2016-17_Hong_Kong_First_Division_League
2016–17 Hong Kong First Division League
Football league season
The 2016–17 Hong Kong First Division League was the 3rd season of Hong Kong First Division League since it became the second-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014–15.
Quick Facts Season, Champions ...
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sun Hei |
| Promoted | None |
| Relegated | Kwai Tsing Yau Tsim Mong |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 764 (4.2 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Caleb Ekwegwo (Wong Tai Sin) (41 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Citizen 8-1 Yau Tsim Mong (5 November 2016) Tung Sing 9-2 Eastern District (14 May 2017) |
| Biggest away win | Yau Tsim Mong 0-9 Eastern District (10 September 2016) Yau Tsim Mong 0–9 Wong Tai Sin (4 December 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Kwai Tsing 5-7 Easyknit Property (11 September 2016) |
| Longest winning run | 10 matches Sun Hei |
| Longest unbeaten run | 26 matches Sun Hei |
| Longest winless run | 22 matches Yau Tsim Mong |
| Longest losing run | 16 matches Yau Tsim Mong |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
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Changes from last season
From First Division League
Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to Second Division
To First Division League
Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from Second Division
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Hei[lower-alpha 1] (C) | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 22 | +68 | 72 | |
| 2 | Wong Tai Sin[lower-alpha 1] | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 30 | +72 | 71 | |
| 3 | Easyknit Property | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 49 | +31 | 55 | |
| 4 | Sha Tin | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 44 | |
| 5 | Double Flower | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 40 | |
| 6 | Citizen | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 33 | |
| 7 | Kwun Tong | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 30 | |
| 8 | Eastern District | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 30 | |
| 9 | Resources Capital | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 30 | |
| 10 | Tung Sing | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 66 | 77 | −11 | 29 | |
| 11 | Metro Gallery | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 25 | |
| 12 | Wan Chai | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 25 | |
| 13 | Kwai Tsing (R) | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 22 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 14 | Yau Tsim Mong (R) | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 109 | −85 | 10 |
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Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2017. Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Drawing lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Drawing lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Sun Hei and Wong Tai Sin both won the right to be promoted to the Hong Kong Premier League but declined.[1]
- "港超班費高港甲數倍 放棄升班不罕見". Ming Pao. Retrieved 5 June 2017. (in Chinese)