South China AA explained

22.2756°N 114.1875°W

Clubname:	South China
Fullname:	Chinese: 南華體育會 South China Athletic Association
Nickname:	Chinese: 少林寺 (Shaolin Temple) The Caroliners
Founded:
Ground:	Happy Valley Recreation Ground
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Victor Hui
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Ku Kam Fai
League:	Hong Kong First Division
Season:	2023–24
Position:	First Division, 3rd of 12
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South China Athletic Association (known simply as South China, SCAA,) is a Hong Kong professional football club that competes in the Hong Kong First Division, the second-tier league in Hong Kong football league system. The club is historically one of the most successful football clubs in Hong Kong, having won a record 41 First Division titles, a record 31 Senior Shields, a record 10 FA Cups and 3 League Cups. The club has a very long history in playing in the top-tier league, but decided to self-relegate after the end of the 2016–17 season.

Nicknamed "Shaolin Temple" and "Caroliners", South China has produced many great Hong Kong footballers over the years. In November 2007, the club entered into a charity partnership with Hong Kong Red Cross. The partnership is a pioneer between a sports association and a humanitarian organisation in Hong Kong.

The club plays its home matches at Happy Valley Recreation Ground.

History

Early history

The Chinese Football Team was founded in 1904 by a group of Chinese students in Hong Kong,^{[1] [2]} including Mok Hing ^[3] and Tong Fuk Cheung (the captain of China national football team in the 1910s).^[4] In 1910, the team was renamed as South China Football Club.

In the 1917 Far Eastern Games and 1919 Far Eastern Games (also known as the Far East Olympics Tournament), the club represented the Republic of China and won the football championship. It is the only team in Hong Kong sports history to have accomplished this feat. China lost in the final to the Philippines in the first to be held, in 1913,^[5] but in the next nine it won every time, right through until the last FECG to be held in 1934. On that occasion China was a joint winner with Japan. Throughout these tournaments, the majority of the China team was composed of SCAA players.

In 1920, South China which began as a club called the South China Athletic Association founded by Mok Hing.^[6]

Around 1920–1922, the club formally adopted the present name of South China Athletic Association and diversified into other sports such as basketball.^[7]

1980s

Since its foundation, South China had a Chinese only policy whereby the club would only field players of Chinese ethnicity. In keeping with this policy, the club would only sign foreign players who had Chinese ancestry such as Edmund Wee, Chow Chee Keong and Chan Kwok Leung. Up until the 1980s, the policy did not have a negative effect on results.

However, when professional football took off in Hong Kong, the club could not cope with the influx of foreign players and performed poorly at the beginning of the 1981–82 season. Therefore, on 2 November 1981 the club voted to end its six decade old Chinese only policy. Although the club was able to avoid relegation that season, it was not incident-free. On 6 June 1982, after the club drew an all-important match with Caroline Hill, the fans rioted outside the stadium that spread onto Causeway Bay. The riot was the largest civil disorder in Hong Kong since the leftist riot in 1967.

2000s

As they failed to beat Citizen in the last game of the 2005–06 season, South China was to be relegated for the first time since 1983.^[8] However, on 14 June 2006, the Hong Kong Football Association approved a request from South China to remain in the Hong Kong First Division with the promise of strengthening their squad. Staying true to their word, South China heavily strengthened their squad and coaching staff. As a result, South China successfully regained the First Division League title in the 2006–07 season, and also winning the Hong Kong FA Cup and the Hong Kong Senior Shield, achieving the famous treble.

The team has gone from strength to strength, while the team has had continued success on the domestic front, winning three consecutive league titles in the process, it has also had success in other international club competitions. The team has reached the semi-finals of the 2009 AFC Cup. South China's success has seen the team climb in world club rankings to their new high of 145th, even surpassing other mainland Chinese clubs which are widely considered to be of a better standard than clubs in Hong Kong. In recent years the South China has taken part in several pre-season exhibition matches with European clubs, with the most notable being a 2–0 win against the English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.

