List of Hong Kong football champions

Hong Kong League
Football League (1908–1909) First Division (1909–1941, 1945–present)
Country
Hong Kong
Founded
1908
Current Champions
South China
Most successful club
South China (41 times champions)

The Hong Kong football champions are the winners of the Hong Kong First Division League.

South China is the most successful club in Hong Kong. The club has won 40 league titles until 2009–10 season. A dissolved club Seiko is the record holders of winning longest consecutive titles. In 1979–1985, they had won 7 league titles.

Former South China player Ho Cheung Yau scored 40 league goals in 1957–58 season, is the record holders of the goal number of top scorers.

Recent champions

Season	Winner (number of titles)	Runner–up	Third–place	Top scorer(s)
Season	Winner (number of titles)	Runner–up	Third–place	Player (Team)	Goals
1908–09	Buffs (1)	R.G.A.	Royal Engineers
1909–10	R.G.A. (1)	Buffs		Taylor (Buffs)	20
1910–11	Buffs (2)
1911–12	King's Own Rifiles (1)
1912–13	R.G.A. (2)
1913–14	D.C.L.I. (1)	Royal Engineers	R.G.A.
1914–15	R.G.A. (3)
1915–16	R.G.A. (4)
1916–17	Royal Engineers (1)
1917–18	R.G.A. (5)
1918–19	Royal Navy (1)	Hong Kong FC	R.G.A.
1919–20	Hong Kong FC (1)
1920–21	Wiltshire Regiment (1)	R.G.A.
1921–22	HMS Curiew (1)	Hong Kong FC
1922–23	King's Own Rifiles (2)	HMS Ambrose
1923–24	South China (1)	East Surrey Regiment	HMS Titania
1924–25	East Surrey Regiment (1)	South China	Hong Kong FC
1925–26	Kowloon FC (1)	East Surrey Regiment	Hong Kong FC
1926–27	Recreio (1)	C.A.A.	Police
1927–28	C.A.A. (1)	K.O.S.B.
1928–29	C.A.A. (2)	Somerset Regt.
1929–30	C.A.A. (3)	Royal Navy	Somerset Regt.
1930–31	South China (2)	Kowloon FC	Argylis
1931–32	South Welsh Borderers (1)
1932–33	South China (3)	South Welsh Borderers	Royal Artillery
1933–34	South Welsh Borderers (2)	St. Joseph's	Lincoleshire Regiment
1934–35	South China (4)	Police	Recreio
1935–36	South China (5)	C.A.A.	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1936–37	Ulster Guards (1)	South China A	South China B
1937–38	South China B (6)	Middlesex Regiment	South China A
1938–39	South China (7)	Eastern	Royal Navy
1939–40	South China A (8)	Eastern	South China B
1940–41	South China A (9)	Eastern	Sing Tao
1941–42	Season unfinished due to World War II
1942–43	Postponed due to World War II
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46	Royal Air Force (1)	44 Commando	Eastern	Lai Shiu Wing (Eastern)	13
1946–47	Sing Tao (1)	South China	42 Commando	Lai Shiu Wing (Sing Tao)	34
1947–48	Kitchee (1)	Sing Tao	K.M.B.	Kwok Ying Kee (Kitchee)	38
1948–49	South China A (10)	K.M.B.	C.A.A.	Tang Yee Kit (K.M.B.)	26
1949–50	Kitchee (2)	K.M.B.	St. Joseph's	Yiu Cheuk Yin (Kithcee)	25
1950–51	South China (11)	K.M.B.	Army Force	Au Chi Yin (Police)	20
1951–52	South China (12)	Army Force	Sing Tao	陳家壽 (South China)	25
1952–53	South China (13)	Kitchee	Eastern	Lee Yuk Tak (South China)	36
1953–54	K.M.B. (1)	South China	Kitchee	Tang Yee Kit (K.M.B.)	26
1954–55	South China (14)	Kitchee	K.M.B.	Lee Yuk Tak (South China)	32
1955–56	Eastern (1)	South China	K.M.B.	Ho Cheung Yau (South China)	38
1956–57	South China (15)	Kitchee	K.M.B.	Lee Yuk Tak (South China)	33
1957–58	South China (16)	K.M.B.	Kitchee	Ho Cheung Yau (South China)	40
1958–59	South China (17)	K.M.B.	Tung Wah	麥永雄 (Police)	27
1959–60	South China (18)	Happy Valley	Tung Wah	Lau Chi Lam (Kitchee)	25
1960–61	South China (19)	Happy Valley	Tung Wah	郭滿華 (Happy Valley)	27
1961–62	South China (20)	Happy Valley	Sing Tao	Lau Chi Lam (Happy Valley)	32
1962–63	Yuen Long (1)	Tung Wah	Kitchee	郭滿華 (Happy Valley)	26
1963–64	Kitchee (3)	Happy Valley	South China	Cheung Chi Doy (Kitchee)	42
1964–65	Happy Valley (1)	South China	Sing Tao	袁權滔 (Tung Wah) 郭滿華 (Happy Valley)	19
