Hongkong - List of Champions and Runners-Up


Note that the Hongkong FA only recognises trophy winners since its own reconstruction in 1945.


Data prior to World War II

Season  Champions                  Runners-Up
1908-09 Royal East Kent Regiment
1909-10 Royal Garrison Artillery
1910-11 Royal East Kent Regiment
1911-12 King's Own Rifles
1912-13 Royal Garrison Artillery
1913-14 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1914-15 Royal Garrison Artillery
1915-16 Royal Garrison Artillery
1916-17 Royal Engineers
1917-18 Royal Garrison Artillery
1918-19 Royal Navy
1919-20 Hong Kong FC
1920-21 Wiltshire Regiment
1921-22 HMS 'Curlew'            
1922-23 King's Own Rifles
1923-24 South China
1924-25 East Surrey Regiment
1925-26 Kowloon
1926-27 South China
1927-28 Athletic
1928-29 Athletic                   South China
1929-30 Athletic
1930-31 South China
1931-32 South Welsh Borderers
1932-33 South China
1933-34 South Welsh Borderers
1934-35 South China
1935-36 South China
1936-37 Ulster Guards
1937-38 South China 'B'            Middlesex Regiment
1938-39 South China
1939-40 South China                Eastern
1940-41 South China
1941-42   unfinished
1942-45   no competition

Number of Titles 

  9       South China

  5       Royal Garrison Artillery

  3       Athletic

  2       King's Own Rifles
          Royal East Kent Regiment (aka 'Buffs')
          South Welsh Borderers

  1       Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
          East Surrey Regiment
          HMS 'Curlew' 
          Hong Kong FC
          Kowloon
          Royal Engineers
          Royal Navy
          South China 'B'
          Ulster Guards
          Wiltshire Regiment

Data since World War II

Season  Champions                  Runners-Up

1945-46 Royal Air Force            44 Commandos
1946-47 Sing Tao                   South China
1947-48 Kitchee                    Sing Tao
1948-49 South China                Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1949-50 Kitchee                    Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1950-51 South China                Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1951-52 South China                Army Force
1952-53 South China                Kitchee
1953-54 Kowloon Motor Bus Co.      South China
1954-55 South China                Kitchee
1955-56 Eastern                    South China
1956-57 South China                Kitchee
1957-58 South China                Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1958-59 South China                Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1959-60 South China                Happy Valley
1960-61 South China                Happy Valley
1961-62 South China                Happy Valley
1962-63 Yuen Long                  Tung Wah
1963-64 Kitchee                    Happy Valley
1964-65 Happy Valley               South China
1965-66 South China                Happy Valley
1966-67 Kowloon Motor Bus Co.      South China
1967-68 South China                Sing Tao   
1968-69 South China                Sing Tao
1969-70 Jardines                   Sing Tao
1970-71 Rangers                    Jardines
1971-72 South China                Caroline Hill
1972-73 Seiko                      South China
1973-74 South China                Seiko
1974-75 Seiko                      Happy Valley
1975-76 South China                Seiko
1976-77 South China                Seiko
1977-78 South China                Happy Valley
1978-79 Seiko                      Happy Valley
1979-80 Seiko                      Happy Valley
1980-81 Seiko                      South China
1981-82 Seiko                      Happy Valley
1982-83 Seiko                      Bulova
1983-84 Seiko                      Bulova
1984-85 Seiko                      South China
1985-86 South China                Happy Valley
1986-87 South China                Eastern
1987-88 South China                Happy Valley
1988-89 Happy Valley               South China
1989-90 South China                Eastern
1990-91 South China                Happy Valley
1991-92 South China                Eastern
1992-93 Eastern                    South China
1993-94 Eastern                    South China
1994-95 Eastern                    South China
1995-96 Instant-Dict               South China
1996-97 South China                Instant-Dict
1997-98 Instant-Dict               South China
1998-99 Happy Valley               South China
1999-00 South China                Happy Valley
2000-01 Happy Valley               Instant-Dict
2001-02 Sun Hei                    Happy Valley               
2002-03 Happy Valley               Sun Hei
2003-04 Sun Hei                    Kitchee
2004-05 Sun Hei                    Happy Valley
2005-06 Happy Valley               Xiangxue Sun Hei 
2006-07 South China                Kitchee
2007-08 South China                Citizen
2008-09 South China                Kitchee
2009-10

Number of Titles (64; runners-up finishes between square brackets)

 30 [15]  South China

  9 [ 3]  Seiko

  6 [16]  Happy Valley

  4 [ 3]  Eastern

  3 [ 6]  Kitchee
  3 [ 2]  Sun Hei (includes Xiangxue Sun Hei; now called Convey Sun Hei)

  2 [ 5]  Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
  2 [ 2]  Instant-Dict 

  1 [ 4]  Sing Tao 
  1 [ 1]  Jardines 
  1 [ -]  Rangers 
  1 [ -]  Royal Air Force 
  1 [ -]  Yuen Long

  - [ 2]  Bulova
  - [ 1]  Army Force
  - [ 1]  Caroline Hill
  - [ 1]  Citizen
  - [ 1]  44 Commandos
  - [ 1]  Tung Wah


About this document

Sources: [Kni 91], [MB 85], [MB 86], [Oli 95], Zhongguo Zuqiu Yundongshi (Chinese Football History), Hong Kong Football

Prepared and maintained by Atsushi Fujioka, Tom Lewis and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Atsushi Fujioka (ajf@din.or.jp), Tom Lewis (Tom.Lewis@btinternet.com) and Karel Stokkermans (karel@rsssf.com)
Last updated: 24 Sep 2009

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