2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League Explained

Competition:	Hong Kong Premier League
Season:	2015–16
Num Season:	2
Winners:	Eastern
Relegated:	Dreams Metro Gallery Wong Tai Sin
Continentalcup1:	League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Kitchee Eastern
League Topscorer:	Giovane da Silva (Eastern) Admir Adrović (Pegasus) (10 goals)
Best Goalkeeper:	Yapp Hung Fai (Eastern)
Biggest Home Win:	(12 September 2015) (13 December 2015) (5 March 2016)
Biggest Away Win:	(13 December 2015)
Highest Scoring:	(9 January 2016)
Matches:	72
Total Goals:	213
Longest Wins:	6 matches: Kitchee
Longest Unbeaten:	12 matches: Kitchee
Longest Winless:	10 matches: Wong Tai Sin
Longest Losses:	4 matches: Wong Tai Sin
Highest Attendance:	4,130 (10 January 2016)
Lowest Attendance:	271 (12 December 2015)
Average Attendance:	1,019
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	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

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.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Stadium	Location	District	Capacity
Dreams Metro Gallery	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	Cheung Sha Wan		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.

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		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
Yuen Long	Wong Wai Shun	Fung Hoi Man	Fábio Lopes	Nike	Itacho Sushi

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

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			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		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		5 Mar 2016
South China	Casemiro Mior	Sacked	13 Mar 2016	3rd		13 Mar 2016

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1<	--DO NOT UPDATE WITHOUT UPDATING THE DATE WHEN TABLE IS UPDATED-->	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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
			4–0		^[3]
			6–1		^[4]

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%