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2012–13 Kitchee SC Season
The 2012–13 season is Kitchee SC's 82nd season in football, and the 34th season in the Hong Kong First Division League. Kitchee started as defending champions having won the league, as well as the Hong Kong FA Cup in 2011–12, and was looking to retain their title. The club also played in the AFC Cup for the third time. Key events * 29 May 2012: Spanish forward Jonathan Carril joins Kitchee for an undisclosed fee from CF Palencia.Carril pone rumbo a Hong Kong El Norte de Castilla, 2 June 2012 * 31 May 2012: General manager Ken Ng announced that forw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitchee SC
Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won 12 List of Hong Kong football champions, league titles, including six Hong Kong First Division titles and six Hong Kong Premier League titles. They also won nine Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, Senior Shields and seven Hong Kong FA Cups. The club is also the first Hong Kong club to win a game in AFC Champions League group stage and to advance to the round of 16 of the competition. History Formation In the late 1920s, a group of Hong Kongers formed a football team in order to compete in the Hong Kong Third Division League, Hong Kong Third Division. It was not until 1931, however, that the team was established as Kitchee Sports Club. Kitchee was founded as a grassroots organization, as such, they lacked the funding to pay the administrative and facilities costs necessary t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 List of oldest football competitions, third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is the oldest top-flight league system in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation of the Hong Kong Premier League in 2014. Since 1908, a total of 29 clubs have been crowned List of Hong Kong football champions, champions of the Hong Kong football system. South China AA, South China are the most successful club, having won 41 times since their first participation in 1941. Competition format Each team plays the other teams in the division twice, one home and one away game. The ticket profits go to the home team. If there are two matches in the same stadium on the day, the profits are shared between the two home teams. The top two teams in the league are offered promotion to the Hong Kong Premier L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Pegasus FC
Hong Kong Pegasus FC (), currently known as Ling Yui Orion FC due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club based in Yuen Long. Founded in 2008, the club currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division. History TSW Pegasus was established in June 2008, and they had their first season in 2008–09 Hong Kong First Division League with a budget of about HKD$100,000,000. On 21 December 2008, Pegasus won their first trophy, defeating Sun Hei in the 2008 Senior Shield Final. In July 2012, the club was renamed as Sun Pegasus following introduction of a new sponsor. After the 2014–15 season, Sun International Resources Limited withdrew their sponsorship. Their club was renamed Hong Kong Pegasus following a takeover by Canny Leung. In October 2020, the club was renamed back to TSW Pegasus and returned to Yuen Long Stadium. After spending 13 years in top flight, Pegasus confirmed their withdrawal from the 2021–22 HKPL season and decided to self-relegate to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngan Lok Fung
Ngan Lok Fung (; born 26 January 1993 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. Club career Ngan joined Kitchee's youth team when he was 13 years old. He helped the team to win the Nike Premier Cup U-15 section, as well as being named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Since then, he featured in some reserves match for Kitchee as a youth team player. He was promoted to the first team before the start of 2011–12 season. On 3 September 2011, he featured in the first match of the season as a starter. However, he was substituted after the first half. He was loaned to Pegasus to gain experience in July 2012 until the end of the year. During the loan spell, he featured in two league games for Pegasus. On 17 June 2013, he joined fellow First Division club Southern on a season-long loan. On 17 July 2017, it was revealed that Lee Man had acquired Ngan on loan for the 2017–18 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Sapling
Hong Kong Sapling Football Club () was a Hong Kong football club, which since 2020 does not compete in the Hong Kong football league system. History On 11 August 2011, Mutual withdrew from the Hong Kong First Division League due to financial problems. The Hong Kong Football Association then decided to form a team for training youngsters for the 2013 East Asian Games, as well as to replace Mutual. The club was named as Hong Kong Sapling, but was dissolved in 2012. In the run up to the 2016–17 season, Metro Gallery were forced to voluntarily relegate to the First Division due to financial difficulties. Hong Kong Sapling were reformed in order to fill the void left by Metro Gallery and were able to secure funding from two sponsors, Biu Chun and GlorySky Group, competing under the name Biu Chun Glory Sky until the end of the season. In the summer of 2017, the club was taken over by former Birmingham City board member Ryan Yeung and the club were renamed as Dreams FC. During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ngai Hoi
