2007–08 Hong Kong First Division League

The 2007–08 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 96th since its establishment. The first match was played on 2 September 2007 with South China lost to Kitchee 1–2.

Hong Kong First Division
Season2007–08
ChampionsSouth China
38th Hong Kong title
RelegatedBulova Rangers
AFC CupSouth China (group stage)
Eastern (group stage)
Matches played90
Goals scored282 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorerDetinho (South China) (19)
Biggest home winSouth China 6 – 1 Workable (26 September 2007)
South China 6 – 1 Wofoo Tai Po (13 November 2007)
Biggest away winBulova Rangers 1–9 South China (2 November 2007)
Highest scoringBulova Rangers 1–9 South China (2 November 2007)
Longest winning runSouth China (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runSouth China (12 games)
Longest losing runBulova Rangers, Workable, Lanwa Redbull (3 games)
Highest attendanceWorkable 1 – 3 Kitchee
Eastern 0 – 2 South China (4397) (22 September 2007)
Lowest attendanceHappy Valley 0 – 0 Lanwa Redbull (117) (18 April 2008)
Average attendance1305(except home matches of Lanwa Redbull)

In this season, the First Division League was composed of 10 teams. Workable were promoted from the Second Division while Eastern, originally demoted to Third Division League by rule, was invited by HKFA to play in the First Division League after securing sufficient sponsorship.

League table

Full table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 South China (C) 18 11 3 4 51 17 +34 36 2009 AFC Cup Group stage
2 Citizen 18 10 4 4 31 22 +9 34
3 Wofoo Tai Po 18 7 6 5 36 37 −1 27
4 Happy Valley 18 5 9 4 25 22 +3 24
5 Convoy Sun Hei 18 5 8 5 26 23 +3 23
6 Kitchee 18 5 7 6 30 33 −3 22
7 Eastern 18 4 8 6 25 28 −3 20 2009 AFC Cup Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
8 Lanwa Redbull 18 4 8 6 25 31 −6 20
9 Workable 18 3 6 9 14 34 −20 15
10 Bulova Rangers (R) 18 2 9 7 19 35 −16 15 Relegation to Second Division
Source: HKFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. via 2007–08 Hong Kong Senior Shield
 First Division League 2007–08 Winners 
South China
38th title

Home matches only
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Citizen 9 5 2 2 15 12 +3 17
2 Wofoo Tai Po 9 6 1 2 24 18 +6 17
3 South China 9 5 2 2 23 8 +15 17
4 Bulova Rangers 9 2 5 2 9 18 −9 11
5 Eastern 9 2 3 4 12 15 −3 9
6 Kitchee 9 2 3 4 13 18 −5 9
7 Lanwa Redbull 9 1 5 3 12 17 −5 8
8 Convoy Sun Hei 9 1 4 4 9 12 −3 7
9 Happy Valley 9 0 7 2 8 11 −3 7
10 Workable 9 2 1 6 9 22 −13 7
Source:

Note: Here is the home stadium list of the teams:

Away matches only
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 South China 9 6 1 2 28 9 +19 19
2 Happy Valley 9 5 1 3 17 11 +6 17
3 Citizen 9 5 2 2 16 10 +6 17
4 Convoy Sun Hei 9 4 4 1 17 11 +6 16
5 Kitchee 9 3 4 2 17 15 +2 13
6 Lanwa Redbull 9 3 3 3 13 14 −1 12
7 Eastern 9 2 5 2 13 13 0 11
8 Wofoo Tai Po 9 2 4 3 14 19 −5 10
9 Workable 9 1 5 3 5 13 −8 8
10 Bulova Rangers 9 0 4 5 10 17 −7 4
Source:

Teams

The following 10 clubs are competing in the Hong Kong First Division League during the 2007–08 season.

Club
 Position
in 2006–07		 First season in
top division		 Last title
Bulova Rangers4th1965–661970–71
Citizen8th2004–05n/a
Convoy Sun Hei3rd1994–952004–05
Eastern10th, Second Division1936–371994–95
Happy Valley6th1959–602005–06
Kitchee2nd1947–481963–64
Lanwa Redbull5th2005–06n/a
South China1st1918–192006–07
Wofoo Tai Po7th2006–07n/a
Workable2nd, Second Division2007–08n/a

Kits
Team Kit maker Sponsor
Bulova Rangers Umbro Bulova
Citizen Jako BMA Entertainment
Convoy Sun Hei Kappa Aviva
Eastern Adidas Panasonic
Happy Valley Puma Alliance Engineering
Kitchee Mizuno Canon
Lanwa Redbull Umbro Huangshan Wenquan
South China Adidas PCCW
Wofoo Tai Po Akita Yashica
Workable Adidas Crocodile Garments

