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Hong Kong Football Club was founded in 1886 by Sir James Haldane Lockhart, following a meeting that was held at the Victoria Recreation Gymnasium on 12 February 1886. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The names derives from its establishment as a club for playing Association and Rugby Football (now known as rugby union) – not just as an association football ...
The football section of Hong Kong Football Club (Abbreviation: HKFC; Chinese: 香港足球會) sports club fields a range of teams at various age divisions in Hong Kong leagues. [1] Their football team currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League .
The Hong Kong Football Association, the governing body of Hong Kong football, was founded in 1914 and is one of the oldest football associations in Asia. [4] In the 1970s and 1980s, football in Hong Kong was strong and popular, with competitive local teams boosted by well known overseas players and managers, playing in front crowds of tens of ...
Club League/Division in 2024–25 Lvl Home Ground Location; Happy Valley: Hoi King: First Division: 2: N/A: N/A Hong Kong FC: Premier League: 1: Hong Kong Football Club Stadium: Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island: HK U23
The Hong Kong national football team (Chinese: 香港足球代表隊; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng jūkkàuh doihbíu deuih; recognised as Hong Kong, China by FIFA) represents Hong Kong in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China, the governing body for football in Hong Kong.
After the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, the HKFA has used the founding name - the "Hong Kong Football Association" until 2023. In early 2023, the HKFA and other Hong Kong national sports associations were required by the "Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China" to add "China" to the name of the association. [18]
The club moved from the remote Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground to the renovated Mong Kok Stadium for the 2011-12 Hong Kong First Division League season. To compete in both local football and AFC Cup, Citizen has expanded its squad to include 27 players, adding Michael Campion, So Loi Keung, Chiu Chun Kit, Amaury Nunes and Yuto Nakamura to the club, while promoting two young players Chan Si-Chun and ...
The Hong Kong football champions are the winners of the Hong Kong Premier League and Hong Kong First Division League, which is the oldest top-flight league system in Asia. South China is the most successful club in Hong Kong. The club has won 41 league titles until 2012–13 season.