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Lai Ka Fai
Lai Ka Fai ( ; born 30 May 1983) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers. Club career Sun Hei On 2 June 2008, reports claimed that fellow First Division club Sun Hei was negotiating with Bulova Rangers for Lai's possible transfer. In July 2008, Lai joined Sun Hei for an undisclosed fee. After the 2010–11 season, he left Sun Hei and joined newly-promotion First Division club Mutual. However, since Mutual refused promotion due to lack of sponsorship, Mutual was banned from Hong Kong league system for a season. Lai thus became a free agent. Fukien In the 2011–12 season, Lai joined Third 'A' Division club Fukien on a free transfer after being released by Mutual. He was appointed as the captain for the season. He scored a hat-trick against St. Joseph's on 20 November 2011, including two penalties. Mutual In July 2012, Lai rejoined Fourth Division club Mutual. Rangers On 8 June 2013, Lai join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Fourth Division League
Hong Kong Fourth Division League was a division of the Hong Kong Football Association in Hong Kong. It was the fourth overall tier of the Hong Kong football league system. Hong Kong Fourth Division League was originally introduced in 1955 and dissolved in 1956 but was reintroduced in 2012 again as a fourth tier league. It was folded again in 2014 after the establishment of the Hong Kong Premier League. Past winners * 1955–56: Tai Wah *: Yau Tsim Mong * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 In Hong Kong Football
The 2010–11 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2010 and ending June 2011. Overview * In July 2010, Birmingham City F.C. played an exhibition match in Hong Kong. * 22 January 2011: Ng Wai Chiu returned to Hong Kong First Division League and joined South China. Representative team Hong Kong Friendly matches in first half season Match Detail 2011 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup Match Detail Match Detail Friendly matches in second half season Hong Kong U-23 Friendly against Australia Match Detail Long Teng Cup This is a tournament was organized by Chinese Taipei Football Association and take place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 to 12 October 2010. Another three participating teams is Chinese Taipei, the Philippines and Macau. The players of Hong Kong were selected for 2010 Asian Games and another three associations sent their senior teams. FIFA ensured that these 3 matches are the formal international matches after the tournament. The first ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 Hong Kong First Division League
The 2009–10 Hong Kong Football Association First Division League (known as HKFA bma First Division League for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th top tier football league of Hong Kong. Because of the renovation of Mong Kok Stadium which will last for two league seasons, the current First Division League has allocated eight stadia for the eleven participating teams to play their home games. The inaugural match was held between South China and Tai Chung on 6 September 2009. It was the first time since 1987–88 season that the inaugural match was not played between the former season champion and runner-up. Hong Kong Football Association disqualified Tuen Mun Progoal on 27 November 2009 due to Tuen Mun Progoal defaulting on labour insurance. The title was won by South China, their fourth title in a row. Happy Valley and Shatin were relegated at the end of the season. This is the first ever relegation for Happy Valley and came in their 60th anniversary season. The players from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 In Hong Kong Football
The 2009-10 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2009 and ending June 2010: Overview Representative team Hong Kong Team Asian Cup qualifiers Hong Kong played in their Asian Cup 2011 qualifying campaign. ---- ---- ---- East Asian Football Championship Semi-Final ---- ---- Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup Hong Kong's 2–1 win to Guangdong in first leg, Julius Akosah scored two goals in his first game for Hong Kong. However, Guangdong scored two goals by Li Jian in second leg. Guangdong win the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup. Hong Kong has been stopped to be crown-of-four. ---- East Asian Football Championship Final Competition ---- ---- Hong Kong U-23 East Asian Games 2009 East Asian Games was held in Hong Kong form 2 December 2009 to 13 December 2009. The tournament was won by Hong Kong, who claimed their first international football tournament title. They defeated Japan 4–2 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 Hong Kong First Division League
