Sun Hei SC
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| Full name | Sun Hei Sports Club Limited | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sunrise | ||
| Founded | 1986 | ||
| Chairman | Chow Man Leung | ||
| Head coach | Wong Kin Pong | ||
| League | Hong Kong Second Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Second Division, 13th of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Sun Hei Sports Club(Chinese:Thần hi thể dục hội) is a Hong Kong professionalfootballclub which currently competes in theHong 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 establishedHong Kong Premier League.
History
[edit]Sun Heientered theHong Kong First Divisionunder the nameGolden(Chinese:Hảo dịch thông) in the 1994–95 season. In 1996, Golden under the nameGolden XIplayed againstEngland.England was in Hong Kong preparing for theUEFA Euro 1996later in the summer. It was in Hong Kong thatPaul Gascoigne's famous dentist chair incident took place.
After securing the sponsorship ofXiangxue Pharmaceutical,the club competed in the league under the team nameXiangxue Sun Hei(Chinese:Hương tuyết thần hi) from 2005 to 2007.
In the season 2004–05, Sun Hei achievedThe Quadruple,winning all four senior football competitions, including theHong Kong First Division League,theSenior Shield,theLeague Cupand theFA Cup.In the2005 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 toConvoy Sun Hei(Chinese:Khang hoành thần hi) as the club obtained sponsorship fromConvoy Financial Services,a Hong Kongfinancial servicecompany.
In the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, Sun Hei usedTsing Yi Sports Groundas their home ground.
In season 2011–12, the team changed its name toSunray Cave JC Sun Heidue to sponsorship from Sunray Cave and JC Group, a company owned byJackie Chan.[1]The team usedMong Kok Stadiumas its home ground for this season, but moved back toTsing Yi Sports Groundfor 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 onNow 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.[2]
In the2009–10 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 the2016–17 season,Sun Hei captured their first league title in over ten years winning the title by one point overWong Tai Sin.However, they declined promotion to theHong Kong Premier Leagueat the end of the season due to financial difficulties.[3]
A year after winning the First Division, Sun Hei were relegated following a 13th-place finish in the2017–18 season.[4]
The club finished at the bottom of the table in the2018–19 seasonand were relegated to theHong Kong Third Division.[5]
In the2022–23season, they got promoted back to theHong Kong Second Divisionafter finishing second.
Name history
[edit]The club has joinedHong Kong football league systemby using the membership ofVoicelinksince 1994.
- 1994–1999: Golden (Chinese:Hảo dịch thông)
- 1999–2005: Sun Hei (Chinese:Thần hi)
- 2005–2007: Xiangxue Sun Hei (Chinese:Hương tuyết thần hi)
- 2007–2009: Convoy Sun Hei (Chinese:Khang hoành thần hi)
- 2009–2011: Sun Hei (Chinese:Thần hi)
- 2011–2014: Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei (Chinese:Nhật chi tuyền JC thần hi)
- 2014–2017: Sun Hei (Chinese:Thần hi)
- 2017–2018: Glorysky Sun Hei (Chinese:Hạo thiên thần hi)
- 2018–: Sun Hei (Chinese:Thần hi)
Continental record
[edit]| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2005 | AFC Cup | Group D |  Club Valencia
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6–1 | 1–1 | 1st |
 Tampines Rovers
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1–1 | 1–1 | ||||
 Perak FA
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2–1 | 0–1 | ||||
| Quarter final |  Al Ahed Beirut
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3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
| Semi final | Al-Nejmeh Beirut
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2–3 | 3–0 | 2–6 | ||
| 2006 | AFC Cup | Group E | New Radiant
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5–2 | 0–2 | 1st |
| Home United
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0–1 | 0–2 | ||||
| Perlis FA
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0–0 | 1–2 | ||||
| Quarter final |  Al-Faisaly
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1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 (4–5p) | ||
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group D | Victory SC
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2–0 | 0–2 | 1st |
 Hoa Phat Hanoi
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7–4 | 1–2 | ||||
| Negeri Sembilan FA
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2–0 | 1–0 | ||||
| Quarter final | Al-Wahdat
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0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | ||
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group F | New Radiant
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0–3 | 1–0 | 3rd |
 Persibo Bojonegoro
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8–0 | 3–3 | ||||
 Yangon United
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1–3 | 2–0 |
Honours
[edit]League
[edit]- Hong Kong First Division
- Hong Kong Third Division
- Runners-up (1):2022–23
Cup Competitions
[edit]- Hong Kong Senior Shield
- Hong Kong FA Cup
- Hong Kong League Cup
- Hong Kong FA Cup Junior Division
- Champions (2):2015–16,2016–17
References and notes
[edit]- ^Thần hi hoạch song quan danh tán trợArchived23 March 2012 at theWayback Machine,Tao Kung Pao(in Chinese)
- ^Thần hi nhược bất chi trì cảng túc tần đạo túc tổng “Tam bất nhất một hữu” ứng đốiTa Kung Pao. 7 September 2011.(in Chinese)
- ^"Cảng siêu liên nam hoa thối xuất lai quý 10 đội tham tái".on.cc.Retrieved9 June2017.(in Chinese)
- ^Shou, Ji Yeung. [ quách dụ hồng hà miễn đường các kiến nhất công nam hoa hiểm thắng lực áp thần hi thành công hộ cấp "Quách dụ hồng hà miễn đường các kiến nhất công nam hoa hiểm thắng lực áp thần hi thành công hộ cấp" ].HK01.Retrieved13 May2018.
{{cite web}}:Check|url=value (help)(in Chinese) - ^Chan, Ting Long."Quỳ thanh nhất quý tức trọng phản ất tổ tiêu chuẩn thịnh phong đại liên minh hộ cấp mộng mạt luân huyễn diệt".HK01.Retrieved27 May2019.(in Chinese)
External links
[edit]- Sun Heiat HKFA