2019–20 Eastern SC season

Eastern 2019–20 season
President	Lam Kin Ming
Head Coach	Lee Chi Kin
Stadium	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Premier League	2nd
Senior Shield	Champion
FA Cup	Champion
Sapling Cup	Group Stage
Highest home attendance	893 ; (vs Tai Po, 29 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	731 ; (vs Southern, 20 October 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season is Eastern's 65th season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Eastern will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup and Sapling Cup this season.

Squad

First Team

As of 1 June 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HKG	Yapp Hung Fai
3	MF	HKG	Diego Eli
5	DF	HKG	Clayton
6	DF	HKG	Chak Ting Fung
8	MF	HKG	Lee Ka Yiu
9	FW	BRA	Lucas Silva ^FP
10	FW	HKG	Sandro
11	FW	BRA	Everton ^FP
13	DF	HKG	Lee Ka Ho
15	DF	HKG	Fung Hing Wa
16	MF	HKG	Leung Chun Pong (captain)
17	MF	HKG	Leung Kwun Chung
19	FW	HKG	Hirokane Harima


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	HKG	Wu Chun Ming
23	MF	HKG	Wong Wai
26	GK	HKG	Liu Fu Yuen
27	FW	TPE	Chen Hao-wei ^FP
29	MF	HKG	Oliver Laxton
30	DF	HKG	Wong Tsz Ho
33	DF	BRA	Eduardo Praes ^FP
34	DF	HKG	Chan Ching Him
42	MF	HKG	Yue Tze Nam
77	MF	HKG	Naveed Khan
80	FW	HKG	Chung Wai Keung
88	MF	BRA	João Emir ^FP
99	GK	HKG	Tsang Man Fai

Remarks:
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.
^LP These players are registered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF	Tsang Chi Hau	Pegasus	End of loan
17 July 2019	GK	Tsang Man Fai	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF	Chak Ting Fung	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF	Lee Ka Ho	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF	Fung Hing Wa	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF	Eduardo Praes	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF	Lau Hok Ming	Southern	Free
17 July 2019	MF	Lee Ka Yiu	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	MF	Leung Kwun Chung	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	MF	João Emir	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	MF	Wu Chun Ming	Pegasus	Free
17 July 2019	MF	Oliver Laxton	HKFC	Free
17 July 2019	MF	Yue Tze Nam	Cova da Piedade	Free
17 July 2019	FW	Chung Wai Keung	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	FW	Harima Hirokane	Kitchee	Free
17 July 2019	FW	Chen Hao-wei	Hang Yuan	Free	^[1]
17 July 2019	FW	Jean Moser	Yuen Long	Free
28 September 2019	MF	Wong Wai	Tai Po	Free
1 January 2020	FW	Sandro	Tai Po	Free
1 January 2020	FW	Lucas Silva	Kitchee	Free
1 July 2020	FW	Fernando	Kitchee	Free
1 July 2020	DF	Alex Jojo	Happy Valley	Free
1 July 2020	MF	Cheng Tsz Sum	Tai Po	Free
6 July 2020	MF	Toby Down	Tai Po	Free

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2019	GK	Liang Yuhao		Released
1 July 2019	GK	Ho Kwok Chuen	Resources Capital	Released
1 July 2019	DF	Cheung Kin Fung	Retired	–
1 July 2019	DF	Lima Pereira	Cova da Piedade	End of loan
1 July 2019	MF	Robson Shimabuku	Cova da Piedade	End of loan
1 July 2019	MF	Lee Hong Lim	Lee Man	Released
1 July 2019	MF	Jordan Jarvis	Resources Capital	Released
1 July 2019	FW	Manolo Bleda	Kitchee	Released
1 July 2019	FW	Jaimes Mckee	Retired	–
13 January 2020	MF	Lam Ka Wai	R&F	Released
1 June 2020	MF	Xu Deshuai		Released
1 June 2020	DF	Tsang Kam To	Lee Man	Released
1 June 2020	FW	Lam Hok Hei		Released
1 June 2020	DF	Tsang Chi Hau	Happy Valley	Released
1 June 2020	MF	Lau Ho Lam	Southern	Released
1 July 2020	DF	Fung Hing Wa	R&F	Released
1 July 2020	DF	Chan Ching Him	Resources Capital	Released
1 July 2020	DF	Lee Ka Ho		Released
1 July 2020	DF	Tse Long Hin		Released
1 July 2020	MF	Yiu Ho Ming	Rangers	Released
1 July 2020	FW	Jean Moser		Released

Loans out

Start Date	End Date	Position	Name	To Club	Fee
2 July 2019	31 May 2020	MF	Lau Ho Lam	Southern	Undisclosed
19 July 2019	31 May 2020	DF	Tse Long Hin	Lee Man	Undisclosed
26 July 2019	13 January 2020	MF	Yiu Ho Ming	Pegasus	Undisclosed
August 2019	31 May 2020	DF	Tsang Chi Hau	Yuen Long	Undisclosed
1 September 2019	31 May 2020	DF	Lau Hok Ming	Lee Man	Undisclosed
5 September 2019	31 May 2020	DF	Cheng King Ho	Yuen Long	Undisclosed
23 September 2019	31 May 2020	FW	Lam Hok Hei	Rangers	Undisclosed
2 January 2020	31 May 2020	FW	Jean Moser	Pegasus	Undisclosed
15 January 2020	31 May 2020	MF	Yiu Ho Ming	Yuen Long	Undisclosed

Club officials

Position	Staff
Head coach	Lee Chi Kin
Technical Director	Andrejs Štolcers
Assistant coach	Li Hang Wui
Assistant coach	Lo Chi Kwan
Goalkeeping coach	Ricardo Navarro
Technical Analyst	Bruno Pereira

Competitions

Hong Kong Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kitchee (C)	10	6	2	2	25	10	+15	20	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Eastern	10	6	1	3	16	8	+8	19	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	R&F (D)	10	5	3	2	21	15	+6	18	Withdrew from league system, club folded^[a]
4	Lee Man	10	5	1	4	16	14	+2	16	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Southern	10	2	4	4	15	21	−6	10

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).
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

^ R&F withdrew from the league system after the end of the season and folded.

Win Draw Loss

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

Hong Kong Sapling Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kitchee (A)	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	19	Advance to Final
2	Eastern	8	5	1	2	14	5	+9	16
3	Pegasus	8	4	0	4	19	20	−1	12
4	Lee Man	8	2	1	5	17	22	−5	7
5	Rangers	8	1	1	6	10	27	−17	4

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Hong Kong FA Cup

Remarks

References

^ 【港超聯】陳浩瑋旅港尋新挑戰　李志堅讚引球把握力俱全 HK01 17 July 2019

[table_note_res_Withdrew20.91334451032493-2] R&F withdrew from the league system after the end of the season and folded.

[1] 【港超聯】陳浩瑋旅港尋新挑戰　李志堅讚引球把握力俱全 HK01 17 July 2019

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