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Hong Kong First Division League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Tai Po
Promoted	Tai Po; HKFC
Relegated	Sun Source; Lucky Mile
Matches played	182
Goals scored	630 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Detinho (Easyknit Property); (28 goals)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

The league started on 6 September 2015 and ended on 15 May 2016.

Teams

Changes from last season

From First Division League

Promoted to Premier League

Southern

Relegated to Second Division

To First Division League

Relegated from Premier League

Tai Po

Promoted from Second Division

Wing Yee

Name changes

Wing Yee renamed as Easyknit Property

Team review

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2014–15, 1 team relegated from the Premier League and 1 side promoted from the Second Division.

Club	Position in 2014–15	Member since season	Consecutive season in league
Citizen	5th	2014–15	2
Double Flower	11th	2002–03	14
HKFC	2nd	2011–12	5
Kwai Tsing	7th	2013–14	3
Kwun Tong	10th	2013–14	3
Lucky Mile	6th	2013–14	3
Sun Source	1st¹	2014–15	2
Shatin	9th	2010–11	6
Sun Hei	8th	2014–15	2
Tai Chung	13th	2011–12	5
Tai Po	9th in Premier League	2015–16	1
Wanchai	12th	2011–12	5
Easyknit Property	1st in Second Division	2015–16	1
Yau Tsim Mong	4th	2014–15	2

Remarks:
¹Due to financial difficulties, Metro Gallery Sun Source refused to promote to the Premier League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tai Po (C, P)	26	19	5	2	67	29	+38	62	Promotion to Premier League
2	HKFC (P)	26	17	6	3	66	21	+45	57	Promotion to Premier League
3	Sun Hei	26	17	5	4	64	25	+39	56
4	Easyknit Property	26	14	5	7	66	49	+17	47
5	Yau Tsim Mong	26	13	7	6	55	35	+20	46
6	Citizen	26	13	6	7	55	31	+24	45
7	Shatin	26	12	6	8	48	39	+9	42
8	Double Flower	26	7	6	13	34	46	−12	27^[a]
9	Wanchai	26	8	3	15	30	56	−26	27^[a]
10	Tai Chung	26	7	2	17	34	63	−29	23
11	Kwai Tsing	26	4	8	14	36	59	−23	20^[b]
12	Kwun Tong	26	5	5	16	21	52	−31	20^[b]
13	Sun Source (R)	26	5	4	17	26	58	−32	19^[c]	Relegation to Second Division
14	Lucky Mile (R)	26	5	4	17	28	67	−39	19^[c]	Relegation to Second Division

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Double Flower wins head-to-head against Wanchai.
^ ^a ^b Kwai Tsing wins head-to-head against Kwun Tong.
^ ^a ^b Metro Gallery Sun Source ahead of Lucky Mile on goal difference.

Results

Home \ Away	CIT	DFL	CLU	KTD	KTF	LML	MGS	SHA	SUN	TAI	TPO	WCH	EKP	YTM
Citizen		3–1	2–3	3–1	4–0	4–0	7–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–4	5–3	1–1	1–2
Double Flower	0–0		3–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–4	1–1	1–7	4–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0
HKFC	0–0	1–0		1–1	6–0	2–0	2–1	6–1	3–1	7–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–2
Kwai Tsing	1–1	1–1	0–6		0–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	5–0	1–3	0–3	2–5	0–2
Kwun Tong	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–3		1–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1
Lucky Mile	1–4	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–1		2–0	3–3	1–4	1–3	0–1	0–1	2–4	0–5
Metro Gallery Sun Source	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–1	0–7	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–5	0–2
Shatin	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–3	2–1	3–1	1–0		0–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–3
Sun Hei	1–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	1–0		5–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–1
Tai Chung	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	6–0	1–2	4–3	1–3		0–2	3–0	1–3	2–2
Tai Po	2–1	5–2	1–5	6–1	4–1	4–3	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–0		2–1	3–3	3–2
Wanchai	1–3	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–4	2–5	1–1	0–5		2–2	2–0
Easyknit Property	1–3	1–2	1–3	6–4	3–3	3–4	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	5–1		3–0
Yau Tsim Mong	2–1	2–4	2–2	2–1	4–1	8–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–1