2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League

The 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.

Hong Kong Premier League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Kitchee
Relegated	Rangers
AFC Champions League	Kitchee
AFC Cup	Tai Po
Matches played	90
Goals scored	302 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lucas Silva (Kitchee) (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Kitchee 7–0 Dreams (10 September 2017) Kitchee 7–0 Rangers (28 January 2018)
Biggest away win	Eastern 1–8 Kitchee (18 January 2018)
Highest scoring	Eastern 1–8 Kitchee (18 January 2018)
Longest winning run	9 matches Kitchee
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Kitchee
Longest winless run	14 matches Rangers
Longest losing run	9 matches Dreams
Highest attendance	5,415 Eastern 1–8 Kitchee (18 January 2018)
Lowest attendance	233 Rangers 1–1 Dreams (13 May 2018)
Total attendance	86,277[1]
Average attendance	956[1]
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League, one renamed team and one newly formed team.

Stadia and locations

R&F

Hong Kong

Location of R&F.

Pegasus

Eastern
Kitchee

Rangers

Yuen Long

Tai Po

Southern

Dreams

Lee Man

_Guangzhou

Locations of the Hong Kong Premier League 2017-18 teams

Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:

Kitchee Eastern	Southern	Yuen Long
Mong Kok Stadium	Aberdeen Sports Ground	Yuen Long Stadium
Capacity: 6,664	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 5,000
Tai Po	Rangers	Pegasus
Tai Po Sports Ground	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	Hong Kong Stadium
Capacity: 3,200	Capacity: 2,194	Capacity: 40,000
Dreams	R&F	Lee Man
Tsing Yi Sports Ground	Yanzigang Stadium	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Capacity: 1,500	Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 3,500

Remarks:
¹The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is artificially reduced from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches.
²The capacity of Yanzigang Stadium is artificially reduced from 2,000 to 1,000.

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Kit sponsor
Dreams FC	Leung Chi Kui	Leung Chi Wing	Chan Wai Ho	Kelme	chatspr
Eastern	Peter Leung	Lee Kin Wo	Yapp Hung Fai	Adidas	O2 Capsule
HK Pegasus	Canny Leung	Yeung Ching Kwong	Chan Siu Ki	Adidas	ZTE
Kitchee	Ken Ng	Chu Chi Kwong	Lo Kwan Yee	Nike	Jockey Club Kitchee Centre
Lee Man	Fung Ka Ki	Fung Hoi Man	Jordi Tarrés	Adidas	Lee & Man Chemical
Rangers	Philip Lee	Su Yang	Igor Miović	Kelme	Mitico
Southern	Chan Man Chun	Cheng Siu Chung	Lam Ho Kwan	Macron	ISUZU
Tai Po	Gary Choy	Lee Chi Kin	Wong Wai	Nike	Sun Mobile
Yuen Long	Wong Wai Shun	Tsang Chiu Tat	Fábio Lopes	Kelme	Sun Bus
R&F	Huang Shenghua	Bito Wu	Roberto	Ucan	R&F Properties

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rangers	Dejan Antonić	Sacked	4 December 2017	10th	Gerard Ambassa Guy	4 October 2017
Eastern SC	Szeto Man Chun	Resigned	19 January 2018	5th	Lee Kin Wo	19 January 2018
Rangers	Gerard Ambassa Guy	Sacked	5 March 2018	10th	Fung Wing Sing	5 March 2018
R&F	Marek Zając	Sacked	12 March 2018	6th	Bito Wu	12 March 2018

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six (including one Asian player) per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches. R&F must have at least eight Hong Kong players in the squad and is allowed to register a maximum of 3 foreigners for the season.[2]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Asian Player	Former Player
Dreams	Pablo Gallardo	Nacho Martínez	Arkaitz Ruiz	Joaquín García	José Galán	Yoon Dong-Hun
Eastern	Diego Eli	Michel Lugo	Vítor Saba	Bruno	Manuel Bleda	Yusuke Igawa	Jo Tae-keun Aleksandr Kokko
HK Pegasus	João Emir	Mahama Awal	Rosen Kolev	Nikola Komazec		Travis Major	Alfonso Artabe Igor Nedeljković
Kitchee	Lucas Silva	Fernando	Krisztián Vadócz	Kim Dong-jin	Diego Forlán	Kim Bong-jin
Lee Man	Denis	Luciano Silva	Stefan	Zé Victor		Son Min-chol
Rangers	Mauricio	Igor Miović	Marko Krasić	Oleksii Shliakotin		Shu Sasaki	Walter Vaz
Southern	Wellingsson	Elias	Carles Martínez	Diego Garrido	Marcos Jiménez	Zesh Rehman	Carlos Rodríguez
Tai Po	David Lazari	Dhiego Martins	Dudu	Eduardo Praes	Igor Sartori	Yuto Nakamura
Yuen Long	Everton Camargo	Juninho	Ticão	Tomas	Aleksandar Ranđelović
R&F	Giovane	Tiago Leonço	Bruninho	N/A	N/A	N/A	Marko Perović

