2014–15 Kitchee SC season

Kitchee SC

2014–15 season

Chairman

Ken Ng

Manager

1st

Champions

Champions

Top goalscorer

League:
Juan Belencoso (13)
All:
Juan Belencoso (31)

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The 2014–15 season was the 36th season of top-tier competitive association football played by Kitchee SC, a professional football club based in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Their first-place finish in the Hong Kong Premier League meant it was their second successive championship in Hong Kong's top division, and seventh overall.

Season overview

Pre-season

In May, following the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, chairman Ken Ng revealed that Kitchee would host French Champions Paris Saint-Germain on the 29th of July at the Hong Kong Stadium. At the press conference where this information was first revealed to the public, Ng detailed both clubs' ambitions with scheduling the friendly match, stating that Kitchee "would like to present the best football clubs to fans in Hong Kong every year and especially this year, following the World Cup. Paris Saint-Germain will be led by their world class star, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and the match against Kitchee will serve as Paris Saint-Germain’s final preparation before the team travel to Beijing for the French Super Cup.”^[1]

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Kitchee 6–2 in the July 29th friendly. Juan Belencoso headed in the opening goal at the five minute mark, but PSG's Hervin Ongenda equalized seven minutes later. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck and Zlatan Ibrahimović contributed to Paris Saint Germain's dominating performance with a brace and a hat-trick, respectively. Alex Tayo Akande netted a stoppage time goal on the counter attack to close the scoring.^[2]

Squad

As of the end of the season

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	Wang Zhenpeng
2	DF	Fernando Recio
3	DF	Dani Cancela
4	DF	Chan Cham Hei
5	DF	Hélio
6	MF	Gao Wen
7	MF	Xu Deshuai
8	FW	Alex Tayo Akande
9	FW	Juan Belencoso
10	MF	Lam Ka Wai
11	MF	To Hon To
12	DF	Lo Kwan Yee
13	DF	Cheung Kin Fung
14	MF	Cheung Kwok Ming
15	MF	Christian Annan

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Tsang Chi Hau
17	MF	Paulinho
18	FW	Jordi Tarrés
19	MF	Huang Yang
20	MF	Matt Lam
21	DF	Tsang Kam To
22	MF	Emmet Wan
23	GK	Guo Jianqiao
24	MF	Cho Sung-Min
26	DF	Wang Hecun
27	GK	Chan Ka Ho
30	DF	Leung Ka Hai
38	MF	Ngan Lok Fung
44	MF	Kim Tae-min
88	FW	Borja Rubiato

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kitchee	16	11	3	2	40	18	+22	36	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2
2	Eastern	16	10	3	3	34	20	+14	33	Qualification to Season Play-off^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Sun Pegasus	16	8	3	5	34	23	+11	27^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification to Season Play-off^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	South China	16	7	6	3	30	17	+13	27^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage^{[lower-alpha 3]}
5	YFCMD	16	8	2	6	25	29	−4	26	Qualification to Season Play-off^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Drawing lots (Play-off if the winner has to be decided)
Notes:

1 2 As Kitchee won the FA Cup, Eastern finished 2nd in Premier League and won the Senior Challenge Shield, teams finishing 4th and 5th in Premier League entered the Season Play-off as well.
1 2 Sun Pegasus wins head-to-head against South China.
↑ As winners of the Season Play-off.

Match details

Key

Win Draw Loss

Premier League

12 September 2014 (2014-09-12) 9	Kitchee	4–1	Wofoo Tai Po	Mong Kok Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Jordi 11' Lam Ka Wai 58', 67' Recio 86'	Report	Chen Jingde 87'	Attendance: 1,472

19 October 2014 (2014-10-19) 5	Kitchee	2–1	I-Sky Yuen Long	Mong Kok Stadium
17:30 UTC+8	Jordi 34' Xu Deshuai 79'	Report	Cheng King Ho 17'	Attendance: 926

31 October 2014 (2014-10-31) 6	Kitchee	2–1	Biu Chun Rangers	Mong Kok Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Jordi 69' Belencoso 87'	Report	James Ha 86'	Attendance: 638

