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Hong Kong First Division

Season	2007–08
Champions	South China 38th Hong Kong title
Relegated	Bulova Rangers
AFC Cup	South China (group stage) Eastern (group stage)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	282 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Detinho (South China) (19)
Biggest home win	South China 6 – 1 Workable (26 September 2007) South China 6 – 1 Wofoo Tai Po (13 November 2007)
Biggest away win	Bulova Rangers 1–9 South China (2 November 2007)
Highest scoring	Bulova Rangers 1–9 South China (2 November 2007)
Longest winning run	South China (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	South China (12 games)
Longest losing run	Bulova Rangers, Workable, Lanwa Redbull (3 games)
Highest attendance	Workable 1 – 3 Kitchee Eastern 0 – 2 South China (4397) (22 September 2007)
Lowest attendance	Happy Valley 0 – 0 Lanwa Redbull (117) (18 April 2008)
Average attendance	1305(except home matches of Lanwa Redbull)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 96th since its establishment. The first match was played on 2 September 2007 with South China lost to Kitchee 1–2.

In this season, the First Division League was composed of 10 teams. Workable were promoted from the Second Division while Eastern, originally demoted to Third Division League by rule, was invited by HKFA to play in the First Division League after securing sufficient sponsorship.

League table

Full table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South China (C)	18	11	3	4	51	17	+34	36	AFC Cup 2009 Group stage
2	Citizen	18	10	4	4	31	22	+9	34
3	Wofoo Tai Po	18	7	6	5	36	37	−1	27
4	Happy Valley	18	5	9	4	25	22	+3	24
5	Convoy Sun Hei	18	5	8	5	26	23	+3	23
6	Kitchee	18	5	7	6	30	33	−3	22
7	Eastern	18	4	8	6	25	28	−3	20	AFC Cup 2009 Group stage 1
8	Lanwa Redbull	18	4	8	6	25	31	−6	20
9	Workable	18	3	6	9	14	34	−20	15
10	Bulova Rangers (R)	18	2	9	7	19	35	−16	15	Relegation to Second Division

Source: HKFA.com
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ via Hong Kong Senior Shield 2007-08
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division League 2007–08 Winners
South China 38th Title

Home matches only

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Citizen	17	9	5	2	2	15	12	+3
2	Wofoo Tai Po	17	9	6	1	2	24	18	+6
3	South China	17	9	5	2	2	23	8	+15
4	Bulova Rangers	11	9	2	5	2	9	18	−9
5	Eastern	9	9	2	3	4	12	15	−3
6	Kitchee	9	9	2	3	4	13	18	−5
7	Lanwa Redbull	8	9	1	5	3	12	17	−5
8	Convoy Sun Hei	7	9	1	4	4	9	12	−3
9	Happy Valley	7	9	0	7	2	8	11	−3
10	Workable	7	9	2	1	6	9	22	−13

Note: Here is the home stadium list of the teams:

• 
  Dongguan Stadium – Lanwa Redbull
  


• 
  Hong Kong Stadium & Mong Kok Stadium – Rest of the teams
  

Away matches only

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	South China	19	9	6	1	2	28	9	+19
2	Happy Valley	17	9	5	1	3	17	11	+6
3	Citizen	17	9	5	2	2	16	10	+6
4	Convoy Sun Hei	16	9	4	4	1	17	11	+6
5	Kitchee	13	9	3	4	2	17	15	+2
6	Lanwa Redbull	12	9	3	3	3	13	14	−1
7	Eastern	11	9	2	5	2	13	13	0
8	Wofoo Tai Po	10	9	2	4	3	14	19	−5
9	Workable	8	9	1	5	3	5	13	−8
10	Bulova Rangers	4	9	0	4	5	10	17	−7

Teams

The following 10 clubs are competing in the Hong Kong First Division League during the 2007–08 season.

Club	Position in 2006–07	First season in top division	Last title
Bulova Rangers	4th	1965–66	1970–71
Citizen	8th	2004–05	n/a
Convoy Sun Hei	3rd	1994–95	2004–05
Eastern	10th, Second Division	1936–37	1994–95
Happy Valley	6th	1959–60	2005–06
Kitchee	2nd	1947–48	1963–64
Lanwa Redbull	5th	2005–06	n/a
South China	1st	1918–19	2006–07
Wofoo Tai Po	7th	2006–07	n/a
Workable	2nd, Second Division	2007–08	n/a

Kits

Team	Kit maker	Sponsor
Bulova Rangers	Umbro	Bulova
Citizen	Jako	BMA Entertainment
Convoy Sun Hei	Kappa	Aviva
Eastern	Adidas	Panasonic
Happy Valley	Puma	Alliance Engineering
Kitchee	Mizuno	Canon
Lanwa Redbull	Umbro	Huangshan Wenquan
South China	Adidas	PCCW
Wofoo Tai Po	Akita	Yashica
Workable	Adidas	Crocodile Garments

Fixtures and results

• All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Round 1

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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

Scorers

19 goals

• 
  Detinho (South China)

12 goals

• 
  Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei)

11 goals

• 
  Maxwell (South China)

10 goals

• 
  Wang Xuanhong (Citizen)

8 goals

• 
  Rodrigo (Eastern)


• 
  Junior (Wofoo Tai Po)

7 goals

• 
  Tomy (Happy Valley)


• 
  Annan (Wofoo Tai Po)


• 
  Rafeal (Wofoo Tai Po)

6 goals

• 
  Leko (Citizen)


• 
  Paulo (Eastern)


• 
  Chan Siu Ki (Kitchee)


• 
  Goran Stankovski (Kitchee)


• 
  Joel (Wofoo Tai Po)

5 goals

• 
  Aldo Villalba (Lanwa Redbull)


• 
  Chao Pengfei (Happy Valley)


• 
  Julius Akosah (Kitchee)


• 
  Roberto Fronza (Workable)

4 goals

• 
  Liang Zicheng (Bulova Rangers)


• 
  Chan Yiu Lun (Convoy Sun Hei)


• 
  Fábio (Eastern)


• 
  Godfred (Bulova Rangers/Happy Valley)


• 
  Anibal Pacheco Orzuza (Lanwa Redbull)


• 
  Lin Zhong (Lanwa Redbull)


• 
  Schutz (South China)


• 
  Au Yeung Yiu Chung (Workable)

3 goals

• 
  Lam Ka Wai (Bulova Rangers)


• 
  Marcio (Citizen)


• 
  Ronan (Citizen)


• 
  Batoum Roger (Convoy Sun Hei)


• 
  Diego (Happy Valley)


• 
  Poon Yiu Cheuk (Happy Valley)


• 
  Anderson da Silva (Kitchee)


• 
  Jaimes McKee (Kitchee)


• 
  Itaparica (South China)


• 
  Kwok Kin Pong (South China)


• 
  Li Haiqiang (South China)

Only scorers with 3 goals or above are listed here.

Annual awards

Trivia

See also

References

External links

• The Hong Kong Football Association official site