Sun Hei SC

Sun Hei Sports Club^[1] (Chinese: 晨曦體育會), currently known as Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei due to sponsorship reason, is a Hong Kong football club which plays in the Hong Kong First Division League. The home ground of the club is Mong Kok Stadium.

History

Sun Hei entered the Hong Kong First Division League under the name Golden (Chinese: 好易通) in the 1994–95 season. In 1996, Golden under the name Golden XI played against England. England was in Hong Kong preparing for the UEFA Euro 1996 later in the summer. It was in Hong Kong that Paul Gascoigne's famous dentist chair incident took place.

After getting the sponsorships of Xiangxue Pharmaceutical, the club competed in the league under the team name Xiangxue Sun Hei (Chinese: 香雪晨曦) from 2005–07.

In the season 2004–05, Sun Hei achieved The Quadruple, that means won all four senior football competitions, including Hong Kong First Division League, Senior Shield, League Cup and the FA Cup. In the 2005 AFC Cup, Sun Hei also got through to the semi-finals stage, the best result for a Hong Kong football club in the competition to date.

In season 2007–08, Sun Hei changed the club name to Convoy Sun Hei (Chinese: 康宏晨曦) as the club obtained sponsorship from Convoy Financial Services, a Hong Kong financial service company.

In the 2009–10 and 2010-11 seasons, Sun Hei used Tsing Yi Sports Ground as their home ground. Tsing Yi Sports Ground can hold 1,500 people.

In season 2011-12, the team changed its name to Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei due to sponsorship from Sunray Cave and JC Group, a company owned by Jackie Chan.^[2] The team will start to use Mong Kok Stadium as its home ground from this season. As Sun Hei has refused to take part in the NOW TV broadcast agreement, it will not have its home games shown live on Now TV, its personnel will not be interviewed, it will not share any potential TV income and its sponsors' names will not be mentioned on Now TV broadcasts.^[3]

Changes of the team name

The club has joined Hong Kong football league system by using the membership of Voicelink since 1994.

• 1994–1999: Golden (Chinese: 好易通)
• 1999–2005: Sun Hei (Chinese: 晨曦)
• 2005–2007: Xiangxue Sun Hei (Chinese: 香雪晨曦)
• 2007–2009: Convoy Sun Hei (Chinese: 康宏晨曦)
• 2009-2011: Sun Hei (Chinese: 晨曦)
• 2011- : Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei (Chinese: 日之泉JC晨曦)

Recent Season

In the 2009–10 Hong Kong First Division League, Sun Hei starts using Tsing Yi as their home ground. The first home match against a local strong team, Kitchee, has attracted around 1200 fans. It is the highest percentage of home attendance in this season.

Honours

Domestic

• First Division

Winners (3): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05

Runners-up (3): 1999–00, 2002–03, 2005–06

• Senior Challenge Shield

Winners (1): 2004–05

Runners-up (5): 1995–96^[4], 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09

• FA Cup

Winners (3): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06

Runners-up (2): 1995–96^[4], 2001–02

• League Cup

Winners (4): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09

Runners-up (1): 2000–01

Players

Current squad

As of 2 September 2011.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Notable players

References and notes

External links

• Sun Hei official website
• Sun Hei page on www.the-afc.com
• Convoy Sun Hei Fans Blog