2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League
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The 2005–06 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 94th since its establishment.


Teams

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Buler Rangers Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. They have won the Hong Kong ...
流浪 * Citizen 公民 * Happy Valley 愉園 *
Hong Kong 08 Hong Kong 08 () was a Hong Kong football club which competed in the Hong Kong football league system between 2002 and 2007. It was established to train young talents for the 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games o ...
香港08 *
Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, including 6 Hong Kong ...
傑志 *
Lanwa Lanwa FC (), officially Dongguan Lanwa Football Club () was a Chinese professional association football club located in Dongguan, China. The club was founded in 1999 and played in the Chinese and Hong Kong football systems. History Lanwa was fo ...
東莞聯華 *
South China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...
南華 *
Xiangxue Sun Hei Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong association football, football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division League, Hong Kong Third Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-re ...
香雪晨曦


League table


Top scorers


All Competitions


Hong Kong players only


First Division League Goals only


No relegation

According to regulations, the bottom two teams,
Hong Kong 08 Hong Kong 08 () was a Hong Kong football club which competed in the Hong Kong football league system between 2002 and 2007. It was established to train young talents for the 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games o ...
and
South China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...
, were required to be relegated to the
Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
. However, both teams were retained in the top flight next season via HKFA exempted. Reason for retaining
Hong Kong 08 Hong Kong 08 () was a Hong Kong football club which competed in the Hong Kong football league system between 2002 and 2007. It was established to train young talents for the 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games o ...
is to give the team better preparation of 2008 Olympics Qualification games.
South China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...
was retained because the club promised to expand its next season's budget and sign new quality players. HKFA accepted this and hoped this would improve the competitiveness and attractiveness of the
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See also

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Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation o ...
* List of football (soccer) competitions *
Hong Kong Football Association The Hong Kong Football Association Limited (), often abbreviated to the HKFA, is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Pui Kwan Kay and its Chief Executive Officer is Joaquin Tam. History The HKFA was ...


References


Rsssf.com
Retrieved on 8 July 2006. #


External links


HKFA website
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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...