2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League

Hong Kong Premier League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Eastern
Relegated	Dreams Metro Gallery; Wong Tai Sin
AFC Champions League	Kitchee; Eastern
Matches played	72
Goals scored	213 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giovane da Silva (Eastern); Admir Adrović (Pegasus); (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Yapp Hung Fai (Eastern)
Biggest home win	Kitchee 4–0 Yuen Long ; (12 September 2015); South China 4–0 Dreams Metro Gallery ; (13 December 2015); Eastern 4–0 Rangers (5 March 2016)
Biggest away win	Yuen Long 1–6 Eastern ; (13 December 2015)
Highest scoring	Southern 6–3 Dreams Metro Gallery; (9 January 2016)
Longest winning run	6 matches:; Kitchee
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches:; Kitchee
Longest winless run	10 matches:; Wong Tai Sin
Longest losing run	4 matches:; Wong Tai Sin
Highest attendance	4,130; Eastern 3–1 South China ; (10 January 2016)
Lowest attendance	271; Rangers 0–0 Southern; (12 December 2015)
Total attendance	73334
Average attendance	1,019
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as BOCG Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the second season of Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.

Teams edit

A total of 9 teams contested the league, including eight sides from the 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League and one promoted from the 2014–15 Hong Kong First Division.

Stadia and locations edit

Mong Kok

Mong Kok teams:
Eastern
Kitchee

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Locations of the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Stadium	Location	District	Capacity
Dreams Metro Gallery	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	Cheung Sha Wan	Sham Shui Po	2,194
Eastern	Mong Kok Stadium	Mong Kok	Yau Tsim Mong	6,769
Pegasus	Hong Kong Stadium	So Kon Po	Wan Chai	40,000
Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium	Mong Kok	Yau Tsim Mong	6,769
Rangers	Kowloon Bay Park	Kowloon Bay	Kwun Tong	1,200
South China	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground	Tseung Kwan O	Sai Kung	3,500
Southern	Aberdeen Sports Ground	Aberdeen	Southern	4,000¹
Wong Tai Sin	Hammer Hill Sports Ground	Choi Hung	Wong Tai Sin	2,200
Yuen Long	Yuen Long Stadium	Yuen Long	Yuen Long	4,932

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 edit

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Dreams Metro Gallery	Lo Man Fai	Leung Chi Wing	Pablo Gallardo	Nike	Fu Ho Restaurant
Eastern	Lam Kin Ming	Chan Yuen Ting	Yapp Hung Fai	Adidas	—
Pegasus	Canny Leung	Lee Chi Kin	Kwok Kin Pong	Adidas	—
Kitchee	Ken Ng	Chu Chi Kwong	Lo Kwan Yee	Nike	Jockey Club Kitchee Centre
Rangers	Mok Yiu Keung	Yan Lik Kin	Beto	Xtep	Kunne
South China	Wallace Cheung	Ricardo Rambo	Chan Wai Ho	Adidas	Panasonic
Southern	Chan Man Chun	Cheng Siu Chung	José María Díaz	Nike	Kwoon Chung Motors（Home Jersey） ISUZU（Guest Jersey）
Wong Tai Sin	Ma Hung Ming	Chiu Chung Man Poon Man Chun	Yuto Nakamura	Joma	—
Yuen Long	Wong Wai Shun	Fung Hoi Man	Fábio Lopes	Nike	Itacho Sushi

Chairman changes edit

Team	Outgoing Chairman	Date of vacancy	Incoming Chairman	Date of appointment
Dreams Metro Gallery	Khan Swadiq (as YFCMD)	1 July 2015	Lo Man Fai	1 July 2015
Pegasus	Cheng Ting Kong (as Pegasus)	1 July 2015	Canny Leung	1 July 2015

