# 2013–14 Hong Kong Rangers FC season

The 2013–14 season is Biu Chun Rangers's 35th, as well as 2nd consecutive, season in the Hong Kong First Division League. Biu Chun Rangers will compete in the First Division League, Senior Challenge Shield and FA Cup.

## Key events

* 18 May 2013: The club confirmed that Hong Kong forward Lam Hok Hei joins Indonesian Super League club Persija Jakarta on a 4-month loan transfer until 31 August 2013.
* 26 May 2013: Brazilian striker Giovane Alves da Silva joins newly promoted side Eastern Salon on a free transfer.
* 29 May 2013: Hong Kong midfielder Chow Cheuk Fung joins the club from Tuen Mun on a free transfer.
* 30 May 2013: Hong Kong midfielder Cheng King Ho leaves the club and joins newly promoted side Yuen Long on a free transfer.
* 30 May 2013: Club director Philip Lee confirms the departure of Wong Chin Hung, Chan Siu Yuen and Lau Nim Yat.
* 2 June 2013: Hong Kong midfielder Lau Nim Yat leaves the club and joins newly promoted side Eastern Salon on a free transfer.
* 2 June 2013: Hong Kong defender Chan Siu Yuen leaves the club and joins fellow First Division side Citizen on a free transfer.
* 8 June 2013: Hong Kong defender Chan Cham Hei joins the club from First Division club South China on a free transfer after his contract with South China expiries and is released by them.
* 8 June 2013: Hong Kong defender Lai Ka Fai makes a return to First Division football as he joins the club from Fourth Division club Mutual on a free transfer.
* 8 June 2013: Cameroon-born Hong Kong striker Julius Akosah leaves the club and join newly promoted First Division club Happy Valley for an undisclosed fee.
* 8 June 2013: Cameroon-born Hong Kong midfielder Wilfred Bamnjo leaves the club and joins newly promoted First Division club Happy Valley for an undisclosed fee.
* 11 June 2013: Hong Kong defender Wong Chin Hung leaves the club and joins newly promoted First Division club Eastern Salon on a free transfer.
* 20 June 2013: Hong Kong goalkeeper Wong Tsz Him leaves the club and joins fellow First Division club Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei for an undisclosed fee.
* 6 July 2013: The club appoints José Ricardo Rambo as the head coach of the club in the following season.
* 14 July 2013: Ghana-born naturalised Hong Kong defender Moses Mensah joins the club from fellow First Division club Citizen on a free transfer.
* 14 July 2013: Youth team players Marco Wegener, Cheung Siu Kwan, Man Wai Sum, Ho Chik Hin and Ng Clinton are promoted to the first team in the following season.
* 20 July 2013: Brazilian midfielder Rian Marques joins the club from Finland third-tier division Kakkonen club Oulun Rotuaarin Pallo for an undisclosed fee.
* 1 January 2014: Hong Kong midfielder Li Ka Chun leaves the club and joins fellow First Division club Biu Chun Rangers for an undisclosed fee.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | P | Name | Date of birth | Age | Since | Previous Club | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Leung Hing Kit$^{LP}$ | (1989-10-22)22 October 1989 | 24 | 2007 | Hong Kong 08 | Team 1st vice captain |
| 2 | DF | Lai Hau Hei$^{LP}$ | (1995-01-19)19 January 1995 | 19 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 8 | MF | Miroslav Saric$^{FP}$ | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 | 28 | 2012 | NK Lučko | |
| 10 | FW | Lam Hok Hei$^{NR}$ | (1991-09-18)18 September 1991 | 22 | 2006 | Youth system | On loan to Persija Jakarta |
| 11 | DF | Shum Wai Shing$^{LP}$ | (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 | 21 | 2012 | Sham Shui Po | |
| 18 | DF | Luciano Silva da Silva$^{LP}$ | (1987-06-13)13 June 1987 | 26 | 2013 (Winter) | An Giang | |
| 19 | MF | Law Hiu Chung$^{LP}$ | (1995-06-10)10 June 1995 | 18 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 20 | MF | Wong Philip$^{LP}$ | (1996-01-20)20 January 1996 | 18 | 2011 | Youth system | |
| 23 | DF | Liu Songwei$^{LP}$ | (1989-10-08)8 October 1989 | 24 | 2009 | South China | Second nationality: China |
| 24 | MF | Yuen Kin Man$^{LP}$ | (1989-01-19)19 January 1989 | 25 | 2012 | Happy Valley | |
| | MF | Chow Cheuk Fung$^{LP}$ | (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 | 24 | 2013 | Tuen Mun | On loan from Tuen Mun |
| | DF | Chan Cham Hei$^{LP}$ | (1991-06-17)17 June 1991 | 22 | 2013 | South China | |
| | DF | Lai Ka Fai$^{LP}$ | (1983-05-30)30 May 1983 | 31 | 2013 | Mutual | |
| | DF | Moses Mensah$^{LP}$ | (1978-08-10)10 August 1978 | 35 | 2013 | Citizen | Second nationality: Hong Kong |
| | FW | Marco Wegener$^{LP}$ | (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 | 18 | 2013 | Youth system | Second nationality: Germany |
| | MF | Cheng Siu Kwan$^{LP}$ | (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 | 17 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| | GK | Man Wai Sum$^{LP}$ | (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 | 17 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| | MF | Ho Chik Hin$^{LP}$ | (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 | 16 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| | FW | Ng Clinton$^{LP}$ | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 | 17 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| | MF | Rian Marques$^{FP}$ | (1982-08-28)28 August 1982 | 31 | 2013 | Oulun Rotuaarin Pallo | Left in September 2013 |
    As of 1 January 2014
Source: Biu Chun Rangers Ordered by squad number.

