2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League

Teams

-- A total of 10 teams will contest the league, 8 of which already contested in the 2010–11 season and 2 of which will be promoted from the 2010–11 Hong Kong Second Division League.

Tai Chung was relegated to Second Division after ending a two-year tenure in First Division and HKFC was also relegated, making its immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Hong Kong top flight. The 2 relegated teams will be replaced by Sham Shui Po and Pontic from the 2010–11 Hong Kong Second Division League.

Fourway Rangers changed their name to Biu Chun Rangers.

Stadia

1As Mutual has withdrawn from 2011 to 2012 Hong Kong First Division League, Hong Kong Sapling is formed to replace.

Personnel and sponsorship

The 2011–12 season will continue to be sponsored by BMA Entertainment, a company owned by South China's convener Steven Lo. bma's sponsorship is worth HK$2 million. (approx US$250,000.) Of the HK$2 million, HK$1.2 million will be for the sponsorship of the Now TV Hong Kong football channel. The league winners will receive HK$500,000 prize money, while the 1st runner's up and 2nd runner's up will receive HK$200,000 and HK$100,000 respectively.

The referees' uniforms are sponsored by Lotto Sport Italia.

Television broadcast

For the 2011–12 season, Now TV's channel 634 will become the Hong Kong Football Channel. The first live broadcast of the season will be Kitchee vs Sun Hei SC on 3 September 2011. The production cost will be sponsored by the TV station and supported by HKFA and the clubs. Advertising revenues, after subtracting Now TV's costs, will be shared with HKFA. Now TV announced that the channel will be free to all Now TV subscribers. The production cost of the channel is about HK$40 million. Now TV hopes that the Hong Kong government will subsidise the channel in the future, because they will also broadcast Hong Kong's inter-school matches.

As Sun Hei has decided not to take part in the TV broadcast package, the HKFA has imposed four broadcast sanctions: No live home game broadcasts, no division of advertising revenues, no interviews or feature programmes of team personnel and no mention of their sponsors' names. Faced with these sanctions, Sun Hei's Chung Chi Kwong continued to say the club has the right to spend its resources the way they like and will not change its mind due to external influences.

League table

Positions by round

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Fixtures and results

Round 1

Kilama Sealy Cheng Siu Wai Li Ming Cordeiro (Capatity:3,500) Chan Shui Hung Chung Ming Sang Cheung Kin Fung Godfred Liu Songwei Tong Kin Man Chan Siu Yuen Sandro (Capacity:4,932) Pau Sai Yin Chan Shui Hung (Capacity:2,194) Lam Chi Ho Lui Siu Chuen Souza Chan Hin Kwong Makhosonke Bhengu Vujosevic Mirko (Capacity:40,000) Cheng Oi Cho Poon Ming Fai Lui Chi Hang Lima Annan (Capacity:3,000) Chow Chun Kit Ho Wai Sing

Round 2

Sandro Nakamura (Capacity:1,500) Lam Chi Ho Ng Chin Pang Niko Li Hang Wui Barry (Capacity:2,200) Chan Shui Hung Poon Ming Fai Lai Yiu Cheong McKee Fan Qunxiao Godfred Karikari Nam Wing Hang (Capacity:4,932) Pau Sai Yin Lam Nai Kei Ng Wai Chiu Dyron Daal (Capacity:2,194) Wong Chi Tang, Charlton Chung Ming Sang Roberto Recio Luzardo Huang Yang Jordi Kwok Wing Sun Christian Annan Lima Sze Kin Wai Chan Yuk Chi (Capacity:3,500) Chow Chun Kit Lui Siu Chuen

Round 3

Giovane Bai He (Capacity:40,000) Chan Shui Hung Lam Nai Kei Lee Wai Lun Itaparica (Capacity:2,194) Cheng Oi Cho Lui Siu Chuen Sandro Chak Ting Fung Chao Pengfei Ondoua
(Capacity:1,500) Lam Chi Ho Poon Ming Fai Trnavac Leung Kwok Wai Yip Tze Chun Mijanović Bhengu Nikola Chan Man Chun Festus Fung Kai Hong (Capacity:2,200) Ng Chiu Kok Chung Ming Sang Recio Roberto Losada Jordi Lo Chi Kwan Chan Man Fai Li Shu Yeung (Capacity:3,500) Tong Kui Sum Ho Wai Sing

Round 4

Ramos Chan Cham Hei Choi Kwok Wai Tam Lok Hin Wong Yiu Fu Paulinho Festus Sham Kwok Fai (Capacity:1,200) Lam Chi Ho Lam Nai Kei Bhengu Law Ka Lok Recio Roberto (Capacity:2,200) Pau Sai Yin Poon Ming Fai Li Haiqiang Lee Wai Lim Ng Wai Chiu Giovane Man Pei Tak Lam Hok Hei (Capacity:40,000) Chow Chun Kit Lui Siu Chuen Annan Lui Chi Hing Carrijó
(Capacity:3,000) Ng Chiu Kok Chung Ming Sang Mamadou Barry
Pak Wing Chak (Capacity:6,680) Chan Shui Hung Ho Wai Sing

Round 5

Clayton (Capacity:6,680) Wong Chi Tang, Charlton Chung Ming Sang Eugene Mbome Ng Wai Chiu Wellingsson de Souza Kwok Kin Pong Xu Deshuai (Capacity:6,680) Lam Chi Ho Lui Siu Chuen Kilama Cheng Siu Wai Liu Songwei (Capacity:6,680) Lam Shing Yan, Franky Poon Ming Fai Chan Siu Kwan Leung Kwun Chung Law Man Chung Lin Zhong Wong Chi Chung Leung Kwok Wai Mijanović (Capacity:2,194) Lam Nai Kei Ng Chin Pang Dani Tsang Kam To Itaparica Godfred Dodd McKee Chan Ming Kong Fan Qunxiao (Capacity:3,500) Lam Chi Ho Ho Wai Sing Note: The match between Hong Kong Sapling and South China was played at Mong Kok Stadium.(Originally at Kowloon Bay Park)

Round 6

Li Ngai Hoi Chow Cheuk Fung Yan Pak Long (Capacity:1,200) Wong Chi Tang, Charlton Lam Nai Kei Li Chun Yip Clayton Christian Annan Júnior Pan Jia Barry Michael Luk (Capacity:3,000) Chan Shui Hung Poon Ming Fai Liu Songwei Tong Kin Man Lam Hok Hei Ondoua Chan Siu Kwan Fernando Lau Cheuk Hin Lam Ngai Tong (Capacity:1,500) Ng Chin Pang Lui Siu Chuen Wong Yiu Fu Chan Man Chun Michael (Capacity:6,680) Lam Shing Yan, Franky Ho Wai Sing Itaparica Takada Dodd Godfred Li Haiqiang Chan Siu Ki Souza (Capacity:4,932) Pau Sai Yin Chung Ming Sang

Round 7

Wong Chun Yue Barry Michael Luk Cahê Leung Tsz Chun Wong Chun Ho (Capacity:6,680) Ng Chiu Kok Lam Shing Yan, Franky Liu Songwei (Capacity:2,200) Chan Shui Hung Lui Siu Chuen Giovane Bai He (Capacity:40,000) Chan Shui Hung Lam Nai Kei Poon Yiu Cheuk Leung Kwun Chung Lau Cheuk Hin Lo Chi Kwan Liu Quankun (Capacity:2,194) Hélio Festus Lau Nim Yat Itaparica Godfred Cheung Kin Fung (Capacity:6,680) Liu Kwok Man Chan Shui Hung

Round 8

Festus Baise Cahê Campion So Loi Keung (Capacity:6,680) Ng Chiu Kok Lam Shing Yan, Franky Che Runqiu Clayton Chen Liming Júnior Chan Siu Kwan (Capacity:3,000) Chow Chun Kit Chung Ming Sang Deng Jinghuang Lau Ka Shing Itaparica Yuen Tsun Nam Leung Kwok Wai Ip Kwok Hei (Capacity:4,932) Ho Wai Sing Lui Siu Chuen Fan Weijun Alex Luk Pak Hei (Capacity:1,500) Lam Nai Kei Ng Chin Pang Bai He Liu Quankun (Capacity:40,000) Chan Shui Hung Poon Ming Fai

Round 9

Tam Lok Hin Nakamura So Loi Keung Sham Kwok Keung
Campion Ng Wai Chiu Au Yeung Yiu Chung Chan Siu Ki Lee Chi Ho Festus (Capacity:6,680) Chan Shui Hung Lui Siu Chuen Akosah (Capacity:3,000) Chow Chun Kit Lam Shing Yan, Franky Li Hang Wui Kilama Milovanovic Godfred Cheung Kin Fung Carrijó (Capacity:6,680) Ip Chung Long Sandro Jordi Liang Zicheng Lo Kwan Yee (Capacity:6,680) Chow Chun Kit Ho Wai Sing Tsang Chi Hau Ramos Su Yang Aender Chan Siu Kwan Poon Yiu Cheuk (Capacity:1,200) Lam Chi Ho Yu Chun San

