Full name | Resources Capital Football Club Limited | ||
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Founded | 1982 2016 as Resources Capital Football Club | as Tai Chung Publisher||
Ground | Tsing Yi Sports Ground | ||
Capacity | 1,500 | ||
President | Hanson Wong | ||
Chairman | Henry Tang | ||
Head coach | Ho Shun Yin (Interim) | ||
League | Hong Kong Premier League | ||
2022–23 | 8th of 10 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Resources Capital Football Club (Chinese: 晉峰足球會) is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. It was known as Tai Chung Football Club (Chinese: 大中足球會) for the first 34 years of its existence before rebranding in 2016. [1]
The club plays its home matches at Tsing Yi Sports Ground.
Tai Chung has competed in the Hong Kong football league system league since 2001. Between 2009 and 2011, Tai Chung once competed in the First Division, the top-flight league in Hong Kong at that time. Since their relegation in 2011, the club has competed in the second-tier amateur league.
In 2016, the club was acquired by Tang Wai Ho, and was renamed as Resources Capital.
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, club ownership increased the budget to $6 million and turned the club into a professional outfit, aiming to gain promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League in the following season.[2] Despite the cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Resources Capital were granted promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League by the HKFA board of directors.[3]
Source: Resources Capital
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Remarks:
LP These players are registered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.
FP These players are registered as foreign players.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season | Tier | Division | Teams | Position | Home Stadium | Attendance/G | FA Cup | Senior Shield | League Cup | Sapling Cup |
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2005–06 | 3 | Third A Division | 3 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Not held | |||
2006–07 | 3 | Third A Division | 20 | 2 | ||||||
2007–08 | 2 | Second Division | 10 | 7 | ||||||
2008–09 | 2 | Second Division | 10 | 2 | ||||||
2009–10 | 1 | First Division | 11 | 8 | Kowloon Bay Sports Ground | 353 | First Round | Quarter-finals | Not held | |
2010–11 | 1 | First Division | 10 | 9 | Kowloon Bay Sports Ground | 268 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | |
2011–12 | 2 | Second Division | 12 | 8 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||
2012–13 | 2 | Second Division | 11 | 4 | Not held | |||||
2013–14 | 2 | Second Division | 12 | 6 | ||||||
2014–15 | 2 | First Division | 15 | 13 | Did not enter | |||||
2015–16 | 2 | First Division | 14 | 10 | Did not enter | |||||
2016–17 | 2 | First Division | 14 | 9 | Defunct | |||||
2017–18 | 2 | First Division | 16 | 9 | ||||||
2018–19 | 2 | First Division | 14 | 7 | ||||||
2019–20 | 2 | First Division | 14 | Cancelled | ||||||
2020–21 | 1 | Premier League | 8 | 7 | Tsing Yi Sports Ground | 575 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Group Stage | ||
2021–22 | 1 | Premier League | 8 | Cancelled | Tsing Yi Sports Ground | 469 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2022–23 | 1 | Premier League | 10 | 8 | Tsing Yi Sports Ground | 524 | First Round | Quarter-finals | Group Stage | |
2023–24 | 1 | Premier League | 11 | Tsing Yi Sports Ground | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Group Stage |
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1st or Champions 2nd or Runners-up 3rd place Promotion Relegation
Resources Capital has a small supporters group active at all home and away games. The group was formed at the start of the 2020-2021 Hong Kong Premier League season after the club grew in popularity among Hong Kong Premier League supporters. The fan group is known as "The Pink Army". At home games at Tsing Yi Sports Ground, "The Pink Army" is based at Zone H. https://www.instagram.com/rcfc_pinkarmy/