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2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League
The 2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 94th since its establishment. Teams *Buler Rangers 流浪 * Citizen 公民 * Happy Valley 愉園 *Hong Kong 08 香港08 *Kitchee 傑志 *Lanwa 東莞聯華 *South China 南華 *Xiangxue Sun Hei 香雪晨曦 League table Top scorers All Competitions Hong Kong players only First Division League Goals only No relegation According to regulations, the bottom two teams, Hong Kong 08 and South China, were required to be relegated to the Second Division. However, both teams were retained in the top flight next season via HKFA exempted. Reason for retaining Hong Kong 08 is to give the team better preparation of 2008 Olympics Qualification games. South China was retained because the club promised to expand its next season's budget and sign new quality players. HKFA accepted this and hoped this would improve the competitiveness and attractiveness of the league. See also *Hong Kong First Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buler Rangers
Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. They have won the Hong Kong First Division once, the Senior Shield 4 times, and the Hong Kong FA Cup twice. History Formation to 2000 The club was founded in 1958 by a Scottish expatriate from Glasgow named Ian Petrie. He named his club after Rangers. It was the first Asian football club with a modern football club managing system. In the early days, the club could not compete with the bigger clubs financially so Petrie relied on young players and the team was known as a breeding ground for young players. Kwok Ka Ming was the best known players discovered by Petrie in the 1960s. In 1970, the club brought three Scottish professional players to Hong Kong. They were the first European professional players to play in the Hong Kong league, opening a new chapter in Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Yiu Lun
Chan Yiu Lun (; born July 20, 1982, in China) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Chan started his football career at Sing Tao. He saw Wei Kwan Lung as his idol because his pace and shooting abilities impressed him greatly. Wei Kwan Lung was later banned from football for match-fixing, but he still encouraged Chan to play and not to follow in his footsteps. Sun Hei Chan scored in the extra time of the 2008–09 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield semi-final against Fourways Rangers to win the match 1:0 and take Sun Hei to the final. Rangers Chan left Rangers on 12 June 2011 after a season in which he was not a regular starter. Pontic and Double Flower Chan has reached an understanding to join Pontic for the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season. But in the end, Pontic gave up its promotion due to funding issues and Chan was left with no club to play for. Therefore, he could only play for Double Flower in the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leung Chun Pong
Leung Chun Pong (, born 1 October 1986 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. Biography Childhood He was graduated from CCC Hoh Fok Tong College and PLK Fong Wong Kam Cheun Primary School (A.M.) in Tuen Mun. Club career South China Leung Chun Pong scored a goal to help South China win 3:1 at home to VB Sports Club and advance to the second round of the 2010 AFC Cup. On 30 May 2012, Leung Chun Pong decided to leave South China and developed his career in mainland China. Guangdong Sunray Cave On 12 June 2012, Leung Chun Pong moved to mainland China and signed a contract with China League One side Guangdong Sunray Cave. He made his debut for Guangdong Sunray Cave on 23 June 2012, in a 2–0 away win against Beijing Baxy. On 30 June 2012, he scored his first goal in China League One in the match between Guangdong Sunray Cave and Shanghai East Asia F.C., where Guangdong Sunray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheung Kin Fung
Cheung Kin Fung (; born 1 January 1984 in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong) is a former British Hong Kong, Hong Kong professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back. Career statistics Club ''As of 11 September 2009'' International : ''As of 1 September 2016'' Honours Club ;Kitchee *Hong Kong Premier League: 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League, 2014–15 *Hong Kong First Division League, Hong Kong First Division: 2013–14 Hong Kong First Division League, 2013–14 *Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2005–06 *Hong Kong FA Cup: 2012–13 Hong Kong FA Cup, 2012–13, 2014–15 Hong Kong FA Cup Final, 2014–15 *HKFA League Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2014–15 Hong Kong League Cup Final, 2014–15 ;Pegasus *Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, Hong Kong Senior Shield: Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield 2008–09, 2008–09 *Hong Kong FA Cup: 2009–10 Hong Kong FA Cup, 2009–10 External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Kin Wo
Lee Kin Wo (, born 20 October 1967 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. Lee won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year award three times during his career. He holds an AFC "A" License. Club career Lee Kin Wo made his debut in Hong Kong First Division League on 13 October 1985 when he was 18 years old. He is most memorable for participating the friendly match South China Athletic Association (Lee is loaned from Eastern for that match, along with Dale Tempest) versus São Paulo, the Brazilian team with national representatives Cafu, Leonardo Araújo and Zetti at that time. Finally, South China won the match by 4–2 and Lee scored the fourth goal of his team. In May 2000, during an international friendly hosted by Macau, Lee kicked the football toward the upper body of the Macau referee Choi Kuok-kun, after several unfair decisions were being awarded in favour of the home side. Hong Kong eventually won the match by 1-0 and Choi was banned from officiating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Akosah
