The 2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 95th since its establishment.
In this season, the First Division was composed of 10 teams. HKFC and Tai Po have been promoted from the Second Division. The two bottom teams of the First Division last season, South China and Hong Kong 08, were reinstated.
South China won their 28th league title by defeating Lanwa Redbull in their last match of the season on 27 April 2007.Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League Lanwa Redbull 1:3 South China, The Hong Kong Football Association website, 27 April 2007.
League table Full table
Home matches only
Away matches only
Teams Name Last year position Note Citizen 6th Happy Valley Champion 6th league title HKFC 1st, Second DivisionNewly promoted Hong Kong 08 8th Originally relegated, retained by HKFA Rangers 3rd Kitchee FC 4th Lanwa 5th South China 7th Originally relegated, retained by HKFA Wofoo Tai Po 2nd, Second Division Newly promoted Xiangxue Sun Hei 2nd
Featured matches Highest scoring game (round 12) (Hong Kong 08 0–8 South China)HKFA Website (in Chinese) 和富大埔 2:0 聯華紅牛 香港08 0:8 南華 The first match of South China after the official return of head coach Casemiro Mior. Scorer table leader Tales Schutz scored 4 goals in the match, the most goals in a match during the season.
Biggest goal difference (round 12) (Hong Kong 08 0–8 South China) (refer to Highest Scoring Game)
Highest attendance (round 17) (Citizen 0–1 Rangers; South China 1–1 Kitchee) The attendance was 8,426 and the matches were played in Mong Kok Stadium. It was the first time in 11 eleven years that Mong Kok Stadium is full for a First Division League match. (The full capacity of the stadium is 8,500. The unoccupied seats are due to unattended reserve tickets owners) It is also the first time since 1996 Senior Shield semi-final of Instant-Dict against South China where there is a full house in local Hong Kong football matches.www.GoalGoalGoal.com 二零零七年/民國九十六年四月十六日/丁亥年二月二十九 香港足球新聞 : <蘋果日報> 南華鬥傑志 逾八千人觀戰 旺角球場爆棚 墟冚場面11年來首見 One possible reason for the high attendance is that the result of the South China-Kitchee match may decide the champion of the season. Either South China won or Kitchee won by 3–0 or more, the winner would be granted champion. However, the match ended 1–1, which means that the league champion would be decided after the last round matches.www.GoalGoalGoal.com 二零零七年/民國九十六年四月十五日/丁亥年二月二十八 香港足球新聞 <蘋果日報> 王者之戰 南華空襲VS傑志反擊
Worst discipline match (round 4) (Happy Valley 0–3 Kitchee)HKFA Website (in chinese) 快意空調甲組聯賽 傑志三球淨勝愉園 In a match played on the National Day holiday, 5 players were sent off in the match. Three were from Happy Valley and two from Kitchee. A total of 5 red cards and 8 yellow cards were issued in the match. (Round 4) (Xiangxue Sun Hei 1–2 Lanwa Redbull)HKFA Website (in Chinese) 香港08 1:2 公民，香雪晨曦 1:2 聯華紅牛 4 players of Xiangxue Sun Hei were sent off within the last 4 minutes of the match.
Mid-season highlights Reference:HKFA Website (in chinese) 2006/07 快意空調甲組聯賽首循環總結
Statistics Number of matches: 45 Number of draw matches: 9 Number of matches with score difference: 36 Average attendance: about 1,500 (50% higher than last season) Total goals: 145 Average goal: 3.22 per match Top goalscorer: Tales Schutz of South China (8 goals) Hat-trick players: Keith Jerome Gumbs of Kitchee in 6–1 match against Wofoo Tai Po (Round 2), Julius Pongla Akosah of Kitchee in 4–0 match against HKFC (Round 6) Highest scoring games: (round 9) (Wofoo Tai Po 4–3 Happy Valley), (Round 2) (Wofoo Tai Po 1–6 Kitchee ) Biggest goal difference: (round 3) (Lanwa Redbull 6–0 Wofoo Tai Po) ScoresNumber of occurrenceCorresponding matches 1–0 4 Rangers 1–0 Wofoo Tai Po Kitchee 1–0 Lanwa Redbull Happy Valley 1–0 Citizen Happy Valley 1–0 Hong Kong 08 2–0 6 South China 2–0 HKFC Kitchee 2–0 Xiangxue Sun Hei Xiangxue Sun Hei 2–0 Citizen Xiangxue Sun Hei 2–0 Hong Kong 08 South China 2–0 Kitchee South China 2–0 Lanwa Redbull 2–1 5 Citizen 2–1 