### Transfers
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| DF | Chan Cham Hei | South China | Free transfer | 8 June 2013 | First team |
| DF | Lai Ka Fai | Mutual | Free transfer | 8 June 2013 | First team |
| DF | Moses Mensah | Citizen | Free transfer | 14 July 2013 | First team |
| FW | Marco Wegener | Youth team | N/A | 14 July 2013 | First team |
| MF | Cheng Siu Kwan | Youth team | N/A | 14 July 2013 | First team |
| GK | Man Wai Sum | Youth team | N/A | 14 July 2013 | First team |
| MF | Ho Chik Hin | Youth team | N/A | 14 July 2013 | First team |
| FW | Ng Clinton | Youth team | N/A | 14 July 2013 | First team |
| MF | Rian Marques | Oulun Rotuaarin Pallo | Undisclosed | 20 July 2013 | First team |

#### Out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| 22 | FW | Giovane Alves da Silva | Eastern Salon | Free transfer (Released) | 26 May 2013 | First team |
| 7 | MF | Cheng King Ho | I- Sky Yuen Long | Free transfer (Released) | 30 May 2013 | First team |
| 25 | DF | Juninho | Unattached | Free transfer (End of Contract) | 30 May 2013 | First team |
| 4 | DF | Sashi Chalwe | Unattached | Free transfer (End of Contract) | 30 May 2013 | First team |
| 6 | MF | Lau Nim Yat | Eastern Salon | Free transfer (Released) | 2 June 2013 | First team |
| 14 | DF | Chan Siu Yuen | Citizen | Free transfer (Released) | 2 June 2013 | First team |
| 21 | FW | Julius Akosah | Happy Valley | Undisclosed | 8 June 2013 | First team |
| 5 | MF | Wilfred Bamnjo | Happy Valley | Undisclosed | 8 June 2013 | First team |
| 3 | DF | Wong Chin Hung | Eastern Salon | Free transfer (Released) | 11 June 2013 | First team |
| 17 | GK | Wong Tsz Him | Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei | Undisclosed | 20 June 2013 | First team |
| | DF | Chan Chem Hei | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) | October 2013 | First team |

#### Loan In

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team | Source |
| 8 | MF | Chow Cheuk Fung | Tuen Mun | 29 May 2013 | End of the season | First team | |

#### Loan out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team | Source |
| 10 | FW | Lam Hok Hei | Persija Jakarta | 18 May 2013 | 31 August 2013 | First team | |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | José Ricardo Rambo |
| Assistant Coach | Chan Hung Ping |
| Assistant Coach | Law Kwok Ho |
Last updated: 16 July 2012 Source: Biu Chu Rangers

## Squad statistics
### Overall Stats

| | First Division | Senior Shield | FA Cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Games won | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Games drawn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Games lost | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Goals for | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Goals against | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Players used | 22 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| Yellow cards | 24 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 15 December 2013 Source: Player Stats
Players Used: Biu Chun Rangers has used a total of 22 different players in all competitions.

