2017–18 Lee Man FC season

The 2017-18 season was the first season in Lee Man Football Club's existence, and their first year in Hong Kong Premier League, top flight football in Hong Kong, and also the FA Cup.

Lee Man 2017–18

Owner	Norman Lee
Manager	Fung Ka Ki (to 9 April 2018) Fung Hoi Man (from 10 April 2018)
Stadium	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Premier League	8th
Senior Shield	Quarter-finals
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Sapling Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Stefan (7) All: Stefan (14)
Highest home attendance	1,083 (vs Kitchee SC, 3 February 2018)
Lowest home attendance	240 (vs R&F, 13 May 2018)
Average home league attendance	509
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ip Ka Yu		24 December 1996 (age 21)	Lee Man Rangers	2017	1	0
19	Luk Felix		17 May 1994 (age 23)	Lee Man Rangers	2017		0
20	Wong Tsz Chung		16 June 1995 (age 22)	Hong Kong Pegasus FC	2017		0
25	Tai Ting Hong		22 March 2003 (age 14)		2017	1	0
Defenders
5	Son Min-chol		27 October 1986 (age 31)	Songkhla United	2017	19	0
22	Tse Long Hin		6 February 1995 (age 22)	(on loan from Eastern Sports Club)	2017		1
23	Tse Fu Man		12 February 1996 (age 21)		2017	0	0
24	Lee Kai Chi		20 April 1998 (age 19)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
26	Fok Pak Hin Felix		18 March 1999 (age 18)		2017
27	Yu Pui Hong		7 February 1995 (age 22)	Dreams Sports Club	2017
36	Marco Wegener		15 August 1995 (age 22)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
38	Chiu Chun Kit (c)		4 October 1984 (age 33)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
87	Luciano Silva da Silva		13 June 1987 (age 30)	Yuen Long FC	2017
Midfielders
6	Emmet Wan		26 March 1992 (age 25)	(on loan from Kitchee SC)	2017
11	Cheng Tsz Sum		20 March 1999 (age 18)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
12	Lai Yiu Cheong		25 September 1988 (age 29)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
15	Wong Chun Hin		9 July 1995 (age 22)	(on loan from Eastern Sports Club)	2017
16	Ngan Lok Fung		26 January 1993 (age 24)	(on loan from Kitchee SC)	2017
17	Chow Ka Lok Leo		17 April 1999 (age 18)		2017
21	Law Chun Yan		21 June 1994 (age 23)		2017
29	Matt Lam		10 September 1989 (age 28)	(on loan from Kitchee SC)	2018
30	Zé Victor		8 March 1990 (age 27)	Serra Macaense Futebol Clube	2017
37	Chan Ming Kong		1 July 1985 (age 32)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
Forwards
7	Stefan (footballer)		16 April 1988 (age 29)	Yuen Long FC	2017
10	Man Ka Wing Daniel		29 July 1994 (age 23)	Hong Kong FC	2017
13	Hui Ka Lok		5 January 1994 (age 23)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
14	Denis Lima de Assis		29 December 1989 (age 28)	Lee Man Rangers	2017
18	Jordi Tarrés (footballer)		16 March 1981 (age 36)	(on loan from Kitchee SC)	2017	7	1

Loans

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Ref
July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	6	Emmet Wan	Kitchee SC	[1]
July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	15	Wong Chun Hin	Eastern Sports Club	[2]
July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	16	Ngan Lok Fung	Kitchee SC	[3]
July 2017	9 Jan 2018	FW	18	Jordi Tarrés	Kitchee SC	[4]
July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	22	Tse Long Hin	Eastern Sports Club	[5]
11 January 2018	30 June 2018	MF	29	Matt Lam	Kitchee SC	[6]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Ref.
24 January 2018	30 June 2018	MF	12	Lai Yiu Cheong	Yuen Long FC	[7]

Club officials

Club Coach Staff

Club Coach Staff
Position	Name
Head coach	Fung Ka Ki (to 9 April 2018)
	Fung Hoi Man (from 10 April 2018)
Assistant Coach	Fung Hoi Man
Assistant Coach	Lam Hing Lun
Goalkeeping Coach	Tong Ka Ming

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hong Kong Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	R&F	18	7	1	10	27	35	−8	22
8	Lee Man	18	4	3	11	22	36	−14	15
9	Dreams FC	18	4	3	11	18	40	−22	15

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. 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)

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L
Position	8	9	7	7	7	8	9	8	6	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Hong Kong Football Association website
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Matches

Sun Bus Yuen Long v Lee Man

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 1	Sun Bus Yuen Long	1–0	Lee Man	Yuen Long
14:30 (UTC+8)	Carlos Augusto Bertoldi  71' Yiu Ho Ming 74'	Report	Chan Ming Kong  32' Chiu Chun Kit 89' Victor 90+3'	Stadium: Yuen Long Stadium Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Lee Man v Eastern Long Lions

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) 2	Lee Man	3–2	Eastern Long Lions	Tseung Kwan O
20:00 (UTC+8)	Jordi 17' Law Chun Yan 45' Chiu Chun Kit 52' 63' Luk Felix  78'	Report	Saba  12' Kokko 50', 56' (pen.) Lugo  68' Ju Yingzhi  85'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 693 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Lee Man v Wo Foo Tai Po

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 3	Lee Man	2–2	Wo Foo Tai Po	Tseung Kwan O
14:30 (UTC+8)	Victor 8' Chiu Chun Kit  31' Wong Chun Hin 52'	Report	Sartori 32' Dhiego 70' Chan Hiu Fung  82'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 532 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Kitchee v Lee Man

3 November 2017 (2017-11-03) 4	Kitchee	4–1	Lee Man	Mongkok
14:30 (UTC+8)	Andreas Lam 7' Sandro 51', 57' Akande 80'	Report	Ngan Lok Fung  73' Lima 90+2'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

R&F v Lee Man

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 5	R&F	1–0	Lee Man	Guangzhou
14:30 (UTC+8)	Li Rui 87'	Report		Stadium: Yanzigang Stadium Attendance: 821

Lee Man v HK Pegasus

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 6	Lee Man	0–2	HK Pegasus	Tseung Kwan O
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 402

BC Rangers v Lee Man

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 7	BC Rangers	1–1	Lee Man	Sham Shui Po
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Stefan 27'	Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground Attendance: 565

Lee Man v Kwoon Chung Southern

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 8	Lee Man	3–1	Kwoon Chung Southern	Tseung Kwan O
17:30 (UTC+8)	Stefan 13', 19' Lima 26'	Report	Lau Hok Ming 5'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 352

Lee Man v Dreams FC

14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) 9	Lee Man	1–0	Dreams FC	Tseung Kwan O
14:30 (UTC+8)	Lima 1'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 497

Lee Man v BC Rangers

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) 10	Lee Man	2–0	BC Rangers	Tseung Kwan O
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lima 63' Law Chun Yan 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 399

Lee Man v Kitchee

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 11	Lee Man	1–5	Kitchee	Tseung Kwan O
17:30 (UTC+8)	Stefan 4'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 1,083

Tai Po v Lee Man

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25) 12	Tai Po	2–0	Lee Man	Tai Po
14:30 (UTC+8)	Igor Sartori 58', 63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 676

HK Pegasus v Lee Man

2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 13	HK Pegasus	3–2	Lee Man	So Kon Po
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Stefan 12' Yu Pui Hong 65'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 531

Kwoon Chung Southern v Lee Man

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 14	Kwoon Chung Southern	2–1	Lee Man	Aberdeen
14:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Matt Lam 10'	Stadium: Aberdeen Sports Ground Attendance: 401 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

Lee Man v Sun Bus Yuen Long

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) 15	Lee Man	0–1	Sun Bus Yuen Long	Tseung Kwan O
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Everton 73'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 344 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Eastern v Lee Man

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 16	Eastern	3–2	Lee Man	Mongkok
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Tse Long Hin 11'  76' Ngan Lok Fung 16'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 879 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Dreams FC v Lee Man

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) 17	Dreams FC	2–2	Lee Man	Tsing Yi
17:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Stefan 20', 24'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 544 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

Lee Man v R&F

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) 18	Lee Man	1–4	R&F	Tseung Kwan O
14:30 (UTC+8)	Wong Chun Hin 55'	Report		Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 240 Referee: Law Bik Chi

Hong Kong FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Hong Kong FA Cup

Lee Man v Dreams FC

31 December 2017 (2017-12-31) First Round	Lee Man	3–1	Dreams FC	Tsing Yi, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Denis 39' Zé Victor 41' Stefan 57'	Report	Lali 18' Galán  59'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 1,159 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Kitchee v Lee Man

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) Quarter Final	Kitchee	4-3	Lee Man	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Diego Forlán 12' Sandro 23' Kim Dong-jin  59' Jared Lum 60' Cancela  84' Sandro 84' Guo Jianqiao  90'		Stefan 7' 90+1' (pen.) Ze Victor  45' Tse Long Hin 55'  90+3' Matthew Lam  82'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 724 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

Main article: 2017–18 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

R&F v Lee Man

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) First Round	R&F	1–2	Lee Man	Tsing Yi, New Territories
17:30 (UTC+8)	Tsang Kin Fong  38' Deng Yan Lin  64' Roberto Júnior 68' Vasudeva Das  74'	Report	Victor 15' Luciano 53' Wong Chun Hin  86'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 346 Referee: Chan Ming Siu

Southern v Lee Man

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) Quarter Final	Southern	2-0	Lee Man	Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
14:30 (UTC+8)	Marcos 2' Spitz  19' Wellingsson 27'		Son Min-chol  22' Luk Felix  58'	Stadium: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Attendance: 456 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Hong Kong Sapling Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Hong Kong Sapling Cup

Dreams FC v Lee Man

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)	Dreams FC	2–1	Lee Man	Tsing Yi, Hong Kong
17:30 UTC+8	Joaquín García 29' Cheng Chin Lung 43'	Report	Stefan 78'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground

Lee Man v Eastern

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)	Lee Man	0–0	Eastern	Diamond Hill, Hong Kong
14:30 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground

Yuen Long v Lee Man

11 February 2018 (2018-02-11)	Yuen Long	1–2	Lee Man	Diamond Hill, Hong Kong
14:30 UTC+8	Aleksandar Randelovic 21'	Report	Stefan 65' Lima 90'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground

Lee Man v Tai Po

18 March 2018 (2018-03-18)	Lee Man	3–3	Tai Po	Tsing Yi, Hong Kong
17:30 UTC+8	Emmet Wan  43' Stefan 48', 67' (pen.), 88'	Report	Chan Hiu Fung 7' Emmet Wan 57' (OG) Lee Ka Yiu 59' Cheung Chak Wai  69' David Lazari  90+1'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 324 Referee: So Kai Man