Hong Kong 08 Lanwa Redbull 2–1 Xiangxue Sun Hei HKFC 2–1 Hong Kong 08 Rangers 2–1 Lanwa Redbull Xiangxue Sun Hei 2–1 Wofoo Tai Po 3–0 4 Kitchee 3–0 Happy Valley Rangers 3–0 South China Rangers 3–0 Citizen Xiangxue Sun Hei 3–0 HKFC 3–1 4 Lanwa Redbull 3–1 Hong Kong 08 South China 3–1 Hong Kong 08 South China 3–1 Happy Valley Lanwa Redbull 3–1 HKFC 3–2 4 Lanwa Redbull 3–2 Citizen South China 3–2 Wofoo Tai Po Kitchee 3–2 Rangers Kitchee 3–2 Citizen 4–0 1 Kitchee 4–0 HKFC 4–1 4 Kitchee 4–1 Hong Kong 08 Happy Valley 4–1 HKFC Citizen 4–1 HKFC Wofoo Tai Po 4–1 Hong Kong 08 4–2 1 Happy Valley 4–2 Lanwa Redbull 4–3 1 Wofoo Tai Po 4–3 Happy Valley 6–0 1 Lanwa Redbull 6–0 Wofoo Tai Po 6–1 1 Kitchee 6–1 Wofoo Tai Po 0–0 2 HKFC 0–0 Rangers Citizen 0–0 Wofoo Tai Po 1–1 6 Happy Valley 1–1 Xiangxue Sun Hei Xiangxue Sun Hei 1–1 Rangers Citizen 1–1 South China Rangers 1–1 Happy Valley Wofoo Tai Po 1–1 HKFC Hong Kong 08 1–1 Rangers 2–2 1 South China 2–2 Xiangxue Sun Hei
Mid-season standings
Fixtures and results All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8). As of 14 April 2007
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
Scorers 17 goals Tales Schutz of South China (top goalscorer of this season)
15 goals Detinho of South China Julius Akosah of Kitchee
12 goals Aldo Arsenio Villalba Torres of Lanwa Redbull Keith Gumbs of Kitchee
11 goals Lico of Xiangxue Sun Hei
9 goals Godfred Karikari of Rangers
8 goals Chan Siu Ki of Kitchee
7 goals Gerard Ambassa of Happy Valley
6 goals Joel of Wofoo Tai Po
5 goals Christian Kwesi Annanof Wofoo Tai Po Jaimes Mckee of HKFC Sham Kwok Keung of Happy Valley
4 goals Anderson da Silva of Kitchee Delphin Tshibanda Tshibangu of Citizen Fan Weijun of Rangers Kwok Kin Pong of South China Leung Chun Pong of Citizen Li Haiqiang of South China So Loi Keung of Wofoo Tai Po Wilfed Ndzedzeni Bamnjo of Kitchee Zhang Yu of Lanwa Redbull Lin Zhong of Lanwa Redbull
3 goals Au Yeung Yiu Chungg of Hong Kong 08 Chao Pengfei of Citizen Chu Siu Kei of Xiangxue Sun Hei Edgar Aldrighi Junior of Wofoo Tai Po Festus Baise of Citizen Gao Wen of Kitchee Lee Wai Lim of Wofoo Tai Po Poon Man Tik of Happy Valley Ju Yingzhi of Citizen
2 goals Akandu Lawrence Chimezie of HKFC Antonio Serrano Davila of Xiangxue Sun Hei Au Wai Lun of South China Chan Ho Man of Xiangxue Sun Hei Chan Man Fai of Hong Kong 08 Cheng Lai Hin of HKFC Kwok Yue Hung of Kitchee Law Chun Bong of Happy Valley Lee Hong Lim of Wofoo Tai Po Lee Kin Wo of Xiangxue Sun Hei Lee Sze Ming of Happy Valley Li Chun Yip of Citizen Lo Chi Kwan of Xiangxue Sun Hei Marcio Gabriel Anaclato of Xiangxue Sun Hei Poon Yiu Cheuk of Happy Valley So Wai Chuen of Hong Kong 08 Stephen Musah of Citizen Sze Kin Wai of Wofoo Tai Po Vítor Hugo of Xiangxue Sun Hei Wen Kai of Lanwa Redbull Wong Chin Hung of Rangers Wong Chun Yue of South China Xie Wei of Xiangxue Sun Hei Ye Nan of Lanwa Redbull Yuan Yang of Citizen
Scorers with 1 goal are not listed here.
Annual awards
Hong Kong Footballer of the Year Li Haiqiang of South China 2006/07 HKFA now TV HK Top Footballer Awards , The Hong Kong Football Association website, 21 May 2007.
Hong Kong Top Footballer Detinho of South China Lo Chi Kwan of Xiangxue Sun Hei Li Haiqiang of South China Gerard Ambassa of Happy Valley Vandre Sagerillo Monteiro of Happy Valley Zhang Chunhui of South China Keith Gumbs of Kitchee Cristiano Cordeiro of Xiangxue Sun Hei Ivan Jević of Kitchee Chan Wai Ho of South China Christian Kwesi Annan of Wofoo Tai Po
Most Favorite Player Cristiano Cordeiro of Xiangxue Sun Hei
Best coach Casemiro Mior of South China
Best Youth Players Leung Chun Pong of Citizen AA Chan Siu Ki of Kitchee FC
See also Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong Football Association 2006–07 in Hong Kong football 2006–07 Hong Kong FA Cup 2006–07 Hong Kong League Cup 2006–07 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
References
External links The Hong Kong Football Association official site