Resources Capital FC

Resources Capital Football Club (Chinese: 晉峰足球會) is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong First Division. It was known as Tai Chung Football Club (Chinese: 大中足球會) for the first 34 years of its existence before rebranding in 2016. ^[1]

Resources Capital

Full name	Resources Capital Football Club Limited
Founded	1982; 43 years ago (1982) as Tai Chung Publisher 2016; 9 years ago (2016) as Resources Capital Football Club
President	Hanson Wong
Chairman	Henry Tang
Head coach	Tai Sze Chung
League	Hong Kong First Division League
2024–25	First Division, 7th of 13
Website	https://www.facebook.com/RCFootballClub
Home colours Away colours

History

Tai Chung has competed in the Hong Kong football league system league since 2001. Between 2009 and 2011, Tai Chung once competed in the First Division, the top-flight league in Hong Kong at that time. Since their relegation in 2011, the club has competed in the second-tier amateur league.

In 2016, the club was acquired by Tang Wai Ho, and was renamed as Resources Capital.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, club ownership increased the budget to $6 million and turned the club into a professional outfit, aiming to gain promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League in the following season.^[2] Despite the cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Resources Capital were granted promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League by the HKFA board of directors.^[3]

On 21 June 2024, the club announced that they would self-relegate into the First Division.^[4]

Supporter groups

Resources Capital has a small supporters group active at all home and away games. The group was formed at the start of the 2020–21 Hong Kong Premier League season after the club grew in popularity among HKPL supporters. The fan group is known as "The Pink Army". At home games at Tsing Yi Sports Ground, "The Pink Army" was based at Zone H.

Name history

• 1982–2005: Tai Chung (大中)
• 2005–2008: EU Tai Chung (東盟大中)
• 2008–2009: Advance Tai Chung (駿昇大中)
• 2009–2016: Tai Chung (大中)
• 2016–: Resources Capital (晉峰)

Season-to-season record

Season	Tier	Division	Teams	Position	Home Stadium	Attendance/G	FA Cup	Senior Shield	League Cup	Sapling Cup
2005–06	3	Third A Division		3			Did not enter	Did not enter	Did not enter	Not held
2006–07	3	Third A Division	20	2
2007–08	2	Second Division	10	7
2008–09	2	Second Division	10	2
2009–10	1	First Division	11	8	Kowloon Bay Sports Ground	353	First Round	Quarter-finals	Not held
2010–11	1	First Division	10	9	Kowloon Bay Sports Ground	268	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals
2011–12	2	Second Division	12	8			Did not enter	Did not enter	Did not enter
2012–13	2	Second Division	11	4					Not held
2013–14	2	Second Division	12	6
2014–15	2	First Division	15	13					Did not enter
2015–16	2	First Division	14	10						Did not enter
2016–17	2	First Division	14	9					Defunct
2017–18	2	First Division	16	9
2018–19	2	First Division	14	7
2019–20	2	First Division	14	Cancelled
2020–21	1	Premier League	8	7	Tsing Yi Sports Ground	575	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic			Group Stage
2021–22	1	Premier League	8	Cancelled	Tsing Yi Sports Ground	469	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic			Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022–23	1	Premier League	10	8	Tsing Yi Sports Ground	524	First Round	Quarter-finals		Group Stage
2023–24	1	Premier League	11	11	Tsing Yi Sports Ground	350	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals		Group Stage

Note:

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

Honours

League

• Hong Kong Second Division
  • Runners-up (1): 2008–09
• Hong Kong Third A Division
  • Champions (1): 2006–07

Cup competitions

• Hong Kong FA Cup Junior Division
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Head coaches

• Chan Ho Yin (2009–2010)
• Dejan Antonić (2010–2011)
• Tim Bredbury (2012–2013)
• Yu Siu Chee (2013–2015)
• Ho Shun Yin (2015–2019)
• Joan Esteva (2019–2022)
• Tang Kwun Yin (2022)
• Ho Shun Yin (2022)
• Joan Esteva (2022–2023)
• Ha Hyeok-jun (2023–2024)
• Ho Shun Yin (2024)
• Tai Sze Chung (2024–)