Seiko SA

Infobox Football club
clubname = Seiko
fullname = Seiko Sports Association
founded = 1970
dissolved = 1986
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Seiko Sports Assiciation (zh-t|t=精工) is one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.

History

Seiko was a team sponsored and named by the agents of Seiko Corporation. The team entered Hong Kong Third Division League in 1970. It got the second place in Third Division (B) League (28 macthes: 26 win, 1 draw, 1 loss) and got promoted to Second Division in the next season. In 1971-72, the team captured the league Champion immediately after its promotion (24 matches: 21 win, 1 draw, 2 loss) and was able to compete in Hong Kong First Division League for the first time. The team then stayed in the league for 14 consecutive years.

Trophies

Within the 14 years in the Hong Kong First Division League, Seiko captured 40 major Hong Kong football tropies, which included 9 times League champion, 8 times Hong Kong Senior Shield, 6 times Hong Kong Viceroy Cup, 6 times Hong Kong FA Cup and many more. Its reserve team also captured 2 times reserve league champion.

In 1986, Asian Champions Cup (now AFC Champions League) was re-introduced after its suspension after 1971. Seiko represented Hong Kong for the competition. In the qualifying round, Seiko beat Liaoning FC from China and April Twenty-Five F.C. from North Korea and qualified for the main round. However, the rules set by competition host Saudi Arabia were too harsh and Seiko quit the competition.

Performance in AFC Competitions

* Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

Notable Players

"first bracket shows the Chinese name used in Hong Kong and second bracket shows the seasons playing with Seiko"; Hong Kong
* Wu Kwok Hung (胡國雄) (1972-86)
* Au Wing Hung (區永鴻) (1972-83)
* flagicon|TPE Ho Sun Wah (何新華) (1972-78)
* flagicon|TPE Chan Hung Ping (陳鴻平) (1972-76)
* Fok Pak Ning (霍柏寧) (1972-75)
* flagicon|TPE Chan Cheung Keung (陳長強) (1972-74)
* flagicon|TPE Chan Chiu Kei (陳朝基) (1973-75)
* flagicon|TPE Cheung Chi Wai (張子慧) (1974-80)
* Lo Hung Hoi (盧洪海) (1979-81)
* Chee Yit Bo (池一坡) (1982-85)
* Tim Bredbury (巴貝利) (1982-84)
* Wan Chi Keung(尹志強) (1983-84, 85-86); Australia
* David Mitchell (米曹) (1984-85);England
* Clive Haywood (希活) (1979-80)
* Dave Jones (鍾士) (1980-81, 82-83) [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=3007 Dave Jones - Coventry City FC - Football-Heroes.net] ]
* Steve Whitton (威頓) (1980-81)
* Peter Bodak (邦迪) ((1982-85) [ [http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54432 前精工英國前鋒] ]
* Tony Morley (摩利) (1985-86); Malaysia
* Lam Fung Kei (林芳基) (1973-81)
* Koo Luem Khen (古廉權) (1976-77,78-82); South Korea
* Kim Joey Han (金在漢) (1975-77)
* Kang Kei Yuk (康基郁) (1975-77)
* Pak Kau Ying (朴鎬英) (1975-81);Netherlands
* Chris Dekker (迪加) (1980-81) [ [http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.zwiers/Spelers/D/Dekker,%20Chris/Chris%20Dekker.htm Chris Dekker ] ]
* Johannes Gerardes Wildbret (韋伯) (1981-85) [ [http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2788 (重post)荷蘭中堅韋伯] ]
* Gerrie Mühren (穆倫) (1981-85)
* Theo de Jong (迪莊) (1981-84)
* Cees Storm (史唐) (1981-1982) [ [http://www.angelfire.com/sd/papajoe/hongkong.html Dutchmen in Hong Kong ] ]
* Dick Nanninga (南寧加) (1982-83)
* J.Verheijen (華希恩) (1982-1983) [ [http://www.angelfire.com/sd/papajoe/hongkong.html Dutchmen in Hong Kong ] ]
* Arie Haan (海恩) (1983-84)
*Karel Bonsink (邦辛) (1983-84) [ [http://www.ronaldzwiers.0catch.com/Spelers/B/Bonsink,%20Karel/Karel%20Bonsink.htm Karel Bonsink ] ]
* René van de Kerkhof (連尼加賀夫) (1984-85);Northern Ireland
* Jim Hagan (希瑾) (1980-81) [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=934 Jim Hagan - Birmingham City FC] ] ; Scotland
* Derek Currie (居里) (1972-80)
* Ian McWilliams (麥威廉) (1978-81)
* Billy Semple (森寶) (1978-81)
* Andy Kennedy (堅尼地) (1984-85)
* Gordon McQueen (麥昆) (1985-86) [ [http://www.redcafe.net/archives/legend.php?id=31 RedCafe.net Gordon McQueen (1977 - 1985)] ] ; Sweden
* Benny Wendt (雲迪) (1983-84)

Former coaches

* Chan Fung Hung (陳輝洪) (1970-85)
*George Knobel(1981, 1983)

=League Results=

[ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesh/hkchamp.html Rsssf.com] Hongkong - List of Champions and Runners-up]

Cheering Songs

精工體育 '82 [ [http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=653 www.GoalGoalGoal.com 精工既歌 (in chinese)] ] 曲/唱:譚詠麟 詞:林敏驄

球員意志堅 永遠都向著前 不怕艱辛不怕險 有充足的信心 常常如此永莫變

球員氣魄沖天 個個體格壯健 氣充足走兩邊 發揮技術全面 常常心裡自勉

@ 精工，每天都不放鬆 再上，我地找正方向 精工，勝出都不放鬆 精工，向勝利邁進

球迷個個中堅 永遠衷心一片 要身心都發展 眼中得失看淺 齊來心志盡獻

(重唱 @)

Trivia

* Seiko was able to capture at least one champion each season.
* Seiko organized many different exhibition matches including against Brail All-Stars, Club Atlético Boca Juniors from Argentina, AFC Ajax from Holland and Hamburger SV from Germany.
* Seiko won Hong Kong First Division League for 7 consecutive times from 1978-79 to 1984-85.

References

* [http://www.khchung.net/seiko/ Seiko (in Chinese)]
* 香港足球總會九十週年紀念特刊