Yuen Long FC

Yuen Long
元朗
Full name Yuen Long Football Club
元朗足球隊
Nickname(s) Squire team (鄉紳班), Tai Pei Tau (大披頭), The Tangerines
Founded 1959 (as Yuen Long District Sport Association)
2013 (as Yuen Long Football Club)
Ground Yuen Long Stadium
Ground Capacity 4,932
President Wilson Wong
Head coach Tsang Chiu Tat
League Hong Kong Premier League
2016–17 5th

Yuen Long Football Club (Chinese: 元朗足球隊) are a Hong Kong professional football club currently competing in the Hong Kong Premier League.

The football teams of the club were originally organised by Yuen Long District Sports Association (Chinese: 元朗區體育會). In 2013, Yuen Long Football Club was established as a private entity, separating from the district sports association.

History

Yuen Long District Sport Association was established by former chairmen of Hong Kong Football Association, Fu Lee Sha and Tsang Sam Chiu in 1959.

The team entered the former Hong Kong Third Division League in 1959–60 season. The team carried a three-year plan to get promotion to First Division. In 1961–62, the team became the first district team to compete in First Division. In 1962–63, the team gained their first top Division League title. In 1967–68, the team captured their first Senior Shield by beating Tung Sing. In 1968–69, the team turned professional until 1972–73 when it focused on a youth squad. In 1978–79, the team beat the league giant Seiko in FA Cup final, which avoided Seiko from capturing all the 6 major tropies in the season. In 1979–80, the team quit the league due to financial problem.

With the promotion of the district football league, Yuen Long team was formed again in 2003 and entered the Hong Kong Third District Division League.

They were promoted to the First Division in the 2013–14 season, as champions of the Hong Kong Second Division, 7 points ahead the runner-up Happy Valley.

Yuen Long were branded as "KMB Yuen Long" between 2015-2017 due to a sponsorship agreement with Kowloon Motor Bus. The agreement was terminated in June of 2017.[1]

Honours

League

Cup Completions

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
2 Hong Kong DF Pang Chiu Yin
4 Hong Kong DF Lau Ka Ming
6 Hong Kong DF Law Chun Ting
7 Brazil MF Ticão
10 Brazil FW Everton Camargo
18 Hong Kong DF Wong Yim Kwan
19 Hong Kong MF Yiu Ho Ming
21 Brazil DF Lacerda
22 Hong Kong MF Fábio Lopes (Captain)
26 Hong Kong GK Chan Ka Ho
No. Position Player
27 Hong Kong DF Chan Hin Kwong
30 Hong Kong GK Pang Tsz Kin
33 Hong Kong MF Tam Lok Hin
39 Hong Kong MF Lau Ho Lam
89 Hong Kong MF Ip Chung Long
99 Serbia MF Aleksandar Ranđelović
-- Hong Kong FW Yip Tsz Chun
-- Hong Kong FW Yu Wai Lim
-- Hong Kong MF Wong Chin Hin

Notable players

See also

References

  1. "元朗新兵亮相 望再簽新援". on.cc. Retrieved 15 July 2017. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
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