Fixtures and results

Round 1
South China1–2Kitchee
Li Haiqiang  58' (Report) Chan Siu Ki  79' (pen.)
Anderson  82'
Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Workable2–2Wofoo Tai Po
Beto  75'  90' (pen.) (Report) Chan Sze Wing  33'
Annan  58'
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Eastern0–2Convoy Sun Hei
(Report) Giovane  48' (pen.)  53'
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Citizen0–0Lanwa Redbull
(Report)
Attendance: 1,191
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Happy Valley1–1Bulova Rangers
Chao Pengfei  55' (Report) Godfred  62'
Attendance: 1,191
Referee: Wong Po On

Round 2
Convoy Sun Hei0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 511
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Lanwa Redbull1–3South China
Lin Zhong  90' (Report) Detinho  10'  24'
Maxwell  36'
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Wofoo Tai Po4–3Happy Valley
Leung Kam Fai  21'
Junior  39' (pen.)  68'
Annan  58'		 (Report) Tomy  45'  62'
Law Chun Bong  82'
Attendance: 588
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Bulova Rangers0–4Citizen
(Report) Wang Xuanhong  17'  68'  73'  81'
Attendance: 1,638
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Kitchee2–2Eastern
Cheung Kin Fung  27'
Anderson  40'		 (Report) Paulo  6' (pen.)
Rodrigo  15'
Attendance: 1,638
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Round 3
Happy Valley2–3Convoy Sun Hei
Diego  16'
Poon Man Tik  27'		 (Report) Fabio Herbert  18'
João Miguel  25'
Giovane  64'
Attendance: 560
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Workable1–3Kitchee
Au Yeung Yiu Chung  12' (Report) Goran  6'  50'
Chan Siu Ki  85'
Attendance: 4,397
Referee: Wong Po On
Eastern0–2South China
(Report) Maxwell  74'
Cheng Siu Wai  79'
Attendance: 4,397
Referee: Chan Shui Hung
Citizen2–1Wofoo Tai Po
Sham Kwok Fai  52'
Wang Xuanhong  75'		 (Report) Joel  71'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Bulova Rangers3–2Lanwa Redbull
Liang Zicheng  3'
Yaw  37'
Godfred  69'		 (Report) Willian  14'
Lin Zhong  74'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho

Round 4
South China6–1Workable
Maxwell  10'
Itaparica  32'
Detinho  62'  89' (pen.)  90'
Cris  85'		 (Report) Au Yeung Yiu Chung  58'
Attendance: 1,892
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Lanwa Redbull0–2Eastern
(Report) Ferreira  67'
Paulo  70' (pen.)
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Wofoo Tai Po2–0Bulova Rangers
Annan  25'
Rafael  46'		 (Report)
Attendance: 473
Referee: Chan Shui Hung
Convoy Sun Hei3–2Citizen
Lau Chi Keung  24'
Giovane  44'  51'		 (Report) Leko  14'
Sham Kwok Fai  29'
Attendance: 2,218
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Kitchee3–3Happy Valley
Chan Siu Ki  11'
Cheng Lai Hin  72'
Zizic  90'		 (Report) Tomy  18'
Diego  43'
Monteiro  85'
Attendance: 2,218
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 5
Happy Valley1–1South China
Tomy  39' (Report) Detinho  66'
Attendance: 2,489
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Wofoo Tai Po2–4Lanwa Redbull
Zhang Yu  58' (o.g.)
Joel  83'		 (Report) Wang Gang  10'
Lin Zhong  43'
Yang Baoming  45'
Zhang Yu  86'
Attendance: 853
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Bulova Rangers0–0Convoy Sun Hei
(Report)
Attendance: 853
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Citizen2–1Kitchee
Leko  3'
Márcio Bambu  75'		 (Report) Goran  53'
Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Wong Po On
Workable0–2Eastern
(Report) Rodrigo  74'
Jeferson  90'
Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Round 6
Eastern1–2Happy Valley
Rodrigo  81' (Report) Poon Yiu Cheuk  37' (pen.)  56' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Lanwa Redbull1–1Workable
Villalba  61' (Report) Chan Man Fai  82'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
South China0–0Citizen
(Report)
Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Convoy Sun Hei1–2Wofoo Tai Po
Giovane  85' (pen.) (Report) Annan  67'
Joel  82'
Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Kitchee3–1Bulova Rangers
Chan Siu Ki  29'
Akosah  45'
McKee  81'		 (Report) Liang Zicheng  10'
Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Wong Po On

Round 7
Happy Valley0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 540
Referee: Wong Po On
Convoy Sun Hei0–1Lanwa Redbull
(Report) Ye Nan  33'
Attendance: 540
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Wofoo Tai Po3–3Kitchee
Junior  21' (pen.)  41' (pen.)
Joel  61'		 (Report) Liu Quankun  9'
Lo Kwan Yee  62'
Anderson  66'
Attendance: 677
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Citizen2–2Eastern
Wang Xuanhong  52'  90' (Report) Machado  1'
Jeferson  4'
Attendance: 677
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Bulova Rangers1–9South China
Godfred  41' (Report) Detinho  4'  23'  60'
Kwok Kin Pong  25'  67'
Maxwell  28'  86'
Li Haiqiang  30'  70'
Attendance: 1,196
Referee: Ng Kai Lam

Round 8
Lanwa Redbull3–2Happy Valley
Anibal  50'
Willian  61'
Zhang Yu  76'		 (Report) Tomy  32'
Diego  45'
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Kitchee1–1Convoy Sun Hei
Chan Siu Ki  7' (pen.) (Report) Giovane  88'
Attendance: 581
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Workable0–1Citizen
(Report) Ju Yingzhi  57'
Attendance: 883
Referee: Wong Po On
Eastern4–3Bulova Rangers
Rodrigo  17'
Paulo  36' (pen.)  48' (pen.)  72' (pen.)		 (Report) Liang Zicheng  56'
Marcio  76' (o.g.)
Fofo  90'
Attendance: 883
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
South China6–1Wofoo Tai Po
Kwok Kin Pong  4'
Detinho  14'  31' (pen.)
Maxwell  56'  80'  84'		 (Report) Lee Wai Lim  42'
Attendance: 1,558
Referee: Pau Sai Yin

Round 9
Convoy Sun Hei1–2South China
Chan Ho Man  90' (Report) Detinho  59'
Maxwell  86'
Attendance: 1,531
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Bulova Rangers0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 376
Referee: Lam Sing Yan
Kitchee2–3Lanwa Redbull
Chan Siu Ki  54'
Goran  90'		 (Report) Villalba  45'  46'
Li Hang Wui  90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 376
Referee: Wong Po On
Citizen0–3Happy Valley
(Report) Tomy  13'
Sham Kwok Keung  22'
Poon Yiu Cheuk  79'
Attendance: 1,466
Referee: Chan Shui Hung
Wofoo Tai Po0–1Eastern
(The result was declared null) Picoli  51'
Attendance: 1,466
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Wofoo Tai Po3–1Eastern
Rafael  19'
Junior  45'
Annan  76'		 (Re-match)
(Report)		 Lee Sze Ming  4'
Attendance: 461
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 10
Kitchee0–5South China
(Report) Itaparica  29'
Detinho  30'  39'  46'  79'
Attendance: 2,082
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Wofoo Tai Po2–1Workable
Rafael  24'  66' (Report) Wong Chun Yue  1'
Attendance: 898
Referee: Chan Shui Hung
Lanwa Redbull1–1Citizen
Anibal  53' (pen.) (Report) Wang Xuanhong  45'
Referee: Wong Po On
Convoy Sun Hei1–1Eastern
Miguel  50' (Report) Fabio  76'
Attendance: 898
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Bulova Rangers0–0Happy Valley
(Report)
Attendance: 433
Referee: Fung Ka Yu

Round 11
South China4–1Lanwa Redbull
Cheng Siu Wai  32'
Cris  76'
Chan Wai Ho  85'
Itaparica  90'		 (Report) Geng Xin  4'
Attendance: 976
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Eastern1–1Kitchee
Fabio  42' (Report) Goran  14'
Attendance: 992
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Workable1–6Convoy Sun Hei
Beto  32' (pen.) (Report) Roger  8'
Pizzi  10'
Giovane  18'  20'  36'
Chan Yiu Lun  75'
Attendance: 992
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Happy Valley1–1Wofoo Tai Po
Sham Kwok Keung  45' (Report) Annan  58'
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Wong Po On
Citizen3–2Bulova Rangers
Wang Xuanhong  14'  60'
Leko  53'		 (Report) Siumar  21' (pen.)
Donatus  70'
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Fung Ka Yu

