The 2024–25 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reason) was the 11th season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.
Teams A total of 9 teams contest the league, including 8 teams from the 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League and 1 team promoted from the 2023–24 Hong Kong First Division.
ClubFoundedPosition 2023–24Lee Man20171stTai Po20022ndEastern19323rdKitchee19314thSouthern20025thRangers19586thHKFC18867thNorth District20028thKowloon City20021st in First Division
Stadia and locations
Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:
EasternKitcheeHKFCKowloon CityLee ManMong Kok StadiumHKFC StadiumSham Shui Po Sports GroundTseung Kwan O Sports GroundCapacity: 6,664Capacity: 2,750Capacity: 2,194Capacity: 3,500North DistrictRangersSouthernTai PoNorth District Sports GroundTsing Yi Sports GroundAberdeen Sports GroundTai Po Sports GroundCapacity: 2,500Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 9,000Capacity: 3,200
Personnel and kits TeamChairmanHead coachCaptainKit ManufacturerSponsorsChest SponsorRear SponsorSleeve SponsorEastern Cheng Kai Ming Roberto Losada Leung Chun PongAdidasXDAG by the communityUpbest GroupHKFC Mark Grainger Chancy Cooke Freddie ToomerAdidasThe Executive CentreStandard CharteredKitchee Ken Ng Edgar Cardoso HélioNikeEDPSGatoradeMEKOTeam StationKowloon City Wong Siu Kei Chan Ming Kong Tsang Kam ToMC SportswearResources CapitalE CashXinyi GlassHanaaKowloon City District CouncilLee Man Norman Lee Chu Siu Kei Ngan Lok FungMacronLee & Man ChemicalNorth District Chu Ho Yin Chan Chi Hong KendyKelmeNew Harvest EnterprisesTak Shing Development InvestmentRangers Peter Mok Wong Chin Hung Lau Chi LokKelmeEGL ToursBiu Chun Watch HandsMettip EngineeringHung Fook TongWatsons WaterSouthern Matthew Wong Pui Ho Wang Shu SasakiKelmeIsuzuKwoon Chung MotorsHung Fook TongOM SystemPillar SportsTai Po Lam Yick Kuen Lee Chi Kin Gabriel CividiniCyndicat SportsTai Po Sports AssociationFour Seasons Chinese RestaurantAgile Plus PhysioEuro Asia Chinese Golf AssociationRoyal China Pearl
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentKitchee Kim Dong-jinEnd of interim spell27 June 2024Pre-season Edgar Cardoso27 June 2024North District Leung Chi WingMutual consent29 June 2024 Pau Ka Yiu29 June 2024Rangers Vom Ca-nhum30 June 2024 Tim Bredbury30 June 2024HKFC Tony Hamilton-Bram31 July 2024 Chancy Cooke31 July 2024港超聯 港會開操！前港腳羅素「愛回家」 on.cc 31 July 2024Lee Man Tsang Chiu TatResignation3 October 20243rd Chu Siu Kei (interim)3 October 2024Rangers Tim BredburyMutual consent12 October 20247th Wong Chin Hung12 October 2024菁英盃｜巴貝利離任流浪不敵理文 李輝立：球會搞青訓他想爭冠軍 Sportsroad 12 October 2024Lee Man Chu Siu Kei (interim)End of interim spell21 November 20243rd Matthew Holland21 November 2024港超聯｜理文委任賀蘭特為主教練 港足主帥韋斯活連失兩副手 Sportsroad 21 November 2024North District Pau Ka YiuChange of role8 January 20259th Chan Chi Hong8 January 2025Southern Yeung Ching KwongResignation27 January 20256th Pui Ho Wang27 January 2025Lee Man Matthew HollandMutual consent10 March 20254th Chu Siu Kei (interim)10 March 2025
