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2024–25 JC Sapling Cup
Tournament details
Country	Hong Kong
Dates	12 October 2024 – 1 May 2025
Teams	9
Defending champions	Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	22 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	2,916 (365 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Matheus Chulapa (3 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 ⊟; All statistics correct as of 17 November 2024.

Kitchee 2023–24 season
President	Ken Ng
Head Coach	Chu Chi Kwong
Stadium	Mong Kok Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 ⊟

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The 2024–25 season is Kitchee's 43rd season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Kitchee has competed in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup, Sapling Cup this season.

Squad

First team

As of 9 January 2024

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Wang Zhenpeng	(1984-05-05) 5 May 1984 (age 40)	Dalian Shide	2005	2025
13	Ainikaer Maihemuti ^FP	(2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 22)	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	2023	2025
Defenders
2	Law Tsz Chun	(1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 27)	Youth Team	2008	2025
5	Hélio	(1986-01-31) 31 January 1986 (age 38)	Citizen	2014	2025
15	Roberto	(1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 41)	R&F (Hong Kong)	2021	2025
18	Oliver Gerbig	(1998-12-12) 12 December 1998 (age 25)	Virginia Cavaliers	2022	2025
33	Sedin Ramić ^FP	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23)	Radnik Hadžići	2024	2025
77	Fernando	(1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 (age 38)	Eastern	2022	2025
	Ngan Cheuk Pan	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)	Sham Shui Po	2023	2025
	Chang Kwong Yin	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 22)	Sham Shui Po	2023	2025
	Yim Kai Cheuk	(2004-12-04) 4 December 2004 (age 19)	HK U23	2023	2025
	Jordon Brown	(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30)	Hong Kong FC	2023	2025
Midfielders
16	Tan Chun Lok	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28)	R&F (Hong Kong)	2023	2025
28	Cheng Chin Lung	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)	Youth Team	2008	2025
95	Shinichi Chan	(2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22)	Resources Capital	2018	2024
	Chen Ngo Hin	(2003-02-27) 27 February 2003 (age 21)	Southern	2023	2025
	Sohgo Ichikawa	(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004 (age 20)	Southern	2023	2025
Strikers
7	Ruslan Mingazow ^FP	(1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 32)	FC Caspiy	2022	2025
8	Igor Sartori ^FP	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 31)	Ventforet Kofu	2023	2025
9	Kim Shin-wook ^FP	(1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36)	Lion City Sailors	2023	2025
27	Sherzod Temirov ^FP	(1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26)	Paykan	2023	2025
67	Seb Buddle	(1999-07-27) 27 July 1999 (age 25)	Southern	2016	2025
90	Juninho	(1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 33)	Rangers	2023	2025
99	Poon Pui Hin	(2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24)	Happy Valley	2021	2025
Players who left during mid-season
Players who left on loan

Remarks:
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.

U22 Team

As of 28 August 2023

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
91	Tuscany Shek	(2007-12-25) 25 December 2007 (age 16)	Youth Team	2023	2024
Defenders
74	Jason Kam Chi Kin	(2004-03-06) 6 March 2004 (age 20)	Youth Team	2022	2024
	Wong Yat Long	(2008-07-31) 31 July 2008 (age 16)	Youth Team	2023	2024
Midfielders
32	Yuen Chun Him	(2006-01-07) 7 January 2006 (age 18)	Youth Team	2022	2024
87	Yu Ching-Wai	(2007-09-25) 25 September 2007 (age 17)	Youth Team	2023	2024
Strikers
70	Yeung Cheuk Kwan	(2006-12-01) 1 December 2006 (age 17)	Youth Team	2023	2024
78	Pang Hing Hei	(2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 17)	Youth Team	2023	2024
79	Lau Yu Ho	(2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 18)	Youth Team	2023	2024
96	Matthew Slattery	(2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 (age 19)	Youth Team	2023	2024

Transfers

Transfers in

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Ngan Cheuk Pan	Sham Shui Po	Loan Return
DF	Chang Kwong Yin	Sham Shui Po	Loan Return
DF	Yim Kai Cheuk	HK U23	Loan Return
DF	Jordon Brown	HKFC	Loan Return
MF	Chen Ngo Hin	Southern	Loan Return
MF	Sohgo Ichikawa	Southern	Loan Return

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Transfers out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Paulo César		Free ^[1]
DF	Charlie Scott		Free ^[2]
DF	Andy Russell		Free ^[3]
DF	Cleiton		Free ^[4]
MF	Sedin Ramic		Free ^[5]
MF	Huang Yang	Retired	N.A. ^[6]
MF	Mikael		Free ^[7]
MF	Cleiton		Free ^[8]
FW	Jakob Jantscher		Free ^[9]

