2015–16 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League

Season	2015–16
Matches played	21
Goals scored	71 (3.38 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Hong Kong First Division League will be the 2nd season of Hong Kong First Division League since it became the second-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014–15.

The league will start on 6 September 2015 and end in May 2016.

Teams

Changes from last season

From First Division League

Promoted to Hong Kong Premier League

• KC Southern

Relegated to Second Division League

• Happy Valley
• Tuen Mun

To First Division League

Relegated from Premier League

• Wofoo Tai Po

Promoted from Second Division League

• Wing Yee

Team review

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2014–15, 1 team relegated from the Premier League and 1 side promoted from the Second Division.

Club	Position in 2014–15	Member since season	Consecutive season in league
Citizen	5th	2014–15	2
Double Flower FA	11th	2002–03	14
Hong Kong FC	2nd	2011–12	5
Kwai Tsing District FA	7th	2013–14	3
Kwun Tong FA	10th	2013–14	3
Lucky Mile	6th	2013–14	3
Metro Gallery Sun Source	1st^1	2014–15	2
Shatin SA	9th	2010–11	6
Sun Hei	8th	2014–15	2
Tai Chung FC	13th	2011–12	5
Tai Po	9th in Premier League	2015–16	1
Wanchai SF	12th	2011–12	5
Wing Yee FT	1st in Second Division	2015–16	1
Yau Tsim Mong	4th	2014–15	2

Remarks:
¹Due to financial difficulties, Metro Gallery Sun Source refused to promote to the Premier League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tai Po	24	17	5	2	64	28	+36	56	Promotion to Premier League
2	Hong Kong FC	24	16	5	3	62	18	+44	53
3	Sun Hei	24	16	4	4	59	23	+36	52
4	Yau Tsim Mong	24	12	6	6	51	32	+19	42
5	Citizen	24	12	6	6	50	26	+24	42
6	Wing Yee	24	12	5	7	55	44	+11	41
7	Shatin	24	12	4	8	45	36	+9	40
8	Wanchai	24	8	3	13	28	49	−21	27
9	Double Flower	24	7	5	12	33	44	−11	26
10	Kwai Tsing	24	4	8	12	31	51	−20	20
11	Tai Chung	24	6	2	16	30	60	−30	20
12	Metro Gallery Sun Source	24	5	4	15	26	55	−29	19
13	Kwun Tong	24	4	5	15	19	50	−31	17	Relegation to Second Division
14	Lucky Mile	24	4	4	16	25	62	−37	16

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Drawing lots

Results

Home ╲ Away

CIT

DFL

HKF

KTD

KTF

LML

MGS

SHA

SUN

TAI

TPO

WCH

WYE

YTM

Citizen

3–1

3–1

4–0

4–0

7–1

2–1

0–1

3–1

0–4

5–3

1–1

1–2

Double Flower

0–0

3–0

1–1

2–0

1–3

2–4

1–7

4–1

2–2

0–1

1–2

0–0

Hong Kong FC

0–0

1–0

1–1

6–0

2–0

2–1

6–1

3–1

7–0

1–2

1–0

4–1

2–2

Kwai Tsing

1–1

1–1

0–6

0–1

0–1

3–3

1–1

0–1

5–0

1–3

0–3

2–5

0–2

Kwun Tong

0–0

0–1

0–3

1–1

0–1

0–3

2–2

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–2

0–1

Lucky Mile

1–4

1–0

0–3

1–1

2–0

3–3

1–3

0–1

0–1

2–4

0–5

Metro Gallery Sun Source

0–3

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–7

0–1

2–5

0–2

Shatin

1–0

2–0

1–0

5–3

2–1

3–1

1–0

0–1

4–0

0–1

3–1

2–1

3–3

Sun Hei

1–1

5–1

3–1

4–1

1–0

3–0

1–0

5–0

1–1

4–1

0–0

0–1

Tai Chung

1–0

0–2

1–2

2–0

6–0

1–2

4–3

1–3

0–2

3–0

1–3

2–2

Tai Po

2–1

5–2

1–5

6–1

4–1

4–3

3–1

2–0

4–0

3–0

3–3

3–2

Wanchai

1–3

0–2

0–3

2–1

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–4

2–5

1–1

0–5

2–2

2–0

Wing Yee

1–3

1–2

1–3

3–3

3–4

2–1

3–1

3–1

3–1

2–1

3–0

Yau Tsim Mong

2–1

2–4

2–2

4–1

8–1

1–2

0–2

3–0

1–1

3–1

3–1

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.
Source: Hong Kong Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

References