The Citizen Athletic Association (), simply known as Citizen or TCAA, is a Hong Kong athletic club. Its football team () currently competes in the

Hong Kong First Division 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 ...

. The club has a long history in playing in the top-tier

, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after declining to participate in the newly established

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. The club plays its home matches at

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Recent history

2007–08 season

Citizen won the

2007–08 Hong Kong FA Cup The 2007–08 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 34th staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup. Citizen beat Wofoo Tai Po by 2-0 in the final and captured the FA Cup for the first time. The competition started on 23 April 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division c ...

. The club beat

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in the final by 2:0.

2009–10 season

Due to

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's renovation, Citizen used the Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground in the 2009–10 season for its home games. Former South China striker Detinho joined the club.

2010–11 season

Citizen won the 2010–11 Senior Shield by beating South China in the final after penalty kicks, thus earning the club the right to represent Hong Kong in the 2012 AFC Cup. To celebrate this victory, the club announced a prize fund of HK$800,000 (approx US$100,000), an

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for every player and an end-of-season vacation for the whole team.

2011–12 season

The club moved from the remote Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground to the renovated

for the 2011-12 Hong Kong First Division League season. To compete in both local football and AFC Cup, Citizen has expanded its squad to include 27 players, adding Michael Campion, So Loi Keung, Chiu Chun Kit, Amaury Nunes and Yuto Nakamura to the club, while promoting two young players Chan Si-Chun and Yeung Ho Wan. Citizen is spending an unprecedented HK$400,000 on the team's 12 days pre-season training camp in

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, Canada, during which time the club will play 3 warm-up games. The club announced on 7 September that Rasonic has become its new shirt sponsor for the 2011–12 and

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seasons. The sponsorship is worth HK$1 million.心口價100萬公民喜簽新贊助
Oriental Daily. 7 September 2011.

2013–14 season

The club moved from

to Tsing Yi Sports Ground, which Citizen shared with Sun Hei as their common home ground. They decided to self-relegate at the end of the season after declining to participate in the newly established

Honours

League

: Runners-up (1): 2007–08 * Hong Kong Second Division : Champions (2): 1999–2000, 2003–04

Cup Competitions

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: Champions (1):

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: Runners-up (1): 2012–13 *

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. ...

: Champions (1): 2007–08 : Runners-up (1): 2009–10 * Hong Kong FA Cup Preliminary Round : Champions (1): 2014–15

Continental record

Kit evolution

;Kit sponsors and manufacturers

Recent seasons

References

External links

Citizen AA
at HKFA.com

Citizenfc.com
Official website {{Hong Kong First Division League Association football clubs established in 1947 Football clubs in Hong Kong 1947 establishments in Hong Kong