Kowloon City District Sports Association (), currently known as EnGenius Kowloon City due to sponsorship reasons, is a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
football club which currently competes in the
Hong Kong First Division.
The club's home matches are played at
Kowloon Tsai Sports Ground
Kowloon Tsai Park is a park located in the Kowloon Tsai area of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It lies within the Kowloon City District and opened on 5 June 1964.
History
In the 1950s, the area was used as a borrow area to supply fill for the extens ...
.
History
Kowloon City began fielding a football team in the
Hong Kong football league system
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Hong Kong, followed by rugby union. The Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) is the governing body for football in Hong Kong.
History
The first football club of Hong Kong is Hong Kong Footbal ...
in 2002 as part of a
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 ...
initiative to involve district representative teams. Kowloon City were part of a group of 11 districts who participated in the inaugural season of this project.
In the 2021–22 season, Kowloon City ranked first in the
Hong Kong Second Division before the cancellation of the season due to
COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Hong Kong on 23 January 2020. Con ...
.
In the 2022–23 season, the
HKFA accepted Kowloon City's application to be promoted to the
Hong Kong First Division.
港甲｜駿英九龍城開操 矢志三年衝港超
Sing Tao Daily 2 October 2022
Honours
League
* Hong Kong First Division
**Runners-up (1): 2022–23
References
External links
Kowloon City
at HKFA
Football clubs in Hong Kong
Kowloon City District
Hong Kong First Division League
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