The 2012–13 season is Kitchee SC's 82nd season in football, and the 34th season in the Hong Kong First Division League. Kitchee started as defending champions having won the league, as well as the Hong Kong FA Cup in 2011–12, and was looking to retain their title. The club also played in the AFC Cup for the third time.
Key events 29 May 2012: Spanish forward Jonathan Carril joins Kitchee for an undisclosed fee from CF Palencia.Carril pone rumbo a Hong Kong; El Norte de Castilla, 2 June 2012 31 May 2012: General manager Ken Ng announced that Hong Kong forward Cheng Siu Wai joins Kitchee for an undisclosed fee from Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei, while Tsang Chi Hau, Tsang Kin Fong and Li Ngai Hoi return after a loan spell in Hong Kong Sapling for a season.回歸 - Ken K. Ng's facebook blog 7 July 2012: General manager Ken Ng announced that Tsang Kin Fong and Ngan Lok Fung are loaned out to Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei and Sun Pegasus respectively. 30 July 2012: Kitchee played out a 2–2 draw with English Premier League team Arsenal at the Hong Kong Stadium. The match also saw off Roberto Losada, who retired from playing football and will be the assistant coach of Kitchee after the match.Kitchee 2-2 Arsenal: Walcott and Eisfeld secure comeback draw for the Gunners 7 January 2013: Hong Kong international left back Cheung Kin Fung signed a 6-month loan contract from Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei. At the same time, James Ha and Liang Zicheng are loaned to them until the end of the season. 31 January 2013: 3 youth team players, Chan Ka Ho, So Chun Yin and Wong Tsz Chun are promoted to the first team. 27 February 2013: Canadian midfielder Matt Lam joins the club as a free transfer. He signed an 18-month contract with the club. He is registered as a local player as he holds a HKID card. 11 May 2013: The club win their first title of the season as they defeated Sun Pegasus 1–0 in the final to claim the champions of FA Cup title. 14 May 2013: The club reached the AFC Cup quarter-finals for the first time in club history after beating Malaysia Super League side Kelantan FA 2–0.
Players First team As of 27 February 2013.
Remarks: NP These players are registered as foreign players.
Out on loan
Transfers In Squad #Position Player Transferred fromFee Date TeamSource8 CF PalenciaUndisclosedFirst Team28 Sunray Cave JC Sun HeiUndisclosedFirst Team16 Hong Kong SaplingLoan returnFirst Team Hong Kong SaplingLoan returnFirst Team Hong Kong SaplingLoan returnFirst Team Hong Kong SaplingLoan returnFirst Team27Free agentFree transferFirst Team8 Đồng Tâm Long AnFree transferFirst Team17Youth TeamN/AFirst Team30Youth TeamN/AFirst Team31Youth TeamN/AFirst Team15Free AgentFree transferFirst Team
Out Squad #Position Player Transferred toFee Date Source16 Sunray Cave JC Sun HeiFree transfer26 Biu Chun RangersLoan return Biu Chun RangersUndisclosed17 Sun PegasusOn Loan27 Los Angeles BluesFree transfer
Loan in #Position Player Loaned fromDate Loan expiresTeamSource20Sunray Cave JC Sun HeiEnd of seasonFirst team
Loan out #Position Player Loaned toDateLoan expires TeamSource8 Sun PegasusFirst team24 SouthernEnd of the seasonFirst team27 Sunray Cave JC Sun HeiEnd of the seasonFirst team28 Sunray Cave JC Sun HeiEnd of the seasonFirst team29 Tai ChungEnd of the seasonReserves30 Sunray Cave JC Sun HeiEnd of the seasonFirst team Sun PegasusEnd of the seasonFirst team太陽飛馬顯活力 12/13昂首創高峰 - Sun Pegasus FC official website 8 SouthernEnd of the seasonFirst team
Stats Squad stats
Top scorers As of 26 May 2013 PlacePositionNationalityNumberNameFirst Division LeagueSenior Challenge ShieldFA CupAFC CupPlay-offsAFC CupTotal1FW18Jordi Tarrés700111192FW8Pablo Couñago70102103FW11Yago González4031084FW28Cheng Siu Wai3000365MF7Chu Siu Kei400015=6DF12Lo Kwan Yee201014=6FW13Chan Man Fai300104=8MF19Huang Yang101103=8FW Jonathan Carril3000039DF21Tsang Kam To100012=11MF6Gao Wen100001=11MF10Lam Ka Wai100001=11DF14Liu Quankun100001=11MF15Matt Lam000101=11MF22Lo Chi Kwan100001Own Goals000011TOTALS390452068
Disciplinary record As of 26 May 2013 NumberNationalityPositionNameFirst Division LeagueSenior Challenge ShieldFA CupAFC Cup Play-offsAFC CupTotal1GKWang Zhenpeng1100000010212DFFernando Recio1010001010403DFDani Cancela2000100000305DFZesh Rehman1000101000307MFChu Siu Kei1000101010408FWPablo Couñago10000001001110MFLam Ka Wai10001000002011FWYago González10000020003012DFLo Kwan Yee30101000207013FWChan Man Fai10100000204014DFLiu Quankun30011000004115MFMatt Lam00001000001016DFTsang Chi Hau20000000002018FWJordi Tarrés00100000001019MFHuang Yang10001000012121DFTsang Kam To10001000002022MFLo Chi Kwan20000000103025MFNgan Lok Fung10000000001027DFShay Spitz10100000002028FWCheng Siu Wai202000000040TOTALS26171905181554
Competitions Overall
1 Kitchee will continue their 2013 AFC Cup matches in the following season.
First Division League Classification
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Pre-season
Competitive
First Division League
Remarks: 1 Biu Chun Rangers's home matches against Kitchee are played at Mong Kok Stadium instead of their usual home ground Sham Shui Po Sports Ground. 2 The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is originally 9,000, but only the 4,000-seated main stand is opened for football match. 3 Home match against Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei was originally scheduled to be played on 31 March 2013 but was rescheduled to be played on 29 March 2013. 4 Since the 3,500-seated main stand was all full, the 1,500 temporary stand was opened and therefore the capacity of Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground was 5,000 in the home match against South China.
Senior Challenge Shield
Quarterfinals
FA Cup
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Hong Kong AFC Cup play-offs
AFC Cup
Group stage
Round of 16
Other competitions Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
Notes
References