2015–16 Kitchee SC season

Kitchee

2015–16 season

General Manager

Ken Ng

Head Coach

Abraham García

Home Ground

Mong Kok Stadium
(Capacity: 6,680)

Premier League

2th

Senior Shield

TBC

FA Cup

TBC

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2015–16 season is Kitchee's 37th season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Kitchee will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup and 2015 AFC Cup in this season.

Key events

1 June 2015: The club extends a 2-year contract with club captain Lo Kwan Yee.^[1]
4 June 2015: Hong Kong defender Tong Kin Man joins the club from Sun Pegasus on a free transfer. Brazilian midfielder Fernando Augusto Azevedo joins the club from YFCMD for an undisclosed fee.^[2]
12 June 2015: Hong Kong midfielder Xu Deshuai levaes the club and joins Eastern for an undisclosed fee.^[3]
16 June 2015: Hong Kong defender Cheung Kin Fung leaves the club and joins South China on a free transfer.^[4]
4 July 2015: Spanish striker Borja Rubiato leaves the club and joins Talavera CF on a free tarnsfer.^[5]
8 July 2015: Hong Kong defender Tsang Chi Hau leaves the club and joins Eastern for an undisclosed fee.^[6]
9 July 2015: Hong Kong defender Tsang Kam To leaves the club and joins Eastern for an undisclosed fee.^[7]
13 July 2015: Hong Kong midfielder Emmet Wan, Ho Chuck Hang and defender Wang Hecun join KC Southern on loan until the end of the season.^[8]
15 July 2015: Hong Kong striker Sham Kwok Keung joins the club from Sun Pegasus on a free transfer. On the other hand, Brazil-born Hong Kong striker Alessandro Leonardo joins the club from Wong Tai Sin on a free transfer.^[9]
15 July 2015: Ngan Chuck Ban, Cheng Chin Lung, Harima Hirokane and Law Tsz Chun are promoted from the youth system.^[9]
23 July 2015: Hong Kong midfielder To Hon To leaves the club and joins Wong Tai Sin for an undisclosed fee.^[10]
23 July 2015: Hong Kong defender Yu Wai Lim leaves the club and joins Tai Po on a free transfer.
27 July 2015: Hong Kong midfielder Lee Kai Chi leaves the club and joins Yuen Long on a free transfer.^[11]
1 August 2015: Hong Kong midfielder Cho Sung-min leaves the club and joins Citizen on a free transfer.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Name	Date of birth	Age	Since	Previous Club	Notes
1	GK	Wang Zhenpeng^LP	(1984-05-05)5 May 1984	31	2005	Dalian Shide	Second nationality: China
2	DF	Fernando Recio^FP	(1982-12-22)22 December 1982	32	2010	Tortosa
3	DF	Dani Cancela^FP	(1981-09-23)23 September 1981	33	2010	Lugo
5	DF	Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves^LP	(1986-01-31)31 January 1986	29	2014	Citizen
6	MF	Gao Wen^LP	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985	29	2006	Shanghai Shenhua	Second nationality: China
7	MF	Fernando Augusto Azevedo^LP	(1986-11-14)14 November 1986	29	2015	Citizen
8	FW	Alex Tayo Akande^LP	(1989-02-09)9 February 1989	26	2013	Wofoo Tai Po
9	FW	Juan Belencoso^FP	(1981-09-01)1 September 1981	33	2013	Cádiz
10	MF	Lam Ka Wai^LP	(1985-06-05)5 June 1985	30	2008	Bulova Rangers	Team 2nd vice captain
11	FW	Alessandro Leonardo^LP	(1987-03-10)10 March 1987	28	2015	Wong Tai Sin
12	DF	Lo Kwan Yee^LP	(1984-10-09)9 October 1984	30	2007	Rangers	Team 1st vice captain
13	DF	Li Ngai Hoi^LP	(1994-10-15)15 October 1994	20	2008	Youth system
14	MF	Cheung Kwok Ming^LP	(1990-12-23)23 December 1990	24	2014	Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei
15	FW	Christian Annan^LP	(1978-05-03)3 May 1978	37	2013	Wofoo Tai Po	Second nationality: Hong Kong
17	MF	Paulinho Piracicaba^LP	(1983-01-16)16 January 1983	32	2014	Citizen
18	FW	Jordi Tarrés^FP	(1981-03-16)16 March 1981	34	2010	Hospitalet
19	MF	Huang Yang^LP	(1983-10-19)19 October 1983	31	201	Free Agent	Second nationality: China
20	MF	Matt Lam^LP	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989	25	2013 (Winter)	FC Edmonton	Second nationality: Hong Kong
21	DF	Tong Kin Man^LP	(1985-01-10)10 January 1985	30	2015	Sun Pegasus
22	MF	Emmet Wan^NR	(1993-03-13)13 March 1993	22	2014 (Winter)	Free Agent	Second nationality: Republic of Ireland; On loan to KC Southern
23	GK	Guo Jianqiao^LP	(1983-07-20)20 July 1983	32	2011	Tai Chung	Second nationality: Hong Kong
24	MF	Ngan Chuck Ban^LP	(1998-01-23)23 January 1998	17	2011	Youth system
26	DF	Wang Hecun^NR	(1996-12-26)26 December 1996	19	2013	Youth system	On loan to KC Southern
27	GK	Chan Ka Ho^LP	(1996-01-27)27 January 1996	19	2012	Youth system
28	MF	Cheng Chin Lung^LP	(1998-01-18)18 January 1998	17	2013	Youth system
29	FW	Harima Hirokane^LP	(1998-01-31)31 January 1998	17	2013	Youth system	Second nationality: Japan
30	DF	Leung Robson Augusto Ka Hai^LP	(1993-04-22)22 April 1993	22	2008	Youth system	Second nationality: Brazil; On loan to KC Southern
31	DF	Law Tsz Chun^LP	(1997-03-22)22 March 1997	18	2011	Youth system
33	FW	Sham Kwok Keung^LP	(1985-09-10)10 September 1985	29	2015	Sun Pegasus
38	MF	Ngan Lok Fung^LP	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993	22	2008	Youth system
44	DF	Kim Tae-Min^FP	(1982-05-25)25 May 1982	33	2014	Police United F.C.
	MF	Ho Chuck Hang^NR	May 1997	18	2013	Youth system	On loan to KC Southern

