2015–16 Southern District RSA season

KC Southern
2015–16 season
Chairman	Wong Ling Sun
Head Coach	Cheng Siu Chung
Home Ground	Aberdeen Sports Ground; (Capacity: 4,000)
Premier League	4th
Senior Shield	TBC
FA Cup	TBC
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015–16 season is Southern Districtn RSA's 14th competitive season and the first season in the Hong Kong Premier League, the top-tier division in Hong Kong football, since 2014. Southern will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield and FA Cup in this season.

Key events

5 May 2015: Former head coach Fung Hoi Man confirmed his departure at the end of 2014–15 season.^[1]
8 May 2015: The club appointed former Kitchee assistant coach Cheng Siu Chung as their head coach.^[2]
2 June 2015: Hong Kong goalkeeper Tse Tak Him joins the club from Sun Pegasus for free.^[3]
3 June 2015: Hong Konbg defender Sham Kwok Fai joins the club from Sun Pegasus for free. On the other hand, Spanish free agent striker Jonathan Carril re-joins the club.^[4]
6 June 2015: Brazilian defender Tomas Maronesi joins the club from Wong Tai Sin on a free transfer.^[5]
10 June 2015: Hong Kong midfielder Leung Tsz Chun joins the club from Eastern for an undisclosed fee.^[6]
12 June 2015: Hong Kong striker James Stephen Gee Ha joins the club from Biu Chun Rangers for an undisclosed fee.^[7]
20 June 2015: Hong Kong defender Shay Spitz joins the club from Biu Chun Rangers on a free transfer.^[8]
20 June 2015: The club extended contracts with three players, including Lam Ho Kwan, Lo Wai Tat, Kwok Ting Him.^[8]
24 June 2015: The club extended contract with goalkeeper Wong Tsz Him.^[9]
25 June 2015: Brazilian winger Wellingsson de Souza joins the club from I-Sky Yuen Long on a free transfer.^[10]
5 July 2015: Spanish defender Diego Garrido Garcia joins the club from La Roda CF on a free transfer.^[11]
11 July 2015: Hong Kong midfielder Luk Chi Ho Michael joins the club from Eastern for an undisclosed fee.^[12]
13 July 2015: Spanish midfielder José María Díaz Muñoz re-joins the club from YFCMD on a free transfer.^[13]
13 July 2015: Hong Kong midfielder Emmet Wan, Ho Chuck Hang and defender Wang Hecun join the club on loan from Kitchee until the end of the season.^[14]
15 July 2015: Hong Kong defender Chan Cham Hei joins the club from Lung Moon on a free transfer.^[15]
1 August 2015: Hong Kong defender Chan Kong Pan joins the club from Sun Pegasus on a free transfer.^[16]
22 September 2015: Hong Kong defender Leung Robson Augusto Ka Hai joins the club from Kitchee on loan until the end of the season.^[17]

Players

Squad information

N	P	Name	Date of birth	Age	Since	Previous Club	Notes
1	GK	Wong Tsz Him^LP	(1990-06-05)5 June 1990	25	2014	Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei
2	DF	Sham Kwok Fai^LP	(1984-05-30)30 May 1984	31	2015	Sun Pegasus
3	DF	Shay Spitz^LP	(1988-01-27)27 January 1988	27	2015	Biu Chun Rangers	Second nationality: United States
4	DF	Chan Cham Hei^LP	(1991-06-17)17 June 1991	24	2015	Lung Moon
5	DF	Diego Garrido Garcia^FP	(1984-06-20)20 June 1984	31	2015	La Roda
6	MF	José María Díaz Muñoz^FP	(1982-07-04)4 July 1982	33	2015	YFCMD
7	MF	Leung Tsz Chun^LP	(1985-05-19)19 May 1985	30	2015	Eastern
8	MF	Luk Michael Chi Ho^LP	(1986-08-22)22 August 1986	29	2015	Eastern
9	FW	Jonathan Carril^FP	(1984-02-28)28 February 1984	31	2015	Free Agent
11	FW	Wellingsson de Souza^FP	(1989-09-07)7 September 1989	25	2015	I-Sky Yuen Long
12	MF	Ho Chuck Hang^LP	May 1997	18	2015	Kitchee	On loan from Kitchee
13	DF	Lam Ho Kwan^LP	(1987-04-07)7 April 1987	27	2004	Youth system	Team captain
14	FW	James Stephen Gee Ha^FP	(1992-12-26)26 December 1992	22	2015	Biu Chun Rangers
15	MF	Kwok Ting Him^LP	(1994-12-28)28 December 1994	20	2009	Youth system
16	MF	Emmet Wan^LP	(1992-03-13)13 March 1992	23	2015	Kitchee	On loan from Kitchee
17	MF	Lo Wai Tat^LP	(1985-09-21)21 September 1985	28	2004	Youth system
18	DF	Wang Hecun^LP	(1996-12-26)26 December 1996	18	2015	Kitchee	On loan from Kitchee
19	DF	Chan Kong Pan^LP	(1996-04-13)13 April 1996	19	2015	Sun Pegasus
22	DF	Tomas Maronesi^FP	(1985-04-07)7 April 1985	30	2015	Wong Tai Sin
29	GK	Tse Tak Him^LP	(1985-02-10)10 February 1985	30	2015	Sun Pegasus
30	DF	Leung Robson Augusto Ka Hai^LP	(1993-04-22)22 April 1993	22	2008	Youth system	Second nationality: Brazil; On loan from Kitchee