Li Ngai Hoi (; born 15 October 1994) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. Early career Li was a student of Yan Chai Hospital Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School and is under their youth football academy scheme with Kitchee. He also plays for the school's football team. Club career Li trained with English Premier League club Aston Villa after winning the ''Be A Pro'' competition organised by the club and Nike in August 2011. Li was promoted from the youth system of Kitchee in 2010. For the 2011–12 season, he was loaned to Hong Kong Sapling to gain more playing experiences. On 2 October 2011, Li made his debut for Hong Kong Sapling in the 2011–12 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield first round first leg away match against Tuen Mun. In the 2012–13 season, Li joined Pegasus on a loan contract for an undisclosed fee. He returned to Kitchee at the end of the season. In July 2013, Li joined C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsang Kin Fong
Tsang Kin Fong (; born 2 January 1993) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a winger or a centre back. His elder brother, Tsang Chi Hau, is also a former professional footballer. Club career Tsang was one of Kitchee's youth team players, who won the champion of U-15 group. He had his secondary school life at Lam Tai Fai College. He represented the college in the HKSSF football section. He had also transferred to Shatin, which is led by Lam Tai Fai, helping Shatin to win the 2008/09 Hong Kong Second Division League. He finally got his first chance to play in the Hong Kong First Division. He played his first Hong Kong First Division League match during match against South China. Shatin placed ninth out of ten teams, and was relegated to the Hong Kong Second Division League. Therefore, Tsang decided to join Kitchee, playing with his elder brother again since they are playing at their father's club. In the summer of 2011, Tsang, with his elder brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsang Chi Hau
Tsang Chi Hau ( ; born 12 January 1990 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer. His younger brother, Tsang Kin Fong, is also a former professional footballer. Club career Hong Kong 09 Tsang Chi Hau joined Hong Kong 09 in 2005, but then the team is dissolved because of the formation of Hong Kong C Team in 2007. Workable In 2007, Tsang Chi Hau joined the newly promoted team Workable after leaving Hong Kong 09. He was selected into match squad for 4 league games, although he did not feature any matches. Workable was relegated after competing in Hong Kong First Division League for one season. The team was dissolved after the relegation on 8 May 2008. Eastern Tsang Chi Hau followed Workable manager Chan Hiu Ming's and coach Lee Kin Wo's footstep and joined Eastern. He made his Hong Kong First Division League debut against Sun Hei as an 82nd-minute substitute for Rodrigo Andreis Galvão. He made 5 league appearances, which were all as substitute, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Hei SC
Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after declining to participate in the newly established Hong Kong Premier League. History Sun Hei entered the Hong Kong First Division under the name Golden () in the 1994–95 season. In 1996, Golden under the name Golden XI played against England. England was in Hong Kong preparing for the UEFA Euro 1996 later in the summer. It was in Hong Kong that Paul Gascoigne's famous dentist chair incident took place. After securing the sponsorship of Xiangxue Pharmaceutical, the club competed in the league under the team name Xiangxue Sun Hei () from 2005 to 2007. In the season 2004–05, Sun Hei achieved The Quadruple, winning all four senior football competitions, including the Hong Kong First Division League, the Senior Shield, the League Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheng Siu Wai
Henry Cheng Siu Wai (, born 27 December 1981) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a striker. Early life Cheng Siu Wai is born to a Hong Kongese father and a Thai mother. They separated when he was a young boy, his mother returned to Thailand and he grew up in a single parent family in a housing estate in Sheung Shui. There was a 5-a-side football field at the estate and he started playing there since primary school. He finished his studies after reaching Form 3. He was working as an electrician and playing amateur football in Yuen Long, when he was asked if he wanted to play football as a professional. He is popularly known as Henry because of his uncanny physical resemblance to the French striker. Club career Double Flower Cheng Siu Wai made his Hong Kong First Division League debut in 2002 with Double Flower. He scored his first goal on the same day with a volley at Mong Kok Stadium. Rangers Cheng Siu Wai was released by Buler Rangers one m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country, two systems. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,. the territory is now one of the world's most signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CF Palencia
Club de Fútbol Palencia was a Spanish football team based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1975 and dissolved in 2012, it held home games at '' Estadio La Nueva Balastera'', with an 8,100-seat capacity. History Palencia has had many football clubs, the beginnings being in June 1929 with ''Club Deportivo Palencia''. In 1943 it first reached Tercera División after a win against Orensana, as the club was then known as ''Fábrica Nacional de Palencia''. In 1951 Palencia was renamed ''Atlético Palencia'', also facing relegation that year due to economic problems. Three years later, it visited the national categories for the second time; in 1962–63 it appeared in the playoffs for promotion to Segunda División, facing CF Badalona: amidst accusations of a fixed result, the club did not appear for their following match at SD Ponferradina, and eventually disappeared from the footballing maps. The club reappeared in the late '60s, very briefl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
