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The BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League is the top professional football competition in Hong Kong, with 10 teams taking part in the 2022-23 season.
Leading Premier League scorer Lucas Silva (left) celebrates adding another goal to his collection with recent Tai Po signing Kevin Padilla. Photo: Tai Po
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

Prolific striker Silva’s Hong Kong regret, says watching team makes him sad

Tai Po striker Lucas Silva tops Hong Kong Premier League scoring charts ahead of potential title decider with Eastern.

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Hong Kong football’s surprise packages Kowloon City offer path for future stars

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Footballer who feared injury would stop him walking properly eyes Hong Kong call

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Hong Kong stalwart Philip Chan tips football in city to thrive after Nike deal

Footballer of the year says the investment, part of which will go to youth development and under-22 league, can take game to another level.

Philip Chan (left) with Hong Kong teammate Yapp Hung-fai at the press conference to announce HKFA’s partnership renewal with Nike. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Senegal’s Sane says Hong Kong’s poor football pitches risk harming young talent

Forward settled in Hong Kong, as latest stage of career ‘project’ gathers momentum with Kowloon City.

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Eastern boss questions ‘unfair’ plans for fixture changes to aid Hong Kong

Roberto Losada concerned over impact of potential fixture logjam, but Eastern stay in title contention with convincing win at Kowloon City.

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Hong Kong footballer says unprotected players are ‘meat sent to slaughter’

Toby Down believes number of clubs and local association have no desire to improve, as midfielder opens up on colourful life and career.

Toby Down is back in Hong Kong and playing for Football Club following two years in the USA. Photo: Edmond So
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North District aiming to erase match-fixing scar with ‘beautiful football’

Head coach of Premier League’s bottom club positive over prospects for improvement but not expecting quick solution.

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Kitchee star eyes Europe move and Uzbekistan call, but praises Hong Kong league

Sherzod Temirov spearheading Kitchee’s Premier League title quest after being restored to centre-forward role.

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Lee Man new boy says Hong Kong football ‘technically better’ than English game

Englishman Ryan Tafazolli targets double glory and return to ‘level where I’ve previously been’ after shock loan switch from Wycombe.

Ryan Tafazolli says top-level Hong Kong football, featuring the likes of Henri Anier, seen here, is more technically proficient than its English Football League counterpart. Photo: Elson Li
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Hong Kong waiting for ex-Blackburn star, as passport application rumbles on

Jay Haddow relinquishing English and Japanese citizenship to qualify as local for Premier League Kitchee.

Jay Haddow leaps into a challenge on Alexander Sorloth during Kitchee’s pre-season clash with Atletico Madrid. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Eastern boss hopes to coach Hong Kong – after stint in mainland, Japan or Korea

After creating Eastern’s talent production line and winning silverware, coach Roberto Losada is ready to test himself outside the city.

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Kitchee back in title race after ‘team of champions’ humble rivals Eastern

Coach Edgar Cardoso’s team dominate to end Eastern’s unbeaten start and close in on league summit.

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Tai Po Dream Catchers? Football club to change name as protesters call truce

Application is with Hong Kong football chiefs and owner Francis Yip argues that rebranding can ‘make club more attractive’.

Tai Po (in green, pictured taking on Kitchee last year) hope to have a new name next season. Photo: Jonathan Wong
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong footballer Wong won government praise, now aims to ‘hammer’ Guangdong

The midfielder, who has ‘no doubt in ability’, is targeting Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup success to turbocharge his career.

Anson Wong (left) in action during his Hong Kong debut, against Malaysia in 2023. Photo: HKFA
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Hong Kong footballers eyeing mainland China move warned of pitfalls that await

Tai Po’s Remi Dujardin says mainland offers great opportunities, but players need to be aware of going before they are ready.

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Hongkongers told to adopt elite mindset or European clubs will overlook them

Luis Machado, targeting title in debut Hong Kong season with Kitchee after career in Europe, says local players have talent to make it.

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Ex-Man United man felt like he was ‘locked in prison’ while playing in Indonesia

Charlie Scott left Kitchee at end of last season after club failed to offer him new contract and is now playing in Cambodia.

Charlie Scott in action against Aston Villa during the 2023 Citi HKFC Hong Kong Soccer Sevens. Photo: Handout
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Leave Hong Kong, city’s best young footballer advised as he moves to mainland

Teenage winger told he should ‘get out of Hong Kong’ so he can develop among better players and fulfil his potential.

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Hong Kong footballer eyes 2025 return after ‘life-changing’ surgery in Australia

Dominic Johns is walking without crutches and training every day after successful procedure on snapped tibia and fibula bones in right leg.

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Holland poised to remain Hong Kong No 2 despite taking over at champions Lee Man

Welshman says there will be no conflict of interest as his new club beat Kitchee in his first game on home soil to reach Senior Shield final.

Matt Holland will continue as Hong Kong assistant while managing Lee Man. Photo: Nora Tam
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Cooke leading HKFC’s ‘culture change’ after shadowing a former Man United coach

The wandering 39-year-old South African has the task, as senior head coach, of moving HKFC from ‘its own island’ to Hong Kong’s ‘bubble’.

Chancey Cooke is working in his first senior head coach role after following an unconventional career path.
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Lee Man appoint Hong Kong boss Westwood’s assistant as head coach: sources

Lee Man identify successor to Tsang Chiu-tat, who left the club following an Asian Champions League 2 defeat last month.

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Hong Kong footballer’s ‘anguish’ over horror leg-break injury, vows to battle back

Dominic Johns is set for his third operation on the tibia and fibula bones he shattered following a reckless challenge from an opponent.

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Top Hong Kong boss says he’s ‘not good enough’ to coach city team

Tai Po coach Lee Chi-kin decided not to apply to replace Jorn Andersen, and instead is making his team Premier League title contenders.

A Tai Po team featuring Hong Kong midfielder Philip Chan is competing for the Hong Kong Premier League title. Photo: Handout
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Hong Kong debutant Benavides hungry for success after overcoming career stumble

The left-sided player with a South American background came off the bench for his Hong Kong debut in this week’s 3-0 victory over Cambodia.

Nicholas Benavides made his debut for Hong Kong against Cambodia earlier this week. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong football team’s beach bar night out a ‘bonding experience’, coach says

Bosses call occasion in Fiji ‘light-hearted fun with minimal drinking’ but videos of event’s aftermath paint different picture.

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Hong Kong football set for boost as Kitchee star Haddow mulls nationality switch

The dual British-Japanese national making a bright start with Kitchee after leaving Blackburn Rovers at the end of last season.

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