Hong Kong national football team
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| Association | Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) |
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) |
| Head coach | Kim Pan-Gon |
| Captain | Yapp Hung Fai |
| Most caps | Lee Wai Man (68) |
| Top scorer | Chan Siu Ki (36) |
| Home stadium |
Hong Kong Stadium Mong Kok Stadium |
| FIFA code | HKG |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 142  2 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 90 (February 1996) |
| Lowest | 172 (November 2012) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 160 (October 2016) |
| Highest | 58 (February 1948) |
| Lowest | 169 (June 2015) |
| First international | |
non-FIFA International Macau 0–2 Hong Kong  (Macau; 16 April 1939) FIFA International  South Korea 3–3 Hong Kong (Manila, Philippines; 2 May 1954) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Hong Kong 15–0 Guam  (Taipei, Taiwan; 7 March 2005) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 China PR 7–0 Hong Kong (Guangzhou, China; 17 November 2004) Hong Kong 0–7 Paraguay  (Hong Kong; 17 November 2010) Hong Kong 0–7 Argentina  (Hong Kong; 14 October 2014) |
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| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1956) |
| Best result | Third place, 1956 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港足球代表隊 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 香港足球代表队 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng zúqiú dàibiǎoduì |
| Wade–Giles | Hsiangkang tsu-ch'iu taipiaotui |
| Yale Romanization | Syānggǎng dzúchyú dàibyǎudwèi |
| IPA | [ɕjáŋkàŋ tsǔtɕʰjǒu tâipjàutwêi] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hēunggóng Jeuikaùh Doihbíudeuih |
| IPA | [hœːŋkɔːŋ.tsɵ̄ykɐ̏u.tɔ̀ːipǐːutɵ̀y] |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1 gong2 zeoi3 kau4 doi6 biu2 deoi6 |
The Hong Kong national football team (Chinese: 香港足球代表隊), represents Hong Kong in international association football competitions such as the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup and East Asian Football Championship. The team is represented and supervised by the Hong Kong Football Association, the governing body for football in Hong Kong. Although usually known as simply Hong Kong, the EAFF refer to the team as Hong Kong, China.
The team had been representing Hong Kong in international football events before 1997 when Hong Kong was a colony of the United Kingdom. It continues to represent Hong Kong even after Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom and became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China in 1997. This team is a separate team from the national team of the People's Republic of China, as the Basic Law and the principle of "One country, two systems" allows Hong Kong to maintain its own representative teams in international sports competitions. In Hong Kong, the Hong Kong football team is colloquially referred as the "Hong Kong team" (Chinese: 香港隊), while the Chinese national team is referred as the "national team" (Chinese: 國家隊).
Hong Kong played its first international match after World War II in 1949, against South Korea. Its first victory came in 1953, a 4–0 win against South Korea.
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