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Hong Kong League XI

The Hong Kong League XI, also known as the Hong Kong XI or Hong Kong League Selection, is a football team which represents the Hong Kong First Division League in exhibition matches, mainly the Lunar New Year Cup.

Hong Kong XI
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationHKFA
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Home stadiumHong Kong Stadium
First colours
Second colours
2007 Hong Kong League XI (those in red jersey)

The team is selected from the top players in the Hong Kong First Division League. Both Hong Kong and foreign players, including those from mainland China, can be included in the team.

In recent years, to order to enable local footballers to gain more international experience, the Hong Kong Football Association has fielded the Hong Kong national football team in matches which were previously played by the Hong Kong League XI. Therefore, the League XI has not formed a squad for a few years. However, the team returned and competed in the 2007 Lunar New Year Cup.[needs update]

Historical matches edit

1957 edit

31 August 1957 Merdeka Tournament
1st Round		 Hong Kong League XI   6–2   Cambodia Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
2 September 1957 Merdeka Tournament
2nd Round		 Indonesia   1–2   Hong Kong League XI Shah Alam, Malaya
4 September 1957 Merdeka Tournament
2nd Round		 Malaya   3–3   Hong Kong League XI Shah Alam, Malaya
7 September 1957 Merdeka Tournament
2nd Round		 South Vietnam   1–3   Hong Kong League XI Shah Alam, Malaya

1958 edit

31 August 1958 Merdeka Tournament South Vietnam   3–5   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
1 September 1958 Merdeka Tournament Malaya   3–0   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
3 September 1958 Merdeka Tournament Singapore   0–2   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
4 September 1958 Merdeka Tournament Indonesia   1–2   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

1959 edit

31 August 1959 Merdeka Tournament
1st Round		 Japan   1–1   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
2 September 1959 Merdeka Tournament
1st Round Replay		 Japan   2–4   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
3 September 1959 Merdeka Tournament
2nd Round		 India   2–0   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
5 September 1959 Merdeka Tournament
2nd Round		 South Vietnam   4–1   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
6 September 1959 Merdeka Tournament
2nd Round		 Malaya   2–1   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

1960 edit

6 August 1960 Merdeka Tournament
Group A		 South Vietnam   1–3   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8 August 1960 Merdeka Tournament
Group A		 South Korea   3–1   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
11 August 1960 Merdeka Tournament
Group A		 Indonesia   3–1   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
13 August 1960 Merdeka Tournament
Group A		 Singapore   2–3   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

1961 edit

4 August 1961 Merdeka Tournament
Group B		 Indonesia   2–2   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
6 August 1961 Merdeka Tournament
Group B		 Thailand   1–2   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
10 August 1961 Merdeka Tournament
Group B		 Singapore   4–3   Hong Kong League XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Recent Matches edit

Date Type of match Location Head coach Opponent Result
20 May 2002 HKSAR Reunification Cup Hong Kong     Turkey 0–2
23 May 2002 HKSAR Reunification Cup Hong Kong     Scotland 0–4
22 January 2004 2004 Carlsberg Cup Hong Kong   Lai Sun Cheung   Hong Kong 0–1
25 January 2004 2004 Carlsberg Cup Hong Kong   Lai Sun Cheung   Sweden 0–3
18 February 2007 2007 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   Casemiro Mior   Jamaica U-23 1–1 (3–5 PSO)
21 February 2007 2007 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   Casemiro Mior   Australia U-23 2–2 (3–5 PSO)
30 December 2007 2008 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup Hong Kong   José Luís   Guangdong 3–0
6 January 2008 2008 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup Foshan, China   José Luís   Guangdong 1–0
7 February 2008 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   José Luís   Peñarol 2–1
10 February 2008 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   José Luís   Hajduk Split 2–1
26 January 2009 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   Julio César Moreno,   Chan Ho Yin   South China Pegasus Team 1–1 (4–5 PSO)
29 January 2009 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   Julio César Moreno,   Chan Ho Yin   Suwon Bluewings 0–0 (4–5 PSO)
18 July 2010 Xtep Cup Hong Kong   Tsang Wai Chung   Birmingham City F.C. 2–3
9 February 2016 2016 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   José Ricardo Rambo   Hong Kong 4–0
9 January 2019 2016 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   Kevin Bond   Sagan Tosu 1–1 (2–4 PSO)
8 January 2019 2019 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong   Kevin Bond   Auckland City 1–0
4 February 2024 Tatler XFEST Hong Kong   Jørn Andersen   Inter Miami CF 1–4