Managerial changes edit

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Yuen Long	Chan Ho Yin	Sacked	3 May 2015	Pre-season	Fung Hoi Man	9 June 2015
Kitchee	José Molina	Resigned	27 May 2015		Abraham García	21 July 2015
Eastern	Cristiano Cordeiro	Sacked	1 June 2015		Yeung Ching Kwong	8 June 2015
Southern	Fung Hoi Man	Signed by Yuen Long	9 June 2015		Cheng Siu Chung	9 June 2015
Pegasus	Chan Chi Hong	Resigned	30 June 2015		Lee Chi Kin	8 July 2015
Rangers	Yan Lik Kin	Return as Assistant Manager	24 July 2015		Ricardo	24 July 2015
Eastern	Yeung Ching Kwong	Signed by Meizhou Wuhua	13 December 2015	1st	Chan Yuen Ting	13 December 2015
Rangers	Ricardo	Signed by South China	2 March 2016	8th	Yan Lik Kin	2 March 2016
Kitchee	Abraham García	Resigned	5 Mar 2016	2nd	Chu Chi Kwong	5 Mar 2016
South China	Casemiro Mior	Sacked	13 Mar 2016	3rd	Ricardo	13 Mar 2016

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players is restricted to six (including an Asian player) per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches.^[1]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Asian Player
Rangers	Mauricio	Paulo César	Quentin Lendresse	Dieguito	Ernesto Gómez	Gee Kyung-hun
Dreams Metro Gallery	Pablo Gallardo	Leonidas	Miroslav Saric			Kenji Fukuda
Eastern	James Meyer	Clayton	Diego Eli	Giovane	Michel Lugo	Andrew Barisic
Wong Tai Sin	Everton Camargo	Naves	Reinaldo	Mirko Teodorović	Yoon Dong-hun	Yuto Nakamura
Pegasus	Dhiego Martins	Eduardo Praes	João Emir	Kristijan Naumovski	Admir Adrović
Southern	Tomas	Wellingsson	Diego Garrido	Jonathan Carril	José María Díaz
Kitchee	Fernando	Dani Cancela	Fernando Recio	Jordi Tarrés	Rufino	Kim Tae-Min
South China	Luiz Carlos	Mahama Awal	Cristian Mora	Félix Borja	Bojan Mališić	Ryan Griffiths
Yuen Long	Fábio Lopes	Gustavo Silva	Luciano Silva	Stefan	Aleksandar Ranđelović	Park Chan-Jong

Former players edit

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Dreams Metro Gallery	Clayton
Eastern	Miroslav Saric	Han Jae-woong
Pegasus	Dušan Martinović	Nejc Mevlja	Ivan Miličević	Dane Milovanović
Kitchee	Juan Belencoso
Rangers	Santaiana	Panudech Maiwong
Southern
South China	Boima Karpeh	Lucas Silva	Murilo
Wong Tai Sin	Leonidas	Kohei Ito
Yuen Long	José Cruz

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastern	16	12	2	2	35	13	+22	38	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Kitchee	16	11	4	1	32	11	+21	37	Qualification to season play-off and Champions League preliminary round 2
3	South China	16	9	2	5	26	21	+5	29	Qualification to season play-off^[a]
4	Southern	16	6	5	5	26	21	+5	23
5	Pegasus	16	4	5	7	22	27	−5	17
6	Dreams Metro Gallery	16	4	4	8	19	30	−11	16	Relegation to First Division^[b]
7	Yuen Long	16	3	6	7	21	32	−11	15
8	Rangers	16	2	5	9	15	29	−14	11^[c]
9	Wong Tai Sin	16	2	5	9	17	29	−12	11^[c]	Relegation to First Division^[b]

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)
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the Senior Shield, Eastern, and the winners of the League Cup, Kitchee, qualified for AFC competitions and the Season Play-off respectively based on league position, the spots awarded to the Senior Shield winner and the League Cup winner for the Season Play-off were awarded to the third and fourth placed team in the league. Pegasus qualified as winners of the FA Cup.
^ ^a ^b Both Dreams Metro Gallery and Wong Tai Sin did not apply for the next season's Hong Kong Premier League Licence.
^ ^a ^b Rangers wins head-to-head against Wong Tai Sin.

