Hoi King Sports Association () is a Hong Kong football club which 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 ...

History

Founded in 2015, the club's name is derived from its founders

Fung Hoi Man Fung Hoi Man (, born 12 March 1977) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former player. He holds an AFC A Licence and The FA International Coaching Licence. Club career Fung's club career was more or less unsuccessful. He played for Eastern and ...

and Lo King Yau. Since its beginnings, the club has recruited students from the

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to form the core of its squad. The club's first official match occurred on 6 September 2015 against fellow

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side, Sun International. The match resulted in a 2–1 debut victory for Hoi King. During the last match of the season on 22 May 2016, Hoi King managed a draw against Central & Western, ensuring that Hoi King would own the tiebreaker between the two clubs based on head-to-head results. This result allowed Hoi King to clinch the Third Division title in their maiden season. During the 2016–17 season, the club finished level with Central & Western on points, but once again won the head-to-head tiebreaker. As a result, Hoi King finished as runners up in the Hong Kong Second Division and clinched their second successive promotion in as many years. In April 2018, the club applied for promotion to the

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. On 24 May, despite an 8th-place finish in the First Division, 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 ...

accepted Hoi King's application to join the HKPL for the 2018–19 season. This became the club's first-ever appearance in the top-flight league of Hong Kong. In April 2019, after losing to R&F, the club was confirmed to finish at the bottom of the

and was relegated to 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 ...

for the next season.

Team staff

Honours

* Hong Kong Second Division **Runners-up (1): 2016–17 *

**Champions (1): 2015–16

References

External links

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