Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (often abbreviated to Rangers), is a Hong Kong football club and plays in Hong Kong First Division League. It won the Hong Kong League once, the Senior Challenge Shield 4 times, the FA Cup twice.
The club was founded in 1958, the first Asian football club with modern football club managing system. 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, gaining the club a reputation for an excellent school for young footballers. The Rangers youth academy has produced many of Hong Kong's finest youngsters, though many have been signed to bigger clubs since, some have chosen to stay with their club who 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.
Rangers also sold Chan Wai Ho to South China in 2007 for HK$400,000, breaking the transfer record in Hong Kong.
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
- 1995/96: Second Round
Current first team squad
As of March 15, 2008Famous players
- Spencer Lam (林尚義)
- 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-??)
- 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)
- Scotland
- Derek Currie (居里) (1970-??)
- Jim Forrest (1973-??)
- Jimmy Liddell (1973-76)
- Billy Semple (森寶) (1977-??)
- Derek Hargreaves (1977-??)
- Steve Paterson (柏德遜) (1980-83)
- Jimmy Bone (占士邦) (1981-83)
- John Watson (莊屈臣) (1981-83)
- John Young (楊格) (1983)
- Tommy Nolan (??-1984)
- Steve Raynes (賴恩斯) (1993-??)
- David Craig (2000)
- Malaysia
- Chow Chee Keong (仇志強) (1970)
- Nigeria
- Dominic Iorfa (奧化) (1997-98), (1999-00) [
- Cornelius Udebuluzor (哥連斯) (2001-02), (2003-04)
- Wales
- Steve O'Shaughnessy (奧疏尼斯) (1994)
2006-07 Season
- Hong Kong First Division League:
- HKFA Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield: First Round (Details)
- Hong Kong League Cup: First Round (Fourth in Group B) (Details)
- Hong Kong FA Cup:
2005-06 Season
- Coolpoint Ventilation First Division Football League: 3rd Place
- Hong Kong League Cup: First Round
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: First Round
- LANWA International FA Cup: First Round (3rd in Group A)
External links
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