Happy Valley AA

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Happy Valley
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Full name Happy Valley Athletic Association
Nickname(s) Fishball(魚丸)
Founded 1950
Ground Kowloon Bay Park
(Capacity: 1,200)
Chairman Hong Kong Pui Kwan Kay
Head Coach China He Jianbo
China Cheng Qiang
League Second Division
2010-11 Second Division, 5th
Home colours
Away colours

Happy Valley Athletic Association (Chinese: 愉園體育會) is a Hong Kong football club. They currently play in the Hong Kong Second Division League. The club is also known simply as Happy Valley (or HVAA). It is historically one of the most successful soccer clubs in Hong Kong, having won the first division league 6 times (after South China and Seiko) and had consistently been in the top division, until recently relegated to the second division after the season 2009-10.

In the 2005-06 season, Happy Valley won the Hong Kong First Division League, losing just one match. The League title was Happy Valley's fourth in eight seasons. However, the team did not win any titles after that season.

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[edit] Honours

Major trophies are listed below.

  • Hong Kong First Division League
    • Winners (6): 1964-65, 1988-89, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06
    • Runners-up (16): 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-70, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2004-05
  • Hong Kong League Cup
    • Winners (1): 2000-01
    • Finalists (5): 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07
  • Hong Kong Senior Shield
    • Winners (6): 1969-70, 1977-78, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1997-98, 2003-04
    • Finalists (9): 1966-67, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06
  • Hong Kong FA Cup
    • Winners (2): 1999-00, 2003-04
    • Finalists (4): 1986-87, 1993-94, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07

[edit] Performance in AFC competitions

2000: First Round
2002: Second Round
2004: Group Stage
2005: Group Stage
2006: Group Stage
2007: Group Stage
1998/99: Quarter-Final
2000/01: Second Round

[edit] Kit sponsors and manufacturers

Period Kit Manufacturer Kit Sponsor
1998–99 ASICS Peninsula Knitters
1999–00 Super X
2000–01 Lotto Tsingtao Beer
2001–02 Puma
2002–03 A-line Easyknit Group and Alliance Engineering
2003–08 Puma
2008– Nike Alliance Engineering

[edit] Player

[edit] Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Hong Kong GK Chan Wai Chi
2 Hong Kong DF Wong Yi Ching
3 Hong Kong DF Mo Cheong Wing
4 Hong Kong DF Ho Bong Tam
5 Hong Kong DF Siu Cheung Lee
6 Hong Kong MF Cheng Tsz Lung
7 Georgia (country) MF Giorgi Kobakhidze
8 Hong Kong MF Pun Wing On
9 Hong Kong FW So Sheung Kwai
13 Hong Kong DF Tai Sze Chung
14 Hong Kong FW Lee Bok Kit Matthew
15 Hong Kong FW Chow Man Ho
No. Position Player
16 Hong Kong MF So Hong Shing
18 Hong Kong MF Chan Kai Hong
19 Hong Kong GK Leung Man Lai
20 Hong Kong MF Sin Ka Yu
22 Hong Kong MF Wong Yiu Tung
23 Hong Kong MF Darran Yan
24 Ghana MF Yaw Anane
25 Cameroon FW Martial Ngassa
26 Hong Kong DF Lin Junsheng
27 Hong Kong FW Lam Wing Chung
33 Hong Kong GK Cheung Wai Hong

[edit] Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in association football

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

No. Position Player
8 Hong Kong MF Cheung Sai Ho (posthumous)

[edit] Notable former players

Players in BOLD have international caps.

[edit] Coaches

[edit] Club's mascot

The mascot of Happy Valley is a panda, as the fan club's captain wearing the number 12 jersey on the squad list.

[edit] References

[edit] External links
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