The 2019–20 Hong Kong First Division League was the 6th season of Hong Kong First Division since it became the second-tier

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league in

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in 2014–15. The season began on 7 September 2019 and ended on 16 April 2020 when the

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announced the cancellation of all lower division seasons due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong. League leaders Resources Capital applied for promotion to the

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at season's end and were accepted on 24 June 2020.

Teams

Changes from last season

From First Division

=Promoted to the
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= * Happy Valley * Rangers

=Relegated to the Second Division

= * Double Flower * Mutual

To First Division

=Relegated from the
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= * Dreams FC * Hoi King

=Promoted from the Second Division

= * North District *

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Name changes

* Dreams FC renamed as King Fung * Metro Gallery renamed as Icanfield

League table

Top scorers

References

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