2015–16_in_Hong_Kong_football

Football in Hong Kong
Season	2015–16
Men's football
Premier League	Eastern
First Division	Tai Po
Second Division	Tung Sing
Third Division	Hoi King
Reserve Division	Biu Chun Rangers
Senior Shield	Eastern
FA Cup	Hong Kong Pegasus
League Cup	Kitchee
Season play-off	Kitchee

2015–16 in Hong Kong football

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The 2015–16 season is the 114th season of competitive football in Hong Kong, starting in July 2015 and ending in June 2016.

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[table_note_res_SPO0.18593610878379-1] Since the winners of the Senior Shield, Eastern, and the winners of the League Cup, Kitchee, qualified for AFC competitions and the Season Play-off respectively based on league position, the spots awarded to the Senior Shield winner and the League Cup winner for the Season Play-off were awarded to the third and fourth placed team in the league. Pegasus qualified as winners of the FA Cup.

[table_note_res_REL0.18593610878379-2] Both Dreams Metro Gallery and Wong Tai Sin did not apply for the next season's Hong Kong Premier League Licence.

[table_hth_BCR0.18593610878379-3] Rangers wins head-to-head against Wong Tai Sin.

[table_hth_DFL0.85089986997233-4] Double Flower wins head-to-head against Wanchai.

[table_hth_KTD0.85089986997233-5] Kwai Tsing wins head-to-head against Kwun Tong.

[table_hth_MGS0.85089986997233-6] Metro Gallery Sun Source ahead of Lucky Mile on goal difference.

[table_hth_HKI0.83604648003171-7] Hoi King wins head-to-head against Central & Western.

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League	Promoted to League	Relegated from league
Premier League	KC Southern District	Tai Po
First Division	Wing Yee	Happy Valley Tuen Mun
Second Division	Tung Sing	New Fair Kuitan
Third Division	Nil	Lung Moon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup
2	China	8	5	2	1	27	1	+26	17	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup
3	Hong Kong	8	4	2	2	13	5	+8	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round
4	Maldives	8	2	0	6	8	20	−12	6	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round
5	Bhutan	8	0	0	8	5	52	−47	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03) Matchday 3	China	0–0	Hong Kong	Shenzhen, China
19:35 UTC+8		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Bao'an Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) Attendance: 26,173 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) Matchday 4	Hong Kong	2–3	Qatar	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8	Bai He 87' Godfred 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Boudiaf 22' Hassan 62' Musa 84'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium (Capacity: 6,680) Attendance: 6,396 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Matchday 6	Bhutan	0–1	Hong Kong	Thimphu, Bhutan
18:00 UTC+6		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chan Siu Ki 89'	Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium (Capacity: 25,000) Attendance: 7,280 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

2015–16_in_Hong_Kong_football

2015–16 in Hong Kong football

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

Representative team

Hong Kong national football team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

2015 Hong Kong–Macau Interport

2016 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

2016 AYA Bank Cup

International friendlies

Hong Kong women's national football team

2016 Women Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

League season

Premier League

First Division League

Second Division League

Third Division League

Reserve Division League

Cup Competitions

Community Cup

Senior Shield

League Cup

FA Cup

Sapling Cup

Season play-off

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12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) Matchday 7	Maldives	0–1	Hong Kong	Malé, Maldives
15:50 UTC+5		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Paulinho 13' (pen.)	Stadium: National Football Stadium (Capacity: 11,850) Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Matchday 8	Hong Kong	0–0	China	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium (Capacity: 6,680) Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) Matchday 9	Qatar	2–0	Hong Kong	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3	Al Haidos 20' Soria 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium (Capacity: 12,000) Attendance: 10,170 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)	Hong Kong	2–0	Macau	Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong
15:00 UTC+8	Hui Ka Lok 64' Chan Siu Kwan 80'	Report		Stadium: Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Attendance: 1,318 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

31 December 2015 (2015-12-31) 1st Leg	Hong Kong	1–1	Guangdong	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8	Tan Chun Lok 39'	Report	Cai Jingyuan 25'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 4,273 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) 2nd Leg	Guangdong	4–3 (5–4 agg.)	Hong Kong	Guangzhou, Guangdong
15:30 UTC+8	Lu Lin 37' (pen.), 85' Ye Chugui 54' Tu Dongxu 56'	Report	Cheung Chi Yung 21' Tam Lok Hin 33' Itaparica 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

3 June 2016 Semi-final	Vietnam	2–2 (4–3 p)	Hong Kong	Yangon, Myanmar
15:00 UTC+6:30	Lê Công Vinh 57', 61'	Report	McKee 48', 77'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Thant Zin Oo (Myanmar)
	Penalties
	Trần Nguyên Mạnh Quế Ngọc Hải Lương Xuân Trường Hoàng Đình Tùng Nguyễn Văn Quyết		Itaparica Sandro Leung Kwun Chung Ngue Roberto

6 June 2016 Third place match	Myanmar	3–0	Hong Kong	Yangon, Myanmar
15:00 UTC+6:30	Than Paing 22' Maung Maung Lwin 74' Ye Ko Oo 89'	Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)

8 October 2015	Thailand	1–0	Hong Kong	Bangkok, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7	Bunmathan 90+5' (pen.)			Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium

7 November 2015	Hong Kong	5–0	Myanmar	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
17:00 UTC+8	McKee 3', 45' Chan Siu Ki 33' Sandro 66' Alex 75'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 5,253

