2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League
The 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League was the fourth season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.
Teams
A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League, one renamed team and one newly formed team.Stadia and locations
Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:
| Kitchee Eastern | Southern | Yuen Long |
| Mong Kok Stadium | Aberdeen Sports Ground | Yuen Long Stadium |
| Capacity: 6,664 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |
| Tai Po | Rangers | Pegasus |
| Tai Po Sports Ground | Sham Shui Po Sports Ground | Hong Kong Stadium |
| Capacity: 3,200 | Capacity: 2,194 | Capacity: 40,000 |
| Dreams |  R&F | Lee Man |
| Tsing Yi Sports Ground | Yanzigang Stadium | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground |
| Capacity: 1,500 | Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 3,500 |
Remarks:
1The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is artificially reduced from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches.
2The capacity of Yanzigang Stadium is artificially reduced from 2,000 to 1,000.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Rangers |  Dejan Antonić | Sacked | 4 December 2017 | 10th | Gerard Ambassa Guy | 4 October 2017 |
| Eastern SC | Szeto Man Chun | Resigned | 19 January 2018 | 5th | Lee Kin Wo | 19 January 2018 |
| Rangers | Gerard Ambassa Guy | Sacked | 5 March 2018 | 10th | Fung Wing Sing | 5 March 2018 |
| R&F |  Marek Zając | Sacked | 12 March 2018 | 6th |  Bito Wu | 12 March 2018 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches.R&F must have at least eight Hong Kong players in the squad and is allowed to register a maximum of 3 foreigners for the season.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Asian Player | Former Player |
| Dreams |  Pablo Gallardo | Nacho Martínez | Arkaitz Ruiz | Joaquín García | José Galán |  Yoon Dong-Hun | |
| Eastern |  Diego Eli | Michel Lugo | Vítor Saba | Bruno | Manuel Bleda |  Yusuke Igawa | Jo Tae-keun  Aleksandr Kokko |
| HK Pegasus | João Emir |  Mahama Awal |  Rosen Kolev |  Nikola Komazec |  Travis Major | Alfonso Artabe Igor Nedeljković | |
| Kitchee | Lucas Silva | Fernando |  Krisztián Vadócz | Kim Dong-jin |  Diego Forlán | Kim Bong-jin | |
| Lee Man | Denis | Luciano Silva | Stefan | Zé Victor |  Son Min-chol | ||
| Rangers | Mauricio | Igor Miović | Marko Krasić |  Oleksii Shliakotin | Shu Sasaki |  Walter Vaz | |
| Southern | Wellingsson | Elias | Carles Martínez | Diego Garrido | Marcos Jiménez |  Zesh Rehman | Carlos Rodríguez |
| Tai Po | David Lazari | Dhiego Martins | Dudu | Eduardo Praes | Igor Sartori | Yuto Nakamura | |
| Yuen Long | Everton Camargo | Juninho | Ticão | Tomas | Aleksandar Ranđelović | ||
| R&F | Giovane | Tiago Leonço | Bruninho | Marko Perović |
| Club | HK Player 1 | HK Player 2 | HK Player 3 | HK Player 4 | HK Player 5 | HK Player 6 | HK Player 7 | HK Player 8 | HK Player 9 | HK Player 10 |
| R&F | Vas Núñez | Roberto | Itaparica | Tsang Kin Fong | Chow Cheuk Fung | Godfred Karikari | Ng Man Hin | Hung Lau | Law King Hei | Wong Kai Yiu |
League table
Positions by round
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.Results
Fixtures and results
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Scoring
Top Scorers
Hat-tricks
| # | Player | Nationality | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| 1 | Lucas | Kitchee | Dreams FC | 7–0 | 10 9 2017 | ||
| 2 | Lucas | Kitchee | Eastern Long Lions | 8–1 | 18 1 2018 | ||
| 3 | Diego Forlán | Kitchee | Lee Man | 5–1 | 3 2 2018 |