Seiko (football)

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Seiko (in Chines: 精工) is one of the most famous and successful team in Hong Kong football (soccer) history. The team quited Hong Kong First Division League after 1985-86 season, which was one very big news at the time.

1 History
2 Trophies
3 Notable Players
4 League Results
5 Cheering Songs
6 References

[edit] History

Sekio entered the Third Division League in 1970. It got the second place in Third Division (B) League (28 macthes: 26 win, 1 draw, 1 loss) and got promoted to Second Division in the next season. In 1971-72, the team captured the league Champhion immediately after its promotion (24 matches: 21 win, 1 draw, 2 loss) and was able to compete in Hong Kong First Division League for the first time. The team then stayed in the league for 14 consecutive years.

[edit] Trophies

Within the 14 years in Hong Kong First Division League, Seiko captured 40 major Hong Kong football tropies, which include 9 times League champion, 8 times Hong Kong Senior Shield, 6 times Viceroy Cup, 6 times Hong Kong FA Cup and many more. Its reserve team also captured 2 times reserve league champion.

In 1986, Asian Champions Cup (now AFC Champions League) was re-introduced after its suspension after 1971. Seiko represented Hong Kong for the competition. In the qualifying round, Seiko beat Liaoning FC from China and April Twenty-Five F.C. from North Korea and qualified into the main round. However, the rules set by competition host Saudi Arabia were too harsh that Seiko quited the competition.

[edit] Notable Players

first bracket shows the Chinese name used in Hong Kong and second bracket shows the seasons playing with Seiko

Hong Kong

Wu Kwok Hung (胡國雄) (1972-86)
Chan Cheung Keung (陳長強) (1972-74)
Fok Pak Ning (霍柏寧) (1972-75)
Chan Hung Ping (陳鴻平) (1972-76)
Ho Sun Wah (何新華) (1972-78)
Au Wing Hung (區永鴻) (1972-83)
Chan Chiu Kei (陳朝基) (1973-75)
Chan Fung Hung (陳輝洪)
Chee Yit Bo (池一坡)
Cheung Chi Wai (張子慧) (1974-80)
Lo Hung Hoi (盧洪海) (1979-81)
Tim Bredbury (巴貝利) (1982-84)
Wan Chi Keung(尹志強) (1983-84, 85-86)

Australia

David Mitchell (米曹) (1984-85)

England

Dave Jones (鍾士) (1980-81, 82-83)^[1]
Clive Haywood (希活) (1980-81)
Peter Bodak (邦迪) ((1982-85) ^[2]
Tony Morley (摩利) (1985-86)

Holland

Theo de Jong (迪莊) (1981-84)
Johannes Gerardes Wildbret (韋伯) (1981-85) ^[3]
Gerrie Mühren (穆倫) (1981-85)
Dick Nanninga (南寧加) (1982-83)
Arie Haan (海恩) (1983-84)
René van de Kerkhof (連尼加賀夫) (1984-85)

Malaysia

Lam Fung Kei (林芳基) (1973-81)
Koo Luem Khen (古廉權) (1976-77,78-82)

South Korea

Kim Joey Han (金在漢) (1975-77)
Kang Kei Yuk (康基郁) (1975-77)
Pak Kau Ying (朴鎬英) (1975-81)

Northern Ireland

Jim Hagan (希瑾) (1980-81) ^[4]

Scotland

Gordon McQueen (麥昆) (1985-86) ^[5]

Sweden

Benny Wendt (雲迪) (1983-84)

[edit] League Results

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Season	Position	Matches	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Gain	Goal Loss	Goal Difference	Points
1972-73	Champion
1973-74	2nd
1974-75	Champion
1975-76	2nd
1976-77	2nd
1977-78	Unknown
1978-79	Champion	22	19	3	0	60	14	46	41
1979-80	Champion
1980-81	Champion	20	13	5	2	46	12	34	31
1981-82	Champion
1982-83	Champion	18	12	4	2	31	13	18	28
1983-84	Champion	16	10	5	1	40	19	21	25
1984-85	Champion	16	12	3	1	37	12	25	27
1985-86	Unknown