2006–07 in Hong Kong football

The 2006–07 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2006 and ending June 2007:

Overview

The number of teams in the First Division increased from eight to ten, as the HKFA decided to keep the two bottom teams from the last season, South China and Hong Kong 08, in the First Division, while HKFC and Wofoo Tai Po were promoted.

Wofoo Tai Po, who earned promotion to the First Division by finishing second in the Second Division, played their first ever season in the top division of Hong Kong football.

Events

21 July 2006 – Tim Bredbury took over as head coach of Rangers, replacing Qiu Jingwei.
1 August 2006 – Portuguese Jorge Amaral took over as head coach of South China.
13 August 2006 – Kitchee played Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua in a pre-season exhibition match, Canon Cup, at the Hong Kong Stadium. After a 1–1 draw in regulation time with the home team, Shenhua requested to cancel to take the penalty shootout. The title was shared.
2 September 2006 – The First Division League season began with Happy Valley and Xiangxue Sun Hei drawing 1–1.^[1]
19 September 2006 – Xiangxue Sun Hei were beaten by Jordanian Al-Faisaly 2–2 (4–5 on penalties), in the AFC Cup quarter-final.^[2]
25 September 2006 – Rangers sacked head coach Tim Bredbury after a 1–1 draw at Happy Valley. Cheung Wai Hong took over as caretaker coach.
11 October 2006 – Brazilian-born defender Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro made his international debut for Hong Kong in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Qatar.
4 November 2006 – Kitchee, the last unbeaten team in the First Division League up that time, lost 2–0 to South China at Mong Kok.
15 November 2006 – Hong Kong played the last game in their 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round group F against Bangladesh. After two wins and two draws in six games, Hong Kong ended third in the group.
30 November 2006 – Brazilian Casemiro Mior was appointed new head coach of South China, replacing Jorge Amaral.
10 December 2006 – The Senior Shield kicked off, with HKFC beating Hong Kong 08 2–1 in the first round.
12 December 2006 – Former England international midfielder Steve McManaman visited Hong Kong at the invitation of Rangers chairman Carson Yeung Ka Shing.^[3]

Representative team

Hong Kong team

For all-time list, see Hong Kong national football team results

Hong Kong have gone through their Asian Cup 2007 qualifying campaign, where they ended 3rd in group F.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Hong Kong scorers	Match Report(s)
12 August 2006	Hong Kong Stadium (H)	Singapore	1–2	F	Lee Sze Ming	HKFA FAS sleague.com^[usurped]
16 August 2006	Pakhtakor Stadium (A)	Uzbekistan	2–2	ACQ07	Sham Kwok Keung (2)	AFC Archived 3 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
6 September 2006	Hong Kong Stadium (H)	Uzbekistan	0–0	ACQ07	–	AFC Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine HKFA
11 October 2006	Al Gharrafa Stadium (A)	Qatar	0–2	ACQ07	–	AFC Archived 17 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
15 November 2006	Mong Kok Stadium (H)	Bangladesh	2–0	ACQ07	Gerard Ambassa Guy (2)	AFC Archived 26 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine HKFA
1 June 2007	Indonesia (A)	Indonesia	0–3	F	–
19 June 2007	Macau (N)	Chinese Taipei	1–1	EAC08Q	Lo Chi Kwan
21 June 2007	Macau (N)	Guam	15–1	EAC08Q	Chan Siu Ki (5) Lo Kwan Yee (2) Poon Yiu Cheuk Cheng Siu Wai Lo Chi Kwan Cordeiro Dominic Gadia (o.g.) Law Chun Bong Ambassa Guy Luk Koon Pong
24 June 2007	Macau (N)	North Korea	0–1	EAC08Q	–

Hong Kong futsal team

2007 AFC Futsal Championship

13 May 2007 – Tajikistan 6–4 Hong Kong
14 May 2007 – Hong Kong 0–8 Japan
15 May 2007 – Hong Kong 3–2 Philippines

Hong Kong U-23

2006 Asian Games

29 November 2006 – India 1–1 Hong Kong
3 December 2006 – Hong Kong 1–2 Iran
6 December 2006 – Hong Kong 1–0 Maldives

Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup

30 December 2006 – Guangdong 1–0 Hong Kong
7 January 2007 – Hong Kong 3–2 (4–2 Extra Time) Guangdong

Hong Kong captured the championship of 29th Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup

