Lee Man FC

Football club

Lee Man

Full name| Branded name:
Lee Man Football Club
Legal registration name:
Lee Man Football Limited
Nickname(s)| Golden Dragon
Founded| 2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Ground| Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Capacity| 3,500
Owner| Lee & Man Paper
Chairman| Norman Lee
Head coach| Tsang Chiu Tat
League| Hong Kong Premier League
2023–24| 1st of 11

Home colours

Away colours

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Lee Man Football Club

Traditional Chinese| 理文足球會
| Transcriptions

Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Lei2man4 Zuk1kau4wui2
Lee Man
Traditional Chinese| 理文
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Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Lei2man4
Lee Man Football Limited
Traditional Chinese| 理文足球有限公司
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Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Lei2man4 Zuk1kau4 Jau5haan6gung1si1

Lee Man Football Club (Chinese: 理文足球會) is 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 won their first ever league title in the 2023–24 season winning the league being unbeaten in their maiden season.

## History[edit]

Lee Man Football Club was established on 19 June 2017 by Lee Man Football Limited with the aim of promoting football in Hong Kong and allowing Hong Kong football players to shine with the club.

During the 2017–18 season, Lee Man Football Limited decided to invest their money in building their own football club. They paid a HK$1million 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] Lee Man recorded their first ever win in the club history on 15 September in a 3–2 league win against Eastern with Spanish player Jordi Tarrés scoring the club's first official goal. However, Manager Fung Ka Ki would only last one season as manager since the club finished a disappointing 8th place.

### First ever piece of silverware[edit]

On 21 May 2018, Lee Man hired former Hong Kong national team and Macau national team head coach Chan Hiu Ming as its manager.[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]

Lee Man participated in their first ever intercontinental tournament, the AFC Cup qualifying straight to the 2021 AFC Cup group stage, On 23 June 2021, Lee Man recorded their first win in the tournament against another local club, Eastern SC with Gil scoring the only goal in the match in a 1–0 win. Lee Man went on to win all of their group stage match winning Taiwanese club Tainan City 4–1 on 26 June and winning against Mongolian club Athletic 220 thrashing them 1–5 on 29 June thus qualifying to the Inter-zone play-off finals playing against Uzbekistani club Nasaf on 20 October. Throughout the match, Lee Man put up a good fight against Nasaf drawing with them 2–2 thus seeing them both going through extra time, however in the first half of extra time, opponent player Andrija Kaluđerović scored the goal for Nasaf which would see Lee Man bowed out from the tournament with the final score being 3–2.

Lee Man then qualified for the 2022 AFC Cup group stage being placed with the same opponent in 2021, but this time, the club bowed out from the tournament early in the group stage.

On 5 February 2023, Chan was sacked by Lee Man after a disappointing performance and on 27 April 2023, Tsang Chiu Tat was appointed as the manager of the club. Lee Man finished the 2022–23 season as runners-up which sees the club qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying phase. On 16 August 2023, Lee Man thrashed Indonesian club Bali United 5–1 at home which saw them qualified for the play-off round against 2022 AFC Champions League winner, Urawa Red Diamonds, however, Lee Man lost 3–0 to the Japanese side at the Saitama Stadium 2002 which see their opponent qualified to the group stage.

### First league title with an unbeaten run[edit]

On 19 May 2024, Lee Man secured their first ever Hong Kong Premier League title after a 6–1 victory against Sham Shui Po.[5] The club become the fourth club to win the league title and the second club to win the league title unbeaten by winning 17 times and drawing 3 times. Lee Man also directly qualified for the inaugural 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage.

## Stadium[edit]

Lee Man played their home matches at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground which can holds a capacity up to 5,000.

## Current squad[edit]

### First team[edit]

As of 10 June 2024[6]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  HKG | Ko Chun
4  | DF |  JPN | Ryoya Tachibana FP
5  | DF |  HKG | Yu Wai Lim
6  | MF |  HKG | Wu Chun Ming
7  | MF |  NED | Mitchel Paulissen FP
8  | FW |  HKG | Everton Camargo
9  | FW |  EST | Henri Anier FP
10  | MF |  ARG | Jonathan Acosta FP
11  | FW |  HKG | Cheng Siu Kwan
13  | DF |  HKG | Li Ngai Hoi
14  | DF |  ESP | José Ángel FP
15  | DF |  HKG | Fung Hing Wa
16  | MF |  HKG | Ngan Lok Fung
17  | FW |  HKG | Chang Hei Yin
18  | MF |  HKG | Zachary Hui
19  | DF |  HKG | Yu Pui Hong
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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20  | FW |  BRA | Paulinho Simionato FP
21  | MF |  HKG | Wong Long Kaa
22  | DF |  HKG | Jim Ho Chun
23  | MF |  HKG | Wong Wai
25  | GK |  HKG | Poon Sheung Hei
26  | DF |  HKG | Wong Chun Ho
28  | GK |  HKG | Chan Ka Ho
30  | FW |  HKG | Hon Shing Wing
32  | DF |  HKG | Dudu
33  | MF |  HKG | Diego Eli
39  | FW |  HKG | Yeung Long Yat
88  | GK |  HKG | Yuen Ho Chun
-- | DF |  HKG | Yung Hui To
-- | MF |  HKG | Law Cheuk Hei
-- | FW |  HKG | Manuel Bleda