Julius Pongla Akosah ( ''Akosah'', born ) is a former Cameroon-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as an amateur for Hong Kong Second Division club Fu Moon. His position was striker. He was once called up by Cameroon in 2006. Hong Kong football fans commonly use Agumon as a nickname for him because of his transcriptional name. Club career Akosah has played for a few clubs in Hong Kong First Division League including Buler Rangers, Sun Hei, Kitchee and Eastern. In summer 2009, Akosah returned to Sun Hei as Eastern self-relegated to the Third Division League. Spending a year in Sun Hei, Akosah decided not to extend his contract with Sun Hei. On 12 August 2010, The Jakarta Globe reports that Indonesian Super League club Persija Jakarta said it had secured the services of Julius Akosah. Akosah returned to Sun Hei in September 2011, but on 5 January 2012, Sun Hei released him and he moved to Tuen Mun. Akosah scored in the 60th minute on his debut for Tuen M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au Wai Lun
Au Wai Lun (; born 14 August 1971, in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional football player. He is considered one of the best strikers in Hong Kong. Playing career Au made his debut in Hong Kong First Division League for Tin Tin on 20 December 1988, against Happy Valley. He was 17 years old at the time and the final result of the match 0–2. Au was the leading goal scorer of the Hong Kong national football team, but retired from international football after an exhibition match with Manchester United on 23 July 2005. On the pitch, Au was recognized easily by his hairstyle – he sports peroxide-blond streaks in his locks. He wore the number 7 jersey for South China and was the captain of the team. He is also remembered by his famous "cross passing during 1-on-1" in the final of 2002 Carlsberg Cup against Honduras. In the match, he received a pass from his teammate, and got a goal opportunity. However, he passed the ball back and did not shoot. Further jokes on thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitchee FC
Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional 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 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. It was not until 1931, however, that the team was established as Kitchee Sports Club. Kitchee was founded as a grassroots organization, as such, they lacked the funding to pay the administrative and facilities c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Jerome Gumbs
Keith "Kayamba" Gumbs (born 11 September 1972 in St. Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis) is a retired St. Kitts and Nevis international football player. Playing career Gumbs began playing football while he was attending the Newtown Primary School (now the Tucker/Clarke Primary School), continued at Basseterre Junior High (now the Washington Archilbald High School) and then Basseterre Senior High where he finished his schooling. Gumbs played various other sports as well, including cricket and basketball. In his debut first division season in 1989, he helped Newtown to win the double (league and cup) earning him a called up to the National Senior team by the then head coach Alphonso Bridgewater. Gumbs now plays amateur football for Southern & Ettalong United in Australia, where he now lives. Coaching career Gumbs began his coaching career as a Physical Coach on Sriwijaya F.C. in 2011-2012 Season as a player and Physical Coach. In 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A he was appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lico (footballer, Born 1974)
Fladimir da Cruz Freitas, better known as Lico (, ''Lico''; born January 20, 1974, in Brazil), is a retired Brazilian footballer who is now the Head coach for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D club Cerâmica. He is notable for his brilliant performance in Sun Hei during 2005-06 season. Honours Xiangxue Sun Hei *Hong Kong FA Cup: 2005–06 Individual *Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. Th ... Top Scorer: 2005–06 Career statistics Club career ''As of December 22, 2006'' Notes and references External linksLicoat HKFAProfileat sunhei.goalgoalgoal.com 1974 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Sun Hei SC players Eastern Sports Club footballers Association football midfielders Hong Kong First Div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong League Cup
Hong Kong Football Association League Cup () is an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league (currently Hong Kong Premier League). The cup was relaunched for the 2014–15 season after being discontinued in the 2012–13 season. Format *All teams in Hong Kong First Division League (until 2013–2014 season) / Hong Kong Premier League (starting from 2014 to 2015 season) are divided in the 2 groups (Group A & B) in first round stage. Each team plays against all other teams in the group once. The top two teams in each group qualify into the semi-finals. *In the semi-finals, the first team in Group A plays against second team in Group B while the first team in Group B plays against second team in Group A. *The winner of the semi-finals enter the final, which is usually held in Hong Kong Stadium. Finals Key Results Results by team See also *The Hong Kong Football Association *Hong Kong First Division League References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
