2020–21 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division
Season	2020–21
Champions	HKFC
Promoted	HKFC
Relegated	None
Matches played	91
Goals scored	362 (3.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lo Kong Wai (Sham Shui Po) ; Thiago Silva (North District) ; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Central & Western 9–0 Hoi King; (22 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Central & Western 0–9 HKFC; (6 June 2021)
Highest scoring	Hoi King 8–3 Metro Gallery; (20 June 2021)
Longest winning run	13 matches ; HKFC
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches ; HKFC
Longest winless run	6 matches ; Tai Po ; Wong Tai Sin
Longest losing run	6 matches ; Tai Po
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Hong Kong First Division League was the 7th season of Hong Kong First Division since it became the second-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014–15.^[2] The season began on 22 November 2020 and ended on 20 June 2021.

Format[edit]

Relegation was suspended during the 2020–21 season and the season was shortened to a single round-robin due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.^[3]

Teams[edit]

Changes from last season[edit]

From First Division[edit]

Promoted to the Premier League[edit]

Resources Capital

Withdrawn from the First Division[edit]

King Fung

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HKFC (C, P)	13	13	0	0	47	4	+43	39	Promotion to the Premier League
2	North District	13	10	2	1	31	13	+18	32
3	Sham Shui Po	13	7	3	3	33	17	+16	24^[a]
4	South China	13	7	3	3	31	15	+16	24^[a]
5	Sha Tin	13	6	2	5	24	19	+5	20
6	Wing Yee	13	5	3	5	22	27	−5	18
7	Yuen Long	13	4	5	4	26	29	−3	17
8	Citizen	13	5	1	7	24	27	−3	16^[b]
9	Central & Western	13	5	1	7	23	28	−5	16^[b]
10	Hoi King	13	4	3	6	23	32	−9	15
11	Eastern District	13	3	4	6	19	20	−1	13
12	Metro Gallery	13	2	2	9	19	52	−33	8
13	Tai Po	13	2	2	9	20	32	−12	8
14	Wong Tai Sin	13	2	1	10	20	47	−27	7

Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 2021. 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sham Shui Po wins head-to-head against South China
^ ^a ^b Citizen wins head-to-head against Central & Western

References[edit]

^ "First Division Top Scorer".
^ "Hong Kong First Division". HKFA. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong". HKFA. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[table_hth_SSP0.48121575754192-4] Sham Shui Po wins head-to-head against South China

[table_hth_CIT0.48121575754192-5] Citizen wins head-to-head against Central & Western

[1] "First Division Top Scorer".

[2] "Hong Kong First Division". HKFA. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[3] "COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong". HKFA. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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v t e Hong Kong First Division
2023–24 teams	3 Sing Central & Western Citizen Eastern District Hoi King Kowloon City Sai Kung Sha Tin South China Wing Yee Wong Tai Sin Yuen Long
Others	Champions Foreign Players

v t e Hong Kong First Division seasons
1900s	1908–09 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42^† 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
^†Suspended season