Positions by round edit

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Eastern	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kitchee	1	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
South China	6	8	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Southern	4	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4
Pegasus	5	2	1	2	3	3	4	5	6	5	6	6	4	5	5	5	5	5
Dreams Metro Gallery	2	4	3	3	5	5	3	4	4	6	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6
Yuen Long	9	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7
Rangers	7	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
Wong Tai Sin	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	8	9

	Leader - 2017 AFC Champions League play-off stage
	Relegation to 2016–17 Hong Kong First Division League

Source: Hong Kong Football Association website

Results edit

Home \ Away	HKR	DMG	EAA	KCS	KIT	PEG	SCA	WTS	YLF
Rangers		0–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1
Dreams Metro Gallery	1–1		0–4	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–0	3–2
Eastern	4–0	1–0		0–2	1–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	3–0
Southern	3–2	6–3	1–2		1–1	3–3	2–3	2–0	2–0
Kitchee	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0		2–0	4–2	2–1	4–0
Pegasus	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–4		0–2	2–0	1–1
South China	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–3	0–2		2–1	2–1
Wong Tai Sin	3–3	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1		1–1
Yuen Long	3–1	2–1	1–6	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	4–1

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results edit

Round 1 edit

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)	Dreams Metro Gallery	2–0	Wong Tai Sin	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Tse Long Hin 6' Wong Tsz Ho 54'	Report		Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 1,078 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)	Kitchee	4–0	Yuen Long	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Jordi 36', 45+2', 90+3' Paulinho 83'	Report		Stadium: Mongkok Stadium Attendance: 1,933 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)	Southern	3–3	Pegasus	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Díaz 27' Michael Luk 52' Souza 58' (pen.)	Report	Adrović 31', 42' (pen.) Emir 66'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 689 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)	Rangers	1–2	Eastern	Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Hui Wang Fung 35'	Report	Roberto 75' Barisic 82'	Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park Attendance: 966 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 2 edit

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)	Rangers	1–1	Yuen Long	Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Lendresse 50'	Report	Yip Tsz Chun 90+4'	Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park Attendance: 306 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19)	Dreams Metro Gallery	0–3	Pegasus	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Adrović 24' Lee Ka Yiu 63' Emir 88'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 927 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19)	Eastern	1–0	Wong Tai Sin	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Barisic 23'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

23 December 2015 (2015-12-23)	Kitchee	4–2	South China	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Paulinho 19' Fernando 47' Sandro 87' Alex 90+4'	Report	Chan Siu Ki 12' Carlos 90+5'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 3,630 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

Round 3 edit

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)	South China	1–0	Southern	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lucas 52'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 757 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)	Eastern	1–1	Kitchee	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Festus 90+5'	Report	Belencoso 4'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2,555 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)	Dreams Metro Gallery	3–2	Yuen Long	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Fukuda 11' (pen.), 21' Lau Hok Ming 77'	Report	Cruz 90+1' Luciano 90+3'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 580 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)	Pegasus	1–0	Rangers	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Emir 65'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 787 Referee: Ching Oi Cho

Round 4 edit

16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)	South China	2–1	Wong Tai Sin	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
20:00 (UTC+8)	Carlos 3' Awal 78'	Report	Kohei Ito 16'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 910 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)	Southern	1–2	Eastern	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Souza 9'	Report	Diego 5' Ju Yingzhi 69'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 780 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)	Pegasus	1–1	Yuen Long	Mong Kok, Kowloon
18:00 (UTC+8)	Kwok Kin Pong 24'	Report	Yuan Yang 18'	Stadium: Mongkok Stadium Attendance: 658 Referee: Ching Oi Cho

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)	Rangers	0–0	Dreams Metro Gallery	Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park Attendance: 365 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

