Sham Shui Po SA

Sham Shui Po Sports Association (Chinese: 深水埗體育會) is a Hong Kong professional football club based in Sham Shui Po District which currently competes in the Hong Kong First Division.

Sham Shui Po

Full name	Sham Shui Po Sports Association
Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Ground	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground
Capacity	2,194
Chairman	Lo Wing Man
League	Hong Kong First Division
2024–25	First Division, 11th of 13
Website	www.facebook.com/hksspfc
Home colours Away colours

History

Sham Shui Po began fielding a football team in the Hong Kong football league system in 2002 as part of a Hong Kong Football Association initiative to involve district representative teams.^[1] Sham Shui Po were part of a group of 11 districts which participated in the inaugural season of this project.

In the 2010–11 season, Sham Shui Po achieved promotion to the Hong Kong Second Division.

In the 2011–12 season, the club was promoted to the top-tier Hong Kong First Division for the first time in the club's history after winning the Second Division league title, but was relegated after finishing bottom out of 10 teams.

In July 2022, Sham Shui Po accepted HKFA's invitation to be promoted to the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League.^[2]

In the 2023–24 season, Sham Shui Po advanced to the final of the Hong Kong FA Cup for the first time in their club history, but was beaten by Eastern in the final and finished runners up eventually.^[3]

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

Retired numbers

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 83 MF  HKG Wong Chun Hin (posthumous)

Season-to-season record

Season	Tier	Division	Teams	Position	Home Stadium	Attendance/G	FA Cup	Senior Shield	League Cup	Sapling Cup
2002–03	3	Third District Division	13				Did not enter	Did not enter	Did not enter	Not held
2003–04	3	Third District Division
2004–05	3	Third District Division
2005–06	3	Third District Division	16	3
2006–07	3	Third District Division	17	5
2007–08	3	Third District Division	16	7
2008–09	3	Third District Division	15	3			First Round
2009–10	3	Third District Division	14	1			Did not enter		Not held
2010–11	2	Second Division	12	1					Did not enter
2011–12	1	First Division	10	10	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	1,006	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals
2012–13	2	Second Division	11	11			Did not enter	Did not enter	Not held
2013–14	3	Third Division	14	5
2014–15	3	Second Division	12	7					Did not enter
2015–16	3	Second Division	12	4						Did not enter
2016–17	3	Second Division	12	7					Defunct
2017–18	3	Second Division	14	6
2018–19	3	Second Division	14	2
2019–20	2	First Division	14	Cancelled
2020–21	2	First Division	14	3			Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	2	First Division	14	Cancelled			Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic			Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022–23	1	Premier League	10	9	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	751	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals		Group Stage
2023–24	1	Premier League	11	9	Sham Shui Po Sports Ground	629	Runners-up	Quarter-finals		Group Stage

Note:

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

Honours

League

• Hong Kong Second Division
  • Champions (1): 2010–11
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• Hong Kong Third Division
  • Champions (1): 2009–10
• Hong Kong Third District Division
  • Champions (1): 2009–10

Cup competitions

• Hong Kong FA Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24

• Hong Kong FA Cup Junior Division
  • Runners-up (1): 2024–25

Head coaches

• Fung Hoi Man (2002–2003)
• Lee Chi Kin (2008–2012)
• Ko Chun Kay (2015–2022)
• Poon Man Tik (2022)
• Kwok Kar Lok (2022–2023)
• Tang Kwun Yin (2023)
• Chan Ho Yin (2023–2024)