Hong Kong Chinese official football team

Hong Kong Chinese official football team (Chinese: 華聯 or 港華) was a football team held by the Chinese Football Association of Hong Kong, a sub-association of the Hong Kong Football Association, the Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation of Hong Kong  [zh] and China National Football Association of Taiwan. It was a feeder team of China national football team (1947–1949) and later Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1949 to 1971. Some players of Hong Kong Chinese also chose to represent Hong Kong national football team instead (official match since 1954); none of the player represented China national football team.

The team participated in annual Governor's Cup [zh], a competition that Chinese from Hong Kong against Western expatriates from Hong Kong,[1] as well as Ho Ho Cup,[2][3][4] a competition against Malayan Chinese. However, in 1969 edition, South Korean Huh Yoon-jung also received call-up.[4]

The team also one of the teams to participate in friendly match against football club that visited Hong Kong,[5][6][7][8] along with Hong Kong national football team and Hong Kong League XI .

The team also toured in Australia in 1953[9][10][11][12] and Asia in August 1959.[13]

## History

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A predecessor of the team, had against the local military team in 1933.[14] The team also won a competition (Chinese: 麗華杯) in 1936, also against the British military teams that garrisoned in Hong Kong.[15] At that time Hong Kong national football team (Hong Kong Football Association) was not a member of FIFA.

## References

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1. ^ "督憲盃初賽華聯陳容選出鮑景賢許竟成分別當選守門教練". Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 28 December 1956 - via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
2. ^ "Hong Kong keep Cup". The Straits Times. 8 June 1959. Retrieved 8 September 2017 - via Singapore National Library.
3. ^ "和和杯足球賽港華蟬聯三屆冠軍七比二擊敗馬華隊觀眾達一萬七千人". Nanyang Siang Pau (in Chinese). Singapore. 8 June 1959. Retrieved 9 September 2017 - via Singapore National Library.
4. ^ a b "港華和和杯賽名單馬華昨發表職員廿人陣容壯大球員十七位包括韓名將許允正". Nanyang Siang Pau. Singapore. 13 July 1969. Retrieved 9 September 2017 - via Singapore National Library.
5. ^ Written at Hong Kong. "Costa Ricans edge Chinese". The Straits Times. Singapore. 7 May 1959. Retrieved 18 December 2017 - via Singapore National Library.
6. ^ "西德華關明交鋒 許竟成蘇北論形勢". Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 29 January 1963 - via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
7. ^ "華聯備戰不懈韓軍明午壓境". Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 29 August 1963 - via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
8. ^ "華聯陣容昨已排定". Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 8 May 1970 - via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
9. ^ "Socceroo B Matches 1953".
10. ^ "Olympians in soccer side". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 1953. Retrieved 9 September 2017 - via archive of National Library of Australia.
11. ^ "Games Soccer player to tour". The Sun. Sydney. 13 July 1953. Retrieved 9 September 2017 - via archive of National Library of Australia.
12. ^ "Chinese soccer star withdraws". Queensland Times. 16 July 1953. Retrieved 9 September 2017 - via archive of National Library of Australia.
13. ^ 華聯在星慘敗詳情. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 15 August 1959. p. 8 - via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
14. ^ 華聯隊大敗英國海陸軍. The Kung Sheung Evening News (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. 23 January 1933 - via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
15. ^ 華聯隊榮獲麗華杯. Chinese Mail (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 9 March 1936 - via Hong Kong Public Libraries.