Last update: 1 August 2015
Source: Southern District RSA
Ordered by squad number.
^LPLocal player; ^FPForeign player; ^NRNon-registered player

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
29	GK	Tse Tak Him	Sun Pegasus	Free transfer	2 June 2015	^[3]
2	DF	Sham Kwok Keung	Sun Pegasus	Free transfer	3 June 2015	^[4]
9	FW	Jonathan Carril	Free Agent	Free transfer	3 June 2015	^[4]
6	DF	Tomas Maronesi	Wong Tai Sin	Free transfer	6 June 2015	^[5]
7	MF	Leung Tsz Chun	Eastern	Undisclosed	10 June 2015	^[6]
14	FW	James Stephen Gee Ha	Biu Chun Rangers	Undisclosed	12 June 2015	^[7]
3	DF	Shay Spitz	Biu Chun Rangers	Free transfer	20 June 2015	^[8]
11	FW	Wellingsson de Souza	I-Sky Yuen Long	Free transfer	25 June 2015	^[10]
5	DF	Diego Garrido Garcia	La Roda	Free transfer	5 July 2015	^[11]
8	MF	Luk Michael Chi Ho	Eastern	Free transfer	11 July 2015	^[12]
6	MF	José María Díaz Muñoz	YFCMD	Free transfer	13 July 2015	^[13]
4	DF	Chan Cham Hei	Lung Moon	Free transfer	15 July 2015	^[15]
19	DF	Chan Kong Pan	Sun Pegasus	Free transfer	1 August 2015	^[16]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date
1	GK	Cheng Ting Hei	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
2	DF	To Philip Michael	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
3	DF	Chau Chi Ming	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
4	DF	Lander Panera Arteagabeitia	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
5	MF	Ho Min Tong	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
6	DF	Chiu Kwok Keung	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
8	MF	Yau Tsing On	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
9	MF	Ko Chun	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
13	DF	Ha Shing Chi	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
14	MF	Chow Ka Wa	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
15	DF	Lee Kai Chi	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
16	DF	Leung Kam Fai	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
17	FW	Ho Chun Hin	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
18	MF	Leung Kai Ho	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
19	DF	Chui Yiu Chung	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
23	MF	Ng Siu Fai	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
24	GK	Tung Ho Yin	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
28	FW	Tang Chi Chung	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015
32	FW	Pierre Olivier Bakalag	Unattached	Free transfer	30 May 2015

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
12	MF	Ho Chuck Hang	Kitchee	13 July 2015	30 May 2016	^[14]
16	MF	Emmet Wan	Kitchee	13 July 2015	30 May 2016	^[14]
18	DF	Wang Hecun	Kitchee	13 July 2015	30 May 2016	^[14]
30	DF	Leung Robson Augusto Ka Hai	Kitchee	22 September 2015	30 May 2016	^[17]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Cheng Siu Chung
Goalkeeper Coach	Tung Ho Yin

Last updated: 18 July 2015
Source: Southern District RSA

Squad statistics

Overall stats

	League	Senior Shield	FA Cup	Total Stats
Games played	0	0	0	0
Games won	0	0	0	0
Games drawn	0	0	0	0
Games lost	0	0	0	0
Goals for	0	0	0	0
Goals against	0	0	0	0
Players used	0	0	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 July 2015
Source: Player Stats

