The 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League, also known as 2011–12 bma Hong Kong First Division League season was the 100th since its establishment.足球 bma續贊助港甲
Apple Daily. 30 August 2011.

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was the defending champions, having won their 4th Hong Kong title in the previous season.

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, 8 of which already contested in the 2010–11 season and 2 of which will be promoted from the

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. Tai Chung was relegated to

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after ending a two-year tenure in First Division and

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was also relegated, making its immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Hong Kong top flight. The 2 relegated teams will be replaced by

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and

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from the

. Fourway Rangers changed their name to

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Stadia

¹As Mutual has withdrawn from 2011 to 2012 Hong Kong First Division League,

Hong Kong Sapling Hong Kong Sapling Football Club () are a Hong Kong football club which does not currently compete in the Hong Kong football league system. History On 11 August 2011, Mutual withdrew from the Hong Kong First Division League due to financial probl ...

is formed to replace.

Personnel and sponsorship

The 2011–12 season will continue to be sponsored by

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, a company owned by South China's convener

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. bma's sponsorship is worth HK$2 million. (approx US$250,000.) Of the HK$2 million, HK$1.2 million will be for the sponsorship of the Now TV Hong Kong football channel. The league winners will receive HK$500,000 prize money, while the 1st runner's up and 2nd runner's up will receive HK$200,000 and HK$100,000 respectively. The referees' uniforms are sponsored by

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Television broadcast

For the 2011–12 season,

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's channel 634 will become the ''Hong Kong Football Channel''. The first live broadcast of the season will be

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 ...

Sun Hei SC Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after declining to parti ...

on 3 September 2011. The production cost will be sponsored by the TV station and supported by HKFA and the clubs. Advertising revenues, after subtracting Now TV's costs, will be shared with HKFA. Now TV announced that the channel will be free to all Now TV subscribers. The production cost of the channel is about HK$40 million. Now TV hopes that the Hong Kong government will subsidise the channel in the future, because they will also broadcast Hong Kong's inter-school matches. As Sun Hei has decided not to take part in the TV broadcast package, the HKFA has imposed four broadcast sanctions: No live home game broadcasts, no division of advertising revenues, no interviews or feature programmes of team personnel and no mention of their sponsors' names. Faced with these sanctions, Sun Hei's Chung Chi Kwong continued to say the club has the right to spend its resources the way they like and will not change its mind due to external influences.晨曦拒絕出資協辦頻道
Sing Tao Daily (by Sina.com.hk) 8 September 2011.

League table

Positions by round

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Note: The match between

and

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was played at

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 ...

.(Originally at

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)

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Note: The match between

and

was played at

. (Originally at

Tsing Yi Sports Ground Tsing Yi Sports Ground () is a sports ground in Tsing Yi, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located near the east coast of the island, between Tivoli Garden and Tsing Yi Swimming Pool. It is the home of Hong Kong Premier League club Resources Capi ...

)

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Note: Matches between

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and

and between Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei and

were held in January 2012.
Note: The match between

and TSW Pegasus was played at

. (Originally at

)

Round 16

Round 17

Note: The match between

and

South China AA South China Athletic Association (known simply as South China, SCAA, ) is a Hong Kong professional football club that competes in the Hong Kong First Division, the second-tier league in Hong Kong football league system. The club is historic ...

will be played at

. (Originally at

) * Due to unstable weather condition, the bma First Division League match between Citizen and HK Sapling which held at Mongkok Stadium tonight (4 May 2012) had been abandoned and rescheduled to 15 May 2012

Round 18

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Scoring

* First goal of the season:

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for Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei against

''(3 September 2011)'' * Widest winning margin: 6 goals **

6–0

''(25 September 2011)'' * Highest scoring game: 10 goals ** TSW Pegasus 6–4

''(17 March 2012)'' * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals **

6–0

(25 September 2011)'' **

2–6

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(23 October 2011)'' **

2–6

(8 January 2012)'' ** TSW Pegasus '' TSW Pegasus 6–4

(17 March 2012)'' * Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals **

'' TSW Pegasus 6–4

(17 March 2012)''

Clean Sheets

*Most

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s: 7 **

Awards

Monthly awards

HKSPA Most Valuable Player of the Month

Keymansoho Best Eleven of the Month

References

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