Hong Kong Rangers FC

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Rangers
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Full nameHong Kong Rangers Football Club
Founded1958, as Rangers Football Team
1960, as Hong Kong Rangers FC
GroundSham Shui Po Sports Ground
Capacity2,194
PresidentPeter Mok
Director of FootballPhilip Lee
Co-Head coachesChiu Chung Man
Wong Chin Hung
Lai Ka Fai
LeagueHong Kong Premier League
2020–216th
WebsiteClub website

Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (Chinese: 流浪足球會), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. They have won the Hong Kong First Division once, the Senior Shield 4 times, and the Hong Kong FA Cup twice.

History[]

Formation to 2000[]

The club was founded in 1958 by a Scottish expatriate from Glasgow named Ian Petrie. He named his club after Rangers. It was the first Asian football club with a modern football club managing system. In the early days, the club could not compete with the bigger clubs financially so Petrie relied on young players and the team was known as a breeding ground for young players. Kwok Ka Ming was the best known players discovered by Petrie in the 1960s. In 1970, the club brought three Scottish professional players to Hong Kong. They were the first European professional players to play in the Hong Kong League, opening a new chapter in Hong Kong's football history. Great players such as Ian Taylor, Joe Brennan, Jimmy Liddell, and Derek Currie were a few to name. More were to follow in the 1980s such as Steve Paterson, Jimmy Bone and .

2000–2018[]

Since 12 October 2001, the club had been named after its sponsor, Buler, resulting in the name Buler Rangers up until Summer 2006. On 15 September 2007, the club announced that it has secured a large sponsorship from Bulova, a watch brand which used to fund a famous Hong Kong football team decades ago, and used Bulova Rangers as the team name.

In 2011, the team changed their name as Kam Fung. They were the champions of the 2011–12 Hong Kong Second Division and were promoted to the Hong Kong First Division. The club has since renamed itself as Biu Chun Rangers due to being sponsorship by Biu Chun Watch Hands (except for the 2016–17 season when the club was renamed as Lee Man Rangers due to sponsorship reasons).

In the early part of the 2000s, Rangers' investment in youth player produced various Hong Kong internationals including Chan Wai Ho, Man Pei Tak, Lam Ka Wai and Lo Kwan Yee. However, this investment dried up in the later part of the 2010s resulting in lower budgets and declining performances of the club.[1]

2018–[]

Following a last place finish in the 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League, Rangers were relegated back the First Division after a six-year stay in the top flight.[2] Former Hong Kong international Wong Chin Hung was hired as the club's head coach.

Despite a third place finish in the 2018–19 season, Rangers were promoted back into the Hong Kong Premier League on 15 July 2019 following Dreams FC's decision to self-relegate.[3]

In 2019–20, Rangers were one of four teams that withdrew from the Premier League season due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.

Name history[]

  • 1958–1995: Rangers (香港流浪)
  • 1995–1997: UHLSPORT Rangers (UHLSPORT流浪)
  • 1997–1999: Rangers (香港流浪)
  • 1999: Rangers (奇利寶流浪)
  • 1999–2001: Rangers (香港流浪)
  • 2001–2006: Buler Rangers (寶路華流浪)
  • 2006–2007: Rangers (香港流浪)
  • 2007–2008: Bulova Rangers (寶路華流浪)
  • 2008–2009: Rangers (香港流浪)
  • 2009–2010: Ongood (安華)
  • 2010–2011: Biu Chun (標準錶針)
  • 2011–2012: Kam Fung (金鋒科技)
  • 2012–2016: Biu Chun Rangers (標準流浪)
  • 2016–2017: Lee Man Rangers (理文流浪)
  • 2017–: Biu Chun Rangers (標準流浪)

Team staff[]

Position Staff
Director of football Hong Kong Philip Lee
Co-head coaches Hong Kong Chiu Chung Man
Hong Kong Wong Chin Hung
Hong Kong Lai Ka Fai
Assistant coach Brazil Fernando Lopes
Goalkeeping coach Hong Kong Cheung Wai Hong
Technical director Hong Kong Fung Wing Shing

Source:[citation needed]

Current squad[]

