2008–09 in Hong Kong football
# 2008–09 in Hong Kong football

The 2008–09 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2008 and ending June 2009:

## Events

On 9 July 2008, South China goalkeeper Zhang Chunhui was sentenced imprisonment for 8 months due to inflicting grievous bodily harm upon another person. He injured a 17-year-old boy in Causeway Bay on 19 December 2007.

On 22 July 2008, HKFA confirmed the Hong Kong First Division League team list for 2008-09 season. 13 teams will compete in the top division, among which TSW Pegasus and Xiangxue Eisiti will enter using competing membership, and they will need to sponsor one local cup competition each. There are two team name changes: Lanwa Redbull renamed to be Sheffield United and Wofoo Tai Po renames to be NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po.

On 2 September 2008, the 2008–09 season of Hong Kong First Division League started at Hong Kong Stadium, with the match between South China and Citizen, with Citizen drawing South China 1–1.

On 17 September 2008, South China head coach Tsang Wai Chung left his post.

## Representative team

### Hong Kong Team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

**Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup**

Hong Kong representative football team participated in 31st Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup.

**Asian Cup qualifiers**

Hong Kong is going to play in their Asian Cup 2011 qualifying campaign.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Details |
| - | - | - |
| First Division | South China | First Division 2008–09 |
| Senior Challenge Shield | TSW Pegasus | Senior Challenge Shield 2008–09 Beat Convoy Sun Hei 3–0 |
| FA Cup | NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po | FA Cup 2008–09 Beat TSW Pegasus 4–2 |
| League Cup | Convoy Sun Hei | League Cup 2008–09 Beat TSW Pegasus 4–2 on penalties after 2–2 draw |
| Second Division | Shatin | Second Division 2008–09 |
| Third Division Final | Tuen Mun | |
| Third Division "A" | Lucky Mile | |
| Third Division "District" | Tuen Mun | |
| Junior Challenge Shield | Shatin | Beat Sham Shui Po 2–0 |
| HKFA 7-A-Side Competition | Convoy Sun Hei Team A | 2008–09 HKFA 7-A-Side Competition Beat Kitchee Team B 1–0 |

## Overall Top-scorers

### First Division

| Rank | Player | Club | Goal(s) scored | Goal(s) scored | Goal(s) scored | Goal(s) scored | Goal(s) scored |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Player | Club | League | Shield | L.C. | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Giovane | Convoy Sun Hei | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Detinho | South China | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Sandro | Citizen | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Guy Junior Ondoua | TSW Pegasus | 7 | 6 | – | – | 13 |
| 4 | Chan Siu Ki | South China | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |

## Asian clubs competitions

### AFC Cup 2008

* Kitchee - Eliminated in group stage
* South China - Eliminated in group stage

### AFC Cup 2009

* Eastern - Eliminated in group stage
* South China - Quarter-finals

## Hong Kong Top Footballers Awards

* Footballer of the Year: Lee Wai Lim (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po)
* Best Youth Footballer: Au Yeung Yiu Chung (South China), Li Hon Ho (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po)
* Coach of the Year: Leslie Santos (Convoy Sun Hei)
* Top Footballers:
   * Wong Chin Hung (TSW Pegasus / South China)
   * Li Haiqiang (South China)
   * Lee Kin Wo (Eastern)
   * Xu Deshuai (Citizen)
   * Edgar Aldrighi Júnior (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po)
   * Lee Hong Lim (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po / TSW Pegasus)
   * Lee Wai Lim (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po)
   * Tales Schutz (South China)
   * Itaparica (TSW Pegasus)
   * Chan Siu Ki (South China)
   * Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei)

## Exhibition matches

### ING Cup

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands U-23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Cameroon U-23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast U-23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | USA U-23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |

* MVP award: Urby Emanuelson

### Lunar New Year Cup

    See 2009 Lunar New Year Cup.
