2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League

BOCG Life Hong Kong Premier League
Season 2015–16
Champions Eastern
Matches played 63
Goals scored 176 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer Giovane da Silva (Eastern) (15 goals)
Biggest home win Kitchee 4–0 Yuen Long (12 September 2015)
South China 4–0 Dreams Metro Gallery
(13 December 2015)
Eastern 4–0 Biu Chun Rangers (5 March 2016)
Biggest away win Yuen Long 1–6 Eastern (13 December 2015)
Highest scoring Kwoon Chung Southern 6–3 Dreams Metro Gallery
(9 January 2016)
Longest winning run 5 matches:
Eastern
South China
Longest unbeaten run 11 matches:
Eastern
Longest winless run 10 matches:
Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin
Longest losing run 4 matches:
Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin
Highest attendance 4,130
Eastern 3–1 South China (10 January 2016)
Lowest attendance 271
Biu Chun Rangers 0–0 Kwoon Chung Southern
(12 December 2015)
Total attendance 64665
Average attendance 1010.390625
2016–17 →

All statistics correct as of 3 April 2016.

2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as BOCG Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the second season of Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.

Teams

A total of 9 teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League and one promoted from the 2014–15 Hong Kong First Division League.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team Stadium Location Capacity
Biu Chun Rangers Kowloon Bay Park Kowloon Bay 1,200
Dreams Metro Gallery Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Cheung Sha Wan 2,194
Eastern Mong Kok Stadium Mong Kok 6,769
Kwoon Chung Southern Aberdeen Sports Ground Aberdeen 4,0001
Kitchee Mong Kok Stadium Mong Kok 6,769
Pegasus Hong Kong Stadium So Kon Po 40,000
South China Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Tseung Kwan O 3,500
Wong Tai Sin Hammer Hill Sports Ground Choi Hung 2,200
Yuen Long FC Yuen Long Stadium Yuen Long 4,932

Remarks:
1The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground reduces from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches.

Locations of the Hong Kong Premier League 2015–16 teams

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Biu Chun Rangers Hong Kong Mok Yiu Keung Hong Kong Yan Lik Kin Brazil Beto Fronza Xtep Kunne
Dreams Metro Gallery Hong Kong Lo Man Fai Hong Kong Leung Chi Wing Spain Pablo Gallardo Nike Fu Ho Restaurant
Eastern Hong Kong Lam Kin Ming Hong Kong Chan Yuen Ting Hong Kong Yapp Hung Fai Adidas N/A
Kwoon Chung Southern Hong Kong Chan Man Chun Hong Kong Cheng Siu Chung Spain José María Díaz Nike Kwoon Chung Motors(Home Jersey)
ISUZU(Guest Jersey)
Kitchee Hong Kong Ken Ng Hong Kong Chu Chi Kwong Hong Kong Lo Kwan Yee Nike Jockey Club Kitchee Centre
Pegasus Hong Kong Canny Leung Hong Kong Lee Chi Kin Hong Kong Kwok Kin Pong Adidas N/A
South China Hong Kong Wallace Cheung Brazil Casemiro Mior Hong Kong Chan Wai Ho Adidas Panasonic
Wong Tai Sin Hong Kong Ma Hung Ming Hong Kong Chiu Chung Man
Poon Man Chun
Japan Yuto Nakamura Joma N/A
Yuen Long Hong Kong Wong Wai Shun Hong Kong Fung Hoi Man Brazil Fábio Lopes Nike Itacho Sushi

Chairman changes

Team Outgoing Chairman Date of vacancy Incoming Chairman Date of appointment
Dreams Metro Gallery Hong Kong Khan Swadiq (as YFCMD) 1 July 2015 Hong Kong Lo Man Fai 1 July 2015
HK Pegasus Hong Kong Cheng Ting Kong (as Sun Pegasus) 1 July 2015 Hong Kong Canny Leung 1 July 2015

