Hong Kong Chinese official football team explained

Hong Kong Chinese official football team (or Chinese: 港華) was a football team held by the Chinese Football Association of Hong Kong, a sub-association of the Hong Kong Football Association, the and China National Football Association of Taiwan. It was a feeder team of China national football team (1947–1949) and later Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1949 to 1971. Some players of Hong Kong Chinese also chose to represent Hong Kong national football team instead (official match since 1954); none of the player represented China national footİball team.

The team participated in annual, a competition that Chinese from Hong Kong against Western expatriates from Hong Kong,[1] as well as Ho Ho Cup,[2] [3] [4] a competition against Malayan Chinese. However, in 1969 edition, South Korean Huh Yoon-jung also received call-up.[4]

The team also one of the teams to participate in friendly match against football club that visited Hong Kong,[5] [6] [7] [8] along with Hong Kong national football team and Hong Kong League XI .

The team also toured in Australia in 1953[9] [10] [11] [12] and Asia in August 1959.[13]

History

A predecessor of the team, had against the local military team in 1933.[14] The team also won a competition in 1936, also against the British military teams that garrisoned in Hong Kong.[15] At that time Hong Kong national football team (Hong Kong Football Association) was not a member of FIFA.

Notes and References

  1. News: 督憲盃初賽華聯陳容選出鮑景賢許竟成分別當選守門教練. 28 December 1956. Wah Kiu Yat Po . Hong Kong. Chinese. Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  2. News: Hong Kong keep Cup. 8 June 1959. 8 September 2017. The Straits Times. Singapore National Library.
  3. News: 和和杯足球賽港華蟬聯三屆冠軍七比二擊敗馬華隊觀眾達一萬七千人. 8 June 1959. 9 September 2017. Nanyang Siang Pau. Singapore. Singapore National Library. Chinese.
  4. News: 港華和和杯賽名單馬華昨發表職員廿人陣容壯大球員十七位包括韓名將許允正. 13 July 1969. 9 September 2017. Nanyang Siang Pau. Singapore. Singapore National Library.
  5. News: Costa Ricans edge Chinese. 7 May 1959. 18 December 2017. The Straits Times. Singapore. Hong Kong. Singapore National Library.
  6. News: 西德華關明交鋒 許竟成蘇北論形勢. 29 January 1963. Wah Kiu Yat Po . Hong Kong. Hong Kong Public Libraries. Chinese.
  7. News: 華聯備戰不懈韓軍明午壓境. 29 August 1963. Wah Kiu Yat Po . Hong Kong. Chinese. Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  8. News: 華聯陣容昨已排定. 8 May 1970. Ta Kung Pao. Hong Kong. Hong Kong Public Libraries. Chinese.
  9. Web site: Socceroo B Matches 1953.
  10. News: Olympians in soccer side. 14 July 1953. 9 September 2017. The Sydney Morning Herald. archive of National Library of Australia.
  11. News: Games Soccer player to tour. 13 July 1953. 9 September 2017. The Sun. Sydney. archive of National Library of Australia.
  12. News: Chinese soccer star withdraws. 16 July 1953. 9 September 2017. Queensland Times. archive of National Library of Australia.
  13. News: zh:華聯在星慘敗詳情. 15 August 1959. 8. Wah Kiu Yat Po. Hong Kong. zh-hk. Hong Kong Public Libraries.
  14. News: zh:華聯隊大敗英國海陸軍. 23 January 1933. The Kung Sheung Evening News. Hong Kong. Hong Kong Public Libraries. Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Chinese.
  15. News: zh:華聯隊榮獲麗華杯. 9 March 1936. Chinese Mail. Hong Kong. Hong Kong Public Libraries. Chinese.

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