Last update: 28 July 2015
Source: South China Football Team
Ordered by squad number.
^LPLocal player; ^FPForeign player; ^NRNon-registered player

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
7	MF	Fernando ! Fernando Augusto Azevedo	YFCMD	Undisclosed	000000002015-06-04-00004 June 2015	^[2]
21	DF	Tong Kin Man ! Tong Kin Man	Sun Pegasus	Free transfer	000000002015-06-04-00004 June 2015	^[2]
11	FW	Sandro ! Alessandro Leonardo	Wong Tai Sin	Free transfer	000000002015-07-15-000015 July 2015	^[9]
33	FW	Sham Kwok Keung ! Sham Kwok Keung	Sun Pegasus	Free transfer	000000002015-07-15-000015 July 2015	^[9]
24	MF	Ngan Chuck Ban ! Ngan Chuck Ban	Youth system	N/A	000000002015-07-15-000015 July 2015	^[9]
28	MF	Cheng Chin Long ! Cheng Chin Lon	Youth system	N/A	000000002015-07-15-000015 July 2015	^[9]
29	FW	Harima Hirokane ! Harima Hirokane	Youth system	N/A	000000002015-07-15-000015 July 2015	^[9]
31	DF	Law Tsz Chun ! Law Tsz Chun	Youth system	N/A	000000002015-07-15-000015 July 2015	^[9]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
7	MF	Xu Deshuai ! Xu Deshuai	Eastern	Undisclosed	000000002015-06-12-000012 June 2015	^[3]
13	DF	Cheung Kin Fung ! Cheung Kin Fung	South China	Free transfer	000000002015-06-16-000016 June 2015	^[4]
88	FW	Rubiato ! Borja Rubiato	Talavera CF	Free transfer	000000002015-07-04-00004 July 2015	^[5]
16	DF	Tsang Chi Hau ! Tsang Chi Hau	Eastern	Undisclosed	000000002015-07-08-00008 July 2015	^[6]
21	DF	Tsang Kam To ! Tsang Kam To	Eastern	Undisclosed	000000002015-07-09-00009 July 2015	^[7]
11	MF	To Hon To ! To Hon To	Wong Tai Sin	Undisclosed	000000002015-07-23-000023 July 2015	^[10]
	DF	Yu Wai Lim ! Yu Wai Lim	Tai Po	Free transfer	000000002015-07-23-000023 July 2015
	MF	Lee Kai Chi ! Lee Kai Chi	Yuen Long	Free transfer	000000002015-07-27-000027 July 2015	^[11]
24	MF	Cho Sung-man ! Cho Sung-min	Citizen	Free transfer	000000002015-08-01-00001 August 2015

Loan In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source

Loan Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Abraham García
Goalkeeper Coach	Tung Ho Yin

Last updated: 18 July 2015
Source: Southern District RSA

Squad statistics

Overall Stats

	League	Senior Shield	FA Cup	Total Stats
Games played	0	0	0	0
Games won	0	0	0	0
Games drawn	0	0	0	0
Games lost	0	0	0	0
Goals for	0	0	0	0
Goals against	0	0	0	0
Players used	0	0	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 25 July 2015
Source: Player Stats

