Hong Kong Premier League

Hong Kong Premier League 香港 超級 聯賽
Full name	BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League 中 銀集團 人壽 香港 超級 聯賽
abbreviation	HKPL
Association	The Hong Kong Football Association
First edition	2014
hierarchy	1st League
Teams	10 (2019/20)
master	Tai Po FC (1st title)
Record champions	Kitchee SC (3 wins)
Current season	2019/20
Website	www.hkfa.com
Qualification for	AFC Champions League AFC Cup
region	Asia
↓ First Division League

The Hong Kong Premier League , HKPL for short ( Chinese  香港 超級 聯賽  /  香港 超级 联赛 , kurz 超  /  港 超 for short ), is the top division of the city of Hong Kong, founded in 2014 and taking place since the 2014/15 season . It is organized by the Hong Kong Football Association . Since the league was won as an official sponsor by Bank of China Group Life Assurance Company Limited , it has been officially called the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League ( 中 銀 集團 人壽 香港 超級 聯賽  /  中 银 集团 人寿 香港 超级 联赛 ).

The HKPL champions qualify for the group stage of the AFC Champions League .

societies

Hong Kong Premier League teams since 2014

team	logo	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020
Kitchee SC
Eastern AA  b
Pegasus FC  e
South China AA
Yuen Long FC i
Biu Chun Rangers  a
Wong Tai Sin DRSC
Tai Po FC h
Southern District FC g
Metro Gallery FC  d
King Fung FC  c
R&F  f
Hong Kong FC
Lee Man FC
Hoi King SA
Happy Valley AA

Source: Hong Kong Football Association

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AA - Athletic Association, DRSC - District Recreation & Sports Council, DSA - District Sports Association, FC - Football Club, FT - Football Team, RSA - Recreation & Sports Association, SA - Sports Association, SC - Sports Club

^ahist. "Hong Kong Rangers FC", "Kam Fung" (2011/12 season) , "Lee Man Rangers" (2016/17 season) , Biu Chun Rangers since (2017/18 season) , mostly "BC Rangers" or . "Rangers"

^bhist. "Eastern AA Football Team", "Eastern Long Lion" since (2016/17 season) , mostly " Eastern AA " or "Eastern" for short

^chist. "Hong Kong Sapling", "Biu Chun Glory Sky" (2016/17 season) , "Dreams Sports Club - Dreams SC" since (2018/19 season) , "King Fung Football Club - KF FC" since (2019 season / 20) , usually short "King Fung FC" or "KFFC"

^dhist. "Fourway Athletics", " Yokohama FC Hong Kong " (2012/14 season) , "Yokohama FC Modic" (2014/15 season) , "Dreams Metro Gallery FC" (2015/16 season) , "Metro Gallery FC" or because of sponsorship as "HONGDA" since (season 2016/17) , mostly "Metro Gallery"

^ehist. "TSW Pegasus FC", "Sun Pegasus" (2012/13 season) , " Hong Kong Pegasus FC " since (2015/16 season) , mostly "HK Pegasus" or "Pegasus" for short

^fhist. " Guangzhou R&F " , a soccer club from Guangzhou (Canton) , foundation of R&F (Hong Kong) as a subsidiary in the summer of 2016 from the Guangdong parent club, mostly "R&F" for short

^Ghist. "Southern District RSA", also " Southern District FC ", "Royal Southern" (2013/14 season) , "Southern District FC" (2014/15 season) , "Kwoon Chung Southern" since (2015/16 season) , usually in short "KC Southern", "Southern FC" or "Southern"

^Hhist. " Tai Po FC ", "Woofoo Tai Po" since (2006/07 season) , mostly "Tai Po" for short

ⁱhist. "Yuen Long DSA", " Yuen Long FC " (2013 season) , "I Sky Yuen Long" (2013-15 season) , " KMB Yuen Long" (2015-17 season) , "Sun Bus Yuen Long" ( 2017-18 season) , "Best Union Yuen Long" since (2018 season) , mostly short "Yuen Long"

Master history

season	master	Runner-up	3rd place
2014/2015	Kitchee SC	Eastern AA	Pegasus FC
2015/2016	Eastern AA	Kitchee SC	South China AA
2016/2017	Kitchee SC	Eastern AA	Southern District FC
2017/2018	Kitchee SC	Tai Po FC	Pegasus FC
2018/2019	Tai Po FC	R&F	Southern District FC
2019/2020

Source: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Stadium allocation

In Hong Kong, most Premier League football clubs do not have their own “home stadium”. Therefore, the use of the regional public stadiums as "home stadiums" is made available to them by the Hong Kong city administration for a fee ( fee ). Since the football season 2009/2010, the stadium use has been regulated by the seasonal performance or table placement of the clubs in the league competition through the "home guest usage allocation system for Hong Kong's top football league" ( 香港 足球 頂級 聯賽 主客 制  /  香港 足球 顶级 联赛 主客 制 ). The public stadiums are mostly operated and managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department , or LCDP ( 康文署 ) for short, of the Hong Kong government, which, in cooperation with the HKFA, issues the rights of use to the clubs. The allocation of use of the stadiums for the clubs (as of 2019-2020) is as follows:

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
District: Wan Chai
Pegasus
Siu Sai Wan SG
Capacity: 11,981
District: Eastern
no award 2 3
Aberdeen SG
Capacity: 9,000
District: Southern
no award 3