The 2008–09 Hong Kong First Division League season, known as Coolpoint Ventilation First Division () for sponsorship reasons, was the 97th since its establishment in 1908. It began on 6 September 2008 and ended on 10 May 2009. The unveiling match was contested by the defending champions South China, and the runners-up of last season Citizen. They made a 1–1 draw, scored by Sandro of Citizen and Detinho of South China, China. Three new teams joined the league as competition members, including Fourway, TSW Pegasus and Xiangxue Eisiti. The league consisted of 13 teams, the most since the 1979–80 season. League team changes Teams promoted from 2007–08 Hong Kong Second Division League * Champions: Mutual Teams relegated to 2008–09 Hong Kong Second Division League * Bulova Rangers (renamed as ''Rangers'') New teams in Hong Kong football league system * Fourway * TSW Pegasus * Xiangxue Eisiti (from mainland China) Teams changed the name * NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po (nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 In Hong Kong Football
The 2008–09 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2008 and ending June 2009: Overview Events On 9 July 2008, South China goalkeeper Zhang Chunhui was sentenced imprisonment for 8 months due to inflicting grievous bodily harm upon another person. He injured a 17-year-old boy in Causeway Bay on 19 December 2007. On 22 July 2008, HKFA confirmed the Hong Kong First Division League team list for 2008-09 season. 13 teams will compete in the top division, among which TSW Pegasus and Xiangxue Eisiti will enter using competing membership, and they will need to sponsor one local cup competition each. There are two team name changes: Lanwa Redbull renamed to be Sheffield United and Wofoo Tai Po renames to be NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po. 2008/09年度甲組聯賽參賽隊伍事宜 On 2 September 2008, the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 Hong Kong First Division League
The 2007–08 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 96th since its establishment. The first match was played on 2 September 2007 with South China lost to Kitchee 1–2. In this season, the First Division League was composed of 10 teams. Workable were promoted from the Second Division while Eastern, originally demoted to Third Division League by rule, was invited by HKFA to play in the First Division League after securing sufficient sponsorship. League table Full table Home matches only Note: Here is the home stadium list of the teams: *Dongguan Stadium – Lanwa Redbull *Hong Kong Stadium & Mong Kok Stadium – ''Rest of the teams'' Away matches only Teams The following 10 clubs are competing in the Hong Kong First Division League during the 2007–08 season. Kits Fixtures and results *All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8). Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 In Hong Kong Football
The 2007–08 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2007 and ending June 2008: Overview * Hong Kong 08 was dissolved as Hong Kong was knocked out from the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification. * Tung Po, the 2006-07 Second Division champion refused to promote while the runner-up Shek Kip Mei promoted and renamed to Workable. * Eastern was to be relegated from Second Division to Third 'A' Division by rule but was subsequently invited to promote to First Division after obtaining sufficient sponsorship Events Representative team Hong Kong team Hong Kong have gone through their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, where they were knocked out in the Second Round. Hong Kong national under-23 football team Hong Kong national under-23 football team this season is preparing for the 2009 East Asian Games to be hosted in Hong Kong. 1 Hong Kong's score comes first. Honours Asian clubs competitions AFC Cup 2007 * Happy Valley - ''group stage'' * Xiangxue Sun Hei / Convoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots in the top-tier AFC Champions League, based on the AFC Club Competitions Ranking. Al-Kuwait SC and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the most successful clubs in the competition's history, having won three titles each. Clubs from Kuwait have won four titles, making them the most successful nation in the competition. Ever since the inauguration of the competition in 2004, the finalists of each edition have been dominated by clubs from West Asia except for 2011 and 2015 when Uzbekistani team FC Nasaf from Central Asia and Malaysian team Johor Darul Ta'zim from Southeast Asia became champions that respective year. Al-Seeb are the current champions after defeating Kuala Lumpur City in the 2022 final. Since 2021 season the team who won the AFC C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The current season is the 45th edition of the event. 14 different teams have won the cup with 10-time champions South China being the most successful. In the first three years, the semi-finals and the finals were two-legged events. If the aggregate result was drawn, there would be extra time after the second leg. Drawn ties after extra time would be settled by a replay. However, this practice was abandoned in 1977. Since 1978, all matches have become one-legged, draws are settled by extra time and penalty shootouts. Moreover, teams from the First Division, Second Division and Third Division were allowed to enter the competition before through qualifying from the Preliminary Round. However, due to the huge difference in playing level betw ... [...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] |