Club	HK Player 1	HK Player 2	HK Player 3	HK Player 4	HK Player 5	HK Player 6	HK Player 7	HK Player 8	HK Player 9	HK Player 10
R&F	Vas Núñez	Roberto	Itaparica	Tsang Kin Fong	Chow Cheuk Fung	Godfred Karikari	Ng Man Hin	Hung Lau	Law King Hei	Wong Kai Yiu

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kitchee (C)	18	16	2	0	67	12	+55	50	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2 or 2019 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Tai Po	18	11	4	3	36	21	+15	37	Qualification to 2019 AFC Cup Play-off round
3	HK Pegasus	18	10	4	4	37	26	+11	34
4	Eastern	18	9	1	8	34	25	+9	28
5	Southern	18	8	2	8	28	27	+1	26
6	Yuen Long	18	6	5	7	21	30	−9	23
7	R&F	18	7	1	10	27	35	−8	22
8	Lee Man	18	4	3	11	22	36	−14	15
9	Dreams FC	18	4	3	11	18	40	−22	15
10	Rangers (R)	18	1	3	14	12	50	−38	6	Relegation to Hong Kong First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Drawing lots (Play-off if the winner has to be decided)
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Kitchee	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tai Po	4	3	3	2	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Hong Kong Pegasus	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Eastern	9	10	9	9	9	9	7	5	5	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Southern	10	5	4	5	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	8	5	5	5	5	5
Yuen Long	7	4	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	6	6	6
R&F	6	7	8	8	8	6	6	7	8	7	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	7
Lee Man	8	9	7	7	7	8	9	8	6	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Dreams	3	6	5	4	5	5	4	3	3	5	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Rangers	5	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader - 2019 AFC Champions League
	Relegation to 2018–19 Hong Kong First Division

Source: Hong Kong Football Association website

Results

Home \ Away	RAN	DSC	EAA	PEG	KIT	SOU	R&F	YLF	LEE	TPO
Rangers		1–1	0–5	1–3	0–6	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–3
Dreams	1–0		0–3	0–5	1–4	4–2	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–1
Eastern	2–0	0–1		3–0	1–8	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–2	1–3
HK Pegasus	1–3	3–1	1–0		1–1	2–2	3–2	2–2	3–2	3–2
Kitchee	7–0	7–0	1–0	1–0		2–2	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–1
Southern	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–4		3–1	3–0	2–1	0–1
R&F F.C. (Hong Kong)	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–2		2–1	1–0	0–2
Yuen Long	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–3	0–3	2–1	1–2		1–0	2–2
Lee Man	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–5	3–1	1–4	0–1		2–2
Tai Po	5–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Kitchee v Eastern

25 August 2017 (2017-08-25)	Kitchee	1–0	Eastern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Vadócz  70'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 4,397 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Southern v HK Pegasus

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26)	Southern	0–1	HK Pegasus	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Nedeljković  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 520 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

Dreams FC v Tai Po

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26)	Dreams FC	1–1	Tai Po	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Ruiz  82'	Report	Eduardo  25'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 973 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Yuen Long v R&F

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)	Yuen Long	1–2	R&F	Yuen Long, New Territories
20:00 (UTC+8)	Lau Ka Ming  14'	Report	Li Rui  28', 63'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 631 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

Rangers v Lee Man

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02)	Rangers	1–1	Lee Man	Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Clayton  90'	Report	Pereira  27'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 565 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Round 2

Southern v Rangers

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09)	Southern	2–1	Rangers	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Hui Wang Fung  45+5' Souza  46'	Report	Chuck Yiu Kwok  64'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 326 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

HK Pegasus v R&F

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09)	HK Pegasus	3–2	R&F	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
17:30 (UTC+8)	Awal  43' Leong Ka Hang  63', 73'	Report	Perović  22' Yang Ziyi  88'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 545 Referee: Tam Bing Wun

