2014–15 in Hong Kong football

Football in Hong Kong
Season	2014–15
Men's football
Premier League	Kitchee
First Division	Metro Gallery Sun Source
Second Division	Wing Yee
Third Division	Tung Sing
Senior Challenge Shield	Eastern
FA Cup	Kitchee
League Cup	Kitchee
Season play-off	South China

The 2014–15 season is the 113th season of competitive football in Hong Kong, starting in July 2014 and ending in June 2015.

Promotion and relegation[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from league
First Division¹	Wofoo Tai Po Wong Tai Sin	Happy Valley Tuen Mun Royal Southern
Second Division	Yau Tsim Mong Metro Gallery Sun Source	Wing Yee Tuen Mun
Third Division	Sai Kung	Kowloon City Telecom Fu Moon
Fourth Division	Nil	Solon

¹ The Premier League replace First Division League as the top-tier league in the 2014–15 season.

Post-season[edit]

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from league
Premier League	KC Southern District	Tai Po
First Division	Wing Yee	Happy Valley Tuen Mun
Second Division	Tung Sing	New Fair Kuitan
Third Division	Nil	Lung Moon

Representative team[edit]

Hong Kong national football team[edit]

2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round[edit]

The 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2 was held in Taiwan between 13 and 19 November 2014. Hong Kong was drawn with Guam, North Korea and Chinese Taipei. The winner of the preliminary round qualifies for the final round.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to Final Competition
2	Hong Kong	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Guam	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Chinese Taipei (H)	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: EAFF
(H) Hosts

13 November 2014 (2014-11-13) Matchday 1	North Korea	2–1	Hong Kong	Taipei, Taiwan
16:00 (UTC+8)	Ri Chol-myong 59' O Hyok-chol 80'		McKee 83'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16) Matchday 2	Chinese Taipei	0–1	Hong Kong	Taipei, Taiwan
19:00 (UTC+8)			Lam Ka Wai 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 8,860 Referee: Kim Song-ho (North Korea)

19 November 2014 (2014-11-19) Matchday 3	Hong Kong	0–0	Guam	Taipei, Taiwan
16:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 167 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

2015 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup[edit]

This is a tournament between two teams representing Hong Kong and Guangdong Province of China respectively. The first leg will take place in Huizhou, Guangdong, being held at Huizhou Olympic Stadium, and the second leg took place in Hong Kong, being held at Mong Kok Stadium.

31 December 2014 (2014-12-31) 1st Leg	Guangdong	1–0	Hong Kong	Huizhou, China
15:00 (UTC+8)	Lu Lin 69'	Report		Stadium: Huizhou Olympic Stadium

4 January 2015 (2015-01-04) 2nd Leg	Hong Kong	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Guangdong	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
15:00 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 3,779 Referee: Luk Kin Sun (Hong Kong)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]

The draw for the group stage of second round qualification was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 April 2015. Hong Kong was drawn with China PR, Qatar and Maldives and Bhutan in group C. Hong Kong has started their qualifying campaign in June 2015.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup
2	China	8	5	2	1	27	1	+26	17	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup
3	Hong Kong	8	4	2	2	13	5	+8	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round
4	Maldives	8	2	0	6	8	20	−12	6	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round
5	Bhutan	8	0	0	8	5	52	−47	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

11 June 2015 (2015-06-11) Matchday 1	Hong Kong	7–0	Bhutan	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
20:00 (UTC+8)	McKee 19', 57' Annan 23' Lo Kwan Yee 30' Ju Yingzhi 42' Lam Ka Wai 49' (pen.) Godfred 67'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium (Capacity: 6,680) Attendance: 6,326 Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)

16 June 2015 (2015-06-16) Matchday 2	Hong Kong	2–0	Maldives	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
20:00 (UTC+8)	Xu Deshuai 63' Lam Ka Wai 67'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium (Capacity: 6,680) Attendance: 6,370 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Friendly matches in first half season[edit]

6 September 2014 (2014-09-06)	Vietnam	3–1	Hong Kong	Hai Phong, Vietnam
17:00 (UTC+7)	Nguyễn Hải An 3', 51' Lê Công Vinh 66'		58' Lam Ka Wai	Stadium: Lạch Tray Stadium Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)

9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)	Singapore	0–0	Hong Kong	Hougang, Vietnam
19:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)

10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)	Hong Kong	2–1	Singapore	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
20:00 (UTC+8)	Xu Deshuai 7' Ju Yingzhi 52'	Report	Shahril 90+4'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2,203 Referee: Kao Jung Fang (Chinese Taipei)

14 October 2014 (2014-10-14)	Hong Kong	0–7	Argentina	So Kon Po, Hong Kong
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Banega 19' Higuaín 42', 54' Gaitán 44', 73' Messi 66', 85'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 20,230 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Friendly matches in second half season[edit]