Kowloon

Mong Kok Stadium
Capacity: 6,769
District: Yau Tsim Mong
Kitchee & Southern
Hammer Hill Rd SG
Capacity: 2,200
District: Wong Tai Sin
Happy Valley
Sham Shui Po SG
Capacity: 2,194
District: Sham Shui Po
Lee Man
Kowloon Bay Park
Capacity: 1,200
District: Kwun Tong
no award 3

New Territories

Yuen Long Stadium
Capacity: 4,932
District: Yuen Long
Yuen Long
Tseung Kwan O SG
Capacity: 3,500
District: Sai Kung
Eastern
Tai Po SG
Capacity: 3,200
District: Tai Po
Tai Po
Tuen Mun TSK SG
Capacity: 2,200
District: Tuen Mun
Rangers
Tsing Yi SG
Capacity: 1,500
District: Kwai Tsing
no award 3

Guangzhou

Yanzigang Stadium
Capacity: 3000
District: Haizhu
R&F 1

Source: Hong Kong Football Association, Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD)

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SG - Sports Ground

¹ R&F (Hong Kong) team moved their home stadium to Guangzhou since June 2017

² Temporarily closed for repairs - for example due to damage in summer 2018 by Typhoon Mangkhut

³ No award in the current season as a venue for the Hong Kong Premier League

Best goal scorers since 2015

season	Surname	team	Gates
2014/2015	Giovane Alves da Silva	Eastern AA	17th
2015/2016	Giovane Alves da Silva Admir Adrović	Eastern AA Pegasus FC	10
2016/2017	Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo	Kitchee SC	21st
2017/2018	Lucas Espindola da Silva	Kitchee SC	15th
2018/2019	Lucas Espindola da Silva Manolo Bleda	Kitchee SC Eastern AA	12
2019/2020

Source: Hong Kong Football Association, Soccerway

Cup and prizes

The staggering of the prize money at the Champions Cup - Hong Kong Premiere League Championship - for the opening season 2014/15.

placement	Prize money [HKD]
1st place	480,000
2nd place	216,000
3rd place	144,000
4th Place	108,000
5th place	84,000
6th place	60,000
7th place	48,000
8th place	36,000
9th place	24,000

Source: Oriental Daily News

• Football events in Hong Kong
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  Hong Kong vs. China - EAG , Siu Sai Wan SG 2009

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  SCAA vs. Tuen Mun SA - Hong Kong Stadium , 2012

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  Kitchee SC vs. Tai Po FC - Mong Kok Stadium , 2019

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  Hong Kong Premiere League Trophy, 2019

See also

• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• Official Website - Premier League Teams (Chinese, English)
• Official Website - Premier League Points Table (Chinese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hong Kong 2017/18 - Premier League - Final Table: (English) [1] In: www.rsssf.com, accessed on March 22, 2019 - Online
2. ↑ ^{a b} Hong Kong - List of Champions and Runners-Up: (English) [2] In: www.rsssf.com, accessed on March 22, 2019 - online
3. ↑ HKFA Kitchee SC: (Chinese, English) [3] In: www.hkfa.com, accessed on March 22, 2019 - online
4. ↑ HKPL - New Logo, New Sponsor: (English) [4] In: www.offside.hk, accessed on March 22, 2019 - online
5. ↑ HKFA News - 2014–09–29 - Players and Coaches See Hope in the Newly Launched Hong Kong Premier League: (English) [5] In: www.hkfa.com, accessed on March 22, 2019 - Online
6. ↑ ^{a b} 波 經 - 球場 內外 - 港 超 聯 搵 埋 贊助 玩 大 佢 - "Football Bible - All about the stadium - Hong Kong Premier League is looking for a sponsor to really get involved". In: Oriental Daily News . August 22, 2014, Retrieved June 25, 2019 (Chinese (Cantonese)).  
7. ↑ HKFA - Premier League Teams: (Chinese, English) [6] In: www.hkfa.com, accessed on March 22, 2019 - Online
8. ↑ ^{a b} Hong Kong Premiere League R&F's home ground for the new season is in Yangzigang; Live TV broadcast for all home games (2017-08-19) - "港 超 富力 新 赛季 主场 确定 燕子 岗 主场 比赛 将 引入 电视 直播 (2017-08-19)": (Chinese) [7] In: www .sohu.com, accessed April 1, 2019 - Online
9. ↑ 2007-12-28 ... Conversion of the grandstand (3000 seats) of the grass football field, planned start of construction December 2008, completion and use June 2009 - "2007-12-28 ... 完成 天然 草 足球场 看台 （3000 座位） 改造 工程 ， 计划 08 年 12 月份 动工 ， 09 年 6 月份 竣工 投入 使用。 “: (Chinese) [8] In: www.gzsports.gov.cn, accessed on April 1, 2019 - online
10. ↑ HKFA - First Division Match Venue: (Chinese, English) [9] In: www.hkfa.com, accessed on March 22, 2019 - online
11. ↑ HKFA - Location - 場地:. In: www.hkfa.com. Retrieved November 16, 2019 (Chinese, English).  
12. ↑ Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) - Land Sports Facilities: (Chinese, English) [10] In: www.lcsd.gov.hk, accessed April 1, 2019 - Online
13. ↑ Top Scorer - HKPL: (Chinese, English) [11] In: www.hkfa.com, accessed on April 2, 2019 - online
14. ↑ Top Scorer - HKPL: [12] In: de.soccerway.com, accessed on April 2, 2019 - online