Southern District FC: Difference between revisions

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| season = [[2022-232023–24 Hong Kong Premier League|2022–232023–24]]

| position = HKPLPremier League, 5th of 1011

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Southern District entered the newly formed [[Hong Kong Third District Division League|Hong Kong Third District Division]] during the 2002–03 season. However, the team did not reach the [[Hong Kong Third Division League Finalfinal Roundround]] and thus did not get promotion in the first few years of their history.

In the 2006–07 season, they reached the Finalfinal Roundround for the first time since the club was formed. They were the runners up of the Third District Division and qualified for the Finalfinal Roundround, however, they could not get promotion as they only managed to gain two points.

In the 2007–08 season, they retained last season's good performance, reached the Finalfinal Roundround again as they were again the 1st runner-up of Third District Division League, 9 points behind [[Shatin SA|Shatin]]. Unfortunately, they could not gain the promotion again as they were 4 points behind the promotion places.

In the 2008–09 season, they could not qualify for the Finalfinal Roundround as they only placed at 4th of Third District Division.

They were finally promoted to the [[Hong Kong Second Division League|Hong Kong Second Division]] for the first time in the 2009–10 season. They were the 1st runner-up of the Third District Division League and competed with the other 3 teams in the Finalfinal Roundround for promotion. Although they only placed at 3rd in the final round, [[Eastern Sports Club|Eastern]] decided not to accept promotion and the right to be promoted was passed to Southern who did accept.

They were branded as '''Royal Southern''' in the 2013–14 season, and finished 4th out of 12 teams. However, the club chose to self-relegate after the end of the season.

They returned to the top flight in the 2015–16 season. Starting from this season, the club was rebranded as '''Kwoon Chung Southern''' due to sponsorship reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=冠忠巴士集團有限公司 - 企業社會責任 |url=https://www.kcbh.com.hk/charity_events.php |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.kcbh.com.hk}}</ref>

Southern matched their table position from 2016–172016 to 2017 with another third-place finish in [[2018–19 Hong Kong Premier League|2018–19]]. The club also reached the finals of [[Hong Kong FA Cup]] for the first time, losing 2–0 to [[Kitchee SC|Kitchee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern and Kitchee ready for FA Cup Final |url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/241/14/112/1558605217272.html |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=chinadailyhk |language=en}}</ref>

In September of 2018, the canopy of the main grandstand at Aberdeen Sports Ground was damaged due to [[Typhoon Mangkhut]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Jonathan |title=Typhoon Mangkhut: Hong Kong sport counts the cost of damage to facilities as repairs begin |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2164552/typhoon-mangkhut-hong-kong-sport-counts-cost-damage-facilities-and |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> Although a temporary canopy was erected over the opposite grandstand in order to allow Southern to continue to use the stadium for the remainder of the [[2018–19 Hong Kong Premier League|2018–19 season]], the [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] determined that installation of a new canopy on the main grandstand was to begin in June of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notice |url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/facilities/facilitieslist.html |website=Leisure and Cultural Services Department |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref> As the renovations were scheduled to last until the end of March 2020, Southern applied to use [[Mong Kok Stadium]] as their home stadium for the [[2019–20 Hong Kong Premier League|2019–20 season]].<ref>{{cite web |title=「華人射手」落選港足？ 夏志明解畫：望球會與港隊盡早溝通 |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/252040 |website=Sportsroad.hk |access-date=21 May 2019}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref>

==TeamClub staffofficials==

|HeadClub coachpresident|| {{flagicon|HKG}} [[YeungChan ChingMan Kwong]]Chun

|TechnidalClub directorchairman|| {{flagicon|HKG}} [[ChengWong SiuCheuk Chung]]Tim

|AssistantHead coach|| {{flagicon|BRAHKG}} [[BetoYeung Ching FronzaKwong]]

|GoalkeepingTechnical coachdirector|| {{flagicon|HKG}} [[FanCheng ChunSiu YipChung]]

|PhysiotherapistAssistant coach||{{flagicon|HKG}} EllaPui YeungHo Wang

|PhysiotherapistAssistant coach||{{flagicon|HKG}} Fong Ho[[Ju KeeYingzhi]]

|MediaAssistant directorcoach||{{flagicon|HKGBRA}} [[TseBeto Tak HimFronza]]

|FansGoalkeeping club officercoach||{{flagicon|HKG}} Lo[[Fan WaiChun TatYip]]

{{Fs player|no=1 4|nat=HKGJPN|pos=GKDF|name=[[ChoyKota Tsz ToKawase]]}} ^FP

{{Fs player|no=4 6|nat=JPNBRA|pos=DFMF|name=[[Kota KawaseKessi]]}} ^FP

{{Fs player|no=5 8|nat=BRAHKG|pos=DFMF|name=Júnior[[Lee GoianoKa Yiu]]}} ^FP

{{Fs player|no=1215|nat=HKG|pos=DFMF|name=[[TomasLai MaronesiKak Yi]]}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Raphaël Merkies]]}} ^FP

{{Fs player|no=4790|nat=NGABRA|pos=FW|name=[[RobertJackson Odu]]Sousa}} ^FP

==Reserve= teamUnder-18's squad ===

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{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos=MF DF|name=LoCheung WaiLok TatMan}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos=MF DF|name=TsangSo YikCheuk ShunHin}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKGUSA|pos=MF DF|name=Pui HoJett WangJewett}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKGNEP|pos=DF |name=Sham KwokReeyaz FaiGurung}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos=DF MF|name=BetoLai Wai FronzaChun}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKGIND|pos= MF|name=Chan ChunMann LokSuresh LochlanNankani}}

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{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= FW|name=KwanCheung HeiHo ShumKiu}}

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{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= |name=WongKwong Pak Ho Yin}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= |name=Chan PuiLee KeiJustin}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= |name=LuNg HongKa WaYiu}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= |name=MokNg PoYui YinCheung}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= |name=TamTo ChiNgo HengSam}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= |name=HardikpreetTsang Ho SinghYiu}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=HKG|pos= |name=YuengTsang ManHok NokLam}}

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| rowspan="2" align="center" style="background:gray;" |Not held

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|align=center bgcolor=silver|RunnerRunners-up

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|align=center stylebgcolor="background:gray;"silver|Runners-up

| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:gray;" |Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

|align=center style="background:gray;"|'''Cancelled'''

| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:gray;" |Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

| align="center" style="background:gray;" |Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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*{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Yeung Ching Kwong]] (2023–2023–present)