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2007–08 Hong Kong First Division League

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Hong Kong First Division
Season2007–08
ChampionsSouth China
38th Hong Kong title
RelegatedBulova Rangers
AFC CupSouth China (group stage)
Eastern (group stage)
Matches played90
Goals scored282 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorerDetinho (South China) (19)
Biggest home winSouth China 6 – 1 Workable (26 September 2007)
South China 6 – 1 Wofoo Tai Po (13 November 2007)
Biggest away winBulova Rangers 1–9 South China (2 November 2007)
Highest scoringBulova Rangers 1–9 South China (2 November 2007)
Longest winning runSouth China (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runSouth China (12 games)
Longest losing runBulova Rangers, Workable, Lanwa Redbull (3 games)
Highest attendanceWorkable 1 – 3 Kitchee
Eastern 0 – 2 South China (4397) (22 September 2007)
Lowest attendanceHappy Valley 0 – 0 Lanwa Redbull (117) (18 April 2008)
Average attendance1305(except home matches of Lanwa Redbull)

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

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Full table

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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 2009 AFC Cup 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 2009 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ via 2007–08 Hong Kong Senior Shield
 First Division League 2007–08 winners 
South China
38th title

Home matches only

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

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

Away matches only

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

Teams

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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

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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

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Round 1

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South China1–2Kitchee
Li Haiqiang 58' (Report) Chan Siu Ki 79' (pen.)
Anderson 82'
Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Workable2–2Wofoo Tai Po
Beto 75' 90' (pen.) (Report) Chan Sze Wing 33'
Annan 58'
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Eastern0–2Convoy Sun Hei
(Report) Giovane 48' (pen.) 53'
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Citizen0–0Lanwa Redbull
(Report)
Attendance: 1,191
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Happy Valley1–1Bulova Rangers
Chao Pengfei 55' (Report) Godfred 62'
Attendance: 1,191
Referee: Wong Po On

Round 2

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Convoy Sun Hei0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 511
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Lanwa Redbull1–3South China
Lin Zhong 90' (Report) Detinho 10' 24'
Maxwell 36'
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Wofoo Tai Po4–3Happy Valley
Leung Kam Fai 21'
Junior 39' (pen.) 68'
Annan 58'		 (Report) Tomy 45' 62'
Law Chun Bong 82'
Attendance: 588
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Bulova Rangers0–4Citizen
(Report) Wang Xuanhong 17' 68' 73' 81'
Attendance: 1,638
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Kitchee2–2Eastern
Cheung Kin Fung 27'
Anderson 40'		 (Report) Paulo 6' (pen.)
Rodrigo 15'
Attendance: 1,638
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Round 3

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Happy Valley2–3Convoy Sun Hei
Diego 16'
Poon Man Tik 27'		 (Report) Fabio Herbert 18'
João Miguel 25'
Giovane 64'
Attendance: 560
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Workable1–3Kitchee
Au Yeung Yiu Chung 12' (Report) Goran 6' 50'
Chan Siu Ki 85'
Attendance: 4,397
Referee: Wong Po On
Eastern0–2South China
(Report) Maxwell 74'
Cheng Siu Wai 79'
Attendance: 4,397
Citizen2–1Wofoo Tai Po
Sham Kwok Fai 52'
Wang Xuanhong 75'		 (Report) Joel 71'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Bulova Rangers3–2Lanwa Redbull
Liang Zicheng 3'
Yaw 37'
Godfred 69'		 (Report) Willian 14'
Lin Zhong 74'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho

Round 4

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South China6–1Workable
Maxwell 10'
Itaparica 32'
Detinho 62' 89' (pen.) 90'
Cris 85'		 (Report) Au Yeung Yiu Chung 58'
Attendance: 1,892
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Lanwa Redbull0–2Eastern
(Report) Ferreira 67'
Paulo 70' (pen.)
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Wofoo Tai Po2–0Bulova Rangers
Annan 25'
Rafael 46'		 (Report)
Attendance: 473
Convoy Sun Hei3–2Citizen
Lau Chi Keung 24'
Giovane 44' 51'		 (Report) Leko 14'
Sham Kwok Fai 29'
Attendance: 2,218
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Kitchee3–3Happy Valley
Chan Siu Ki 11'
Cheng Lai Hin 72'
Zizic 90'		 (Report) Tomy 18'
Diego 43'
Monteiro 85'
Attendance: 2,218
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 5

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Happy Valley1–1South China
Tomy 39' (Report) Detinho 66'
Attendance: 2,489
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Wofoo Tai Po2–4Lanwa Redbull
Zhang Yu 58' (o.g.)
Joel 83'		 (Report) Wang Gang 10'
Lin Zhong 43'
Yang Baoming 45'
Zhang Yu 86'
Attendance: 853
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Bulova Rangers0–0Convoy Sun Hei
(Report)
Attendance: 853
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Citizen2–1Kitchee
Leko 3'
Márcio Bambu 75'		 (Report) Goran 53'
Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Wong Po On
Workable0–2Eastern
(Report) Rodrigo 74'
Jeferson 90'
Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Round 6

