# 2017–18 Kitchee SC season

The 2017–18 season is Kitchee's 39th season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Kitchee will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup, Sapling Cup and AFC Champions League in this season.
By joining the AFC Champions League, this has become the first time for Kitchee to appear in the group stage of it. On 14 March 2018, Kitchee managed to achieve a 1–0 win over Kashiwa Reysol, becoming the first-ever team from Hong Kong to win a game in the history of the AFC Champions League group stage.

## Players
### First Team Current Squad List (As of 20 May 2018)

First Team Current Squad List :
| Number | Full Name | Position |
| 1 | Wang Zhenpeng | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Fernando Recio | Defender |
| 3 | Daniel Cancela Rodríguez | Defender |
| 5 | Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves | Defender |
| 6 | Zhi-Gin Andreas Lam | Midfielder |
| 7 | Fernando Augusto Azevedo Pedreira | Midfielder |
| 8 | Alexander Oluwatayo Akande | Forward |
| 9 | Lucas Espindola da Silva | Forward |
| 10 | Lam Ka Wai (vice-captain) | Midfielder |
| 11 | Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo | Forward |
| 12 | Lo Kwan Yee (captain) | Defender |
| 13 | Li Ngai Hoi | Defender |
| 14 | Jordi Tarrés | Forward |
| 15 | Annan Christian Kwesi | Forward |
| 16 | Jared Christopher Lum | Midfielder |
| 17 | Paulo Robspierry Carreiro | Forward |
| 18 | Diego Forlán | Forward |
| 19 | Huang Yang | Midfielder |
| 21 | Tong Kin Man | Defender |
| 23 | Guo Jianqiao | Goalkeeper |
| 28 | Cheng Chin Lung | Midfielder |
| 30 | Wong Tsz Ho | Goalkeeper |
| 32 | Krisztián Vadócz | Midfielder |
| 34 | Barak Braunshtain | Midfielder |
| 35 | Mark Francis Mercenes Swainston | Defender |
| 36 | Victor Alexander Stamp | Forward |
| 38 | Kim Dong-Jin | Defender |
| 67 | Sebastian Robert Buddle | Forward |
| 90 | Kim Bong-Jin | Defender |
Remarks: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

### Out On Loan (As of 30 June 2018)

Out On Loan List :
| Full Name | Position | On Loan At Team Name | Start Date | End Date |
| Chan Ka Ho | Goalkeeper | Yuen Long | 15 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| Li Ngai Hoi | Defender | Hong Kong Pegasus | 15 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 |
| Jordi Tarrés | Forward | Lee Man | 15 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 |
| Ngan Lok Fung | Midfielder | Lee Man | 15 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| Emmet Wan | Midfielder | Lee Man | 15 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| Law Tsz Chun | Defender | Dreams FC | 15 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| Hirokane Harima | Forward | Dreams FC | 15 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| Cheng Chin Lung | Forward | Dreams FC | 15 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 |
| Matthew Thomas Lam | Midfielder | Lee Man | 1 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |

### Reserves Team Current Squad List (As of 11 January 2017)

Reserve Team List :
| Full Name | Position |
| Au Man Lok | Midfielder |
| Lee Chun Lok | Defender |
| Tong Hew Yeung | Defender |
| Nir Horowitz | Goalkeeper |
| Oded Perlman | Defender |
| Hyu Hugh Matsumoto | Defender |
| Jin Won Bong | Defender |
Remarks:: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

## Club officials
### General Structure

* General Structure
* Kitchee Sports Club
* Kitchee Foundation Limited
* Kitchee (Sports Management) Limited

### Club Senior Staff

Club Senior Staff :
| Position | Name |
| President | Ken K. Ng |
| General Manager | Wilson Ng |
| Public Relations Manager | Ng Yee Yun, Jessica |
| Director of Marketing | Lo Shuk Ting |
| Director of Football | Chu Chi Kwong, Alex |
| Competition Manager | Chiu Yun Shing, Lester |
| Customer Service Manager | Cheng Ching Yu, Macro |

### Club Coach Staff

Club Coach Staff :
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Chu Chi Kwong, Alex |
| Assistant Coach | Roberto Losada |
| Assistant Coach | Cristiano Cordeiro |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Roberto Sambade Carreira |
| Head of Youth Developing | Pedro Garcia Diaz |
| Head of Recovery & Regeneration | Pau MP |
| Head of Performance | Lee Wai Yuk, Justin |
| Club Physiotherapist | Ngai Chi Wing, Gorman |
| Team Assistant | Lee Wing Po |
| Reserve Team Head Coach | Pedro Garcia Diaz |
| Reserve Team Assistant Coach | Yu Siu Chee |
| Reserve Team Assistant Coach | Gao Wen |
| U18 Team Coach | Gao Wen |
| U17, U15, U14 Team Coach | Cristiano Cordeiro |
| U16, U11 Team Coach | Chu Chi Kwong, Alex |
| U13 Team Coach | Roberto Losada |
| Youth Coach | Yu Siu Chee |
| Club Doctor | Dr. Yung Shu Hang, Patrick |
| Kitchee Academy director | Roberto Losada |
| Kitchee Academy Coach | Gao Wen |
| Professional Footballer Preparatory Programme Coach | Cristiano Cordeiro |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Hong Kong Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kitchee (C) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 12 | +55 | 50 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2 or 2019 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 2 | Tai Po | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 37 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Cup Play-off round |
| 3 | Pegasus | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 34 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2018. Source: Competitive Matches

#### League Matches
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JEO | TJQ | KSW | KIT |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 6–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Tianjin Quanjian | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 4–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Kitchee | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 3 | | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | League | Shield & FA Cup | Shield & FA Cup | Shield & FA Cup | Sapling & Community | Sapling & Community | Sapling & Community | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Asts | Apps | Goals | Asts | Apps | Goals | Asts | Apps | Goals | Asts | Apps | Goals | Asts | | |
| 1 | GK | Wang Zhenpeng | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Fernando Recio | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Dani Cancela | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Hélio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Lam Zhi-Gin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Fernando | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Alex Akande | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Lucas | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Lam Ka Wai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sandro | 2 (2) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Lo Kwan Yee | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Christian Annan | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Jared Lum | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Paulinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Huang Yang | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Matt Lam | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Tong Kin Man | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Guo Jianqiao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Krisztián Vadócz | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Barak Braunshtain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Mark Swainston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Robert Stamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Kim Dong-Jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | FW | Sebastian Buddle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | Kim Bong-Jin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan ||||||||||||||||||||

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | Shield & FA Cup | Sapling & Community | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Lucas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Sandro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 32 | Krisztián Vadócz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Fernando | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 8 | Alex Akande | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 12 | Lo Kwan Yee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Jared Lum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Lam Ka Wai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 15 | Christian Annan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League | Shield & FA Cup | Sapling & Community | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Wang Zhenpeng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 23 | Guo Jianqiao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 30 | Wong Tsz Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |