2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League

2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football. The season was won by Kitchee. Kitchee forward Sandro was the top goalscorer with 21 goals. South China and HKFC were regelated to the Hong Kong First Division.

Hong Kong Premier League
Season2016–17
ChampionsKitchee
RelegatedSouth China
HKFC
AFC Champions LeagueKitchee
Eastern
Matches played110
Goals scored377 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorerSandro (Kitchee)
(21 goals)
Best goalkeeperYapp Hung Fai (Eastern)
Biggest home winKitchee 10–0 HKFC
(7 April 2017)
Biggest away winHKFC 0–6 Southern
(3 February 2017)
Highest scoringKitchee 10–0 HKFC
(7 April 2017)
Longest winning run8 matches:
Kitchee
Longest unbeaten run19 matches:
Eastern
Longest winless run12 matches:
Biu Chun Glory Sky
Longest losing run10 matches:
HKFC
Highest attendance6,413
Eastern 1–4 Kitchee
(6 May 2017)
Lowest attendance100
R&F 0–3 Rangers
(6 May 2017)
Total attendance99,156
Average attendance901

Teams

A total of 11 teams will contest the league, including seven sides from the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League, two promoted from the 2015–16 Hong Kong First Division League and two new teams.

Stadia and Locations
Locations of the 2016-17 Hong Kong Premier League clubs

Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:

Eastern
Kitchee		 South China Southern Pegasus
Mong Kok Stadium Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Aberdeen Sports Ground Hong Kong Stadium
Capacity: 6,664 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 40,000
Yuen Long Rangers Tai Po HKFC
Yuen Long Stadium Tsing Yi Sports Ground Tai Po Sports Ground HKFC Stadium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 2,750
Biu Chun Glory Sky R&F
Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Capacity: 2,200 Capacity: 11,981

Remarks:
1The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground reduces from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches.

Personnel and Kits
Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Biu Chun Glory Sky Brian Leung Yoon Dong-hun Mirko Teodorović Kelme Glory Sky Finance
Eastern Peter Leung Chan Yuen-ting Yapp Hung Fai Adidas SMI Corporation
HKFC Tony Sealy Richard Ewart Zoltan Gheczy Adidas The Executive Center (Front)
HK Pegasus Canny Leung Kevin Bond Kristijan Naumovski Adidas ZTE
Kitchee Ken Ng Chu Chi Kwong Lo Kwan Yee Nike Jockey Club Kitchee Centre (Front)
WWF (Shorts)
Rangers Fung Ka Ki Lam Hing Lun Jordi Tarrés Xtep Lee & Man Chemical
Southern Chan Man Chun Cheng Siu Chung Leung Tsz Chun Nike ISUZU (Front)
Kwoon Chung Motors (Back)
South China Wallace Cheung Dejan Antonić Chan Wai Ho Adidas AET (Front)
Tai Po Cheung Hok Ming Lee Chi Kin Chan Yuk Chi Nike Lee Kee Group (Back)
Yuen Long Wong Wai Shun Tsang Chiu Tat Fábio Lopes Lotto KMB (Front)
R&F Huang Shenghua Li Zhihai Tu Dongxu Xtep R&F Princess Cove (Front)

Managerial Changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Biu Chun Glory Sky Chiu Chung Man Promoted as General Manager 4 October 2016 7th Yoon Dong-hun 4 October 2016
South China Ricardo Return as Coach 25 October 2016 4th Dejan Antonić 31 October 2016
HK Pegasus Steve Gallen Mutual consent 3 November 2016 4th Kevin Bond 7 November 2016

Foreign Players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six (including an Asian player) per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches. Non-Chinese/Hong Kong player could not be registered in R&F as one of the participating conditions of the China-based club. Moreover, R&F need to have at least eight Hong Kong players in the squad.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Asian Player
Biu Chun Glory Sky Mirko Teodorović Everton Camargo Igor Miović Oleksiy Shlyakotin Lee Kil-hoon Yoon Dong-hun
Eastern Manuel Bleda Diego Eli Michel Lugo Giovane Miroslav Saric Josh Mitchell
HKFC Jerome De Clarens Zoltan Gheczy Andrew Wylde Thomas Smith Issey Maholo Shunsuke Nakamura
HK Pegasus Dhiego Martins Eduardo Praes João Emir Kristijan Naumovski Salva Chamorro Travis Major
Kitchee Fernando Dani Rufino Krisztián Vadócz Kim Dong-jin Kim Bong-jin
Rangers Fernando Recio Jordi Tarrés Clayton Denis Berg Gee Kyung-hun
Southern Tomas Wellingsson Diego Garrido Dieguito Marcos Jiménez Tomoya Uchida
South China Luiz Carlos Mahama Awal Bojan Mališić Nikola Komazec Marko Perović Yusuke Kato
Tai Po Paulo César Lucas Silva Dudu Lima David Lazari Yuto Nakamura
Yuen Long Stefan Luciano Silva Diego Higino Aleksandar Ranđelović Ticão
Club HK Player 1 HK Player 2 HK Player 3 HK Player 4 HK Player 5 HK Player 6 HK Player 7 HK Player 8
R&F Chuck Yiu Kwok Liang Zicheng Tsang Kin Fong Jing Teng Lam Wan Kit Lau Tak Yan Chen Liming Lam Hin Ting

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kitchee (C) 20 16 3 1 54 8 +46 51 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Eastern Long Lions 20 15 4 1 60 25 +35 49 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 and Season Play-off
3 Southern 20 10 6 4 48 21 +27 36 Qualification to Season Play-off
4 South China (R) 20 11 2 7 34 26 +8 35 Qualification to Season Play-off and Relegation to First Division[lower-alpha 1]
5 Yuen Long 20 9 4 7 36 23 +13 31 Qualification to Season Play-off
6 Tai Po FC 20 9 4 7 29 21 +8 31
7 Rangers 20 7 5 8 31 33 −2 26
8 HK Pegasus 20 7 5 8 35 35 0 26
9 Biu Chun Glory Sky 20 2 4 14 24 55 −31 10
10 R&F 20 3 1 16 13 53 −40 10
11 HKFC (R) 20 2 0 18 13 77 −64 6 Relegation to First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. 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)
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. South China did not apply for the next season's Hong Kong Premier League Licence.

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Positions by Round

To preserve the chronological order of events, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Kitchee2111112222112222222221
Eastern3322221111221111111112
Kwoon Chung Southern1099111188878765545533333
South China3522443343344354344444
KMB Yuen Long1455555434433433455555
Wofoo Tai Po9676667555556666666666
Lee Man Rangers578101076786887787888887
Hong Kong Pegasus5244334667678878777778
Biu Chun Glory Sky8106779999910101010101011101010109
R&F78109810101010109999999999910
HKFC111111891111111111111111111111101111111111
Leader - 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
Relegation to 2017–18 Hong Kong First Division League
Source: Hong Kong Football Association website

Results
Home \ Away BGS EAS CLU PEG KCS KIT LMR SCA TPO YLF R&F
Biu Chun Glory Sky 1–2 2–3 2–4 0–4 1–5 2–2 0–3 3–3 2–3 2–0
Eastern 6–2 7–0 2–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 6–1
HKFC 1–4 0–4 0–1 0–6 0–2 0–1 1–6 1–2 0–3 3–4
Hong Kong Pegasus 2–1 3–5 5–0 0–0 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2
Kwoon Chung Southern 6–0 1–3 7–0 4–3 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2
Kitchee 0–0 0–0 10–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–0
Lee Man Rangers 5–2 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0
South China 1–0 2–2 4–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 2–4 1–4 1–0 1–0
Wofoo Tai Po 1–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
KMB Yuen Long 4–0 1–2 6–2 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–0 0–1 0–2 4–0
R&F 0–0 0–4 1–0 1–3 0–5 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–4
Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2017. Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top Scorer
As of match played 6 May 2017[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sandro Kitchee 21
2 Manuel Bleda Eastern 16
3 Nikola Komazec South China 13
Jordi Tarrés Rangers
5 Lucas Silva Tai Po 11
6 Giovane Eastern 10
Everton Biu Chun Glory Sky
8 Rufino Kitchee 9
Marcos Southern
10 Lee Hong Lim Eastern 8

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
WellingssonSouthernHKFC7-022 October 2016[4]
Manuel Bleda4Eastern Long LionsBiu Chun Glory Sky6-22 November 2016[5]
Stefan PereiraYuen LongBiu Chun Glory Sky4–019 November 2016
Everton CamargoBiu Chun Glory SkyHKFA4–117 March 2017
SandroKitcheeLee Man Rangers5–119 March 2017
MarcosSouthernR&F (HK)5–01 April 2017
GiovaneEastern Long LionsHK Pegasus5–31 April 2017
RufinoKitcheeBiu Chun Glory Sky5–12 April 2017
Rufino4KitcheeHKFC10–07 April 2017
Sandro4KitcheeHKFC10–07 April 2017
JordiLee Man RangersEastern Long Lions3–38 April 2017
SandroKitcheeEastern Long Lions4–16 May 2017
LucasWofoo Tai PoBiu Chun Glory Sky3–36 May 2017
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Eastern 19,227 6,413 682 1,923 +0.8%†
2 Kitchee 18,498 3,863 744 1,850 +16.1%†
3 Yuen Long 13,951 2,019 592 1,395 +29.6%†
4 South China 13,529 3,283 346 1,353 +18.9%†
5 Tai Po 7,642 1,474 421 764 n/a1
6 Hong Kong Pegasus 7,235 1,507 249 724 −26.2%†
7 Southern 5,322 1,167 236 532 +8.8%†
8 Rangers 5,190 1,171 215 519 +8.8%†
9 Biu Chun Glory Sky 4,595 746 230 460 n/a1
10 HKFC 3,867 669 292 387 n/a1
11 R&F 2,066 361 100 207 n/a1
League total 101,122 6,413 100 919 −9.8%†

Source: Soccerway
Notes:
1: Team did not play last season in the Premier League

Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards
Awards Prize Winner Club Votes
Footballer of the Year Fernando Kitchee 75.95%
Coach of the Year Chu Chi Kwong Kitchee 53.68%
Young Players of the Year Tan Chun Lok Tai Po 67.18%
Wong Tsz Ho Eastern 47.50%
Players' Player Fernando Kitchee 25
Most Favorite Player Fernando Kitchee 2,429
Hong Kong Top Footballers
Goalkeeper Yapp Hung Fai Eastern 41.13%
Defenders Kim Bong-jin Kitchee 67.18%
Hélio Kitchee 52.33%
Beto Júnior Eastern 37.86%
Wong Tsz Ho Eastern 36.13%
Midfielders Fernando Kitchee 75.95%
Huang Yang Kitchee 49.79%
Diego Eli Eastern 37.05%
Itaparica Tai Po 30.76%
Forwards Sandro Kitchee 57.69%
Manuel Bleda Eastern 40.58%

References
  1. "Standings BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League 2016-2017 - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  2. "Premier League 2016/2017 results, Football Hong Kong - FlashScore". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  3. "Hong Kong Football Association – Top Scorers". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  4. "Kwoon Chung Southern 7-0 HKFC". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. "Eastern 6-2 BCGS". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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