Eastern v Tai Po

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09)	Eastern	1–3	Tai Po	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Kokko  29'	Report	Yuen Chun Sing  64' Dudu  86' Wong Wai  88'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Yuen Long v Lee Man

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10)	Yuen Long	1–0	Lee Man	Yuen Long, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Yiu Ho Ming  74'	Report		Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Kitchee v Dreams FC

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10)	Kitchee	7–0	Dreams FC	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lucas  29', 45' (pen.), 76', 84' Sandro  59' (pen.) Jared Lum  78' Lo Kwan Yee  88'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,422

Round 3

Lee Man v Eastern

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)	Lee Man	3–2	Eastern	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
20:00 (UTC+8)	Jordi  17' Law Chun Yan  45' Chiu Chun Kit  52'	Report	Kokko  50', 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 693 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Southern v R&F

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)	Southern	3–1	R&F	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Souza  20', 32' Marcos  90+4'	Report	Li Rui  90+3'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 379 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Yuen Long v Dreams FC

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)	Yuen Long	1–3	Dreams FC	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Ticão  10'	Report	Chan Wai Ho  22' Pablo  33' Joaquín  63'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Rangers v Tai Po

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17)	Rangers	0–3	Tai Po	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Yuen Chun Sing  45+5' Sartori  50' Wong Wai  81'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 722 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

HK Pegasus v Kitchee

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17)	HK Pegasus	1–1	Kitchee	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
17:30 (UTC+8)	Major  87'	Report	Fernando  90'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Round 4

Lee Man v Tai Po

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)	Lee Man	2–2	Tai Po	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Victor  8' Wong Chun Hin  52'	Report	Sartori  32' Dhiego  70'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 572

HK Pegasus v Eastern

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)	HK Pegasus	1–0	Eastern	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
17:30 (UTC+8)	Major  68'	Report		Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 1,288

Rangers v Yuen Long

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)	Rangers	0–1	Yuen Long	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Ranđelović  45'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 481 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Dreams FC v Southern

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)	Dreams FC	4–2	Southern	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lam Hin Ting  16'  73' Joaquín  39' Nacho  45'	Report	Luk Chi Ho  30' Marcos  71'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 767 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

R&F v Kitchee

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)	R&F	1–3	Kitchee	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Hou Junjie  13'	Report	Sandro  45' (pen.) Lum  84' Fernando  90+3'	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 821 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

Round 5

Southern v Yuen Long

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14)	Southern	3–0	Yuen Long	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Marcos  37', 69' (pen.) Souza  87'	Report		Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 530

Kitchee v Tai Po

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14)	Kitchee	2–1	Tai Po	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Vadócz  66' Sandro  89'	Report	Dudu  22'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,392 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Eastern v Dreams FC

28 December 2017 (2017-12-28)	Eastern	0–1	Dreams FC	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Nacho  42'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,073 Referee: Luk Kin-sun

Lee Man v HK Pegasus

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)	Lee Man	0–2	HK Pegasus	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Leung Nok Hang  49' Awal  68'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 402 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

Rangers v R&F

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22)	Rangers	1–3	R&F	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Krasić  76' (pen.)	Report	Leonço  43' Li Rui  69' Giovane  90+2'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Referee: Ng Chiu-kok Assistant referees: Chow Chun-kit, So Kai-man Fourth official: Chan Ming-siu

Round 6

Kitchee v Lee Man

3 November 2017 (2017-11-03)	Kitchee	4–1	Lee Man	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Zhi-Gin Lam  7' Sandro  51', 57' Alex  80'	Report	Lima  90+2'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

Southern v Tai Po

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)	Southern	0–1	Tai Po	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Sartori  44' (pen.)	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 540 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

HK Pegasus v Rangers

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)	HK Pegasus	1–3	Rangers	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
17:30 (UTC+8)	Nedeljković  19' (pen.)	Report	Chuck Yiu Kwok  45', 75' Gaston  56' (pen.)	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 575 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

R&F v Dreams FC

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05)	R&F	2–1	Dreams FC	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Chen Fuhai  26' Giovane  60'	Report	Lui Man Tik  55'	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 868 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Yuen Long v Eastern

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05)	Yuen Long	0–3	Eastern	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	McKee  70' Lugo  83', 90'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,336 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 7