Players edit

See also: Category:Hong Kong League XI representative players

Most recent squad edit

The final 25-man squad against   Inter Miami CF on 4 February 2024.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK   Yapp Hung Fai (1990-03-21) 21 March 1990 (age 34)   Eastern
18 1GK   Pong Cheuk Hei (2004-01-31) 31 January 2004 (age 20)   Resources Capital
19 1GK   Tse Ka Wing (1999-09-04) 4 September 1999 (age 24)   Tai Po
2 2DF   Calum Hall (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 23)   Eastern
3 2DF   Li Ngai Hoi (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 29)   Lee Man
5 2DF   Daniel Almazan (1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 24)   Eastern
15 2DF   José Ángel (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35)   Lee Man
22 2DF   Timothy Chow (2006-03-11) 11 March 2006 (age 18)   HKFC
26 2DF   Oliver Gerbig (1998-12-12) 12 December 1998 (age 25)   Kitchee
4 3MF   Charlie Scott (1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 (age 26)   Kitchee
11 3MF   Cleiton (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 37)   Kitchee
12 3MF   Mitchell Paulissen (1993-04-21) 21 April 1993 (age 31)   Lee Man
14 3MF   Jakob Jantscher (1989-01-08) 8 January 1989 (age 35)   Kitchee
16 3MF   Chan Siu Kwan (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 31)   Tai Po
17 3MF   Mikael (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31)   Kitchee
24 3MF   Ngan Cheuk Pan (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)   Sham Shui Po
27 3MF   Marcos Gondra (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 37)   Eastern
7 4FW   Ruslan Mingazow (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 32)   Kitchee
8 4FW   Everton Camargo (1991-05-25) 25 May 1991 (age 32)   Lee Man
9 4FW   Henri Anier (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990 (age 33)   Lee Man
10 4FW   Lam Hok Hei (1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 (age 32)   HK U23
13 4FW   Gil (1991-04-13) 13 April 1991 (age 33)   Lee Man
20 4FW   Nassam Irbahim (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 27)   Rangers
21 4FW   Jordan Lam (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25)   North District
23 4FW   Mahama Awal (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 32)   Southern

Competition history edit

Minor tournaments edit

Minor tournaments record
Hosts / Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1957 Merdeka Tournament[nb 1][nb 2] Winner 1 4 3 1 0 14 7
  1958 Merdeka Tournament[nb 1][nb 3] Runners-up 2 4 3 0 1 9 7
  1959 Merdeka Tournament[nb 1][nb 4] Fourth place 4 5 1 1 3 7 11
  1960 Merdeka Tournament[nb 1][nb 5] First Round 5 4 2 0 2 8 9
  1961 Merdeka Tournament[nb 1][nb 6] First Round 8 4 1 2 1 8 8

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Hong Kong Football Association sent a team that consisted of players who represented Republic of China (Taiwan) and Hong Kong, as well as Western expatiates from 1957 to 1961; they did not participate in 1962; in the 1963 to 1967 editions, Republic of China (Taiwan) formally joined the tournament, despite all Republic of China international footballers being based in Hong Kong;[2][3] the Hong Kong national team also joined from the 1965 edition in parallel with Republic of China national team
  2. ^ Mostly Eastern AA players; all ethnic Chinese, most of them capped for Republic of China (Taiwan) (9 out of 14),[4][5] with the exception of Ko Po Keung [zh] and Szeto Yiu (司徒堯) who capped for Hong Kong, as well as uncapped Kwok Yau (郭有) who later capped for Republic of China (Taiwan); overlapped with the squad of Hong Kong Chinese official football team
  3. ^ Mostly KMB players, most of them capped for Republic of China (Taiwan)[6]
  4. ^ ethnic Chinese and Western expatriates (Watson [zh];[7][8] half of the member of Hong Kong Chinese official football team that toured in Asia in August 1959 were selected;[9] most of them capped for Hong Kong national football team, with the exception of Lee Tak Wai (李德煒) who later capped for Republic of China (Taiwan) and Lee Kwok Wah (李國華), participant of 1958 Asian Games
  5. ^ Mostly Kitchee SC player;[10] most of them capped for Hong Kong national football team, with the exception of Lee Kwok Wah and Lee Tak Wai;[11] most Republic of China (Taiwan) internationals were drafted to 1960 Summer Olympics
  6. ^ Consist of Republic of China (such as Mok Chun Wah) and Hong Kong internationals (such as Ho Cheng Yau),.[12] overlap with the squad of Hong Kong Chinese official football team

References edit

  1. ^ "中國香港足球總會". 中國香港足球總會. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  2. ^ 華協會長沈瑞慶赴台接洽昨返港 中華民國決定參加默迪卡賽. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 24 July 1963. p. 16 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  3. ^ 中國决定參加默迪卡足球賽. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 7 August 1964. p. 3 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  4. ^ Written at Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong. 默迪卡國際足球賽結束 聯合邦元首嚴端 以總理杯贈港球隊. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). content from Agence France-Presse was incorporated. Hong Kong. 9 September 1957. p. 8 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Lee, John C.W. (2015). 足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9789620437823. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Google Books preview.
  6. ^ 默迪卡足球賽香港大爆冷門馬來勝三比零. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 2 September 1958. p. 8 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  7. ^ 香港默賽代表隊廿二嘉山戰華聯. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 19 August 1959. p. 8 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  8. ^ 香港足球代表隊今午飛馬來亞參加默迪卡賽參戰七國實力均強港隊應努力爭勝. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 26 August 1959. p. 8 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  9. ^ 華聯在星慘敗詳情. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 15 August 1959. p. 8 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  10. ^ "NewspaperSG - Terms and Conditions" 參加默迪卡杯足球賽 香港以傑志爲班底 七名救兵日內抵步助陣 新加坡隊定本週四北上. Nanyang Siang Pau (in Traditional Chinese). Singapore. 2 August 1960. p. 11. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Singapore National Library.
  11. ^ "NewspaperSG - Terms and Conditions" 參加默杯賽九國球員名單號碼. Nanyang Siang Pau (in Traditional Chinese). Singapore. 12 August 1960. p. 11. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Singapore National Library.
  12. ^ 足總補選兩將赴默迪卡作賽. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 15 July 1961. p. 12 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.

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