Hong Kong football clubs in dark over new season but pushing ahead with signings
Local Premier League will have 10 clubs but format unclear, while cup competitions yet to be confirmed
While Hong Kong’s best are in South Korea for the East Asian Football Championship, the city’s top clubs have been accelerating their preparations for the new campaign.
But there is no word on when the new campaign will begin or the design of the competition.
It has been suggested teams could play each other twice before the league is equally split into championship and relegation rounds for a total of 22 matches per side. Last season, which started on August 30, featured nine sides playing each other three times.
The least prestigious of the three cup competitions, the Sapling Cup, appears to have breathed its last. Chan Man-chun, the Southern chairman and convenor of the Hong Kong Premier League committee, has floated the idea of reviving the League Cup, which was discontinued in 2016, with no restriction on foreign players.
Various club sources told the Post they remained in the dark over league and cup arrangements for the coming season. This then is what we know the leading teams have been up to.