The Hong Kong Football Association
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| Founded | 1914 |
| FIFA affiliation | 1954 |
| AFC affiliation | 1954 |
| EAFF affiliation | 2002 |
| President | Timothy Fok |
| Website | www.HKFA.com |
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The headquarters of HKFA in Ho Man Tin.
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港足球總會 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Zúqiú Zǒnghuì |
| Wade–Giles | Hsiangkang Tsuch'iu Tsunghui |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Heunggóng jeuikàuh hipwuìh |
| IPA | [hœ́ːŋkɔ̌ːŋ.tsɵ̄ykɐ̏u.hɪ̄pwȕːi] |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1gong2 zeoi3kau4 hip3wui4 |
The Hong Kong Football Association Limited (Chinese: 香港足球總會), often abbreviated to the HKFA, is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Brian Leung Hung-Tak and its Chief Executive Officer is Mark Sutcliffe.
British people introduced modern football to Hong Kong in the 18th Century. The HKFA established in 1914, it is one of the oldest Football Federations in Asia and is responsible for organising various football competitions including professional and amateur leagues, football development and promoting football in Hong Kong.
In 1954, HKFA joined FIFA, and was also one of twelve founding associations of the Asian Football Confederation. Hong Kong played an important role in the early development of Asian football, and was given the honour of hosting the first Asian Cup competition in 1956, in which Hong Kong came third in the tournament.
Despite being a part of the British Empire, and, more recently part of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong fields a separate FIFA-recognised representative team.
HKFA is also responsible for operating the Hong Kong national football team (Chinese: 香港足球代表隊), which represents Hong Kong and competes in international football events.
HKFA's president is Timothy Fok SBS JP. The association is currently led by chairman Brian Leung Hung-tak.
Project Phoenix is a government-supported project. It is a strategy and action plan to reform Hong Kong football from top to bottom.
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