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Kitchee Sports Club, founded in 1931, is one of the top teams in Hong Kong football. They have won the league title six times. They are based at Mong Kok Stadium
Helio Goncalves leaps highest during happier times, when Kitchee drew with Lee Man on the closing day of 2023-23 to win the title. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Kitchee captain’s ‘toughest moment in Hong Kong’, ailing club will ‘rise again’

Helio Goncalves, 39, struggling to identify reason for club’s ‘worst season in 15 years’, keen to play on and lead revival.

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Kitchee dump Cardoso, with head coach learning of fate before Lee Man thumping

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Kitchee boss furious after Chan hat-trick seals Tai Po’s FA Cup comeback

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium to officially open on March 1

About 50,000 people join trial event, with stadium’s retractable roof open for first time to test noise levels.

Kai Tak Stadium has a retractable roof. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Kitchee ‘must win’ at leaders Tai Po, boss unsure whether owner will keep faith

Edgar Cardoso poised for one of biggest weeks of Kitchee reign, as side go to pacesetters Tai Po ‘already too many points from the top’.

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Move Hong Kong’s best sides to Chinese Super League, Kitchee boss Cardoso says

Edgar Cardoso quietly steadying Kitchee ship following roles with European clubs Benfica and Shakhtar Donetsk.

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Escape to Hong Kong: football coach recalls terrifying evacuation from Ukraine

Edgar Cardoso coached at Shakhtar Donetsk before fleeing fighter jets and explosions in Kyiv. He found sanctuary at Hong Kong club Kitchee.

A Ukrainian flag is seen in front of thick smoke in Kyiv after Russian missile attacks in September. Photo: dpa
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Hong Kong tour ‘big step forward’ for Euro giants Atletico, says manager Simeone

Three-time Uefa Europa League winners faced Kitchee on Wednesday as part of their preparations for the new season.

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Kitchee’s new coach Cardoso says fresh signings can turn club’s fortunes around

The 41-year-old Portuguese, who has just earned a Uefa Pro Licence, looks forward to arresting the club’s slide after taking over officially last month.

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Ex-Blackburn Rovers defender ready to help Kitchee return to top of Hong Kong pile

Hong Kong-born right back Jay Haddow ‘excited and optimistic about future’ after uncertain spell with Championship side.

Jay Haddow made more than 60 appearances in the Premier League’s under-21 competition. Photo: Handout
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Kitchee appoint boss who fits ex-champions’ new profile, as signings confirmed

Forward Poon Pui-hin in talks over mainland switch, but loan move being held up by ‘procedural problem’.

Shinichi Chan and Jakob Jantscher have both left Kitchee since the end of 2023/24. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Lee Man players to cash in after beating Kitchee to end league campaign unbeaten

Lee Man topple Kitchee 3-2 on final day of the season, with players apparently set for payday after completing unbeaten league campaign.

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‘After Messi, it’s messy’ – but Atletico Madrid linked with Hong Kong visit

After the Inter Miami controversy, local officials are wary of a repeat, but report suggests Spanish side are lining up a match.

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Kitchee’s Scott expects big changes after deposed champions’ troubled season

Players left guessing over reasons for dugout change, midfielder Scott says as he acknowledges low morale but refutes suggestion of divided camp.

Charlie Scott wants to stay with Kitchee, but accepts players could have no complaints about wholesale changes. Photo: Kitchee
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Kitchee boss vows summer spending spree in bid to regain Hong Kong crowns

Club owner Ken Ng-kin prepared to spend ‘as much as it needs’ after losing Premier League, FA Cup and Sapling Cup trophies in disastrous 2023-24 season.

Noah Baffoe of Eastern rounds goalkeeper Paulo Cesar to score the goal that knocked Kitchee out of the FA Cup. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Kitchee in crisis, head coach Kim benched, as FA Cup exit marks new low

Head coach Kim Dong-jin publicly demoted as assistant takes charge during crushing 2-1 FA Cup semi-final defeat to Eastern.

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Kitchee boss Ken Ng assessing coach options, says no excuses for ‘bad season’

President says Hong Kong club ‘has problems’ after poor league campaign, challenges interim boss Kim Dong-jin to prove he deserves job full time with cup finals ahead.

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Jantscher on coping with dad’s suicide, ‘King of Graz’ status, Kitchee ambition

Jakob Jantscher played his ‘best season’ after his father’s suicide, and the Austrian forward is still going strong after 17 years at the top of the sport, targeting more success with new club Kitchee.

Jakob Jantscher joined Kitchee this summer after a stellar career playing in Europe. Photo: Kitchee
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Meet ‘Hong Kong’s Cristiano Ronaldo’ Matt Orr after his Asian Games triumph

The 26-year-old has emerged as one of Hong Kong’s top footballing talents in recent years, but recently left his boyhood club to join China League One team Guangxi Pingguo Haliao

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AFC Champions League: Kitchee beaten in South Korea despite magical Severo strike

Kitchee began their AFC Asian Champions League campaign on a losing note against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, with Mikael Severo’s terrific solo goal the only positive on a disappointing night in South Korea.

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Camargo runs rampant as Lee Man put defending champions Kitchee to the sword

Lee Man crush Hong Kong treble winners after Kitchee rest key performers ahead of Wednesday’s AFC Champions League game in South Korea.

After scoring on his Hong Kong debut against Cambodia, Everton Camargo was back to terrorise Kitchee’s defenders on Sunday. Photo: HKFA
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Typhoon Saola puts dent in Kitchee’s AFC Champions League preparations

Saturday’s Hong Kong Premier League matches postponed with No 8 signal still in effect, meaning Kitchee won’t play until four days before their first game in Group F against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Kitchee’ beat Football Club 8-0 in their previous Hong Kong Premier League outing. Photo: HKFA
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Kitchee boss turns attention to Champions League as team crush Football Club

Striker Kim Shin-wook scores hat-trick in one-sided affair, as head coach Alex Chu experiments ahead of continental competition getting under way.

AFC Champions League

Jantscher latest arrival as Kitchee learn AFC Champions League fate

Hong Kong giants’ group stage opponents set with former Austria international Jakob Jantscher to join from Sturm Graz next week.

Hong Kong Premier League

Damjanovic prefers to remember good times as Kitchee row rumbles on

Prolific former striker insists ‘time will cure’ the ‘misunderstandings’ from his last few months at Hong Kong Premier League giants, after confirming his retirement.

Kitchee’s Dejan Damjanovic celebrates after scoring a goal during the match against Eastern in the Sapling Cup at Mong Kok Stadium. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong Premier League

Eastern banking on promise of youth, with big spenders in league of their own

Eastern boss Roberto Losada says financial power of Kitchee and Lee Man makes title a 2-horse race. Club aiming to emulate approach taken by English Premier League club Brighton.

Eastern players warm up during a training session in Tseung Kwan O. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
AFC Champions League

Nigeria World Cup star Onazi joins Kitchee for AFC Champions League push

Ex-Nigeria international and Lazio star Ogenyi Onazi joins treble winners, along with North Macedonia’s Aleksandar Damecevski.

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Exclusive | Damjanovic calls in Fifa in war with Hong Kong’s Kitchee over ‘unpaid bonuses’

Striker takes dispute to football’s global governing body after accusing the treble winners of withholding bonuses and unfair treatment.

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