2019–20 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division
Season	2019–20
Champions	N/A (season abandoned)
Promoted	Resources Capital
Matches played	87
Goals scored	354 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stefan Pereira (Citizen) (19 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Resources Capital 8–0 Sham Shui Po (8 September 2019)
Biggest away win	Icanfield 1–9 HKFC (1 December 2019)
Highest scoring	King Fung 9–3 Wong Tai Sin (11 November 2019)
Longest winning run	6 matches HKFC
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches Resources Capital
Longest winless run	9 matches Wong Tai Sin Sham Shui Po
Longest losing run	9 matches Sham Shui Po
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Hong Kong First Division League was the 6th season of Hong Kong First Division since it became the second-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014–15.^[2] The season began on 7 September 2019 and ended on 16 April 2020 when the Hong Kong Football Association announced the cancellation of all lower division seasons due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.^[3]

League leaders Resources Capital applied for promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League at season's end and were accepted on 24 June 2020.^[4]

Teams

Changes from last season

From First Division

Promoted to the Premier League

Relegated to the Second Division

To First Division

Relegated from the Premier League

Promoted from the Second Division

Name changes

Dreams FC renamed as King Fung
Metro Gallery renamed as Icanfield

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Resources Capital (P)	13	9	3	1	29	11	+18	30	Promotion to Premier League
2	King Fung	13	8	1	4	44	27	+17	25
3	HKFC	12	8	1	3	38	18	+20	25
4	South China	13	7	3	3	30	19	+11	24
5	Eastern District	11	7	1	3	29	14	+15	22
6	Central & Western	13	6	3	4	22	24	−2	21
7	Wing Yee	12	5	3	4	27	27	0	18
8	Citizen	13	5	1	7	34	33	+1	16
9	Hoi King	12	4	3	5	23	20	+3	15
10	Sha Tin	13	4	2	7	24	27	−3	14
11	North District	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	12
12	Icanfield	12	3	2	7	12	38	−26	11
13	Wong Tai Sin	13	2	4	7	21	34	−13	10
14	Sham Shui Po	12	1	0	11	7	39	−32	3

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2020. 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
(P) Promoted

Top scorers

As of 16 April 2020^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stefan Pereira	Citizen	19
2	Jose Leonardo	Eastern District	12
2	Tiekoro Sissoko	King Fung	12
4	Jose Cabot Almela	Wing Yee Property	11
5	Ye Jia	South China	10
6	Caleb Ekwegwo	King Fung	9
6	To Hon To	Eastern District	9
8	Chan Kin Fai	Central & Western	8
8	Sham Kwok Keung	Citizen	8

References

^ ^a ^b "First Division Top Scorer". HKFA.
^ "Hong Kong First Division". HKFA. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "Announcement on 2019-20 and 2020-21 BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ Yuen, Chi Ho. "足總成功爭取轉會特事特辦　晉峰升班來季至少9隊參賽". HK01. Retrieved 24 June 2020. (in Chinese)

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