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Yuen Long Hong Kong Chan Ho Yin Sacked 3 May 2015 Pre-season Hong Kong Fung Hoi Man 9 June 2015
Kitchee Spain José Molina Resigned 27 May 2015 Spain Abraham Garcia 21 July 2015
Eastern Hong Kong Cristiano Cordeiro Sacked 1 June 2015 Hong Kong Yeung Ching Kwong 8 June 2015
Kwoon Chung Southern Hong Kong Fung Hoi Man Signed by I-Sky Yuen Long 9 June 2015 Hong Kong Cheng Siu Chung 9 June 2015
HK Pegasus Hong Kong Chan Chi Hong Resigned 30 June 2015 Hong Kong Lee Chi Kin 8 July 2015
BC Rangers Hong Kong Yan Lik Kin Return as Assistant Manager 24 July 2015 Brazil Ricardo 24 July 2015
Eastern Hong Kong Yeung Ching Kwong Signed by Meizhou Wuhua 13 December 2015 1st Hong Kong Chan Yuen Ting 13 December 2015
BC Rangers Brazil Ricardo Signed by South China 2 March 2016 8th Hong Kong Yan Lik Kin 2 March 2016
Kitchee Spain Abraham Garcia Resigned 5 Mar 2016 2nd Hong Kong Chu Chi Kwong 5 Mar 2016

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six (including an Asian player) per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches.[1]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Asian Player
Biu Chun Rangers Brazil Mauricio Brazil Paulo César France Quentin Lendresse Spain Dieguito Spain Ernesto Gómez South Korea Gee Kyung-hun
Dreams Metro Gallery Spain Pablo Gallardo Brazil Leonidas Croatia Miroslav Saric Japan Kenji Fukuda
Eastern Australia James Meyer Brazil Clayton Brazil Diego Eli Brazil Giovane Brazil Michel Lugo Australia Andrew Barisic
GS Wong Tai Sin Brazil Everton Camargo Brazil Naves Brazil Reinaldo Serbia Mirko Teodorović South Korea Yoon Dong-hun Japan Yuto Nakamura
HK Pegasus Brazil Dhiego Martins Brazil Eduardo Praes Brazil João Emir Republic of Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Montenegro Admir Adrović
Kwoon Chung Southern Brazil Tomas Brazil Wellingsson Souza Spain Diego Garrido Spain Jonathan Carril Spain José María Díaz
Kitchee Brazil Fernando Azevedo Spain Dani Cancela Spain Fernando Recio Spain Jordi Tarrés Spain Rufino Segovia South Korea Kim Tae-Min
South China Brazil Luiz Carlos Cameroon Mahama Awal Ecuador Cristian Mora Ecuador Félix Borja Serbia Bojan Mališić Australia Ryan Griffiths
Yuen Long Brazil Fábio Lopes Brazil Gustavo Silva Brazil Luciano Silva Brazil Stefan Serbia Aleksandar Ranđelović South Korea Park Chan-Jong

Former players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Biu Chun Rangers Brazil Santaiana Thailand Panudech Maiwong
Dreams Metro Gallery Brazil Clayton
Eastern Croatia Miroslav Saric South Korea Han Jae-woong
GS Wong Tai Sin Brazil Leonidas Japan Kohei Ito
HK Pegasus Serbia Dušan Martinović Slovenia Nejc Mevlja Croatia Ivan Miličević Australia Dane Milovanović
Kwoon Chung Southern
Kitchee Spain Juan Belencoso
South China Liberia Boima Karpeh Brazil Lucas Silva East Timor Murilo
Yuen Long Spain José Cruz

