R&F FC (Hong Kong)

R&F
R&F富力

Full name	R&F
Founded	July 2016
Ground	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Capacity	11,981[1]
Chairman	Huang Shenghua
Head Coach	Li Zhihai
League	Hong Kong Premier League
Home colours Away colours

R&F (Chinese: 富力) is a football club which plays in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club is a satellite team of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F, and most of its players are from Guangzhou R&F U19's. It is owned by Chinese property developers R&F Properties, while the club name R&F is short for "Rich" (富) and "Force" (力).

History

R&F F.C. was founded and registered at Hong Kong Football Association in the summer of 2016. On 1 August 2016, It was accepted to play in the Hong Kong Premier League with following conditions: (1) Signing at least eight Hong Kong players. (2) Using at least three Hong Kong players in a match. (3) Non-Chinese/Hong Kong player could not be registered in the club. (4) Sponsoring a cup competition with a fee of $1 million.^[2]

Current Squad

As of 4 September 2016^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Long Wenhao 3 MF Xiang Wenjun 4 DF Yang Ting 5 DF Ye Ruiwen 6 MF Hou Junjie 7 FW Chuck Yiu Kwok 8 MF Yang Ziyi 9 FW Tsang Kin Fong 10 MF Min Junlin (captain) 11 DF Ni Bo 12 DF Li Lei 14 MF Cheung Kwok Ming 15 MF Lam Hin Ting 17 FW Chen Jiaqi

No. Position Player 18 DF Xiang Jiachi 19 DF Ma Weichao 21 FW Lau Tak Yan 22 DF Leung Ka Hai 23 MF He Zilin 24 DF Wei Zongren 25 DF Lam Wan Kit 26 MF Jing Teng 27 DF Bi Guanghuan 32 DF Zhong Ke 33 GK Xing Yu 37 MF Li Yuyang 44 DF Kuang Haokun 45 DF Liang Zhanhao

Team Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Li Zhihai
Assistant coach	Leung Chi Wing

Source: http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20160814/bkn-20160814000136355-0814_00882_001.html

References

1. "Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground". lcsd.gov.hk. Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
2. "港超聯　足總董事會拍板 東方無緣亞洲賽". hk.on.cc. Oriental Press Group Limited. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
3. "R&F富力队征战港超大名单". Sohu. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

External links

• Hong Kong Football Association website page on R&F