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Wofoo Tai Po
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] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Hiu Ming
Chan Hiu Ming (; born 19 March 1975) is a Hong Kong professional football manager who is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. He holds an AFC Pro License and is also a coaching and fitness instructor for the Asian Football Confederation and FIFA. Playing career He was a member of Hong Kong national futsal team, and Hong Kong Hockey representative team. He also participated in different football clubs in Hong Kong including Kitchee, Instant Dict, Eastern, Wong Tai Sin and Derico for years. Managerial career Hong Kong Youth Representative Team Chan Hiu Ming started his managerial career in 2003 as the head coach of Hong Kong Youth Representative Team and assistant coach of Hong Kong Olympics Team. He succeeded with the Hong Kong Youth Representative Team as the team were crowned Champion of the International Invitation Tournament organised by the Hong Kong Football Association in 2004; Champion of the Lion City Cup organized by the Singapore Foot ... [...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] |
Edgar Aldrighi Júnior
Edgar Aldrighi Júnior ( ''Júnior''; born March 30, 1974, in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), also known as Dega, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Hong Kong First Division club South China, as a defensive midfielder, and also assistant coach. Club career Dega was signed by Perth Glory in 1999 by then coach Bernd Stange. Stange's initial reaction to Edgar was that he "didn't look like a Brazilian, I was expecting a big black man," something that was said in jest. Dega's first match for Perth Glory was against Gippsland in the first round of the 1999/2000 NSL season. Playing in a defensive midfielder role he went on to play over 30 times for the Australian side in that season and was a major reason for the Glory topping the NSL ladder at the end of the season. In the 2000 NSL Grand Final against the Wollongong Wolves (which had finished 3–3) he had the chance to score the winning penalty in the shootout against the Wolves but missed the entire goal. Wollongong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited, also known as Eastern Sports Club (), is a Hong Kong professional sports club whose association football, football section competes in the Hong Kong Premier League, the top flight of Football in Hong Kong, Hong Kong football. The association football, 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 (Hong Kong), 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 League, Hong Kong Second Division. During the 1931–32 season, Eastern initially won the ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Ho Yin
Chan Ho Yin (; born 25 February 1978 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional football player. Career Chan was a member of Hong Kong U-21 in 1990, participating in Gothia Cup and Dana Cup. For his club career, he played for Kui Tan and Kitchee. Coaching career After his retirement from football, he started his managerial career as an assistant coach of Hong Kong U-21. Tai Po In the 2008–09 season, he was appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong First Division League club Wofoo Tai Po, leading the club climbing on the top of the table in October. He was also appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong League XI participating in 2009 Lunar New Year Cup. Tai Chung He joined another First Division club Tai Chung in July 2009. Although he helped the club avoid relegation to the Second Division, he was sacked as he breached the rule of game on 16 May 2010 against South China, which caused the club awarded a 0–3 loss. The match was originally ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Dos Santos
Rafael Alexandrino dos Santos (born 8 October 1983), commonly known as Rafael Baiano, is a Brazilian association football, footballer. A forward, he currently plays for Esporte Clube São Bento, São Bento. Soccerway References External links *BDFA 1983 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Club Olimpia footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Men's association football forwards {{Brazil-footy-forward-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangers FC
Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Although not its official name, it is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers outside Scotland. The fourth-oldest football club in Scotland, Rangers was founded by four teenage boys as they walked through West End Park (now Kelvingrove Park) in March 1872 where they discussed the idea of forming a football club, and played its first match against the now defunct Callander at the Fleshers' Haugh area of Glasgow Green in May of the same year. Rangers' home ground, Ibrox Stadium, designed by stadium architect Archibald Leitch and opened in 1929, is a Category B listed building and the third-largest football stadium in Scotland. The club has always played in royal blue shirts. Rangers is the most successful club in Scottish football. The club has won the Scottish League title a record 55 times, the Scottish Cup 34 times, the Scottish League Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ye Jia
Ye Jia (, born ), is a former Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer. He is an all-rounded player who can play as an attacking midfielder or a striker on the field. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Tai Po. Early life Ye Jia was born on 1 December 1981 in Shanghai, China. He played for amateur football team Shanghai Tianna in China Amateur Football League in 2002. After a season, another local club Shanghai The 9 bought Shanghai Tianna, turned professional and started to participate in China League Two, so Ye Jia became a professional football player. Club career Shanghai The 9 As his first professional team experience, Ye Jia did not contemplate breaking into the first team immediately but looked up to senior players like Ebelio Ordóñez. He always was a substitution player in league matches. Tai Po In the 2007–2008 season, Tai Po was the finalist of the FA Cup. Ye scored an important goal for the club against South China an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Kwesi Annan
Christian Kwesi Annan (; born 3 May 1978) is a former Ghanaian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a striker or left winger. He is renowned in Hong Kong for his high pace and dribbling skill. Club career Eastern Christian Annan arrived in Hong Kong to continue his football career in 2005. Unfortunately, he arrived at a time when most clubs in the First Division had already finished their foreign player signings, and so he joined Eastern, a Second Division club instead. With 14 goals in 11 matches, including a hat trick against Tai Po, Annan successfully gained the attention of his then opponent. When Tai Po had successfully obtained their promotion status after the 2005–06 season, they signed Annan immediately. Tai Po Although he did not have the same impact in front of goal when compared to his time in the Second Division, Annan bagged 6 goals in 21 matches and became Tai Po's top scorer (along with defender Joel), helping the team to successfully avoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shek Kip Mei Sports Association
Shek Kip Mei Sports Association () was a Hong Kong football club which played in the Hong Kong First Division League. It is better known as Workable FC () and Tuen Mun Progoal FC (), which are under the football division of the Hong Kong Football Association from 2007 to 2009. History The team got the 1st Runner-up in Hong Kong Third A Division League in 2005–06 season and qualified into Third Division League Final Round to fight for 2 promotion positions among 4 teams. Shek Kip Mei topped the table and was promoted to Second Division. Workable (2007–2008) After the promotion, the team added a few former Hong Kong national football team players to strengthen the team for further promotion to the First Division. The team finished second in the Second Division in the 2006–07 season and has been promoted to the First Division in 2007–08. After the promotion, the team obtained an HK$4,000,000 naming sponsorship from Workable Corporation and was named as Workable Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hong Kong Football Association
The Hong Kong Football Association Limited (), often abbreviated to the HKFA, is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Pui Kwan Kay and its Chief Executive Officer is Joaquin Tam. History The HKFA was established in 1914. It is one of the oldest Football Federations in Asia and is responsible for organising various football competitions including professional and amateur leagues, football development and promoting football in Hong Kong. In 1954, HKFA joined FIFA, and was also one of twelve founding associations of the Asian Football Confederation. Hong Kong played an important role in the early development of Asian football, and was given the honour of hosting the first Asian Cup competition in 1956, in which Hong Kong came third in the tournament. Having been a part of the British Empire, and, more recently part of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong fields a separate FIFA-recognised representative team. HKFA is also respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
