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 relegated 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 attendance101,222
Average attendance920

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 China 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 South Korea Yoon Dong-hun Mirko Teodorović Kelme Glory Sky Finance
Eastern Peter Leung Chan Yuen-ting Yapp Hung Fai Adidas SMI Corporation
HKFC England Tony Sealy England Richard Ewart Hungary Gergely Ghéczy Adidas The Executive Center (Front)
Pegasus Canny Leung England Kevin Bond North Macedonia 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 Spain 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 Serbia 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 Brazil Fábio Lopes Lotto KMB (Front)
China R&F China Huang Shenghua China Li Zhihai China 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 South Korea Yoon Dong-hun 4 October 2016
South China Brazil Ricardo Return as Coach 25 October 2016 4th Serbia Dejan Antonić 31 October 2016
Pegasus Republic of Ireland Steve Gallen Mutual consent 3 November 2016 4th England 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 Serbia Mirko Teodorović Brazil Everton Camargo Serbia Igor Miović Ukraine Oleksiy Shlyakotin South Korea Lee Kil-hoon South Korea Yoon Dong-hun
Eastern Spain Manuel Bleda Brazil Diego Eli Brazil Michel Lugo Brazil Giovane Croatia Miroslav Saric Australia Josh Mitchell
HKFC France Jerome De Clarens Hungary Gergely Ghéczy England Andrew Wylde England Thomas Smith Japan Issey Maholo Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
Pegasus Brazil Dhiego Martins Brazil Eduardo Praes Brazil João Emir North Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Spain Salva Chamorro Australia Travis Major
Kitchee Brazil Fernando Spain Dani Spain Rufino Hungary Krisztián Vadócz South Korea Kim Dong-jin South Korea Kim Bong-jin
Rangers Spain Fernando Recio Spain Jordi Tarrés Brazil Clayton Brazil Denis Brazil Berg South Korea Gee Kyung-hun
Southern Brazil Tomas Brazil Wellingsson Spain Diego Garrido Spain Dieguito Spain Marcos Jiménez Japan Tomoya Uchida
South China Brazil Luiz Carlos Cameroon Mahama Awal Serbia Bojan Mališić Serbia Nikola Komazec Serbia Marko Perović Japan Yusuke Kato
Tai Po Brazil Paulo César Brazil Lucas Silva Brazil Dudu Brazil Lima Brazil David Lazari Japan Yuto Nakamura
Yuen Long Brazil Stefan Brazil Luciano Silva Brazil Diego Higino Serbia Aleksandar Ranđelović Brazil 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
China 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 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 20 9 4 7 29 21 +8 31
7 Rangers 20 7 5 8 31 33 −2 26
8 Pegasus 20 7 5 8 35 35 0 26
9 Biu Chun Glory Sky 20 2 4 14 24 55 −31 10
10 China 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) Champions; (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
Southern1099111188878765545533333
South China3522443343344354344444
Yuen Long1455555434433433455555
Tai Po9676667555556666666666
Rangers578101076786887787888887
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
Pegasus 2–1 3–5 5–0 0–0 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2
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
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
Tai Po 1–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
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 Spain Manuel Bleda Eastern 16
3 Serbia Nikola Komazec South China 13
Spain Jordi Tarrés Rangers
5 Brazil Lucas Silva Tai Po 11
6 Brazil Giovane Eastern 10
Brazil Everton Biu Chun Glory Sky
8 Spain Rufino Kitchee 9
Spain Marcos Southern
10 Lee Hong Lim Eastern 8

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Brazil WellingssonSouthernHKFC7-022 October 2016[4]
Spain Manuel Bleda4EasternBiu Chun Glory Sky6-22 November 2016[5]
Brazil Stefan PereiraYuen LongBiu Chun Glory Sky4–019 November 2016
Brazil Everton CamargoBiu Chun Glory SkyHKFA4–117 March 2017
SandroKitcheeRangers5–119 March 2017
Spain MarcosSouthernR&F5–01 April 2017
Brazil GiovaneEasternPegasus5–31 April 2017
Spain RufinoKitcheeBiu Chun Glory Sky5–12 April 2017
Spain Rufino4KitcheeHKFC10–07 April 2017
Sandro4KitcheeHKFC10–07 April 2017
Spain JordiRangersEastern3–38 April 2017
SandroKitcheeEastern4–16 May 2017
Brazil LucasTai 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 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 Brazil Fernando Kitchee 75.95%
Coach of the Year Hong Kong Chu Chi Kwong Kitchee 53.68%
Young Players of the Year Hong Kong Tan Chun Lok Tai Po 67.18%
Hong Kong Wong Tsz Ho Eastern 47.50%
Players' Player Brazil Fernando Kitchee 25
Most Favorite Player Brazil Fernando Kitchee 2,429
Hong Kong Top Footballers
Goalkeeper Hong Kong Yapp Hung Fai Eastern 41.13%
Defenders South Korea Kim Bong-jin Kitchee 67.18%
Hong Kong Hélio Kitchee 52.33%
Hong Kong Beto Júnior Eastern 37.86%
Hong Kong Wong Tsz Ho Eastern 36.13%
Midfielders Brazil Fernando Kitchee 75.95%
Hong Kong Huang Yang Kitchee 49.79%
Brazil Diego Eli Eastern 37.05%
Hong Kong Itaparica Tai Po 30.76%
Forwards Hong Kong Sandro Kitchee 57.69%
Spain 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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