# 2012–13 Citizen AA season

The 2012–13 season is Citizen AA's 9th season in football in Hong Kong First Division League. Citizen AA will seek to win a trophy for a season, as they failed to defend the Senior Challenge Shield trophy. The club will also be competing in the Senior Challenge Shield and the FA Cup.

## Key Events

* 9 June 2012: Hong Kong defender Chan Hin Kwong joins Citizen from Tuen Mun for an undisclosed fee.
* 10 August 2012: Nigerian forward Kelvin Orieke Mba joins Citizen for free.
* 27 January 2013: Citizen was defeated by Wofoo Tai Po in the final of the Senior Shield as they lost 3–5 in penalties after a 2–2 tie after 90 minutes and extra time.

## Players
### First team

    As of 27 January 2013.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | HKG | Wong Yiu Fu |
| 4 | FW | HKG | Sham Kwok Fai |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Claudio da Silva$^{FP}$ |
| 7 | MF | NGA | Festus Baise (captain) |
| 8 | MF | HKG | So Loi Keung |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Sandro$^{FP}$ |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Yuto Nakamura$^{FP}$ |
| 11 | DF | HKG | Michael Campion |
| 12 | DF | HKG | Ma Ka Ki |
| 13 | FW | NGA | Kelvin Orieke Mba$^{NR}$ |
| 15 | MF | GHA | Moses Mensah |
| 16 | MF | HKG | Tam Lok Hin |
| 17 | GK | HKG | Liu Fu Yuen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | HKG | Sham Kwok Keung |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Paulinho Piracicaba$^{FP}$ |
| 20 | MF | HKG | Si Boris Chiho |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yuan Yang |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Hélio$^{FP}$ |
| 25 | MF | HKG | Young Ho Wang |
| 26 | DF | HKG | Chan Sze Chun |
| 27 | DF | HKG | Chan Hin Kwong |
| 28 | DF | HKG | Chiu Chun Kit |
| 29 | GK | HKG | Tse Tak Him |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Detinho$^{FP}$ |
| 31 | FW | GHA | Okwara Henry Baise$^{FP}$ |
| 39 | GK | HKG | Shum Kenrick |
Remarks: $^{NR}$ Player is not registered and therefore ineligible to play any local matches. $^{FP}$ These players are registered as foreign players.
Players with dual nationality:
* Festus Baise (Local player)
* Moses Mensah (Local player)
* Yuan Yang (Local player)

### Transfers
#### In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| 27 | DF | Chan Hin Kwong | Tuen Mun | Undisclosed | 19 July 2012 | First Team |
| 31 | FW | Okwara Henry Baise | Wing Yee | Undisclosed | | First Team |
| 39 | GK | Shum Kenrick | Youth Team | N/A | | First Team |
| 20 | DF | Si Boris Chiho | Youth Team | N/A | | First Team |

#### Out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 17 | MF | Fung Kai Hong | Sun Pegasus | Free transfer | 19 July 2012 |
| 6 | MF | Yeung Chi Lun | Biu Chun Rangers | | |
| 11 | DF | Law Chun Bong | Yokohama FC Hong Kong | | |

