2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League

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2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.

Teams

A total of 11 teams will contest the league, including seven sides from the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League, two promoted from the 2015–16 Hong Kong First Division League and two new teams.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team Stadium Location District Capacity
Biu Chun Glory Sky Hammer Hill Sports Ground Choi Hung Wong Tai Sin 2,200
Eastern Long Lions Mong Kok Stadium Mong Kok Yau Tsim Mong 6,664
HKFC Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Happy Valley Wan Chai 2,750
Hong Kong Pegasus Hong Kong Stadium So Kon Po Wan Chai 40,000
Kitchee Mong Kok Stadium Mong Kok Yau Tsim Mong 6,664
KMB Yuen Long Yuen Long Stadium Yuen Long Yuen Long 4,932
Kwoon Chong Southern Aberdeen Sports Ground Aberdeen Southern 4,000
Lee Man Rangers Tsing Yi Sports Ground Tsing Yi Kwai Tsing 1,500
South China Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Tseung Kwan O Sai Kung 3,500
Wofoo Tai Po Tai Po Sports Ground Tai Po Tai Po 3,200
China R&F Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Siu Sai Wan Eastern 11,891

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

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Biu Chun Glory Sky Hong Kong Mok Yiu Keung South Korea Yoon Dong-hun Hong Kong Yeung Chi Lun Kelme B.C. GLORY SKY (Front)
Eastern Long Lions Hong Kong Lam Kin Ming Hong Kong Chan Yuen Ting Hong Kong Yapp Hung Fai Adidas
HKFC England Tony Sealy England Richard Ewart Hungary Gheczy Gergely Zoltan Adidas The Executive Center(Front)
Hong Kong Pegasus Hong Kong Canny Leung England Kevin Bond Republic of Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Adidas ZTE
Kitchee Hong Kong Ken Ng Hong Kong Chu Chi Kwong Hong Kong Lo Kwan Yee Nike Jockey Club Kitchee Centre (Front)
WWF (Shorts)
KMB Yuen Long Hong Kong Wong Wai Shun Hong Kong Tsang Chiu Tat Brazil Fábio Lopes Lotto KMB (Front)
Kwoon Chung Southern Hong Kong Chan Man Chun Hong Kong Cheng Siu Chung Hong Kong Lam Ho Kwan Nike ISUZU (Front)
Kwoon Chung Motors (Back)
Lee Man Rangers Hong Kong Fung Ka Ki Hong Kong Lam Hing Lun Spain Jordi Tarrés Xtep Lee & Man Chemical (Back)
South China Hong Kong Wallace Cheung Serbia Dejan Antonić Hong Kong Chan Wai Ho Adidas AET (Front)
Wofoo Tai Po Hong Kong Cheung Hok Ming Hong Kong Lee Chi Kin Hong Kong Chan Yuk Chi Nike
China R&F China Huang Shenghua China Li Zhihai China Min Junlin Xtep R&F Princess Cove (Front)

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Biu Chun Glory Sky Hong Kong Chiu Chung Man Promoted as General Manager 4 October 2016 7th South Korea Yoon Dong-hun 4 October 2016
South China Brazil Ricardo Return as Coach 25 October 2016 4th Serbia Dejan Antonić 31 October 2016
Hong Kong Pegasus Republic of Ireland Steve Gallen Mutual consent 3 November 2016 4th England Kevin Bond 7 November 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. Non-Chinese/Hong Kong player could not be registered in R&F as one of the participating conditions of the China-based club. Moreover, R&F need to have at least eight Hong Kong players in the squad.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Asian Player
Biu Chun Glory Sky Serbia Mirko Teodorović Brazil Everton Camargo Spain Rafael Wellington Spain José María Ukraine Oleksiy Shlyakotin South Korea Yoon Dong-hun
Eastern Long Lions Spain Manuel Bleda Brazil Diego Eli Brazil Michel Lugo Brazil Giovane Croatia Miroslav Saric Australia Josh Mitchell
HKFC France Antoine Sahaghian France Jerome De Clarens Hungary Gheczy Zoltan Uganda Issey Maholo
Hong Kong Pegasus Brazil Dhiego Martins Brazil Eduardo Praes Brazil João Emir Republic of Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Spain Salva Chamorro Australia Travis Major
Kitchee Brazil Fernando Azevedo Spain Dani Cancela Spain Rufino Spain Pau Bosch Hueso Spain Marcos Jiménez South Korea Kim Bong-jin
KMB Yuen Long Brazil Fábio Lopes Brazil Luciano Silva Brazil Diego Higino Serbia Aleksandar Ranđelović Brazil Ticão
Kwoon Chung Southern Brazil Tomas Brazil Wellingsson Souza Spain Diego Garrido Spain Dieguito France Walter Vaz
Lee Man Rangers Spain Fernando Recio Spain Jordi Tarrés France Quentin Lendresse Brazil Clayton South Korea Gee Kyung-hun
South China Brazil Luiz Carlos Cameroon Mahama Awal Montenegro Srđan Lopičić Serbia Bojan Mališić Serbia Nikola Komazec Australia Ryan Griffiths
Wofoo Tai Po Brazil Paulo César Brazil Lucas Silva Brazil Dudu Brazil Lima Brazil David Lazari Japan Yuto Nakamura
China R&F
Non-Chinese/Hong Kong player could not be registered in the club.
Club HK Player 1 HK Player 2 HK Player 3 HK Player 4 HK Player 5 HK Player 6 HK Player 7 HK Player 8
China R&F Hong Kong Chuck Yiu Kwok Hong Kong Leung Ka Hai Hong Kong Tsang Kin Fong Hong Kong Jing Teng Hong Kong Lam Wan Kit Hong Kong Lau Tak Yan Hong Kong Cheung Kwok Ming Hong Kong Lam Hin Ting

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Eastern 8 7 1 0 22 8 +14 22 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Kitchee 8 6 2 0 14 3 +11 20 Qualification to Season Play-off
3 Yuen Long 8 4 2 2 21 10 +11 14[lower-alpha 1]
4 South China 7 4 2 1 12 9 +3 14[lower-alpha 1]
5 Wofoo Tai Po 8 3 2 3 7 8 −1 11[lower-alpha 2]
6 Lee Man Rangers 8 3 2 3 10 9 +1 11[lower-alpha 2]
7 Hong Kong Pegasus 8 2 3 3 12 13 −1 9
8 Kwoon Chung Southern 7 2 2 3 12 11 +1 8
9 Biu Chun Glory Sky 8 1 2 5 10 20 −10 5
10 R&F 8 1 0 7 5 17 −12 3[lower-alpha 3]
11 HKFC 8 1 0 7 6 25 −19 3[lower-alpha 3] Relegation to First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 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)
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Yuen Long ahead of South China on goal difference.
  2. 1 2 Wofoo Tai Po wins head-to-head against Lee Man Rangers.
  3. 1 2 R&F ahead of HKFC on goal difference.

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 12345678910111213141516171819202122
Biu Chun Glory Sky 8 10 6                                      
Eastern Long Lions 3 3 2                                      
HKFC 11 11 11                                      
Hong Kong Pegasus 5 2 4                                      
Kitchee 2 1 1                                      
KMB Yuen Long 1 4 5                                      
Kwoon Chung Southern 10 9 9                                      
Lee Man Rangers 6 7 8                                      
South China 4 5 3                                      
Wofoo Tai Po 9 6 7                                      
R&F 7 8 10                                      

Source: Hong Kong Football Association website

Leader - 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
Relegation to 2017–18 Hong Kong First Division League

Results

Home ╲ Away BGS EAA CLUPEGKCSKITLMRSCATPOYLFR&F
Biu Chun Glory Sky 2–3 2–4 2–2 2–0
Eastern Long Lions 6–2 2–1 1–0
HKFC 0–1 0–2 1–2
Hong Kong Pegasus 1–3 2–2 1–2
Kwoon Chung Southern 1–3 7–0
Kitchee 3–1 1–1 2–0
Lee Man Rangers 1–1 0–1
South China 1–0 2–2 2–4
Wofoo Tai Po 0–0 1–2
KMB Yuen Long 1–2 6–2
R&F 0–2 0–2 1–4

Updated to games played on 2 November 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

Season statistics

Scoring

Top Scorer

As of match played 4 December 2016[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Manuel Bleda Eastern 9
Serbia Nikola Komazec South China
3 Brazil João Emir Hong Kong Pegasus 5
Hong Kong Lee Hong Lim Eastern
Brazil Diego KMB Yuen Long
Brazil Lucas Silva Wofoo Tai Po
Brazil Stefan KMB Yuen Long
8 England Mike Hampshire HKFC 4
Hong Kong Yip Tsz Chun KMB Yuen Long

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Brazil WellingssonKwoon Chung SouthernHKFC7-0 22 October 2016[2]
Spain Manuel Bleda4EasternBiu Chun Glory Sky6-2 2 November 2016[3]

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Kitchee 12,431 3,863 936 2,486 0.55959849435383+55.9%†
2 South China 9,127 3,283 991 1,825 0.60369068541301+60.3%†
3 KMB Yuen Long 4,178 1,831 912 1,393 0.29460966542751+29.4%†
4 Eastern Long Lions 5,376 2,216 779 1,344 -0.70440251572327−29.5%†
5 Wofoo Tai Po 3,535 1,474 421 884 n/a1
6 Hong Kong Pegasus 3,396 1,110 436 679 -0.69215086646279−30.7%†
7 Kwoon Chung Southern 2,130 1,167 239 533 0.08997955010225+8.9%†
8 Lee Man Rangers 2,014 718 215 504 0.056603773584906+5.6%†
9 HKFC 2,163 669 322 433 n/a1
10 Biu Chun Glory Sky 1,656 499 296 414 n/a1
11 R&F 1,114 361 204 279 n/a1
League total 47,120 3,863 204 1,003 -0.98429833169774−1.5%†

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

References

  1. ↑ "Hong Kong Football Association – Top Scorers". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kwoon Chung Southern 7-0 HKFC". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eastern 6-2 BCGS". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

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