Sai Kung District Sports Association () 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 ...

Sai Kung District Sai Kung District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of lan ...

which currently competes in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club plays the majority of its home matches at

Sai Kung Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground Sai Kung Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground is a rugby union stadium on Fuk Man Road, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), is a dep ...

History

began fielding a football team in the

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in 2003 as part of a

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initiative to involve district representative teams. Sai Kung were part of a group of 11 districts who participated in the inaugural season of this project. During the 2007–08, Sai Kung were able to recruit former

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members Leung Sing Kit and Lee Wai Wo as coaches, as well as actor Jerry Lamb as a player. During the 2008–09 Sai Kung were the runners up of the

Hong Kong Third District Division League Hong Kong Third 'District' Division League was a division of the third overall tier of the Hong Kong football league system organised by the Hong Kong Football Association in Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Third 'A' Division League. It was fol ...

, winning a tie breaker over

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but they fell short of promotion as they lost all three of the promotion playoff group stage matches. The HKFA reorganized the football league pyramid in advance of the 2012–13 season, unifying the Third Division A League and the Third Division District League. This meant that Sai Kung were placed in the 2012–13 Hong Kong Fourth Division based on their previous season's results. The club won its first trophy during the 2013–14 season when it captured the Fourth Division title. The club then had back-to-back promotions, getting promoted to the Second Division, then finished second to get promoted to the Hong Kong First Division.

Honours

League

** Runners-up (1): 2008–09 * Hong Kong Fourth Division ** Champions (1): 2013–14

References

External links

Sai Kung
at HKFA {{Hong Kong Second Division League teamlist 2000 establishments in Hong Kong Football clubs in Hong Kong Hong Kong Second Division League Sai Kung District Association football clubs established in 2000