Yuen Long FC
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| Full name |
Yuen Long Football Club 元朗足球隊 | ||
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| Nickname(s) |
The Tangerines Squire team (鄉紳班) | ||
| Founded |
1959 (as Yuen Long District Sport Association) 2013 (as Yuen Long Football Club) | ||
| Ground | Yuen Long Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 4,932 | ||
| Chairman | Wilson Wong | ||
| President | Wong Tak Sun | ||
| Head coach | Kwok Kar Lok | ||
| League | Hong Kong Premier League | ||
| 2017–18 | 6th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Yuen Long Football Club (Chinese: 元朗足球隊), currently known as Best Union Yuen Long (Chinese: 佳聯元朗) for sponsorship reasons, are a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League.
The football teams of the club were originally organised by Yuen Long District Sports Association (Chinese: 元朗區體育會). In 2013, Yuen Long Football Club was established as a private entity, separate from the district sports association.
History
Yuen Long District Sport Association was established by former chairmen of Hong Kong Football Association, Fu Lee Sha and Tsang Sam Chiu in 1959.
The team entered the former Hong Kong Third Division in 1959–60 season. The team carried a three-year plan to get promotion to Hong Kong First Division. In 1961–62, the team became the first district team to compete in First Division. In 1962–63, the team gained their first top Division League title. In 1967–68, the team captured their first Senior Shield by beating Tung Sing. In 1968–69, the team turned professional until 1972–73 when it focused on a youth squad. In 1978–79, the team beat the league giant Seiko in FA Cup final, which avoided Seiko from capturing all the 6 major tropies in the season. In 1979–80, the team quit the league due to financial problems.
With the creation of the Hong Kong Third District Division, Yuen Long was reformed and entered the league in 2003.
They were promoted to the First Division in the 2013–14 season, as champions of the Hong Kong Second Division, seven points ahead the runner-up Happy Valley.
Yuen Long were branded as "KMB Yuen Long" between 2015-2017 due to a sponsorship agreement with Kowloon Motor Bus. The agreement was terminated in June 2017.[1]
Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Yuen Long announced a sponsorship agreement with Sun Bus and rebranded as "Sun Bus Yuen Long."[2] The club captured their first Senior Shield in 50 years, when they defeated Eastern 3–0 in the final. However, despite winning silverware, Sun Bus dropped their sponsorship of the club at the end of the season. [3] Eventually on 24 May 2018, chairman Wilson Wong announced that the club had secured enough funding to continue in the Hong Kong Premier League for 2018–19, although the club would have to rebuild their squad with mostly U-23 players.[4]
Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Yuen Long were confirmed as "Best Union Yuen Long" for sponsorship reasons.[5]
Honours
League
- Hong Kong First Division
- Champions (1): 1962–63
- Hong Kong Second Division
- Champions (1): 2012–13
Cup Competitions
- Hong Kong Senior Shield
- Champions (2): 1967–68, 2017–18
- Runners-up (1): 1964–65
- Hong Kong FA Cup
- Hong Kong Junior Shield
- Champions (1): 2012–13
Team staff
Source:[6]
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Kwok Kar Lok |
| First Assistant | Yeung Kin Fai |
| Coach | Fábio Lopes |
| Goalkeeper coach | Leung Cheuk Cheung |
| Team Manager | Kwok Zing Yin |
Source:
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Remarks:
FP These players are registered as foreign players.
Notable players
- Chan Fat Chi (陳發枝)
- Cheung Chi Doy (張子岱)
- Cheung Yiu Tung (張耀東)
- Leung Nang Yan (梁能仁)
- Win Won Soon
See also
References
- ↑ "元朗新兵亮相 望再簽新援". on.cc. Retrieved 15 July 2017. (in Chinese)
- ↑ "陽光元朗重獲「水喉」 開咧戰鬥富力主守迎般連奴". HK01. Retrieved 18 August 2017. (in Chinese)
- ↑ "元朗獲新贊助續留港超 凱景升班 流浪降班". Ming Pao. Retrieved 24 May 2018. (in Chinese)
- ↑ So, Zhi Yeung. "元朗獲「白武士」打救 主席郭靜然稱只餘兩球員有合同". HK01. Retrieved 24 May 2018. (in Chinese)
- ↑ "新球季8月31日開鑼 傑志揭幕戰作客理文". Apple Daily. Retrieved 27 July 2018. (in Chinese)
- ↑ "佳聯元朗拜神郭嘉諾掌帥培育港腳". on.cc. Retrieved 26 August 2018. (in Chinese)
External links
- Yuen Long at HKFA