2008 Olympic Games Qualifying

Preliminary Round

7 February 2007 – Bangladesh 0–3 Hong Kong ^[4]
14 February 2007 – Hong Kong 0–1 Bangladesh

Second Round (Group B)

28 February 2007 – Japan 3–0 Hong Kong ^[5]
14 March 2007 – Hong Kong 0–2 Syria ^[6]
28 March 2007 – Hong Kong 0–1 Malaysia ^[7]
18 April 2007 – Malaysia 0–1 Hong Kong
16 May 2007 – Hong Kong 0–4 Japan
6 June 2007 – Syria vs Hong Kong

Hong Kong U-19

AFC U19 Youth Championship Qualification Competition 2007 ^[8]

Hong Kong U-16

AFC U16 Youth Championship Qualification Competition 2007 ^[8]

Hong Kong U-14

EAFF U-14 Youth Festival 2006^[9] held in China

21 July 2006 – Hong Kong 4–0 Guam
21 July 2006 – Japan 1–4 Hong Kong
21 July 2006 – Hong Kong 3–0 Mongolia
22 July 2006 – Hong Kong 0–3 China
22 July 2006 – Macau 0–3 Hong Kong
22 July 2006 – South Korea 1–0 Hong Kong
22 July 2006 – Hong Kong 0–1 Chinese Taipei
23 July 2006 – Northern Mariana Islands 0–7 Hong Kong
23 July 2006 – Hong Kong 1–0 North Korea
25 July 2006 – Hong Kong 1–0 Chinese Taipei

Hong Kong U-13

2007 AFC (U13) Festival of Football^[10] held in Beijing, China

14 April 2007 – South Korea 8–0 Hong Kong
14 April 2007 – Hong Kong 0–2 Japan
14 April 2007 – China 0–0 Hong Kong
15 April 2007 – Mongolia 0–4 Hong Kong
15 April 2007 – Hong Kong 1–3 Chinese Taipei
15 April 2007 – Guam 0–4 Hong Kong
17 April 2007 – Hong Kong 7–0 Macau
17 April 2007 – Hong Kong 0–5 North Korea
18 April 2007 – China 3–1 Hong Kong

Honours

Competition	Winner	Details
First Division	South China	First Division 2006–07
League Cup	Kitchee	League Cup 2006–07
Senior Shield	South China	Senior Shield 2006–07
FA Cup	South China	FA Cup 2006–07
Second Division	Tung Po	Second Division 2006–07
Third 'A' Division	Tuen Mun F.C.
Third 'District' Division	Hong Kong 09

Asian clubs competitions

AFC Cup 2006

Xiangxue Sun Hei – Quarter finals
Happy Valley – Group phase

AFC Cup 2007

Local competitions

Exhibition Matches

Canon Cup

12 August 2006
20:15

Kitchee	1–1	Shanghai Shenhua
Xiao Zhanbo 35' (O.G.)	^[11] ^[12] (in Chinese)	Julius Akosah 44' (O.G.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,667

Referee: Fong Yau Fat


KITCHEE:
GK	1	Wang Zhenpeng
MF	6	Gao Wen
FW	9	Julius Akosah		60'
MF	10	Wilfed Bamnjo
FW	11	Keith Gumbs	30'
MF	14	Liu Quankun
MF	15	Szeto Man Chun	40'
DF	16	Luk Koon Pong
DF	20	Darko Rakočević
DF	21	Ivan Jević
DF	25	Leung Chi Wing		53'
Substitutions:
GK	23	Goldbert Chi Chiu
GK	26	Li Jian
DF	3	Lin Junsheng
DF	13	Cheung Kin Fung		53'
FW	18	Chan Siu Ki
FW	19	Cheng Lai Hin
MF	28	Kwok Yue Hung		60'
Coach:


SHANGHAI SHENHUA:
GK	12	Zhou Yajun
	4	Li Yinan		46'
DF	6	Ng Wai Chiu		58'
MF	7	Xiao Zhanbo		36'
FW	9	Luis Ramírez		58'
MF	11	Ivan Jovanović
	13	Cheng Liang
MF	16	Yu Tao		17'
	19	Li Chengming	38'
	26	Wang Hongliang
FW	35	Carsten Jancker		73'
Substitutions:
GK	21	Qiu Shengjiong
	3	Liu Yinlao		73'
	8	Xie Hui		58'
	15	Wang Ke		17'
	17	Sun Ji		46'
	18	Zheng Kewei		36'
	20	Chen Lei		58'
Coach: