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Eastern 2019–20 season

President	Lam Kin Ming
Head Coach	Lee Chi Kin
Stadium	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Premier League	2nd
Senior Shield	Champion
FA Cup	Champion
Sapling Cup	Group Stage
Highest home attendance	893 (vs Tai Po, 29 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	731 (vs Southern, 20 October 2019)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2019–20 season is Eastern's 65th season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Eastern will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup and Sapling Cup this season.

Squad

First Team

As of 1 June 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   HKG Yapp Hung Fai 3 MF   HKG Diego Eli 5 DF   HKG Clayton 6 DF   HKG Chak Ting Fung 8 MF   HKG Lee Ka Yiu 9 FW   BRA Lucas Silva FP 10 FW   HKG Sandro 11 FW   BRA Everton FP 13 DF   HKG Lee Ka Ho 15 DF   HKG Fung Hing Wa 16 MF   HKG Leung Chun Pong ( captain) 17 MF   HKG Leung Kwun Chung 19 FW   HKG Hirokane Harima

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   HKG Wu Chun Ming 23 MF   HKG Wong Wai 26 GK   HKG Liu Fu Yuen 27 FW   TPE Chen Hao-wei FP 29 MF   HKG Oliver Laxton 30 DF   HKG Wong Tsz Ho 33 DF   BRA Eduardo Praes FP 34 DF   HKG Chan Ching Him 42 MF   HKG Yue Tze Nam 77 MF   HKG Naveed Khan 80 FW   HKG Chung Wai Keung 88 MF   BRA João Emir FP 99 GK   HKG Tsang Man Fai

Remarks:
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.
^LP These players are registered as local players in Hong Kong domestic football competitions.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF		Tsang Chi Hau	Pegasus	End of loan
17 July 2019	GK		Tsang Man Fai	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF		Chak Ting Fung	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF		Lee Ka Ho	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF		Fung Hing Wa	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF		Eduardo Praes	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	DF		Lau Hok Ming	Southern	Free
17 July 2019	MF		Lee Ka Yiu	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	MF		Leung Kwun Chung	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	MF		João Emir	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	MF		Wu Chun Ming	Pegasus	Free
17 July 2019	MF		Oliver Laxton	HKFC	Free
17 July 2019	MF		Yue Tze Nam	Cova da Piedade	Free
17 July 2019	FW		Chung Wai Keung	Tai Po	Free
17 July 2019	FW		Harima Hirokane	Kitchee	Free
17 July 2019	FW		Chen Hao-wei	Hang Yuan	Free	[1]
17 July 2019	FW		Jean Moser	Yuen Long	Free
28 September 2019	MF		Wong Wai	Tai Po	Free
1 January 2020	FW		Sandro	Tai Po	Free
1 January 2020	FW		Lucas Silva	Kitchee	Free
1 July 2020	FW		Fernando	Kitchee	Free
1 July 2020	DF		Alex Jojo	Happy Valley	Free
1 July 2020	MF		Cheng Tsz Sum	Tai Po	Free
6 July 2020	MF		Toby Down	Tai Po	Free

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK		Liang Yuhao		Released
1 July 2019	GK		Ho Kwok Chuen	Resources Capital	Released
1 July 2019	DF		Cheung Kin Fung	Retired	–
1 July 2019	DF		Lima Pereira	Cova da Piedade	End of loan
1 July 2019	MF		Robson Shimabuku	Cova da Piedade	End of loan
1 July 2019	MF		Lee Hong Lim	Lee Man	Released
1 July 2019	MF		Jordan Jarvis	Resources Capital	Released
1 July 2019	FW		Manolo Bleda	Kitchee	Released
1 July 2019	FW		Jaimes Mckee	Retired	–
13 January 2020	MF		Lam Ka Wai	R&F	Released
1 June 2020	MF		Xu Deshuai		Released
1 June 2020	DF		Tsang Kam To	Lee Man	Released
1 June 2020	FW		Lam Hok Hei		Released
1 June 2020	DF		Tsang Chi Hau	Happy Valley	Released
1 June 2020	MF		Lau Ho Lam	Southern	Released
1 July 2020	DF		Fung Hing Wa	R&F	Released
1 July 2020	DF		Chan Ching Him	Resources Capital	Released
1 July 2020	DF		Lee Ka Ho		Released
1 July 2020	DF		Tse Long Hin		Released
1 July 2020	MF		Yiu Ho Ming	Rangers	Released
1 July 2020	FW		Jean Moser		Released

Loans out

Start Date	End Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To Club	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2019	31 May 2020	MF		Lau Ho Lam	Southern	Undisclosed
19 July 2019	31 May 2020	DF		Tse Long Hin	Lee Man	Undisclosed
26 July 2019	13 January 2020	MF		Yiu Ho Ming	Pegasus	Undisclosed
August 2019	31 May 2020	DF		Tsang Chi Hau	Yuen Long	Undisclosed
1 September 2019	31 May 2020	DF		Lau Hok Ming	Lee Man	Undisclosed
5 September 2019	31 May 2020	DF		Cheng King Ho	Yuen Long	Undisclosed
23 September 2019	31 May 2020	FW		Lam Hok Hei	Rangers	Undisclosed
2 January 2020	31 May 2020	FW		Jean Moser	Pegasus	Undisclosed
15 January 2020	31 May 2020	MF		Yiu Ho Ming	Yuen Long	Undisclosed

Club officials

Position	Staff
Head coach	Lee Chi Kin
Technical Director	Andrejs Štolcers
Assistant coach	Li Hang Wui
Assistant coach	Lo Chi Kwan
Goalkeeping coach	Ricardo Navarro
Technical Analyst	Bruno Pereira

Competitions

Hong Kong Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kitchee (C)	10	6	2	2	25	10	+15	20	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Eastern	10	6	1	3	16	8	+8	19	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	R&F (D)	10	5	3	2	21	15	+6	18	Withdrew from league system, club folded [a]
4	Lee Man	10	5	1	4	16	14	+2	16	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Southern	10	2	4	4	15	21	−6	10

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

Hong Kong Sapling Cup

Group stage

Hong Kong FA Cup

Remarks

References