2019–20 Kitchee SC season

Kitchee 2019–20 season
President	Ken Ng
Head Coach	Chu Chi Kwong
Stadium	Mong Kok Stadium
Premier League	TBD
Senior Shield	Quarter-finals
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Sapling Cup	TBD
Community Cup	TBD
AFC Cup	TBD
Highest home attendance	2,772 ; (vs Happy Valley, 30 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	1,483 ; (vs Pegasus, 30 December 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season is Kitchee's 41st season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Kitchee will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup, Sapling Cup and AFC Cup this season.

Squad

First Team

As of 1 June 2020

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
3	DF	HKG	Dani Cancela
4	DF	HKG	Li Ngai Hoi
5	DF	HKG	Hélio
6	DF	KOR	Park Jun-heong ^FP
8	DF	HKG	Matt Orr
9	FW	ESP	Manuel Bleda ^FP
10	MF	BRA	Cleiton ^FP
11	FW	BRA	Wellingsson ^FP
15	DF	HKG	Brian Fok
17	GK	HKG	Wong Tsz Chung
18	FW	SRB	Nikola Komazec ^FP
19	MF	HKG	Huang Yang (captain)
21	DF	HKG	Tong Kin Man
22	MF	FRA	Clement Benhaddouche ^LP


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	GK	HKG	Guo Jianqiao
24	MF	HKG	Ju Yingzhi
27	MF	HKG	Bosley Yu
28	MF	HKG	Cheng Chin Lung
30	FW	HKG	Chang Kwong Yin
31	DF	HKG	Law Tsz Chun
34	MF	ISR	Barak Braunshtain ^LP
35	MF	PHI	Mark Swainston ^LP
37	FW	HKG	Tong Hew Fung
39	FW	HKG	Godfred Karikari
67	FW	HKG	Seb Buddle
95	MF	HKG	Shinichi Chan
–	FW	ESP	Manuel Gavilán ^FP
–	DF	BRA	Tomas ^FP
–	MF	HKG	Peng Lin Lin

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.
1 July 2019	GK	Chan Ka Ho	Yuen Long	End of loan
1 July 2019	GK	Paulo César	Hoi King	End of loan
1 July 2019	MF	Ho Chun Ting	Hoi King	End of loan
1 July 2019	MF	Seb Buddle	Hoi King	End of loan
1 July 2019	MF	Mark Swainston	Hoi King	End of loan
3 July 2019	FW	Souza	Southern	Free
3 July 2019	FW	Manolo Bleda	Eastern	Free
3 July 2019	MF	Cleiton	Yuen Long	Free
16 July 2019	DF	Brian Fok	Shanghai Shenhua	Free
September 2019	MF	Chang Kwong Yin	Youth team	Free
September 2019	MF	Tong Hew Fung	Youth team	Free
27 December 2019	FW	Nikola Komazec	Southern	Free	^[1]
27 December 2019	DF	Park Jun-heong	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Free
27 December 2019	MF	Matt Orr	Syracuse Orange	Free
5 February 2020	FW	Godfred Karikari	Free agent	Free
2 July 2020	DF	Tomas Maronesi	Rangers	Free
2 July 2020	DF	Luk Kin Ming	Rangers	Free
2 July 2020	MF	Peng Lin Lin	Rangers	Free
2 July 2020	FW	Manuel Gavilán	Happy Valley	Free

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK	Wong Tsz Ho	Yuen Long	Released
1 July 2019	DF	Fernando Recio	Lee Man	Released
1 July 2019	DF	Chau Hin Shing	Lee Man	Released
1 July 2019	DF	Matt Smith	Brisbane City	Released
1 July 2019	MF	Au Man Lok	South China	Released
1 July 2019	MF	Matt Lam	R&F	Released
1 July 2019	MF	Jonathan Hernandez	Unattached	Released
1 July 2019	MF	Robert	Unattached	Released
1 July 2019	FW	Jordi Tarrés	Lee Man	Released
1 July 2019	FW	Hirokane Harima	Eastern	Released
1 July 2019	FW	Christian Annan	Rangers	Released
1 July 2019	FW	Josip Tadić	FK Sūduva	Released
27 August 2019	MF	Krisztián Vadócz	Honvéd	Released	^[2]
20 December 2019	FW	Lucas Silva	Eastern	Released
1 June 2020	FW	Fernando	Eastern	Released
1 June 2020	MF	Yuto Nakamura	Lee Man	Released
1 July 2020	MF	Jared Lum	R&F	Released