### Out on loan[edit]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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

## Club official[edit]

Position  | Staff

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Head coach |  Tsang Chiu Tat
Assistant coach |  Jordi Tarrés
Assistant coach |  Chu Siu Kei
Goalkeeping coach |  Cheng Ho Man
Fitness coach |  Lee Kin Wai
Analytical coach |  Kwok Chun Lam

Source:[citation needed]

## Season-to-season record[edit]

Season  | Tier  | Division  | Teams  | Position  | Home Stadium  | Attendance/G  | FA Cup | Senior Shield | Sapling Cup | HKPLC Cup

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2017–18 | 1  | Premier League | 10  | 8 | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | 509  | Quarter-finals  | Quarter-finals  | Group Stage  | Not held
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  | Runners-up  | Group Stage
2020–21 | 1  | Premier League | 8  | 3 | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | 852  | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic  | Semi-finals
2021–22 | 1  | Premier League | 8  | Cancelled | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | 943  | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022–23 | 1  | Premier League | 10  | 2 | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | 817  | Quarter-finals  | Semi-finals  | Runners-up
2023–24 | 1  | Premier League | 11  | 1 | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | 716  | Semi-finals  | Semi-finals  | Group stage  | Runners-up

Note:

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

## Continental record[edit]

Season  | Competition  | Round  | Opponent  | Home  | Away  | Aggregate

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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 | 1–3  | 2nd
Tainan City | 3–1
2023–24 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary stage |  Bali United | 5–1
Play-off stage |  Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–3
2024–25 | AFC Champions League Two | Group stage  | TBD  |  |  |
TBD  |  |
TBD  |  |

## Honours[edit]

### League[edit]

* Hong Kong Premier League
* Champions (1): 2023–24
* Runners-up (1): 2022–23

### Cup competitions[edit]

* Hong Kong Sapling Cup
* Champions (1): 2018–19
* Runners-up (1): 2022–23
* Hong Kong Senior Shield
* Runners-up (1): 2019–20
* Hong Kong Premier League Committee Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2023–24

## Performance records[edit]

### Performance by coach[edit]

Coach  | From  | To  | Achievements

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Fung Ka Ki | 1 July 2017  | 9 April 2018  |
Fung Hoi Man | 10 April 2018  | 20 May 2018  |
Chan Hiu Ming | 21 May 2018  | 5 February 2023[7] | – 2018–19 Hong Kong Sapling Cup
Tsang Chiu Tat | 2023  | present | – 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League

## References[edit]

1. ^ "上廣州鬥富力來回六粒鐘 港超兵被玩殘". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017. (in Chinese)
2. ^ "理文密密簽唔想再靠借？". on.cc. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019. (in Chinese)
5. ^ 港超聯 理文大勝6比1 首奪聯賽冠軍 on.cc 19 May 2024
6. ^ "球隊資料-理文足球會官方網頁". www.leemanfootball.com. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
7. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018. (in Chinese)

## External links[edit]

* Official Site
* Lee Man FC on Facebook
* Lee Man FC on Instagram
* Lee Man FC's channel on YouTube

* v
* t
* e

Lee Man FC - current squad

* 1 Ko Chun
* 4 Tachibana
* 5 Yu Wai Lim
* 6 Wu Chun Ming
* 7 Paulissen
* 8 Everton
* 9 Anier
* 10 Acosta
* 11 Cheng Siu Kwan
* 13 Li Ngai Hoi
* 14 Ángel
* 15 Fung Hing Wa
* 16 Ngan Lok Fung
* 17 Chang Hei Yin
* 18 Hui
* 19 Yu Pui Hong
* 20 Paulinho
* 21 Wong Long Kaa
* 22 Jim Ho Chun
* 23 Wong Wai
* 25 Poon Sheung Hei
* 26 Wong Chun Ho
* 28 Chan Ka Ho
* 30 Hon Shing Wing
* 32 Dudu
* 33 Diego
* 39 Yeung Long Yat
* 88 Yuen Ho Chun

* Head Coach: Tsang Chiu Tat

* v
* t
* e

Lee Man FC seasons

* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

* v
* t
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Hong Kong Premier League

Seasons|

* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

Clubs|

| 2023–24|

* Eastern
* HKFC
* HK U23
* Kitchee
* Lee Man
* North District
* Rangers
* Resources Capital
* Sham Shui Po
* Southern
* Tai Po

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Former|

* Dreams FC
* Happy Valley
* Hoi King
* Metro Gallery
* Pegasus
* R&F
* South China
* Wong Tai Sin
* Yuen Long

Lists and statistics|

* Champions
* Hat-tricks
* Seasons
* Transfers
* Venues

Associated competitions|

* FA Cup
* Senior Shield
* Sapling Cup
* HKPLC Cup
* Reserve Division
* AFC Champions League 2

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