Much of the recent success has been attributed to the former chairman, Steven Lo, and with his shrewd business sense he rebuilt the team as a brand, and played a major role in reigniting interest in the Hong Kong Football League. South China has reinvented their image and have partnered with several organisations and brands. In 2007, South China has enter into a partnership with Hong Kong Red Cross. The partnership is a pioneer between a sports association and a humanitarian organisation in Hong Kong, and South China is the first football team to ever bear the Red Cross emblem on the official kit. The appointment of the fashion brand Giorgio Armani as the official tailor, has allowed South China to join some of the world's elite, with the brand being associated with Chelsea Football Club and the England national team. In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of South China Football Team, world-renowned designer Philippe Starck produced a special edition of the "Peninsula Chair", with the faces of the team and the chairman printed on.

Nicky Butt and Mateja Kežman played for South China during the 2010–11 season.

2010s

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, AET chairman Wallace Cheung became the conveynor of the club, promising to spend $18–20 million per season.^[9] The domestic season was not initially a successful one as the club finished fourth in the league and did not win any silverware. The saving grace was a Season Playoff victory which allowed the club to directly qualify for the 2016 AFC Cup group stage.

In 2016–17 South China reached their first cup final in six years, facing Kitchee in the 2016–17 Hong Kong FA Cup Final. However, they were defeated 2–1 and were unable to capture the trophy.

On 5 June 2017, South China made the shocking announcement that they would voluntarily self-relegate into the First Division.^[10] The club and Cheung had recently parted ways, leaving the club with no financial benefactor to support their large salary budget.

Current squad

First team

Retired numbers

See also: List of retired numbers in association football.

Honours

Historically the most popular club in the city, SCAA is also the most successful football club in Hong Kong, winning the Hong Kong First Division 41 times (all-time ranking 1st), the Senior Shield 31 times (all-time ranking 1st), the now-defunct Hong Kong Viceroy Cup 8 times, the Hong Kong FA Cup 10 times (all-time ranking 1st) and the Hong Kong League Cup 3 times. The team had captured all 4 trophies in seasons 1987–88 and 1990–91. In November 2001, the team was awarded the AFC Team of the Month by the Asian Football Confederation.

League

• Hong Kong First Division
  • Champions (41): 1923–24, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (16): 1928–29, 1946–47, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2010–11
• Hong Kong Second Division
  • Champions (5): 1917–18, 1925–26, 1933–34, 1951–52, 1952–53

Cup competitions

• Hong Kong Senior Shield
  • Champions (31): 1928–29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (16): 1918–19, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1989–90, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2011–12
• Hong Kong FA Cup
  • Champions (10): 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2010–11
  • Runners-up (5): 1975–76, 1985–86, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2016–17
• Hong Kong League Cup
  • Champions (3): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2010–11
  • Runners-up (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
• Hong Kong Viceroy Cup
  • Champions (8): 1971–72, 1979–80, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98
  • Runners-up (7): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96
• Hong Kong Junior Shield
  • Champions (9): 1947–48, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1966–67
• Hong Kong Community Cup
  • Champions (2): 2014, 2015
• Hong Kong Community Shield
  • Runners-up (1): 2009
• Hong Kong Sapling Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16
• Hong Kong FA Cup Junior Division
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1986	Asian Club Championship	Group C	Liaoning FC	0–1	3rd
			Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	1–1
1987	Asian Club Championship	Group 6	Yomiuri FC	0–1	0–2	2nd
1988–89	Asian Club Championship	Group 6	April 25	0–3	4th
			Guangdong Wanbao	0–1
			Yamaha Motors	1–1
			Wa Seng	3–0
1991	Asian Club Championship	First round	Sporting de Macau	9–1	5–0	14–1
		Second round	Yomiuri FC	1–0	1–3	2–4
1993–94	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Dalian Haichang	2–0	1–0	2–1
		Second round	East Bengal	1–0	4–1	5–1
		Quarter-final	bye
		Semi-final	Nissan	(w/o)
		Final	Al-Qadsiah	2–4	0–2	2–6
1997–98	Asian Club Championship	First round	Selangor FA	0–0	2–0	2–0
		Second round	Dalian Wanda	0–4	2–1	2–5
2000–01	Asian Club Championship	Second round	Júbilo Iwata	1–3	1–3	2–6
2002–03	2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualification Round 1	Second round	Home United	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Third round	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–5	1–3	1–8
2008	AFC Cup	Group D	Home United	2–3	4–1	3rd
			Victory SC	3–0	0–0
			Kedah FA	1–3	3–0
2009	AFC Cup	Group F	PSMS Medan	3–0	2–2	1st
			VB	2–1	1–2
			Johor FC	2–0	1–4
		Round of 16	Home United	4–0
		Quarter-final	Neftchi Farg'ona	1–0	5–4	5–5 (a)
		Semi-final	Al-Kuwait	0–1	2–1	1–3
2010	AFC Cup	Group G	Muangthong United	0–0	0–1	1st
			VB	3–1	1–0
			Persiwa Wamena	6–3	0–2
		Round of 16	Al-Riffa	1–3
2011	AFC Cup	Group H	Muangthong United	1–1	4–2	3rd
			Chonburi FC	0–3	3–0
			Kingfisher East Bengal	1–0	3–3
2014	AFC Cup	Group G	Vissai Ninh Bình	1–3	1–1	3rd
			Kelantan FA	4–0	2–0
			Yangon United	5–3	2–0
2015	AFC Cup	Group G	Global FC	3–0	1–6	1st
			Pahang FA	3–1	0–1
			Yadanarbon	3–1	0–3
		Round of 16	Bengaluru FC	2–0
		Quarter-final	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1	3–1	2–4
2016	AFC Cup	Group G	Yangon United	2–1	2–1	2nd
			Mohun Bagan	0–4	0–3
			Maziya	2–0	2–1
		Round of 16	Ceres	0–1(aet)
		Quarter-final	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1	2–1	2–3

