HONG KONG NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

The 'Hong Kong national football team' (Chinese: 香港足球代表隊, Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Zúqiú Dàibiǎoduì) represents Hong Kong in international football (soccer) events such as the World Cup, Asian Cup and East Asian Cup under the team name "'Hong Kong, China'" (simply ''Hong Kong'' before 1997) . The team is supervised by the Hong Kong Football Association Ltd.
The team had been representing Hong Kong in international football events before 1997 when Hong Kong was a colony of the United Kingdom. It continues to represent Hong Kong even after Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom and became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China in 1997. This team is a separate team from the national team of the People's Republic of China, as the Basic Law and the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" allows Hong Kong to maintain its own representative teams in international sports competitions.

Contents

History

Stadium

History in qualifying and major tournaments

World Cup record

Asian Cup record

East Asian Championship record

Last and next games

Squad

Current Squad

Goalkeepeers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Recent call-ups (within the last 12 months)

Famous players

Coaches

External links

History

Hong Kong played its first ever international match in 1949, against South Korea. Its first victory came in 1953, a 4-0 win against South Korea.
Hong Kong qualified for three of the first four editions of the Asian Cup, including a third place finish in 1956 as hosts.
Hong Kong has never qualified for the World Cup. However, its most celebrated victory happened during 1986 World Cup qualifying. On May 19 1985, in Beijing, Hong Kong faced China in the final match of the first qualifying round, where the team needed a win to advance (while China needed only a draw). Hong Kong, led by coach Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明), produced a 2-1 upset win, with goals from Cheung Chi Tak (張志德) and Ku Kam Fai (顧錦輝), thereby winning the group and advancing to the knockout stage, where it subsequently lost to Japan.
On February 9 2005, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of both the Hong Kong Football Association and the Brazilian Football Confederation, Hong Kong hosted 2002 World Cup champions Brazil in a friendly match, where Lee Sze Ming (李思明) scored the only goal for Hong Kong, and Brazil won 7-1 in total.

Stadium

Hong Kong plays its home matches at the Hong Kong Stadium, where they are also hosting an annual international tournament known as the Carlsberg Cup as part of the festivities to usher in the Chinese New Year.
Hong Kong also uses the Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground in Chai Wan and the Mong Kok Stadium in Mong Kok.

History in qualifying and major tournaments

:''See comprehensive article: Hong Kong national football team - record in qualifying and major tournaments''

World Cup record

★ 1930 to 1970 - ''Did not enter''

★ 1974 to 2006 - ''Did not qualify''

Asian Cup record

★ 1956 - Third place

★ 1960 - ''Did not qualify''

★ 1964 - Fourth place

★ 1968 - Fifth place

★ 1972 to 2007 - ''Did not qualify''

East Asian Championship record

★ 2003 - Fourth place

★ 2005 - ''Did not qualify'' (2nd place in qualifiers.)

★ 2008 - ''Did not qualify'' (2nd place in qualifiers.)

Last and next games

June 1, 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia - '3 - 0' Friendly
June 10, 2007, Hong Kong, Hong Kong - '2 - 1' Friendly
June 19, 2007, Macau, Macau - '1 - 1' Friendly
June 21, 2007, Macau, Macau - '15 - 1' Friendly
June 24, 2007, Macau, Macau - '1 - 0' Friendly
October 8, 2007, TBC, East Timor - ' - ' World Cup 2010 Asian Qualifying 1st Round
October 28., 2007, TBC, Hong Kong - ' - ' World Cup 2010 Asian Qualifying 1st Round

Squad

Current Squad

2008 East Asian Cup preliminary sqaud

Goalkeepeers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

★ ''Note: Some players may play in a variety of positions (indicated in brackets); they are Gerard Ambassa Guy (DF, MF&FW), Luk Koon Pong (DF&MF), Cheung Kin Fung (DF&MF), Poon Yiu Cheuk (DF&MF), Lo Kwan Yee (DF, MF&FW), Law Chun Bong (MF&FW), Lo Chi Kwan (MF&FW), Man Pei Tak (DF&MF), Poon Man Tik (DF&MF), Szeto Man Chun (DF&MF), Chu Siu Kei (MF&FW) and Cheng Siu Wai (MF&FW).''

