Given his playing pedigree with Real Oviedo and Real Valladolid in La Liga – where he scored goals in Barcelona’s Camp Nou and Real Madrid’s Bernabeu Stadium – and an astuteness that earned him the 2023 Hong Kong coach of the year, Losada’s is a voice worth hearing. He dismissed the notion of Yu being …
Centre-back Goncalves is approaching his 10-year anniversary as a Kitchee player, a landmark that traditionally earns European footballers a testimonial. Goncalves says more investment in Hong Kong football would entice quality foreigners. Photo: Getty Images The 38-year-old would hand-pick either Juventus or Santos, the Brazilian club where he began his career, as opponents for such …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 – …
Kitchee retained their Senior Shield title with a 2-1 extra-time victory over Eastern on Sunday, but the bare details do no justice to what winning head coach Kim Dong-jin called a “roller coaster” final at Mong Kok Stadium. The dramatic affair featured three red cards, two retaken penalties, after the original kicks were saved and …
When asked to rate his body of work, Andersen said: “I am here to do my best, then other people can tell me how well I am doing.” The Norwegian’s thoughts were dominated by the the task of injecting some devil into his team in time for their tournament opener against United Arab Emirates on …
Kitchee belatedly showed their quality on the AFC Champions League stage, comfortably beating Lion City Sailors 2-0 in Singapore on Wednesday. The Hong Kong champions delivered a controlled, clinical performance that was head and shoulders above the lethargic football they served up earlier in the competition. Kitchee led from the 11th minute, when Chris van …
“Sharing the pitch with Lionel Messi would be a dream, I do not think there would be words to describe the feeling,” Chan said. “He is one of the best players ever, and I am a Barcelona fan, so it would be amazing, and something I would tell my grandkids about. Young Kitchee left-sider Chan …