The 2025–26 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.
Teams A total of 10 teams compete in the league, including the top 9 teams from the previous season and 1 team promoted from the First Division League.
Eastern District will play in the Premier League for the first time in their history this season.
Club Founded Position 2024–25Tai Po20021stLee Man20172ndEastern19323rdKitchee19314thSouthern20025thKowloon City20026thRangers19587thNorth District20028thHKFC18869thEastern District20028th 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:
EasternKitcheeLee ManEastern DistrictHKFCKitcheeKowloon CityMong Kok StadiumSiu Sai Wan Sports GroundHKFC StadiumTseung Kwan O Sports GroundSham Shui Po Sports GroundCapacity: 6,664Capacity: 11,981Capacity: 2,750Capacity: 3,500Capacity: 2,194North DistrictRangersSouthernTai PoNorth District Sports GroundTsing Yi Sports GroundAberdeen Sports GroundTai Po Sports GroundCapacity: 2,500Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 9,000Capacity: 3,200
Personnel and kits TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptainKit ManufacturerChest SponsorEastern Cheng Kai Ming Manuel Torres Leung Chun PongAdidasSynagisticsEastern District Goldbert Chi Chiu Ng Wai Chiu HélioKelmeHKFC Mark Grainger Chancy Cooke Cheng Chun WangPumaThe Executive CentreKitchee Ken Ng Iñigo Calderón Tan Chun LokNikeEDPSKowloon City Wong Siu Kei Fung Hoi Man Tsang Kam ToMC SportswearResources CapitalLee Man Norman Lee Darren Read (interim) Ngan Lok FungMacronLee & Man ChemicalNorth District Chu Ho Yin Chan Chi Hong Lo Kong Wai Elian VillalobosKelmeGolikRangers Peter Mok Poon Man Tik Lau Chi LokKelmeEGL ToursSouthern Matthew Wong Pui Ho Wang Shu SasakiKelmeCRRCTai Po Lam Yick Kuen Lee Chi Kin Gabriel CividiniKelmeTai Po Sports Association
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentLee Man Chu Siu Kei (interim)Appointed to permanent role31 May 2025Kitchee Edgar CardosoEnd of contract1 June 2025Pre-season Iñigo Calderón4 July 2025Eastern District Raúl ColomaChange of role10 July 2025 Ng Wai Chiu10 July 2025港超聯 東區主帥揭盅！43歲吳偉超掌帥印 on.cc 10 July 2025Kowloon City Chan Ming Kong4 August 2025 Yau Tsz Yeung4 August 2025Rangers Wong Chin Hung22 August 2025 Poon Man Tik22 August 2025Kowloon City Yau Tsz Yeung21 September 20256th Chan Ming Kong21 September 2025 Chan Ming KongMutual consent7 November 20256th Fung Hoi Man17 November 2025Eastern Roberto Losada18 December 20258th Cristiano Cordeiro (interim)18 December 2025 Cristiano Cordeiro (interim)End of interim role8 January 20268th Manuel Torres8 January 2026Lee Man Chu Siu KeiSacked8 March 20262nd Darren Read (interim)8 March 2026
League table
Results Home and away
Split After 18 matches, the league splits into two groups of five teams. The top five are grouped into the Championship Group and the bottom five into the Challenging Group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split. All matches are played at neutral venues.
Championship Group
Challenging Group
Results by match played
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Yu OkuboEastern182 Samuel GranadaNorth District163 Everton CamargoLee Man154 LuizinhoKowloon City12 Stefan PereiraSouthern6 Marcos GondraEastern117 Noah BaffoeLee Man10 Leandro MartínezKitchee Adrián RevillaKitchee Nassam IbrahimRangers
Hat-tricks Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first. Teams in bold are home teams. #PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef1 Everton CamargoLee ManHKFC7–12 JuninhoKitcheeKowloon City5–03 Noah BaffoeLee ManTai Po5–34 Everton CamargoLee ManEastern8–15 Nassam IbrahimRangersHKFC5–26 LuizinhoKowloon CityRangers5–17 Stefan PereiraSouthernHKFC4–18 Yu OkuboEasternKitchee4–4
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubMatches1 Chan Ka HoLee Man7 Paulo CésarEastern District3 Pong Cheuk HeiKitchee64 Lo Siu KeiTai Po4 Yuen Ho ChunKowloon City6 Ng Wai HimSouthern3 Wang ZhenpengKitchee8 Gianni CassaroEastern2 Ko ChunEastern Li Hon HoNorth District Tse Ka WingTai Po
Attendances
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