The 2025–26 season is Eastern's 70th season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Eastern will compete in the 2025–26 Hong Kong Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup, Sapling Cup and AFC Champions League Two this season.

Squad

First team

Squad No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Contract since Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Yapp Hung Fai South China AA 2014 2026 25 Wilson Ko Chun Lee Man 2025 2026 26 Liu Fu Yuen Wong Tai Sin DRSC 2018 2026 Gianni Cassaro Sabadell (S4) 2026 2026 Defenders 2 Calum Hall FP Gala Fairydean Rovers (S5) 2023 2026 5 Marco Lorenz FP Auckland United (N1) 2025 2026 19 Yiu Ho Ming Hong Kong Rangers 2025 2026 20 Ku Ja-ryong Bucheon FC 1995 (K2) 2025 2026 21 Daniel Almazan FP Bayamón Fútbol Club (P1) 2023 2026 22 Leung Kwun Chung Tai Po 2019 2026 30 Wong Tsz Ho Hong Kong Rangers 2014 2026 Midfielders 8 Jorge Carreón Negrete FP UE Cornellà (S5) 2025 2026 14 Yu Joy Yin Shijiazhuang Gongfu 2026 2026 15 Lau Kwan-Ching North District FC 2025 2026 16 Leung Chun Pong South China AA 2016 2026 27 Marcos Gondra FP CF Lorca Deportiva (S5) 2021 2026 32 Lam Hin Ting Hong Kong Rangers 2024 2026 Strikers 7 Taiga Kawano Northern Tigers (A3) 2025 2026 9 Yu Okubo NWS Spirit (A2) 2025 2026 10 Manolo Bleda Lee Man 2025 2026 11 Felipe Sá FP Fujairah FC (U2) 2024 2026 37 Chang Kwong Yin Hong Kong Rangers 2025 2026 91 Gil Chanthaburi (T2) 2025 2026 Players out on loan Players left during mid-season

Remarks: FP These players are registered as foreign players.

U22

Squad No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Contract since Contract end Goalkeepers 40 Chung Hoi Man Youth Team 2021 2025 77 Hung Hei Yin Ansley Youth Team 2024 2025 80 Mak Ka-Lun Youth Team 2023 2025 Tam Chi-To Yuen Long Youth 2023 2025 Defenders 43 Uriel Contiero Youth Team 2023 2025 88 Cheung Man Ho Youth Team 2023 2025 Tsang Cheuk-Yin Youth Team 2023 2025 Takumi Ng Youth Team 2023 2025 Tsang Tak-Hin Youth Team 2023 2025 Cheung Cheuk-Nam Hong Kong Rangers Youth 2024 2025 Midfielders 18 Che Hope Cheung Youth Team 2025 2026 28 Siu Ching Youth Team 2023 2025 42 Yeung Tung Ki Youth Team 2022 2025 44 Prabhat Gurung Youth Team 2022 2025 59 Ihsan Yasinjan Shandong Taishan U19 2025 2026 65 Wong Fred Yang Youth Team 2025 2026 Leung Tsz-Yin Youth Team 2024 2025 Lin Long-Tik Youth Team 2024 2025 Kan Hau-Yin Hong Kong Rangers Youth 2024 2025 Forwards 33 Gao Ming Ho Youth Team 2024 2025 66 Gao Ming Ngai Youth Team 2024 2025 Chui Wai-Lok Youth Team 2024 2025 Jeremy Lui Tsz-Kiu Youth Team 2024 2025 Kwan Cheuk-Yin Youth Team 2024 2025 Josh Yiu Ho-Chit Hong Kong Rangers Youth 2024 2025 Players who have played but left the team mid-season

Transfers

Transfers in Pre-Season PositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Ko Chun Lee Man Free Marco Lorenz Auckland United (N1) Free Lau Kwan-Ching North District FC Free Yiu Ho Ming Hong Kong Rangers Free Koo Ja-ryong Bucheon FC 1995 (K2) Free Ihsan Yasinjan Shandong Taishan U19 Free Jorge Carreón Negrete UE Cornellà (S5) Free Wong Fred Yang Youth Team Free Gil Chanthaburi (T2) Free Chang Kwong Yin Hong Kong Rangers Free Yu Okubo NWS Spirit (A2) Free Taiga Kawano Northern Tigers (A3) Free

Mid-Season PositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Gianni Cassaro Sabadell Free Yu Joy Yin Shijiazhuang Gongfu Free

Loans In Pre-Season PositionPlayerTransferred fromRef

Transfers out Preseason PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Nii Noye Narh Free Carlos Pérez Binacional Free Aleksander Mitrovic Nongbua Pitchaya Free Clement Benhaddouche Shenzhen Juniors Free Siu Chung Nam Free Lam Chin Yu Kowloon City Free Lee Chun Ting Kowloon City Free Ma Hei Wai Shaanxi Union Undisclosed Gu Bin Eastern District Free Noah Baffoe Lee Man Undisclosed Víctor Bertomeu SSD Ischia Calcio Free Liu Hing Yau Free

Loans Return (Out) Pre-Season PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Alexander Jojo IK Oddevold Season loan 港超聯 亞歷斯祖借將身分回歸東方 on.cc 8 August 2024

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Player HKPL FA Cup League Cup Challenge Shield AFC Champions League 2 TotalApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. Goals1GK Yapp Hung Fai3000001030702DF Calum Hall121001010401815DF Marco Lorenz10+100010105+101907FW Taiga Kawano2+100000001+30708MF Jorge Carreón Negrete1+4100100000619FW Yu Okubo1380011134+11201310FW Manolo Bleda7+620000101+4019211FW Felipe Sá4+20000000006014MFalign="left" Yu Joy Yin30000000003015MF Lau Kwan-Ching7+600010103+3021016MF Leung Chun Pong7+6000000+104+2020019DF Yiu Ho Ming4+300010101+1011020DF Ku Ja-ryong6100000+105012121DF Daniel Almazan9+200000104+1017022DF Leung Kwun Chung10+4000100+104+2022024GK Gianni Cassaro40000000004025GK Wilson Ko Chun30000000003026GK Liu Fu Yuen30001000408027MF Marcos Gondra1470010105021728MF Siu Ching0+10000+1000002030DF Wong Tsz Ho5+10000+100+104+1013032MF Lam Hin Ting121000+100+105+1020133MF Gao Ming Ho2+10000+10002+4010037MF Chang Kwong Yin5+500010101+1014040GK Chung Hoi Man00000000000042MF Yeung Tung Ki0+40000000004043DF Uriel Contiero0+400000000+105044MF Prabhat Gurung00000000000059MF Ihsan Yasinjan0+100000000+102065MF Wong Fred Yang4+50000+10002+1013088DF Cheung Man Ho0+10000000001091FW Gil3+500010104+11151 Players who left during season

Friendlies

Per-Season 2025 TCRFC International Cup (24 July - 1 Aug)

Competition

Hong Kong Premier League

Hong Kong League Cup

Hong Kong FA Cup

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

AFC Champions League Two

Group stage

Remarks

Notes

References