Lee Man FC

Lee Man Football Club (Chinese: 理文足球會) are a Hong Kong professional football club based in Tseung Kwan O, which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club is owned by Lee & Man Chemical.

Lee Man
Full nameBranded name:
Lee Man Football Club
Legal registration name:
Lee Man Football Limited
Founded2017 (2017)
GroundTseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Capacity3,500
PresidentNorman Lee
ManagerChan Hiu Ming
LeagueHong Kong Premier League
2020–21HKPL, 3rd of 8
Lee Man Football Club
Traditional Chinese理文足球會
Lee Man
Traditional Chinese理文
Lee Man Football Limited
Traditional Chinese理文足球有限公司

History

Lee & Man Paper were the main sponsors and operators of Rangers during the 2016–17 season. The club played that season using the team name Lee Man Rangers (Chinese: 理文流浪).

The following season, Lee & Man decided to invest their money in building their own football club. They paid a HK$1 million entrance fee to the Hong Kong Football Association for the right to enter a club directly into the Hong Kong Premier League.[1] The club hired former Hong Kong international Fung Ka Ki as their first manager on 3 July 2017.[2] Fung would only last one season as manager as the club finished a disappointing 8th place.

On 21 May 2018, Lee Man hired former Hong Kong and Macau manager Chan Hiu Ming as head coach.[3] Under Chan, the club won its first trophy, capturing the 2018–19 Hong Kong Sapling Cup on 27 April 2019 in a 3–2 victory over Yuen Long.[4]

Team staff
Position Staff
Head coach Chan Hiu Ming
Assistant coach Tsang Chiu Tat
Assistant coach Li Hang Wui
Goalkeeping coach Cheng Ho Man
Fitness coach Lee Kin Wai
Analytical coach Kwok Chun Lam
Technical analyst Yeung Lok Man

Source:

Current squad

First team
As of 5 November 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  HKG Ko Chun
2 DF  HKG Fernando Recio (captain)
3 DF  HKG Tsui Wang Kit
5 DF  HKG Yu Wai Lim
6 MF  HKG Wong Ho Chun
7 FW  HKG Lee Hong Lim
9 FW  ESP Manuel Bleda FP
10 MF  ARG Jonatan Acosta FP
11 FW  HKG Cheng Siu Kwan
12 MF  HKG Law Cheuk Hei
13 MF  HKG Diego Eli
14 DF  ESP José Ángel FP
16 MF  HKG Ngan Lok Fung
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  HKG Chang Hei Yin
18 MF  HKG Zachary Hui
19 FW  BRA Junior Dutra FP
21 DF  HKG Tsang Kam To
26 DF  HKG Wong Chun Ho
28 GK  HKG Chan Ka Ho
29 DF  HKG Yu Pui Hong
31 DF  HKG Yung Hui To
44 MF  HKG Yuto Nakamura
88 GK  HKG Yuen Ho Chun
91 FW  BRA Gil FP
99 FW  KOR Kim Seung-yong FP

Remarks:
LP These players are considered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Season-to-season record
Season Tier Division Teams Position Home Stadium Attendance/G FA Cup Senior Shield Sapling Cup
2017–18 1 Premier League 10 8 Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground 509 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Group Stage
2018–19 1 Premier League 10 9 Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground 627 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Champions
2019–20 1 Premier League 10 4 Sham Shui Po Sports Ground 877 First Round Runner-up Group Stage
2020–21 1 Premier League 8 3 Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground 852 Semi-finals

Note:

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Continental record
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2021 AFC Cup Group J Eastern 1–0 1st
Tainan City 4–1
Athletic 220 5–1
Inter-zone play-off final Nasaf Qarshi 2–3 (a.e.t.)
2022 AFC Cup Play-off round Athletic 220 2–1
Group J Eastern
MUST CPK
Tainan City

Honours

Cup competitions

Managers

References
  1. "上廣州鬥富力來回六粒鐘 港超兵被玩殘". Apple Daily. Retrieved 23 June 2017. (in Chinese)
  2. "理文密密簽唔想再靠借？". on.cc. Retrieved 3 July 2017. (in Chinese)
  3. "理文宣布陳曉明任主教練 曾昭達做副手 盼成「真專業」球會". Ming Pao. Retrieved 21 May 2018. (in Chinese)
  4. "理文雨戰加時3：2挫元朗　稱霸菁英盃成球隊首冠". Ming Pao. Retrieved 27 April 2019. (in Chinese)
  5. "理文來季大搞 挖角飛馬3將 陳曉明或領軍". Ming Pao. Retrieved 10 April 2018. (in Chinese)
  6. "理文宣布陳曉明任主教練 曾昭達做副手 盼成「真專業」球會". Ming Pao. Retrieved 21 May 2018. (in Chinese)
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