Eastern v Southern

17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)	Eastern	1–0	Southern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Chi Ho  78'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,177

R&F v Lee Man

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18)	R&F	1–0	Lee Man	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Li Rui  77'	Report		Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 821

Dreams FC v Rangers

19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)	Dreams FC	1–0	Rangers	Tsing Yi, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lam Hin Ting  45+2'	Report		Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 643

Yuen Long v Kitchee

19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)	Yuen Long	0–3	Kitchee	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Lucas  23' Alex  52' Vadócz  74'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,315

HK Pegasus v Tai Po

20 November 2017 (2017-11-20)	HK Pegasus	3–2	Tai Po	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
20:00 (UTC+8)	Leung Nok Hang  34' Major  38', 90+3'	Report	Nakamura  7' Kolev  29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 635

Round 8

R&F v Eastern

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)	R&F	1–2	Eastern	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Giovane  20'	Report	Itaparica  32' (o.g.) Xu Deshuai  78'	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 799

HK Pegasus v Dreams FC

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)	HK Pegasus	3–1	Dreams FC	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
17:30 (UTC+8)	Cheung Chi Yung  39' Major  68', 87'	Report	Pablo  80'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 705

Tai Po v Yuen Long

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)	Tai Po	2–2	Yuen Long	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Sartori  58' Chan Hiu Fung  81'	Report	Leung Kwun Chung  40' (o.g.) Chak Ting Fung  62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 927 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

Rangers v Kitchee

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)	Rangers	0–6	Kitchee	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Lo Kwan Yee  9' Alex  20' Sandro  41' (pen.) Vadócz  68' Annan  72' Matt Lam  90+2'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 741 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

Lee Man v Southern

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)	Lee Man	3–1	Southern	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Stefan  13', 19' Lima  26'	Report	Lau Hok Ming  5'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 352 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Round 9

HK Pegasus v Yuen Long

12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)	HK Pegasus	2–2	Yuen Long	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
20:00 (UTC+8)	Major  38' Pereira  71'	Report	Everton  84' Ticão  90+5'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 671 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

R&F v Tai Po

28 January 2018 (2018-01-28)	R&F	0–2	Tai Po	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Sartori  42' Tan Chun Lok  80'	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 816 Referee: Tam Ping-wun

Eastern v Rangers

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13)	Eastern	2–0	Rangers	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Rodríguez  66' McKee  80'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Lee Man v Dreams FC

14 January 2018 (2018-01-14)	Lee Man	1–0	Dreams FC	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lima  1'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 497

Kitchee v Southern

14 January 2018 (2018-01-14)	Kitchee	2–2	Southern	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Sandro  51' Jared Lum  66'	Report	Recio  12' (o.g.) Marcos  26'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 3,203

Round 10

Eastern v Kitchee

18 January 2018 (2018-01-18)	Eastern	1–8	Kitchee	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	McKee  76'	Report	Lucas  2', 62', 68' Igawa  28' (o.g.) Vadócz  38' Jared Lum  55' Fernando  73', 79'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 5,415 Referee: Chan Ming-siu

R&F v Yuen Long

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20)	R&F	2–1	Yuen Long	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Karikari  45+2' Chen Fuhai  89'	Report	Fábio  36'	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 739 Referee: Tong Kui-sum

HK Pegasus v Southern

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20)	HK Pegasus	2–2	Southern	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
17:30 (UTC+8)	Awal  63' Major  90+3'	Report	Marcos  12', 65'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 893 Referee: Lau Fong-hei

Tai Po v Dreams FC

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21)	Tai Po	3–2	Dreams FC	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Praes  27' Dhiego  65' Lee Ka Yiu  77'	Report	Lam Hin Ting  21' Ruiz  45+3'	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 936 Referee: Ho Wai-sing

Lee Man v Rangers

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21)	Lee Man	2–0	Rangers	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Denis  63' Law Chun Yan  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 399 Referee: Tam Ping-wun

Round 11

Lee Man v Kitchee

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03)	Lee Man	1–5	Kitchee	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Pereira  4'	Report	Forlán  21', 45+5', 55' Vadócz  34' Lucas  77'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 1,083 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Dreams FC v R&F

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03)	Dreams FC	0–3	R&F	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Karikari  21' Leonço  67', 90+1'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 389 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Tai Po v Southern

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)	Tai Po	1–0	Southern	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lee Ka Yiu  87'	Report		Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 724 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Rangers v HK Pegasus