1965–66	South China (21)	Happy Valley	Sing Tao	郭滿華 (Happy Valley)	21
1966–67	K.M.B. (2)	South China	Sing Tao	袁權滔 (Tung Sing)	21
1967–68	South China (22)	Sing Tao	Eastern	郭滿華 (Eastern)	33
1968–69	South China (23)	Sing Tao	Jardines	陳朝基 (South China)	17
1969–70	Jardines (1)	Sing Tao	Yuen Long	Cheung Chi Doy (Jardines) 郭滿華 (Eastern)	18
1970–71	Rangers (1)	Jardines	Sing Tao	Derek Currie (Rangers)	24
1971–72	South China (24)	Caroline Hill	Fire Services	袁權滔 (Eastern)	26
1972–73	Seiko (1)	South China	Tung Sing	Wu Kwok Hung (Seiko) Cheung Chi Wai (Fire Services)	25
1973–74	South China (25)	Seiko	Caroline Hill	Chung Chor Hung (Happy Valley)	22
1974–75	Seiko (2)	Happy Valley	Rangers	Etti (Seiko)	21
1975–76	South China (26)	Seiko	Rangers	Chung Chor Hung (Happy Valley)	16
1976–77	South China (27)	Seiko	Happy Valley	Fung Chi Ming (South China)	15
1977–78	South China (28)	Happy Valley	Tung Sing	Fung Chi Ming (South China)	19
1978–79	Seiko (3)	Happy Valley	Eastern	Chung Chor Hung (Happy Valley)	22
1979–80	Seiko (4)	Happy Valley	Bulova	張家平 (Tung Sing)	18
1980–81	Seiko (5)	South China	Happy Valley	張家平 (Tung Sing)	14
1981–82	Seiko (6)	Happy Valley	Bulova	Cees Storm (Seiko)	12
1982–83	Seiko (7)	Bulova	Eastern	Derek Parlane (Bulova) Clive Haywood (Bulova) 史賓斯 (Rangers) 拉南 (Ryoden)	8
1983–84	Seiko (8)	Bulova	Happy Valley	Peter Bodak (Seiko)	10
1984–85	Seiko (9)	South China	Sea Bee	John Paskin (South China)	10
1985–86	South China (29)	Happy Valley	Sea Bee	麥當奴 (Happy Valley) 波能泰 (Sea Bee)	11
1986–87	South China (30)	Eastern	Happy Valley	Tim Bredbury (South China)	10
1987–88	South China (31)	Happy Valley	Sing Tao	Chan Fat Chi (South China)	13
1988–89	Happy Valley (2)	South China	Lai Sun Double Flower	Chan Fat Chi (South China)	18
1989–90	South China (32)	Eastern	Happy Valley	Dale Tempest (South China)	15
1990–91	South China (33)	Happy Valley	Lai Sun	Tim Bredbury (Lai Sun) Dale Tempest (South China)	16
1991–92	South China (34)	Eastern	Happy Valley	Steve Neville (South China)	21
1992–93	Eastern (2)	South China	Instant-Dict	Dale Tempest (Eastern)	15
1993–94	Eastern (3)	Instant-Dict	South China	Dale Tempest (Eastern)	16
1994–95	Eastern (4)	South China	Golden	Dale Tempest (Eastern)	18
1995–96	Instant-Dict (1)	South China	Golden	Paul Foster (Instant-Dict)	19
1996–97	South China (35)	Instant–Dict	Golden	Paul Foster (Instant-Dict)	18
1997–98	Instant-Dict (2)	South China	Happy Valley	Paul Foster (Instant-Dict)	16
1998–99	Happy Valley (3)	South China	Yee Hope	Tomy (Sai Kung Friends)	16
1999–2000	South China (36)	Sun Hei	Happy Valley	Leandro (Sai Kung)	16
2000–01	Happy Valley (4)	Instant-Dict	South China	Paul Ritchie (Happy Valley)	13
2001–02	Sun Hei (1)	Happy Valley	South China	Cornelius Udebuluzor (Buler Rangers) Keith Gumbs (Happy Valley)	12
2002–03	Happy Valley (5)	Sun Hei	Buler Rangers	Keith Gumbs (Happy Valley)	17
2003–04	Sun Hei (2)	Kitchee	Happy Valley	Julius Akosah (Sun Hei)	12
2004–05	Sun Hei (3)	Happy Valley	Kitchee	Clodoaldo de Oliveira (Happy Valley)	14
2005–06	Happy Valley (6)	Xiangxue Sun Hei	Buler Rangers	Fábio Lopes Alcântara (Happy Valley) Clodoaldo de Oliveira (Happy Valley)	10
2006–07	South China (37)	Kitchee	Xiangxue Sun Hei	Tales Schutz (South China)	17
2007–08	South China (38)	Citizen	Wofoo Tai Po	Detinho (South China)	19
2008–09	South China (39)	Kitchee	Citizen	Detinho (South China) Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei)	18
2009–10	South China (40)	TSW Pegasus	Kitchee	Cahê (Sun Hei)	14
2010–11	Kitchee (4)	South China	TSW Pegasus	Jordi Tarrés (Kitchee) Makhosonke Bhengu (Fourway Rangers)	12
2011–12	Kitchee (5)	TSW Pegasus	South China	Sandro (Biu Chun Rangers)	12
2012–13	South China (41)	Kitchee	Tuen Mun	Jaimes Mckee (Sun Pegasus)	16
2013–14	Kitchee (6)	Sun Pegasus	South China	Giovane Silva (Eastern) Admir Raščić (Sun Pegasus)	12