First Team[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Hong Kong HKG Lo Siu Kei
3 DF Hong Kong HKG Chan Lik Hang
4 DF South Korea KOR Kim Min-kyu FP
6 DF Hong Kong HKG Lau Hok Ming (on loan from Eastern)
7 FW Hong Kong HKG Lau Chi Lok
10 MF Hong Kong HKG Lam Ka Wai (captain)
11 GK Hong Kong HKG Leung Hing Kit
12 DF Hong Kong HKG Lo Kwan Yee
14 MF Hong Kong HKG Yu Joy Yin
17 DF Hong Kong HKG Li Hong Chun
18 MF Hong Kong HKG Yeung Dik Lun
19 MF Hong Kong HKG Yiu Ho Ming
20 MF Hong Kong HKG Cheng Tsz Sum
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Hong Kong HKG Cheung Ka Chun
23 DF Hong Kong HKG Tse Wai Chun
28 DF Hong Kong HKG Lai Hoi To
29 FW Hong Kong HKG Lo Kam Wang
30 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksii Shliakotin FP
32 DF Hong Kong HKG Lam Hin Ting
33 DF Brazil BRA Fernando Lopes FP
55 DF Hong Kong HKG Jean-Jacques Kilama
90 MF Brazil BRA Juninho FP
– DF Japan JPN Ryota Hayashi FP
– FW Argentina ARG Leandro Bazán FP
– GK Hong Kong HKG Chan Koon Sun

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Hong Kong HKG Chan Yun Tung (on loan at HK U23)
— MF Hong Kong HKG Lee Oi Hin (on loan at HK U23)
— MF Hong Kong HKG Chow Ka Lok (on loan at HK U23)

Remarks:
LP These players are registered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Reserve team squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— Hong Kong HKG Lee Lok Man
— Hong Kong HKG Kwok Tsz Ho
— Hong Kong HKG Cheng See Chun Barnett
— Hong Kong HKG M Yeung Nicholas W
— Hong Kong HKG Daniel Yen
— Hong Kong HKG Tang Pak Man
No. Pos. Nation Player
— Hong Kong HKG Chan Ka Wing
— Hong Kong HKG Kwok Chun On
— Hong Kong HKG Mak Chuek Kan
— Hong Kong HKG Wong Tsz Hin
— Hong Kong HKG Chan Lik Hang

Continental record[]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995–96 Asian Cup Winners Cup First round bye
Second round Japan Yokohama Flügels 1–3 4–2 3–7

Honours[]

Major trophies are listed below.

League[]

Champions (1): 1970–71
Champions (2): 1964–65, 2011–12
Champions (1): 1991–92

Cup competitions[]

  • Hong Kong Senior Shield
Champions (4): 1965–66, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1994–95
Runners-up (2): 1975–76, 1981–82
Champions (2): 1976–77, 1994–95
Runners-up (3): 1974–75, 1982–83, 2002–03
  • Hong Kong Viceroy Cup
Champions (2): 1973–74, 1974–75

Seasons[]

Season Team name League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Senior
Shield 		FA Cup League Cup Junior
Shield 		Notes
Buler Rangers D1 3 14 7 3 4 24 19 24 First round First round Group stage — Hong Kong–Shanghai Championship – Runners-up
Cite du Louvre Cup – 3rd
2006–07 Rangers D1 4 18 7 7 4 23 19 28 First round Semi-finals Group stage —
2007–08 Bulova Rangers D1 10 18 2 9 7 19 35 15 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Group stage — Relegated to D2
2008–09 Rangers D2 6 18 6 5 7 32 32 23 — — —
2009–10 Ongood D2 4 16 10 1 5 49 31 31 — — — —
2010–11 Biu Chun D2 7 22 9 4 9 37 38 31 — — —
2011–12 Kam Fung D2 1 22 16 2 4 69 24 50 — — — Promoted to First Division League

Remarks:
FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Retired numbers[]

Main article: Retired numbers in association football

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Hong Kong HKG (posthumous)

Managers[]

See also[]

  • Fourway Athletics

References[]

  1. ^ Chan, Sun Jiu; So, Chi Yeung. "亞洲首支職業隊　本地波「兵工廠」造星無數". HK01. Retrieved 22 April 2018. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ "流浪主場不敵富力 提早兩輪篤定包尾 降班或獲挽留仍是未知數". Ming Pao. Retrieved 22 April 2018. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ Yuen, Chi Ho. "足總通過夢想退賽申請　港甲季軍標準流浪獲邀升班". HK01. Retrieved 15 July 2019. (in Chinese)

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