2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League

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Hong Kong Premier League
Season2016–17
Champions
R&F 0–3 Rangers
(6 May 2017)
Total attendance101,222
Average attendance920
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2016–17

Sandro was the top goalscorer with 21 goals. South China and HKFC were relegated to the Hong Kong First Division
.

Teams

A total of 11 teams will contest the league, including seven sides from the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League, two promoted from the 2015–16 Hong Kong First Division League and two new teams.

Stadia and locations

BCGS
Tai Po
Southern
R&F
Pegasus
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Locations of the 2016-17 Hong Kong Premier League clubs

Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:

Kitchee
 South China Southern Pegasus
Mong Kok Stadium Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Aberdeen Sports Ground Hong Kong Stadium
Capacity: 6,664 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 40,000
Yuen Long Rangers Tai Po HKFC
Yuen Long Stadium Tsing Yi Sports Ground Tai Po Sports Ground HKFC Stadium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 2,750
Biu Chun Glory Sky China R&F
Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Capacity: 2,200 Capacity: 11,981

Remarks:
1The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground reduces from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches.

Personnel and Kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Biu Chun Glory Sky Brian Leung South Korea Yoon Dong-hun Mirko Teodorović Kelme Glory Sky Finance
Eastern
 Peter Leung
Chan Yuen-ting
 Yapp Hung Fai Adidas SMI Corporation
HKFC
 England Tony Sealy England Richard Ewart Hungary Gergely Ghéczy Adidas The Executive Center (Front)
Pegasus Canny Leung England Kevin Bond North Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Adidas ZTE
Kitchee
 Ken Ng Chu Chi Kwong Lo Kwan Yee Nike Jockey Club Kitchee Centre (Front)
WWF (Shorts)
Rangers Fung Ka Ki Lam Hing Lun Spain Jordi Tarrés Xtep Lee & Man Chemical
Southern
 Chan Man Chun Cheng Siu Chung Leung Tsz Chun Nike
ISUZU
(Front)
Kwoon Chung Motors (Back)
South China Wallace Cheung Serbia Dejan Antonić Chan Wai Ho Adidas AET (Front)
Tai Po Cheung Hok Ming Lee Chi Kin Chan Yuk Chi Nike Lee Kee Group (Back)
Yuen Long Wong Wai Shun Tsang Chiu Tat
Fábio Lopes
 Lotto KMB (Front)
China R&F China Huang Shenghua China Li Zhihai China Tu Dongxu Xtep R&F Princess Cove (Front)

Managerial Changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Biu Chun Glory Sky Chiu Chung Man Promoted as General Manager 4 October 2016 7th South Korea Yoon Dong-hun 4 October 2016
South China Brazil Ricardo Return as Coach 25 October 2016 4th Serbia Dejan Antonić 31 October 2016
Pegasus Republic of Ireland Steve Gallen Mutual consent 3 November 2016 4th England Kevin Bond 7 November 2016

Foreign Players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six (including an Asian player) per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches. Non-Chinese/Hong Kong player could not be registered in R&F as one of the participating conditions of the China-based club. Moreover, R&F need to have at least eight Hong Kong players in the squad.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Asian Player
Biu Chun Glory Sky Serbia Mirko Teodorović Brazil Everton Camargo Serbia Igor Miović
Oleksiy Shlyakotin
Lee Kil-hoon
 South Korea Yoon Dong-hun
Eastern
Manuel Bleda
 Brazil Diego Eli Brazil Michel Lugo
Giovane
Miroslav Saric
 Australia Josh Mitchell
HKFC
 France Jerome De Clarens Hungary Gergely Ghéczy England Andrew Wylde England Thomas Smith Japan Issey Maholo Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
Pegasus
Dhiego Martins
 Brazil Eduardo Praes
João Emir
 North Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Spain Salva Chamorro Australia Travis Major
Kitchee
 Brazil Fernando Spain Dani
Rufino
 Hungary Krisztián Vadócz South Korea Kim Dong-jin South Korea Kim Bong-jin
Rangers Spain Fernando Recio Spain Jordi Tarrés
Clayton
Denis
 Brazil Berg South Korea Gee Kyung-hun
Southern
 Brazil Tomas Brazil Wellingsson
Diego Garrido
 Spain Dieguito
Marcos Jiménez
 Japan Tomoya Uchida
South China
Luiz Carlos
 Cameroon Mahama Awal Serbia Bojan Mališić Serbia Nikola Komazec Serbia Marko Perović Japan Yusuke Kato
Tai Po
Paulo César
Lucas Silva
Dudu
Lima
 Brazil David Lazari Japan Yuto Nakamura
Yuen Long
Stefan
Luciano Silva
 Brazil Diego Higino Serbia Aleksandar Ranđelović Brazil Ticão
Club HK Player 1 HK Player 2 HK Player 3 HK Player 4 HK Player 5 HK Player 6 HK Player 7 HK Player 8
China R&F Chuck Yiu Kwok Liang Zicheng Tsang Kin Fong Jing Teng Lam Wan Kit Lau Tak Yan Chen Liming Lam Hin Ting

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kitchee (C) 20 16 3 1 54 8 +46 51 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Eastern 20 15 4 1 60 25 +35 49 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 and season play-off
3 Southern 20 10 6 4 48 21 +27 36 Qualification to season play-off
4 South China (R) 20 11 2 7 34 26 +8 35 Qualification to season play-off and relegation to First Division[a]
5 Yuen Long 20 9 4 7 36 23 +13 31 Qualification to season play-off
6 Tai Po 20 9 4 7 29 21 +8 31
7 Rangers 20 7 5 8 31 33 −2 26
8 Pegasus 20 7 5 8 35 35 0 26
9
Biu Chun Glory Sky
 20 2 4 14 24 55 −31 10
10 China R&F 20 3 1 16 13 53 −40 10
11
HKFC
(R) 		20 2 0 18 13 77 −64 6 Relegation to First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. 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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ South China did not apply for the next season's Hong Kong Premier League Licence.