Recent seasons

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Notable players

Hong Kong

• Leung Yuk Tong (梁玉堂)
• Lee Wai Tong (李惠堂)
• Yiu Cheuk Yin (姚卓然)
• Ho Cheung Yau, MBE (何祥友)
• Wong Chi Keung (黃志強)
• Wong Man Wai (黃文偉) (1967–69), (1972–82)
• Chan Kwok Hung (陳國雄) (1972–78)
• Kwok Kam Hung (郭錦洪)
• Choi York Yee (蔡育瑜) (1973–78), (1980–83)
• Chan Sai Kau (陳世九) (1968–78)
• Fung Chi Ming (馮志明)
• Sze Kin Hei (施建熙)
• Wu Kwok Hung (胡國雄) (1971–72)
• Ku Kam Fai (顧錦輝) (1984–99)
• Wan Chi Keung (尹志強)
• Cheung Chi Tak (張志德) (1984–87)
• Chan Fat Chi (陳發枝)
• Tim Bredbury (巴貝利) (1985–88)
• Leslie Santos (山度士) (1980–98)
• Dale Tempest (譚拔士) (1989–91)
• Richard Lant Armstrong (岩士唐) (1991–92), (1994–95)
• Shum Kwok Pui (岑國培) (1986–05)
• Lee Kin Wo (李健和) (1995–03)
• Au Wai Lun (歐偉倫) (1993–99), (1999–07)
• Yau Kin Wai (丘建威) (1995–05)
• Cheng Siu Chung (鄭兆聰) (1996), (1998–00), (2001–02)
• Sung Linyung (宋連勇) (1993–97)
• Cristiano Cordeiro (高尼路) (1998–03)

Austria

• Franz Blizenec (1998)

Australia

• Robbie Dunn (鄧尼) (1989–90)
• Ross Greer (基亞) (1990–92)
• George Haniotis (漢尼迪) (1992–93)
• Steve Hickman (希文) (1993–94)
• David Clarkson (卡臣) (1994–95)
• Kris Trajanovski (卓真洛奇) (1994–95)
• Stephen Aravena (艾維拉) (1995–96)
• Andrew Barisic (2013–14)

Belgium

• Peter Geraerts (彼德) (1997–98)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Anto Grabo (基保) (1992–95)
• Alen Bajkusa (巴古沙) (1993–94), (1995–96)
• Saša Kajkut (2013–14)

