# 2013–14 Citizen AA season

The 2013–14 season is Citizen's 9th consecutive season in the Hong Kong First Division League. Citizen will compete in the First Division League, Senior Challenge Shield and FA Cup in this season.

## Key events

* 30 May 2013: Brazilian striker Detinho confirms that he will not retire and has extended a 1-year contract with the club.
* 31 May 2013: Brazilian midfielder Gustavo Claudio da Silva leaves the club and joins fellow First Division club Yuen Long on a free transfer.
* 31 May 2013: Brazilian striker Sandro leaves the club and joins Yuen Long on a free transfer.
* 2 June 2013: Hong Kong defender Chan Siu Yuen joins the club from fellow First Division side Biu Chun Rangers on a free transfer.
* 3 June 2013: Hong Kong international defender Chiu Chun Kit joins fellow First Division club Yuen Long on loan until the end of the season.
* 3 June 2013: Brazilian striker Paulinho Piracicaba signs a 6-month contract extension with the club.
* 3 June 2013: Hong Kong goalkeeper Liu Fu Yuen leaves the club and joins fellow First Division club Yuen Long on a free transfer.
* 6 June 2013: Hong Kong midfielder Michael Campion leaves the club and joins fellow First Division club Sun Pegasus for an undisclosed fee.
* 7 June 2013: Chinese-Hong Kong striker Yuan Yang leaves the club and joins fellow First Division club Sun Pegasus for an undisclosed fee.
* 16 June 2013: Hong Kong midfielder Cheung Yu Sum leaves the club and joins newly promoted First Division club Yuen Long on a free transfer.
* 28 June 2013: The Hong Kong Football Association assigns Tsing Yi Sports Ground as Citizen's home ground in the following season.
* 14 July 2013: Ghana-born naturalised Hong Kong defender Moses Mensah leaves the club and joins fellow First Division club Biu Chun Rangers on a free transfer.
* 15 July 2013: Serbian midfielder Marko Krasić joins the club from Indonesian Premier League club Arema FC for an undisclosed fee.
* 18 July 2013: English-Hong Kong midfielder joins the club from fellow First Division club Kitchee on a free transfer.
* 22 July 2013: Brazilian striker Stefan Pereira joins the club from Brazilian club Esporte Clube Jacuipense for an undisclosed fee.
* 26 September 2013: Brazilian midfielder Fernando Augusto Avezedo Pereira joins the club from Brazilian club EC Jacuipense on an undisclosed fee.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | P | Name | Date of birth | Age | Since | Previous Club | Notes |
| 3 | DF | Wong Yiu Fu$^{LP}$ | (1981-08-06)6 August 1981 | 32 | 2009 | Eastern | |
| 4 | DF | Sham Kwok Fai$^{LP}$ | (1984-05-30)30 May 1984 | 30 | 2007 | Happy Valley | Team 1st vice-captain |
| 5 | MF | Marko Krasić$^{FP}$ | (1985-12-01)1 December 1985 | 28 | 2013 | Arema (IPL) | |
| 6 | MF | []$^{LP}$ | (1994-06-03)3 June 1994 | 20 | 2013 | Kitchee | Second nationality: Hong Kong |
| 7 | MF | Festus Baise$^{FP}$ | (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 | 34 | 2005 | South China | Team captain; Second nationality: Hong Kong |
| 8 | MF | So Loi Keung$^{LP}$ | (1982-10-27)27 October 1982 | 31 | 2011 | Kitchee | |
| 9 | FW | Stefan Pereira$^{FP}$ | (1988-04-16)16 April 1988 | 26 | 2013 | Jacuipense | |
| 10 | FW | Yuto Nakamura$^{FP}$ | (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 | 27 | 2011 | Free Agent | |
| 11 | MF | Boris Si$^{LP}$ | (1994-07-27)27 July 1994 | 20 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 12 | DF | Ma Ka Ki$^{LP}$ | (1978-06-08)8 June 1978 | 35 | 2007 | Hong Kong FC | |
| 14 | MF | Chan Siu Yuen$^{LP}$ | (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 | 26 | 2013 | Biu Chun Rangers | |
| 16 | MF | Tam Lok Hin$^{LP}$ | (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 | 24 | 2009 | Eastern | |
| 17 | DF | Mak Ngo Tung$^{LP}$ | (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 | 19 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| 18 | FW | Sham Kwok Keung$^{LP}$ | (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 | 27 | 2010 | Shatin | |
| 19 | FW | Paulinho Piracicaba$^{FP}$ | (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 | 31 | 2007 | Olímpia | |
| 20 | MF | Fernando$^{FP}$ | (1986-11-14)14 November 1986 | 27 | 2013 | Jacuipense | |
| 23 | DF | Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves$^{FP}$ | (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 | 28 | 2008 | Olímpia | |
| 24 | MF | Lau Tak Yan$^{LP}$ | (1994-06-01)1 June 1994 | 19 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| 25 | DF | Young Ho Wang$^{LP}$ | (1993-09-11)11 September 1993 | 20 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 27 | DF | Chan Hin Kwong$^{LP}$ | (1988-02-27)27 February 1988 | 26 | 2012 | Tuen Mun | |
| 28 | DF | Chiu Chun Kit$^{NR}$ | (1983-10-04)4 October 1983 | 30 | 2011 | South China | On loan to Yuen Long |
| 29 | GK | Tse Tak Him$^{LP}$ | (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 | 29 | 2004 | Hong Kong 08 | Team 2nd vice-captain |
| 30 | FW | Detinho$^{LP}$ | (1973-09-11)11 September 1973 | 40 | 2009 | South Ch/ina | Second nationality: Hong Kong |
| 31 | MF | Okwara Henry Baise$^{NR}$ | (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 | 22 | 2012 | Wing Yee | |
| 39 | GK | Shum Kenrick$^{LP}$ | (1989-09-07)7 September 1989 | 24 | 2012 | Youth system | |
Last update: 26 September 2013 Source: Citizen FC Ordered by squad number. $^{LP}$Local player; $^{FP}$Foreign player; $^{NR}$Non-registered player