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)	Rangers	1–3	HK Pegasus	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Krasić  78' (pen.)	Report	Komazec  47' Awal  66' Major  71'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 279 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

Eastern v Yuen Long

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)	Eastern	1–1	Yuen Long	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lugo  8'	Report	Everton  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 810 Referee: Tam Ping-wun

Round 12

Southern v Dreams FC

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24)	Southern	1–0	Dreams FC	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Marcos de la Espada  25'	Report		Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 487

Eastern v HK Pegasus

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24)	Eastern	3–0	HK Pegasus	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Saba  40' Ng Wai Chiu  73' Bruno  76'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1353

Tai Po v Lee Man

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Tai Po	2–0	Lee Man	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Sartori  58', 63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 676

Yuen Long v Rangers

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25)	Yuen Long	2–1	Rangers	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Ranđelović  70' Lai Yiu Cheong  88'	Report	Mauricio  84'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 694

Kitchee v R&F

26 February 2018 (2018-02-26)	Kitchee	3–1	R&F	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Lucas  69', 90+3' Vadócz  86'	Report	Leonço  45+2'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 997

Round 13

HK Pegasus v Lee Man

2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)	HK Pegasus	3–2	Lee Man	So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island
20:00 (UTC+8)	Major  36', 71' Pereira  54'	Report	Stefan  12' Yu Pui Hong  65'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 531

Tai Po v Kitchee

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)	Tai Po	1–4	Kitchee	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Dhiego  88'	Report	Lucas  5' Sandro  62', 75' Recio  90+4'	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 1821

Yuen Long v Southern

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)	Yuen Long	2–1	Southern	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Ranđelović  59' Everton  77' (pen.)	Report	Marcos  49'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 759

R&F v Rangers

4 March 2018 (2018-03-04)	R&F	2–2	Rangers	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Itaparica  69' Giovane  72'	Report	Sasaki  35' Tang Lok Man  89'	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 743 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

Dreams FC v Eastern

4 March 2018 (2018-03-04)	Dreams FC	0–3	Eastern	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	McKee  18' Bruno  69' (pen.) Bleda  73'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 796

Round 14

Kitchee v Rangers

28 January 2018 (2018-01-28)	Kitchee	7–0	Rangers	Mong Kok, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Forlán  38', 61' Lucas  45+1', 45+2' Alex  81', 90' Paulinho  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,475 Referee: Lau Fong-hei

Eastern v R&F

9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)	Eastern	5–0	R&F	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Vítor Saba  8' Bruno  35', 45+1' Lee Hong Lim  65' Bleda  79'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 739 Referee: Lau Fong-hei Assistant referees: Law Ming Leong, Yau Tsz Yeung Fourth official: Law Bik Chi

Southern v Lee Man

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10)	Southern	2–1	Lee Man	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Marcos  48' Wellingsson  60'	Report	Matt Lam  10'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 759 Referee: Chan Ming-siu Assistant referees: Cheng Oi-cho, Amarjit Sarao Fourth official: Ip Chi-wing

Yuen Long v Tai Po

11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)	Yuen Long	2–2	Tai Po	Yuen Long, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Camargo  48' (pen.), 81'	Report	Dudu  5' Eduardo Praes  90+6'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,037 Referee: Tang Hing Fu Assistant referees: Chow Chun Kit, Lo Ka Fai Fourth official: So Kai Man

Dreams FC v HK Pegasus

11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)	Dreams FC	0–5	HK Pegasus	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	João Emir  30' (pen.), 46' Mbome  50' Chan Siu Ki  52' Major  72'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 740 Referee: Tam Ping Wun Assistant referees: Lam Nai Kei, Wong Ping Chung Fourth official: Wong Kei Hoi

Round 15

R&F v HK Pegasus

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31)	R&F	1–3	HK Pegasus	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Li Rui  90+4'	Report	Awal  14' Wu Chun Ming  63' Major  77'}	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 793 Referee: Chan Ming-siu Assistant referees: Chow Chun-kit, Ching Oi-cho Fourth official: Leung Chung-yin

Dreams FC v Kitchee

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31)	Dreams FC	1–4	Kitchee	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Yoon Dong-hun  16'	Report	Vadócz  9' Sandro  14' Kim Dong-jin  18' Paulinho  79'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 1359 Referee: Liu Kwok-man Assistant referees: Fok Pong-shing, So Yue-hang Fourth official: Wong Kei-hoi