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Eastern1–2Happy Valley
Rodrigo 81' (Report) Poon Yiu Cheuk 37' (pen.) 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Lanwa Redbull1–1Workable
Villalba 61' (Report) Chan Man Fai 82'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
South China0–0Citizen
(Report)
Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Convoy Sun Hei1–2Wofoo Tai Po
Giovane 85' (pen.) (Report) Annan 67'
Joel 82'
Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Kitchee3–1Bulova Rangers
Chan Siu Ki 29'
Akosah 45'
McKee 81'		 (Report) Liang Zicheng 10'
Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Wong Po On

Round 7

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Happy Valley0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 540
Referee: Wong Po On
Convoy Sun Hei0–1Lanwa Redbull
(Report) Ye Nan 33'
Attendance: 540
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Wofoo Tai Po3–3Kitchee
Junior 21' (pen.) 41' (pen.)
Joel 61'		 (Report) Liu Quankun 9'
Lo Kwan Yee 62'
Anderson 66'
Attendance: 677
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Citizen2–2Eastern
Wang Xuanhong 52' 90' (Report) Machado 1'
Jeferson 4'
Attendance: 677
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Bulova Rangers1–9South China
Godfred 41' (Report) Detinho 4' 23' 60'
Kwok Kin Pong 25' 67'
Maxwell 28' 86'
Li Haiqiang 30' 70'
Attendance: 1,196
Referee: Ng Kai Lam

Round 8

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Lanwa Redbull3–2Happy Valley
Anibal 50'
Willian 61'
Zhang Yu 76'		 (Report) Tomy 32'
Diego 45'
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Kitchee1–1Convoy Sun Hei
Chan Siu Ki 7' (pen.) (Report) Giovane 88'
Attendance: 581
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Workable0–1Citizen
(Report) Ju Yingzhi 57'
Attendance: 883
Referee: Wong Po On
Eastern4–3Bulova Rangers
Rodrigo 17'
Paulo 36' (pen.) 48' (pen.) 72' (pen.)		 (Report) Liang Zicheng 56'
Marcio 76' (o.g.)
Fofo 90'
Attendance: 883
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
South China6–1Wofoo Tai Po
Kwok Kin Pong 4'
Detinho 14' 31' (pen.)
Maxwell 56' 80' 84'		 (Report) Lee Wai Lim 42'
Attendance: 1,558
Referee: Pau Sai Yin

Round 9

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Convoy Sun Hei1–2South China
Chan Ho Man 90' (Report) Detinho 59'
Maxwell 86'
Attendance: 1,531
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Bulova Rangers0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 376
Referee: Lam Sing Yan
Kitchee2–3Lanwa Redbull
Chan Siu Ki 54'
Goran 90'		 (Report) Villalba 45' 46'
Li Hang Wui 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 376
Referee: Wong Po On
Citizen0–3Happy Valley
(Report) Tomy 13'
Sham Kwok Keung 22'
Poon Yiu Cheuk 79'
Attendance: 1,466
Wofoo Tai Po0–1Eastern
(The result was declared null) Picoli 51'
Attendance: 1,466
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Wofoo Tai Po3–1Eastern
Rafael 19'
Junior 45'
Annan 76'		 (Re-match)
(Report)		 Lee Sze Ming 4'
Attendance: 461
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 10

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Kitchee0–5South China
(Report) Itaparica 29'
Detinho 30' 39' 46' 79'
Attendance: 2,082
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Wofoo Tai Po2–1Workable
Rafael 24' 66' (Report) Wong Chun Yue 1'
Attendance: 898
Lanwa Redbull1–1Citizen
Anibal 53' (pen.) (Report) Wang Xuanhong 45'
Referee: Wong Po On
Convoy Sun Hei1–1Eastern
Miguel 50' (Report) Fabio 76'
Attendance: 898
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Bulova Rangers0–0Happy Valley
(Report)
Attendance: 433
Referee: Fung Ka Yu

Round 11

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South China4–1Lanwa Redbull
Cheng Siu Wai 32'
Cris 76'
Chan Wai Ho 85'
Itaparica 90'		 (Report) Geng Xin 4'
Attendance: 976
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Eastern1–1Kitchee
Fabio 42' (Report) Goran 14'
Attendance: 992
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Workable1–6Convoy Sun Hei
Beto 32' (pen.) (Report) Roger 8'
Pizzi 10'
Giovane 18' 20' 36'
Chan Yiu Lun 75'
Attendance: 992
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Happy Valley1–1Wofoo Tai Po
Sham Kwok Keung 45' (Report) Annan 58'
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Wong Po On
Citizen3–2Bulova Rangers
Wang Xuanhong 14' 60'
Leko 53'		 (Report) Siumar 21' (pen.)
Donatus 70'
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Fung Ka Yu

