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| Full name | Branded name: Lee Man Football Club Legal registration name: Lee Man Football Limited | ||
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| Nickname | Golden Dragon | ||
| Founded | 2017; 8 years ago (2017) | ||
| Ground | Mong Kok Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 6,664 | ||
| Chairman | Norman Lee | ||
| Head coach | Chu Siu Kei | ||
| League | Hong Kong Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | Hong Kong Premier League, 2nd of 9 | ||
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| Traditional Chinese | 理文足球會 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 理文足球有限公司 | ||||||
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Lee Man Football Club (Chinese:理文足球會) is aHong Kongprofessionalfootball club based inTseung Kwan O, which currently competes in theHong Kong Premier League. Lee & Man Chemical Limited is the major sponsor of the club.
The club won their first league title in the2023–24 season with an unbeaten record.
Lee Man Football Club was established on 19 June 2017 byLee Man Football Limited with the aim of promoting football in Hong Kong and allowing Hong Kong football players to shine with the club.
During the2017–18 season, Lee Man Football Limited decided to invest their money in building their own football club. They paid an entrance fee of HKD 1 million to theHong Kong Football Association for the right to enter a club directly into theHong Kong Premier League.[1] The club hired former Hong Kong internationalFung Ka Ki as their first manager on 3 July 2017.[2] Lee Man recorded their first win in the club history on 15 September in a 3–2 league win againstEastern with Spanish playerJordi Tarrés scoring the club's first official goal. However, Manager Fung Ka Ki would only last one season as manager since the club finished a disappointing 8th place.
On 21 May 2018, Lee Man hired formerHong Kong national team andMacau national team head coachChan Hiu Ming as its manager.[3] Under Chan, the club won its first trophy, capturing the2018–19 Hong Kong Sapling Cup on 27 April 2019 in a 3–2 victory overYuen Long.[4]
Lee Man participated in their first intercontinental tournament, theAFC Cup qualifying straight to the2021 AFC Cup group stage, On 23 June 2021, Lee Man recorded their first win in the tournament against another local club,Eastern SC withGil scoring the only goal in the match in a 1–0 win. Lee Man went on to win all of their group stage match winning Taiwanese clubTainan City 4–1 on 26 June and winning against Mongolian clubAthletic 220 thrashing them 1–5 on 29 June thus qualifying to theInter-zone play-off finals playing against Uzbekistani clubNasaf on 20 October. Throughout the match, Lee Man put up a good fight against Nasaf drawing with them 2–2 thus seeing them both going through extra time, however in the first half of extra time, opponent playerAndrija Kaluđerović scored the goal for Nasaf which would see Lee Man bowed out from the tournament with the final score being 3–2.
Lee Man then qualified for the2022 AFC Cup group stage being placed with the same opponent in 2021, but this time, the club bowed out from the tournament early in the group stage.
On 5 February 2023, Chan was sacked by Lee Man after a disappointing performance and on 27 April 2023,Tsang Chiu Tat was appointed as the head coach of the club. Lee Man finished the2022–23 season as runners-up which sees the club qualified for the2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying phase. On 16 August 2023, Lee Man thrashed Indonesian clubBali United 5–1 at home which saw them qualified for the play-off round against2022 AFC Champions League winner,Urawa Red Diamonds, however, Lee Man lost 3–0 to the Japanese side at theSaitama Stadium 2002 which see their opponent qualified to the group stage.
On 19 May 2024, Lee Man secured their firstHong Kong Premier League title after a 6–1 victory againstSham Shui Po.[5] They became the fourth club to win the league title and the second unbeaten title-winning team – a record of 17 wins and 3 draws. Lee Man also directly qualified for the group stage of the inaugural2024–25 AFC Champions League Two. The club is then drawn into Group G alongside Thailand clubBangkok United, Vietnamese clubNam Định and Singaporean clubTampines Rovers.
Lee Man played their home matches at theTseung Kwan O Sports Ground which can hold a capacity of up to 5,000. However as the stadium didn't meet theAFC requirements, Lee Man used theMong Kok Stadium as their home ground to host all of their2024–25 AFC Champions League Two matches.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Remarks:
LP These players are considered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
FP These players are registered as foreign players.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Chu Siu Kei |
| Assistant coach |  Darren Read |
| Assistant coach | Lo Chi Kwan |
| Goalkeeping coach | Cheng Ho Man |
| Fitness coach | Lee Kin Wai |
| Analytical coach |
Source:[citation needed]
| Season | Tier | Division | Teams | Position | Home Stadium | Attendance/G | FA Cup | Senior Shield | League Cup | Sapling Cup | HKPLC Cup |
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| 2017–18 | 1 | Premier League | 10 | 8 | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | 509 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Not held | Group Stage | Not held |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Premier League | 10 | 9 | 627 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Champions | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Premier League | 10 | 4 | Sham Shui Po Sports Ground | 877 | First Round | Runners-up | Group Stage | ||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Premier League | 8 | 3 | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | 852 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Semi-finals | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Premier League | 8 | Cancelled | 943 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Premier League | 10 | 2 | 817 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Runners-up | |||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Premier League | 11 | 1 | 716 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Group stage | Runners-up | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | Premier League | 9 | 2 | 574 | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | Runners-up | Defunct | ||
| 2025–26 | 1 | Premier League | 10 | Mong Kok Stadium | Quarter-finals | Defunct | |||||
Note:
1st or Champions 2nd or Runners-up 3rd place Promotion Relegation
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group J | Eastern | 1–0 | 1st | |
 Tainan City | 4–1 | |||||
 Athletic 220 | 5–1 | |||||
| Inter-zone play-off final |  Nasaf Qarshi | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | ||||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Play-off round | Athletic 220 | 2–1 | ||
| Group J | Eastern | 1–3 | 2nd | |||
| Tainan City | 3–1 | |||||
| 2023–24 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary stage |  Bali United | 5–1 | ||
| Play-off stage |  Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–3 | ||||
| 2024–25 | AFC Champions League Two | Group G |  Bangkok United | 0–1 | 1–4 | 4th |
 Thép Xanh Nam Định | 0–2 | 0–3 | ||||
 Tampines Rovers | 0–0 | 1–3 | ||||
| Coach | From | To | Achievements |
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| Fung Ka Ki | 1 July 2017 | 9 April 2018 | |
| Fung Hoi Man | 10 April 2018 | 20 May 2018 | |
| Chan Hiu Ming | 21 May 2018 | 5 February 2023[7] | 2018–19 Hong Kong Sapling Cup |
| Tsang Chiu Tat | 5 February 2023 | 3 October 2024 | 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League |
| Chu Siu Kei | 3 October 2024 | 21 November 2024 | |
 Matthew Holland | 21 November 2024 | 10 March 2025 | |
| Chu Siu Kei | 10 March 2025 |
