Hong Kong national under-23 football team explained

Hong Kong national under-23 football team should not be confused with HK U23 Football Team.

The Hong Kong Olympic Football Team (also known as Hong Kong under-23 or Hong Kong U-23) represents Hong Kong in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. In the past the team also represented Hong Kong in the East Asian Games until termination of the Games. It is committed by the Hong Kong Football Association.

Competition history

Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

Before 1992, see Hong Kong national football team

Olympic Games Record									width=1% rowspan=22		Qualifications Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
	did not qualify	6	2	3	1	6	6
1996	4	0	0	4	1	17
2000	8	4	1	3	14	12
2004	4	2	0	2	3	3
2008	8	2	0	5	5	15
2012	4	2	0	2	7	3
2016	3	0	0	3	2	11
2020	3	1	1	1	2	3
2024	3	0	1	2	0	13
Total	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	13	6	23	40	83

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-22/23 Championship, AFC U-23 Asian Cup Record									width=1% rowspan=22		Qualifications Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
	did not qualify	5	0	0	5	3	15
2016	3	0	0	3	2	11
2018	3	1	2	0	6	2
2020	3	1	1	1	2	3
	2	0	0	2	2	8
2024	3	0	1	2	0	13
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	2	3	11	15	39

Asian Games record

Before 2002, see Hong Kong national football team

Asian Games Record
Hosts/Year	Result	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
2002	First round	13	3	1	0	2	4	3
2006	First round	12	3	1	1	1	3	3
2010	Round of 16	10	4	2	1	1	6	5
2014	Round of 16	11	4	2	1	1	5	6
2018	Round of 16	14	5	2	1	2	9	8
2022	Fourth place	4	6	2	0	4	3	11
Total	Fourth place	5/5	25	10	4	11	30	36

† Excluding 1998 backwards

Asian Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2002	First round	1 - 2	Loss
	First round	0 - 1	Loss
	First round	3 - 0	Win
2006	First round	1 - 1	Draw
	First round	0 - 1	Loss
	First round	3 - 0	Win
2010	First round	1 - 1	Draw
	First round	1 - 0	Win
	First round	4 - 1	Win
	Round of 16	0 - 3	Loss
2014	First round	1 - 1	Draw
	First round	2 - 1	Win
	First round	2 - 1	Win
	Round of 16	0 - 3	Loss
2018	Group Stage	3 - 1	Win
	Group stage	4 - 0	Win
	Group stage	1 - 1	Draw
	Group stage	1 - 3	Loss
	Round of 16	0 - 3	Loss
2022	Group stage	0 - 1	Loss
	Group stage	1 - 2	Loss
	Round of 16	1 - 0	Win
	Quarter Final	1 - 0	Win
	Semi Final	0 - 4	Loss
	3rd place	0 - 4	Loss

East Asian Games record

East Asian Games Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1993 to 2001	did not enter
2005	First round	5	3	1	0	2	4	3
2009	Champions	1	4	1	2	1	6	4
2013	Fourth place	4	4	0	2	2	2	11
Total	1 title	3/6	11	2	4	5	12	18

East Asian Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2005	First round	0 - 0	Draw
	First round	0 - 2	Loss
	First round	7 - 0	Win
2009	First round	4 - 1	Win
	First round	0 - 1	Loss
	Semi-final	1 - 1	Draw
	Final	1 - 1	Draw
2013	Group Stage	0 - 0	Draw
	Group Stage	0 - 0	Draw
	Group Stage	2 - 5	Loss
	Group Stage	0 - 6	Loss

Results and fixtures

2023

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Szeto Man Chun
Technical director	John Morling
Executive manager	Graeme Chan
Assistant coach	Hosaka Takuro Jaimes McKee
Goalkeeping coach	Liu Chun Fai
Head of Sports Science	Mathew Pears
Head of Performance Analysis	Christopher Jenkins
Team Doctor	Wan Hay Man Keith
Equipment Team	Cheung Tim Ho Andrew
	Samuel Chow
Physiotherapist	Lo Ho Cheung
	Kwong Hoi Hang Karen
	Leung Hok Hin Frankie

Current squad

The 23 players were named for the final squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers held in September 2023.

• Head coach: Szeto Man Chun

Caps and goals as of 15 June 2023 after the match against Tajikistan. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the previous 12 months.^{PREPREPREPREPREPREPREPREPREPREPREPREPREINJ} Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
^PRE Preliminary squad
^WD Player withdrawn from the squad.
^RET Player retired from international football

2022 Asian Games Final Squad

The following 22 players were named as the final squad for the 2022 Asian Games held from 19 September to 7 October 2023, in which the team achieved a historical fourth place in the 2022 Asian Games.

• Head coach: Jorn Andersen
• Assistant coach: Cheung Yick Ming Gerby
• Goalkeeper coach: Fan Chun Yip
• Physiotherapist: Leung Hok Hin Frankie
• Team Manager: Yeung King Hong

Caps and goals as of 7 October 2023 after the match against Uzbekistan.

* Over-aged player.

See also

• Hong Kong national football team
• Hong Kong national under-20 football team
• Hong Kong national under-17 football team
• Hong Kong Football Association
• Football in Hong Kong
• Sport in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong

External links

• HKFA.com
• HKFA.com 香港代表隊近20年奧運預賽成績