Round 5 edit

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)	Southern	2–0	Wong Tai Sin	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Díaz 37' Michael Luk 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 345 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)	Pegasus	0–2	South China	Mong Kok, Kowloon
18:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Itaparica 11' Carlos 80'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2,378 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)	Eastern	1–0	Dreams Metro Gallery	Mong Kok, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lee Hong Lim 83'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)	Rangers	0–2	Kitchee	Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Paulinho 73' Fernando 90+6'	Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park Attendance: 511 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

Round 6 edit

16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)	South China	2–1	Yuen Long	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
20:00 (UTC+8)	Carlos 7' Liang Zicheng 26'	Report	Stefan 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 461 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)	Kitchee	2–0	Southern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Chan Cham Hei 22' (o.g.) Sham Kwok Keung 82'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 694 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)	Eastern	4–2	Pegasus	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Lugo 8', 22' Barisic 79', 82'	Report	Adrović 68', 90+1'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,085 Referee: Ng Kai Lam

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)	Wong Tai Sin	3–3	Rangers	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Gee Kyung-hun 4' (o.g.) Everton 51' Wong Chun Hin 90+1'	Report	Ernesto 25', 64' Lendresse 38'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 592 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

Round 7 edit

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)	Wong Tai Sin	2–2	Pegasus	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Liu Pui Fung 33' Chiu Chun Kit 65'	Report	Eduardo 23' Adrović 60'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 470 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)	South China	2–0	Rangers	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Itaparica 39' Awal 83'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 928 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)	Dreams Metro Gallery	2–1	Kitchee	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Clayton 21' Chu Siu Kei 33'	Report	Lam Ka Wai 45'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 932 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)	Yuen Long	1–1	Southern	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Yip Tsz Chun 3'	Report	Michael Luk 59'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,051 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 8 edit

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)	Wong Tai Sin	0–0	Kitchee	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Hammer Hill Sports Ground Attendance: 719 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)	Rangers	0–0	Southern	Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park Attendance: 271 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)	South China	4–0	Dreams Metro Gallery	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Carlos 58' Awal 71', 90+4' Itaparica 84'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)	Yuen Long	1–6	Eastern	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Park Chan Jong 74'	Report	Diego 10' Giovane 30', 69' (pen.), 90+1' Barisic 54', 89'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,418 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 9 edit

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)	Southern	6–3	Dreams Metro Gallery	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Emmet Wan 3' Souza 8' (pen.) Carril 19' James Ha 45', 64' Michael Luk 82'	Report	Leonidas 48' Fukuda 60' (pen.), 81'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 333 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)	Kitchee	2–0	Pegasus	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Fernando 63' Alex 81'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,749 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10)	Wong Tai Sin	1–1	Yuen Long	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Zhang Jun 48'	Report	Ip Chung Long 25'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 543 Referee: Ng Kai Lam

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10)	Eastern	3–1	South China	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Giovane 23', 33' Diego 50'	Report	Chan Siu Ki 90+4'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 10 edit

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)	Southern	2–0	Yuen Long	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Luciano 62' (o.g.) Tomas 83'	Report		Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 308 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)	Kitchee	1–1	Dreams Metro Gallery	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Matt Lam 14'	Report	Leung Kwok Wai 90+4'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 928 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)	Pegasus	2–0	Wong Tai Sin	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Adrović 19', 83'	Report		Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 506 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)	Rangers	0–2	South China	Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Cheung Kin Fung 20' Awal 43'	Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park Attendance: 707 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Round 11 edit

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)	Pegasus	0–3	Dreams Metro Gallery	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Fukuda 45+1' Wong Tsz Ho 86' Chung Wai Keung 90+1'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 542 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)	South China	0–3	Kitchee	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Rufino 17', 65' Alex 79'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 2,010 Referee: Ching Oi Cho

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)	Wong Tai Sin	1–2	Eastern	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Nakamura 89' (pen.)	Report	Roberto 42' Giovane 51'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 959 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)	Yuen Long	3–1	Rangers	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Stefan 16', 59' Ip Chung Long 67'	Report	Chuck Yiu Kwok 48'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 647 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Round 12 edit

