HKFC Soccer Section

Hong Kong FC

Full name

Hong Kong Football Club

Founded

12 February 1886

Ground

Hong Kong Football Club Soccer/Rugby Pitch

Capacity

2,750

Manager

Richard Ewart

League

First Division

Home colours

Away colours

The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club (Abbreviation: HKFC; Chinese: 香港足球會) fields a range of teams at various age divisions in the Hong Kong leagues. The First Team competes in the Hong Kong First Division League.

History

Main article: Hong Kong Football Club

While the soccer team has won many titles in the second-tier competition in recent years, they have rarely enjoyed success when playing against the professional sides in the First Division. In 1980 however, "CLUB" as they were commonly known, did manage to avoid relegation from the Professional First Division for the first time in their history. One of the highlights of the season was a 1–1 draw with eventual Champions Seiko SA. On 10 May 1980 at the HK Government Stadium CLUB defeated Kui Tan 1–0 with an 87th-minute penalty scored by John McGunnigle, meaning Kui Tan joined Urban Services in the drop that year.

In the past few years, HKFC opted not to take promotion to the First Division. In 2006, finally, the club accepted the promotion after winning the Second Division. After showing initial promise, they lost 4 league matches in a row between March and April 2007 and were relegated to the Second Division. They did however become Champions of the Second Division again in April 2010 and returned to the First Division.

International Soccer Sevens

The team is known outside Hong Kong for being the host of the annual HKFC International Soccer Sevens youth-team seven-a-side tournament which attracts high profile teams such as Manchester United, Aston Villa F.C. and Glasgow Celtic.

Honours

Hong Kong First Division League
- Winners (1): 1919–20
Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
- Winners (5): 1898–99, 1907–08, 1915–16, 1918–19, 1921–22
Hong Kong Second Division League
- Winners (13): 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10

Manchester United Premier Cup Hong Kong U 15 2011 Champions

Henderson Elite Youth League U 15 Champions

Players

First Team Squad

As of 22 April 2016^[1]

Team Officials

Position	Name
Manager	Richard Ewart
Coach	Neil Picknell
Soccer Section Chairman	Kieran Flynn
Soccer Section Secretary	Les Collett
First Team Liaison Officier	Christy Chan
Sports Development Officer	Ivan Fung

References

↑ Hong Kong Football Club – Hong Kong Football Association official website

External links

Hong Kong Football Club

General	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium

Soccer	Soccer Section Players International Soccer 7s

Hong Kong Second Division League teams

2015-16 teams	Eastern District Happy Valley Kowloon City Kwok Keung Kwong Wah Sai Kung Sham Shui Po Sparta Rotterdam Mutual Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Tuen Mun FC Tung Sing

Hong Kong Second Division League seasons

1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
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1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
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1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
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2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

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