Happy Valley AA

Happy Valley
Full name Happy Valley Athletic Association
Nickname(s) Fishball(魚丸)
Founded 1950
Ground Kowloon Bay Park
(Capacity: 1,200)
Chairman Pui Kwan Kay
Head Coach He Jianbo
Cheng Qiang
League Second Division
2010-11 Second Division, 5th
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 Second Division League. The club is also known simply as Happy Valley (or HVAA). It is historically one of the most successful soccer club in Hong Kong, having won the first division league 6 times (after South China and Seiko) and had consistently been in the top division, until recently relegated to the second division after the season 2009-10.

In the 2005-06 season, Happy Valley won the Hong Kong First Division League, losing just one match. The League title was Happy Valley's fourth in eight seasons. However, the team did not win any title after that season.

Contents

Honours

Major trophies are listed below.

Performance in AFC competitions

2000: First Round
2002: Second Round
2004: Group Stage
2005: Group Stage
2006: Group Stage
2007: Group Stage
1998/99: Quarter-Final
2000/01: Second Round

Kit sponsors and manufacturers

Period Kit Manufacturer Kit Sponsor
1998–99 ASICS Peninsula Knitters
1999–00 Super X
2000–01 Lotto Tsingtao Beer
2001–02 Puma
2002–03 A-line Easyknit Group and Alliance Engineering
2003–08 Puma
2008– Nike Alliance Engineering

Player

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Chan Wai Chi
2 DF Wong Yi Ching
3 DF Mo Cheong Wing
4 DF Ho Bong Tam
5 DF Siu Cheung Lee
6 MF Cheng Tsz Lung
7 MF Giorgi Kobakhidze
8 MF Pun Wing On
9 FW So Sheung Kwai
13 DF Tai Sze Chung
14 FW Lee Bok Kit Matthew
15 FW Chow Man Ho
No. Position Player
16 MF So Hong Shing
18 MF Chan Kai Hong
19 GK Leung Man Lai
20 MF Sin Ka Yu
22 MF Wong Yiu Tung
23 MF Darran Yan
24 MF Yaw Anane
25 FW Martial Ngassa
26 DF Lin Junsheng
27 FW Lam Wing Chung
33 GK Cheung Wai Hong

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in association football

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

No. Position Player
8 MF Cheung Sai Ho (posthumous)

Notable former players

Players in BOLD have international caps.

Coaches

Club's mascot

The mascot of Happy Valley is a panda, as the fan club's captain wearing the number 12 jersey on the squad list.

References

External links

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