Hong Kong national football team

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The Hong Kong national football team (Template:Zh; recognised as Hong Kong, China by FIFA) represents Hong Kong in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China, the governing body for football in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong hosted the first AFC Asian Cup in 1956 and won third place, also reaching the semifinals in 1964. Hong Kong did not qualify for another AFC tournament until 2023. They had never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have qualified for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship five times, in 2003, 2010, 2019, 2022 and 2025.

History

Establishment and pre-WWII era

Before Hong Kong became a member of FIFA in 1954, Hong Kong began playing in the Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament in 1937,[1] which was one of the oldest competitions co-held by Hong Kong as well as continuously played. There were other interport tournaments in the past, such as the Shanghai-Hong Kong Interport which was first held in 1908.[2] At that time the team was composed of ethnic Chinese as well as western expatriates, as in the 1935 and 1937 edition of Shanghai-Hong Kong Interport.[3][4] There was another Interport tournament against Saigon.[5] The aforementioned Macau, Shanghai and Saigon were not a member of FIFA nor a sovereign nation at that time, with Hong Kong and Macau only having joined FIFA in 1954 and 1978 respectively.

The China national team that participated in 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics, were mainly composed of ethnic Chinese players from Hong Kong, most famously Lee Wai Tong.[6][7] After WWII, a number of Shanghai-based players began representing Hong Kong, such as Chang King Hai and Hsu King Shing.

FIFA member (1954–present)

The Hong Kong FA became a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation in 1954. Since then Hong Kong played their first FIFA-recognised international match against other countries. The HKFA also sent a scratch team for 1957 Merdeka Tournament, which was composed of players from Eastern due to their proximity, plus few players from other clubs. The club was having a pre-season tour in South Asia, thus the HKFA invited the club to represent Hong Kong. However, some of the players were in fact ineligible to play for Hong Kong, as they were ROC (Taiwan) international players.[8][9]

Hong Kong qualified for three of the first four editions of the Asian Cup, including a third-place finish in the 1956 edition as host. At that time, most Hong Kong players represented Republic of China; they finished third in the Asian Cup in the 1960 edition, leaving more inferior players to the proper Hong Kong team.[10]

The 1998 World Cup Asian qualifiers was considered one of Hong Kong's darkest moments as it was hit by a match-fixing scandal that involved former Sing Tao striker Chan Tsz-Kong who was found guilty and jailed for a year after he bribed players to throw and lose a match against Thailand. Others who were involved include goalkeeper Kevin Lok Kar-Win, defenders Chan Chi-Keung and Lau Chi Yuen and striker Wai Kwan-Lung.[11]

Football fever in 2015

In 2015, a short football fever appeared during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in Hong Kong under the guidance of Kim Pan Gon, as Hong Kong had been drawn into the same group with their fierce rival, China. Due to the tensions built up from the Hong Kong–Mainland China conflict, many local citizens became interested in this year's campaign; all four home matches were recorded as a sellout. Hong Kong ended the campaign with 4 victories against Bhutan and Maldives, 2 scoreless draws against China, and 2 losses against Qatar.

Post-Kim era

In late 2018, after the sudden departure of Kim Pan-gon, English coach Gary White was hired as the new head coach in which under his guidance, he helped Hong Kong secure qualification for their third appearance at the EAFF E-1 Football Championship finals after a narrow win against Chiense Taipei, a draw against North Korea and a heavy win against Mongolia. Shortly afterwards, White departed from the role.

In April 2019, Hong Kong appointed Finnish coach Mixu Paatelainen as the new head coach of the national football team in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship tournament. His first game in charge ended in a disappointing and surprising loss at home during friendly international against Chiense Taipei.[12] After a run of poor performances throughout the World Cup qualifiers and the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, Mixu Paatelainen's contract was not renewed.

Return to the Asian Cup

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Hong Kong's 2023 Asian Cup team.

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On 13 December 2021, Norwegian coach Jørn Andersen who formerly guided North Korea was named as the new head coach succeeding Mixu Paatelainen in preparation for the third round of qualification of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[13] He guided Hong Kong to qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup by beating Afghanistan 2–1 and Cambodia 3–0, reaching the final tournament after a 55-year absence.[14]

On 15 January 2024, Hong Kong then kicked off their 2023 Asian Cup campaign against UAE in which they lost 3–1 in the opening match where Chan Siu Kwan scored the 1,000th goal in the AFC Asian Cup history.[15] They eventually finished the campaign at the bottom of their group after losses against Iran (0–1) and Palestine (0–3).

