Ka I (Chinese: 加義) are a Macanese professional football club that competes in the Liga de Elite.
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| Full name | Associação Desportiva Ka I | ||
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| Founded | 1985 | ||
| Ground | Lin Fong Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| League | Liga de Elite | ||
| 2023 | Liga de Elite, 6th of 9[1] | ||
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History edit
Founded in Taipa in 1985 under the name Associacão Desportiva Ka I, the club has seven titles to its name: three Liga de Elite titles and four Taça de Macau. They have been one of the best clubs in Macau since their debut in Liga de Elite in 2009.
Led by Japanese midfielder Dan Ito, the club made their debut in Liga de Elite in 2009 season, where they managed to finish in second place in the standings, just behind Lam Pak, while winning their first trophy, Taça de Macau. It continued in 2010 season with a Cup-Championship double and in 2011 season the club became champion for the third consecutive year. The club changes its name before the start of the 2016 season to become Tak Chun Ka I, after about a year known as Windsor Arch Ka I.
Despite its many national titles, the club have so far never taken part in an Asian competition as Macau does not field any team in competitions managed by the AFC then.
As of 2018 season the club became known again as Ka I.
In 2019, the club playing in the 2019 Taça de Macau was disqualified along with Hang Sai for protesting Macau's forfeit against Sri Lanka as a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier after the Macau FA's refused their national football team to travel to Sri Lanka to play their second-leg match due to terrorist reasons, which resulted by a 21-18 win for Ka I and a advance to quarter-finals. Due of this controversial match, Ka I and Hang Sai apologize for their gestures but were disqualified from the Macau FA Cup and Chao Pak Kei receive a bye and advance to semi-finals.[2][3][4]
Honours edit
League edit
Cup edit
- Taça de Macau
- Champions (4): 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
- Runners-up: 2013
Current squad edit
Squad for the 2020 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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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2023 Macau Football League Marks - 1st Division" (PDF). macaufa.com. MACAU FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Macau FA to investigate 21-18 sham match". Macau Daily Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Macau game brims with dozens of protest goals". The Standard. Agence France-Presse. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Football Association cancels protest match that saw 39 goals scored". Macau Business. Macau News Agency. 10 July 2019.
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