2015–16 in Hong Kong football

Football in Hong Kong
Season 2015–16
Premier League Eastern
Reserve Division Biu Chun Rangers
Senior Shield Eastern
League Cup Kitchee
← 2014–15 Hong Kong 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is the 114th season of competitive football in Hong Kong, starting in July 2015 and ending in June 2016.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League Promoted to League Relegated from league
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
  • Tung Sing
  • New Fair Kuitan
Third Division

Nil
  • Lung Moon

Representative team

Hong Kong national football team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

The draw for the group stage of second round qualification was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 April 2015. Hong Kong was drawn with China PR, Qatar and Maldives and Bhutan in group C. Hong Kong has started their qualifying campaign in June 2015.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 8 7 0 1 29 4 +25 21 Third round and Asian Cup
2  China PR 8 5 2 1 27 1 +26 17
3  Hong Kong 8 4 2 2 13 5 +8 14 Asian Cup qualifying third round
4  Maldives 8 2 0 6 8 20 −12 6 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round
5  Bhutan 8 0 0 8 5 52 −47 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2015 Hong Kong–Macau Interport

2016 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

International friendlies

Hong Kong women's national football team

2016 Women Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

League season

Premier League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Eastern 16 12 2 2 35 13 +22 38 Qualification to Champions League
2 Kitchee 16 11 4 1 32 11 +21 37 Qualification to Season Play-off[lower-alpha 1]
3 South China 16 9 2 5 26 21 +5 29
4 Kwoon Chung Southern 16 6 5 5 26 21 +5 23
5 Hong Kong Pegasus 16 4 5 7 22 27 −5 17
6 Dreams Metro Gallery 16 4 4 8 19 30 −11 16
7 Yuen Long 16 3 6 7 21 32 −11 15
8 Biu Chun Rangers 16 2 5 9 15 29 −14 11[lower-alpha 2]
9 Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin 16 2 5 9 17 29 −12 11[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to First Division
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 (Play-off if the winner has to be decided)
Notes:
  1. ↑ Since the winners of the Senior Shield, Eastern, and the winners of the League Cup, Kitchee, currently qualify for AFC competitions and the Season Play-off respectively based on league position, the spots awarded to the Senior Shield winner and the League Cup winner for the Season Play-off will be awarded to the third and fourth placed team in the league.
  2. 1 2 Biu Chun Rangers wins head-to-head against Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin.

First Division League

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

Second Division League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Eastern District (P) 21 15 4 2 64 20 +44 49 Promotion to First Division
2 Tung Sing (P) 21 15 3 3 53 26 +27 48
3 Sparta Rotterdam Mutual 21 12 6 3 32 16 +16 42
4 Sham Shui Po 21 12 4 5 31 22 +9 40
5 Kowloon City 21 8 5 8 28 26 +2 29
6 Sai Kung 21 7 6 8 28 26 +2 27
7 Kwong Wah 21 8 3 10 27 34 −7 27
8 Kwok Keung 21 6 7 8 24 29 −5 25
9 Tuen Mun 21 6 2 13 29 52 −23 20
10 Tuen Mun FC 21 4 6 11 30 42 −12 18
11 Tsuen Wan (R) 21 3 4 14 27 48 −21 13 Relegation to Third Division
12 Happy Valley (R) 21 2 6 13 15 47 −32 12
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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Third Division League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Central & Western (P) 28 24 3 1 95 11 +84 75 Promotion to Second Division
2 Hoi King (P) 27 24 0 3 73 19 +54 72
3 St. Joseph's 28 16 8 4 59 22 +37 56
4 REX Global North District 28 17 2 9 60 43 +17 53
5 KCDRSC 27 16 3 8 55 39 +16 51
6 Wing Go Fu Moon 28 15 4 9 52 39 +13 49
7 GFC Friends 28 14 3 11 57 30 +27 45
8 Sun International 27 12 5 10 40 38 +2 41
9 Ornament 28 11 4 13 44 54 −10 37
10 Fukien 28 9 8 11 51 48 +3 35
11 Telecom 27 7 8 12 41 53 −12 29
12 Islands 28 8 4 16 36 58 −22 28
13 New Fair Kui Tan 26 6 7 13 36 52 −16 25
14 King Mountain 28 5 2 21 26 90 −64 17
15 Kowloon Cricket Club 28 4 1 23 28 69 −41 13 Elimination from League
16 HKFYG (E) 28 1 2 25 16 104 −88 5
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
(E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted.

Reserve Division League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Biu Chun Rangers Reserves (C) 15 14 0 1 81 10 +71 42
2 Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin Reserves 15 9 4 2 37 19 +18 31
3 Kitchee Reserves 15 9 3 3 43 21 +22 30
4 Hong Kong Pegasus Reserves 16 8 4 4 46 30 +16 28
5 South China Reserves 15 6 3 6 30 39 −9 21
6 Eastern Reserves 15 5 2 8 29 35 −6 17
7 Dreams Metro Gallery Reserves 15 2 4 9 36 40 −4 10
8 Yuen Long Reserves 15 2 1 12 14 74 −60 7
9 Kwoon Chung Southern Reserves 15 1 3 11 9 57 −48 6
Updated to match(es) played on 5 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 (Play-off if the winner has to be decided)
(C) Champion.

Cup Competitions

Community Cup

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)
17:30 UTC+8
Kitchee 0–2 South China
Report Itaparica  32'
Sean Tse  72'
Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,226
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Senior Shield

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
15:00 UTC+8
Final
Kwoon Chung Southern 0–2 Eastern
Report Xu Deshuai  61'
Barisic  85'

League Cup

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)
15:00 UTC+8
Final
Kitchee 3–0 South China
Alex  4', 65'
Rufino  58' (pen.) 		Report
Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,616
Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Sapling Cup

FA Cup

Season Play-off

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)
15:00 UTC+8
Final
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