Appearances and goals

Key

No. = Squad number

Pos. = Playing position

Nat. = Nationality

Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

As of 25 July 2015

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		Senior Shield		FA Cup		League Cup		AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	HKG	Wang Zhenpeng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ESP	Fernando Recio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Dani Cancela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	HKG	Gao Wen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Fernando Augusto Azevedo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	NIG	Alex Tayo Akande	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ESP	Juan Belencoso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	HKG	Lam Ka Wai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Alessandro Leonardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	HKG	Lo Kwan Yee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	HKG	Li Ngai Hoi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	HKG	Cheung Kwok Ming	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	HKG	Christian Annan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	BRA	Paulinho Piracicaba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ESP	Jordi Tarrés	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	HKG	Huang Yang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	CAN	Matt Lam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	HKG	Tong Kin Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	HKG	Guo Jianqiao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	HKG	Ngan Chuck Ban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	HKG	Wang Hecun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK	HKG	Chan Ka Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	HKG	Cheng Chin Lung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	HKG	Harima Hirokane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	HKG	Leung Robson Augusto Ka Hai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	HKG	Law Tsz Chun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	HKG	Sham Kwok Keung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	HKG	Ngan Lok Fung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	KOR	Kim Tae-Min	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Last updated: 25 July 2015.
Source: Hong Kong Football Association

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	Senior Shield	FA Cup	Total
Own goals
TOTALS

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.Players listed below made at least one appearance for Southern first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name																Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Shield			FA Cup			Others			Total			Notes

Last updated: 25 July 2015
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Substitution Record

Includes all competitive matches.

			League		Shield		FA Cup		Others		Total
No.	Pos	Name	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Wang Zhenpeng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Guo Jianqiao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK	Chan Ka Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	CB	Fernando Recio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	LB	Dani Cancela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	CB	Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	RB	Lo Kwan Yee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	LB	Li Ngai Hoi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	RB	Tong Kin Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	LB	Wang Hecun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	RB	Leung Robson Augusto Ka Hai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	CB	Law Tsz Chun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	CB	Kim Tae-Min	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	DM	Gao Wen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	AM	Fernando Augusto Azevedo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	AM	Lam Ka Wai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	LM	Cheung Kwok Ming	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	AM	Paulinho Piracicaba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DM	Huang Yang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	CM	Matt Lam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	CM	Ngan Chuck Ban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	RM	Cheng Chin Lung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	AM	Ngan Lok Fung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	CF	Alex Tayo Akande	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	CF	Juan Belencoso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	CF	Alessandro Leonardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	CF	Christian Annan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	CF	Jordi Tarrés	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	CF	Harima Hirokane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	CF	Sham Kwok Keung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 25 July 2015

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes

Last updated: 25 July 2015
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match
Hong Kong Premier League	—	5th	12 September 2015
Senior Shield	—	—
FA Cup	—	—

Last updated: 25 July 2015
Source: Competitions

First Division League

Classification


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	I-Sky Yuen Long !I-Sky Yuen Long	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	KC Southern !KC Southern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kitchee !Kitchee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dreams Metro Gallery !Dreams Metro Gallery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Pegasus !Pegasus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on 25 July 2015.
Source: Hong Kong Football Association website
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) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 25 July 2015.
Source: Premier League

References

↑ "體訊速遞：（足球）盧均宜續約留傑志", Apple Daily, 1 June 2015
1 2 3 "港超聯　唐建文回歸傑志！", Oriental Daily, 4 June 2015
1 2 "【港超聯】又簽人！「帥哥」加盟東方", Apple Daily, 12 June 2015
1 2 "體訊速遞：（足球）南華續擴軍簽張健峰", Apple Daily, 16 June 2015
1 2 CF Talavera renueva a Gilardoni y se refuerza con Bernabé, Borja Rubiato y Christian Perales, lavozdetalavera.com, 3 July 2015
1 2 "港超聯　仲有！東方羅致曾至孝", Oriental Daily, 8 July 2015
1 2 "【繼續增兵】東方第11簽曾錦濤加盟", Apple Daily, 9 July 2015
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1 2 "港超聯　掂晒！9隊！黃大仙繼續玩", Oriental Daily, 23 July 2015
1 2 元朗足球隊700萬班費組新軍再博盡！, Sportroad.hk, 27 July 2015

2015–16 in Hong Kong football

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2016–17 »

Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (Reserve) First Division Second Division Third Division Futsal League

Women	Women's League

Youth	Youth League (U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U18) Girls' League

Domestic cups

Men	Community Cup Senior Shield FA Cup (Preliminary Round) League Cup Sapling Cup Season Play-off

Women	FA Cup

Asian club competitions

AFC Champions League (2016)
AFC Cup (2015, 2016)

Related to national teams

Men	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup Hong Kong–Macau Interport

Women	Women Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

Youth	2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Men's Futsal	2016 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

Women's Futsal	2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

Other competitions

Lunar New Year Cup

Club seasons

Premier League

Biu Chun Rangers
Dreams Metro Gallery
Eastern
KC Southern
Kitchee
Pegasus
South China
Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin
Yuen Long

Summer 2015 transfers

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