Note that the Hongkong FA only recognises trophy winners since its own reconstruction in 1945.
Season Champions Runners-Up
1908/09 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Royal Garrison Artillery
1909/10 Royal Garrison Artillery The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1910/11 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1911/12 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1912/13 Royal Garrison Artillery King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1913/14 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Royal Engineers
1914/15 Royal Garrison Artillery Police
1915/16 Royal Garrison Artillery [*]
1916/17 Royal Engineers
1917/18 Royal Garrison Artillery
1918/19 Royal Navy Hong Kong FC
1919/20 Hong Kong FC
1920/21 Wiltshire Regiment Royal Garrison Artillery
1921/22 HMS 'Curlew' 1-0 Hong Kong FC
1922/23 The King's Liverpool Regiment HMS 'Ambrose'
1923/24 South China East Surrey Regiment
1924/25 East Surrey Regiment South China
1925/26 Kowloon FC East Surrey Regiment
1926/27 Clube de Recreio Chinese Athletic Assoc.
1927/28 Chinese Athletic Assoc.
1928/29 Chinese Athletic Assoc. Somerset Light Infantry Regiment
1929/30 Chinese Athletic Assoc. Royal Navy
1930/31 South China Kowloon FC
1931/32 Royal Navy
1932/33 South China South Welsh Borderers
1933/34 South Welsh Borderers Saint Joseph's
1934/35 South China Police
1935/36 South China Chinese Athletic Assoc.
1936/37 Royal Ulster Rifles South China
1937/38 South China 'B' Middlesex Regiment
1938/39 South China
1939/40 South China Eastern
1940/41 South China Eastern
1941/42 unfinished
1942-45 no competition
[*] 1915/16 runners-up not known but Hong Kong West were relegated
Number of Titles (33)
8 South China
5 Royal Garrison Artillery
3 Chinese Athletic Association
2 Royal Navy
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1 Clube de Recreio
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
East Surrey Regiment
HMS 'Curlew'
Hong Kong FC
The King's Liverpool Regiment
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Kowloon FC
Royal Engineers
Royal Ulster Rifles
South China 'B'
South Welsh Borderers
Wiltshire Regiment
Season Champions Runners-Up 1945/46 Royal Air Force 44 Commandos 1946/47 Sing Tao South China 1947/48 Kitchee Sing Tao 1948/49 South China Kowloon Motor Bus Co. 1949/50 Kitchee Kowloon Motor Bus Co. 1950/51 South China Kowloon Motor Bus Co. 1951/52 South China Army 1952/53 South China Kitchee 1953/54 Kowloon Motor Bus Co. South China 1954/55 South China Kitchee 1955/56 Eastern South China 1956/57 South China Kitchee 1957/58 South China Kowloon Motor Bus Co. 1958/59 South China Kowloon Motor Bus Co. 1959/60 South China Happy Valley 1960/61 South China Happy Valley 1961/62 South China Happy Valley 1962/63 Yuen Long Tung Wah 1963/64 Kitchee Happy Valley 1964/65 Happy Valley South China 1965/66 South China Happy Valley 1966/67 Kowloon Motor Bus Co. South China 1967/68 South China Sing Tao 1968/69 South China Sing Tao 1969/70 Jardines Sing Tao 1970/71 Rangers Jardines 1971/72 South China Caroline Hill 1972/73 Seiko South China 1973/74 South China Seiko 1974/75 Seiko Happy Valley 1975/76 South China Seiko 1976/77 South China Seiko 1977/78 South China Happy Valley 1978/79 Seiko Happy Valley 1979/80 Seiko Happy Valley 1980/81 Seiko South China 1981/82 Seiko Happy Valley 1982/83 Seiko Bulova 1983/84 Seiko Bulova 1984/85 Seiko South China 1985/86 South China Happy Valley 1986/87 South China Eastern 1987/88 South China Happy Valley 1988/89 Happy Valley South China 1989/90 South China Lai Sun 1990/91 South China Happy Valley 1991/92 South China Eastern 1992/93 Eastern South China 1993/94 Eastern South China 1994/95 Eastern South China 1995/96 Instant-Dict South China 1996/97 South China Instant-Dict 1997/98 Instant-Dict South China 1998/99 Happy Valley South China 1999/00 South China Happy Valley 2000/01 Happy Valley Instant-Dict 2001/02 Sun Hei Happy Valley 2002/03 Happy Valley Sun Hei 2003/04 Sun Hei Kitchee 2004/05 Sun Hei Happy Valley 2005/06 Happy Valley Xiangxue Sun Hei 2006/07 South China Kitchee 2007/08 South China Citizen 2008/09 South China Kitchee 2009/10 South China TSW Pegasus 2010/11 Kitchee South China 2011/12 Kitchee TSW Pegasus 2012/13 South China Kitchee 2013/14 Kitchee Sun Pegasus 2014/15 Kitchee Eastern 2015/16 Eastern Kitchee 2016/17 Kitchee Eastern 2017/18 Kitchee Wofoo Tai Po 2018/19 Wofoo Tai Po Guangzhou R&F (HK) 2019/20 Kitchee Eastern 2020/21 Kitchee Eastern 2021/22 abandoned 2022/23 Kitchee Lee Man 2023/24 Lee Man Wofoo Tai Po 2024/25 Number of Titles (78; runners-up (78) finishes between square brackets) 32 [16] South China 12 [ 8] Kitchee 9 [ 3] Seiko 6 [16] Happy Valley 5 [ 6] Eastern 3 [ 2] Sun Hei (includes Xiangxue Sun Hei; now called Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei) 2 [ 5] Kowloon Motor Bus Co. 2 [ 2] Instant-Dict 1 [ 4] Sing Tao 1 [ 2] Wofoo Tai Po 1 [ 1] Jardines 1 [ 1] Lee Man 1 [ -] Rangers 1 [ -] Royal Air Force 1 [ -] Yuen Long - [ 3] Sun Pegasus (includes TSW Pegasus) - [ 2] Bulova - [ 1] Army - [ 1] Caroline Hill - [ 1] Citizen - [ 1] 44 Commandos - [ 1] Guangzhou R&F (HK) - [ 1] Lai Sun - [ 1] Tung Wah
Sources: [Kni 91], [MB 85], [MB 86], [Oli 95], Zhongguo Zuqiu Yundongshi (Chinese Football History), Hong Kong Football
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