Resources Capital FC

Resources Capital Football Club (Chinese: 晉峰足球會) is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. It was known as Tai Chung Football Club for the first 34 years of its existence before rebranding in 2016. [1]

Resources Capital
Full nameResources Capital Football Club Limited
Founded1982 as Tai Chung Publisher
GroundPo Kong Village Road Park
Capacity1,000
PresidentWong Chun Hung
ChairmanTang Wai Ho
Head CoachHo Shun Yin
LeagueHong Kong Premier League
2019–201st, First Division (before cancellation, promoted)
WebsiteClub website

The team's plays most of its home matches at Po Kong Village Road Park.

History

Tai Chung has competed in the Hong Kong football league system league since 2001. Between 2009 and 2011, Tai Chung once competed in the First Division, the top-flight league in Hong Kong at that time. Since their relegation in 2011, the club has competed in the second-tier amateur league.

In 2016, the club was acquired by Tang Wai Ho, and was renamed as Resources Capital.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, club ownership increased the budget to $6 million and turned the club into a professional outfit, aiming to gain promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League in the following season.[2] Despite the cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Resources Capital FC were granted promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League by the HKFA board of directors.[3]

Team staff
Position Staff
Head coachHo Shun Yin
Coach Joan Esteva
Assistant coachChung Chun Ho
Assistant coachCheung Wai Chung
Goalkeeping coachHo Kwok Chuen

Source: Resources Capital FC

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 Lam Chun Kit
2 DF  HKG Siu Pak Lam
3 DF  HKG Ho Chun Ho
5 DF  HKG Tsang Chung Nam
7 MF  HKG Lam Fu Kwai
8 MF  HKG Mak Hei Yue
9 FW  HKG Wong Wai Kwok
10 MF  HKG Liu Yik Shing
13 DF  HKG Tai Sze Chung
14 GK  HKG Law Ho Yeung
15 MF  HKG Lau Kwan Ching
16 GK  HKG Ho Kwok Chuen
17 FW  HKG Ho Sze Chit
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  HKG Cheung Wai Fung
19 FW  HKG Chan Lok Him
20 DF  HKG Chan Ching Him
21 FW  HKG Gauravdeep Singh
23 DF  ENG Jordon Brown LP
24 MF  HKG Ma Man Ching
26 MF  HKG Law Chun Yan
27 FW  BRA Felipe Sá FP
29 MF  HKG Law Ho Yin
30 MF  ESP Carles Tena FP
34 MF  HKG Wong Ching Tak
39 DF  HKG Wong Lok

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

Recent seasons
Season Team name Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P HKFA Cup Junior Division Notes
2015–16 Tai ChungFirst Division10267217346323Quarter-finals
2016–17 Resources CapitalFirst Division9268612506230Third Round
2017–18 Resources CapitalFirst Division93012513565941Quarter-finals
2018–19 Resources CapitalFirst Division7269512414132Runner-up

Honours

League
Runners-up (1): 2008–09
Champions (1): 2006–07

Cup
Runners-up (1): 2018–19
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References
  1. "晉峰足球會 updated their profile picture". Facebook. Resources Capital FC. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. Hseun, Ka Man. "半職業式組軍 班費600萬 晉峰會長：不為升班而升班". Apple Daily. Retrieved 24 August 2019. (in Chinese)
  3. Chan, Kin Wa. "HKFA: Newly signed Premier League players given green light for restart thanks to FIFA exemption". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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