Formation to 2000

The club was founded in 1958 by a Scottish expatriate from Glasgow named Ian Petrie. He named his club after Rangers. It was the first Asian football club with a modern football club managing system. In the early days, the club could not compete with the bigger clubs financially so Petrie relied on young players and the team was known as a breeding ground for young players. Kwok Ka Ming was the best known players discovered by Petrie in the 1960s. In 1970, the club brought three Scottish professional players to Hong Kong. They were the first European professional players to play in the Hong Kong league, opening a new chapter in Hong Kong's football history. Great players such as Ian Taylor, Joe Brennan, Jimmy Liddell, and Derek Currie were a few to name. More were to follow in the 1980s such as Steve Paterson, Jimmy Bone and Tommy Nolan. Winner of the Ballon d’Or at 22, European champion and dubbed “El Beatle” - George Best came just a year before he finally retired from the game and played once for Hong Kong Rangers in 1982.

2000–2018

Since 12 October 2001, the club had been named after its sponsor, Buler, resulting in the name Buler Rangers up until summer 2006. On 15 September 2007, the club announced that it has secured a large sponsorship from Bulova, a watch brand which used to fund a famous Hong Kong football team decades ago, and used Bulova Rangers as the team name.

In 2011, the team changed their name as Kam Fung. They were the champions of the 2011–12 Hong Kong Second Division and were promoted to the Hong Kong First Division. The club has since renamed itself as Biu Chun Rangers due to being sponsorship by Biu Chun Watch Hands (except for the 2016–17 season when the club was renamed as Lee Man Rangers due to sponsorship reasons).

In the early part of the 2000s, Rangers' investment in youth player produced various Hong Kong internationals including Chan Wai Ho, Man Pei Tak, Lam Ka Wai and Lo Kwan Yee. However, this investment dried up in the later part of the 2010s resulting in lower budgets and declining performances of the club.^[1]

2018–present

Following a last place finish in the 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League, Rangers were relegated back the First Division after a six-year stay in the top flight.^[2] Former Hong Kong international Wong Chin Hung was hired as the club's head coach.

Despite a third place finish in the 2018–19 season, Rangers were promoted back into the Hong Kong Premier League on 15 July 2019 following Dreams FC's decision to self-relegate.^[3]

In 2019–20, Rangers were one of four teams that withdrew from the Premier League season due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.

During the 2022–23 season, Rangers finished 3rd within the Hong Kong Premier League in which they secured one of the two qualification play-off spots where they will make their AFC Champions League debut.^[4]

First Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  HKG Lo Siu Kei 3 DF  KOR Choi Woo-jae FP 4 DF  KOR Kim Min-kyu FP 5 DF  JPN Ryota Hayashi FP 6 MF  HKG Remi Dujardin 7 FW  HKG Lau Chi Lok 10 MF  HKG Lam Ka Wai (captain) 12 DF  HKG Lo Kwan Yee 13 GK  HKG Chan Kun Sun 14 MF  JPN Akito Okamoto FP 16 MF  HKG Lam Hin Ting 17 DF  HKG Loong Tsz Hin 18 FW  JPN Yosuke Kamigata FP

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  HKG Yiu Ho Ming 20 MF  HKG Chiu Ching Yu 21 FW  GHA Nassam Ibrahim FP 22 FW  HKG Ma Yung Sang 23 DF  JPN Makoto Rindo FP 25 MF  HKG Leung Hoi Chun 26 MF  HKG Lai Pui Kei 28 MF  HKG Chan Yiu Cho 30 GK  UKR Oleksii Shliakotin (on loan from Sham Shui Po) FP 33 DF  BRA Fernando Lopes FP 44 MF  JPN Yumemi Kanda FP 55 DF  HKG Jean-Jacques Kilama 89 MF  HKG Au Yeung Yiu Chung

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Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TPE Emilio Estevez (on loan at Tai Po)

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Remarks:
^LP These players are registered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.

League

• Hong Kong First Division
  • Champions (1): 1970–71
• Hong Kong Second Division
  • Champions (2): 1964–65, 2011–12
• Hong Kong Third 'A' Division
  • Champions (1): 1991–92

Cup competitions

• Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
  • Champions (4): 1965–66, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1994–95
  • Runners-up (2): 1975–76, 1981–82
• Hong Kong FA Cup
  • Champions (2): 1976–77, 1994–95
  • Runners-up (4): 1974–75, 1982–83, 2002–03, 2022–23
• Hong Kong League Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02
• Hong Kong Viceroy Cup
  • Champions (2): 1973–74, 1974–75