2024–25 Hong Kong Premier League Explained

Competition:Hong Kong Premier League
Season:2024–25
Num Season:11
Dates:30 August 2024 – 25 May 2025
Continentalcup1:2024–25 AFC Champions League Two
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024–25 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the eleventh season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.

Teams

A total of 9 teams contest the league, including 8 teams from the 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League and 1 team promoted from the 2023–24 Hong Kong First Division.[1]

ClubFoundedPosition of Last Season
Lee Man20171st
Tai Po20022nd
Eastern19323th
Kitchee19314th
Southern20025th
Rangers19586th
HKFC18867th
North District20028th
Kowloon City20021st in First Division

Stadia and locations

Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:

Eastern
Kitchee
HKFCKowloon CityLee Man
Mong Kok StadiumHKFC StadiumSham Shui Po Sports GroundTseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Capacity: 6,664Capacity: 2,750Capacity: 2,194Capacity: 3,500
North DistrictRangersSouthernTai Po
North District Sports GroundTsing Yi Sports GroundAberdeen Sports GroundTai Po Sports Ground
Capacity: 2,500Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 4,500Capacity: 3,200

Personnel and kits

TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptainKit ManufacturerSponsors
Chest SponsorRear SponsorSleeve Sponsor
Eastern Lam Kin Ming Roberto Losada Leung Chun PongAdidasXDAG by the communityUpbest Groupmy rubbish
HKFC Mark Grainger Chancy Cooke Freddie ToomerAdidasThe Executive CentreStandard Chartered
Kitchee Ken Ng Edgar Cardoso HélioNikeEDPSGatorade
MEKO
Team Station
Kowloon City Wong Siu Kei Chan Ming Kong Chan Man FaiMC SportsResources Capital FC
Lee Man Norman Lee Tsang Chiu Tat Ngan Lok FungMacronLee & Man Chemical
North District Chu Ho Yin Pau Ka Yiu KendyKelmeCrownity Engineering
Rangers Peter Mok Tim BredburyKelmeBiu Chun Watch Hands
Southern Matthew Wong Yeung Ching Kwong Shu SasakiKelmeIsuzu
Tai Po Lam Yick Kuen Lee Chi Kin Gabriel CividiniCyndicat SportsTai Po Sports AssociationHINICHIJOUEuro Asia Chinese Golf Association
Super Fans

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Kitchee Kim Dong-jinEnd of interim spell27 June 2024Pre-season Edgar Cardoso27 June 2024[2]
North District Leung Chi WingMutual consent29 June 2024Pre-season Pau Ka Yiu29 June 2024[3]
Rangers Vom Ca-nhumMutual consent30 June 2024Pre-season Tim Bredbury30 June 2024[4]
HKFC Tony Hamilton-BramMutual consent31 July 2024Pre-season Chancy Cooke31 July 2024[5]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players teams can register is unlimited, with no more than 7 in the match squad and no more than 6 on the pitch during matches.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Player 10Player 11Former players
Eastern Tamirlan Kozubayev Calum Hall Daniel Almazan Noah Baffoe Víctor Bertomeu Marcos Gondra
Kitchee Welthon Enikar Mehmud Fynn Talley Jay Haddow Diego Bardanca Luís Machado Bae Jae-woo Kim Shin-wook Aarón Rey Ruslan Mingazow Sherzod Temirov
Kowloon City Willian Gaúcho Kayron Niltinho Thawan Aryan Rai
Lee Man Samuel Paulinho Simionato Henri Anier Jiloan Hamad Ryoya Tachibana Mitchel Paulissen Kim Min-kyu Gaizka Martínez
North District Matheus Chulapa Pedro Costa Weverton Gudula Guilherme Kayron Kendy Félix Pérez-Doyle
Rangers Hugo de Oliveira Fernando Lopes Luizinho Ryota Hayashi Akito Okamoto Makoto Rindo Shunya Suganuma Kim Do-hyun Oleksii Shliakotin
Southern Jonatan Acosta Gregory Kessi Jackson Sousa Gabriel Yanno Raphaël Merkies Kota Kawase Shu Sasaki Song Ju-ho Rondinelli da Silva
Tai Po Guilherme Biteco Gabriel Cividini Marcão Gabriel Pierini Michel Renner Igor Sartori Lucas Silva Gerson Vieira Weverton

There are no restrictions on the number of foreign players that HKFC can register. However, the team must have at least 9 Hong Kong players in the squad, with no less than 3 on the pitch during matches.

ClubHK Player 1HK Player 2HK Player 3HK Player 4HK Player 5HK Player 6HK Player 7HK Player 8HK Player 9HK Player 10
HKFC Caspar Adams Calum Bloxham Chan Ho Ka Toby Down Ho Ka Chi Lam Chi Fung Lam Ho Hei Lai Hoi To Lee Chun Yin Bradley Leong
HK Player 11HK Player 12HK Player 13HK Player 14HK Player 15HK Player 16HK Player 17HK Player 18HK Player 19HK Player 20
Leung Yat Li Chung Hang Daniel Man Andrew Russell Jack Sealy Pawanvir Singh Tsang Chun Hin Emmet Wan Wong Sum Chit James Wright

Match ball

The match ball chosen for the 2024–25 Hong Kong Premier League is the Nike Flight football 24/25. The ball will be used for all local competitions including the Sapling Cup, Senior Challenge Shield and also the FA Cup.

League table

Results

Third round

Results by match played

Team ╲ Match123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Eastern
HKFC
Kitchee
Kowloon City
Lee Man
North District
Rangers
Southern
Tai Po

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, 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.

Fixtures and results

Round 27

Season statistics

Clean sheets

Notes and References

  1. Web site: on.cc . 2024-06-25 . on.cc . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2024-06-27 . 港超聯|傑志新季簽六名新外援 伍健爆林樂勤鐘樂安加盟 . 2024-06-27 . Yahoo Sports . zh-Hant-HK.
  3. Web site: 2024-06-29 . 港超聯 梁志榮離隊 鮑家耀成均業北區主教練 . 2024-06-29 . on.cc東網 . zh-hk.
  4. Web site: 2024-06-30 . 港超聯 巴貝利重出江湖 任標準流浪主教練 . 2024-06-30 . on.cc東網 . zh-hk.
  5. https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20240731/bkn-20240731114955345-0731_00882_001.html 港超聯 港會開操!前港腳羅素「愛回家」