[1][2]

Positions by Round

To preserve the chronological order of events, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

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Leader - 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
Relegation to 2017–18 Hong Kong First Division League
Source: Hong Kong Football Association website

Results

Home \ Away
BGS
 EAS
CLU
 PEG KCS KIT LMR SCA TPO YLF R&F
Biu Chun Glory Sky
 1–2 2–3 2–4 0–4 1–5 2–2 0–3 3–3 2–3 2–0
Eastern 6–2 7–0 2–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 6–1
HKFC
 1–4 0–4 0–1 0–6 0–2 0–1 1–6 1–2 0–3 3–4
Pegasus 2–1 3–5 5–0 0–0 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2
Southern 6–0 1–3 7–0 4–3 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2
Kitchee 0–0 0–0 10–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–0
Rangers 5–2 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0
South China 1–0 2–2 4–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 2–4 1–4 1–0 1–0
Tai Po 1–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
Yuen Long 4–0 1–2 6–2 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–0 0–1 0–2 4–0
R&F 0–0 0–4 1–0 1–3 0–5 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–4
Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2017. Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top Scorer

As of match played 6 May 2017[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1
Sandro
 Kitchee 21
2
Manuel Bleda
Eastern
 16
3 Serbia Nikola Komazec South China 13
Spain Jordi Tarrés Rangers
5
Lucas Silva
 Tai Po 11
6
Giovane
Eastern
 10
Brazil Everton
Biu Chun Glory Sky
8
Rufino
 Kitchee 9
Marcos
 Southern
10 Lee Hong Lim Eastern 8

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Brazil Wellingsson Southern HKFC 7-0 22 October 2016 [4]
Manuel Bleda
4		 Eastern Biu Chun Glory Sky 6-2 2 November 2016 [5]
Stefan Pereira
 Yuen Long Biu Chun Glory Sky 4–0 19 November 2016
Brazil Everton Camargo Biu Chun Glory Sky HKFA 4–1 17 March 2017
Sandro
 Kitchee Rangers 5–1 19 March 2017
Marcos
 Southern R&F 5–0 1 April 2017
Giovane
 Eastern Pegasus 5–3 1 April 2017
Rufino
 Kitchee Biu Chun Glory Sky 5–1 2 April 2017
Rufino4
 Kitchee HKFC 10–0 7 April 2017
Sandro4
 Kitchee HKFC 10–0 7 April 2017
Spain Jordi Rangers Eastern 3–3 8 April 2017
Sandro
 Kitchee Eastern 4–1 6 May 2017
Lucas
 Tai Po Biu Chun Glory Sky 3–3 6 May 2017

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Eastern 19,227 6,413 682 1,923 +0.8%†
2 Kitchee 18,498 3,863 744 1,850 +16.1%†
3 Yuen Long 13,951 2,019 592 1,395 +29.6%†
4 South China 13,529 3,283 346 1,353 +18.9%†
5 Tai Po 7,642 1,474 421 764 n/a1
6 Pegasus 7,235 1,507 249 724 −26.2%†
7 Southern 5,322 1,167 236 532 +8.8%†
8 Rangers 5,190 1,171 215 519 +8.8%†
9
Biu Chun Glory Sky
 4,595 746 230 460 n/a1
10
HKFC
 3,867 669 292 387 n/a1
11 R&F 2,066 361 100 207 n/a1
League total 101,122 6,413 100 919 −9.8%†

Source: Soccerway
Notes:
1: Team did not play last season in the Premier League

Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards

Awards Prize Winner Club Votes
Footballer of the Year Brazil Fernando
Kitchee
 75.95%
Coach of the Year Hong Kong Chu Chi Kwong
Kitchee
 53.68%
Young Players of the Year Hong Kong Tan Chun Lok Tai Po 67.18%
Hong Kong Wong Tsz Ho
Eastern
 47.50%
Players' Player Brazil Fernando
Kitchee
 25
Most Favorite Player Brazil Fernando
Kitchee
 2,429
Hong Kong Top Footballers
Goalkeeper Hong Kong Yapp Hung Fai
Eastern
 41.13%
Defenders South Korea Kim Bong-jin
Kitchee
 67.18%
Hong Kong Hélio
Kitchee
 52.33%
Beto Júnior
Eastern
 37.86%
Hong Kong Wong Tsz Ho
Eastern
 36.13%
Midfielders Brazil Fernando
Kitchee
 75.95%
Hong Kong Huang Yang
Kitchee
 49.79%
Brazil Diego Eli
Eastern
 37.05%
Hong Kong Itaparica Tai Po 30.76%
Forwards
Sandro
Kitchee
 57.69%
Manuel Bleda
Eastern
 40.58%

References

  1. ^ "Standings BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League 2016-2017 - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  2. ^ "Premier League 2016/2017 results, Football Hong Kong - FlashScore". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  3. Hong Kong Football Association
    . Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Kwoon Chung Southern 7-0 HKFC". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Eastern 6-2 BCGS". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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