Recent call-ups (within the last 12 months)

Player	DoB	Caps	Goals	Club	Last Appearance
'Goalkeepers'
Chan Ka Ki	25 April 1979	7	0	Xiangxue Sun Hei	v Singapore, 12 August 2006
'Defenders'
Lee Wai Man	18 August 1973	63	4	Happy Valley	v Bangladesh, 15 November 2006
Ng Wai Chiu	22 October 1981	15	3	Shanghai Shenhua	v Uruguay, 9 January 2000
Sham Kwok Fai	30 May 1984	8	0	Happy Valley	v Singapore, 12 August 2006
Tse Man Wing	5 January 1983	3	0	Xiangxue Sun Hei	v Qatar, 11 October 2006
'Midfielders'
Chan Yiu Lun	20 July 1982	10	6	Xiangxue Sun Hei	v Singapore, 12 August 2006
Cheung Sai Ho	27 August 1975	48	7	Happy Valley	v Uzbekistan, 6 September 2006
Lau Chi Keung	7 January 1977	27	3	Xiangxue Sun Hei	v Qatar, 11 October 2006
Lee Sze Ming	5 February 1979	6	2	Happy Valley	v Bangladesh, 15 November 2006
Sham Kwok Keung	10 September 1985	18	2	Happy Valley	v Bangladesh, 15 November 2006
Wong Chun Yue	28 June 1978	24	6	South China	v Bangladesh, 15 November 2006
'Forwards'
Barnes Colly Ezeh	10 December 1979	1	0	Xiangxue Sun Hei	v Bangladesh, 15 November 2006

Famous players

'2000s'

★ Fan Chun Yip (范俊業)

★ Lee Sze Ming (李思明)

★ Lau Chi Keung (劉志強)

★ Ng Wai Chiu (吳偉超)

★ Szeto Man Chun (司徒文俊)

★ Cristiano Cordeiro (高尼路)

★ Gerard Ambassa Guy (卓卓)

★ Akandu Lawrence (羅倫士)
'1990s'

★ Cheung Sai Ho (蔣世豪)

★ Au Wai Lun (歐偉倫)

★ Cheng Siu Chung Ricky (鄭兆聰)

★ Lee Kin Wo (李健和)

★ Santos, Leslie George (山度士)

★ John Moore (摩亞)

★ Sung Linyung (宋連勇)
'1960s - 1980s'

★ Tim Bredbury (巴貝利)

★ Cheung Chi Tak {張志德}

★ Ku Kam Fai (顧錦輝)

★ Chan Fat Chi (陳發枝)

★ Wan Chi Keung (尹志強)

★ Leung Sui Wing(梁帥榮)

★ Lau Wing Yip (劉榮業)

★ Wu Kwok Hung (胡國雄)

★ Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明)

★ Chung Cho Wai (鍾楚維)

★ Lai Sun Cheung (黎新祥)

★ Yuen Kuen To (袁權韜)

★ Yuen Kuen Yik (袁權益)

★ Kung Wah Kit (龔華傑)

★ Fok Pak Ning (霍柏寧)

★ Ho Cheung Yau (何祥友)

★ Lam Sheung Yee (林尚義)

★ Cheung Chi Doy (張子岱)
'1930s'

★ Lee Wei Tong (李惠堂)

Coaches

★ Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明) (1982-1992)

★ Sebastian Araujo (彭利萊) (1992-2002)

★ Lai Sun Cheung (黎新祥) (2002-)

External links

★ Team news on the HKFA website

★ Hong Kong Football - (English version)

★ RSSSF Archive

★ Results and list of matches