2025–26 Hong Kong Premier League

Hong Kong Premier League
Season	2025–26
Dates	29 August 2025 – 17 May 2026
Matches	83
Goals	260 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuel Granada; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Lee Man 8–1 Eastern; (24 January 2026)
Biggest away win	Kowloon City 0–5 Kitchee; (2 November 2025)
Highest scoring	Lee Man 8–1 Eastern; (24 January 2026)
Longest winning run	12 matches; Kitchee
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches; Kitchee
Longest winless run	11 matches; HKFC
Longest losing run	8 matches; HKFC
Highest attendance	2,706; Eastern 0–1 Kitchee; (29 August 2025)
Lowest attendance	178; Rangers 5–2 HKFC; (25 January 2026)
Total attendance	64,332
Average attendance	775
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 22 March 2026.

The 2025–26 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.^[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams compete in the league, including the top 9 teams from the previous season and 1 team promoted from the First Division League.^[2]

Eastern District will play in the Premier League for the first time in their history this season.

Club	Founded	Position 2024–25
Tai Po	2002	1st
Lee Man	2017	2nd
Eastern	1932	3rd
Kitchee	1931	4th
Southern	2002	5th
Kowloon City	2002	6th
Rangers	1958	7th
North District	2002	8th
HKFC	1886	9th
Eastern District	2002	8th in First Division

Yellow denotes a newly promoted club entering the league this year.

Stadia and locations

Eastern
Kitchee
Lee Man

Locations of the 2025–26 Hong Kong Premier League clubs

Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:

Eastern Kitchee Lee Man	Eastern District	HKFC	Kitchee	Kowloon City
Mong Kok Stadium	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground	HKFC Stadium	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground
Capacity: 6,664	Capacity: 11,981	Capacity: 2,750	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 2,194

North District	Rangers	Southern	Tai Po
North District Sports Ground	Tsing Yi Sports Ground	Aberdeen Sports Ground	Tai Po Sports Ground
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 1,500	Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 3,200

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Chest Sponsor
Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Eastern	Cheng Kai Ming	Manuel Torres	Leung Chun Pong	Adidas	Synagistics
Eastern District	Goldbert Chi Chiu	Ng Wai Chiu	Hélio	Kelme
HKFC	Mark Grainger	Chancy Cooke	Cheng Chun Wang	Puma^[3]	The Executive Centre
Kitchee	Ken Ng	Iñigo Calderón	Tan Chun Lok	Nike	EDPS
Kowloon City	Wong Siu Kei	Fung Hoi Man	Tsang Kam To	MC Sportswear	Resources Capital
Lee Man	Norman Lee	Darren Read (interim)	Ngan Lok Fung	Macron	Lee & Man Chemical
North District	Chu Ho Yin	Chan Chi Hong	Lo Kong Wai Elian Villalobos^[a]	Kelme	Golik
Rangers	Peter Mok	Poon Man Tik	Lau Chi Lok	Kelme	EGL Tours
Southern	Matthew Wong	Pui Ho Wang	Shu Sasaki	Kelme	CRRC
Tai Po	Lam Yick Kuen	Lee Chi Kin	Gabriel Cividini	Kelme	Tai Po Sports Association

^ "Chinese captain is Lo Kong Wai and vice-captain is Law Hiu Chung; Foreign captain is Elian Villalobos and vice-captain is Danilo Santos."^[4]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Lee Man	Chu Siu Kei (interim)	Appointed to permanent role				31 May 2025^[5]
Kitchee	Edgar Cardoso	End of contract	1 June 2025	Pre-season	Iñigo Calderón	4 July 2025^[6]
Eastern District	Raúl Coloma	Change of role	10 July 2025		Ng Wai Chiu	10 July 2025^[7]
Kowloon City	Chan Ming Kong		4 August 2025		Yau Tsz Yeung	4 August 2025^[8]
Rangers	Wong Chin Hung		22 August 2025		Poon Man Tik	22 August 2025
Kowloon City	Yau Tsz Yeung		21 September 2025	6th	Chan Ming Kong	21 September 2025^[9]
Kowloon City	Chan Ming Kong	Mutual consent	7 November 2025	6th	Fung Hoi Man	17 November 2025^[10]
Eastern	Roberto Losada	Mutual consent	18 December 2025	8th	Cristiano Cordeiro (interim)	18 December 2025^[11]
Eastern	Cristiano Cordeiro (interim)	End of interim role	8 January 2026	8th	Manuel Torres	8 January 2026^[12]
Lee Man	Chu Siu Kei	Sacked	8 March 2026	2nd	Darren Read (interim)	8 March 2026^[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Kitchee (X)	17	15	2	0	45	15	+30	47	Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
2	Lee Man (X)	16	10	4	2	44	16	+28	34
3	North District (X)	17	8	6	3	33	24	+9	30
4	Tai Po (X)	17	8	4	5	33	25	+8	28
5	Eastern	16	6	3	7	23	27	−4	21

6	Southern (Y)	17	5	3	9	17	26	−9	18^[b]
7	Kowloon City	17	5	3	9	20	32	−12	18^[b]
8	Eastern District	16	5	3	8	14	12	+2	18^[b]
9	Rangers	16	5	1	10	19	35	−16	16
10	HKFC (Y)	17	1	1	15	12	48	−36	4	Relegation to First Division League

