2018–19 Hong Kong Premier League
The 2018–19 Hong Kong Premier League was the fifth season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.
Tai Po won their first top flight title in club history. They are the third different team to win the Hong Kong Premier League and the first district team to win a top flight title since Yuen Long during the 1962–63 season.
Teams
A total of 10 teams contest the league, including nine sides from the 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League and one promoted from the 2017–18 Hong Kong First Division.Stadia and locations
Primary venues used in the Hong Kong Premier League:
| Kitchee Pegasus | Tai Po | Eastern |
| Mong Kok Stadium | Tai Po Sports Ground | Hong Kong Stadium |
| Capacity: 6,769 | Capacity: 3,200 | Capacity: 40,000 |
| Southern | Yuen Long |  R&F |
| Aberdeen Sports Ground | Yuen Long Stadium | Yanzigang Stadium |
| Capacity: 4,0001 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 1,0002 |
| Lee Man | Dreams | Hoi King |
| Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | Tsing Yi Sports Ground | Sham Shui Po Sports Ground |
| Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 1,500 | Capacity: 2,194 |
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 |
| Eastern | Lee Kin Wo | Return as Coach | 14 May 2018 | Pre-season | Chan Yuen Ting | 19 July 2018 |
| Lee Man | Fung Hoi Man | Signed by Hoi King | 21 May 2018 | Pre-season | Chan Hiu Ming | 21 May 2018 |
| Yuen Long | Tsang Chiu Tat | Signed by Lee Man | 21 May 2018 | Pre-season | Kwok Kar Lok | 4 June 2018 |
| R&F |  Bito Wu | Return to Guangzhou R&F | 3 June 2018 | Pre-season | Yeung Ching Kwong | 14 June 2018 |
| Pegasus | Yeung Ching Kwong | Signed by R&F | 14 June 2018 | Pre-season |  Pedro García | 2 July 2018 |
| Pegasus | Pedro García | Sacked | 30 September 2018 | 8th | Chan Ho Yin | 30 September 2018 |
| Eastern | Chan Yuen Ting | Resigned | 4 February 2019 | 2nd | Wong Chun Yue | 4 February 2019 |
| Eastern | Wong Chun Yue | Role of caretaker ended | 14 February 2019 | 2nd |  Andrejs Štolcers | 14 February 2019 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches.R&F are allowed to register a maximum of 3 foreigners at any one time.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Asian Player | Former Players |
| Dreams FC |  Jonathan Acosta |  Diego Higino | Pablo Gallardo | Gondra | Nacho Martínez |  Kota Kawase | Joaquín  Yoon Dong-hun |
| Eastern | Everton | Diego Eli | Robson |  Lima Pereira | Manuel Bleda | Yusuke Igawa José Ángel | |
| Hoi King | Paulo César | Robert | Zé Victor | Bae Chan-soo | Kim Jin-seo | Kim Min-ki | Kim Dong-jin Seo Sang-min |
| Pegasus | Juninho | David Lazari |  Rosen Kolev |  Mahama Awal | Shu Sasaki | João Emir  Travis Major | |
| Kitchee | Fernando | Lucas Silva |  Josip Tadić |  Krisztián Vadócz | Jonathan Hernandez | Matt Smith | Robert Mohamed Sissoko Kim Bong-jin Seo Sang-min |
| Lee Man | Stefan |  Michaël N'dri | Baek Ji-hoon | Fran González |  Serhiy Shapoval |  Chen Ting-yang | Alexandre Talento Zé Victor  Crescendo van Berkel |
| Southern District | Dhiego Martins | Ticão | Wellingsson |  Nikola Komazec | Marko Krasić |  Zesh Rehman | |
| Tai Po | Dudu | João Emir | Michel Lugo | Eduardo Praes | Igor Sartori | Harry Sawyer | David Lazari |
| Yuen Long | Cleiton | Kessi | Jean Moser | Tomas | Wang Ruei | ||
| R&F | Leonço | Saša Novaković |  Serges Déblé |
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.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
Season Statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
| # | Player | Nationality | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| 1 | Manolo Bleda | Eastern | Dreams FC | 4–0 | 6 10 2018 | ||
| 2 | Robert | Kitchee | Hoi King | 8–1 | 4 11 2018 | ||
| 3 | Krug | Dreams FC | Yuen Long | 4–1 | 17 2 2019 | ||
| 4 | James Ha | Southern | Eastern | 4–1 | 17 2 2019 | ||
| 5 | Manolo Bleda | Eastern | Hoi King | 5–0 | 17 3 2019 | ||
| 6 | Leonço | R&F | Dreams FC | 5–1 | 6 4 2019 |