Season 2009–10 Dates 6 Sep 2009 – 16 May 2010 Goals scored 277 | Top goalscorer Cahê (14 goals) Location Hong Kong Matches played 90 | |
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Champions South China
40th Hong Kong title AFC Cup South China
TSW Pegasus Biggest home win Citizen 7 – 0 Happy Valley (25 October 2009) Biggest away win Happy Valley 0 – 4 Kitchee (11 September 2009) Relegated Shatin SA, Happy Valley AA People also search for 2008–09 Hong Kong First Division League | ||
2009–10 Hong Kong Football Association First Division League (known as HKFA bma First Division League for sponsorship reasons) is the 98th top tier football league of Hong Kong. Because of the renovation of Mong Kok Stadium which will last for two league seasons, the current First Division League has allocated eight stadia for the eleven participating teams to play their home games.
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The inaugural match was held between South China AA and Tai Chung on 6 September 2009. It was the first time since 1987–88 season that the inaugural match was not played between the former season Champion and runner-up.
Hong Kong Football Association disqualified Tuen Mun Progoal on 27 November 2009 due to Tuen Mun Progoal defaulting on labour insurance.
The title was won by South China, their fourth title in a row. Happy Valley and Shatin were relegated at the end of the season. This is the first ever relegation for Happy Valley and came in their 60th anniversary season. The players from Happy Valley and Fourway Rangers were involved in a match-fixing scandal.
Final league table
Updated to games played on 25 May 2010.
Source: The 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) number of goals scored
1 via 2009–10 Hong Kong FA Cup
2 All Tuen Mun Progoal matches were cancelled.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results
Source: HKFA 1st Division Football League 2009–-2010
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Stadia
^1 Since the Hong Kong Stadium held 2009 East Asian Games in December and 2010 Hong Kong Sevens in March, Kitchee and South China used Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground sometimes after December.
^2 NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po use Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground for 2010 AFC Cup due to Tai Po Sports Ground failed the criteria set by Asian Football Confederation.
^3 Sham Shui Po Sports Ground is the home stadium of Kitchee in later of season.
Top scorers
Only players scored ≥6 is shown.
Team records
As at the match played on 2 January 2010