Post-Asian Cup times

On 29 May 2024, Jørn Andersen announced his resignation as head coach of the Hong Kong national team after over 2 years in charge.[16] On 28 August 2024, English manager Ashley Westwood was appointed as the new head coach of the Hong Kong national football team, succeeding Jørn Andersen.[17] In September 2024, Hong Kong travelled to Fiji and played two friendly matches against Oceania countries, Solomon Islands and Fiji. In October 2024, the team also travelled to Europe for the first time where they played against Liechtenstein. On 8 December 2024, Yapp Hung Fai became the first-ever Hong Kong player to reach 100 international caps against Mongolia during the 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Preliminary Round.

On 10 June 2025, Hong Kong played their 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification home game against India at the Kai Tak Stadium, which resulted in a 1–0 win for the hosts in the stadium's maiden official football match.[18] All tickets were sold out and a new attendance record was set for a Hong Kong football match with 42,570 spectators.[19][20]

After securing a win and a draw against Bangladesh, Hong Kong required to win the penultimate tie against Singapore on 18 November 2025 at Kai Tak Stadium in order to secure qualification to the 2027 AFC Asian Cup finals.

However, Hong Kong succumbed to a 1–2 loss against Singapore which meant that they missed out on qualification. On 24 November, the Hong Kong Football Association announced that head coach Ashley Westwood stepped down from the role after failing to secure qualification.[21]

Team image

Kits

The national team's home kit is typically a red shirt, red shorts, and red or white socks, while the away kit features white shirts, white shorts, and red or white socks.

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier Period
Template:Flagdeco Puma 1970s–1998
Template:Flagdeco Adidas 1998
Template:Flagdeco Diadora 2000–2005
Template:Flagdeco Adidas 2005–2011
Template:Flagdeco Nike 2011–present

Kit deals

Kit supplier Period Contract
announcement 		Contract
duration
Nike 2011–present 1 July 2011 July 2011 – July 2016 (5 years)
24 August 2016 August 2016 – 2025 (10 years)[22]
27 February 2025 February 2025 – 2035 (10 years)[23]

Crest

The crest of the Hong Kong national football team features a Chinese dragon. This logo has consistently been used as the team's emblem. The HKFA emblem was not used on jerseys until 31 May 2011, HKFA debuted current emblem for the national team.

Home stadiums

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The Jockey Club HKFA Football Training Centre is currently the main training ground for the Hong Kong national and youth teams.

Rivalries

China

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Hong Kong maintains a specific rivalry with China. The rivalry began in 1978 and on 19 May 1985, Hong Kong produced a shock 2–1 upset in Beijing in the 1986 World Cup qualifying game, leading to unrest by Chinese supporters.[25]

Since then, China was unbeaten against to Hong Kong but the rivalry continues and even got heated up since the conflict between Hong Kong and China in the 2010s.[26][27][28]

On 1 January 2024, Hong Kong defeated China 2–1 in a closed door FIFA international friendly, marking their first victory in 29 years.[29][30]

Macau

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Results and fixtures

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Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach Template:Flagicon Roberto Losada (caretaker)
Assistant Coach Template:Flagicon Cristiano Cordeiro
Template:Flagicon Poon Man Chun
Technical Director Template:Flagicon John Morling
Executive Manager Template:Flagicon Graeme Chan
Goalkeeping Coach Template:Flagicon Fan Chun Yip
U23 Head Coach Template:Flagicon Darren James Arnott
Head of Sports Science Vacant
Analyst Template:Flagicon Anson Lee
Team Doctor Template:Flagicon Dr. Wan Hay Man Keith
Fitness Coach Template:Flagicon Stephen Wong
Administration and Equipment Team Template:Flagicon Cheung Tim Ho Andrew
Template:Flagicon Samuel Chow
Template:Flagicon Lau Chun Yip Tom
Template:Flagicon Gavin Yeung
Team Physio Template:Flagicon Lo Ho Cheung Dennis
Template:Flagicon Kwong Hoi Hang Karen
Template:Flagicon Leung Hok Hin Frankie
Team Masseur Template:Flagicon Wong Yi Sum

Coaching history

Last updated: Hong Kong 1–2 Singapore, 18 November 2025. Statistics include international "A" matches only. Template:Notelist

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players have been named in the squad for 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Singapore on 18 November 2025.

Caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 after the match against Singapore. <templatestyles src="National football squad start/styles.css"></templatestyles>

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the previous 12 months. <templatestyles src="National football squad start/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
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History of naturalised players

During the 1950s, Arthur Santos who is of British-Portuguese nationality (whose son Leslie was a former Hong Kong international footballer) became the first naturalised player to represent the Hong Kong national football team who was then followed by another fellow Portuguese-born player named JH Toleido.[32]

In the 1960s, there were a couple more foreign players who had represented the Hong Kong national football team whilst some were working within the national service at the time. These include British players from T. Watson, Evans, Ken Wallis who went on to represent Hong Kong during the lawn bowls event during the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games as well as Australian-born Pete McClaren and Scottish-born Charlie Wright.[32]

In the late 1970s, Scottish-born players Derek Currie, Dave Anderson and Hugh McCrory all became eligible to represent the Hong Kong national football team in which Currie and Anderson took part during the 1979 Asian Cup qualifiers whilst McCrory took part during the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.

There were at least a couple more naturalised players who went on to represent Hong Kong throughout the 90's which include Bosnian-born Anto Grabo along with fellow English-born players Mark Grainger, John Moore and most notably Dale Tempest. Sung Lin Yung became the first mainland born player to represent Hong Kong during the 1998 World Cup Asian qualifiers having resided for more than two years under FIFA eligibility rules unlike foreign born players that would usually require at least seven years.

In the 2000s, a couple of African and Brazilian-born players were introduced went through the naturalisation process having met the residential criteria. Nigerian-born Lawrence Akandu obtained his Hong Kong citizenship in which he played for the national team during the 2003 East Asia Cup finals where he scored a goal in a loss against South Korea. He was soon followed by Cameroon-born Guy Gerard Ambassa who obtained his permanent residential status in 2005 along with another fellow Nigerian-born player named Colly Ezeh and Brazilian-born Cristiano Cordeiro in which both of whom earned international caps during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Cordeiro was also the first non-Chinese captain in the history of the Hong Kong team during the 2008 East Asia Cup preliminary stages. Despite having played for the national team during the 2009 edition of the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup, Cameroonian-born Julius Akosah attempted to apply for a HKSAR passport, however his application was unsuccessful.

During the mid 2010s, there had been an increase of naturalised players being used to represent the national team in which former head coach Kim Pan-gon stated that he needed to pick his best players regardless of their origin in preparation during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.[33]

These include the likes of European-born players Clement Benhaddouche, Manuel Bleda, Dani Cancela, Jaimes McKee, Raphael Merkies, Fernando Recio, Andy Russell, Jack Sealy, Jordi Tarrés and Sean Tse, Brazilian-born players Everton Camargo, Paulo César, Clayton, Dudu, Diego Eli, Fernando, Giovane, Helio, Itaparica, Juninho, Roberto Júnior, Tomas Maronesi, Paulinho, Stefan Pereira, and Sandro, Asian-born players Jahangir Khan and Yuto Nakamura, and African-born players from Wisdom Fofo Agbo, Alex Akande, Christian Annan, Mahama Awal, Festus Baise, Godfred Karikari, Jean-Jacques Kilama, and Paul Ngue.

In addition to Sung Lin Yung, several other mainland born players went on to represent Hong Kong from past to present which include Bai He, Chao Pengfei, Deng Jinghuang, Feng Jizhi, Gao Wen, Li Haiqiang, Liu Quankun, Huang Yang, Ju Yingzhi, Wang Zhenpeng, Wei Zhao, Xiao Guoji, Xu Deshuai, Ye Jia, and Zhang Chunhui.[34]

Records

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Players in bold are still active with Hong Kong.

Most appearances

File:Yapp Hung Fai.jpg
Yapp Hung Fai is Hong Kong's most capped player with 112 caps.
Rank Player Caps Goals Position Career
1 Yapp Hung Fai 112 0 GK 2010–present
2 Huang Yang 71 1 MF 2012–2023
3 Lee Chi Ho 70 0 DF 2000–2017
4 Lee Wai Man 68 2 DF 1993–2006
5 Chan Siu Ki 67 37 FW 2004–2017
6 Chan Wai Ho 65 6 DF 2000–2017
7 Poon Yiu Cheuk 62 4 DF 1998–2010
8 Wong Wai 60 7 MF 2013–present
9 Tan Chun Lok 59 3 MF 2015–present
10 Tsang Ting Fai 57 0 DF 1972–1980