## Stats
### Squad Stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | Hong Kong First Division League | Hong Kong First Division League | Senior Challenge Shield | Senior Challenge Shield | FA Cup | FA Cup | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 17 | GK | Liu Fu Yuen | | 2 | 2 | -5 | 180 | | | 1 | | 1 | -5 | (−) GA |
| 29 | GK | Tse Tak Him | | 25 | 25 | -35 | 2280 | 18 | -27 | 6 | -6 | 1 | -2 | (−) GA |
| 39 | GK | Shum Kenrick | | | | | | | | | | | | (−) GA |
| 2 | LB | Wong Yiu Fu | | 13 | 20 | | 1253 | 14 | | 4 | | 2 | | |
| 4 | RB | Sham Kwok Fai | | 25 | 25 | 1 | 2243 | 16 | 1 | 7 | | 2 | | |
| 15 | LB | Moses Mensah | | 1 | 4 | | 140 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 23 | CB | Hélio | | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2300 | 16 | 2 | 7 | | 2 | | |
| 25 | DF | Young Ho Wang | | | 2 | | 26 | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 26 | CB | Chan Sze Chun | | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 27 | LB | Chan Hin Kwong | | 13 | 13 | | 1094 | 7 | | 6 | | | | |
| 28 | CB | Chiu Chun Kit | | 21 | 24 | | 1861 | 18 | | 5 | | 1 | | |
| 5 | CM | Gustavo | | 11 | 11 | | 871 | 9 | | 1 | | 1 | | joined in January 2013 |
| 7 | DM | Festus Baise | | 26 | 26 | 7 | 2314 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 8 | CM | So Loi Keung | | 16 | 18 | 2 | 1411 | 13 | | 3 | 2 | 2 | | |
| 11 | DM | Michael Campion | | 20 | 21 | 2 | 1876 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 16 | AM | Tam Lok Hin | | 26 | 26 | 2 | 2188 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 19 | MF | Paulinho Piracicaba | | 7 | 10 | 2 | 594 | 4 | | 5 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 20 | CM | Si Boris Chiho | | 1 | 10 | 1 | 163 | 7 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 31 | DF | Okwara Henry Baise | | 2 | 7 | | 181 | 3 | | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 9 | FW | Sandro | | 10 | 10 | 2 | 769 | 9 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | joined in January 2013 |
| 10 | FW | Yuto Nakamura | | 23 | 23 | 9 | 1966 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 13 | FW | Kelvin Orieke Mba | | 1 | 3 | | 62 | 2 | | | | 1 | | |
| 18 | FW | Sham Kwok Keung | | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1446 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 21 | FW | Yuan Yeng | | 13 | 17 | 2 | 997 | 8 | | 7 | 2 | 2 | | |
| 30 | FW | Detinho | | | 21 | 8 | 765 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | |

### Top scorers

    As of 4 May 2013
| Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | First Division League | Senior Challenge Shield | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Yuto Nakamura | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 30 | Detinho | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | | 7 | Festus Baise | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | 18 | Sham Kwok Keung | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| =5 | MF | | 8 | So Loi Keung | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| =5 | FW | | 9 | Sandro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| =5 | MF | | 11 | Michael Campion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| =5 | MF | | 16 | Tam Lok Hin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| =5 | MF | | 19 | Paulinho Piracicaba | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| =5 | FW | | 21 | Yuan Yang | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| =5 | DF | | 23 | Hélio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| =11 | DF | | 4 | Sham Kwok Fai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| =11 | MF | | 20 | Si Boris Chiho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 31 | 16 | 1 | 48 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 14 April 2013
| Number | Nationality | Position | Name | First Division League | First Division League | Senior Challenge Shield | Senior Challenge Shield | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Wong Yiu Fu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Sham Kwok Fai | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | | MF | Gustavo Silva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Festus Baise | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | So Loi Keung | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Sandro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Yuto Nakamura | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Michael Campion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Tam Lok Hin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Sham Kwok Keung | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Paulinho Piracicaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Yuan Yang | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Hélio | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Chan Hin Kwong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | | DF | Chiu Chun Kit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | | GK | Tse Tak Him | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | | FW | Detinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | | FW | Okwara Henry Baise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 42 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 1 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Hong Kong First Division League | — | 8th | 31 August 2012 | 4 May 2013 |
| Senior Challenge Shield | 1st round | Runner-up | 22 September 2012 | 27 January 2013 |
| FA Cup | 1st round | 1st round | 26 December 2012 | 13 January 2013 |
Updated to match played 4 May 2013 Source: Competitions

### First Division League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Hong Kong Rangers | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 20 | |
| 7 | Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 20 | |
| 8 | Citizen | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 20 | |
| 9 | Yokohama FC Hong Kong | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 | |
| 10 | Wofoo Tai Po (R) | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 19 | 2012–13 Hong Kong Season play-off and relegation to the 2013–14 Hong Kong Second Division League |
* 1 2 3 4 HKR 3–3 CIT, HKR 2–2 SUN, HKR 1–1 YHK; CIT 2–3 HKR, CIT 1–2 SUN, CIT 3–0 YHK; SUN 2–2 HKR, SUN 1–1 CIT, SUN 1–1 YHK; YHK 2–4 HKR, YHK 1–1 CIT, YHK 2–0 SUN
* ↑ Wofoo Tai Po won the 2012–13 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield and thus qualified for the 2012–13 Hong Kong Season play-off along with Southern District whom qualified due to Kitchee winning the FA Cup along with coming runners up in the league.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2013. Source:

#### Results by round

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

## Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Void

### Competitive
#### First Division League
#### FA Cup
##### First round

Remarks:
$^1$ The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is originally 9,000, but only the 4,000-seated main stand is opened for football match.