23 November 2014 (2014-11-23) 7	South China	2–2	Kitchee	Hong Kong Stadium
14:30 UTC+8	Leung Chun Pong 12' Chan Wai Ho 51'	Report	Belencoso 71' Lam Ka Wai 87'	Attendance: 2,289

6 December 2014 (2014-12-06) 8	Sun Pegasus	0–1	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium
17:30 UTC+8		Report	Belencoso 17'	Attendance: 1,836

11 January 2015 (2015-01-11) 10	Kitchee	2–2	South China	Mong Kok Stadium
17:30 UTC+8	Belencoso 52', 58'	Report	Russell 24' Awal 90+4'	Attendance: 3,523

24 January 2015 (2015-01-24) 11	Kitchee	1–3	Eastern	Mong Kok Stadium
17:30 UTC+8	Paulinho 45+2'	Report	Šarić 32' Liang Zicheng 71' Macallister 79'	Attendance: 2,416

28 January 2015 (2015-01-28) 2	Kitchee	4–1	YFCMD	Mong Kok Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Xu Deshuai 11', 30' Belencoso 22' (pen.) Paulinho 65'	Report	Hady Barry 90+1'	Attendance: 518

6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) 3	Kitchee	1–0	Wong Tai Sin	Mong Kok Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Xu Deshuai 15'	Report		Attendance: 634

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 1	Eastern	0–4	Kitchee	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
UTC+8 20:00		Report	Belencoso 25', 55' (pen.) Xu Deshuai 87' Jordi 90+2'	Attendance: 1,639

7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 13	Kitchee	2–1	Sun Pegasus	Mong Kok Stadium
17:30 UTC+8	Jordi 16' (pen.) Matt Lam 56'	Report	Raščić 60'	Attendance: 1,849

29 March 2015 (2015-03-29) 14	Biu Chun Rangers	0–5	Kitchee	Kowloon Bay Park
15:00 UTC+8		Report	Jordi 23' Matt Lam 41' Xu Deshuai 64', 90' Annan 83'	Attendance: 582

7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) 12	Wong Tai Sin	0–2	Kitchee	Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground
14:30 UTC+8		Report	Lam Ka Wai 51' Xu Deshuai 65'	Attendance: 941

19 April 2015 (2015-04-19) 16	I-Sky Yuen Long	0–3	Kitchee	Yuen Long Stadium
17:30 UTC+8		Report	Jordi 3' Belencoso 70', 90+2'	Attendance: 1,340

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) 17	Wofoo Tai Po	3–3	Kitchee	Tai Po Sports Ground
14:30 UTC+8	Weijl 73', 88', 90+5'	Report	Belencoso 15', 86' Paulinho 43'	Attendance: 1,063

9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) 18	YFCMD	3–2	Kitchee	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground
14:30 UTC+8	Tan Chun Lok 26' Fong Pak Lun 64' Fernando 90' (pen.)	Report	Belencoso 24' Lo Kwan Yee 56'	Attendance: 606

Senior Shield

29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) Quarter-finals	Wofoo Tai Po	2–3	Kitchee	Tsing Yi Sports Ground
14:30 UTC+8	Lam Ngai Tong 6' Chan Yuk Chi 50'	Report	Jordi 32' (pen.), 69' Paulinho 61'	Attendance: 413

27 December 2014 (2014-12-27) Semi-finals	Wong Tai Sin	0–3	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium
14:30 UTC+8		Report	Lam Ka Wai 27' Jordi 68' Belencoso 83'	Attendance: 1,283

17 January 2015 (2015-01-17) Final	Kitchee	2–3	Eastern	Hong Kong Stadium
14:30 UTC+8	Belencoso 38' Jordi 90+3'	Report	Miroslav 11', 83' Macallister 64'	Attendance: 6,133

FA Cup

11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) Quarter-finals	Kitchee	3–1	Wofoo Tai Po	Mong Kok Stadium
14:30 (UTC+8)	Rubiato 42' Emmet Wan 60' Christian Annan 78'	Report	Aender 70'

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) Semi-finals	Kitchee	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	YFCMD	Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 (UTC+8)		Report		Attendance: 1,211
		Penalties
	Belencoso Paulinho Emmet Wan Jordi Tsang Kam To		Fong Pak Lun Díaz Moses Fernando