### Transfers
#### In

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| 14 | DF | Chan Siu Yuen | Biu Chun Rangers | Free transfer | 2 June 2013 | First team |
| 5 | MF | Marko Krasić | Arema (IPL) | Undisclosed | 15 July 2013 | First team |
| 6 | MF | [] | Kitchee | Free transfer | 18 July 2013 | First team |
| 17 | DF | Mak Ngo Tung | Youth system | N/A | 18 July 2013 | First team |
| 24 | MF | Lau Tak Yan | Youth system | N/A | 18 July 2013 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Stefan | Jacuipense | Undisclosed | 22 July 2013 | First team |
| 20 | MF | Fernando Augusto Avezedo Pereira | Jacuipense | Undisclosed | 26 September 2013 | First team |

#### Out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| 5 | MF | Gustavo Claudio da Silva | I-Sky Yuen Long | Free transfer (Released) | 31 May 2013 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Sandro | I-Sky Yuen Long | Free transfer (Released) | 31 May 2013 | First team |
| 17 | GK | Liu Fu Yuen | I-Sky Yuen Long | Free transfer (Released) | 3 June 2013 | First team |
| 11 | MF | Michael Campion | Sun Pegasus | Undisclosed | 6 June 2013 | First team |
| 21 | FW | Yuan Yang | Sun Pegasus | Undisclosed | 7 June 2013 | First team |
| | MF | Cheung Yu Sum | I-Sky Yuen Long | Free transfer (Released) | 16 June 2013 | Reserves |
| 15 | DF | Moses Mensah | Biu Chun Rangers | Free transfer | 14 July 2013 | First team |

#### Loan In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team | Source |

#### Loan out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team | Source |
| 28 | DF | Chiu Chun Kit | Yuen Long | 3 June 2013 | End of the season | First team | |

## Squad statistics
### Overall Stats

| | First Division | Senior Shield | FA Cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games lost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals for | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals against | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players used | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 May 2013 Source: Player Stats
Players Used: Citizen have used a total of 0 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 |
| 29 | GK | Tse Tak Him | | | | | | | | | | | | (−) GA |
| 39 | GK | Shum Kernick | | | | | | | | | | | | (−) GA |
| 3 | DF | Wong Yiu Fu | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Sham Kwok Fai | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | DF | Ma Ka Ki | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | DF | Mak Ngo Tung | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | DF | Hélio | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | DF | Yong Ho Wang | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | DF | Chan Hin Kwong | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | MF | Marko Krasić | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | MF | [] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Festus Baise | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | So Loi Keung | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Boris Si | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | MF | Chan Siu Yuen | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Tam Lok Hin | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | MF | Fernando | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | MF | Lau Tak Yan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | MF | Okwara Henry Baise | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Stefan Pereira | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | FW | Yuto Nakamura | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | FW | Sham Kwok Keung | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | FW | Paulinho Piracicaba | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | FW | Detinho | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | First Division | Senior Shield | FA Cup | Total |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Nat. | Name | League | League | League | Shield | Shield | Shield | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total | Notes |
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 |||||||||||
| 29 | GK | Tse Tak Him | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | Shum Kernick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Wong Yiu Fu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Shum Kwok Fai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Ma Ka Ki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Mak Ngo Tung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Hélio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Young Ho Wang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Chan Hin Kwong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | MF | Marko Krasić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Festus Baise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | So Loi Keung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Boris Si | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Chan Siu Yuen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Tam Lok Hin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Fernando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Lau Tak Yan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Okwara Henry Baise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Stefan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Yuto Nakamura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Sham Kwok Keung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Paulinho Piracicaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Detinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 December 2013

### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
Last updated: (Once the season commences) 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 | — | 6th | 1 September 2013 |
| Senior Challenge Shield | Quarter-finals | — | October 2013 |
| FA Cup | Quarter-finals | — | January 2014 |
Updated to match played 15 December 2013 Source: Competitions

### First Division League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | I-Sky Yuen Long | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 20 | |
| 8 | Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei (R) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 19 | Relegation to 2014–15 Hong Kong First Division League |
| 9 | Citizen (R) | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 18 | Relegation to 2014–15 Hong Kong First Division League |
| 10 | Yokohama FC Hong Kong | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 13 | |
| 11 | Happy Valley (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excluded, record expunged Relegation to 2014–15 Hong Kong First Division League |
* ↑ Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei & Citizen declined to participate in the 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League and would self-relegate in the following season.
* ↑ On 13 February 2014, the HKFA announced that as a result of a match-fixing investigation, both Tuen Mun and Happy Valley would be excluded from the league, and their records would be expunged.

#### 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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H |
| Result | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Void