after the 1998–99 season. The club was established by Aw Hoe (), a director of ''Sing Tao Daily'' in 1940. The first team made their first appearance in the first division in the 1940–41 season. The team relegated to the second division twice, in 1962–63 and 1972–73 seasons respectively. The club turned professional in the 1968–69 season. They were promoted back to the first division again in 1987–88 and stayed until it was dissolved in 1999 by Sing Tao Limited, at that time a subsidiary of Sing Tao Holdings. Honours League * Hong Kong First Division :Champions (1): 1946–47 Cup * Hong Kong Senior Shield :Champions (6): 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1991–92 * Hong Kong Viceroy Cup: :Champions (2): 1994–95, 1996–97 Former players 1. Players that have played/managed in a fully professional league. 2. Players with full international caps. * Ricky Reina ...
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HKFC Soccer Section
The football section of Hong Kong Football Club (Abbreviation: HKFC; ) fields a range of teams at various age divisions in the Hong Kong leagues. The first team currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. 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 the professional sides in the First Division. In 1980 however, "CLUB" as they were commonly known, did manage 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 Secon ...
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Eastern Sports Club
Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited, also known as Eastern Sports Club (), is a Hong Kong professional sports club whose football section competes in the Hong Kong Premier League, the top flight of Hong Kong football. The football team is known as Eastern Football Team () (currently known for sponsorship reasons as Eastern Long Lions Football Team () and plays in the Hong Kong Premier League. In 2017, Eastern became the first club from Hong Kong to compete in the group stage of AFC Champions League. History Early history In 1925, a group of workers from the in Central formed the Chinese Football team. Two years later in 1927, the club changed its name to the Eastern Athletic Association, establishing itself as an all Chinese football club, and entered the Hong Kong Second Division. During the 1931–32 season, Eastern initially won the right to promotion but declined. It was not until the 1936–37 season that the club would make its debut in the Hong K ...
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Hong Kong First Division League Seasons
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