Tai Po FC
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| Full name | Tai Po Football Club |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Ground | Tai Po Sports Ground |
| Capacity | 3,200 |
| Chief President | Cheung Hok Ming |
| Secretary | Chan Ping |
| Head coach | Lee Chi Kin |
| League | Hong Kong Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 1st (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
Tai Po Football Club (also known as Wofoo Tai Po Chinese: 和富大埔 due to sponsorship reasons) is a Hong Kong professional football club. The club is formed by the Tai Po District Council.
The club entered the newly formed third 'district' division in 2002–03 season. They promoted to the Second Division the next season. In 2005–06 season, they gained the promotion to the First Division after finishing second in the Second Division, behind HKFC.
Tai Po struggled during early stage of the 2006–07 season, conceded 13 goals in the first three league matches, which is consistent with many pre-season predictions.
Wofoo Tai Po's fourth game of the season was at home against local giant South China AA on 30 September 2006. This was the first ever Hong Kong First Division League game to be played in Tai Po Sports Ground. With over 2,500 supporters cheering the home team and the signings of three Brazilian players, the club played courageously and only lost the game in the last minute by 2–3.
The club's performance vastly improved since the home game. They recorded some surprising victories including a great come back (scored a 4–3 from 1–3) against the defending league champion Happy Valley and a last minute winner(a direct free kick to make it 2–1 by defender Joel in 90') against multiple cup winner Kitchee in November 2006.
Tai Po secured their First Division berth for the 2007–08 season after defeating HKFC 3–0 on 5 April 2007, which also resulted in HKFC's relegation.
After the inaugural season, the club's coach Chan Hiu Ming (Chinese:陳曉明)left the club for the newly promoted Workable (Chinese:華家堡). Tai Po FC spent most of the off-season searching for a new coach. Finally, former Hong Kong football star Tim Bredbury, who coached Rangers for a short period of time in the previous season, accepted the job. Moreover, in response to the successful and popular home game last season, Tai Po FC has applied for 5 home games to be played in Tai Po in the following season.
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