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. 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).
(X) Assured of a top five finish; (Y) Assured of a bottom five finish
Notes:

^ Teams play each other twice (18 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top five and the bottom five).
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Southern 7, Kowloon City 4, Eastern District 2

Results

Home and away

Home \ Away	EAS	EDS	HKF	KIT	KLC	LEE	NOR	RAN	SOU	TPF
Eastern	—	1–0	11 Apr	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	4 Apr	3–1	1–2
Eastern District	1–0	—	3–0	0–1	0–1	3 Apr	0–2	4–0	0–1	11 Apr
HKFC	0–4	0–2	—	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–1	2–2
Kitchee	2–1	1–0	5–2	—	4–0	1–0	3–3	12 Apr	3–0	4–2
Kowloon City	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–5	—	1–4	2–2	5–1	12 Apr	0–2
Lee Man	8–1	1–0	7–1	2–3	0–0	—	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–2
North District	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	12 Apr	—	2–1	2–1	1–1
Rangers	1–1	0–1	5–2	0–3	2–3	1–2	2–1	—	1–0	0–2
Southern	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–4	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–2	—	2–1
Tai Po	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–5	0–2	6–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: HKFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Split

After 18 matches, the league splits into two groups of five teams. The top five are grouped into the Championship Group and the bottom five into the Challenging Group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Championship Group

Home \ Away	KIT	LEE	3rd	4th	5th
Kitchee	—	18 Apr	—	—	17 May
Lee Man	—	—	—	17 May	26 Apr
3rd	25 Apr	9 or 10 May	—	—	—
4th	1 May	—	18 Apr	—	—
5th	—	—	1 May	9 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: HKFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Challenging Group

Home \ Away	6th	7th	8th	9th	HKF
6th	—	19 Apr	—	—	16 May
7th	—	—	—	16 May	25 Apr
8th	26 Apr	9 or May	—	—	—
9th	3 May	—	19 Apr	—	—
HKFC	—	—	3 May	10 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: HKFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played

	Win
	Draw
	Lose

Team ╲ Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Match
Eastern	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L
Eastern District	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
HKFC	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Kitchee	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Kowloon City	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D
Lee Man	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D
North District	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	D
Rangers	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L
Southern	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D
Tai Po	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: Hong Kong Football Association website

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 March 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Samuel Granada	North District	15
2	Yu Okubo	Eastern	10
3	Everton Camargo	Lee Man	9
3	Adrián Revilla	Kitchee	9
5	Noah Baffoe	Lee Man	8
	Yumemi Kanda	Kitchee
	Leandro Martínez	Kitchee
	Paulinho Simionato	Tai Po
9	Marcos Gondra	Eastern	7
	Nassam Ibrahim	Rangers
	Luizinho	Kowloon City
	Stefan Pereira	Southern

Hat-tricks

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

#	Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
1	Everton Camargo	Lee Man	HKFC	7–1	1 November 2025	^[14]
2	Juninho	Kitchee	Kowloon City	5–0	2 November 2025	^[15]
3	Noah Baffoe	Lee Man	Tai Po	5–3	17 January 2026	^[16]
4	Everton Camargo	Lee Man	Eastern	8–1	24 January 2026	^[17]
5	Nassam Ibrahim	Rangers	HKFC	5–2	25 January 2026	^[18]
6	Luizinho	Kowloon City	Rangers	5–1	1 March 2026	^[19]

Clean sheets

As of 22 March 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Matches
1	Chan Ka Ho	Lee Man	6
1	Paulo César	Eastern District	6
3	Pong Cheuk Hei	Kitchee	5
4	Yuen Ho Chun	Kowloon City	4
5	Lo Siu Kei	Tai Po	3
	Ng Wai Him	Southern
	Wang Zhenpeng	Kitchee
8	Gianni Cassaro	Eastern	2
	Li Hon Ho	North District
	Tse Ka Wing	Tai Po

Attendances

As of 22 March 2026

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Kitchee	9,479	2,374	500	1,186	+25.4%^†
1	Lee Man	10,410	2,559	493	1,157	+101.6%^†
3	Eastern	7,762	2,706	582	1,109	+7.6%^†
4	Eastern District	7,477	2,623	348	1,068	n/a¹
5	Tai Po	7,546	1,270	445	838	−31.8%^†
6	HKFC	6,052	1,160	375	672	+8.6%^†
7	Kowloon City	4,256	1,142	220	532	−0.7%^†
8	North District	4,097	950	361	512	+34.4%^†
9	Rangers	3,673	568	178	408	−4.9%^†
10	Southern	3,580	556	292	398	−6.1%^†
	League total	64,332	2,706	178	775	+13.1%^†

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

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[5] "Chinese captain is Lo Kong Wai and vice-captain is Law Hiu Chung; Foreign captain is Elian Villalobos and vice-captain is Danilo Santos."^[4]

[15] Teams play each other twice (18 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top five and the bottom five).

[table_hth_SOU0.3654709604408-16] Head-to-head points: Southern 7, Kowloon City 4, Eastern District 2

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