The 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.
Teams A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League, one renamed team and one newly formed team.
Stadia and locations
Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:
KitcheeEastern Southern Yuen Long Mong Kok Stadium Aberdeen Sports Ground Yuen Long Stadium Capacity: 6,664 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 5,000 Tai Po Rangers Pegasus Tai Po Sports Ground Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Hong Kong Stadium Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 2,194 Capacity: 40,000 Dreams FC R&F Lee Man Tsing Yi Sports Ground Yanzigang Stadium Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 3,500
Remarks: 1The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is artificially reduced from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches. 2The capacity of Yanzigang Stadium is artificially reduced from 2,000 to 1,000.
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsorDreams FCLeung Chi KuiLeung Chi WingChan Wai HoKelmechatsprEasternPeter LeungLee Kin WoYapp Hung FaiAdidasO2 CapsulePegasusCanny LeungYeung Ching KwongChan Siu KiAdidasZTEKitcheeKen NgChu Chi KwongLo Kwan YeeNikeJockey Club Kitchee CentreLee ManFung Ka KiFung Hoi ManJordi TarrésAdidasLee & Man ChemicalRangersPhilip LeeSu YangIgor MiovićKelmeMiticoSouthernChan Man ChunCheng Siu ChungLam Ho KwanMacronISUZUTai PoGary ChoyLee Chi KinWong WaiNikeSun MobileYuen LongWong Wai ShunTsang Chiu TatFábio LopesKelmeSun Bus R&FHuang ShenghuaBito WuRobertoUcanR&F Properties
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Rangers Dejan Antonić Sacked 4 December 2017 10th Gerard Ambassa Guy 4 October 2017 Eastern Szeto Man Chun Resigned 19 January 2018 5th Lee Kin Wo 19 January 2018 Rangers Gerard Ambassa Guy Sacked 5 March 2018 10th Fung Wing Sing 5 March 2018 R&F Marek Zając Sacked 12 March 2018 6th Bito Wu 12 March 2018
Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to six (including one Asian player) per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches. R&F must have at least eight Hong Kong players in the squad and is allowed to register a maximum of 3 foreigners for the season.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Asian Player Former PlayerDreams FC Pablo Gallardo José Galán Joaquín García Nacho Martínez Arkaitz Ruiz Yoon Dong-HunEastern Bruno Diego Eli Michel Lugo Vítor Saba Yusuke Igawa Manuel Bleda Aleksandr Kokko Jo Tae-keunPegasus João Emir Rosen Kolev Mahama Awal Nikola Komazec Travis Major Alfonso Artabe Igor NedeljkovićKitchee Fernando Lucas Silva Krisztián Vadócz Kim Dong-jin Diego Forlán Kim Bong-jinLee Man Denis Stefan Luciano Silva Zé Victor Son Min-chol Rangers Mauricio Marko Krasić Igor Miović Oleksii Shliakotin Shu Sasaki Walter VazSouthern Elias Wellingsson Diego Garrido Marcos Jiménez Carles Martínez Zesh Rehman Carlos RodríguezTai Po Dudu David Lazari Dhiego Martins Eduardo Praes Igor Sartori Yuto NakamuraYuen Long Everton Camargo Juninho Ticão Tomas Aleksandar Ranđelović R&F Bruninho Giovane Tiago Leonço Marko Perović
Club HK Player 1 HK Player 2 HK Player 3 HK Player 4 HK Player 5 HK Player 6 HK Player 7 HK Player 8 HK Player 9 HK Player 10 R&F Vas Núñez Roberto Itaparica Tsang Kin Fong Chow Cheuk Fung Godfred Karikari Ng Man Hin Hung Lau Law King Hei Wong Kai Yiu
League table
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 8.
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
Scoring
Top Scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Lucas SilvaKitchee152 Travis MajorPegasus13 Marcos de la EspadaSouthern4 SandroKitchee105 Igor SartoriTai Po96 Krisztián VadóczKitchee87 Everton CamargoYuen Long7 WellingssonSouthern StefanLee Man10 Li RuiR&F6 João EmirPegasus LeonçoR&F GiovaneR&F
Hat-tricks Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first. Teams in bold are home teams. # Player Nationality For Against Result Date Ref1LucasKitcheeDreams FC 7–0 2LucasKitcheeEastern Long Lions 8–1 3Diego ForlánKitcheeLee Man 5–1
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubMatches1Yapp Hung FaiEastern82Wang Zhen PangKitchee63Tsang Man FaiTai Po4 Zhou Yuchen R&F5Tse Tak HimSouthern3Leung Hing Kit PegasusPang Tsz Kin Lee Man8Chan Ka HoYuen Long2 Paulo Hoi King
Attendances
Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards Awards Prize Winner Club Votes Footballer of the Year Krisztián Vadócz Kitchee 79.22% Coach of the Year Chu Chi Kwong Kitchee 56.56% Young Players of the Year Cheng Chin Lung Kitchee 70.82% Lam Hin Ting Dreams FC 34.21% Players' Player Krisztián Vadócz Kitchee 41 Most Favorite Player Krisztián Vadócz Kitchee 3,030 Hong Kong Top Footballers Goalkeeper Wang Zhenpeng Kitchee 49.42% Defenders Tong Kin Man Kitchee 69.59% Cheung Chi Yung Pegasus 51.23% Kim Bong-jin Kitchee 39.57% Fábio Yuen Long 37.79% Midfielders Krisztián Vadócz Kitchee 79.22% Wong Wai Tai Po 50.83% Fernando Kitchee 49.64% Huang Yang Kitchee 44.59% Forwards Everton Camargo Yuen Long 56.25% Lucas Silva Kitchee 42.94%
References