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R&F
Full nameR&F (Hong Kong) Soccer Limited
富力ふりょく（香港ほんこん）足あし球だま有限ゆうげん公司こうし
Founded2016
Dissolved2020
GroundYanzigang Stadium, Guangzhou
Capacity2,000
PresidentHuang Shenghua
Head coachYeung Ching Kwong
LeagueHong Kong Premier League
2019–20Hong Kong Premier League, 3rd of 10
WebsiteClub website
Current season
R&F
Chinese富力ふりょくR&F

R&F (Hong Kong) Soccer Limited (Chinese: 富力ふりょく（香港ほんこん）足あし球だま有限ゆうげん公司こうし), commonly known as R&F (Chinese: 富力ふりょくR&F), was an association football team based in Guangzhou, China which competed in the Hong Kong Premier League between 2016 and 2020. It was owned by Chinese property developers R&F Properties as a satellite team of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou City.

The club's name "R&F" is short for "Rich" (富とみ) and "Force" (力ちから) in Mandarin Chinese.

History

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R&F were founded and registered at the Hong Kong Football Association in the summer of 2016. As a satellite team of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou City, most of its players were loanees from the Guangzhou City reserves. On 1 August 2016, they were accepted into the Hong Kong Premier League with following conditions: (1) Signing at least eight Hong Kong players. (2) Using at least three Hong Kong players in a match. (3) Sponsoring a cup competition with a fee of $1 million.[1] The club finished their inaugural season in 10th place with 3 wins, 1 draw and 16 defeats in the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League, which secured their position in the top flight for the next season.

In June 2017, R&F was allowed to move their home matches to Yanzigang Stadium in Guangzhou after previously using Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground as their stadium. They were permitted to register three foreigners for the 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League season.[2] R&F signed Brazilian Giovane from Eastern as well as four naturalized Hong Kong players Vas Núñez, Roberto, Itaparica and Godfred Karikari in their squad, hoping to be a more competitive team.[3]

After another disappointing season, R&F abandoned their mission of training Guangzhou City's reserve players. Starting with the 2018–19 season, the club's budget was increased to HK$50 million and the squad was composed mainly of Hong Kong players.[4] Chairman Huang Shenghua claimed that the club's goal was to win at least one trophy in the season and applied for full membership within the HKFA in order to represent Hong Kong in Asian Football Confederation club competitions.[5] The club finished as runners-up, five points behind Tai Po.

On 28 June 2019, it was confirmed that the HKFA had accepted R&F's proposal to follow the same registration rules as other HKPL clubs.[6] This moved meant that R&F could now register up to seven foreigners, while Chinese passport holders would no longer qualify as local players.

After 4 years in the HKPL, R&F officially announced that they would withdraw from the league on 14 October 2020.[7]

Honours

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League

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Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Results

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All-time league rankings

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As of 11 October 2020[8]
Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Senior Challenge Shield Sapling Cup Att./G Stadium
2016–17 1 20 3 1 16 13 53 -40 10 10 R1 R1 R2 207 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
2017–18 1 18 7 1 10 27 35 -8 22 7 R1 R1 Group stage 797 Yanzigang Stadium
2018–19 1 18 11 3 4 51 26 25 36 2 QF SF Group stage 707 Yanzigang Stadium
2019–20 1 10 5 3 2 21 15 6 18 3 Runner-up SF Group stage 388 Yanzigang Stadium

Managerial history

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As of 11 October 2020
# Name Period Pld W D L GF GA GD Win% Honours
1 China Li Zhihai July 2016 – May 2017 23 3 1 19 14 62 −48 013.04
2 Poland Marek Zając June 2017 – 12 March 2018 18 6 1 11 22 36 −14 033.33
3 China Bito Wu 12 March 2018 – 3 June 2018 6 2 0 4 11 13 −2 033.33
4 Hong Kong Yeung Ching Kwong 14 June 2018 – 14 October 2020 52 29 9 14 134 74 +60 055.77

Past and present internationals

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Names in bold indicate players who had international appearances for their countries while playing for R&F.[9]

 Burkina Faso
 China
 Hong Kong
 Congo
 Ecuador

References

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  1. ^ "港みなと超ちょう聯れん 足あし總そう董ただし事こと會かい拍板びんざさら 東方とうほう無緣むえん亞あ洲しゅう賽さい". hk.on.cc. Oriental Press Group Limited. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ^ "富力ふりょく将はた战港超ちょう预备队联赛". Netease. Guangzhou News. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ "R&F富力ふりょく 重じゅう装そう出征しゅっせい港みなと超ちょう". Netease. Nanfang News. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ Chan, Kin Wa (10 June 2019). "Footballer of the year Igor Sartori's switch to R&F Hong Kong from champions Tai Po confirmed". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ "富力ふりょくR&F:"争そう取と两年后きさき参加さんか亚冠"". Information Times. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ^ Gao, Si Kei (28 June 2019). "貝かい鈞ひとし奇き自動じどう當選とうせん主席しゅせき 富力ふりょく來季らいき盡つき用よう外がい援主場じょう未定みてい". HK01. Retrieved 28 June 2019. (in Chinese)
  7. ^ 港みなと超ちょう︱富力ふりょくR&F落實棄戰港みなと超ちょう　稱しょう退出たいしゅつ因いん現時げんじ香港ほんこん足あし球だま氛圍 Ming Pao 14 October 2020
  8. ^ "R&F FC (HONG KONG) Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. ^ "R&F FC". national-football-teams.com.
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