Top goalscorers

Chan Siu Ki is Hong Kong's top scorer with 37 goals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Chan Siu Ki 37 67 0.55 2004–2017
2 Au Wai Lun 26 50 0.52 1989–2005
3 Lau Wing Yip 24 39 0.62 1971–1986
4 Wan Chi Keung 18 32 0.56 1976–1986
5 Chung Chor Wai 16 45 0.36 1971–1979
6 Ho Cheng Yau 14 34 0.41 1956–1968
Tim Bredbury 14 34 0.41 1986–1999
8 Li Kwok Keung 13 34 0.38 1964–1972
Matt Orr 13 46 0.28 2021–present
10 Yu Kwok Kit 12 13 0.92 1973–1977
Kwok Ka Ming 12 47 0.26 1968–1979
Jaimes McKee 12 53 0.23 2012–2019

Captains

This list only records the players who were named as Hong Kong captain in official international competitions. First-choice captains always go first.

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Huang Yang was the captain of Hong Kong from 2018 to 2023.[36]
Year Tournament Captain(s)
1954 Template:Flagicon 1954 Asian Games Ko Po Keung
1956 Template:Flagicon 1956 AFC Asian Cup
1958 Template:Flagicon 1958 Asian Games Ho Cheung Yau
1964 Template:Flagicon 1964 AFC Asian Cup Cheung Wing Ching
1968 Template:Flagicon 1968 AFC Asian Cup Kung Wah Kit
1990 Template:Flagicon 1990 Asian Games Cheung Chi Tak
1994 Template:Flagicon 1994 Asian Games Lee Kin Wo
1998 Template:Flagicon 1998 Asian Games Cheung Sai Ho
2003 Template:Flagicon 2003 East Asian Football Championship Lee Wai Man
2010 Template:Flagicon 2010 East Asian Football Championship Poon Yiu Cheuk, Chan Wai Ho, Au Yeung Yiu Chung, Li Haiqiang
2019 Template:Flagicon 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Huang Yang[36]
2022 Template:Flagicon 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Sean Tse
2024 Template:Flagicon 2023 AFC Asian Cup Yapp Hung Fai, Vas Nuñez
2025 Template:Flagicon 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Yapp Hung Fai

Competitive record

See comprehensive article: Hong Kong national football team all-time record
Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All time results

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FIFA World Cup

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AFC Asian Cup

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EAFF E-1 Football Championship

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Asian Games

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Friendly tournaments

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Minor tournaments
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Template:Flagicon 1965 Merdeka Tournament Seventh place 7 6 2 2 2 11 9
Template:Flagicon 1966 Merdeka Tournament First round 9 5 0 1 4 2 8
Template:Flagicon 1967 Merdeka Tournament Sixth place 6 6 2 0 4 6 18
Template:Flagicon 1970 Merdeka Tournament Fourth place 4 7 3 1 3 10 14
Template:Flagicon 1971 Merdeka Tournament Eighth place 8 6 2 0 4 6 14
Template:Flagicon 1972 Merdeka Tournament Sixth place 6 6 2 2 2 8 8
Template:Flagicon 1974 Merdeka Tournament Third place 3 4 1 3 1 5 5
Template:Flagicon 1975 Merdeka Tournament Fifth place 5 7 3 0 4 17 13
Template:Flagicon 1977 Beijing Invited Tournament Runners-up 2 3 2 0 1 8 2
Template:Flagicon 1983 Great Wall Cup Eighth place 8 4 1 2 1 4 4
Template:Flagicon 2006 Carlsberg Cup Fourth place 4 2 0 0 2 0 7
Template:Flagicon 2011 Long Teng Cup Winners 1 3 2 1 0 14 4
Template:Flagicon 2016 AYA Bank Cup Fourth place 4 2 0 1 1 2 5
Template:Flagicon 2024 Tri-Nations Series Winners 1 2 1 1 0 4 1
Template:Flagicon 2025 King's Cup Third Place 3 2 1 0 1 9 1
Total 2 Titles

Honours

Continental

Friendly

Awards

  • EAFF Championship Fair Play Award (1): 2010

Summary

Only official honours are included, according to FIFA statutes (competitions organized/recognized by FIFA or an affiliated confederation).

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AFC Asian Cup 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 1 1

See also

References

Notes

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Citations

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External links

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