2020–21 Kitchee SC season

Kitchee 2020–21 season
President	Ken Ng
Head Coach	Chu Chi Kwong
Stadium	Mong Kok Stadium
Premier League	Champions
Senior Shield	Cancelled
FA Cup	Cancelled
Sapling Cup	Semi-finals
Community Cup	Cancelled
AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season is Kitchee's 42nd season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Kitchee has competed in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup, Sapling Cup and AFC Champions League this season.

Squad

First Team

As of 21 June 2021

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HKG	Wang Zhenpeng
2	DF	HKG	Law Tsz Chun
3	DF	HKG	Dani Cancela
5	DF	HKG	Hélio
6	DF	KOR	Park Jun-heong ^FP
7	FW	BRA	Wellingsson ^FP
8	FW	HKG	Matt Orr
9	FW	MNE	Dejan Damjanović ^FP
10	MF	BRA	Cleiton ^FP
11	FW	ESP	Manuel Gavilán ^FP
12	DF	BRA	Tomas ^FP
14	MF	HKG	Ho Chun Ting
15	DF	HKG	Roberto
16	MF	HKG	Ngan Cheuk Pan
19	MF	HKG	Huang Yang (captain)
20	MF	HKG	Sohgo Ichikawa
21	DF	HKG	Tong Kin Man


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	FRA	Clement Benhaddouche ^LP
23	GK	HKG	Guo Jianqiao
24	MF	HKG	Ju Yingzhi
27	MF	HKG	Bosley Yu
28	FW	HKG	Cheng Chin Lung
30	FW	HKG	Chang Kwong Yin
33	DF	HKG	Sean Tse
34	MF	ISR	Barak Braunshtain ^LP
35	MF	PHI	Mark Swainston ^LP
36	FW	HKG	Tong Hew Fung
37	MF	ESP	Raúl Baena ^FP
38	MF	HKG	Alexandre Dujardin
67	FW	HKG	Seb Buddle
86	GK	HKG	Paulo César
88	FW	HKG	Alex Akande
95	FW	HKG	Shinichi Chan

Remarks:
^LP These players are considered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
October 2020	GK	Chan Ka Ho	Lee Man	End of loan
20 November 2020	DF	Alexandre Dujardin	Free agent	Free	^[1]
10 December 2020	MF	Raúl Baena	Atromitos F.C.	Free	^[2]
9 January 2021	FW	Dejan Damjanović	Daegu FC	Free	^[3]
17 February 2021	DF	Roberto	R&F	Free	^[4]
17 February 2021	DF	Sean Tse	R&F	Free	^[5]
30 March 2021	FW	Alex Akande	Dalian Pro	Free	^[6]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
20 October 2020	FW	Manolo Bleda	Lee Man	Released
20 October 2020	FW	Nikola Komazec	FC Košice	Released
October 2020	GK	Chan Ka Ho	Lee Man	Released
12 February 2021	DF	Li Ngai Hoi	Nantong Zhiyun	¥1,000,000
9 April 2021	MF	Peng Lin Lin	Unattached	Released
9 April 2021	DF	Luk Kin Ming	Unattached	Released

Loans Out

Start Date	End Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To Club	Fee	Ref.
17 November 2020	End of season	GK		Wong Tsz Chung	Sham Shui Po	Undisclosed

Club officials

Club Senior staff

Position	Name
President	Ken Ng
General manager	Wilson Ng
Public Relations Manager	Ng Yee Yun
Director of Marketing	Lo Shuk Ting
Director of Football	Chu Chi Kwong
Assistant Director of Football	Leung Chi Wing
Competition Manager	Chiu Yun Shing
Customer Service Manager	Cheng Ching Yu

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Chu Chi Kwong (caretaker)
Assistant Coach	Kim Dong-jin
Goalkeeping Coach	Roberto Sambade Carreira
Fitness Coach	Bae Ji-won
Director of Youth Development	Chu Chi Kwong
Head of Recovery & Regeneration	Pau MP
Trainer & Youth Team Coach	Yoon Dong-hun
Club Physiotherapist	Ngai Chi Wing
Team Assistant	Lee Wing Po
Reserve Team Coach	Bae Ji-won
U18 Team Coach	Bae Ji-won
U16 Team Coach	Yoon Dong-hun
U15 Team Coach	Kim Dong-jin
U14 Team Coach	Gao Wen
U13 Team Coach	Chu Chi Kwong
U12 Team Coach	Yoon Dong-hun
U11 Team Coach	Tong Kin Man
Club Doctor	Dr. Yung Shu Hang
Kitchee Academy director	Chu Chi Kwong
Kitchee Academy Coach	Gao Wen, Tim Bredbury, Yau Kin Wai
Professional Footballer Preparatory Programme Coach	Chu Chi Kwong

