2006–07 South China AA season

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South China
2006–07 season
ChairmanHong Kong Macau Steven Lo
(Football Management Committee)
Head coachBrazil Casemiro Mior
Hong Kong First Division1st
Senior ShieldWinners
League CupSemi-finals
FA CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Brazil Tales Schütz (17)
All:
Brazil Tales Schütz (24)

Events[]

  • On 21 January 2007, the club beat Xiangxue Sun Hei by 2-1 in the final of Hong Kong Senior Shield 2006–07 final at the Hong Kong Stadium.[1] This was the first trophy for the team since winning the Shield in 2003 and the first for convenor Steven Lo Kit Shing since his return to the club in August.[2] By winning the Shield, the team won a place to represent Hong Kong in the AFC Cup 2008.
  • On 23 February 2007, SCAA beat the guest team Yokohama F. Marinos of J. League in an exhibition competition called the BMA Cup. SCAA won over the Japanese side by an aggregate 6-5 after penalty shootout in front of a crowd of 21,355. See here for details of the match.
  • On 11 March 2007, SCAA were beaten 1-2 by Kitchee in extra time in the semi-final of the League Cup. On 15 April 2007, SCAA played to a 1-1 draw with Kitchee in the penultimate game of the league season at Mongkok Stadium. The game attracted a full house of 8,426, the first full house for 11 years at Mongkok Stadium.
  • On 19 April 2007, SCAA signed Chan Wai Ho from the Rangers for a transfer fee of HK$400,000. This broke the record of highest local transfer fee and highest transfer fee in Hong Kong First Division League. The highest local transfer fee record had been held by when he moved to Ernest Borel from Happy Valley for HK$140,000 in 1992. The highest overall transfer fee was held by Cheng Siu Chung Ricky when he moved from Alajuela in Costa Rica to South China in the 1994-95 season for a fee of US$30,000 (about HK$234,000).[3]
  • On 27 April 2007, SCAA played their last match of the 2006-07 League season against Lanwa Redbull at Lanwa's home ground in Dongguan, China. SCAA's Detinho scored a hat-trick in the match to seal SCAA's 3-1 win. By winning this match, they secured the League title, and their 28th title overall.[4] As the league champions, SCAA qualified for the continental competition AFC Cup 2008.
  • On 19 May 2007, SCAA played the final of the Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07 against Happy Valley at the Hong Kong Stadium. With a penalty scored by Detinho and goals scored by Chan Chi Hong and Cheng Siu Wai. SCAA secured their 9th overall Hong Kong FA Cup title and their local treble this season (Hong Kong First Division League champions, Hong Kong Senior Shield champions and the Hong Kong FA Cup).

Players[]

South China Star of the Month[]

Winners are given a prize of HK$8,000

Playeys in/out[]

In[]

Out[]

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head coach Portugal Jorge Amaral
Head coach Brazil Casemiro Mior

Source:[citation needed]

Kit[]

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): (main sponsor)

References[]

  1. ^ Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield Final Xiangxue Sun Hei 1:2 South China, Hong Kong Football Association website [1], 2007-01-21
  2. ^ Scaafc.com 傳媒報導 - 2007-01-22 Caroliners back in the big time Archived 17 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, South China Morning Post, 2007-01-22
  3. ^ 二零零七年四月二十一日 香港足球新聞 Archived 17 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, GoalGoalGoal球迷大聯盟 Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 2007/04/21
  4. ^ Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League Lanwa Redbull 1:3 South China, The Hong Kong Football Association website, 2007-04-27
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