The Premier League is a male league competition in Hong-Kong, with recorded coverage spanning seasons from 2011 to 2025. This Xtra-Stats page brings together live scores, fixtures, results, standings and player and team statistics, helping visitors review the competition across its recorded seasons and follow match outcomes and league positions over time in one place.
Upcoming matches, Premier League
Regular Season - 4
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- Regular Season - 4
BC Rangers
Eastern
Regular Season - 5
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- Regular Season - 5
Eastern
North District
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- Regular Season - 5
Kitchee
Hong Kong FC
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- Regular Season - 5
Wofoo Tai Po
Kowloon City
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- Regular Season - 5
BC Rangers
Warriors
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- Regular Season - 5Southern District
Eastern District
Regular Season - 6
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- Regular Season - 6Eastern District
Eastern
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- Regular Season - 6
Shatin
No H2HHong Kong FC
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- Regular Season - 6
BC Rangers
North District
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- Regular Season - 6
Wofoo Tai Po
Southern District
Latest played matches, Premier League
Regular Season - 17
Regular Season - 4
Regular Season - 3
Premier League Standings
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Kitchee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 |
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Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |
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North District | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 |
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Wofoo Tai Po | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 |
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Eastern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 |
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Kowloon City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Eastern District | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Southern District | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 |
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BC Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 |
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Hong Kong FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 |
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Shatin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Premier League Statistics
Top scorers 2026
| # | Player | Goals |
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Premier League teams participation since 2011
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Kitchee | 15 |
| Eastern | 13 |
| Southern District | 13 |
| Rangers | 13 |
| Wofoo Tai Po | 11 |
| Pegasus | 10 |
| Warriors | 9 |
| Yuen Long | 7 |
| Hong Kong FC | 6 |
| South China | 6 |
| R&F | 4 |
| Resources Capital | 4 |
| Citizen AA | 3 |
| Happy Valley | 3 |
| Sun Hei | 3 |
| North District | 3 |
| Sham Shui Po | 3 |
| Tuen Mun SA | 3 |
| HK U23 | 3 |
| Dreams | 2 |
| BCGS Hong Kong Sapling | 2 |
| Wong Tai Sin | 2 |
| Kowloon City | 2 |
| Hoi King | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Eastern District | 1 |
| BC Rangers | 1 |
Premier League top scorer teams
Premier League About
Premier League is the Hong Kong Premier League (HKPL), Hong Kong’s top-tier men’s football league and the highest level of the region’s domestic competition system. Also recorded as Hong-Kong Premier League, it is a league competition for clubs based in Hong Kong and is governed by The Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA).
Role and identity
The Hong Kong Premier League represents the summit of the local football pyramid. Its main sporting purpose is to provide the territory’s leading clubs with a professional platform, support the development of elite players and create a route towards Asian club competition. The league also forms part of the HKFA’s wider effort to improve professional standards, governance, club infrastructure and the connection between football clubs and their communities.
The competition was established in 2014, replacing the historic Hong Kong First Division as the territory’s top flight. Its predecessor, founded in 1908, is recognised as the oldest top-level football league in Asia. The available statistical record associated with this competition page covers 15 recorded seasons from 2011 to 2025, although the modern Premier League itself dates from 2014. This distinction is useful when comparing historical results across the transition from the former First Division to the current competition.
Governance and access
The HKFA sets the competition regulations, licensing standards and eligibility requirements. Clubs generally enter through sporting merit, with promotion available to the leading teams in the Hong Kong First Division. Promotion is not automatic: an eligible club must satisfy the relevant HKFA licensing requirements, including financial, legal, organisational and infrastructure criteria. These safeguards are intended to ensure that promoted clubs are able to operate responsibly at the professional level.
The league is normally composed of around 10 teams, although the exact field can depend on club licensing, participation decisions and the arrangements for a particular season. Squad composition and foreign-player regulations are also matters for the applicable competition regulations. They can include registration limits, matchday restrictions and special provisions for particular club categories, so these rules should be considered season-specific rather than treated as permanent features of every edition.
How the competition works
The HKPL uses a two-phase league structure. In the first phase, clubs play a double round-robin schedule, meeting each opponent home and away. Teams receive three points for a win, one for a draw and no points for a defeat. The results from this opening phase establish the initial standings and carry forward into the next stage.
After the regular phase, the table is divided into two groups. The leading five teams enter the Championship Group, while the remaining five form the Challenge Group. Each group then plays a single round-robin schedule. Points and goal records from the first phase are retained, meaning that the final championship and relegation positions are determined by the combined record across both stages rather than by an entirely new competition.
This structure gives the leading clubs additional direct contests for the title while preserving meaningful fixtures throughout the table. The Championship Group decides the final leading positions and the champion of Hong Kong. The Challenge Group determines the lower rankings and the club facing relegation, with the bottom team normally dropping to the Hong Kong First Division subject to the season’s regulations and confirmed club line-up.
Results, rankings and progression
League matches are decided through points rather than knockout-style extra time or penalty shoot-outs. When teams finish level, classification is determined through the applicable ranking rules, beginning with total points and using head-to-head criteria and goal difference as required. Head-to-head assessment can include the points, goal difference and goals scored in the relevant meetings, followed by overall goal difference and goals scored where necessary. The precise order remains subject to the regulations governing the relevant season.
Winning the Premier League brings the title of Champion of Hong Kong and provides the country’s principal route from domestic football into the AFC club-competition system. The champions are awarded a place in the AFC Champions League Two group stage under the qualification arrangements described for the competition. Relegation at the other end of the table ensures that the second phase carries consequences beyond the title race, while promotion from the First Division keeps the wider league system connected.
Season calendar
The competition normally follows an autumn-to-spring calendar, beginning in late August and concluding in May. The first phase generally runs through the main part of the season and is followed by the split stage, which takes place after the regular schedule has concluded, often around April and May. This calendar allows the league to operate within Hong Kong’s broader domestic football programme while leaving room for cup fixtures and international commitments.
The Premier League is distinct from Hong Kong’s knockout competitions. A league championship is settled over a sequence of scheduled matches and accumulated points, whereas associated cups use elimination ties and may require extra time and penalties to separate teams. Together, the league, First Division pathway and domestic cups form the principal competitive structure of men’s club football in Hong Kong.