17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) Final	Kitchee	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Eastern	Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 (UTC+8)	Belencoso 100', 116'	Report		Attendance: 4,348

League Cup

28 October 2014 (2014-10-28) Group B	Wofoo Tai Po	1–4	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	So Yau Tin 89'	Report	Belencoso 7', 56', 65', 90+2'	Attendance: 497

20 December 2014 (2014-12-20) Group B	Kitchee	8–0	Biu Chun Rangers	Kowloon Bay Park
14:30 UTC+8	Paulinho 10', 11' Belencoso 30', 62', 67', 77' Cheung Kwok Ming 74' Annan 89'	Report		Attendance: 470

22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) Semi-finals	Wong Tai Sin	0–1	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium
17:30 UTC+8		Report	Lo Kwan Yee 37'	Attendance: 1,031

22 April 2015 (2015-04-22) Final	South China	0–4	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium
20:00 UTC+8		Report	Paulinho 5', 12' Belencoso 77' Jordi 90+6'	Attendance: 5,082

Pre–season and friendlies

29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	6–2	Kitchee	Hong Kong Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Ongenda 12' Bahebeck 22', 58' Ibrahimović 25', 28', 74'	Report	Belencoso 5' Akande 90'

References

↑ "Paris will play a pre-season game in Hong Kong". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
↑ "Paris go on the offensive". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

Kitchee Sports Club

Players
Mangers
Academy
Previous seasons
Current season

General Structure

Kitchee Sports Club
Kitchee Foundation Limited
Kitchee (Sports Management) Limited

Senior Club Staff

President: Ken K. Ng
General Manager: Wilson Ng
Director of Football: Chu Chi Kwong Alex
Public Relations Manager: Ng Yee Yun Jessica
Head of Youth Developing: Pedro Garcia Diaz

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Chu Chi Kwong Alex
Assistant Coach: Roberto Losada
Assistant Coach: Cristiano Cordeiro
Goalkeeping Coach: Roberto Sambade Carreira

Training Ground

Jockey Club Kitchee Centre

Youth Academy

Kitchee Academy powered by DV7 Soccer Academy
Professional Footballer Preparatory Programme
Yan Chai Hospital Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School

Home Stadium

Mong Kok Stadium	Hong Kong Premier League and AFC Cup
Hong Kong Stadium	AFC Champions League

Mascot

Kit Jai (A Little Blue Bird)

Club Song

We Are Kitchee!

Fans Club

ULTRAS BLUEWAVE

Honors

Hong Kong Premier League Champion	2014–15 2016–17
Hong Kong First Division League Champion	1947–48 1949–50 1963–64 2010–11 2011–12 2013–14
Hong Kong Second Division League Champion	1950–51 1991–92 2002–03
Hong Kong Third Division League Champion	1997–98
Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield Champion	1949–50 1953–54 1959–60 1963–64 2005–06 2016–17
Hong Kong FA Cup Champion	2011–12 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17
Hong Kong League Cup Champion	2005–06 2006–07 2011-12 2014–15 2015–16
Hong Kong Season Play-Offs Champion	2012–13 2015–16
Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield Champion	1951–52 1998–99
Hong Kong Community Shield Champion	2009

The AFC Cup

The 2014 AFC Cup	Semi-finals
The 2013 AFC Cup	Quarter-finals
The 2015 AFC Cup	Quarter-finals

The AFC Champions League

2018 AFC Champions League	Group stage direct entrant

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Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (Reserve) First Division Second Division Third Division
Women	Women League
Youth	Youth League (U10, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U18)

Domestic cups

Men	Senior Shield FA Cup (Preliminary Round) League Cup Season Play-off Junior Shield
Women	FA Cup

Asian club competitions

AFC Champions League (2014)
AFC Cup (2014, 2015)

Related to national teams

Men	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary round Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

Other competitions

Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
Lunar New Year Cup

Club seasons

Premier League

Biu Chun Rangers
Eastern
I-Sky Yuen Long
Kitchee
South China
Sun Pegasus
Wofoo Tai Po
Wong Tai Sin
YFCMD

Summer 2014 transfers
Winter 2014–15 transfers
Summer 2015 transfers

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