Wikipedia - Hong Kong Sapling

Hong Kong Sapling Football Club (Chinese: 香港港菁足球會) is a Hong Kong football club which does not currently compete in the Hong Kong football league system.

History

On 11 August 2011, Mutual withdrew from the Hong Kong First Division League due to financial problems. The Hong Kong Football Association then decided to form a team for training youngsters for the 2013 East Asian Games, as well as to replace Mutual. The club was named as Hong Kong Sapling, but was dissolved in 2012.

In the run up to the 2016–17 season, Metro Gallery were forced to voluntarily relegate to the First Division due to financial difficulties. Hong Kong Sapling were reformed in order to fill the void left by Metro Gallery and were able to secure funding from two sponsors, Biu Chun and GlorySky Group, competing under the name Biu Chun Glory Sky until the end of the season.

In the summer of 2017, the club was taken over by former Birmingham City board member Ryan Yeung and the club were renamed as Dreams FC.

During the latter part of the 2018–19 season, Dreams ran into financial arrears and it appeared that their future in the HKPL was uncertain. Despite this, CEO Leung Chi Kui issued a statement claiming that the club had retained two thirds of their players and would continue to participate in the 2019–20 season. However, on 11 July 2019, Dreams decided to self-relegate due to lack of funds, citing an inability to fulfill a requirement by the HKFA for each HKPL club to submit a seven figure deposit ahead of the season. However, HKFA disputed the claim entirely the next day via press release.

In the 2019–20 season, the club were renamed as King Fung.

On 16 November 2020, the club confirmed that they would withdraw from local competitions for two seasons following a FIFA imposed transfer ban on the club. The ban came as a result of a successful arbitration case by former player Joaquín who had sued the club for salary arrears during the 2018–19 season. In addition, FIFA demanded that the club pay $800,000 HKD in compensation to Joaquín.

Dreams Sport Club (en chino tradicional, 夢想足球隊; en chino simplificado, 梦想足球队; pinyin, Mèngxiǎng Zúqiú Duì), conocido como Dreams FC, es un club de fútbol profesional de Hong Kong, situado en el distrito de Kwai Tsing. El club fue fundado en 2008 y se unió a la Primera División de Hong Kong en 2016. Juega sus partidos en casa en el Tsing Yi Sports Ground.

El Dreams FC es propiedad de la empresa china Shenzhen Ledman Optoelectronic y está presidido por el empresario Deng Junjie. Su mayor éxito es el campeonato de la Primera División de Hong Kong 2017-18 y la consecución de la Copa Senior Shield 2018-19.

El club se ha clasificado para la Liga de Campeones de la AFC en dos ocasiones, en 2019 y en 2020. En 2019, fue eliminado en la ronda preliminar por el Tampines Rovers de Singapur. En 2020, fue eliminado en la ronda de play-off por el Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors de Corea del Sur.

El Dreams FC juega con una formación 4-4-2, con un fuerte énfasis en la posesión del balón y el juego de pases. El equipo es conocido por su estilo de juego atractivo y su capacidad para crear oportunidades de gol.

Los jugadores más destacados del Dreams FC son el centrocampista español Jordi Tarrés, el delantero brasileño Igor Sartori y el defensa camerunés Hervé Guy.

El Dreams FC es un club ambicioso que aspira a convertirse en uno de los mejores clubes de Asia. El club cuenta con una sólida base de seguidores y está decidido a lograr el éxito en los próximos años.