Rangers v Southern

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01)	Rangers	0–3	Southern	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Beto  40' Souza  69' Leung Tsz Chun  81'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 458 Referee: Yu Kin-fung Assistant referees: Law Ming-leong, Wong Wai-lun Fourth official: Ng Wai-hong

Lee Man v Yuen Long

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01)	Lee Man	0–1	Yuen Long	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Everton  73'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 344 Referee: Ng Chiu-kok Assistant referees: Lo Yuk-ming, Poon Chun-kit Fourth official: Wong Ka-ho

Tai Po v Eastern

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)	Tai Po	1–0	Eastern	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Dudu  22'	Report		Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 1070 Referee: Lau Fong-hei Assistant referees: Lam Nai-kei, Yau Tsz-yeung Fourth official: Law Bik-chi

Round 16

Kitchee v HK Pegasus

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)	Kitchee	1–0	HK Pegasus	Mong Kok, Kowloon
20:00 (UTC+8)	Lucas  4'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2759 Referee: Liu Kwok-man Assistant referees: Law Ming-leong, Sarao Amarjit Singh Fourth official: Ng Chiu-kok

R&F v Southern

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)	R&F	1–2	Southern	Guangzhou, Guangdong
14:30 (UTC+8)	Leonço  6'	Report	Chan Siu Kwan  63' Marcos  90+4'	Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 770 Referee: Wong Kei-hoi Assistant referees: Fok Pong-shing, Yau Tsz-yeung Fourth official: Yu Kin-fung

Eastern v Lee Man

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)	Eastern	3–2	Lee Man	Mong Kok, Kowloon
17:30 (UTC+8)	Bai He  50' Bleda  63' McKee  90+3'	Report	Tse Long Hin  11' Ngan Lok Fung  16'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 879 Referee: Lau Fong-hei Assistant referees: Law Bik-chi, Sian Massey-Ellis Fourth official: Tam Ping-wun

Tai Po v Rangers

15 April 2018 (2018-04-15)	Tai Po	5–1	Rangers	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Leung Kwun Chung  11' Dhiego  17' Wong Wai  49' Sartori  62', 73'	Report	Miović  79'	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 411 Referee: Luk Kin-sun Assistant referees: Chow Chun-kit, So Kai-man Fourth official: Suen Ming-shum

Dreams FC v Yuen Long

15 April 2018 (2018-04-15)	Dreams FC	0–1	Yuen Long	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Tomas  62'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 496 Referee: Tam Ping-wun Assistant referees: Lam Nai-kei, Wong Ping-chung Fourth official: Wong Ka-ho

Round 17

Southern v Kitchee

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28)	Southern	1–4	Kitchee	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Souza  53'	Report	Jordi  21' Paulinho  59' Cheng Chin Lung  73', 81'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 838 Referee: Lau Fong-hei

Tai Po v R&F

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29)	Tai Po	2–0	R&F	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Wong Wai  28' Dudu  76'	Report		Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 570 Referee: Liu Kwok-man

Dreams FC v Lee Man

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29)	Dreams FC	2–2	Lee Man	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Yoon Dong-hun  29' Chan Wai Ho  41'	Report	Stefan  20', 24'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 544 Referee: Chan Ming-siu

Rangers v Eastern

1 May 2018 (2018-05-01)	Rangers	0–5	Eastern	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Clayton  9' Lo Kong Wai  30' Bleda  58' Lugo  63' Igawa  77'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 563 Referee: Law Bik-chi

Yuen Long v HK Pegasus

1 May 2018 (2018-05-01)	Yuen Long	3–3	HK Pegasus	Yuen Long, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Juninho  37', 48' Fábio  76'	Report	Fong Pak Lun  66' Pereira  79' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 2006 Referee: Ng Chiu-kok

Round 18

Southern v Eastern

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)	Southern	3–2	Eastern	Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island
14:30 (UTC+8)	Marcos  15', 24' Beto  78'	Report	Xu Deshuai  58' Lugo  66' (pen.)	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 413 Referee: Ng Chiu-kok

Tai Po v HK Pegasus

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)	Tai Po	2–1	HK Pegasus	Tai Po, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Eduardo  69' Sean Tse  89'	Report	Chan Siu Ki  11'	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 1427 Referee: Ho Wai-sing

