Southern District FC: Difference between revisions

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

| position = Premier League, 5th of 11

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>

The club claimed their first silverware in the form of the [[2022–23 Hong Kong Sapling Cup|2022–23 Sapling Cup]] with a 2-02–0 win over [[Lee Man FC|Lee Man]] aided by a brace by [[Stefan Pereira]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-20 |title=Southern beat Lee Man to win Sapling Cup in Hong Kong season finale |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3221245/sapling-cup-final-kwoon-chung-southern-beat-lee-man-claim-hong-kong-seasons-last-silverware |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=South China Morning Post |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=17|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Raphaël Merkies]]}} ^FP

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

| rowspan="10" align="center" |–''Did not enter''

| rowspan="10" align="center" |–''Did not enter''

| rowspan="7" align="center" |–''Did not enter''

| rowspan="13" align="center" style="background:gray;" |Not held

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

| rowspan="2" align="center" |–''Did not enter''

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

|align=center|–''Did not enter''

|align=center|–''Did not enter''

|align=center bgcolor=silver|RunnerRunners-up

| rowspan="8" align="center" style="background:gray;" |Defunct

|align=center bgcolor=silver|RunnerRunners-up

|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)