Happy Valley AA

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Happy Valley
Full name	Happy Valley Athletic Association
Nickname(s)	HVAA
Founded	1950
Chairman	Koon Wing-yee
Manager	Shek Kam-wah (2003-)
League	Hong Kong First Division League
2005-06	Champion
Home colours 　 Away colours

Happy Valley Athletic Association (Chinese: 愉園體育會) is a Hong Kong football club. They currently play in the Hong Kong First Division League. The club is also known simply as Happy Valley (or HVAA).

In the 2005-06 season, Happy Valley won the Hong Kong First Division League with only losing one single match. The League title is Happy Valley's fourth in eight seasons.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Sponsors 2.1 shirt sponsors 2.2 Kit suppliers 3 Current first team squad 3.1 Captains 3.2 Players out on loan 3.3 Squad changes during 2006-07 season 4 Notable former players 5 Coaches 6 2006-07 Season 7 2005-06 Season 8 External links

[edit] Honours

Major trophies are listed below.

• Hong Kong First Division League
  • Winners (6): 1964-65, 1988-89, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06
  • Runners-up (16): 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-70, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2004-05

• Hong Kong League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2000-01
  • Finalists (5): 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07

• Hong Kong Senior Shield
  • Winners (6): 1969-70, 1977-78, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1997-98, 2003-04
  • Finalists (9): 1966-67, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06

• Hong Kong FA Cup
  • Winners (2): 1999-00, 2003-04
  • Finalists (4): 1986-87, 1993-94, 2004-05, 2005-06

• Cité de Louvre Cup
  • Winners (1): 2005-06

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Quarter-finalists (1): 1998-99

[edit] Sponsors

[edit] shirt sponsors

• 2002-present: Easyknit Group and Alliance Engineering

[edit] Kit suppliers

• -1999: ASICS
• 1999-00: Super X
• 2000-01: Lotto
• 2001-02: PUMA
• 2002-03: A-line
• 2003-present: PUMA

[edit] Current first team squad

As of March 10, 2007

No. Position Player 1 GK Fan Chun Yip 3 DF Gerard Guy Ambassa 4 DF Engelbert Romaric Asse-Etoga 5 DF Feng Jizhi 7 FW Law Chun Bong 8 MF Cheung Sai Ho 9 FW Fabio Lopes Alcantara 12 MF Vandre Sagerillo Monteiro 13 FW Sham Kwok Keung 14 DF Sham Kwok Fai

No. Position Player 17 GK Sui Weijie 18 MF Lee Wai Man 19 MF Evanor João Fantin 20 DF Poon Yiu Cheuk 21 DF Tong Kin Man 22 GK Leung Cheuk Cheung 23 MF Lee Sze Ming 24 MF Poon Man Tik 26 MF Li Ming

[edit] Captains

• Gerard Guy Ambassa
• Cheung Sai Ho
• Lee Wai Man
• Poon Yiu Cheuk

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player -- MF Li Chun Yip (at Citizen) -- MF Fung Chun Ting (at Citizen)

[edit] Squad changes during 2006-07 season

In:

• Poon Man Tik - from Xiangxue Sun Hei
• Icaro Passos de Oliveira - Signed
• Vandre Sagrilo Monteiro - Signed
• Li Ming - Signed
• Engelbert Romaric Asse-Etoga - Signed
• Blaise Ndolar - Signed

Out:

• Clodoaldo de Oliveira - Released
• Li Chun Yip - to Citizen, loan
• Leung Kam Fai - to Wofoo Tai Po
• Fung Chun Ting - to Citizen, loan
• Ning Chen - Released
• Vitor Hugo Manique de Jesus - to Xiangxue Sun Hei
• Barnes Colly Ezeh - to Xiangxue Sun Hei

[edit] Notable former players

Hong Kong Lawrence Akandu Chan Hung Ping Cheng Siu Chung Barnes Colly Ezeh Kwok Yue Hung Lai Sun Cheung Leung Sui Wing

Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Bajkusa Brazil Marcio Gabriel Anacleto Tomy Adriano Giacomeli Clodoaldo de Oliveira Bulgaria Dimitre Kalkanov

Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Bajkusa Scotland Ian McCall Paul M. Ritchie St Kitts and Nevis Keith Gumbs Wales Tony Pulis

[edit] Coaches

• Chan Hung Ping (-2005)
• Wong Yiu Shun (2005-2006)
• Jose Ricardo Rambo (2006-present)

[edit] 2006-07 Season

• Hong Kong First Division League:
• HKFA Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield: Quarter Final (Details)
• Hong Kong League Cup:1st Runner-up (Details)
• Hong Kong FA Cup:

[edit] 2005-06 Season

• Coolpoint Ventilation First Division Football League: Champion
• Hong Kong League Cup: 1st Runners-up
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1st Runners-up
• LANWA International FA Cup: 1st Runners-up

[edit] External links

• HVAACLUB.COM Official website
• Happy Valley at HKFA.com
• Happy Valley at the-AFC.com

AFC Cup 2007 v • d • e
Al-Ansar | Al-Faisaly | Al-Helal Hodedah | Al-Muharraq | Al-Saqr | Al-Wihdat | Dhofar | Happy Valley | Hoa Phat Hanoi | Mahindra United | Mohun Bagan AC | MTTU | Muscat | Nebitchi | Negri Sembilan | Nejmeh | New Radiant | Osotspa M-150 | Pahang | Shabab Al-Ordun | Singapore Armed Forces FC | Tampines Rovers | Victory SC | Xiangxue Sun Hei
Hong Kong First Division League 2006-07 v • d • e
Citizen | Happy Valley | Hong Kong 08 | HKFC | Kitchee Lanwa Redbull | Rangers | South China | Wofoo Tai Po | Xiangxue Sun Hei
Hong Kong First Division League Seasons v • d • e
2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07