Resources Capital
Full nameResources Capital Football Club Limited
Founded1982 (1982) as Tai Chung Publisher
2016 (2016) as Resources Capital Football Club
GroundTsing Yi Sports Ground
Capacity1,500
PresidentHanson Wong
ChairmanHenry Tang
Head coachHa Hyeok-jun
LeagueHong Kong Premier League
2022–238th of 10
WebsiteClub website

Resources Capital Football Club (Chinese: 晉峰足球會) is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. It was known as Tai Chung Football Club for the first 34 years of its existence before rebranding in 2016. [1]

The club plays its home matches at Tsing Yi Sports Ground.

History

Tai Chung has competed in the Hong Kong football league system league since 2001. Between 2009 and 2011, Tai Chung once competed in the First Division, the top-flight league in Hong Kong at that time. Since their relegation in 2011, the club has competed in the second-tier amateur league.

In 2016, the club was acquired by Tang Wai Ho, and was renamed as Resources Capital.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, club ownership increased the budget to $6 million and turned the club into a professional outfit, aiming to gain promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League in the following season.[2] Despite the cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Resources Capital were granted promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League by the HKFA board of directors.[3]

Name history

  • 1982–2005: Tai Chung (大中)
  • 2005–2008: EU Tai Chung (東盟大中)
  • 2008–2009: Advance Tai Chung (駿昇大中)
  • 2009–2016: Tai Chung (大中)
  • 2016–: Resources Capital (晉峰)

Team staff

Position Staff
Director of footballHong Kong Ho Shun Yin
Head coachSouth Korea Ha Hyeok-jun
Assistant coachHong Kong Yau Tsz Yeung
Assistant coachHong Kong Yeung Hin Fai
Goalkeeping coachHong Kong
Fitness coachHong Kong Cheng Chun Hin
Fitness coachHong Kong Ho Ho Yee

Current squad

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Hong Kong HKG Pong Cheuk Hei
4 DF Hong Kong HKG Lee Ching
5 DF Hong Kong HKG Yeung Hin Lok
6 DF Australia AUS Bradie Smith FP
7 MF Hong Kong HKG Wong Ching Tak
8 MF Hong Kong HKG Chiu Wan Chun
9 FW Hong Kong HKG Yuen Sai Kit
10 DF Japan JPN Kotaro Umeda FP
11 MF Hong Kong HKG Ki Sze Ho
13 DF Hong Kong HKG Hui Chak Wai
14 DF Hong Kong HKG Tsang Chung Nam
16 FW Hong Kong HKG Cheung Ching Wan
17 FW Hong Kong HKG Ho Sze Chit
18 MF Hong Kong HKG Tsang Chun Hin
19 MF Hong Kong HKG Lam Lok Yin
20 DF Hong Kong HKG Cheng King Ho (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Hong Kong HKG Chau Yui Wang
24 DF Hong Kong HKG Lam Ho Hin
25 MF Nigeria NGA Chukwuemeka Ikondu FP
29 MF Hong Kong HKG Lui Cheuk Kan
30 FW Hong Kong HKG Wong To Lam
33 MF South Korea KOR Lee Yoon-kwon FP
37 MF Hong Kong HKG Tsui King Yau
42 GK Hong Kong HKG Chan Ka Ho
66 DF South Korea KOR Kim Hyun-ho FP
72 DF Hong Kong HKG Yoong Ka Hei
77 DF South Korea KOR Kim Sang-woo FP
80 MF England ENG Benjamin Tandy Ortega FP
86 GK Hong Kong HKG Mak Tsz Hin
88 DF Hong Kong HKG Au Yeung Ho Ming
99 DF South Korea KOR Moon Ji-seong FP

Remarks:
LP These players are registered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Hong Kong HKG Yuen Yat Long (on loan at HK U23)

Season-to-season record

Season Tier Division Teams Position Home Stadium Attendance/G FA Cup Senior Shield League Cup Sapling Cup
2005–06 3 Third A Division 3
2006–07 3 Third A Division 20 2
2007–08 2 Second Division 10 7
2008–09 2 Second Division 10 2
2009–10 1 First Division 11 8 Kowloon Bay Sports Ground 353 First Round Quarter-finals
2010–11 1 First Division 10 9 Kowloon Bay Sports Ground 268 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
2011–12 2 Second Division 12 8
2012–13 2 Second Division 11 4
2013–14 2 Second Division 12 6
2014–15 2 First Division 15 13
2015–16 2 First Division 14 10
2016–17 2 First Division 14 9
2017–18 2 First Division 16 9
2018–19 2 First Division 14 7
2019–20 2 First Division 14
2020–21 1 Premier League 8 7 Tsing Yi Sports Ground 575 Group Stage
2021–22 1 Premier League 8 Tsing Yi Sports Ground 469
2022–23 1 Premier League 10 8 Tsing Yi Sports Ground 524 First Round Quarter-finals Group Stage

Note:

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Honours

League

Cup Competitions

Head coaches

References

  1. "晉峰足球會 updated their profile picture". Facebook. Resources Capital FC. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. Hseun, Ka Man. "半職業式組軍 班費600萬 晉峰會長:不為升班而升班". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2019. (in Chinese)
  3. Chan, Kin Wa. "HKFA: Newly signed Premier League players given green light for restart thanks to FIFA exemption". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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