2019–20 Hong Kong First Division League

The 2019–20 Hong Kong First Division League was the 6th season of Hong Kong First Division since it became the second-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014–15.[2] The season began on 7 September 2019 and ended on 16 April 2020 when the Hong Kong Football Association announced the cancellation of all lower division seasons due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.[3]

Hong Kong First Division
Season2019–20
ChampionsN/A (season abandoned)
PromotedResources Capital
Matches played87
Goals scored354 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorerStefan Pereira (Citizen)
(19 goals)[1]
Biggest home winResources Capital 8–0 Sham Shui Po
(8 September 2019)
Biggest away winIcanfield 1–9 HKFC
(1 December 2019)
Highest scoringKing Fung 9–3 Wong Tai Sin
(11 November 2019)
Longest winning run6 matches
HKFC
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Resources Capital
Longest winless run9 matches
Wong Tai Sin
Sham Shui Po
Longest losing run9 matches
Sham Shui Po

League leaders Resources Capital applied for promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League at season's end and were accepted on 24 June 2020.[4]

Teams

Relegated to the Second Division
Relegated from the Premier League

Name changes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Resources Capital (P) 13 9 3 1 29 11 +18 30 Promotion to Premier League
2 King Fung 13 8 1 4 44 27 +17 25
3 HKFC 12 8 1 3 38 18 +20 25
4 South China 13 7 3 3 30 19 +11 24
5 Eastern District 11 7 1 3 29 14 +15 22
6 Central & Western 13 6 3 4 22 24 2 21
7 Wing Yee 12 5 3 4 27 27 0 18
8 Citizen 13 5 1 7 34 33 +1 16
9 Hoi King 12 4 3 5 23 20 +3 15
10 Sha Tin 13 4 2 7 24 27 3 14
11 North District 12 3 3 6 14 23 9 12
12 Icanfield 12 3 2 7 12 38 26 11
13 Wong Tai Sin 13 2 4 7 21 34 13 10
14 Sham Shui Po 12 1 0 11 7 39 32 3
Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2020. 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
(P) Promoted.

Top scorers

As of 16 April 2020[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Stefan Pereira Citizen 19
2 Jose Leonardo Eastern District 12
Tiekoro Sissoko King Fung
4 Jose Cabot Almela Wing Yee Property 11
5 Ye Jia South China 10
6 Caleb Ekwegwo King Fung 9
To Hon To Eastern District
8 Chan Kin Fai Central & Western 8
Sham Kwok Keung Citizen

References

  1. "First Division Top Scorer". HKFA.
  2. "Hong Kong First Division". HKFA. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. "Announcement on 2019-20 and 2020-21 BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. Yuen, Chi Ho. "足總成功爭取轉會特事特辦 晉峰升班來季至少9隊參賽". HK01. Retrieved 24 June 2020. (in Chinese)
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