The 2012–13 season is Wofoo Tai Po's 7th season in the Hong Kong First Division League. Wofoo Tai Po will seek to win their first trophy for 3 seasons, competing in the Hong Kong First Division League, the Senior Challenge Shield and the FA Cup.
Key Events 6 July 2012: Manager Cheung Po Chun announced that Naves Mesquita Aender and Alex Tayo Akande join the team from Sham Shui Po and Hong Kong Sapling respectively. 6 January 2013: Wofoo Tai Po made a comeback from 0–1 down to defeat Southern 3–1 in aggregate in the semi-finals of Senior Shield and reach the final of the tournament for the first time in club history. 12 January 2013: Nigerian forward Caleb Ekwegwo re-joins the club as a free transfer. Caleb represented the club for 15 times and scored 9 times during his time at the club in 2009. 27 January 2013: Wofoo Tai Po defeated Citizen 5–3 in penalties after a 2–2 tie after 90 minutes and extra time against Citizen and win the champions of Senior Shield. They are guaranteed a place in the 2013 Hong Kong AFC Cup play-offs. 4 May 2013: Wofoo Tai Po failed to stay in the top-tier division as Yokohama FC Hong Kong's Kenji Fukuda scored in the stoppage time of the match, sending Tai Po into the Second Division. 18 May 2013: Wofoo Tai Po finished the season with a narrow defeat against Tuen Mun in the 2013 Hong Kong AFC Cup play-offs semi-finals.
Players
First team As of 27 January 2013.
Remarks: FP These players are registered as foreign players.
Players with dual nationalities: Christian Annan (Local player) Chen Liming (Local player, eligible to play for Hong Kong national football team) Ye Jia (Local Player, eligible to play for Hong Kong national football team) Che Run Qiu (Local player, eligible to play for Hong Kong national football team) Jing Teng (Local player, eligible to play for Hong Kong national football team)
Transfers
In Squad #Position Player Transferred fromFee Date TeamSource2ReservesN/AN/AFirst Team7Sham Shui PoUndisclosedFirst Team8Hong Kong SaplingUndisclosedFirst Team18Hong Kong SaplingLoan returnFirst Team19Hong Kong SaplingUndisclosedFirst Team20Youth teamN/AN/AFirst Team
Out Squad #Position Player Transferred toFee Date Source20Sunray Cave JC Sun HeiUndisclosed13End of contract7 End of contract11Retired1SouthernUndisclosed14Tuen MunUndisclosed8Happy ValleyUndisclosed
Stats
Squad Stats
Top scorers As of 18 May 2013 PlacePositionNationalityNumberNameFirst Division LeagueSenior Challenge ShieldFA CupAFC CupPlay-offsTotal1FW8Alex Tayo Akande13510192FW15Christian Annan7160143MF7Naves Mesquita Aender42017=4DF5Clayton Michel Afonso13004=4MF13To Hon To220046FW23Ye Jia21003=7FW9Chen Liming10001=7MF10Lui Chi Hing10001=7FW17Caleb Ekwegwo10001=7DF19Li Shu Yeung10001Own goal10001TOTALS33147155
Disciplinary record As of 18 May 2013 NumberNationalityPositionNameFirst Division LeagueSenior Challenge ShieldFA CupAFC Cup Play-offsTotal1GKLi Hon Ho11100000213DFChan Sze Wing10100000205DFClayton Michel Afonso50201000807MFNaves Mesquita Aender40200000608FWAlex Tayo Akande21101000419FWChen Liming100000001010MFLui Chi Hing203010006013MFTo Hon To102000003015FWChristian Annan212000004118MFWong Yim Kwan101000002019DFLi Shu Yeung310000104123FWYe Jia000010102025MFChe Run Qiu200000002026MFJing Teng0110000011TOTALS2551604020475
Competitions
Overall
First Division League
Classification
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Pre-season
Competitive
First Division League
Senior Challenge Shield
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
FA Cup
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Hong Kong AFC Cup play-offs
Remarks: 1 The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is originally 9,000, but only the 4,000-seated main stand is opened for football match. 2 Wofoo Tai Po's home match against Southern of FA Cup first round will be played at Kowloon Bay Park instead of Wofoo Tai Po's home ground Tai Po Sports Ground.
References
zh:和富大埔 2012-13賽季