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Double Flower
Full nameDouble Flower Football Association
Founded1979
PresidentTam Wai Tong
LeagueHong Kong First Division
2017–186th

Double Flower Football Association (Chinese: 花花足球會) is a Hong Kong football club which plays in the Hong Kong First Division. The club was very successful in 1990s under the name Instant-Dict (Chinese: 快譯通).

Major Events

  • 1984–85 season: finished third in the Second Division and was promoted to First Division, then the top league in Hong Kong football.
  • 1988–89 season: the HKFA membership of Double Flower was loaned to Lai Sun, who played in the league under the name Lai Sun Double Flower. The team won the Viceroy Cup and FA Cup this season.
  • 1989–90 season: Lai Sun bought the membership of Po Chai; Double Flower played in the league under the original name.
  • 1991–92 season: the HKFA membership of the team was loaned to Instant-Dict, a company specializing in English-Chinese translation machines and dictionaries. The team played in the league under the name Instant-Dict until 2001.
  • 2001–02 season: Instant-Dict returned the membership; the team reverted to the name to Double Flower.
  • 2009–10 season: Advance SC used the membership to participate in Hong Kong Second Division League, under the name Advance Double Flower.
  • 2011–11 season: Reverted the name back to Double Flower.

Honours

League

Champions (2): 1995–96,[1] 1997–98[1]
Runners-up (3): 1993–94,[1] 1996–97,[1] 2000–01[1]

Cup Competitions

Champions (4): 1988–89,[2] 1996–97,[1] 1997–98,[1] 2000–01[1]
Runners-up (2): 1991–92,[1] 1998–99[1]
Champions (2): 1988–89,[2] 1995–96[1]
Runners-up (3): 1993–94,[1] 1994–95,[1] 1997–98[1]
Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2017-18


Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1994/95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round bye
Second round Sri Lanka Renown SC 0–2 4–0 6–0
Quarter final Japan Yokohama Flügels 2–1 3–1 3–4
1996/97 Asian Club Championship First round China Shanghai Shenhua 7–1 2–1 2–9
1997/98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 2–3 3–1 3–6
1998/99 Asian Club Championship First round Japan Júbilo Iwata 0–3 4–0 0–7

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Team was named Instant-Dict for sponsorship reasons.
  2. ^ a b The honour was won by Lai Sun Double Flower.
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