1999–2000 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League 1999–00
League	Hong Kong First Division League
Sport	Football
Duration	7 September 1999 – 20 May 2000
League
League champions	South China
Runners-up	Happy Valley
Top scorer	Leandro (Sai Kung)

The 1999–00 Hong Kong First Division League season is the 88th since its establishment. The first match was played on 7 September 1999 with Happy Valley won against South China by 2–0.

Teams

Happy Valley (Defending Champion)
Instant-Dict
Kitchee (Promoted from Second Division)
O&YH Union (Branded O&YH Union due to sponsorship)
Rangers (Retained in the First Division despite relegated by rules)
Sai Kung (Renamed from Sai Kung Friends, retained in the First Division despite relegated by rules)
South China
Sun Hei (Renamed from Golden)

First stage

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Happy Valley	14	11	2	1	24	8	+16	35	To Grand Final
2	South China	14	9	2	3	35	13	+22	29	Championship Playoff
3	O&YH Union	14	7	2	5	28	24	+4	23
4	Sun Hei	14	7	1	6	26	24	+2	22
5	Sai Kung	14	6	1	7	28	28	0	19	Relegation Playoff
6	Instant-Dict	14	5	2	7	20	20	0	17
7	Kitchee	14	5	2	7	13	21	−8	17
8	Rangers	14	0	0	14	8	44	−36	0

Second stage

NB: Teams take points and goals halved from first phase. GF and GA is rounded.

Championship Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	South China	6	4	1	1	33	12	+11	27.5	To Grand Final
2	Sun Hei	6	4	1	1	22	20	+2	24
3	Happy Valley	6	0	3	3	19	19	0	17	3 points were deducted for walking off in the match against Sun Hei
4	O&YH Union	6	0	3	3	21	18	+3	14.5

Relegation Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
5	Instant-Dict	6	6	0	29	13	+16	26.5
6	Kitchee	6	3	3	21	22	−1	20.5
7	Sai Kung	6	2	4	19	24	−5	18.5	Relegated to Second Division
8	Rangers	6	1	5	10	42	−32	3	Relegation to Second Division by rules, but retained in the First Division

Final

20 May 2000

South China	2 – 2 2 – 2 (AET) 4 – 3 (PSO)	Happy Valley

First Division League 1999–00 Winners
South China 36th Title

References

www.rsssf.com Hongkong 1999/00

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