Lee Man Football Club () 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 Delt ...

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club based in

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, which currently competes in the

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inaugural seaso ...

. The club is owned by Lee & Man Chemical.

History

Lee & Man Paper Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited () is a Hong Kong-listed Chinese private papermaking company engaged in the manufacturing of packaging paper, such as linerboard and containerboard, and wood pulp. It has paper production plants in Guangdo ...

were the main sponsors and operators of Rangers during the 2016–17 season. The club played that season using the team name Lee Man Rangers (). The following season, Lee & Man decided to invest their money in building their own football club. They paid a HK$1 million entrance fee to 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 ...

for the right to enter a club directly into the

. The club hired former Hong Kong international Fung Ka Ki as their first manager on 3 July 2017. Fung would only last one season as manager as the club finished a disappointing 8th place. On 21 May 2018, Lee Man hired former

and

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manager

Chan Hiu Ming Chan Hiu Ming (; born 19 March 1975) is a Hong Kong professional football manager who is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. He holds an AFC Pro License and is also a coaching and fitness instructor for the Asia ...

as its head coach. Under Chan, the club won its first trophy, capturing the 2018–19 Hong Kong Sapling Cup on 27 April 2019 in a 3–2 victory over

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Team staff

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Tsang Chiu Tat Tsang Chiu Tat (; born 13 February 1989) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional football player. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. Club career After 8 years of professional footbal ...

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Current squad

First team

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Out on loan

Remarks:
^LP These players are considered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Season-to-season record

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FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the Association football, football Single-elimination tournament, knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the List of oldest football competitions, fo ...

Sapling Cup Hong Kong Football Association Sapling Cup (), more commonly known as Sapling Cup (), is a Hong Kong domestic football competition contested by all the teams in the Hong Kong Premier League. The objective of the Cup is to provide more playing opp ...

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Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground (), located in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, is a multi-purpose sports ground and home of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. It was the main venue for track and field events for the 2009 Hong Kong Games, 2009 East Asia ...

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Continental record

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Honours

Cup competitions

Hong Kong Sapling Cup Hong Kong Football Association Sapling Cup (), more commonly known as Sapling Cup (), is a Hong Kong domestic football competition contested by all the teams in the Hong Kong Premier League. The objective of the Cup is to provide more playing opp ...

**Champions (1): 2018–19 *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Pr ...

**Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Managers

* Fung Ka Ki (2017–2018) * Lam Hing Lun (2018) *

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 ...

(2018) *

(2018–present)

References

External links

Official Site
{{Hong Kong Premier League 2017 establishments in Hong Kong Football clubs in Hong Kong Association football clubs established in 2017 Hong Kong Premier League clubs