Competitions

Hong Kong Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Kitchee (C)	17	11	4	2	32	12	+20	37	Qualification for AFC Champions League Group Stage
2	Eastern	17	10	4	3	38	16	+22	34	Qualification for AFC Cup Group Stage
3	Lee Man	17	9	3	5	34	21	+13	30	Qualification for AFC Cup Qualifying Play-offs
4	Pegasus (D, R)	17	9	1	7	23	27	−4	28	Relegation to Hong Kong Third Division League^[b]

5	Southern	17	4	4	9	29	35	−6	16^[c]

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; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams were split into two groups (Championship Group and Relegation Group) after each team played 14 matches.
^ Pegasus announced that they would self-relegate to the third division due to lack of funds.
^ Head-to head results for teams with 16 points: Southern 5 points; Rangers 2 points.

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	H
Result	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2020. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Cancel

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 29 November 2020.
Source: Competitive Matches

League Matches

On 2 November 2020, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 1	Kitchee	2–2	Lee Man	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Matt Orr 26' Li Ngai Hoi 45+3'	Report	Shapoval 31' Acosta 50'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) 2	Kitchee	1–1	Happy Valley	Mong Kok, Kowloon
15:00 (UTC+8)	Li Ngai Hoi 74'	Report	Odu 18'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,407 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

Hong Kong Sapling Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lee Man	6	3	3	0	11	2	+9	12	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Kitchee	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Pegasus	6	2	1	3	8	14	−6	7
4	Rangers	6	0	1	5	6	16	−10	1

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored.

25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 1	Kitchee	3–0	Rangers	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30	Matt Orr 6', 31', 58'	Report		Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wong Wai Lun

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 2	Lee Man	0–0	Kitchee	Diamond Hill, Kowloon
15:00		Report		Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

4 November 2020 (2020-11-04) 3	Pegasus	0–0	Kitchee	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 4	Rangers	3–5	Kitchee	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30	Juninho 4' Lam Ka Wai 12' Lam Hok Hei 67'	Report	Matt Orr 29', 45', 51' Buddle 54' Gavilán 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 694 Referee: Law Bik Chi

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 5	Kitchee	0–0	Lee Man	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30		Report		Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 654 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Hong Kong FA Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Eastern	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Happy Valley	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Kitchee
4	Southern

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored.

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CER	KIT	POR	GZH
1	Cerezo Osaka	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	14	Advance to Round of 16	—	2–1	1–1	5–0
2	Kitchee	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11		0–0	—	2–0	1–0
3	Port (H)	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8		0–3	1–1	—	3–0
4	Guangzhou	6	0	0	6	1	17	−16	0		0–2	0–1	1–5	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 June 2021 (2021-06-24) 1	Kitchee	2–0	Port	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
17:00 UTC+7	Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior 37' Dejan Damjanović 79' Park Jun-heong 28' Huang Yang 46' Cleiton 71'	Report	Siwakorn Jakkuprasat 3' John Baggio 11'	Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

27 June 2021 (2021-06-27) 2	Cerezo Osaka	v	Kitchee	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
17:00 UTC+7

30 June 2021 (2021-06-30) 3	Guangzhou	v	Kitchee	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
17:00 UTC+7

3 July 2021 (2021-07-03) 4	Kitchee	v	Guangzhou	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
17:00 UTC+7

6 July 2021 (2021-07-06) 5	Port	v	Kitchee	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
21:00 UTC+7

9 July 2021 (2021-07-09) 6	Kitchee	v	Cerezo Osaka	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
21:00 UTC+7

Remarks

References

^ 港超聯傑志簽杜國樑註冊埋保羅 on.cc 20 November 2020
^ 港超聯傑志簽西甲「超援」巴爾拿！ on.cc 10 December 2020
^ "Dejan Damjanović Signs for Kitchee". Kitchee. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ 港超聯　羅拔圖、謝家強齊齊加盟傑志！ on.cc 17 February 2021
^ 港超聯　羅拔圖、謝家強齊齊加盟傑志！ on.cc 17 February 2021
^ [1] on.cc 17 February 2021

[7] Teams were split into two groups (Championship Group and Relegation Group) after each team played 14 matches.

[table_note_res_REL10.81713020886161-8] Pegasus announced that they would self-relegate to the third division due to lack of funds.

[table_hth_SOU0.81713020886161-9] Head-to head results for teams with 16 points: Southern 5 points; Rangers 2 points.

[1] 港超聯傑志簽杜國樑註冊埋保羅 on.cc 20 November 2020

[2] 港超聯傑志簽西甲「超援」巴爾拿！ on.cc 10 December 2020

[3] "Dejan Damjanović Signs for Kitchee". Kitchee. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[4] 港超聯　羅拔圖、謝家強齊齊加盟傑志！ on.cc 17 February 2021

[5] 港超聯　羅拔圖、謝家強齊齊加盟傑志！ on.cc 17 February 2021

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