Note: The match between Biu Chun Rangers and Kitchee was played at Mong Kok Stadium. (Originally at Tsing Yi Sports Ground)

Round 10

Yan Pak Long Yago Liang Zicheng Recio Liu Quankun (Capacity:1,200) Chan Shui Hung Chung Ming Sang Li Hang Wui Cheng Siu Wai Barry Roberto Chan Siu Ki Joel Leung Chun Pong Au Yeung Yiu Chung (Capacity:6,680) Ng Kai Lam Ho Wai Sing Carrijo Poon Yiu Cheuk Ng Wai Chiu (Capacity:4,932) Cheng Oi Cho Poon Ming Fai Chan Yuk Chi Clayton Michel Afonso Sze Kin Wai Sandro Fan Weijun Lam Hok Hei (Capacity:3,000) Chow Chun Kit Lui Siu Chuen So Loi Keung Sham Kwok Keung Bamnjo Li Ming (Capacity:6,680) Lam Chi Ho Lam Nai Kei

Round 11

Joel Bertoti Padilha Man Pei Tak Cheng Lai Hin Lee Chi Ho Alex Ramos Chan Cham Hei (Capacity:40,000) Chow Chun Kit Yu Chun San Lui Chi Hing (Capacity:3,000) Chak Ting Fung Li Jian Pan Jia (Capacity:1,500) Lam Chi Ho Lui Siu Chuen Yuen Lap Cheung Mirko Lam Ngai Tong Evans (Capacity:2,200) Ho Wai Sing Lam Shing Yan, Franky Mbome Carrijó Dodd Itaparica Poon Yiu Cheuk Wang Zhenpeng Yago Jordi Recio Chu Siu Kei Roberto Losada (Capacity:4,932) Chow Chun Kit Poon Ming Fai

Round 12

Choi Kwok Wai Cheung Kwok Ming Alex Carrijo Mbome Dodd (Capacity:1,200) Ng Kai Lam Yu Chun San To Hon To William Carlos Gomes Annan Lam Ka Wai Fernando Recio Jordi Tarrés Losada (Capacity:3,000) (Capacity:6,680) (Capacity:6,680) (Capacity:40,000)

Round 13

(Capacity:3,500) (Capacity:3,000) (Capacity:4,932) (Capacity:1,500) (Capacity:1,200)

Round 14

Yago Dhiego (Capacity:3,500) (Capacity:2,196) (Capacity:6,680) (Capacity:2,200) (Capacity:1,200)

Round 15

Detinho Chiu Chun Kit Fong Pak Lun Santos (Capacity:6,680) Pak Wing Chak Leung Tsz Chun Pan Jia Yago Chao Pengfei (Capacity:6,680) Chow Chun Kit Lam Chi Ho (Capacity:6,680) (Capacity:1,200) (Capacity:2,200) Note: Matches between Citizen and Sham Shui Po and between Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei and Kitchee were held in January 2012. Note: The match between Biu Chun Rangers and TSW Pegasus was played at Mong Kok Stadium. (Originally at Tsing Yi Sports Ground)

Round 16

(Capacity:3,500) (Capacity:2,186) (Capacity:6,680) (Capacity:2,200) (Capacity:40,000)

Round 17

(Capacity:3,500) (Capacity:1,500) (Capacity:4,932) (Capacity:2,196) (Capacity:6,680) Note: The match between Biu Chun Rangers and South China AA will be played at Mong Kok Stadium. (Originally at Tsing Yi Sports Ground)

• Due to unstable weather condition, the bma First Division League match between Citizen and HK Sapling which held at Mongkok Stadium tonight (4 May 2012) had been abandoned and rescheduled to 15 May 2012

Round 18

(Capacity:4,932) (Capacity:2,196) (Capacity:40,000) (Capacity:2,200) (Capacity:3,500)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Leung Tsz Chun for Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei against Kitchee (3 September 2011)
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Kitchee 6–0 Hong Kong Sapling (25 September 2011)
• Highest scoring game: 10 goals
  • TSW Pegasus 6–4 Citizen (17 March 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • Kitchee Kitchee 6–0 Hong Kong Sapling (25 September 2011)
  • Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po 2–6 Tuen Mun (23 October 2011)
  • Kitchee Biu Chun Rangers 2–6 Kitchee (8 January 2012)
  • TSW Pegasus TSW Pegasus 6–4 Citizen (17 March 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
  • Citizen TSW Pegasus 6–4 Citizen (17 March 2012)

Clean Sheets

• Most Clean Sheets: 7
  • South China

Awards

Monthly awards

HKSPA Most Valuable Player of the Month

Keymansoho Best Eleven of the Month

References

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