Wikipedia - Wanchai SF
Wanchai Sports Federation (Chinese: 灣仔足球隊) is a football club which currently plays in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club is operated by the Wan Chai District Council.
The club plays its home matches at Happy Valley Recreation Ground.
History
In 2002, the Hong Kong Football Association introduced the Hong Kong Third District Division League, which was formed by teams operating by each District Council of Hong Kong. Wanchai was one of 11 clubs to join the league in the first season.
The club did not perform well since they were formed as they were usually placing at the bottom half of league table. In the 2008–09 season, the club were placed at the bottom of the table among 15 teams, only had won one match (vs Wong Tai Sin, originally lost 0–6. However, a suspended player played for Wong Tai Sin in the match. Therefore, Wong Tai Sin was given a 0–3 loss. in 14 matches.
Wan Chai hat eine lange und erfolgreiche Geschichte und hat zahlreiche Trophäen gewonnen, darunter den Hongkong FA Cup (7 Mal) und den Hongkong Senior Shield (3 Mal). Der Verein vertritt Hongkong auch regelmäßig bei internationalen Wettbewerben und hat sich bereits mehrfach für den AFC Cup qualifiziert.
Zu den bekanntesten Spielern von Wan Chai gehören Chan Siu Ki, Cristiano Cordeiro, Luciano de Castro und Lee Kin Wo.
Das Stadion von Wanchai ist das Hong Kong Stadium, das mit einer Kapazität von über 40.000 Plätzen das größte Stadion in Hongkong ist.