South China A.A.

South China Athletic Association is a football club which currently plays in the Hong Kong First Division League, the second-level league in Hong Kong football league system. It is the football club with most honours in Hong Kong having won a record 41 First Division League titles. They have also won a record 31 Senior Shields, a record 10 FA Cups and 3 League Cups.Nicknamed "Shaolin Temple" and "Caroliners", South China AA has produced many great Hong Kong footballers over the years. In November 2007, the club entered into a charity partnership with Hong Kong Red Cross. The partnership is a pioneer between a sports association and a humanitarian organisation in Hong Kong.HistoryEarly historyThe Chinese Football Team was founded in 1904 by a group of Chinese students in Hong Kong, including Mok Hing and Tong Fuk Cheung ((association football)|captainTong Fuk Cheung]] of China national football team in the 1910s). In 1910, the team was renamed as South China Football Club.In the 1917 Far Eastern Games and 1919 Far Eastern Games (also known as the Far East Olympics Tournament), the club represented the Republic of China and won the football championship. It is the only team in Hong Kong sports history to have accomplished this feat. China lost in the final to the Philippines in the first to be held, in 1913, but in the next nine it won every time, right through until the last FECG to be held in 1934. On that occasion China was a joint winner with Japan. Throughout these tournaments, the majority of the China team was composed of SCAA players.

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