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastern	16	12	2	2	35	13	+22	38	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Kitchee	16	11	4	1	32	11	+21	37	Qualification to season play-off and Champions League preliminary round 2
3	South China	16	9	2	5	26	21	+5	29	Qualification to season play-off^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Southern	16	6	5	5	26	21	+5	23
5	Pegasus	16	4	5	7	22	27	−5	17
6	Dreams Metro Gallery	16	4	4	8	19	30	−11	16	Relegation to First Division^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Yuen Long	16	3	6	7	21	32	−11	15
8	Rangers	16	2	5	9	15	29	−14	11^{[lower-alpha 3]}
9	Wong Tai Sin	16	2	5	9	17	29	−12	11^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegation to First Division^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tai Po (C, P)	26	19	5	2	67	29	+38	62	Promotion to Premier League
2	HKFC (P)	26	17	6	3	66	21	+45	57	Promotion to Premier League
3	Sun Hei	26	17	5	4	64	25	+39	56
4	Easyknit Property	26	14	5	7	66	49	+17	47
5	Yau Tsim Mong	26	13	7	6	55	35	+20	46
6	Citizen	26	13	6	7	55	31	+24	45
7	Shatin	26	12	6	8	48	39	+9	42
8	Double Flower	26	7	6	13	34	46	−12	27^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9	Wanchai	26	8	3	15	30	56	−26	27^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Tai Chung	26	7	2	17	34	63	−29	23
11	Kwai Tsing	26	4	8	14	36	59	−23	20^{[lower-alpha 2]}
12	Kwun Tong	26	5	5	16	21	52	−31	20^{[lower-alpha 2]}
13	Sun Source (R)	26	5	4	17	26	58	−32	19^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegation to Second Division
14	Lucky Mile (R)	26	5	4	17	28	67	−39	19^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegation to Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tung Sing (C, P)	22	16	3	3	56	27	+29	51	Promotion to First Division
2	Eastern District (P)	22	15	4	3	65	23	+42	49	Promotion to First Division
3	Sparta Rotterdam Mutual	22	13	6	3	39	18	+21	45
4	Sham Shui Po	22	13	4	5	32	22	+10	43
5	Kwong Wah	22	9	3	10	29	34	−5	30
6	Kowloon City	22	8	5	9	28	27	+1	29
7	Sai Kung	22	7	7	8	31	29	+2	28
8	Kwok Keung	22	6	8	8	27	32	−5	26
9	Tuen Mun	22	7	2	13	33	52	−19	23
10	Tuen Mun FC	22	4	6	12	32	49	−17	18
11	Tsuen Wan (R)	22	3	4	15	27	50	−23	13	Relegation to Third Division
12	Happy Valley (R)	22	2	6	14	15	51	−36	12	Relegation to Third Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hoi King (C, P)	30	26	1	3	77	19	+58	79^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to Second Division
2	Central & Western (P)	30	25	4	1	101	11	+90	79^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to Second Division
3	St. Joseph's	30	17	9	4	63	24	+39	60
4	KCDRSC	30	17	3	10	59	46	+13	54
5	REX Global North District	30	18	2	10	65	46	+19	56
6	Wing Go Fu Moon	30	16	5	9	58	44	+14	53
7	GFC Friends	30	15	3	12	60	33	+27	48
8	Sun International	30	13	7	10	44	41	+3	46
9	Fukien	30	11	8	11	54	49	+5	41
10	Ornament	30	12	4	14	47	56	−9	40
11	Telecom	30	8	8	14	45	62	−17	32
12	Islands	30	9	4	17	38	61	−23	31
13	New Fair Kui Tan	30	6	8	16	39	59	−20	26
14	King Mountain	30	6	2	22	29	94	−65	20
15	Kowloon Cricket Club (E)	30	4	2	24	34	76	−42	14	Elimination from League
16	HKFYG (E)	30	1	2	27	16	108	−92	5	Elimination from League

31 December 2015 (2015-12-31)	Hong Kong	0–2	Guangdong	Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
15:00 UTC+8			Luo Guiping 16' Ruan Wenli 62'	Stadium: Kowloon Bay Park

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Biu Chun Rangers Reserves	16	15	0	1	84	10	+74	45
2	Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin Reserves	16	10	4	2	41	20	+21	34
3	Kitchee Reserves	16	9	3	4	44	25	+19	30
4	Hong Kong Pegasus Reserves	16	8	4	4	46	30	+16	28
5	South China Reserves	16	7	3	6	32	40	−8	24
6	Eastern Reserves	16	5	2	9	29	38	−9	17
7	Dreams Metro Gallery Reserves	16	2	4	10	37	42	−5	10
8	Kwoon Chung Southern Reserves	16	2	3	11	15	59	−44	9
9	Yuen Long Reserves	16	2	1	13	16	80	−64	7

Hong Kong Pegasus	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Yuen Long
Ranđelović 67'	Report	Adrović 74'
Penalties
Adrović João Emir Eduardo Tan Chun Lok Wong Wai	4–3	Ranđelović Yip Tsz Chun Luciano Yuan Yang Gustavo

South China	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Hong Kong Pegasus
Sean Tse 90+4'	Report	Adrović 90+3'
Penalties
Griffiths Awal Law Hiu Chung Mora	1–3	Adrović Dhiego Eduardo Cheng Lai Hin