2013–14 Hong Kong First Division League


The 2013–14 Hong Kong First Division League, officially named 2013–14 HKFA RedMR Hong Kong First Division League due to sponsorship reasons, is the 102nd season of the First Division League since its establishment. It will be a transition season before the new Premier League gets under way in autumn 2014. Therefore, this is also the last ever First Division that is the top division in the Hong Kong football league system.
South China are the defending champions, having won the First Division title in the previous season.
The season will start on 30 August 2013. League fixtures were announced on 14 August 2013.
On 11 February 2014, the Hong Kong Football Association concluded that Tuen Mun and Happy Valley failed to provide evidence to demonstrate that they are viable football clubs in terms of governance arrangements and financial sustainability. All of their remaining matches are suspended for the remainder of the season. Two days later, the HKFA announced that the results of all of the matches played by the two clubs this season will not be included in the league table. Goals scored in the matches will not be counted. However, where the matches have involved disciplinary sanctions, i.e. yellow cards and red cards, etc., these will remain on record. Furthermore, HKFA has confirmed that none of the remaining 10 teams playing matches in the 1st Division will be relegated at the end of the 2013/14 season in the same report.
On 5 April 2014, Kitchee secured their sixth First Division title after they beat Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei and South China failed to take a win from Royal Southern.

Teams

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including nine sides from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the 2012–13 Hong Kong Second Division League.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamStadiumLocationCapacity
RangersSham Shui Po Sports GroundSham Shui Po2,194
CitizenTsing Yi Sports GroundTsing Yi1,500
EasternShing Mun Valley Sports GroundTsuen Wan5,000
Happy ValleySiu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Tai Po Sports Ground1		Siu Sai Wan
Tai Po		12,000
3,000
Yuen LongYuen Long StadiumYuen Long4,932
KitcheeMong Kok StadiumMong Kok6,680
SouthernAberdeen Sports GroundAberdeen4,0002
South ChinaHong Kong StadiumSo Kon Po40,000
Sun HeiTsing Yi Sports GroundTsing Yi1,500
Sun PegasusMong Kok StadiumMong Kok6,680
Tuen MunTuen Mun Tang Shiu Kin Sports GroundTuen Mun2,200
Yokohama FC Tseung Kwan O Sports GroundTseung Kwan O3,5003

Remarks :
1 As Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground will undergo renovation during the season, it will not be used for football matches within the construction period. Home matches of Happy Valley during the period will be played at Tai Po Sports Ground.
2 The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is 9,000, but only the 4,000-seater main stand is opened for football matches.
3 The capacity of Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground is 3,500, but it can be expended to 5,000 if the temporary stand is opened.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per team, with no more than five on pitch during matches.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Asian Player
RangersLuciano SilvaTomas MaronesiTales SchützMiroslav SaricJoelIván Zarandona
CitizenFernandoPaulinho PiracicabaHélioMarko KrasićStefanTino LagatorYuto Nakamura
EasternPaulo CésarDiego EliClayton AfonsoItaparicaBeto FronzaGiovane SilvaDylan Macallister
Yuen LongFábio LopesGustavo SilvaSandroČedomir MijanovićWellingsson de SouzaYuki Fujimoto
KitcheeFernando RecioDani CancelaJordi TarrésJuan BelencosoDiego CascónAlex AkandeJang Kyung-Jin
SouthernRubén LópezDieguitoYago GonzálezHéctor GranadoJonathan CarrilJose Maria Diaz Munoz
South ChinaTicãoDhiego MartinsJoão EmirVincent WeijlSaša KajkutAndrew BarisićKo Kyung-Joon
Sun PegasusEugene MbomePaulo CesarIgor MiovićAdmir RaščićJosip ŠkorićAleksandar RanđelovićMarko Jesic
Sun HeiRoberto JúniorJean-Jacques KilamaYrel BouetMirko TeodorovićMichel LugoReinaldo de Morais PeresZhang Jun
Yokohama FC Kenji FukudaTaiki MuraiTsuyoshi YoshitakeMasaaki IdeguchiPark Tae-Hong

League table

Positions by round

Results

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

The followings are not counted as matches involving Tuen Mun or Happy Valley are voided.
Sun PegasusTuen Mun26 10 2013
Royal SouthernHappy Valley30 11 2013
KitcheeTuen Mun30 11 2013