The 2008–09 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2008 and ending June 2009:

Overview

Events

On 9 July 2008,

South China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...

goalkeeper

Zhang Chunhui Zhang Chunhui (, born 13 March 1983) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong football coach and former player. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Chinese Women's Super League club Meizhou Hakka. Club career He was selected in the Hong Kong Top Foo ...

was sentenced imprisonment for 8 months due to inflicting grievous bodily harm upon another person. He injured a 17-year-old boy in

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on 19 December 2007. On 22 July 2008, HKFA confirmed the

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 o ...

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 Lanwa FC (), officially Dongguan Lanwa Football Club () was a Chinese professional association football club located in Dongguan, China. The club was founded in 1999 and played in the Chinese and Hong Kong football systems. History Lanwa was fo ...

renamed to be

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and

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 t ...

renames to be

NT Realty 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 Hong Kong Premier League, 2018–19 season, Ta ...

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2008/09年度甲組聯賽參賽隊伍事宜 On 2 September 2008, the 2008–09 season of

started at

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, with the match between

and

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, with Citizen drawing South China 1–1. On 17 September 2008,

head coach

Tsang Wai Chung Tsang Wai Chung () is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. He was head coach of South China and Hong Kong national football team. On 17 September 2008, Tsang asked to leave due to health reasons. He temporarily left the responsibility of ...

left his post.

Representative team

Hong Kong Team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Friendly matches

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Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup

Hong Kong representative football team participated in 31st Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup. ----

Asian Cup qualifiers

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is going to play in their Asian Cup 2011 qualifying campaign. ----

Hong Kong U-23

Hong Kong Macau Interport

Honours

Overall Top-scorers

First Division

Asian clubs competitions

AFC Cup 2008

Kitchee 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, in ...

- Eliminated in group stage *

- Eliminated in group stage

AFC Cup 2009

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- Eliminated in group stage *

- ''Quarter-finals''

Hong Kong Top Footballers Awards

* Footballer of the Year:

Lee Wai Lim Lee Wai Lim (, born 5 May 1981) is a former Hong Kong professional football player and coach. He is the brother of current Lee Man player Lee Hong Lim. A former Hong Kong Footballer of the Year winner in 2009, Lee pleaded guilty in 2018 to one ...

(

) * Best Youth Footballer: Au Yeung Yiu Chung (

), Li Hon Ho (

) * Coach of the Year: Leslie Santos ( Convoy Sun Hei) * Top Footballers: *#

Wong Chin Hung Wong Chin Hung (; born 2 March 1982 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional football player who is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers. He mostly played as a left back. Club career Instant-Dict Wong C ...

('' TSW Pegasus'' /

) *#

Li Haiqiang Li Haiqiang () is a former Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer. He played for various professional clubs and also the Hong Kong national football team. Li played the role of a midfielder and is nicknamed "The Golden Left Foot" be ...

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) *#

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 ...

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) *#

Xu Deshuai Xu Deshuai (; born 13 July 1987) is a former Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer. He was born in Dalian, China but represents Hong Kong in international competition. He was a member of the Hong Kong East Asian Games football team ...

(

) *#

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 ass ...

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) *#

Lee Hong Lim Lee Hong Lim (, born 29 September 1983) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. He is the brother of former professional footballer Lee Wai Lim. Early age Lee Ho ...

(''

'' / TSW Pegasus) *#

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) *#

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( TSW Pegasus) *#

Chan Siu Ki Chan Siu Ki (, born 14 July 1985 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as an amateur player for Hong Kong First Division club Eastern District. He is the all-time top scorer for Hong Kong with 40 goa ...

(

) *#

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( Convoy Sun Hei)

Exhibition matches

ING Cup

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award:

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Lunar New Year Cup

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2009 Lunar New Year Cup The 2009 Lunar New Year Cup is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Earth Ox Year (26 January and 29 January 2009). Format The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be ...

Overview

Events

Representative team

Hong Kong Team

Friendly matches

Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup

Asian Cup qualifiers

Hong Kong U-23

Hong Kong Macau Interport

Honours

Overall Top-scorers

First Division

Asian clubs competitions

AFC Cup 2008

AFC Cup 2009

Hong Kong Top Footballers Awards

Exhibition matches

ING Cup

Lunar New Year Cup

Transfer deals

References

External links