MUST CPK Football Team, simply known as MUST CPK[2][3] (Chinese: 鄒北記), is a Macanese professional football club which currently competes in the Liga de Elite.
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| Full name | MUST Chao Pak Kei Football Team | ||
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| Nickname(s) | CPK | ||
| Short name | MUST CPK | ||
| Founded | 2008 | ||
| Ground | Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio | ||
| Capacity | 16,272 | ||
| Owner | Stephen Chow | ||
| President | Stephen Chow | ||
| Manager | Santiago Escudero Ariza | ||
| League | Liga de Elite | ||
| 2023 | Liga de Elite, 1st of 9 (champions)[1] | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History edit
MUST CPK Football Team Football Team was established in 2008 by Stephen Chow, Inacio Hui and Kenneth Kwok. In 2009, MUST CPK played in the Junior Division (the current 4th Division), finishing second position and earned promotion to the 3rd Division. In 2010, MUST CPK finished third in the 3rd Division and was promoted to the 2nd Division. After finishing at 4th in 2011, MUST CPK won the title of the 2nd Division in 2012 and was promoted to the 1st Division, also known as the Liga de Elite. In their debut year, the team finished in 8th place, and in 2014, MUST CPK finished 6th place of the Liga de Elite. In 2015, MUST CPK finished in the top three for the first time, finishing 3rd in the league. In the season 2016, MUST CPK got the 5th place at the Liga de Elite and the first-runner up at the Taça de Macau. In 2017, MUST CPK again finished in 3rd place at the Liga de Elite and the fourth place at the Taça de Macau.
In 2018, MUST CPK finished first runner-up of the Liga de Elite won the Taça de Macau.
On 28 June 2019, clinched the club's first 2019 Liga de Elite title with a 4–0 victory over Ka I.[4] As a result, MUST CPK Football Team will play in the 2020 AFC Cup. Due to the inabilities of North Korean clubs to obtain AFC club licenses, MUST CPK Football Team will enter the group stage directly.[5] In the following 2021 and 2022 seasons, MUST CPK won the league in consecutive years, going unbeaten in both seasons. The club will also be participating in their first ever AFC Cup.
Current squad edit
Squad for 2023 Liga de Elite
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours edit
League edit
- Liga de Elite
- 2ª Divisão de Macau
- Champions (1): 2012
Cup edit
Continental record edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Position |
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| 2020 | AFC Cup (Cancelled) | Group I |  Kitchee
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 Winners of Play-off East Asia
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 Tatung
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| 2022 | AFC Cup (Withdrawn) | Group J | Eastern
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| Lee Man
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| Tainan City
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| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Group I | Taichung Futuro
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0-1 | 0-1 | |
 FC Ulaanbaatar
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0-1 | 0-1 | ||||
| Taiwan Steel
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4-1 | 2-4 |
References edit
- ^ "2023 Macau Football League Marks - 1st Division" (PDF). macaufa.com. MACAU FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ https://cpkmacau.wordpress.com/ [user-generated source]
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/cpkmacau Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine [user-generated source]
- ^ "澳科鄒北記首奪澳門甲組冠軍". Exmoo News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ "亞協盃抽籤遇港台聯賽冠軍 澳科鄒北記「落重本」打硬仗". Exmoo News. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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