Tsuen Wan (football club)


Tsuen Wan is a football team which is now an associate member of HKFA which does not participate in any division of the existing league. It is different from the Tsuen Wan team in the present Hong Kong Third 'District' Division League.
The team entered the formed Third Division league in 1969–1970. In the next season, the team was promoted to Second Division and captured the title immediately. In 1971–1972, the team played its first First Division League season. It is the second team which got promoted from third Division to First Division. However, it relegated to Second Division again immediately in that season.
In 1980–1981, the team was promoted to First Division again by finishing a second place in the last season. However, it stayed in the bottom half of the league in the following 3 seasons. In 1983, Ysuen Wan rejected HKFA's retain offer and relegated to Second Division League.
In 1984–1985, the team promoted to the First Division for the third time after finishing second in Second Division. Despite finishing at the bottom in that season, Tsuen Wan was retained by HKFA again to stay in First Division and the offer was accepted this time. The best league position achieved was 5th place in 1986–87. The team was also a 2 times runner-up for Hong Kong Senior Shield).
The team quit the League due to financial problem in 1989.

League Position History

1969–70: Third Division

1970–71: Champion

1971–72: Relegated

1972–73: Second Division

1973–74: Second Division

1974–75: Second Division

1975–76: Second Division

1976–77: Second Division

1977–78: Second Division

1978–79: Second Division

1979–80: 2nd

1980–81: 8th

1981–82: 6th

1982–83: 9th

1983–84: 2nd

1984–85: Last place

1985–86: 6th

1986–87: 5th

1987–88: 7th

1988–89: 7th

Notable players