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Hong Kong First Division
Season	2008–09
Champions	; South China; 39th Hong Kong title;
Relegated	; Mutual; Xiangxue Eisiti;
AFC Cup	; South China ; NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po;
Matches played	156
Goals scored	516 (3.31 per match);
Top goalscorer	; Detinho; Giovane ; (18);
Highest scoring	; Tuen Mun Progoal 0–9 South China; Mutual 0–9 Happy Valley; Citizen 7–2 Mutual;
Highest attendance	4,228 ; Fourway 1–2 TSW Pegasus ; Kitchee 1–3 South China ; (16 November 2008);
Lowest attendance	90 ; Sheffield United 4–1 Mutual ; (25 October 2008);
Average attendance	1,033
	; ← 2007–08 ; ; 2009–10 → ;

The 2008–09 Hong Kong First Division League season, known as Coolpoint Ventilation First Division (Chinese: 快意空調甲組聯賽) for sponsorship reasons, was the 97th since its establishment in 1908. It began on 6 September 2008 and ended on 10 May 2009. The unveiling match was contested by the defending champions South China, and the runners-up of last season Citizen. They made a 1–1 draw, scored by Sandro of Citizen and Detinho of South China.

Three new teams joined the league as competition members, including Fourway, TSW Pegasus and Xiangxue Eisiti. The league consisted of 13 teams, the most since the 1979–80 season.

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3 Results
- 3.1 Round 1
- 3.2 Round 2
- 3.3 Round 3
- 3.4 Round 4
- 3.5 Round 5
- 3.6 Round 6
- 3.7 Round 7
- 3.8 Round 8
- 3.9 Round 9
- 3.10 Round 10
- 3.11 Round 11
- 3.12 Round 12
- 3.13 Round 13
- 3.14 Round 14
- 3.15 Round 15
- 3.16 Round 16
- 3.17 Round 17
- 3.18 Round 18
- 3.19 Round 19
- 3.20 Round 20
- 3.21 Round 21
- 3.22 Round 22
- 3.23 Round 23
- 3.24 Round 24
- 3.25 Round 25
- 3.26 Round 26

4 Season statistics
- 4.1 Scoring
- 4.2 Discipline
- 4.3 Miscellaneous

5 Top scorers

6 Stadia

7 See also

8 References

9 External links

League team changes

Teams promoted from Hong Kong Second Division League 2007–08

Champions: Mutual

Teams relegated to Hong Kong Second Division League 2008–09

Bulova Rangers (renamed as Rangers)

New teams in Hong Kong football league system

Fourway

TSW Pegasus

Xiangxue Eisiti (from mainland China)

Teams changed the name

NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po (named as Wofoo Tai Po before)

Sheffield United (named as Lanwa Redbull before, from mainland China)

Tuen Mun Progoal (named as Workable before)

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	South China (C)	24	19	4	1	73	11	+62	61	AFC Cup 2010 Group stage
2	Kitchee	24	17	5	2	56	17	+39	56
3	Citizen	24	13	8	3	51	23	+28	47
4	Fourway	24	12	6	6	38	17	+21	42		FOU 1–0 CSH CSH 1–0 FOU
5	Convoy Sun Hei	24	13	3	8	39	32	+7	42		FOU 1–0 CSH CSH 1–0 FOU
6	NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	24	11	8	5	40	23	+17	41	AFC Cup 2010 Group stage ¹	WTP 2–2 TSW TSW 1–2 WTP
7	TSW Pegasus	24	12	5	7	51	23	+28	41		WTP 2–2 TSW TSW 1–2 WTP
8	Happy Valley	24	9	5	10	52	34	+18	32
9	Eastern	24	8	4	12	28	33	−5	28
10	Sheffield United	24	6	5	13	36	43	−7	23
11	Tuen Mun Progoal	24	3	3	18	19	95	−76	12
12	Mutual (R)	24	2	2	20	21	84	−63	8	Relegation to Second Division
13	Xiangxue Eisiti (R)	24	1	2	21	12	81	−69	5	Relegation to Second Division

Updated to games played on 10 May 2009.
Source: The Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹ Since TSW Pegasus, the winners of Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield 2008–09, were competition members of the Hong Kong Football Association, and could not qualify for any AFC competitions, the winners of Hong Kong FA Cup 2008–09, NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po, earned a spot in the group stage of AFC Cup 2010.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home Away^[1]	CIT	CSH	EAA	FOU	HVA	KIT	MUT	WTP	SHU	SCA	TSW	TMP	XXE
Citizen		0–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	7–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	4–1	6–1
Convoy Sun Hei	1–1		4–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1
Eastern	1–0	3–4		0–1	0–0	1–3	5–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	5–1
Fourway	1–1	1–0	2–0		3–0	0–2	6–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	6–0	4–0
Happy Valley	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–2		1–1	7–1	3–5	0–0	1–2	3–2	5–1	3–0
Kitchee	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2		3–1	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	7–1	5–0
Mutual	2–5	0–4	2–1	0–2	0–9	1–3		1–3	2–3	0–6	0–3	2–0	0–0
NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	1–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–0		2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	4–0
Sheffield United	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	4–1	1–3		1–3	0–6	4–0	5–0
South China	1–1	7–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–0		0–0	8–0	2–0
TSW Pegasus	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–3²		5–1	2–0
Tuen Mun Progoal	1–1	0–3	0–5	0–1	2–7	0–6	2–1	0–3	1–4	0–9	0–8		2–2
Xiangxue Eisiti	0–4	2–4	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–6	0–4	0–7	0–3	2–4

Source: http://www.hkfa.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²South China is awarded a 3–0 win against TSW Pegasus due to TSW Pegasus using more than the allowed maximum six foreign players at a time in the match.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Round 1

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6 September 2008

15:30

South China	1–1	Citizen
Detinho 72'	Report	Sandro 32'

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 2,523

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

7 September 2008