Ka I () are a Macanese professional

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club that competes in the

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History

Founded in

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in 1985 under the name Associacão Desportiva Ka I, the club has seven titles to its name: three

titles and four Taça de Macau. They have been one of the best clubs in Macau since their debut in Liga de Elite in 2009. Led by Japanese midfielder Dan Ito, the club made their debut in Liga de Elite in 2009 season, where they managed to finish in second place in the standings, just behind Lam Pak, while winning their first trophy, Taça de Macau. It continued in 2010 season with a Cup-Championship double and in 2011 season the club became champion for the third consecutive year. The club changes its name before the start of the 2016 season to become Tak Chun Ka I, after about a year known as Windsor Arch Ka I. Despite its many national titles, the club have so far never taken part in an Asian competition as Macau does not field any team in competitions managed by the AFC then. As of 2018 season the club became known again as Ka I. In 2019, the club playing in the 2019 Taça de Macau was disqualified along with Hang Sai for protesting

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's forfeit against

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as a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier after the Macau FA's refused their national football team to travel to

to play their second-leg match due to terrorist reasons, which resulted by a 21-18 win for Ka I and a advance to quarter-finals. Due to this controversial match, Ka I and Hang Sai apologized for their gestures but were disqualified from the Macau FA Cup and Chao Pak Kei receive a bye and advance to semi-finals.

Honours

League

**Champions (3):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Cup

* Taça de Macau **Champions (4): 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 ** Runners-up: 2013

Current squad

''Squad for the 2020 Liga de Elite''

Former managers

* Rui Cardoso

References

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