2022–23 Hong Kong First Division League

The 2022–23 Hong Kong First Division League was the 9th 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 2 October 2022 and ended on 28 May 2023.

Hong Kong First Division
Season2022–23
ChampionsCentral & Western
PromotedNorth District
RelegatedLeaper MG
Kwai Tsing
Matches played182
Goals scored676 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorerWalter Vaz (South China)
(27 goals) [1]
Biggest home winCentral & Western 8–0 Kwai Tsing
(18 December 2022) Central & Western 8–0 Happy Valley
(15 January 2023)
Biggest away winKwai Tsing 1–8 Central & Western
(2 April 2023)
Highest scoringEastern District 3–6 Happy Valley
(4 December 2022)

Kwai Tsing 1–8 Central & Western
(2 April 2023)

Central & Western 6–3 Wong Tai Sin
(12 February 2023)
Longest winning run10 matches
Central & Western
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Central & Western
Longest winless run20 matches
Leaper MG
Longest losing run10
Leaper MG
2023–24 →

Teams

Name changes

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Central & Western (C) 26 21 4 1 79 21 +58 67
2 Kowloon City 26 17 6 3 67 28 +39 57
3 North District (P) 26 14 4 8 50 27 +23 46 Promotion to the Premier League
4 South China 26 12 7 7 62 31 +31 43
5 Sha Tin 26 14 0 12 50 48 +2 42
6 Yuen Long 26 11 8 7 42 35 +7 41[lower-alpha 1]
7 Wing Yee 26 11 8 7 48 29 +19 41[lower-alpha 1]
8 Hoi King 26 10 8 8 58 42 +16 38
9 Eastern District 26 9 4 13 47 59 −12 31
10 Citizen 26 8 6 12 44 43 +1 30
11 Happy Valley 26 8 5 13 47 84 −37 29
12 Wong Tai Sin 26 5 5 16 30 59 −29 20
13 Leaper MG (R) 26 3 3 20 25 70 −45 12 Relegation to the Second Division
14 Kwai Tsing (R) 26 3 2 21 27 106 −79 11
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Yuen Long 4, Wing Yee 1.

Results
Home \ Away BYL CWD CIT EAS GND HVA HOK KLC KTS LMG SHT SCA WYP WTS
Yuen Long — 0–0 3–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 6–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–3
Central & Western 2–2 — 3–1 2–0 4–0 8–0 7–1 2–1 8–0 7–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 6–3
Citizen 1–0 1–2 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 5–1 0–1 5–2 1–1 0–2 1–1
Eastern District 0–1 2–3 1–3 — 0–2 3–6 4–3 2–3 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–5 4–3 2–0
North District 2–0 0–1 2–1 7–0 — 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 4–1
Happy Valley 1–1 2–3 0–6 2–2 1–3 — 0–6 4–4 4–2 3–2 1–4 2–5 4–3 3–0
Hoi King 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–4 — 1–2 5–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1
Kowloon City 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 — 6–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–4
Kwai Tsing 1–4 0–2 3–2 1–8 0–6 1–2 2–4 0–5 — 2–0 1–4 1–7 1–5 2–4
Leaper MG 0–2 2–5 1–3 2–3 0–3 3–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 — 1–0 1–7 0–3 1–2
Sha Tin 3–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–4 3–0 2–5 1–3 7–1 1–0 — 0–3 0–1 4–1
South China 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 — 0–0 3–1
Wing Yee 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 3–3 6–0 4–1 1–3 1–2 — 0–0
Wong Tai Sin 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–5 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. Source: HKFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Eastern District and Yuen Long were both charged with a 0–3 loss due to equipment violation

References
  1. "First Division Top Scorer".
  2. "Hong Kong First Division". HKFA. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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