- Kitchee SC
Infobox Football club
clubname = Kitchee
fullname = Kitchee Sports Club
nickname = Home-made Hotspurs
founded = 1928 as "Kitchee Football Team"
1931 as "Kitchee SC"
ground =Mong Kok Stadium Kowloon ,Hong Kong
capacity = 8,500
chrtitle = President
chairman = flagicon|HKGTam Wai Ho
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|CHI Julio Moreno
league = Hong Kong First Division
season = 2007–08
position = First Division, 6th
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body2=FFFFFF |rightarm2=FFFFFF |shorts2=FFFFFF |socks2=FFFFFFKitchee Sports Club (zh-t|t=linktext|傑|志|體|育|會) is a
Hong Kong sports club best known for its footballing exploits. The club was founded in1931 and currently plays in Hong Kong First Division. Following its return to the First Division in2003 , Kitchee became one of the most prominent inHong Kong . Handled by their previous coach,Dejan Antonic , Kitchee won two trophys in one season (2005-2006) and under the same cold-hand coach,Dejan Antonic , in their 2006-07 season, the club secured 2nd place in the league, whereas the champion South China had already qualified forAFC Cup asHong Kong Senior Shield winner. As a result, Kitchee becomes one of the twoHong Kong representatives to theAFC Cup 2008 .Kitchee also holds the best record against Italian teams by a Hong Kong team. They defeated
AC Milan 2-1 onMay 31 2004 [cite web
title = AC Milan humiliated by Hong Kong side in exhibition play
publisher = AFP
date =2005-05-31
url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200405/ai_kepm477861
accessdate = 2005-05-31] and beat Juventus 5-3 on penalties (2-2 after regular time) onJune 4 2005 [cite web
title = Juventus draw 2-2, lose on penalties in exhibition against Hong Kong side
publisher = AFP
date =2005-06-04
url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200506/ai_n14754183
accessdate = 2005-06-04] in summer friendly matches played in Hong Kong.Honours
"Major trophies are listed below."
*Hong Kong First Division League
**Winners (3): 1947-48, 1949-50, 1963-64
**Runners-up (5): 1952-53, 1954-55, 1956-57, 2003-04, 2006-07*
Hong Kong League Cup
**Winners (2): 2005-06, 2006-07*
Hong Kong Senior Shield
**Winners (5): 1949-50, 1953-54, 1959-60, 1963-64, 2005-06
**Finalists (4): 1948-49, 1951-52, 1955-56, 2007-08*
Hong Kong FA Cup
**Finalists (1): 2003-04ponsors
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Current first team squad
"As of
September 7 ,2008 ."Notable former players
;Hong Kong
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|ROCCheung Chi Doy
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|ROCLam Sheung Yee
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|HKGYau Kin Wai
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|HKGChan Chi Kwong
*flagicon|NGA flagicon|HKGLawrence Akandu
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|HKGTam Wai Kwok
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|HKGLam Hing Lun
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|HKG flagicon|CRI Cheng Siu Chung
*flagicon|HKG|colonial flagicon|HKGFung Ka Ki
*flagicon|HKGChan Yiu Lun
*flagicon|HKGLam Ka Wai
*flagicon|HKGYip Chi Ho
*flagicon|CHN flagicon|HKGFeng Jizhi
*flagicon|CHN flagicon|HKGXiao Guoji ;Brazil
*flagicon|BRAAnilton da Conceição
*flagicon|BRAAilton Grigorio de Araújo
*flagicon|BRALeandro Webber dos Santos ;Cameroon
*flagicon|CMRArmel Tchakounte ;China
*flagicon|CHNZhang Shudong
*flagicon|CHN Zhou Yi;England
*flagicon|ENGMark Barham (1992-93) [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/markbarham.htm] ;Ghana
*flagicon|GHAJoe Addo ;Indonesia
*flagicon|IDNRochy Putiray ;Japan
*flagicon|JPNDan Ito ; Liberia
*flagicon|LBRMusa Shannon ;Paraguay
*flagicon|PAR flagicon|USA Gerardo Javier Laterza;Serbia
*flagicon|SRBDarko Rakočević ;Slovakia
*flagicon|SVKMartin Jančula ;St. Kitts & Nevis
*flagicon|SKNKeith Gumbs Coaches
*flagicon|Hong Kong
Chan Hung Ping (-2003)
*flagicon|Hong Kong flagicon|Costa Rica Cheng Siu Chung, flagicon|Hong KongLam Hing Lun (2003-2005)
*flagicon|SerbiaDejan Antonić (2005-2007)
*flagicon|Hong KongChu Chi Kwong "(caretaker)" (2007-2008)Recent Seasons
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Trivia
*Kitchee's theme song is [http://kai_yee.mysinamail.com/artwork/Play_my_game.mp3 "Play My Game"]
References
External links
*zh icon [http://www.kitchee.com Kitchee.com] Official website
* [http://www.hkfa.com/en/team_list.php?club_id=4 Kitchee] at HKFA.com
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