The 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football. The video assistant referee (VAR) review system is introduced this season.
Teams A total of 11 teams contest the league, including 10 teams from the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League and 1 team promoted from the 2022–23 Hong Kong First Division.
ClubFoundedPosition of Last Season Kitchee 1931 1st Lee Man 2017 2nd Rangers 1958 3rd Eastern 1932 4th Southern 2002 5th HKFC 1886 6th Tai Po 2002 7th Resources Capital 1982 8th Sham Shui Po 2002 9th HK U23 2021 10th North District 2002 3rd in First Division Yellow denotes a newly promoted club entering the league this year.
Stadia and locations
Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:
EasternKitcheeRangers HKFC HK U23 Lee Man North District Mong Kok Stadium HKFC Stadium Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground North District Sports Ground Capacity: 6,664 Capacity: 2,750 Capacity: 2,200 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 2,500 RangersResources Capital Sham Shui Po Southern Tai Po Tsing Yi Sports Ground Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Aberdeen Sports Ground Tai Po Sports Ground Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 2,194 Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 3,200
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit Manufacturer SponsorsChest SponsorRear SponsorSleeve SponsorEasternCheng Kai Ming Roberto Losada Leung Chun PongAdidasXDAGUpbest GroupMyproteinWatsons WaterHKFCMark Grainger Tony Hamilton-Bram Jack SealyAdidasThe Executive CentrePetrel Hong KongHK U23Eric Fok Szeto Man Chun Lam Hok HeiMC SportswearVivere Sky Social EnterpriseSquare FitnessKitcheeKen Ng Kim Dong-jin (Interim) Huang YangNikeEDPS Systems Ltd.GatoradeMEKOTeamStationLee ManNorman Lee Tsang Chiu Tat Fernando RecioMacronLee & Man ChemicalMacronMyproteinNorth DistrictChu Ho Yin Leung Chi Wing Ho Chun TingKelmeCrownity Engineering LimitedNorth District24/7 fitnessKelmePHYSIOMAXRangersPeter Mok Vom Ca-nhum Lam Ka WaiKelmeEGL ToursBiu Chun Watch HandsHung Fook TongKelmeMY Medicare Physiotherapy & WellnessWatsons WaterResources CapitalHanson Wong Ho Shun Yin (Interim) Cheng King HoFCPM sportsArrano SecurityFuture Hong Kong Football Development Charity LimitedNew Fei OpticalL'AvenueQi Feng CapitalSham Shui PoLo Wing Man Chan Ho Yin Ngan Cheuk PanAtacarSportshouse3S Wellness & Sports ClubSouthernMatthew Wong Yeung Ching Kwong Shu SasakiMacronMAN SETai PoLam Yick Kuen Lee Chi Kin Gabriel CividiniUCANHINICHIJOUEuro Asia Chinese Golf AssociationHKPRC PhysiotherapySuperfans
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentSham Shui Po Kwok Kar Lok End of contract 14 May 2023 Pre-season Tang Kwun Yin 3 June 2023Southern Cheng Siu Chung Change of role 21 May 2023 Pre-season Yeung Ching Kwong 6 June 2023Tai Po Li Hang Wui End of contract 21 May 2023 Pre-season Lee Chi Kin 21 June 2023Resources Capital Joan Esteva End of contract 29 May 2023 Pre-season Ha Hyeok-jun 21 July 2023Rangers Chiu Chung Man Wong Chin Hung Lai Ka Fai Poon Man Chun Change of role 7 July 2023 Pre-season Vom Ca-nhum 7 July 2023North District Choi Chung Yin End of contract 10 July 2023 Pre-season Leung Chi Wing 10 July 2023Kitchee Chu Chi Kwong Change of role 29 September 2023 2nd Kim Dong-jin (Interim) 29 September 2023Sham Shui Po Tang Kwun Yin Termination of contract 29 October 2023 11th Chan Ho Yin 9 November 2023Resources Capital Ha Hyeok-jun Termination of contract 23 January 2024 9th Ho Shun Yin (Interim) 23 January 2024
