Hong Kong national football team
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| Association | The Hong Kong Football Association Ltd |
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) and EAFF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Lai Sun Cheung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Cristiano Cordeiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | HKG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 117 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 96 (February 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 157 (February 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 155 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong 3 - 3 Korea Republic  (Philippines; May 2, 1954) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong 15 - 0 Guam  (Taipei; March 7, 2005) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 China PR 7 - 0 Hong Kong  (Guangzhou, China; August 1, 1980) China PR 7 - 0 Hong Kong (Guangzhou, China; November 17, 2004) |
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| AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1956) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Third Place, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Hong Kong national football team (Chinese: 香港足球代表隊, Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Zúqiú Dàibiǎoduì) represents Hong Kong in international football (soccer) events such as the World Cup, Asian Cup and East Asian Cup. The team is supervised by the Hong Kong Football Association Ltd.
The team had been representing Hong Kong in international football events before 1997 when Hong Kong was a colony of the United Kingdom. It continues to represent Hong Kong even after Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom and became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China in 1997. This team is a separate team from the national team of the People's Republic of China, as the Basic Law and the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" allows Hong Kong to maintain its own representative teams in international sports competitions.
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[edit] History
Hong Kong played its first ever international match in 1949, against South Korea. Its first victory came in 1953, a 4-0 win against South Korea.
Hong Kong qualified for three of the first four editions of the Asian Cup, including a third place finish in 1956 as hosts.
Hong Kong has never qualified for the World Cup. However, its most celebrated victory happened during 1986 World Cup qualifying. On May 19, 1985, in Beijing, Hong Kong faced China in the final match of the first qualifying round, where the team needed a win to advance (while China needed only a draw). Hong Kong, led by coach Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明), produced a 2-1 upset win, with goals from Cheung Chi Tak (張志德) and Ku Kam Fai (顧錦輝), thereby winning the group and advancing to the knockout stage, where it subsequently lost to Japan.
On February 9, 2005, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of both the Hong Kong Football Association and the Brazilian Football Confederation, Hong Kong hosted 2002 World Cup champions Brazil in a friendly match, where Lee Sze Ming (李思明) scored the only goal for Hong Kong, and Brazil won 7-1 in total.
[edit] Stadium
Hong Kong plays its home matches at the Hong Kong Stadium, where they are also hosting an annual international tournament known as the Carlsberg Cup as part of the festivities to usher in the Chinese New Year.
Hong Kong also uses the Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground in Chai Wan and the Mong Kok Stadium in Mong Kok.
[edit] History in qualifying and major tournaments
- See comprehensive article: Hong Kong national football team - record in qualifying and major tournaments
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Asian Cup record
- 1956 - Third place
- 1960 - Did not qualify
- 1964 - Fourth place
- 1968 - Fifth place
- 1972 to 2007 - Did not qualify
[edit] East Asian Championship record
- 2003 - Fourth place
- 2005 - Did not qualify (2nd place in qualifiers)
- 2008 - Did not qualify (2nd place in qualifiers)
[edit] Squad
[edit] Current squad
Squad for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) against Turkmenistan on 18 November 2007.
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[edit] Recent call-ups (within the last 12 months)
[edit] Famous players
2000s
- Fan Chun Yip (范俊業)
- Lee Sze Ming (李思明)
- Lau Chi Keung (劉志強)
- Ng Wai Chiu (吳偉超)
- Szeto Man Chun (司徒文俊)
Cristiano Cordeiro (高尼路)
Gerard Ambassa Guy (卓卓)
Akandu Lawrence (羅倫士)
1990s
- Cheung Sai Ho (蔣世豪)
- Au Wai Lun (歐偉倫)
- Cheng Siu Chung (鄭兆聰)
- Lee Kin Wo (李健和)
- Leslie George Santos (山度士)
John Moore (摩亞)- Sung Linyung (宋連勇)
1960s - 1980s
- Tim Bredbury (巴貝利)
- Cheung Chi Tak {張志德}
- Ku Kam Fai (顧錦輝)
- Chan Fat Chi (陳發枝)
- Wan Chi Keung (尹志強)
- Leung Sui Wing(梁帥榮)
- Lau Wing Yip (劉榮業)
- Wu Kwok Hung (胡國雄)
- Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明)
- Chung Cho Wai (鍾楚維)
- Lai Sun Cheung (黎新祥)
- Yuen Kuen To (袁權韜)
- Yuen Kuen Yik (袁權益)
- Kung Wah Kit (龔華傑)
- Fok Pak Ning (霍柏寧)
- Ho Cheung Yau (何祥友)
- Lam Sheung Yee (林尚義) (represent ROC)
- Cheung Chi Doy (張子岱) (represent ROC)
1930s
- Lee Wai Tong (李惠堂) (represent pre-war China)
[edit] Coaches
- Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明) (1982-1990)
Wong Man Wai (黃文偉) (1991-1992)- Chan Hung Ping (陳鴻平) (1993)
Khoo Luan Khen (古廉權) (1994-1996)- Tsang Wai Chung (曾偉忠) (1996)
- Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明) (1997)
- Sebastian Araújo (彭利萊) (1997-1998)
- Chan Hung Ping (陳鴻平) (1999-2000)
Arie Van der Zouwen (利沙雲) (2000-2001)- Lai Sun Cheung (黎新祥) (2002-2006)
- Lee Kin Wo (李健和) (2007)
- Lai Sun Cheung (黎新祥) (2007-)
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[edit] External links
- Team news on the HKFA website
- Hong Kong Football - (English version)
- RSSSF Archive
- Results and list of matches