Brazil

• Rodrigues Neto (尼圖)
• da Silva Aurelio (奧拿里奧) (1995–98)
• Ailton Grigorio de Araujo (阿拉烏蘇) (1998–00)
• José Ricardo Rambo (列卡度) (1998–99)
• Aderbal Pericles Farias Filho (仙奴) (2000–02)
• Detinho (迪天奴) (2006–09), (2014–15)
• Sidraílson (沙域臣) (2007–09), (2009–10)
• Itaparica (伊達) (2007–08), (2012–13), (2014–2015)
• Maxwell (麥士維) (2007–08), (2008)
• Cacá (卡卡) (2009)
• Ramón (雷文) (2009)
• Leandro Carrijó (卡尼祖) (2009), (2010), (2012)

Canada

• Paris Nakajima-Farran (中島法蘭) (2011–12)

China

• He Jia (何佳) (1983–86)
• Chang Weikang (張惠康) (1991–92)
• Wu Qunli (吳群立) (1993–98)
• Gong Lei (宮磊) (1997–98)
• Zhang Enhua (張恩華) (2005–06)
• Du Ping (杜蘋) (2007)

Denmark

• Carsten Nielsen (黎路臣) (1981–82)
• Graham Easter (依士達) (1997–98)
• Jeppe Larson (拿臣) (1997–98)

Ecuador

• Félix Borja (2016)

England

• Keith Robson (基夫笠臣) (1983)
• Chris Lynam (拉南) (1983–85)
• Tommy Langley (連尼) (1985–86)
• Barry Powell (包維) (1985–86)
• Trevor Morgan (摩根) (1991–93)
• Steve Neville (尼福) (1991–93) http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/exeter/exeter.html
• Brian McDermott (麥達莫) (1992–93)
• Billy Whitehurst (韋靴斯) (1992–93)
• Fenippe Anderson (安德遜) (1996–97)
• Iain Hesford (希福特) (1997–98)
• Mike Leonard (李安納) (1998–00)
• Nicky Butt (畢特) (2010–11)

Germany

• Klaus-Dieter Jank (楊確) (1981–83)

Indonesia

• Rochy Putiray (佩迪里) (2002–03)

Malaysia

• Chow Chee Keong (仇志強) (1971–74)
• Chan Kwok Leung (陳國良)

Netherlands

• Cees Storm (史唐) (1982–83)
• Arie Haan (海恩) (1984)
• Werner Kooistra (威拿) (1993–97) http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31681
• Marcel Leisdek (馬些路) (1993–95)
• Marlon Ricardo van der Sander (尹迪辛達) (1993–94)
• Dennis Koffyberg (哥夫) (1993–94)
• Neils Gerestein (卓斯) (1993–94)
• Ad Roos (路殊) (1993–94)
• Piet Drommel (杜武) (1994)

New Zealand

• Robert Ironside (艾朗西) (1995–96)

Northern Ireland

• Chris McGrath (麥格夫) (1983–85)
• Allen McKnight (麥禮) (1992–94)

Paraguay

• Gerardo Laterza (謝利) (1999–01)

Portugal

• Pedro Xavier (沙維亞) (1995–98)

Scotland

• Billy Semple (森寶) (1982–83)
• Alex Miller (米勒) (1983)
• Walker McCall (麥哥) (1983) http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/walkermccall.html
• Willie Johnston (韋利莊士東) (1983)
• Derek Parlane (柏蘭尼) (1985–86)
• Max Christie (基斯迪) (1992–93)
• Frank McAvennie (麥艾雲尼) (1992–93)
• Lee Bullen (李布倫) (1997)

Singapore

• Edmund Wee (黃文財) (1981–83), (1984–88) http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/viewthread.php?tid=2731&highlight=%B0%EA%B8%7D

Slovakia

• Martin Jancula (甄馬田) (2001–02)

South Africa

• John Paskin (柏斯堅) (1984–85)

South Korea

• Kim Yeon-Gun (金永健) (2009)

Sweden

• Joakim Grandelius (格烈治) (1997–98)
• Thomas Walfridsson (華域臣) (1997–98)

Togo

• Cris (基斯) (2006–07), (2007–09)

Trinidad and Tobago

• Thomas Sheldon (施頓) (1997–98)

Venezuela

• Fernando de Ornelas (奧尼拉斯) (1998–99), (2000–01)

Former Yugoslavia (current Serbia)

• Marko Perinović (柏連奴域) (1993–94)
• Radislav Ignjić (拉迪斯拉夫) (1996–98)
• Željko Rolović (洛奴域) (1996–97)
• Željko Gavrilović (加連奴域) (1999–01)
• Mateja Kežman (基士文) (2011), (2012)

Coaches

As of 30 May 2014. Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.