Squad stats

				Total				Hong Kong Premier League		Senior Shield		FA Cup

N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Wong Tsz Him												(-) GA
29	GK	Tse Tak Him												(-) GA
2	RB	Sham Kwok Fai
3	LB	Shay Spitz
4	LB	Chan Cham Hei
5	CB	Diego Garrido Garcia
13	CB	Lam Ho Kwan
18	LB	Wang Hecun
19	RB	Chan Kong Pan
22	CB	Tomas Maronesi
6	DM	José María Díaz Muñoz
7	RM	Leung Tsz Chun
8	CM	Luk Michael Chi Ho
12	RM	Ho Chuck Hang
15	AM	Kwok Ting Him
16	CM	Emmet Wan
17	CM	Lo Wai Tat
9	ST	Jonathan Carril
11	LW	Wellingsson de Souza
14	RW	James Ha

Last updated: 1 August 2015
Source:
Ordered by Position
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

Last updated: 18 July 2015.
Source: Hong Kong Football Association

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	Senior Shield	FA Cup	Total
Own goals
TOTALS

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.Players listed below made at least one appearance for Southern first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name																Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Shield			FA Cup			Others			Total			Notes

Last updated: 18 July 2015
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Substitution record

Includes all competitive matches.

			League		Shield		FA Cup		Others		Total
No.	Pos	Name	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff	subson	subsoff
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Wong Tsz Him	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	Tse Tak Him	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	RB	Sham Kwok Fai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	LB	Shay Spitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	LB	Chan Cham Hei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	CB	Garrido	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	CB	Lam Ho Kwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	LB	Wang Hecun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	RB	Chan Kong Pan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	CB	Tomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	DM	Díaz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	RM	Leung Tsz Chun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	CM	Luk Michael Chi Ho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	RM	Ho Chuck Hang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	AM	Kwok Ting Him	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CM	Emmet Wan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	CM	Lo Wai Tat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	CF	Carril	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	LW	Souza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	RW	James Ha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 August 2015

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes

Last updated: 18 July 2015
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match
Hong Kong Premier League	—	4th	12 September 2015
Senior Shield	—	—
FA Cup	—	—

Updated to match played 15 July 2015
Source: Competitions

First Division League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Kitchee	16	11	4	1	32	11	+21	37	Qualification to season play-off and Champions League preliminary round 2
3	South China	16	9	2	5	26	21	+5	29	Qualification to season play-off^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Southern	16	6	5	5	26	21	+5	23
5	Pegasus	16	4	5	7	22	27	−5	17
6	Dreams Metro Gallery	16	4	4	8	19	30	−11	16	Relegation to First Division^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Drawing lots (Play-off if the winner has to be decided)
Notes:

↑ Since the winners of the Senior Shield, Eastern, and the winners of the League Cup, Kitchee, qualified for AFC competitions and the Season Play-off respectively based on league position, the spots awarded to the Senior Shield winner and the League Cup winner for the Season Play-off were awarded to the third and fourth placed team in the league. Pegasus qualified as winners of the FA Cup.
↑ Both Dreams Metro Gallery and Wong Tai Sin did not apply for the next season's Hong Kong Premier League Licence.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 July 2015.
Source: Premier League

Matches

Win Draw Loss Void

Pre-season friendlies

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)	KC Southern	4 – 0	Citizen	Kowloon City, Kowloon
12:00 (UTC+8)	Díaz Carril Souza			Stadium: Kowloon Tsai Park

30 July 2015 (2015-07-30)	KC Southern	6 – 0	Hong Kong U18	Lam Tin, Kowloon
10:15 (UTC+8)	17', 67' Díaz 22' Carril 26' Souza 35' Michael Luk 60' Lo Wai Tat			Stadium: Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground

7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)	Guangzhou R&F B	0 – 1	KC Southern	Guangzhou, China
16:30 (UTC+8)		Report	90' Tomas	Stadium: Sanshui Baining Football Training Ground