Loans Out

Start Date	End Date	Position	Name	To Club	Fee
3 August 2019	31 May 2020	GK	Chan Ka Ho	Yuen Long	Undisclosed
16 September 2019	31 December 2019	GK	Paulo César	Tai Po	Undisclosed
16 September 2019	31 May 2020	MF	Ho Chun Ting	Tai Po	Undisclosed
25 September 2019	31 May 2020	MF	Yuto Nakamura	Tai Po	Undisclosed
3 July 2020	End of season	GK	Chan Ka Ho	Lee Man	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
Club Advisor	Blaž Slišković
Assistant Director of Football	Leung Chi Wing
Competition Manager	Chiu Yun Shing
Customer Service Manager	Cheng Ching Yu

Club Coach staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Blaž Slišković (3 July 2019 – 23 March 2020) Chu Chi Kwong (23 March 2020 – )
Assistant Coach (Attack)	Roberto Losada
Assistant Coach (Defence)	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	Chu Chi Kwong, Roberto Losada, Bae Ji-won
U18 Team Coach	Chu Chi Kwong, Roberto Losada, 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	Roberto Losada
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
1	Kitchee (C)	10	6	2	2	25	10	+15	20	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Eastern	10	6	1	3	16	8	+8	19	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	R&F (D)	10	5	3	2	21	15	+6	18	Withdrew from league system, club folded^[a]
4	Lee Man	10	5	1	4	16	14	+2	16	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Southern	10	2	4	4	15	21	−6	10

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
Notes:

^ R&F withdrew from the league system after the end of the season and folded.

Win Draw Loss

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D			D	D	W	D	W	W
Position	1	4			5	4	5	5	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2019. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
8	4	4	0	17	6	+11	16	3	2	0	12	4	+8	1	2	0	5	2	+3

Last updated: 16 January 2020.
Source: Competitive Matches

League Matches

On 14 August 2019, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) 1	Kitchee	5–0	Happy Valley	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Bleda 16' Lucas Silva 28' Cleiton 38' Fernando 49' (pen.) Wellingsson 71'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2,772 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 2	Kitchee	2–2	Yuen Long	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lum 44' Bleda 59'	Report	Wang Ruei 56' Tsang Tsz Hin 69'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,546 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 3	Lee Man	Rescheduled	Kitchee	Mong Kok, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) 4	Southern	v	Kitchee	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 0

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 5	Tai Po	1–1	Kitchee	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Sandro 20'	Report	Ju Yingzhi 74'	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 1,026 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 6	Rangers	1–1	Kitchee	Tuen Mun, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Aender 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Lum 27'	Stadium: Tuen Mun Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground Attendance: 452 Referee: Wong Wai Lun

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) 7	Kitchee	3–1	Eastern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Li Ngai Hoi 44' Fernando 47' Cheng Chin Lung 52'	Report	Lam Ka Wai 37'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) 8	Kitchee	0–0	R&F	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

30 December 2019 (2019-12-30) 9	Kitchee	2–1	Pegasus	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Ju Yingzhi 49' Wellingsson 76'	Report	Chan Pak Hang 68'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,483 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) 10	Pegasus	0–3	Kitchee	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Wellingsson 4', 63' Glassock 11' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 747 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) 11	Kitchee	Rescheduled	Tai Po	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

15 March 2020 (2020-03-15) 12	Happy Valley	Rescheduled	Kitchee	Diamond Hill, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21) 13	Eastern	Rescheduled	Kitchee	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground

5 April 2020 (2020-04-05) 14	Kitchee	v	Lee Man	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

19 April 2020 (2020-04-19) 15	R&F	v	Kitchee	Guangzhou, China
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium

3 May 2020 (2020-05-03) 16	Kitchee	v	Rangers	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

18 May 2020 (2020-05-18) 17	Kitchee	v	Southern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

23 May 2020 (2020-05-23) 18	Yuen Long	v	Kitchee	Yuen Long, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) QF	Kitchee	1–5	Lee Man	Yuen Long, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Bleda 52'	Report	Yu Pui Hong 12' Yu Wai Lim 31' Gil 33', 41' N'dri 90+2'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 605 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Hong Kong Sapling Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kitchee (A)	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	19	Advance to Final
2	Eastern	8	5	1	2	14	5	+9	16
3	Pegasus	8	4	0	4	19	20	−1	12
4	Lee Man	8	2	1	5	17	22	−5	7
5	Rangers	8	1	1	6	10	27	−17	4

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.
(A) Advance to a further round

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 1	Kitchee	2–2	Lee Man	Mong Kok, Kowloon
19:00	Wellingsson 30' Buddle 47'	Report	N'dri 11' Ngan Lok Fung 80'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 627 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 2	Eastern	2–1	Kitchee	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30	Harima 32' Eduardo 86'	Report	Barak 79'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground, Tsing Yi Attendance: 721 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) 3	Pegasus	1–4	Kitchee	Yuen Long, New Territories
19:00	Lee Oi Hin 4'	Report	Bleda 1', 60' Fernando 84', 90+3'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 306 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 4	Rangers	0–1	Kitchee	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30		Report	Wellingsson 11'	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 407 Referee: Woo Chun Sing

