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2018–19 Hong Kong Premier League
The 2018–19 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football. Tai Po won their first top flight title in club history. They are the third different team to win the Hong Kong Premier League and the first district team to win a top flight title since Yuen Long during the 1962–63 season. Teams A total of 10 teams contest the league, including nine sides from the 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League and one promoted from the 2017–18 Hong Kong First Division. Stadia and locations Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League: Remarks: 1The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is artificially reduced from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches. 2The capacity of Yanzigang Stadium is artificially reduced from 2,000 to 1,000. Personnel and kits Managerial changes Foreign players T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Po FC
Tai Po Football Club (), also known as Wofoo Tai Po due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. In the 2018–19 season, Tai Po successfully won their first top-flight title in club history. The club is the first district team to win a top-flight title since Yuen Long during the 1962–63 season and the first-ever district team to win the Hong Kong Premier League title. History Early Stage (2002–2007) Tai Po entered the newly formed Third District Division in 2002–03 season. The club was promoted to the Second Division in 2004–05 season after claiming the title of the Third Division in the previous season. In 2005–06 season, they gained the promotion to the First Division after finishing second in the Second Division, behind HKFC. Tai Po struggled during early stage of the 2006–07 season, conceded 13 goals in the first three league matches, which is consistent with many pre-season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962–63 Hong Kong First Division League
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The 1962–63 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 52nd 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanzigang Stadium
Yanzigang Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It mainly used for campus football league and youth football championships of Guangzhou. It is the current home of Hong Kong Premier League club R&F as well as the Guangzhou Evergrande Reserves. History Yanzigang Stadium was opened in September 1985 as the training field for football in the 1987 National Games of China. It also served as a training field for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2001 National Games of China and 2010 Asian Games. It was the home stadium of Guangzhou Evergrande youth team for the 2011 China League Two. Guangzhou Evergrande Reserves moved their home stadium from Lishui Evergrande Training Base to Yanzigang Stadium in 2017. In June, Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuen Long Stadium
Yuen Long Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the current home ground of Hong Kong Premier League club Pegasus and the former home ground of Yuen Long. History Originally a piece of vacant land next to Shui Bin Village, the stadium was built by the Yuen Long District Sports Association with local support. It was constructed by Yuen Long Cheong Kee Construction for HK$198,000 in 1965. The stadium opened on 15 December 1969 with a First Division match between Yuen Long and Fire Services. On the same day, it hosted the start and the finish of the first marathon in Hong Kong held by Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates, sponsored by Tin Tin Daily. In 1983, the stadium received a HK$3 million endowment from Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club for expansion. The work, which cost HK$12 million in total, added a new 2,000-capacity covered grandstand and an eight-lane all-weather running track. The playing surface was also re-laid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen Sports Ground
Aberdeen Sports Ground () is a rugby union and football sports ground situated at 108 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. It is the home stadium of Hong Kong Premier League football club Southern and Global Rapid Rugby rugby union team South China Tigers. Inside the stadium, there is one running track (6 lanes, 400m) and one natural grass pitch. Aberdeen Sports Ground is also the venue for 30 Hour Famine in Hong Kong. After successfully gaining the right to play in the 2012–13 season on 8 April 2012, Southern continued to use Aberdeen Sports Ground as their home ground in the First Division. As a result of Typhoon Mangkhut in September 2018, Aberdeen Sports Ground's West stand and canopy were damaged and deemed unusable. In November, a temporary canopy was erected over the East stand in order to allow for the remainder of Southern's home matches to be played at the stadium. On 21 June 2019, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department The Leisure and Cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium, it reopened as Hong Kong Stadium in March 1994. It has a maximum seating capacity of 40,000, including 18,260 at the main level, 3,173 at executive level, 18,510 upper-level seats and 57 seats for wheelchair users. The stadium is located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, in valley of Caroline Hill. Most international football matches held in Hong Kong are held at this stadium. It is also the location for the Hong Kong Sevens rugby sevens tournament. Hong Kong Stadium also hosted the Rugby World Cup Sevens twice, in 1997 and 2005. History So Kon Po was formerly the burial ground for the 1918 fire at Happy Valley Racecourse. Then the Hong Kong Government moved all the tombs to Aberdeen. The old Government Stadium was a U-shaped constructed by 1953 and had a capacity of 28,000 with partially covered seating. The old Government Stadium was only partially covered, without suffici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Po Sports Ground
Tai Po Sports Ground () is a sports ground located in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was the home stadium of Hong Kong Premier League club Tai Po. History Tai Po Sports Ground staged its first ever Hong Kong First Division game on 30 September 2006, when Tai Po played South China. Despite losing 2–3, all 2,020 tickets for the match were sold out. After the game, the stadium was determined to be unsuitable for future First Division games. Refurbishment work begun in 2007 to upgrade the facilities, including refurbishing the changing rooms, building corporate boxes, installing new goal posts and replanting the grass, such that Tai Po would be allowed play all of their home games during the 2007-08 season at the stadium. The work costed the Leisure and Cultural Services Department HK$1 million. 2007–08 season On 3 August 2007, the Hong Kong Football Association agreed to allow Tai Po to play 9 games at the Tai Po Sports Ground in the 2007-08 season, regardless w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mong Kok Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium () is a stadium in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. With a capacity of 6,664 (comprising four stands of 1,666), it hosts Hong Kong Premier League football matches, with Southern and Kitchee currently sharing the venue. The stadium is run by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong. History The stadium was known as the Army Sports Ground before it was taken over by the Urban Council in 1961. Facilities * International Standard Natural Grass Pitch with 1200 Lux Floodlight * Coloured Display LED scoreboard, 9.28m wide X 5.76m high. * 6,600 spectator seats * 127 VIP seats * 42 wheelchair seats * 1 VIP room (accommodates 32) * Police Control Tower * Broadcasting Tower * 27 parking spaces * 12 public toilets * 8 disabled toilets * 8 entrance turnstiles/ticket counters * 4 teams' changing rooms * 2 referees' changing rooms * 1 VIP room * 1 disabled washroom * 1 fast food kiosk * 1 press room * 1 baby care room * 1 anti-doping room Full house Pre-renova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road; it continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub as well as being one of China's three largest cities. For a long time, the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou was captured by the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major transshipment port. Due to a high urban population and large volumes of port traffic, Guangzhou is classified as a Large-Port Megacity, the largest type of port-city in the world. Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