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | Leung Hing Kit | | 8 | 8 | -11 | 676 | 8 | -11 | | | | | (−) GA |
| 19 | GK | Li Jian | | 3 | 4 | -4 | 314 | 2 | | 2 | -4 | | | (−) GA; Second nationality: China |
| 2 | DF | Lai Man Fai | | 1 | 4 | | 141 | 3 | | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Shum Wai Shing | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Lai Hau Hei | | | 2 | | 11 | 1 | | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Moses Mensah | | 11 | 11 | 1 | 990 | 9 | 1 | 2 | | | | Second nationality: Hong Kong |
| 18 | DF | Chan Chem Hei | | | 5 | | 50 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 22 | DF | Tomas Maronesi | | 11 | 11 | | 990 | 9 | | 2 | | | | |
| 23 | DF | Liu Songwei | | 6 | 7 | | 518 | 6 | | 1 | | | | Second nationality: China |
| 33 | DF | Luciano | | 11 | 11 | 1 | 990 | 9 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | DF | Ivan Razumović | | 1 | 1 | | 17 | 1 | | | | | | Left the club in September 2013 |
| 6 | MF | Chow Cheuk Fung | | 9 | 10 | | 674 | 8 | | 2 | | | | On loan from Tuen Mun |
| 7 | MF | Chuck Yiu Kwok | | 9 | 11 | 3 | 832 | 9 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Miroslav Saric | | 6 | 7 | 1 | 584 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 12 | MF | Li Ka Chun | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Yick Chi Ho | | | 1 | | 22 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Chan Ming Kong | | 7 | 10 | | 608 | 8 | | 2 | | | | |
| 21 | MF | Law Hiu Chung | | 6 | 9 | | 523 | 8 | | 1 | | | | |
| | MF | Rian Marques | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 2 | 1 | | | | | Left the club in September 2013 |
| 9 | FW | Li Jian | | 4 | 8 | | 436 | 8 | | | | | | Second nationality: Hong Kong |
| 10 | FW | Lam Hok Hei | | 10 | 11 | 2 | 874 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| 14 | FW | Marco Wegener | | | | | | | | | | | | Second nationality: Germany |
| 28 | FW | Tales Schutz | | 7 | 7 | 3 | 626 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| | FW | Daniel | | 2 | 2 | | 180 | 2 | | | | | | Left the club in September 2013 |
| | FW | Lee Kil-Hoon | | 7 | 7 | 1 | 630 | 5 | | 2 | 1 | | | Left the club in December 2013 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | First Division | Senior Shield | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 7 | Chuck Yiu Kwok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | FW | | 28 | Tales Schutz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | | 10 | Lam Hok Hei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 5 | Moses Mensah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 8 | Miroslav Saric | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | 33 | Luciano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | | Lee Kil-Hoon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | | Rian Marques | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for South China first squad during the season.
| N | P | Name | League | League | Shield | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Leung Hing Kit | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 2 | DF | Lai Ka Fai | | | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Moses Mensah | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 6 | MF | Chow Cheuk Fung | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Chuck Yiu Kwok | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | Miroslav Saric | 3 | | | 3 | |
| 17 | MF | Chan Ming Kong | 5 | | | 5 | |
| 21 | DF | Law Hiu Chung | 3 | | | 3 | |
| 22 | DF | Tomas Maronesi | 1 | | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | DF | Liu Songwei | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 28 | FW | Tales Schutz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | Lee Kil-Hoon | 1 | | 1 | 2 | |
| | FW | Daniel Goulart Quevedo | 1 | | | 1 | |
| | DF | Ivan Razumovic | 1 | | | 1 | |
Last updated: 15 December 2013 Source: Competitive matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

### Substitution record

Includes all competitive matches.
| | | | League | League | Shield | Shield | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Name | subson | subsoff | subson | subsoff | subson | subsoff | subson | subsoff |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Leung Hing Kit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | GK | Li Jian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | RB | Lai Ka Fai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Shum Wai Shing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lai Hau Hei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Moses Mensah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | LB | Chan Chem Hei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | RB | Law Hiu Chung | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | CB | Tomas Maronesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | CB | Liu Songwei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | CB | Luciano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | CB | Ivan Razumovic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | CM | Chow Cheuk Fung | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | RM | Chuck Yiu Kwok | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | CM | Miroslav Saric | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | CM | Li Ka Chun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DM | Yick Chi Ho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | CM | Chan Ming Kong | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| | AM | Rian Marques | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | LW | Li Jian | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | SS | Lam Hok Hei | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | SS | Marco Wegener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | SS | Tales SChutz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | CF | Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | SS | Lee Kil-Hoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 December 2013

### Captains

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Leung Hing Kit | 7 | Captain |
| 28 | FW | Tales Schutz | 2 | 2nd vice captain |
| 2 | DF | Lai Ka Fai | 1 | 1st vice captain |
| 23 | DF | Liu Songwei | 1 | |
Last updated: 15 December 2013 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | First match |
| Hong Kong First Division League | — | 1st | 31 August 2013 |
| Senior Challenge Shield | Quarter-finals | — | October 2013 |
| FA Cup | Quarter-finals | — | January 2014 |
Updated to match played 13 August 2013 Source: Competitions

### First Division League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | South China | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 32 | 2015 AFC Cup |
| 4 | Royal Southern (R) | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 21 | 2013–14 Hong Kong season play-off and relegation to 2014–15 Hong Kong First Division League |
| 5 | Hong Kong Rangers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 21 | |
| 6 | Eastern Salon | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 21 | 2013–14 Hong Kong season play-off |
| 7 | I-Sky Yuen Long | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 20 | |
* ↑ South China won the 2013–14 Hong Kong season play-off and thus qualified for the 2015 AFC Cup group stage.
* ↑ Since the 2013–14 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield winners (South China) would at this point qualify for the 2013–14 Hong Kong season play-off, the 4th placed team would qualify for the Season Play-off. At the same time, Royal Southern declined to participate in the 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League and would self-relegate in the following season.
* ↑ Eastern Salon qualified for the 2013–14 Hong Kong season play-off as winners of the 2013–14 Hong Kong FA Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 December 2013. Source: First Division

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | P | D | D | L | L | W | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Void