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Eastern (C, Q) 15 12 2 1 35 11 +24 38 Qualification to Champions League
2 Kitchee (Q) 15 10 4 1 30 11 +19 34 Qualification to Season Play-off[lower-alpha 1]
3 South China (Q) 15 8 2 5 23 19 +4 26
4 Kwoon Chung Southern (Q) 15 6 5 4 24 18 +6 23
5 Hong Kong Pegasus 15 4 5 6 20 24 4 17
6 Dreams Metro Gallery 15 4 4 7 18 28 10 16
7 Yuen Long 15 2 6 7 19 31 12 12
8 Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin 16 2 5 9 17 29 12 11
9 Biu Chun Rangers 15 1 5 9 12 27 15 8 Relegation to First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 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; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
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.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718
Eastern 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kitchee 1 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
South China 6 8 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Kwoon Chung Southern 4 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 4
Hong Kong Pegasus 5 2 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 5
Dreams Metro Gallery 2 4 3 3 5 5 3 4 4 6 4 4 5 6 6 6 6
Yuen Long 9 6 7 7 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7
Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 7 8
Biu Chun Rangers 7 5 6 6 7 7 8 7 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9

Last updated: 24 April 2016
Source: Hong Kong Football Association website

Leader - 2017 AFC Champions League play-off stage
Relegation to 2016–17 Hong Kong First Division League

Results

Home ╲ Away BCR DMG EAAKCSKITPEGSCAWTSYLF
Biu Chun Rangers 00 12 00 02 02 21 11
Dreams Metro Gallery 11 04 11 21 03 01 20 32
Eastern 40 10 02 11 42 31 10 30
Kwoon Chung Southern 32 63 12 11 33 20 20
Kitchee 21 11 20 20 42 21 40
Hong Kong Pegasus 10 03 00 01 24 02 20 11
South China 20 40 12 10 03 02 21 21
Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin 33 32 12 21 00 22 11 11
Yuen Long 31 16 11 01 22 22 41

Updated to games played on 24 April 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.

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Season statistics

Scoring

Top Scorer

As of 9 April 2016[2]

Includes goals scored in domestic league and cup competitions.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Giovane da Silva Eastern 15
2 Australia Andrew Barisic Eastern 12
3 Cameroon Mahama Awal South China 11
4 Spain Rufino Segovia Kitchee 10
5 Montenegro Admir Adrović Hong Kong Pegasus 9
Hong Kong Alex Akande Kitchee
7 Hong Kong Sandro Kitchee 8
Hong Kong James Ha Kwoon Chung Southern
9 Spain Jordi Tarrés Kitchee 7
Hong Kong Michael Luk Kwoon Chung Southern
Brazil Wellingsson Souza
Brazil Luiz Carlos South China

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Spain Tarrés, JordiJordi Tarrés Kitchee Yuen Long 4–0 12 September 2015 [3]
Brazil da Silva, GiovaneGiovane da Silva Eastern Yuen Long 6–1 13 December 2015 [4]

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Eastern 15,267 4,130 1,085 1,908 0.9875+98.7%
2 Kitchee 11,074 3,630 694 1,582 0.056780227120909+5.6%
3 South China 9,105 2,292 461 1,138 -0.814020028612318.5%
4 Yuen Long 7,855 1,418 647 1,122 -0.942857142857145.7%
5 Hong Kong Pegasus 7,847 2,378 506 981 -0.6066790352504639.3%
6 Dreams Metro Gallery 6,697 1,131 551 837 0.10131578947368+10.1%
7 Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin 5,327 962 470 666 -0.959654178674354.0%
8 Biu Chun Rangers 3,420 966 271 489 0.0082474226804123+0.8%
9 Kwoon Chung Southern 3,343 780 308 478 n/a1
League total 69,935 4,130 271 1,0281.9%

Updated to games played on 3 April 2016
Source:

Notes:
1: Team did not play last season in the Premier League

References

  1. "足總CEO:下季港職聯降一隊 外援註6出3+1". on.cc 東網. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  2. "Hong Kong Football Association – Top Scorers". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  3. "Kitchee 4 Yuen Long 0". 12 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. "Yuen Long 1 Eastern 6". 13 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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