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Rangers 
Full name Hong Kong Rangers Football Club Founded 1958, as Rangers Football Team
1960, as Hong Kong Rangers FCPresident 
Mok Yiu KeungLeague Second Division 2010-11 Second Division, 7th (as Biu Chun) 
Home coloursAway coloursHong Kong Rangers Football Club (Chinese: 流浪足球會, often abbreviated to Rangers), is a Hong Kong football club and plays in Hong Kong Second Division League. It won the Hong Kong League once, the Senior Challenge Shield 4 times, the FA Cup twice.
The club was once played under the name Biu Chun (Chinese: 標準錶針). Fourway Rangers is a team related to the club, currently plays in Hong Kong First Division League.
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History
The club was founded in 1958 by a Scottish expatriate from Glasgow named Ian John Petrie. He named his club after Rangers F.C.. It was the first Asian football club with a modern football club managing system. In the early days, the club could not compete with the bigger clubs financially. So Petrie relied on young players and the team was known as a breeding ground for young players. Kwok Ka Ming was the best known players discovered by Petrie in the 1960s. In 1970, the club brought three Scottish professional players to Hong Kong. They were the first European professional players to play in the Hong Kong League, opening a new chapter in Hong Kong's football history. Great players such as Ian Taylor, Joe Brennan, Jimmy Liddell, and Derek Currie were a few to name. More were to follow in the 1980s such as Steve Paterson Jimmy Bone, and Tommy Nolan.
Today
Since October 12, 2001, the club had been named after its sponsor, Buler, resulting in the name "Buler Rangers" up until Summer 2006. On 15 September 2007, the club announced that it has secured a large sponsorship from Bulova, a watch brand which used to fund a famous Hong Kong football team decades ago, and used "Bulova Rangers" as the team name.
Over the last decade, Rangers' policy in youth investment has paid off and has gained the club a reputation as an excellent school for young footballers. The Rangers youth academy has produced many of Hong Kong's finest youngsters. Although many have been signed to bigger clubs since, some have chosen to stay with the club that nurtured them. Ranger's youth system has been so successful it is common to see Rangers providing the bulk of Hong Kong's age-grade international youth teams spanning all U-15, U-17, U-19 and U-21 levels.
Honours
Major trophies are listed below.
- Hong Kong First Division League: 1
- 1970-71
- Hong Kong Third 'A' Division League: 1
- 1991-92
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2
- 1965-66, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1994–95
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2
- 1976-77, 1994–95
Performance in AFC competitions
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
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- 1995/96: Second Round
Players
Retired numbers
Main article: Retired numbers in association footballNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 15 DF Cheung Yiu Lun (posthumous) Famous players
PORTUGAL
- Nuno Cavaleiro
- Spencer Lam (林尚義) (1970–72)
- Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明) (1968–80)
- Tam Siu Wai (譚兆偉) (1994–96), (2001–03)
- Chan Yiu Lun (陳耀麟) (1998-04)
- Lo Kwan Yee (盧均宜) (1999-07)
- Man Pei Tak (文彼得) (2001–06)
China- Fan Zhiyi (范志毅) (2003–04), (2005–06)
England- Peter Costello (哥斯達路)
- Peter McDonnell (麥當奴) (1982-??) [1]
- Gary Bannister (1993–94)
- Trevor Quow (確路) (1993–96)
- Bobby Barnes (班尼斯) (1995–96)
- Kevin Hunt (亨特) (1997–98)
- Gus Caesar (凱薩) (1997-01)
- Peter Guthrie (1994–97)
Scotland- Ian Taylor (1973–74)
- Derek Currie (居里) (1970-??)
- Joe Brennan (1973–1974)
- Jim Forrest (1973-??)
- Jim Begbie (1973–1974)
- Jimmy Liddell (1973–76)
- Willie Henderson (1974–77)
- Billy Semple (森寶) (1977-??) [2]
- Mike Horne (1976–77)
- Derek Hargreaves (1977-??)
- Steve Paterson (柏德遜) (1980–83) [3]
- Jimmy Bone (占士邦) (1981–83) [4]
- John Watson (莊屈臣) (1981–83) [5]
- John Young (楊格) (1983) [6]
- Tommy Nolan (??-1984)
- Steve Raynes (賴恩斯) (1993-??)
- David Craig (2000) [7]
Malaysia- Chow Chee Keong (仇志強) (1970)
Nigeria- Dominic Iorfa (奧化) (1997–98), (1999-00) [8]
- Cornelius Udebuluzor (哥連斯) (2001–02), (2003–04)
Northern Ireland- George Best (1982)
South Korea- Kim Pan-Gon (金判坤) (2002–04)
Wales- Danny Rose (羅斯) (1981–84)
- Steve O'Shaughnessy (奧疏尼斯) (1994)
Seasons
Season Team name League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Senior
ShieldFA Cup League Cup Junior
ShieldNotes 2005–06 Buler Rangers D1 3 14 7 3 4 24 19 24 First round First round Group stage — Hong Kong–Shanghai Championship - Runners-up
Cite du Louvre Cup - 3rd2006–07 Rangers D1 4 18 7 7 4 23 19 28 First round Semi-finals Group stage — 2007–08 Bulova Rangers D1 10 18 2 9 7 19 35 15 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Group stage — Relegated to D2 2008–09 Rangers D2 6 18 6 5 7 32 32 23 — First round 2009–10 Ongood D2 4 16 10 1 5 49 31 31 — 2010–11 Biu Chun D2 — See also
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- Association football clubs established in 1958
- Hong Kong First Division League: 1
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