Name		Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
English	Chinese				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Chu Kwok Lun	Chinese: 朱國倫		1954	1970	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Kwok Shek	Chinese: 郭石		1970	1977	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Ng Wai Man	Chinese: 吳偉文		1977	1981	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Halla<	--Redlinked in Chinese WP; said to be German; possibly a phonetic back-transliteration of Halle or Haller-->	Chinese: 漢拿		1981	1982	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Kwok Kam Hung	Chinese: 郭錦洪		1982	1982	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Peter Wong	Chinese: 黃興桂		1982	1983	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Alex Miller	Chinese: 米勒		1983	1983	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Ng Wai Man	Chinese: 吳偉文		1983	1984	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Casemiro Mior	Chinese: 米路		1998	2002	?							align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Wong Man Wai	Chinese: 黃文偉		2002	2006	?
Chan Kwok Hung	Chinese: 陳國雄
Ku Kam Fai	Chinese: 顧錦輝
Jorge Amaral	Chinese: 阿曼龍		2006	24 Nov 2006	10	6	2	2	20	13	60	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Ku Kam Fai & Chan Kwok Hung*	Chinese: 顧錦輝 & Chinese: 陳國雄		25 Nov 2006	27 Nov 2006	1	1	0	0	5	2	100	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Casemiro Mior	Chinese: 米路		28 Nov 2006	2007	20	15	3	2	49	15	75	align=left style="font-size: 80%"	1 First Division title, 1 Senior Shield, 1 FA Cup title
José Luís	Chinese: 路爾斯		2007	2008	34	19	4	11	79	41	55.9	align=left style="font-size: 80%"	1 First Division title, 1 League Cup title
Tsang Wai Chung	Chinese: 曾偉忠		1 July 2008	Sept 17, 2008	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Liu Chun Fai	Chinese: 廖俊輝		Sept 17, 2008	7 Dec 2008	11	9	1	1	30	7	81.8	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Kim Pan-Gon	Chinese: 金判坤		8 Dec 2008	11 Dec 2010	27	19	4	4	72	16	70.4	align=left style="font-size: 80%"	2 First Division titles, 1 Senior Shield title
Chan Ho Yin	Chinese: 陳浩然		11 Dec 2010	28 June 2011	28	17	3	8	59	34	60.7	align=left style="font-size: 80%"	1 League Cup title, 1 FA Cup title
Ján Kocian	Chinese: 高世安		28 June 2011	9 July 2012	26	13	9	4	61	30	50.0	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Liu Chun Fai	Chinese: 廖俊輝		9 July 2012	30 June 2013	28	16	6	6	63	28	57.1	align=left style="font-size: 80%"	1 First Division title
Cheung Po Chun	Chinese: 張寶春		1 July 2013	17 February 2014								align=left style="font-size: 80%"	1 Senior Shield title
Yeung Ching Kwong	Chinese: 楊正光		17 February 2014	15 December 2014								align=left style="font-size: 80%"	1 Community Cup title
Mario Gómez	Chinese: 馬里奧		15 December 2014	30 April 2015	18	10	4	4	33	18	55.6	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Ricardo Rambo	Chinese: 列卡度		1 May 2015	14 May 2015	3	2	0	1	6	1	66.7	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Casemiro Mior	Chinese: 米路		14 May 2015		3	2	1	0	5	1	66.7	align=left style="font-size: 80%"
Amir Alagić			2016	2017								align=left style="font-size: 80%"

Key

* Served as caretaker manager.