Number of titles

Team	Champions			Winning seasons
Team	Overall	Before WWII	After WWII	Winning seasons
South China	41	9	32	1923–24, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13
Seiko	9	-	9	1972–73, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Happy Valley	6	-	6	1964–65, 1988–89, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06
R.G.A.	5	5	-	1909–10, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1917–18
Kitchee	6	-	6	1947–48, 1949–50, 1963–64, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Eastern	4	-	4	1955–56, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
C.A.A.	3	3	-	1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30
Sun Hei	3	-	3	2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05
Buffs	2	2	-	1908–09, 1910–11
King's Own Rifiles	2	2	-	1911–12, 1922–23
South Welsh Borderers	2	2	-	1931–32, 1933–34
K.M.B.	2	-	2	1953–54, 1966–67
Double Flower (Instant-Dict)	2	-	2	1995–96, 1997–98
D.C.L.I.	1	1	-	1913–14
Royal Engineers	1	1	-	1916–17
Royal Navy	1	1	-	1918–19
HKFC	1	1	-	1919–20
Wiltshire Regiment	1	1	-	1920–21
HMS Curiew	1	1	-	1921–22
East Surrey Regt.	1	1	-	1924–25
Kowloon FC	1	1	-	1925–26
Recreio	1	1	-	1926–27
Ulster Guards	1	1	-	1936–37
Royal Air Force	1	-	1	1945–46
Sing Tao	1	-	1	1946–47
Yuen Long	1	-	1	1962–63
Jardines	1	-	1	1969–70
Rangers	1	-	1	1970–71

Overall Top-scorers

Season	Top-scorer	Club	Goal(s) scored
Season	Top-scorer	Club	League	Shield	VC/LC	FA Cup	Total
1972–73	Wu Kwok Hung	Seiko	25	2	2	3	32
2000–01	Rochy Putiray	Instant-Dict	13	1	6	3	23
2001–02	Cornelius Udebuluzor	Buler Rangers	12	1	4	1	18
2002–03	Keith Gumbs	Happy Valley	17	4	2	0	23
2003–04	Julius Akosah	Sun Hei	12	3	3	2	20
2004–05	Clodoaldo de Oliveira	Happy Valley	16	1	7	5	29
2005–06	Lico	Xiangxue Sun Hei	9	2	2	6	19
2006–07	Tales Schütz	South China	17	2	1	4	24
2007–08	Detinho	South China	19	3	4	0	26
2008–09	Giovane	Convoy Sun Hei	18	2	6	0	26
2009–10	Itaparica	TSW Pegasus	13	1	–	3	17
2010–11	Itaparica	TSW Pegasus	11	0	2	4	17
2011–12	Leandro Carrijo	TSW Pegasus	11	1	2	5	19
2012–13	Alex Tayo Akande	Wofoo Tai Po	13	5	–	1	19

References

Sources

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