Hong Kong Rangers FC

Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (Chinese: 流浪足球會), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. They have won the Hong Kong First Division once, the Senior Shield 4 times, and the Hong Kong FA Cup twice.

Rangers
Full nameHong Kong Rangers Football Club
Founded1958, as Rangers Football Team
1960, as Hong Kong Rangers FC
GroundTuen Mun Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground
Capacity2,200
PresidentPeter Mok
Director of FootballPhilip Lee
Co-Head coachesChiu Chung Man
Wong Chin Hung
LeagueHong Kong Premier League
2019–20Withdrew
WebsiteClub website


History

Formation to 2000

The club was founded in 1958 by a Scottish expatriate from Glasgow named Ian Petrie. He named his club after Rangers. It was the first Asian football club with a modern football club managing system. In the early days, the club could not compete with the bigger clubs financially so Petrie relied on young players and the team was known as a breeding ground for young players. Kwok Ka Ming was the best known players discovered by Petrie in the 1960s. In 1970, the club brought three Scottish professional players to Hong Kong. They were the first European professional players to play in the Hong Kong League, opening a new chapter in Hong Kong's football history. Great players such as Ian Taylor, Joe Brennan, Jimmy Liddell, and Derek Currie were a few to name. More were to follow in the 1980s such as Steve Paterson, Jimmy Bone and Tommy Nolan.

2000–2018

Since 12 October 2001, the club had been named after its sponsor, Buler, resulting in the name Buler Rangers up until Summer 2006. On 15 September 2007, the club announced that it has secured a large sponsorship from Bulova, a watch brand which used to fund a famous Hong Kong football team decades ago, and used Bulova Rangers as the team name.

In 2011, the team changed their name as Kam Fung. They were the champions of the 2011–12 Hong Kong Second Division and were promoted to the Hong Kong First Division. The club has since renamed itself as Biu Chun Rangers due to being sponsorship by Biu Chun Watch Hands (except for the 2016–17 season when the club was renamed as Lee Man Rangers due to sponsorship reasons).

In the early part of the 2000s, Rangers' investment in youth player produced various Hong Kong internationals including Chan Wai Ho, Man Pei Tak, Lam Ka Wai and Lo Kwan Yee. However, this investment dried up in the later part of the 2010s resulting in lower budgets and declining performances of the club.[1]

2018–

Following a last place finish in the 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League, Rangers were relegated back the First Division after a six-year stay in the top flight.[2] Former Hong Kong international Wong Chin Hung was hired as the club's head coach.

Despite a third place finish in the 2018–19 season, Rangers were promoted back into the Hong Kong Premier League on 15 July 2019 following Dreams FC's decision to self-relegate.[3] However, in April 2020, Rangers announced that they would withdraw from the league due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.

Team staff
Position Staff
Director of football Philip Lee
Co-head coaches Chiu Chung Man
Wong Chin Hung
Assistant coach Lai Ka Fai
Assistant coach Su Yang
Goalkeeping coach Cheung Wai Hong
Technical director Fung Wing Shing
Team manager But Yiu Wai

Source:

Current squad

First Team

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 Lo Siu Kei
4 DF  HKG Man Wai Fung
5 DF  PAR Pablo Leguizamón FP
6 MF  HKG Wong Chin Hung
7 FW  ARG Diego Cañete FP
8 MF  HKG Wong Pun Wai
10 MF  ARG Leandro Bazán FP
11 MF  HKG Chan Wai Lok
14 FW  HKG Lee Si Wang
16 FW  HKG Christian Annan
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  HKG Aender Naves
19 DF  HKG Poon Pak On
25 MF  HKG Cheung Ka Chun
26 DF  HKG Chung Sing Lam
27 MF  HKG Tang Lok Man
28 GK  HKG Chow Kwan Chun
32 DF  HKG Tita
55 DF  HKG Jean-Jacques Kilama
89 MF  HKG Au Yeung Yiu Chung


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

Reserve team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
—  HKG Lee Lok Man
—  HKG Kwok Tsz Ho
—  HKG Cheng See Chun Barnett
—  HKG M Yeung Nicholas W
—  HKG Daniel Yen
—  HKG Tang Pak Man
No. Pos. Nation Player
—  HKG Chan Ka Wing
—  HKG Kwok Chun On
—  HKG Mak Chuek Kan
—  HKG Wong Tsz Hin
—  HKG Chan Lik Hang

Continental record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995–96 Asian Cup Winners Cup First round bye
Second round Yokohama Flügels 1–3 4–2 3–7

Honours

Major trophies are listed below.

League
Champions (1): 1970–71
Champions (2): 1964–65, 2011–12
Champions (1): 1991–92

Cup competitions
  • Hong Kong Senior Shield
Champions (4): 1965–66, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1994–95
Runners-up (2): 1975–76, 1981–82
Champions (2): 1976–77, 1994–95
Runners-up (3): 1974–75, 1982–83, 2002–03
  • Hong Kong Viceroy Cup
Champions (2): 1973–74, 1974–75

Seasons
Season Team name League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Senior
Shield		 FA Cup League Cup Junior
Shield		 Notes
2005–06 Buler Rangers D1 314734241924 First round First round Group stage — Hong Kong–Shanghai Championship – Runners-up
Cite du Louvre Cup – 3rd
2006–07 Rangers D1 418774231928 First round Semi-finals Group stage —
2007–08 Bulova Rangers D1 1018297193515 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Group stage — Relegated to D2
2008–09 Rangers D2 618657323223 — — — First round
2009–10 Ongood D2 4161015493131 — — — —
2010–11 Biu Chun D2 722949373831 — — — Third round
2011–12 Kam Fung D2 1221624692450 — — — Second round Promoted to First Division League

Remarks:
FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Retired numbers

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  HKG Cheung Yiu Lun (posthumous)

Managers
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See also
  • Fourway Athletics

References
  1. Chan, Sun Jiu; So, Chi Yeung. "亞洲首支職業隊　本地波「兵工廠」造星無數". HK01. Retrieved 22 April 2018. (in Chinese)
  2. "流浪主場不敵富力 提早兩輪篤定包尾 降班或獲挽留仍是未知數". Ming Pao. Retrieved 22 April 2018. (in Chinese)
  3. Yuen, Chi Ho. "足總通過夢想退賽申請　港甲季軍標準流浪獲邀升班". HK01. Retrieved 15 July 2019. (in Chinese)
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