Hong Kong Rangers FC

Rangers
Full name Hong Kong Rangers Football Club
Founded 1958, as Rangers Football Team
1960, as Hong Kong Rangers FC
President Mok Yiu Keung
League Second Division
2010-11 Second Division, 7th (as Biu Chun)
Home colours
Away colours

Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (Chinese: 流浪足球會, often abbreviated to Rangers), is a Hong Kong football club and plays in Hong Kong Second Division League. It won the Hong Kong League once, the Senior Challenge Shield 4 times, the FA Cup twice.

The club was once played under the name Biu Chun (Chinese: 標準錶針). Fourway Rangers is a team related to the club, currently plays in Hong Kong First Division League.

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History

The club was founded in 1958 by a Scottish expatriate from Glasgow named Ian John Petrie. He named his club after Rangers F.C.. It was the first Asian football club with a modern football club managing system. In the early days, the club could not compete with the bigger clubs financially. So Petrie relied on young players and the team was known as a breeding ground for young players. Kwok Ka Ming was the best known players discovered by Petrie in the 1960s. In 1970, the club brought three Scottish professional players to Hong Kong. They were the first European professional players to play in the Hong Kong League, opening a new chapter in Hong Kong's football history. Great players such as Ian Taylor, Joe Brennan, Jimmy Liddell, and Derek Currie were a few to name. More were to follow in the 1980s such as Steve Paterson Jimmy Bone, and Tommy Nolan.

Today

Since October 12, 2001, the club had been named after its sponsor, Buler, resulting in the name "Buler Rangers" up until Summer 2006. On 15 September 2007, the club announced that it has secured a large sponsorship from Bulova, a watch brand which used to fund a famous Hong Kong football team decades ago, and used "Bulova Rangers" as the team name.

Over the last decade, Rangers' policy in youth investment has paid off and has gained the club a reputation as an excellent school for young footballers. The Rangers youth academy has produced many of Hong Kong's finest youngsters. Although many have been signed to bigger clubs since, some have chosen to stay with the club that nurtured them. Ranger's youth system has been so successful it is common to see Rangers providing the bulk of Hong Kong's age-grade international youth teams spanning all U-15, U-17, U-19 and U-21 levels.

Honours

Major trophies are listed below.

Performance in AFC competitions

1995/96: Second Round

Players

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
15 DF Cheung Yiu Lun (posthumous)

Famous players

PORTUGAL

Seasons

Season Team name League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Senior
Shield		 FA Cup League Cup Junior
Shield		 Notes
2005–06 Buler Rangers D1 3 14 7 3 4 24 19 24 First round First round Group stage — Hong Kong–Shanghai Championship - Runners-up
Cite du Louvre Cup - 3rd
2006–07 Rangers D1 4 18 7 7 4 23 19 28 First round Semi-finals Group stage —
2007–08 Bulova Rangers D1 10 18 2 9 7 19 35 15 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Group stage — Relegated to D2
2008–09 Rangers D2 6 18 6 5 7 32 32 23 — First round
2009–10 Ongood D2 4 16 10 1 5 49 31 31 —
2010–11 Biu Chun D2 —

See also

External links

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