Eastern Sports Club

Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited, also known as Eastern Sports Club (Chinese: 東方體育會), is a Hong Kong professional sports club whose football section competes in the Hong Kong Premier League, the top flight of Hong Kong football.

For the club's basketball team, see Eastern Sports Club (basketball).
Not to be confused with Eastern District SA.
"Eastern AA" redirects here. For the U.S. collegiate athletic conference formerly known as the Eastern Athletic Association, see Atlantic 10 Conference.

Eastern
Full nameEastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited
(東方體育會足球隊有限公司)
Founded1932 (1932)
GroundMong Kok Stadium
Capacity6,664
Head CoachRoberto Losada
LeagueHong Kong Premier League
2022–234th
WebsiteClub website

The football team is known as Eastern Football Team (Chinese: 東方足球隊) and plays in the Hong Kong Premier League.

In 2017, Eastern became the first club from Hong Kong to compete in the group stage of the AFC Champions League.

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