Foreign players Teams can register an unlimited number of foreign players, but during a match, each team can have at most seven in the squad and at most six on the pitch. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Player 10Player 11Player 12Player 13Former playersEastern Felipe Sá Gu Bin Carlos Pérez Nii Noye Narh Calum Hall Aleksander Mitrovic Daniel Almazan Noah Baffoe Víctor Bertomeu Marcos Gondra Tamirlan KozubayevKitchee Matheus Dantas Welthon Chen Tao Enikar Mehmud Fynn Talley Jay Haddow Bae Jae-woo Kim Shin-wook Diego Bardanca Luís Machado Aarón Rey Ruslan Mingazow Sherzod TemirovKowloon City Willian Gaúcho Kayron Niltinho Yang Chao-jing Yoshihiro Tanaka Abdoulaye Sané Kang Jun-hyeon Victtor Chaves Thawan Lee Keun-ho Seong Min-gyu Aryan RaiLee Man Taufee Skandari Samuel Rosa Paulinho Simionato Ryan Tafazolli Henri Anier Ryoya Tachibana Mitchel Paulissen Kim Min-kyu Jiloan Hamad Gaizka MartínezNorth District Matheus Chulapa Weverton Gudula Guilherme Kayron Kendy Danilo Santos Elian Villalobos Benjamin Tandy Ortega Pedro CostaFélix Pérez-Doyle Lee Min-wooRangers Guilherme Biteco Fernando Lopes Luizinho Maxwell Ansah Nassam Ibrahim Ryota Hayashi Makoto Rindo Kang Hyun Lim Hyoung-jun Sebastian Nicot Daisuke Fukagawa Akito Okamoto Shunya Suganuma Yusuke Unoki Hugo de Oliveira Kim Do-hyunSouthern Jonatan Acosta Gregory Kessi Jackson Sousa Gabriel Yanno Kota Kawase Shu Sasaki Song Ju-ho Rondinelli da SilvaTai Po Gabriel Cividini Marcão Michel Renner Igor Sartori Lucas Silva Patrick Valverde Gerson Vieira Weverton Ítalo Montaño Kevin Moreno Kevin Padilla Habib Bah Guilherme Biteco Gabriel Pierini
There are no restrictions on the number of foreign players that HKFC can register. However, the team must have at least 5 Hong Kong players on the pitch during matches. ClubHK Player 1HK Player 2HK Player 3HK Player 4HK Player 5HK Player 6HK Player 7HK Player 8HK Player 9HK Player 10HKFC Oscar Benavides Calum Bloxham Chan Ho Ka Max Chan Cheng Chun Wang Toby Down Ho Ka Chi Lai Hoi To Lam Ho Hei Bradley LeongHK Player 11HK Player 12HK Player 13HK Player 14HK Player 15HK Player 16HK Player 17HK Player 18HK Player 19 Li Chung Hang Li Yat Chun Ma Chin Ho Andy Russell Jack Sealy Tsang Chun Hin Wong Sum Chit James Wright Bosley Yu
League table
Results Home and away
Third round
Results by match played
Positions by round To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 9.
Fixtures and results 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
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Round 27
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Noah BaffoeEastern212 Everton CamargoLee Man193 Lucas Silva Tai Po184 KayronKowloon City135 Lau Chi LokRangers12 Sherzod TemirovKitchee7 Henri AnierLee Man118 Chan Siu KwanTai Po10 Marcos Gondra Eastern10 Weverton GudulaNorth District9 JuninhoKitchee LuizinhoRangers Michel RennerTai Po
Hat-tricks Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first. Teams in bold are home teams. #PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef1 Lau Chi LokRangersHKFC3–12 Sherzod TemirovKitcheeKowloon City6–13 Stefan PereiraSouthernHKFC4–34 Lucas SilvaTai PoRangers5–25 Lucas SilvaTai PoKowloon City5–26 Michel RennerTai PoLee Man7–37 KayronKowloon CityHKFC5–3
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Matches1 Chan Ka HoLee Man6 Fynn TalleyKitchee Tse Ka WingTai Po Yapp Hung FaiEastern5 Ng Wai HimSouthern3 Freddie ToomerHKFC Yuen Ho ChunKowloon City8 Oleksii ShliakotinRangers29 Chan Kun SunRangers1 Li Hon HoKowloon City Li Yat ChunHKFC Liu Fu YuenEastern
Attendances
Remarks
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