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) 5	Lee Man	1–4	Kitchee	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00	Shapoval 72' (pen.)	Report	Fernando 4', 44' Wellingsson 39' Chan Shinichi 64'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 783 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 6	Kitchee	3–0	Rangers	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
13:00	Cleiton 53' Buddle 56' Bleda 82'	Report		Stadium: Jockey Club HKFA Football Training Centre No. 3 Attendance: 0 Referee: Wong Kei Hoi

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14) 7	Kitchee	1–0	Eastern	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
16:00	Fernando 89'	Report		Stadium: Jockey Club HKFA Football Training Centre No. 2 Attendance: 0 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 8	Kitchee	4–0	Pegasus	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
13:00	Wellingsson 61', 70' Bleda 72' Li Ngai Hoi 85'	Report		Stadium: Jockey Club HKFA Football Training Centre No. 3 Attendance: 0 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Final

10 May 2020 (2020-05-10) F	Kitchee	v	Southern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30				Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

Hong Kong FA Cup

15 March 2020 (2020-03-15) QF	Kitchee	v	Eastern	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 0

Hong Kong Community Cup

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 1	Kitchee	Rescheduled	Tai Po	Mong Kok, Kowloon
16:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

AFC Cup

Qualifying Play-offs

21 April 2020 (2020-04-21)	Winners of East Asia 2.1	v	Kitchee
--:-- UTC+8		Report

28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)	Kitchee	v	Winners of East Asia 2.1	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
--:-- UTC+8		Report

Statistics

Appearances

As of match played 11 February 2020

Sortable table
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		Senior Shield		Sapling Cup		AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Wang Zhenpeng	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	3
3	DF		Dani Cancela	5	5	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	8	8
4	DF		Li Ngai Hoi	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	7	3
5	DF		Hélio	8	7	0	0	3	3	5	5	0	0	16	15
6	DF		Park Jun-heong	8	5	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	14	10
7	MF		Fernando	8	5	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	14	10
8	DF		Matt Orr	5	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	0	0	11	3
9	FW		Manuel Bleda	7	7	0	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	13	11
10	MF		Cleiton	8	7	0	0	3	3	6	4	0	0	17	14
11	FW		Wellingsson	8	7	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	12	10
15	DF		Brian Fok	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
16	MF		Jared Lum	8	8	0	0	3	3	5	5	0	0	16	16
17	GK		Wong Tsz Chung	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	6	6
18	FW		Nikola Komazec	4	3	0	0	1	1	5	5	0	0	10	9
19	MF		Huang Yang	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
21	DF		Tong Kin Man	5	5	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	10	9
22	MF		Clement Benhaddouche	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	4	4
23	GK		Guo Jianqiao	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
24	MF		Ju Yingzhi	8	8	0	0	3	3	4	3	0	0	15	14
27	MF		Bosley Yu	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	1
28	MF		Cheng Chin Lung	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
30	FW		Chang Kwong Yin	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
31	DF		Law Tsz Chun	8	8	0	0	3	3	5	5	0	0	16	16
34	MF		Barak Braunshtain	8	8	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	13	13
35	MF		Mark Swainston	7	4	0	0	3	3	6	4	0	0	16	11
37	FW		Tong Hew Fung	7	4	0	0	3	3	6	4	0	0	16	11
39	FW		Godfred Karikari	7	4	0	0	3	3	6	4	0	0	16	11
67	FW		Seb Buddle	7	4	0	0	3	3	6	4	0	0	16	11
95	MF		Shinichi Chan	7	4	0	0	3	3	6	4	0	0	16	11
Players who are on loan/left Kitchee that have appeared this season
9	FW		Lucas Silva	4	2	0	0	3	1	4	4	0	0	11	7

Clean sheets

As of match played 26 December 2019

No.	Player	Premier League	Senior Shield	Sapling Cup	Total
1	Wang Zhenpeng	2	2	0	4
23	Guo Jianqiao	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	1	5

Remarks

References

^ 港超聯　高美斯加盟傑志頂盧卡斯 on.cc 27 December 2019
^ 【港超】前港足先生華杜斯「二度回家」　重返匈牙利布達佩斯捍衛者 Ming Pao 13 September 2019

[table_note_res_Withdrew20.52410882316721-3] R&F withdrew from the league system after the end of the season and folded.

[1] 港超聯　高美斯加盟傑志頂盧卡斯 on.cc 27 December 2019

[2] 【港超】前港足先生華杜斯「二度回家」　重返匈牙利布達佩斯捍衛者 Ming Pao 13 September 2019

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