References

↑ 南區主帥馮凱文宣佈季尾離隊, goal.com, 5 May 2015
↑ 鄭兆聰出任來季南區主帥, goal.com, 8 May 2015
1 2 "港超聯南區積極爭兵簽咗謝德謙", Oriental Daily, 2 June 2015
1 2 3 "港超聯南區天旭港超牌照批咗啦！", Oriental Daily, 3 June 2015
1 2 "港超聯南區搞掂「筍貨」杜馬思" [Hong Kong Superlink Southern District engage in "shoots goods" Dumas], Oriental Daily, 6 June 2015, retrieved 30 December 2017
1 2 "港超聯簽埋梁子駿！南區愈執愈好人！", Oriental Daily, 10 June 2015
1 2 "天旭南區獲港超牌照", Ta Kung Pao, 12 June 2015
1 2 3 "【港超聯】升班馬南區簽入流浪思希", Apple Daily, 20 June 2015
↑ 官方：南區與升班功臣續約, news.yahoo.com.hk, 25 June 2015
1 2 "港超聯南區蘇沙拍卡里爾！掂晒！", Oriental Daily, 25 June 2015
1 2 "體訊速遞：（足球）南區簽狂牛守將", Apple Daily, 5 July 2015
1 2 "港超聯南區搞掂埋陸志豪", Oriental Daily, 11 July 2015
1 2 "【港超聯】迪亞斯回巢冠忠南區", Apple Daily, 13 July 2015
1 2 3 4 "南區積極組軍借用傑志三球員", Apple Daily, 13 July 2015
1 2 "體訊速遞：（足球）陳湛羲落實加盟南區", Apple Daily, 15 July 2015
1 2 【南區簽下陳港斌】南區簽下前@太陽飛馬足球隊, china-7.net, 1 August 2015
1 2 梁家希外借至南區, sportsroad.hk, 22 September 2015

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[table_note_res_SPO0.10655297437057-18] Since the winners of the Senior Shield, Eastern, and the winners of the League Cup, Kitchee, qualified for AFC competitions and the Season Play-off respectively based on league position, the spots awarded to the Senior Shield winner and the League Cup winner for the Season Play-off were awarded to the third and fourth placed team in the league. Pegasus qualified as winners of the FA Cup.

[table_note_res_REL0.10655297437057-19] Both Dreams Metro Gallery and Wong Tai Sin did not apply for the next season's Hong Kong Premier League Licence.

[1] 南區主帥馮凱文宣佈季尾離隊, goal.com, 5 May 2015

[2] 鄭兆聰出任來季南區主帥, goal.com, 8 May 2015

[tsetakhim-3] 1 2 "港超聯南區積極爭兵簽咗謝德謙", Oriental Daily, 2 June 2015

[shamkwokfai-4] 1 2 3 "港超聯南區天旭港超牌照批咗啦！", Oriental Daily, 3 June 2015

[tomas-5] 1 2 "港超聯南區搞掂「筍貨」杜馬思" [Hong Kong Superlink Southern District engage in "shoots goods" Dumas], Oriental Daily, 6 June 2015, retrieved 30 December 2017

[leungtszchun-6] 1 2 "港超聯簽埋梁子駿！南區愈執愈好人！", Oriental Daily, 10 June 2015

[jamesha-7] 1 2 "天旭南區獲港超牌照", Ta Kung Pao, 12 June 2015

[shay-8] 1 2 3 "【港超聯】升班馬南區簽入流浪思希", Apple Daily, 20 June 2015

[9] 官方：南區與升班功臣續約, news.yahoo.com.hk, 25 June 2015

[souza-10] 1 2 "港超聯南區蘇沙拍卡里爾！掂晒！", Oriental Daily, 25 June 2015

[garrido-11] 1 2 "體訊速遞：（足球）南區簽狂牛守將", Apple Daily, 5 July 2015

[michaelluk-12] 1 2 "港超聯南區搞掂埋陸志豪", Oriental Daily, 11 July 2015

[diaz-13] 1 2 "【港超聯】迪亞斯回巢冠忠南區", Apple Daily, 13 July 2015

[kitcheeloan3-14] 1 2 3 4 "南區積極組軍借用傑志三球員", Apple Daily, 13 July 2015

[chanchamhei-15] 1 2 "體訊速遞：（足球）陳湛羲落實加盟南區", Apple Daily, 15 July 2015

[chankongpan-16] 1 2 【南區簽下陳港斌】南區簽下前@太陽飛馬足球隊, china-7.net, 1 August 2015

[leungkahai-17] 1 2 梁家希外借至南區, sportsroad.hk, 22 September 2015

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