2015–16 Hong Kong Third Division League

Football league season

Hong Kong Third Division League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Hoi King
Promoted	Hoi King Central & Western
Relegated	Kowloon Cricket Club HKFYG
Matches played	240
Goals scored	829 (3.45 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Hong Kong Third Division League is the 2nd season of Hong Kong Third Division League since it became the fourth-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014–15.

The league started on 6 September 2015 and ended on 22 May 2016.

Teams

Changes from last season

From Third Division

Promoted to Second Division

Tung Sing

Eliminated from league

Lung Moon

To Third Division

Relegated from Second Division

New Fair Kui Tan

New Clubs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hoi King (C, P)	30	26	1	3	77	19	+58	79	Promotion to Second Division
2	Central & Western (P)	30	25	4	1	101	11	+90	79	Promotion to Second Division
3	St. Joseph's	30	17	9	4	63	24	+39	60
4	KCDRSC	30	17	3	10	59	46	+13	54
5	REX Global North District	30	18	2	10	65	46	+19	56
6	Wing Go Fu Moon	30	16	5	9	58	44	+14	53
7	GFC Friends	30	15	3	12	60	33	+27	48
8	Sun International	30	13	7	10	44	41	+3	46
9	Fukien	30	11	8	11	54	49	+5	41
10	Ornament	30	12	4	14	47	56	−9	40
11	Telecom	30	8	8	14	45	62	−17	32
12	Islands	30	9	4	17	38	61	−23	31
13	New Fair Kui Tan	30	6	8	16	39	59	−20	26
14	King Mountain	30	6	2	22	29	94	−65	20
15	Kowloon Cricket Club (E)	30	4	2	24	34	76	−42	14	Elimination from League
16	HKFYG (E)	30	1	2	27	16	108	−92	5	Elimination from League

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Drawing lots
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Hoi King wins head-to-head against Central & Western.

Results

Home \ Away	CWD	FUK	GFC	HKI	ISL	KMF	KCD	KCC	NFK	ORN	TEL	NDF	SJF	SUN	FYG	FUM
Central & Western		3–0	2–0	1–2	6–0	5–0	5–1	4–0	4–0	5–0	6–0	7–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–0
Fukien	1–5		1–1	2–3	4–0	7–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	1–2	6–0	2–2
GFC Friends	2–2	3–2		0–1	1–3	7–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	4–0	0–2
Hoi King	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	9–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	6–0	4–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–1
Islands	0–5	2–2	0–4	0–2		7–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	5–0	1–2
King Mountain	0–5	2–2	0–0	1–4	3–1		1–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	5–4	0–3	0–2	0–2	3–0	1–2
KCDRSC	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	3–1		3–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	3–1	3–3	3–1	4–0	2–1
Kowloon Cricket Club	0–2	4–0	1–5	1–3	3–4	0–2	1–2		1–4	0–4	2–3	0–4	0–3	0–3	5–0	4–5
New Fair Kui Tan	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–2	3–1		3–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Ornament	1–3	4–2	2–1	0–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	0–0	2–1		0–2	2–0	1–2	0–4	3–1	1–2
Telecom	0–4	1–2	1–0	0–4	0–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–3		2–4	1–1	1–1	6–2	0–0
REX Global North District	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	5–0	4–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–1		1–2	5–2	3–1	1–4
St. Joseph's	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	5–2	1–1	6–0	5–0		0–0	2–1	0–1
Sun International	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–1	3–3
HKFYG	0–5	0–5	0–6	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–5	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–6	0–3	0–1		2–6
Wing Go Fu Moon	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	2–3	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	4–1	3–1

Source: Hong Kong Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (Reserve) First Division Second Division Third Division Futsal League
Women	Women's League
Youth	Youth League (U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U18) Girls' League

Domestic cups

Men	Community Cup Senior Shield FA Cup (preliminary round) League Cup Sapling Cup Season play-off
Women	FA Cup

Asian club competitions

AFC Champions League (2016)
AFC Cup (2015, 2016)

Related to national teams

Men	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup Hong Kong–Macau Interport AYA Bank Cup
Women	Women's Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Youth	2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Men's Futsal	2016 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
Women's Futsal	2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

Other competitions

Lunar New Year Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	Biu Chun Rangers Dreams Metro Gallery Eastern KC Southern Kitchee Pegasus South China Glory Sky Wong Tai Sin Yuen Long

Summer 2015 transfers

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Hong Kong Third Division League seasons