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)	Hong Kong	1–0	Guam	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
16:00 (UTC+8)	McKee 10'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 3,607

6 June 2015 (2015-06-06)	Malaysia	0–0	Hong Kong	Selangor, Malaysia
20:45 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium

League season[edit]

Premier League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kitchee	16	11	3	2	40	18	+22	36	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2
2	Eastern	16	10	3	3	34	20	+14	33	Qualification to season play-off^[a]
3	Pegasus	16	8	3	5	34	23	+11	27^[b]	Qualification to season play-off^[a]
4	South China	16	7	6	3	30	17	+13	27^[b]	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage^[c]
5	YFCMD	16	8	2	6	25	29	−4	26	Qualification to season play-off^[a]
6	Yuen Long	16	5	2	9	20	31	−11	17
7	Rangers	16	4	2	10	20	33	−13	14^[d]
8	Wong Tai Sin	16	3	5	8	20	29	−9	14^[d]
9	Tai Po	16	1	4	11	17	40	−23	7	Relegation to First Division

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:

^ ^a ^b As Kitchee won the FA Cup, Eastern finished 2nd in Premier League and won the Senior Challenge Shield, teams finishing 4th and 5th in Premier League entered the season play-off as well.
^ ^a ^b Pegasus wins head-to-head against South China.
^ As winners of the season play-off.
^ ^a ^b Rangers wins head-to-head against Wong Tai Sin.

First Division League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sun Source^[a] (C)	28	23	3	2	81	24	+57	72
2	HKFC	28	18	6	4	93	31	+62	60^[b]
3	Southern (P)	28	19	3	6	87	40	+47	60^[b]	Promotion to Premier League
4	Yau Tsim Mong	28	18	5	5	77	36	+41	59
5	Citizen	28	15	7	6	68	38	+30	52
6	Lucky Mile	28	14	5	9	56	47	+9	47
7	Kwai Tsing	28	11	7	10	56	49	+7	40
8	Sun Hei	28	11	4	13	58	58	0	37
9	Shatin	28	9	7	12	55	64	−9	34
10	Kwun Tong	28	8	7	13	35	54	−19	31
11	Double Flower	28	8	4	16	41	65	−24	28
12	Wanchai	28	7	2	19	36	63	−27	23^[c]
13	Tai Chung	28	7	2	19	33	89	−56	23^[c]
14	Happy Valley	28	4	5	19	30	79	−49	17	Relegation to Second Division
15	Tuen Mun	28	3	3	22	25	94	−69	12	Relegation to Second Division

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)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Sun Source declined promotion to Premier League due to financial difficulties.
^ ^a ^b HKFC wins head-to-head against Southern.
^ ^a ^b Wanchai wins head-to-head against Tai Chung.

Second Division League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wing Yee	22	19	2	1	76	21	+55	59	Promotion to First Division
2	Mutual	22	14	5	3	63	18	+45	47
3	Kowloon City	22	13	4	5	50	20	+30	43
4	Sai Kung	22	12	5	5	50	24	+26	41
5	Eastern District	22	10	6	6	38	23	+15	36
6	Kwong Wah	22	10	4	8	41	27	+14	34
7	Sham Shui Po	22	10	3	9	48	35	+13	33
8	Tsuen Wan	22	8	5	9	38	42	−4	29
9	Tuen Mun FC	22	7	4	11	42	57	−15	25
10	Kwok Keung	22	3	5	14	33	65	−32	14
11	Fire Services	22	2	4	16	18	50	−32	10	Withdrew from League
12	New Fair Kui Tan	22	0	1	21	8	123	−115	1	Relegation to Third Division

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)

Third Division League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tung Sing	26	22	3	1	93	12	+81	69	Promotion to Second Division
2	Central & Western	26	20	3	3	81	16	+65	63
3	St. Joseph's	26	16	6	4	60	26	+34	54
4	Fukien	26	15	8	3	60	27	+33	53
5	GFC Friends	26	15	2	9	64	26	+38	47
6	Rainbow Legend North District	26	14	4	8	54	31	+23	46
7	Islands	26	12	7	7	58	49	+9	43
8	KCDRSC	26	11	3	12	45	37	+8	36
9	Ornament	26	8	3	15	49	87	−38	27
10	Telecom	26	8	1	17	42	62	−20	25
11	King Mountain	26	5	4	17	29	76	−47	19^[a]
12	Fu Moon	26	4	7	15	35	68	−33	19^[a]
13	Kowloon Cricket Club	26	4	2	20	23	74	−51	14
14	Lung Moon	26	1	1	24	22	124	−102	4	Elimination from League

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
Notes: