Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong professional

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club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after declining to participate in the newly established

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History

Sun Hei entered the Hong Kong First Division under the name Golden () in the 1994–95 season. In 1996, Golden under the name Golden XI played against

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. England was in Hong Kong preparing for the

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later in the summer. It was in Hong Kong that Paul Gascoigne's famous dentist chair incident took place. After securing the sponsorship of Xiangxue Pharmaceutical, the club competed in the league under the team name Xiangxue Sun Hei () from 2005 to 2007. In the season 2004–05, Sun Hei achieved The Quadruple, winning all four senior football competitions, including the

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, the Senior Shield, the League Cup and the

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. In the 2005 AFC Cup, Sun Hei also got through to the semi-finals stage, the best result for a Hong Kong football club in the competition to date. In season 2007–08, Sun Hei changed the club name to Convoy Sun Hei () as the club obtained sponsorship from Convoy Financial Services, a Hong Kong

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In the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, Sun Hei used Tsing Yi Sports Ground as their home ground. In season 2011–12, the team changed its name to Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei due to sponsorship from Sunray Cave and JC Group, a company owned by

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. The team used Mong Kok Stadium as its home ground for this season, but moved back to Tsing Yi Sports Ground for the 2013–14 season. As Sun Hei refused to take part in the NOW TV broadcast agreement, it did not have its home games shown live on Now TV, its personnel was not to be interviewed, it did not share any potential TV income and its sponsors' names were not mentioned on Now TV broadcasts. In the 2009–10 season, Sun Hei starts using Tsing Yi as their home ground. The first home match against a local strong team, Kitchee, has attracted around 1,200 fans. It is the highest percentage home attendance in this season. In the 2013–14 season, Sun Hei decided to self-relegate at the end of the season after declining to participate in the newly established Hong Kong Premier League. During the 2016–17 season, Sun Hei captured their first league title in over ten years winning the title by one point over Wong Tai Sin. However, they declined promotion to the

at the end of the season due to financial difficulties. A year after winning the First Division, Sun Hei were relegated following a 13th-place finish in the 2017–18 season. The club finished at the bottom of the table in the 2018–19 season and were relegated to the Hong Kong Third Division. In the 2022–23 season, they got promoted back to the Hong Kong Second Division after finishing second.

Name history

The club has joined Hong Kong football league system by using the membership of Voicelink since 1994. * 1994–1999: Golden () * 1999–2005: Sun Hei () * 2005–2007: Xiangxue Sun Hei () * 2007–2009: Convoy Sun Hei () * 2009–2011: Sun Hei () * 2011–2014: Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei () * 2014–2017: Sun Hei () * 2017–2018: Glorysky Sun Hei () * 2018– : Sun Hei ()

Continental record

Honours

League

* Hong Kong First Division **Champions (4): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2016–17 **Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2005–06 * Hong Kong Third Division **Runners-up (1): 2022–23

Cup Competitions

* Hong Kong Senior Shield **Champions (2): 2004–05, 2011–12 **Runners-up (5): 1995–96, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09 *

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**Champions (3): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 **Runners-up (2):: 1995–96, 2001–02 * Hong Kong League Cup **Champions (4): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09 **Runners-up (1): 2000–01 * Hong Kong FA Cup Junior Division **Champions (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

References and notes

External links

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