Foreign players The number of foreign players teams can register is unlimited, with no more than 6 in the match squad and on the pitch during matches.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Player 11 Former playersEastern Tamirlan Kozubayev Calum Hall Ryu Ji-seong Daniel Almazan Noah Baffoe Marcos GondraKitchee Jakob Jantscher Sedin Ramić Cleiton Mikael Igor Sartori Ibrahim Kurban Enikar Mehmud Charlie Scott Kim Shin-wook Ruslan Mingazow Sherzod Temirov Aleksandar Damchevski Ogenyi OnaziLee Man Jonatan Acosta Gil Paulinho Simionato Henri Anier Ryoya Tachibana Mitchel Paulissen José ÁngelNorth District Itallo Kendy Neném Pedrão Matheus Porto Carles TenaRangers Fernando Lopes Nassam Ibrahim Ryota Hayashi Yosuke Kamigata Yumemi Kanda Akito Okamoto Makoto Rindo Choi Woo-jae Kim Min-kyu Oleksii Shliakotin Ryo Wada Stefan Cadjenovic John Uemofia Ma Sang-hoon Park Jong-bumResources Capital Benjamin Tandy Ortega Yuki Shibata Kotaro Umeda Chukwuemeka Ikondu Kim Hyun-ho Kim Sang-woo Lee Yoon-kwon Moon Ji-seong Bradie Smith Caíque Ribeiro Anto Okamura Aryan RaiSham Shui Po Chen Hao Jhonattan Limbu Kota Odakura Ismael Dunga Nii Noye Narh Ivan Marković Vanja Marković Song Ju-ho Akihiro Koike Phumin Bores Panupong Wongpila Oleksii ShliakotinSouthern Junior Goiano Kessi Jackson Sousa Raphaël Merkies Kota Kawase Shu Sasaki Ryoo Togashi Robert OduTai Po Guilherme Biteco Gabriel Cividini Kayron Luizinho Marcão Michel Renner Lucas Silva Gerson Vieira Emilio Estevez Park Ye-jun
There are no restrictions on the number of foreign players that HKFC can register. However, the team must have at least nine Hong Kong players in the squad, with no less than three on the pitch during matches. Club HK Player 1 HK Player 2 HK Player 3 HK Player 4 HK Player 5 HK Player 6HKFC Calum Bloxham Jordon Brown Timothy Chow Fung Long Hin Jahangir Khan Lau Hok Ming HK Player 7 HK Player 8 HK Player 9 HK Player 10 HK Player 11 HK Player 12 Lee Chun Yin Daniel Man Paulinho Jack Sealy Emmet Wan Stefan Antonić
HK U23 is not allowed to register any foreign players. Meanwhile, the number of overaged players is restricted to five for the team and on the pitch during matches. The rest of the players must meet the registration status of U23 local players. Club Overaged Player 1 Overaged Player 2 Overaged Player 3 Overaged Player 4 Overaged Player 5 HK U23 Kwok Tsz Kaai Lam Hok Hei Leung Wai Fung Ng Man Hei
League table
Results
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Positions by round To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 9.
Fixtures and results 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
Round 21
Round 22
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Henri Anier Lee Man17 Noah Baffoe Eastern3 Mikael Kitchee164 Nassam Ibrahim Rangers125 Paulinho Simionato Lee Man116 Chan Siu Kwan Tai Po9 Stefan Pereira Southern8 Juninho Kitchee8 Yumemi Kanda Rangers Lucas Silva Tai Po
Hat-tricks Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first. Teams in bold are home teams. #PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef1 Kim Shin-wookKitcheeHKFC8–02 Nassam IbrahimRangersSham Shui Po9–03 Lau Chi LokRangersSham Shui Po9–04 MikaelKitcheeSham Shui Po5–15 Paulinho SimionatoLee ManResources Capital4–16 Nicholas BenavidesSham Shui PoRangers3–17 Noah BaffoeEasternHK U236–08 MikaelKitcheeHK U236–09 Noah BaffoeEasternHKFC5–0 4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Matches1 Tse Ka Wing Tai Po122 Yapp Hung Fai Eastern93 Chan Ka Ho Lee Man84 Ng Wai Him Southern75 Paulo César Kitchee6 Wang Zhenpeng Kitchee7 Leung Hing Kit Rangers / Sham Shui Po58 Lo Siu Kei Rangers49 Pong Cheuk Hei Resources Capital2 Michael Wan HK U231010 players1
Attendances
Awards Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards Awards Prize Winner Club Score / Votes Footballer of the Year Chan Siu Kwan Tai Po 67.00% Coach of the Year Roberto Losada Eastern 50.86% Young Players of the Year Yu Joy Yin Eastern 61.40% Ma Hei Wai Eastern 33.64% Players' Player Noah Baffoe Eastern 117 Most Favorite Player Chan Siu Kwan Tai Po 4,575 Best HKRT Player in the HKPL Chan Siu Kwan Tai Po 58.32% Hong Kong Top Footballers Goalkeeper Tse Ka Wing Tai Po 47.90% Defenders Gabriel Cividini Tai Po 45.19% Tsui Wang Kit Lee Man 42.44% Tamirlan Kozubayev Eastern 40.10% Daniel Almazan Eastern 29.06% Midfielders Chan Siu Kwan Tai Po 67.00% Mikael Kitchee 29.18% Marcos Gondra Eastern 28.01% Forwards Noah Baffoe Eastern 63.97% Henri Anier Lee Man 40.82% Everton Camargo Lee Man 30.87%
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