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)	Southern	1–1	Kitchee	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Díaz 44'	Report	Jared Lum 45+2'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 552 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)	Yuen Long	2–2	South China	Yuen Long, New Territories
19:00 (UTC+8)	Park Chan-jong 80' Ranđelović 85'	Report	Griffiths 18' Awal 78'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,351 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21)	Pegasus	0–0	Eastern	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21)	Rangers	2–1	Wong Tai Sin	Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Ernesto 20' Mauricio 79'	Report	Liu Pui Fung 25'	Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park Attendance: 294 Referee: Ng Kai Lam

Round 13 edit

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27)	Dreams Metro Gallery	0–4	Eastern	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Clayton 17' Lugo 52', 90' Andy Nägelein 88'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 1,131 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Wong Tai Sin	2–1	Southern	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Everton 84' Aender 89'	Report	Tomas 45+1'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 530 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)	Kitchee	2–1	Rangers	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Rufino 16' (pen.) Alex 81'	Report	Mauricio 70'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 979 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

29 February 2016 (2016-02-29)	South China	0–2	Pegasus	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Fong Pak Lun 45' McKee 69'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 745 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Round 14 edit

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)	Yuen Long	0–1	Kitchee	Yuen Long, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Sandro 73'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)	Eastern	4–0	Rangers	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lugo 3' Diego 37' Beto 57' (o.g.) Giovane 88'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,366 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)	Wong Tai Sin	3–2	Dreams Metro Gallery	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Reinaldo 35' Everton 55' (pen.) Chiu Chun Kit 60'	Report	Nunez 21' Fukuda 24'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 552 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)	Pegasus	0–1	Southern	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	James Ha 76'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 582 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

Round 15 edit

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)	Wong Tai Sin	1–1	South China	Choi Hung, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Aender 63'	Report	Griffiths 30'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 962 Referee: Ching Oi Cho

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)	Eastern	0–2	Southern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Michael Luk 11' Souza 28'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,438 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)	Dreams Metro Gallery	1–1	Rangers	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Wong Tsz Ho 37'	Report	Ernesto 31'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 551 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)	Yuen Long	2–2	Pegasus	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Gustavo 56' Yip Tsz Chun 90+6'	Report	McKee 58' Lee Ka Yiu 67'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 861 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Round 16 edit

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)	Southern	3–2	Rangers	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Garrido 48' Ngue 80' Souza 82'	Report	Lendresse 67', 89'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 336 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)	Kitchee	2–1	Wong Tai Sin	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Rufino 4' Alex 46'	Report	Liu Pui Fung 49'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,161 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03)	Dreams Metro Gallery	0–1	South China	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Griffiths 16'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 924 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03)	Eastern	3–0	Yuen Long	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Diego 18' Barisic 63' Giovane 79'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,546 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

Round 17 edit

22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)	South China	1–2	Eastern	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
20:00 (UTC+8)	Griffiths 60' (pen.)	Report	Giovane 26', 44'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 2,292 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23)	Pegasus	2–4	Kitchee	Mong Kok, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Adrović 50' (pen.) Lo Kong Wai 86'	Report	Alex 37' Sandro 39', 64' Cheng Chin Lung 90+2'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)	Dreams Metro Gallery	1–1	Southern	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Yiu Ho Ming 64'	Report	Díaz 53'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 574 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)	Yuen Long	4–1	Wong Tai Sin	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Ranđelović 11' Chan Cheuk Kwong 45+3' Stefan 57' Yuan Yang 90'	Report	Nakamura 9' (pen.)	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,389 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Round 18 edit

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)	Kitchee	2–0	Eastern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Alex 20' Matt Lam 32'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,677 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)	Yuen Long	2–1	Dreams Metro Gallery	Yuen Long, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Luciano 53' Park Chan-jong 63'	Report	Yiu Ho Ming 70'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 756 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)	Rangers	3–2	Pegasus	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lendresse 8', 65' Chuck Yiu Kwok 26'	Report	Emir 41' Adrović 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 394 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)	Southern	2–3	South China	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Souza 88' (pen.) Garrido 90'	Report	Liang Zicheng 53' Lam Hok Hei 59' Awal 69'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 572 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top Scorer edit

