Hong Kong Chinese official football team ( or ) was a football team held by the Chinese Football Association of Hong Kong, a sub-association of the
Hong Kong Football Association, the and
China National Football Association of Taiwan. It was a feeder team of
China national football team
The China national football team (, recognised as China PR by FIFA) represents the People's Republic of China in international association football and is governed by the Chinese Football Association.
China won the EAFF East Asian Cup in 2005 ...
(1947–1949) and later
Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1949 to 1971. Some players of Hong Kong Chinese also chose to represent
Hong Kong national football team instead (official match since 1954); none of the player represented
China PR national football team.
The team participated in annual , a competition that Chinese from Hong Kong against Western expatriates from Hong Kong, as well as Ho Ho Cup,
a competition against Malayan Chinese. However, in 1969 edition, South Korean
Huh Yoon-jung also received call-up.
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The team also one of the teams to participate in friendly match against football club that visited Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong national football team and Hong Kong League XI .
The team also toured in Australia in 1953 and Asia in August 1959.
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History
A predecessor of the team, had against the local military team in 1933. The team also won a competition () in 1936, also against the British military teams that garrisoned in Hong Kong.FIFA
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References
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Football in Hong Kong
Asian national and official selection-teams not affiliated to FIFA