Round 12

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Wofoo Tai Po2–3Citizen
Junior 25' (pen.)
Rafael 90'		 (Report) Chiu Chun Kit 4' (o.g.)
Leko 5' 16'
Attendance: 185
Referee: Lui Siu Chuen
Kitchee0–1Workable
(Report) Chan Man Fai 58'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Convoy Sun Hei0–1Happy Valley
(Report) Chao Pengfei 22'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
South China2–0Eastern
Schutz 13' 15' (Report)
Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Wong Po On
Lanwa Redbull2–2Bulova Rangers
Villalba 31'
Lin Zhong 69'		 (Report) Liang Zicheng 6'
Caleb 62'

Round 13

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Happy Valley0–0Kitchee
(Report)
Attendance: 251
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Eastern0–0Lanwa Redbull
(Report)
Attendance: 650
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Bulova Rangers2–2Wofoo Tai Po
Lam Ka Wai 81' 86' (Report) Junior 26' (pen.)
Annan 79'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Citizen0–1Convoy Sun Hei
(Report) Chan Yiu Lun 66'
Attendance: 183
Workable1–4South China
Au Yeung Yiu Chung 53' (Report) Wong Chin Hung 26'
Detinho 63'
Maxwell 77' 87'
Attendance: 1,000

Round 14

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Eastern0–0Workable
(Report)
Attendance: 838
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Lanwa Redbull1–1Wofoo Tai Po
Villalba 5' (Report) Lee Hong Lim 90'
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Convoy Sun Hei1–1Bulova Rangers
Roger 59' (Report) Siumar 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 838
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Kitchee0–1Citizen
(Report) Ronan 17'
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Lui Siu Chuen
South China0–2Happy Valley
(Report) Chao Pengfei 25' 36'
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 15

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Workable3–2Lanwa Redbull
Au Yeung Yiu Chung 33'
Yang Xu 35'
Balbinot 62'		 (Report) Anibal 70' (pen.)
Min Jin 74'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Wofoo Tai Po2–2Convoy Sun Hei
Joel 48'
Lee Wai Lim 72'		 (Report) Chan Yiu Lun 45'
Roger 82'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Citizen2–1South China
Ronan 65' (pen.)
Márcio 78'		 (Report) Detinho 37' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,184
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Bulova Rangers3–1Kitchee
Lam Ka Wai 29'
Nanmi 45' (o.g.)
Minga 60'		 (Report) Cheng Lai Hin 22'
Attendance: 894
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Happy Valley3–3Eastern
Tomy 17'
Chao Pengfei 36'
Godfred 42'		 (Report) Fábio 22' 86'
Paulo 82'
Attendance: 894
Referee: Fung Ka Yu

Round 16

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Kitchee2–1Wofoo Tai Po
McKee 77' 90' (Report) Sze Kin Wai 84'
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Lanwa Redbull1–1Convoy Sun Hei
Ge Shengxiang 16' (Report) Giovane 28'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
South China0–0Bulova Rangers
(Report)
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Workable0–1Happy Valley
(Report) Denisson 3'
Attendance: 999
Eastern4–2Citizen
Rodrigo 4' 33' 75'
So Yiu Man 17'		 (Report) Paulinho 72'
Ronan 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 999

Round 17

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Happy Valley0–0Lanwa Redbull
(Report)
Attendance: 117
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Citizen4–1Workable
Baise 34'
Paulinho 40'
Ju Yingzhi 61'
Leko 78'		 (Report) Beto 62' (pen.)
Attendance: 460
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Bulova Rangers0–0Eastern
(Report)
Attendance: 904
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Convoy Sun Hei2–2Kitchee
Giovane 23'
Cordeiro 38'		 (Report) Goran 35' (pen.)
Nanmi 72'
Attendance: 904
Referee: Wong Po On
Wofoo Tai Po2–1South China
Chiu Chun Kit 6'
Joel 76'		 (Report) Lee Chi Ho 8'
Attendance: 1,590
Referee: Wong Chi Tang

Round 18

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Workable1–0Bulova Rangers
Beto 24' (Report)
Attendance: 1,093
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho
Lanwa Redbull2–4Kitchee
Hao Shuang 24'
Anibal 77'		 (Report) Akosah 6' 47' 52'
Gao Wen 66'
Happy Valley0–2Citizen
(Report) Marcio 21'
Anthony 75'
Attendance: 1,093
Referee: Pau Sai Yin
Eastern2–3Wofoo Tai Po
Rodrigo 5'
Yu Ho Pong 51'		 (Report) Rafael 12' 35'
Junior 59'
Attendance: 4,199
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
South China4–1Convoy Sun Hei
Chan Chi Hong 24'
Schutz 61' 66'
Detinho 86' (pen.)		 (Report) Chan Yiu Lun 46'
Attendance: 4,199
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Scorers

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19 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals

Only scorers with 3 goals or above are listed here.

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