Partnerships

On 3 November 2009, South China and Tottenham Hotspur jointly announced a club partnership in Hong Kong. South China became the first club partner of Spurs in Asia. The partnership is for 2 years with an option to extend further. Besides planning in sharing of best practice in any areas of the technical and business sides of football, Tottenham Hotspur has the first option on South China players at all age levels. Tottenham Hotspur will support South China's coaching development through the exchange of scientific data, coaching materials and visits of coaching staffs to and from both teams. The two clubs will explore the possibility of a joint youth Academy and training centre in Hong Kong or in mainland China.^[13]

Songs

• 1) 南華歌

A new official cheering song for SCAA. It was introduced in the first home match in the 2006–07 season against HKFC. The demo version of the song can be accessed on www.bma.com.hk.

• 2) 擁南躉之歌^[14]

This is not the official song of South China, and neither was the original official fans' song. It was sung by Albert Cheung 張武孝(also known as: 大Al/Big Al), and became very well known after being released in 1977, especially during late 1970s and the 1980s; during that period South China was a perennial challenger for the top spots in the league, and the song describes how strong and famous the team was.

External links

• Official Website
• South China at HKFA

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/attachments/20080402_a4896359e5e06993dd8fFF3b5QObGAX4.gif. zh:原名為華人足球隊. 12 April 2008. 南華八十年回憶錄. zh. GIF.
2. Web site: http://magazine.sina.com/lifeweek/431/2007-05-20/ba33719.shtml . zh:第一個華人足球會和「足球王國」 . 12 April 2008 . Wenweipao . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070903082438/http://magazine.sina.com/lifeweek/431/2007-05-20/ba33719.shtml . 3 September 2007 .
3. Web site: http://paper.wenweipo.com/2008/01/26/OT0801260003.htm . zh:莫家後人「點將錄」 . 12 April 2008 . Sina . 26 January 2008 . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080403012238/http://paper.wenweipo.com:80/2008/01/26/OT0801260003.htm . 3 April 2008 . dmy .
4. Web site: http://www.zgdazxw.com.cn/NewsPicView.asp?ID=226. zh:1919中国足球队. 12 April 2008. China Archives Information. 3 August 2007. zh. 17 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317233848/http://www.zgdazxw.com.cn/NewsPicView.asp?ID=226. live.
5. Web site: Bojan. Jovanovic. First Far Eastern Games 1913 (Manila). 6 November 2010. 15 October 1999. 16 September 2017. RSSSF. https://web.archive.org/web/20170916134051/http://rsssf.com/tablesf/fareastgames13.html. live.
6. Book: Lam, S. F. Chang W, Julian. 2006. The Quest for Gold: Fifty Years of Amateur Sports in Hong Kong, 1947–1997. Hong Kong University Publishing. 962-209-766-9.
7. Web site: History of the sport club . South China Athletic Association . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070314062930/http://www.scaa.org.hk:80/main_new_eng.htm . 14 March 2007 . dmy .
8. http://202.76.19.48/template?series=2&article=30 傳媒報導 – 1 August 2006 羅傑承主政班費千萬增兵 南華搵摩連奴師兄執教
9. Web site: 張廣勇出任新足主 南華換血南美化. on.cc. 2 June 2014. 5 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140605190704/http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/sport/20140602/index.html. live.
10. Web site: Darkest day for Hong Kong football as 'Shaolin Temple' South China withdraw from Premier League. South China Morning Post. 5 June 2017 . 5 June 2017. 10 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610144617/http://www.scmp.com/sport/article/2096980/hong-kong-giants-south-china-withdraw-premier-league. live.
11. News: Kin-wa. Chan. HK matches will be Kezman's last . . 19 January 2012 . 9 June 2024 . en.
12. https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E5%9F%BA%E5%A3%AB%E6%96%87%E8%B3%80%E6%AD%B2%E7%9B%83%E4%BD%9C%E5%91%8A%E5%88%A5%E6%88%B0-223000607--spt.html 基士文賀歲盃作告別戰
13. http://www.southchinafc.com/template?series=1&article=5774 Club Partnership – Tottenham Hotspur & South China
14. https://web.archive.org/web/19991104053006/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/2177/scsong.html 南 華 會 會 歌 – Song of South China

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