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref

Loans Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Club officials

Club Senior staff

Position	Name
President	Ken Ng
General Manager	Wilson Ng
Licensing and Public Relations Manager	Ng Yee Yun
Director of Marketing	Lo Shuk Ting
Director of Football	Chu Chi Kwong
Director of Youth Training Development	Chu Chi Kwong
Technical Director of Football Academy	Kim Dong-jin
Competition Manager	Chiu Yun Shing
Customer Service Manager	Cheng Ching Yu

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Kim Dong-jin (Interim)
Assistant head coach	Edgar Cardoso Poon Man Chun
First-Team assistant coach	Huang Yang
First-Team assistant coach	Roberto
Goalkeeping coach	Guo Jianqiao
Head Physical Coach & Head of Data Analysis	Yoon Dong-hun
Tactical Analyst	Ng Wing Chung
Tactical Analyst	Manuel Crespo Carabaña
Team Assistant
Men U18 Youth Team coach	Yoon Dong-hun, Gao Wen
Men U16 Youth Team coach
Men U14 Youth Team coach	Kim Dong-jin
Women Team Head coach	Cheung Po Chun
Women U18 Youth Team coach	Cheung Po Chun
Women U15 Youth Team coach	Cheung Wai Ki
Kitchee Academy Director	Chu Chi Kwong
Kitchee Academy coach	Gao Wen
Kitchee Director of Elite Youth	Edgar Cardoso
Professional Footballer Preparatory Programme coach	Chu Chi Kwong
Club Consultant Doctor	Dr. Yung Shu Hang
Club Consultant Dietitian	Sylvia Lam

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 26 May 2024

No.	Pos.	Player	HKPL		FA Cup		Sapling Cup		Challenge Shield		AFC Champions League		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Wang Zhenpeng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Law Tsz Chun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Hélio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Ruslan Mingazow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	Igor Sartori	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Kim Shin-wook	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Roberto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Tan Chun Lok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Oliver Gerbig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Sherzod Temirov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Cheng Chin Lung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Yuen Chun Him	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	FW	Seb Buddle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	Yeung Cheuk Kwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	DF	Jason Kam Chi Kin	0	0	0	0	4 2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
77	DF	Fernando	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	FW	Pang Hing Hei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	FW	Lau Yu Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	FW	Yu Ching-Wai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	Juninho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK	Tuscany Shek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	MF	Shinichi Chan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	FW	Matthew Slattery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Poon Pui Hin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Overview

League Results summary

Hong Kong Premier League

League Matches

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Lee Man	8	5	1	2	17	10	7	16
4	Kowloon City	8	4	1	3	13	18	−5	13
5	Kitchee	7	3	3	1	22	6	16	12
6	Southern	8	2	3	3	11	12	−1	9
7	Rangers	7	1	1	5	5	19	−14	4

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. 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).

Hong Kong Sapling Cup

Group stage

The 2024–25 Hong Kong Sapling Cup (named as JC Sapling Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 10th edition of the Hong Kong Sapling Cup. The competition is contested by the 9 teams in the 2024–25 Hong Kong Premier League. Each team is required to field a minimum of three players born on or after 1 January 2003 (U-22) and a maximum of six foreign players during every whole match.^[10]

Rangers are the defending champions.

Details

The champions of the JC Sapling Cup will receive HKD$120,000 in prize money, and HKD$100,000 donation to the champions' specified organization. Meanwhile, the runner-up will receive HKD$60,000, and HKD$50,000 donation to the runner-up's specified organization. In addition, the two losing teams in the semi-finals will receive HK$30,000 while the remaining teams will receive HK$15,000.

In addition, the best U-22 player in each team will receive a prize of HKD$3,000. The most outstanding U-22 player among the selected best U-22 players from each team will receive an additional HKD$5,000 for being the best of all the U-22 players.^[11]

Format

The participating teams were divided into two groups for a single round-robin tournament. Top two teams in each group advance to the semi-finals.

Calendar

Phase	Draw Date	Date	Matches	Clubs
Group stage	23 September 2024	12 October 2024 – 23 March 2025	16	9 → 4
Semi-finals		2025	2	4 → 2
Final		1 May 2025	1	2 → 1

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North District	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	4	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Tai Po	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3^[a]	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Eastern	2	1	0	1	5	2	3	3^[a]
4	Kitchee	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
5	HKFC	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. Source: HKFA
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;
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Tai Po 3, Eastern 0.

13 October 2024 (2024-10-13)	Tai Po	2–1	Eastern	Tai Po, New Territories
15:00	Sartori 12' Cividini 82'	Report	Leung Kwun Chung 54'	Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground Attendance: 586 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

13 October 2024 (2024-10-13)	HKFC	1–3	North District	Diamond Hill, Kowloon
15:00	Lam Chi Fung 70'	Report	Chulapa 5', 77' Khan 65'	Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground Attendance: 155 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

16 November 2024 (2024-11-16)	North District	1–1	Kitchee	Sheung Shui, New Territories
15:00	Chulapa 22'	Report	Welthon 15'	Stadium: North District Sports Ground Attendance: 288 Referee: Wong Po Sing

16 November 2024 (2024-11-16)	Eastern	4–0	HKFC	Tsing Yi, New Territories
18:00	Bertomeu 6', 38' Hall 11' Wong Ho Chun 72'	Report		Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 217 Referee: Poon Chun Kit

8 December 2024 (2024-12-08)	Kitchee	–	HKFC	Diamond Hill, Kowloon
15:00				Stadium: Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground

8 December 2024 (2024-12-08)	Tai Po	–	North District	Sheung Shui, New Territories
15:00				Stadium: North District Sports Ground

15 December 2024 (2024-12-15)	North District	–	Eastern	Sheung Shui, New Territories
15:00				Stadium: North District Sports Ground

15 December 2024 (2024-12-15)	Kitchee	–	Tai Po	Tsing Yi, New Territories
18:00				Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22)	HKFC	–	Tai Po	Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island
15:00				Stadium: Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22)	Eastern	–	Kitchee	Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island
18:00				Stadium: Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Southern	2	2	0	5	0	5	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Lee Man	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Rangers	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Kowloon City	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. Source: HKFA
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;

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12)	Rangers	0–1	Lee Man	Mong Kok, Kowloon
15:00		Report	Martínez 63'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 574 Referee: Wong Wai Lun

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12)	Southern	4–0	Kowloon City	Tsing Yi, New Territories
18:00	Gregory 10', 61' Jackson 70' Yau Cheuk Fung 90 1'	Report		Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 276 Referee: Tang Hing Fu

17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)	Rangers	2–1	Kowloon City	Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island
15:00	Lau Chi Lok 58', 74'	Report	Lam Hok Hei 82'	Stadium: Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Attendance: 410 Referee: Woo Chun Sing

17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)	Lee Man	0–1	Southern	Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island
18:00		Report	Chan Hoi Pak 58'	Stadium: Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Attendance: 410 Referee: Ho Wai Sing

15 December 2024 (2024-12-15)	Kowloon City	–	Lee Man	Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
15:00				Stadium: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground

23 March 2025 (2025-03-23)	Southern	–	Rangers	Tai Po, New Territories
15:00				Stadium: Tai Po Sports Ground

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

As of 17 November 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[12]
1	Matheus Chulapa	North District	3
2	Víctor Bertomeu	Eastern	2
	Gregory	Southern
	Lau Chi Lok	Rangers
5	13 players		1

Awards

Best U-22 Player

References

^ "傑志8名球員離隊查理史葛確認離開香港".
^ "傑志8名球員離隊查理史葛確認離開香港".
^ "Andy Russell (footballer, born 1987)". {{cite web}}: Text "Andy Russell, one of the 8 released" ignored (help)
^ "8名球員約滿離隊".
^ "Sedin Ramic, one of the 8 released".
^ "傑志黃洋告別".
^ "8 players set to leave Kitchee".
^ "8 players set to leave Kitchee".
^ "8名球員約滿離隊".
^ 袁志浩 (2024-09-23). "菁英盃減場次足總爭取馬會延續贊助港足東亞錦外圍賽或遇朝鮮". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
^ "賽馬會菁英盃分組賽改踢單循環 10．12展開". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
^ [1] HKFA 30 September 2023

Hong Kong FA Cup

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

Remarks

References

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[1] "傑志8名球員離隊查理史葛確認離開香港".

[2] "傑志8名球員離隊查理史葛確認離開香港".

[3] "Andy Russell (footballer, born 1987)". {{cite web}}: Text "Andy Russell, one of the 8 released" ignored (help)

[4] "8名球員約滿離隊".

[5] "Sedin Ramic, one of the 8 released".

[6] "傑志黃洋告別".

[7] "8 players set to leave Kitchee".

[8] "8 players set to leave Kitchee".

[9] "8名球員約滿離隊".

[10] 袁志浩 (2024-09-23). "菁英盃減場次足總爭取馬會延續贊助港足東亞錦外圍賽或遇朝鮮". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-09-23.

[11] "賽馬會菁英盃分組賽改踢單循環 10．12展開". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

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