Southern District FC

Southern District RSA

Full name

Southern District Recreation & Sports Assn Ltd

Nickname(s)

Southern

Founded

2002

Ground

Aberdeen Sports Ground

Capacity

9,000

Chairman

Chan Man Chun

Head Coach

Cheng Siu Chung

League

Premier League

2014–15

First Division, 3rd (promoted)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Southern District Recreation & Sports Assn Ltd, commonly known as Southern FC or Southern District FC, is a Hong Kong Premier League professional football club based in Southern District, Hong Kong.

History

Southern District entered the newly formed Hong Kong Third District Division League in 2002–03 season. However, the team did not reach the Hong Kong Third Division League Final Round and thus did not get promotion in the first fews year of the newly formed club.

In the 2006–07 season, they reached the Hong Kong Third Division League Final Round for the first time since the club was formed. They were the 2nd of the Hong Kong Third District Division League and qualified for the final round. However, they could not get promotion as they only got 2 points without a win in the final round.

In the 2007–08 season, they retained last season's good performance, reached the final round again as they were again the 1st runner-up of Hong Kong Third District Division League, 9 points behind Shatin SA. Unfortunately, they could not gain the promotion again as they were 4 points behind the promotion places.

In the 2008–09 season, they could not qualify for the Hong Kong Third Division League Final Round as they only placed at 4th of Hong Kong Third District Division League.

They were finally promoted to the Hong Kong Second Division League for the first time in the 2009–10 season. They were the 1st runner-up of the Hong Kong Third District Division League and competed with the other 3 teams in the Hong Kong Third Division League Final Round for promotion. Although they only placed at 3rd in the final round, Eastern decided not to promote and the promotion qualification was passed to Southern District.

They successfully avoided relegation and stayed at Hong Kong Second Division League in their first second division league season. They were the 4th out of 12 teams, 10 points behind the champions Sham Shui Po. On the other hand, they won their first torphy since their formation on 9 January 2011. They defeated Double Flower in the final of Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield at Hong Kong Stadium.

They were promoted to the Hong Kong First Division League for the first time in the 2011–12 season, as they were the 1st runner-up of the Hong Kong Second Division League, 3 points behind the champions Kam Fung.

Ground

Main article: Aberdeen Sports Ground

Since the team is a club which is representing the whole Southern District, while they have a sports ground in the district, they were permitted to use Aberdeen Sports Ground as their home ground since 2007, when they were competing in the Hong Kong Third District Division League. Since then, they played all their home games in this sports ground.

After they have promoted to the Hong Kong First Division League, they planned to continue using Aberdeen Sports Ground as their home stadium.

First Team Squad

As of 20 September 2015. ^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Wong Tsz Him
29	GK	Tse Tak Him
2	DF	Sham Kwok Fai
3	DF	Shay Spitz
22	DF	Tomas Maronesi
4	DF	Chan Cham Hei
18	DF	Wang Hecun (on loan from Kitchee)
13	DF	Lam Ho Kwan (captain)
5	DF	Diego Garrido Garcia
30	DF	Leung Ka Hai
19	DF	Chan Kong Pan

No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Leung Tsz Chun
6	MF	José María Díaz
8	MF	Luk Michael Chi Ho
12	MF	Ho Chuck Hang (on loan from Kitchee)
15	MF	Kwok Ting Him
16	MF	Emmet Wan (on loan from Kitchee)
17	MF	Lo Wai Tat
14	FW	James Stephen Gee Ha
9	FW	Jonathan Carril
11	FW	Wellingsson de Souza

Remarks:
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Club Officials

Southern District RSC^[2]

Chairman: Cham Man Chun
Manager: Chan "Lil'" Chit
Club Manager: Timmy Wong
Executive Management: Mui Heung Fu, Dennis
Chief General Administration: Choi Tak Chung
General Administration: Chiu Shing Kau, Sin Sin Chow

Coaching Staff^[3]

Coach: Fung Hoi Man
Fitness Coach: To Wai Lok
Goalkeeper Coach: Tung Hoi Yin

Honours

League

Hong Kong Second Division League

Runner-up: 2011–12

Hong Kong Third District Division League

Runner-up: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10

Cups

Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield

Winner: 2010–11

External links

Southern District RSA Official Website

References

Hong Kong First Division League

2015–16 teams	Citizen Double Flower Hong Kong FC Kwai Tsing Kwun Tong Lucky Mile Metro Gallery Sun Source Shatin Sun Hei Tai Chung Tai Po Wanchai Wing Yee Yau Tsim Mong

Former teams (after WWII)	25th Coy. S.D., R.A. 42 Commando 44 Commando Army (British Forces) Aux. Fire Service Biu Chun Rangers Blake Garden Buffs Bulova Caroline Hill Chinese Athletic Civilian A B C.M.B. Custom Lai Sun Double Flower Instant-Dict Eastern Fire Services Five-One-Seven Frankwell Fukien Harps Hong Kong 08 Hong Kong Sapling Jardine Kitchee K.M.B. Kui Tan Kwong Wah Lanwa Lanwa Redbull Sheffield United Little Sai Wan Mackinnons Mansion Martini May Ching Morning Star Mutual Nancheng Po Chai Golden Lai Sun Michelotti Pegasus Police R.A.F. R.G.A. Royal Engineers Royal Innisks Royal Navy A B Ryoden Sai Kung Friends (Sai Kung) Sea Bee (Ernest Borel Voicelink) Seiko Sham Shui Po Shatin Shek Kip Mei South China Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei Tuen Mun Tuen Mun Progoal Workable Sing Tao Royal Southern St. Joseph's Sunray Cave Telephone Tin Tin Tsuen Wan Tung Sing Tung Wah Urban Services Wong Tai Sin Xiangxue Xiangxue Eisiti Yee Hope (Orient & Yee Hope Union) Yokohama FC Hong Kong Yuen Long

Competition	Champions Foreign players

Hong Kong First Division League seasons and Hong Kong Premier League seasons since 2014–15 (Top Level)

1900s	1908–09 1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42^† 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

^†Suspended season

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