Hong Kong football’s CEO has denied that an end-of-season fixture clash represents a missed opportunity, with the HKFC Standard Chartered Soccer Sevens set to partially eclipse a potential final-day title decider in the city’s Premier League. A season curtain-closer, the Soccer Sevens is to take place from May 24 to 26 at Hong Kong Football …
Francis Yip said Tse’s role, as a goalkeeper for fictional team Dreams FC, was designed to showcase football as a viable career, which “creates additional opportunities”. One aspiring footballer in the film references his parents’ preference that he become a “doctor, lawyer, or engineer”. The 24-year-old wants to ‘take care’ of football in the city, …
Hong Kong football has suffered a hurtful blow after failing to obtain hosting rights for any of the next three East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Championship finals. In an additional setback, the city will not stage the qualifying competition for next year’s tournament, after that honour was instead handed to Kaohsiung in Taiwan. Eric Fok …
There have also been moves made by top-flight clubs to push the FA to share control of the domestic game, with Lee Man president Norman Lee Man-yen and Eastern vice-chairman Frankie Yau both telling the Post the FA did not have the knowledge or ability to promote local football. Elected unopposed as association chairman last …
The insufficient quality and intensity of the local league has had Andersen tearing his hair out since his appointment in December 2021. HKFA chairman Eric Fok has yet to commit to an overhaul of the local league. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Talking on stage at the AGM, Andersen issued a series of withering comments about the …
But the immediate priority is to explore an untapped local talent pool, with a view to producing more homegrown players. Damian Dai, Eastern’s development director, said a direct switch to the Chinese Super League was never considered, because “it would be like jumping from primary school to university”. Eastern fielded six players aged 25 or …
“I have recently been playing in the Hong Kong team, and do not want to stop,” Li said. “The surroundings here are more comfortable for me. In mainland China, I was not feeling really happy. I was without my friends and family, and had no close support. Li Ngai-hoi has featured more regularly in Hong …
Having seen far too many one-sided games over the past two years, Andersen would split the top-flight midway through the season, so the to six and bottom five teams contest their own mini leagues in the second half of the campaign. The 61-year-old would scrap at least one of the three existing cup competitions – …