Rangers v Dreams FC

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)	Rangers	1–1	Dreams FC	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lam Hin Ting  54'	Report	Sasaki  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 233 Referee: Wong Kei-hon

Lee Man v R&F

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)	Lee Man	1–4	R&F	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Wong Chun Hin  55'	Report	Giovane  25', 90' Chen Fuhai  61' Leonço  83'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 240 Referee: Law Bik-chi

Kitchee v Yuen Long

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)	Kitchee	2–0	Yuen Long	Mong Kok, Kowloon
14:30 (UTC+8)	Paulinho  87' Fernando  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2251 Referee: Yu Kin-fung

Scoring

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lucas Silva	Kitchee	15
2	Travis Major	HK Pegasus	13
	Marcos de la Espada	Southern
4	Sandro	Kitchee	10
5	Igor Sartori	Tai Po	9
6	Krisztián Vadócz	Kitchee	8
7	Everton Camargo	Yuen Long	7
	Wellingsson	Southern
	Stefan	Lee Man
10	Li Rui	R&F	6
	João Emir	HK Pegasus
	Leonço	R&F
	Giovane	R&F

As of matches played 13 May 2018[3]

Hat-tricks

Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first. Teams in bold are home teams.

#	Player	Nationality	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
1	Lucas^4	Brazil	Kitchee	Dreams FC	7–0	10 September 2017	[4]
2	Lucas	Brazil	Kitchee	Eastern Long Lions	8–1	18 January 2018	[5]
3	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	Kitchee	Lee Man	5–1	3 February 2018	[6]

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Matches
1	Yapp Hung Fai	Eastern	8
2	Wang Zhen Pang	Kitchee	6
3	Tsang Man Fai	Tai Po	4
	Zhou Yuchen	R&F
5	Tse Tak Him	Southern	3
	Leung Hing Kit	Pegasus FC
	Pang Tsz Kin	Lee Man
8	Chan Ka Ho	Yuen Long	2
	Paulo	Hoi King

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Kitchee	19,228	4,397	997	2,136	+21.9%^†
2	Eastern	13,597	5,415	739	1,511	−21.4%^†
3	Yuen Long	10,162	2,006	631	1,129	−19.1%^†
4	Tai Po	8,562	1,821	411	951	+24.5%^†
5	Pegasus	7,470	1,627	531	830	+14.6%^†
6	R&F	7,170	868	739	797	+285.0%^†
7	Dreams	6,707	1,359	389	745	+62.0%^†
8	Lee Man	4,582	1,083	240	509	n/a^1
9	Southern	4,434	838	326	493	−7.3%^†
10	Rangers	4,365	741	233	485	−6.6%^†
	League total	86,277	5,415	233	956	+4.0%^†

Source: Soccerway
Notes:
1: Team did not play in the Premier League last season

Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards

Awards	Prize Winner	Club	Votes
Footballer of the Year	Krisztián Vadócz	Kitchee	79.22%
Coach of the Year	Chu Chi Kwong	Kitchee	56.56%
Young Players of the Year	Cheng Chin Lung	Kitchee	70.82%
	Lam Hin Ting	Dreams	34.21%
Players' Player	Krisztián Vadócz	Kitchee	41
Most Favorite Player	Krisztián Vadócz	Kitchee	3,030
Hong Kong Top Footballers
Goalkeeper	Wang Zhenpeng	Kitchee	49.42%
Defenders	Tong Kin Man	Kitchee	69.59%
	Cheung Chi Yung	Pegasus	51.23%
	Kim Bong-jin	Kitchee	39.57%
	Fábio	Yuen Long	37.79%
Midfielders	Krisztián Vadócz	Kitchee	79.22%
	Wong Wai	Tai Po	50.83%
	Fernando	Kitchee	49.64%
	Huang Yang	Kitchee	44.59%
Forwards	Everton Camargo	Yuen Long	56.25%
	Lucas Silva	Kitchee	42.94%

References

1. "Hong Kong Football Association Ltd". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
2. "富力來季外援註三出二　將簽8至9名U22球員". HK 01. Retrieved 19 June 2017. (in Chinese)
3. "Hong Kong Football Association – Top Scorers". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
4. "Kitchee 7 Dreams FC 0". Hong Kong Football Association. 10 September 2017.
5. "Eastern Long Lions 1 Kitchee 8". Hong Kong Football Association. 18 January 2018.
6. "Lee Man 1 Kitchee 5". Hong Kong Football Association. 3 February 2018.