As of 7 May 2016^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giovane da Silva	Eastern	10
1	Admir Adrović	Pegasus	10
3	Andrew Barisic	Eastern	7
	Alex Akande	Kitchee
	Mahama Awal	South China
6	Quentin Lendresse	Rangers	6
6	Kenji Fukuda	Dreams Metro Gallery	6

Hat-tricks edit

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Jordi Tarrés	Kitchee	Yuen Long	4–0	12 September 2015	^[3]
Giovane da Silva	Eastern	Yuen Long	6–1	13 December 2015	^[4]

Attendances edit

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Eastern	15,267	4,130	1,085	1,908	+98.8%^†
2	Kitchee	12,751	3,630	694	1,594	+6.5%^†
3	South China	9,105	2,292	461	1,138	−18.6%^†
4	Yuen Long	8,611	1,418	647	1,076	−9.6%^†
5	Pegasus	7,847	2,378	506	981	−39.3%^†
6	Dreams Metro Gallery	6,697	1,131	551	837	+10.1%^†
7	Wong Tai Sin	5,327	962	470	666	−4.0%^†
8	Southern	3,915	780	308	489	n/a¹
9	Rangers	3,814	966	271	477	−1.6%^†
	League total	73,334	4,130	271	1,019	−2.8%^†

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:
1: Team did not play last season in the Premier League

Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards edit

Awards	Prize Winner	Club	Votes
Footballer of the Year	Yapp Hung Fai	Eastern	75.84%
Coach of the Year	Chan Yuen Ting	Eastern	50.64%
Young Players of the Year	Tan Chun Lok	Pegasus	68.01%
Young Players of the Year	Li Ngai Hoi	Kitchee	34.29%
Players' Player	Diego Eli	Eastern	57.97%
Most Favorite Player	Kenji Fukuda	Dreams Metro Gallery	3,011
Hong Kong Top Footballers
Goalkeeper	Yapp Hung Fai	Eastern	75.84%
Defenders	Beto Júnior	Eastern	56.96%
	Lo Kwan Yee	Kitchee	47.23%
	Cheung Kin Fung	South China	42.17%
	Bojan Mališić	South China	32%
Midfielders	Diego Eli	Eastern	57.97%
	Huang Yang	Kitchee	44.42%
	Fernando	Kitchee	40.96%
	Michel Lugo	Eastern	36.13%
Forwards	Giovane	Eastern	62.37%
Forwards	Rufino	Kitchee	29.45%

References edit

^ "足總CEO：下季港職聯降一隊外援註6出3+1". on.cc 東網. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
^ "Hong Kong Football Association – Top Scorers". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Kitchee 4 Yuen Long 0". 12 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "Yuen Long 1 Eastern 6". 13 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[table_note_res_SPO0.49455610918559-2] Since the winners of the Senior Shield, Eastern, and the winners of the League Cup, Kitchee, qualified for AFC competitions and the Season Play-off respectively based on league position, the spots awarded to the Senior Shield winner and the League Cup winner for the Season Play-off were awarded to the third and fourth placed team in the league. Pegasus qualified as winners of the FA Cup.

[table_note_res_REL0.49455610918559-3] Both Dreams Metro Gallery and Wong Tai Sin did not apply for the next season's Hong Kong Premier League Licence.

[table_hth_BCR0.49455610918559-4] Rangers wins head-to-head against Wong Tai Sin.

[1] "足總CEO：下季港職聯降一隊外援註6出3+1". on.cc 東網. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-07-12.

[topscorer-5] "Hong Kong Football Association – Top Scorers". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[6] "Kitchee 4 Yuen Long 0". 12 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[7] "Yuen Long 1 Eastern 6". 13 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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