The 2012–13 season is the 111th season of competitive

football in Hong Kong Association football is the most popular sport in Hong Kong Sports in Hong Kong are a significant part of its culture. Due to British influence going as far back as the late 19th century, Hong Kong had an earlier introduction to Western ...

, starting in July 2012 and ending in June 2013.

Promotion and relegation

Team relegated from First Division League * Hong Kong Sapling (folded) *

Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po () is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui ...

Team promoted to First Division League * Kam Fung * Southern District Team relegated from Second Division League *

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon P ...

* Kwai Tsing Team promoted to Second Division League *

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Tuen Mun FC Tuen Mun Football Club () is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division. History Founded in 2001, the team had been representing Tuen Mun District to compete in the Hong Kong Third 'District' Division Le ...

Team relegated from Third Division League '' Third A Division League'' * Sai Kung Friends * Ornament *

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* Lung Moon * Tung Sing * Sun Source * Blake Garden *

Kwong Wah Kwong Wa (born Chan Muk-wah on 19 November 1961) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is known for his portrayals of Chinese historical characters such as Lao Ai ('' A Step into the Past''), Xiang Yu (''The Conqueror's Story''), Tang Sanzang (''Jou ...

* St. Joseph's '' Third District Division League'' * Central & Western District * Sai Kung *

Yau Tsim Mong Yau Tsim Mong District is one of Districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all distr ...

* Northern District

Honours

Trophy and league champions

Promotion winners

Playoffs winners

Representative team

Hong Kong

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification

The qualification stage (semi-final competition) of the

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 5th edition of this regional competition, the football championship of East Asia. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2012. Mongolia were suspended from the EAFF and could not compete in any EAFF c ...

will be held from 1 December to 9 December 2012 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong will play against

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

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and

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

. Winner of the group qualifies and advances to the final competition held in

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. Match detail Match detail Match detail Match detail

2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The draw for the group stage of qualification was held in Australia on 9 October 2012. Hong Kong was drawn with

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United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. Hong Kong will start their 2015 Asian Cup

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campaign in February 2013. Match detail Match detail

2013 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

This is a tournament between two teams representing Hong Kong and

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

Province of China respectively. The first leg will take place in

Huizhou Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in east-central Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Hey ...

, being held in

Huizhou Olympic Stadium Huizhou Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Huizhou, Guangdong, China, that opened in 2010. The stadium holds 40,000 spectators. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It served as the home stadium for Shenzhen Ruby of ...

, and the second leg took place in Hong Kong, being held in

Mong Kok Stadium Mong Kok Stadium () is a stadium in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. With a capacity of 6,664 (comprising four stands of 1,666), it hosts Hong Kong Premier League football matches, with Kitchee SC, Kitchee currently using the venue. The stadium is ...

. Guangdong took the 1–0 lead in the first leg, thanks to Yin Hongbo's goalscoring penalty before the end of match. However, Hong Kong levelled the game in the second leg, with

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's and

Lee Wai Lim Lee Wai Lim (, born 5 May 1981) is a former Hong Kong people, Hong Kong professional footballer and coach. He is the brother of former professional footballer Lee Hong Lim. A former Hong Kong Footballer of the Year winner in 2009, Lee pleaded ...

's header, while Guangdong's

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scored once. After 120 minutes of play, the scoreline levels in 2–2, thus the game proceeded to penalty shoot-out stage. Both team scored 8 out of 8 penalties perfectly, and Wisdom Fofo Agbo scored the ninth penalty for Hong Kong. However, Guangdong's

, who scored once in the tournament, missed the kick as

Yapp Hung Fai Yapp Hung Fai (, ; born 21 March 1990) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern SC, Eastern. He currently keeps the record for bein ...

saved. Hong Kong won the champions of the 2013 edition. Match detail Match detail

Friendly matches in first half season

An away friendly match for

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 ...

is proposed.

will play against

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

in August. The match was originally proposed to play at

Bishan Stadium Bishan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bishan, Singapore, Bishan, Singapore. It is the main home ground of Singapore Premier League side Lion City Sailors FC, Lion City Sailors, and used mostly for Football (soccer), football matches. The s ...

in Bishan, but then changed to

Jurong West Stadium Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre is a centre for sports and recreational activities. It was officially opened to the public on 10 November 2006. It is the largest integrated sports centre in Singapore. Location The stadium is located i ...

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. Match detail According to the official website of the

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will play a home match against

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

on 16 October 2012. Match detail According to the official website of the

will play an away match against

on 14 November 2012. Match detail

Friendly matches in second half season

According to the official website of the

will play a home match against

the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which ar ...

on 4 June 2013. Match detail

Hong Kong Under-21

Friendly matches in first half season

The

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 ...

has organised a friendly match between the Hong Kong U-21 and Australia U-19 on 29 August 2012 at

, Hong Kong.

First Division League

Monthly awards

The monthly awards are organised by the Hong Kong Sports Press Association. 20 journalists who specialise in football in Hong Kong will vote their best player of the month. Player with the highest number of votes wins the award.

Second Division League

Third Division League

Fourth Division League

Exhibition matches

Arsenal's Asia Tour 2012 against Kitchee

English

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side

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played against

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 ...

champions

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 ...

on Sunday, 29 July 2012 at the

Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the original Government Stadium, it reopened as Hong Kong Stadium in March 1994. It has a maximum seating capacity of 40,000, including 18,260 at the main level, 3,173 at ...

as part of

's Asia Tour 2012.

References

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