The 2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 94th since its establishment.
Teams
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Buler Rangers
Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong professional association football, football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier ...
流浪
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Citizen
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Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international law does not usually use the term ''citizenship'' to refer to nationality ...
公民
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Happy Valley 愉園
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Hong Kong 08
Hong Kong 08 () was a Hong Kong association football, football club which competed in the Football in Hong Kong, Hong Kong football league system between 2002 and 2007. It was established to train young talents for the 2008 Olympics, thus was nam ...
香港08
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Kitchee
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 champion ...
傑志
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Lanwa 東莞聯華
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South China
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南華
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Xiangxue Sun Hei 香雪晨曦
League table
Top scorers
All Competitions
Hong Kong players only
First Division League Goals only
No relegation
According to regulations, the bottom two teams,
Hong Kong 08
Hong Kong 08 () was a Hong Kong association football, football club which competed in the Football in Hong Kong, Hong Kong football league system between 2002 and 2007. It was established to train young talents for the 2008 Olympics, thus was nam ...
and
South China
South China ( zh, s=, p=Huá'nán, j=jyut6 naam4) is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is ...
, were required to be relegated to the
Second Division. However, both teams were retained in the top flight next season via
HKFA exempted. Reason for retaining
Hong Kong 08
Hong Kong 08 () was a Hong Kong association football, football club which competed in the Football in Hong Kong, Hong Kong football league system between 2002 and 2007. It was established to train young talents for the 2008 Olympics, thus was nam ...
is to give the team better preparation of 2008 Olympics Qualification games.
South China
South China ( zh, s=, p=Huá'nán, j=jyut6 naam4) is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is ...
was retained because the club promised to expand its next season's budget and sign new quality players.
HKFA accepted this and hoped this would improve the competitiveness and attractiveness of the
league.
See also
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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 ...
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List of football (soccer) competitions
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Hong Kong Football Association
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China Limited (HKFA; ) is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. Its current chairman is Eric Fok.
History
The HKFA was established in 1914. It is one of the ...
References
Rsssf.com Retrieved on 8 July 2006.
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External links
HKFA website
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Hong Kong First Division League seasons
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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 wor ...