2009–10 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League

Season	2009–10
Champions	South China 40th Hong Kong title
Relegated	Shatin Happy Valley
AFC Cup	South China TSW Pegasus
Matches played	90
Goals scored	277 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cahê (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Citizen 7 – 0 Happy Valley (25 October 2009)
Biggest away win	Happy Valley 0 – 4 Kitchee (11 September 2009)
Highest scoring	Happy Valley 2 – 6 South China (24 January 2010) (8 goals)
Longest winning run	South China, TSW Pegasus, Kitchee, Citizen (3 games)
Longest unbeaten run	South China (13 games)
Longest losing run	Shatin (4 games)
Highest attendance	Kitchee 2 – 1 South China (5,442) (31 October 2009)
Lowest attendance	Kitchee 3 – 1 Shatin (122) (11 March 2010)
Average attendance	710
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Hong Kong Football Association First Division League (known as HKFA bma First Division League for sponsorship reasons)^[1] is the 98th top tier football league of Hong Kong. Because of the renovation of Mong Kok Stadium which will last for two league seasons, the current First Division League has allocated eight stadia for the eleven participating teams to play their home games.

The inaugural match was held between South China AA and Tai Chung on 6 September 2009. It was the first time since 1987–88 season that the inaugural match was not played between the former season Champion and runner-up.

Hong Kong Football Association disqualified Tuen Mun Progoal on 27 November 2009 due to Tuen Mun Progoal defaulting on labour insurance.^[2]

The title was won by South China, their fourth title in a row. Happy Valley and Shatin were relegated at the end of the season. This is the first ever relegation for Happy Valley and came in their 60th anniversary season. The players from Happy Valley and Fourway Rangers were involved in a match-fixing scandal.^[3]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South China !South China (C)	18	13	3	2	51	21	+30	42	2011 AFC Cup Group stage
2	TSW Pegasus !TSW Pegasus	18	10	5	3	33	21	+12	35	2011 AFC Cup Group stage 1
3	Kitchee !Kitchee	18	8	7	3	34	18	+16	31
4	Citizen !Citizen	18	6	8	4	29	16	+13	26
5	Sun Hei !Sun Hei	18	7	3	8	38	27	+11	24
6	NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po !NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	18	6	5	7	25	27	−2	23
7	Fourway !Fourway	18	4	7	7	19	28	−9	19
8	Tai Chung !Tai Chung	18	4	6	8	14	27	−13	18
9	Shatin !Shatin (R)	18	2	7	9	18	35	−17	13	Relegation to Second Division 2010–11
10	Happy Valley !Happy Valley (R)	18	2	5	11	17	58	−41	11
–	Tuen Mun Progoal !Tuen Mun Progoal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualification2

Updated to games played on 25 May 2010.
Source: The 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) number of goals scored
¹ via 2009–10 Hong Kong FA Cup
² All Tuen Mun Progoal matches were cancelled.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Citizen !CIT	Fourway !RAN	Happy Valley !HVA	Kitchee !KIT	NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po !WTP	Shatin !SHA	South China !SCA	Sun Hei !SUN	Tai Chung !TAI	TSW Pegasus !TSW
Citizen !Citizen		1–1	7–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1
Fourway !Fourway	0–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–5	2–1	1–1	1–4
Happy Valley !Happy Valley	0–0	1–0		0–4	1–2	2–2	2–6	2–2	1–1	1–4
Kitchee !Kitchee	2–2	3–3	6–0		1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–0
NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po !NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–2		0–0	1–3	2–4	0–1	1–2
Shatin !Shatin	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	4–1		2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
South China !South China	1–0	1–0	6–1	2–1	1–0	6–0		3–2	4–0	3–2
Sun Hei !Sun Hei	0–3	4–1	6–0	1–0	2–3	4–0	3–1		3–0	2–3
Tai Chung !Tai Chung	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–0
TSW Pegasus !TSW Pegasus	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1

Source: HKFA 1st Division Football League 2009–-2010
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Citizen	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground	12,000
Fourway Rangers	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	2,194
Happy Valley	Kowloon Bay Park	1,200
Kitchee	Hong Kong Stadium	40,000
	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	2,194
NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	Tai Po Sports Ground	3,000
	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground	3,500
Shatin	Sha Tin Sports Ground	3,000
South China	Hong Kong Stadium	40,000
Sun Hei	Tsing Yi Sports Ground	1,500
TSW Pegasus	Yuen Long Stadium	4,932
Tai Chung	Kowloon Bay Park	1,200
Tuen Mun Progoal	Tsing Yi Sports Ground	1,500

^1 Since the Hong Kong Stadium held 2009 East Asian Games in December and 2010 Hong Kong Sevens in March, Kitchee and South China used Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground sometimes after December.

^2 NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po use Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground for 2010 AFC Cup due to Tai Po Sports Ground failed the criteria set by Asian Football Confederation.

^3 Sham Shui Po Sports Ground is the home stadium of Kitchee in later of season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[4]
1	Cahê	Sun Hei	14
2	Itaparica	TSW Pegasus	13
3	Chan Siu Ki	South China	11
4	Sandro	Citizen	9
5	Tales Schutz	South China	8
	Chan Yiu Lun	Sun Hei	8
7	Alex Akande	Tai Chung / Kitchee	7
8	Detinho	Citizen	6
	Ling Cong	Happy Valley	6
	Albert Virgili	Kitchee	6

Only players scored ≥6 is shown.

Records

Team records

As at the match played on 2 January 2010

• Highest Scoring Match: TSW Pegasus 9–1 Tuen Mun Progoal (Round 6)
• Biggest Goal Difference: TSW Pegasus 9–1 Tuen Mun Progoal (Round 6)
• Biggest Home Victory: TSW Pegasus 9–1 Tuen Mun Progoal (Round 6)
• Biggest Home Defeat: Tuen Mun Progoal 1–9 NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po (Round 5)
• Most Wins in a row: South China 4 ;6 September 2009 – 15 December 2009
• Longest Undefeated Steak: TSW Pegasus 4 ; 18 October 2009 – 19 December 2009;
• Most Draws in a Row: Citizen 2 – 12 September 2009 – 27 September 2009;
• Longest Losing Streak: Tuen Mun Progoal 5 ; 20 September 2009 – 25 October 2009
• Longest Winless Streak: Tuen Mun Progoal 5 ; 20 September 2009 – 25 October 2009
• Highest Attendance: 5,442 Kitchee 2–1 South China (Round 6)) @ Hong Kong Stadium
• Lowest Attendance: 132 Tuen Mun Progoal 1–9 NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po (Round 5) @ Tsing Yi Sports Ground
• Highest Gate Receipt: $159,740 Kitchee 2–1 South China (Round 6))
• Lowest Gate Receipt: $1,780 (Tuen Mun Progoal 1–9 NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po (Round 5))
• Average Attendance: 770
• Average Goals: 3.52 goals

Individual Records

• Most Goals in a match: Sandro of Citizen – 5 (Citizen 7–0 Happy Valley (Round 6))
• Fastest Goal : 2' Chan Yiu Lun of Sun Hei (Sun Hei 2–3 NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po (Round 2))

References

External links

• Fixtures – bma 1st Division Football League, by HKFA