Round 12
Wofoo Tai Po2–3Citizen
Junior  25' (pen.)
Rafael  90'		 (Report) Chiu Chun Kit  4' (o.g.)
Leko  5'  16'
Attendance: 185
Referee: Lui Siu Chuen
Kitchee0–1Workable
(Report) Chan Man Fai  58'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Convoy Sun Hei0–1Happy Valley
(Report) Chao Pengfei  22'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
South China2–0Eastern
Schutz  13'  15' (Report)
Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Wong Po On
Lanwa Redbull2–2Bulova Rangers
Villalba  31'
Lin Zhong  69'		 (Report) Liang Zicheng  6'
Caleb  62'
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau

Round 13
Happy Valley0–0Kitchee
(Report)
Attendance: 251
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Eastern0–0Lanwa Redbull
(Report)
Attendance: 650
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Bulova Rangers2–2Wofoo Tai Po
Lam Ka Wai  81'  86' (Report) Junior  26' (pen.)
Annan  79'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Citizen0–1Convoy Sun Hei
(Report) Chan Yiu Lun  66'
Attendance: 183
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau
Workable1–4South China
Au Yeung Yiu Chung  53' (Report) Wong Chin Hung  26'
Detinho  63'
Maxwell  77'  87'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hung Cheung Chi

Round 14
Eastern0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 838
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Lanwa Redbull1–1Wofoo Tai Po
Villalba  5' (Report) Lee Hong Lim  90'
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Convoy Sun Hei1–1Bulova Rangers
Roger  59' (Report) Siumar  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 838
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Kitchee0–1Citizen
(Report) Ronan  17'
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Lui Siu Chuen
South China0–2Happy Valley
(Report) Chao Pengfei  25'  36'
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 15
Workable3–2Lanwa Redbull
Au Yeung Yiu Chung  33'
Yang Xu  35'
Balbinot  62'		 (Report) Anibal  70' (pen.)
Min Jin  74'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Wofoo Tai Po2–2Convoy Sun Hei
Joel  48'
Lee Wai Lim  72'		 (Report) Chan Yiu Lun  45'
Roger  82'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Citizen2–1South China
Ronan  65' (pen.)
Márcio  78'		 (Report) Detinho  37' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,184
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Bulova Rangers3–1Kitchee
Lam Ka Wai  29'
Nanmi  45' (o.g.)
Minga  60'		 (Report) Cheng Lai Hin  22'
Attendance: 894
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Happy Valley3–3Eastern
Tomy  17'
Chao Pengfei  36'
Godfred  42'		 (Report) Fábio  22'  86'
Paulo  82'
Attendance: 894
Referee: Fung Ka Yu

Round 16
Kitchee2–1Wofoo Tai Po
McKee  77'  90' (Report) Sze Kin Wai  84'
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Lanwa Redbull1–1Convoy Sun Hei
Ge Shengxiang  16' (Report) Giovane  28'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
South China0–0Bulova Rangers
(Report)
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Workable0–1Happy Valley
(Report) Denisson  3'
Attendance: 999
Referee: Chan Shui Hung
Eastern4–2Citizen
Rodrigo  4'  33'  75'
So Yiu Man  17'		 (Report) Paulinho  72'
Ronan  90' (pen.)
Attendance: 999
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau

Round 17
Happy Valley0–0Lanwa Redbull
(Report)
Attendance: 117
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Citizen4–1Workable
Baise  34'
Paulinho  40'
Ju Yingzhi  61'
Leko  78'		 (Report) Beto  62' (pen.)
Attendance: 460
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Bulova Rangers0–0Eastern
(Report)
Attendance: 904
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Convoy Sun Hei2–2Kitchee
Giovane  23'
Cordeiro  38'		 (Report) Goran  35' (pen.)
Nanmi  72'
Attendance: 904
Referee: Wong Po On
Wofoo Tai Po2–1South China
Chiu Chun Kit  6'
Joel  76'		 (Report) Lee Chi Ho  8'
Attendance: 1,590
Referee: Wong Chi Tang

Round 18
Workable1–0Bulova Rangers
Beto  24' (Report)
Attendance: 1,093
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Lanwa Redbull2–4Kitchee
Hao Shuang  24'
Anibal  77'		 (Report) Akosah  6'  47'  52'
Gao Wen  66'
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau
Happy Valley0–2Citizen
(Report) Marcio  21'
Anthony  75'
Attendance: 1,093
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Eastern2–3Wofoo Tai Po
Rodrigo  5'
Yu Ho Pong  51'		 (Report) Rafael  12'  35'
Junior  59'
Attendance: 4,199
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
South China4–1Convoy Sun Hei
Chan Chi Hong  24'
Schutz  61'  66'
Detinho  86' (pen.)		 (Report) Chan Yiu Lun  46'
Attendance: 4,199
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Scorers
19 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals

Only scorers with 3 goals or above are listed here.

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