R&F (Hong Kong)

R&F (HK)
Full name R&F (Hong Kong) Soccer Limited
富力（香港）足球有限公司
Founded 2016
Ground Yanzigang Stadium, Guangzhou
Chairman Huang Shenghua (黄盛华)
Manager Marek Zając
League Hong Kong Premier League
2016–17 10th
Website Club website

R&F (Hong Kong) Soccer Limited (Chinese: 富力（香港）足球有限公司) is an association football team which plays in the Hong Kong Premier League in the name of R&F (Chinese: R&F富力) . As a satellite team of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F, most of its players are from Guangzhou R&F U19's. It is owned by Chinese property developers R&F Properties.

The club's name "R&F" is short for "Rich" (富) and "Force" (力).

History

R&F FC was founded and registered at Hong Kong Football Association in the summer of 2016. On 1 August 2016, they were accepted to play in the Hong Kong Premier League with following conditions: (1) Signing at least eight Hong Kong players. (2) Using at least three Hong Kong players in a match. (3) Sponsoring a cup competition with a fee of $1 million.[1] The club finished their inaugural season in 10th place with 3 wins, 1 draw and 16 defeats in the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League, which secured the position in the top flight for the next season. In June 2017, R&F was allowed to move their home stadium to Yanzigang Stadium, Guangzhou and register 3 foreigners for the 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League.[2]

Current squad

As of 14 July 2017[3]

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

No. Position Player
1 China GK Pei Chensong
3 China MF Xiang Wenjun
4 China DF Zhao Ming
5 Hong Kong DF Vas Núñez
6 China MF Hou Junjie
7 China MF Deng Yanlin
8 China MF Wu Weian
9 Brazil FW Bruninho
10 Hong Kong MF Itaparica
11 Serbia FW Marko Perović
13 China MF Chen Fuhai
14 China MF Zhang Jiajie
15 Hong Kong DF Beto
No. Position Player
17 China MF Yang Ziyi
18 China DF Liang Yongfeng
19 Hong Kong FW Tsang Kin Fong
21 China DF Liang Zhanhao
22 Brazil FW Giovane Alves da Silva
23 China MF He Zilin
32 China DF Zhong Ke
99 China DF Wang Erduo
98 China GK Chen Zirong
China GK Zhou Yuchen
China DF Ye Ruiwen
Hong Kong MF Chow Cheuk Fung
China MF Wang Xinhui

Team staff

Position Staff
Head coach Poland Marek Zając
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach Scotland Andy McNeil
Team leader China Wu Weian (吴伟安)
Team physician China Liu Yihao (刘益豪)

Source:

Results

All-time league rankings

As of 6 May 2017[4]
Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Senior Challenge Shield Sapling Cup Att./G Stadium
2016–1712031161353 -401010R1R1R2207Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground

Managerial history

As of 6 May 2017
# Name Period Pld W D L GF GA GD Win% Honours
1 China Li Zhihai July 2016 – May 2017 23 3 1 19 14 62 −48 013.04
2 Poland Marek Zając June 2017 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

References

  1. ↑ "港超聯　足總董事會拍板 東方無緣亞洲賽". hk.on.cc. Oriental Press Group Limited. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "富力将战港超预备队联赛". Netease. Guangzhou News. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "R&F富力队征战港超大名单". Sohu. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "R&F FC (HONG KONG) Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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