The Hong-Kong Football first division, the oldest professional league in Asia, wrapped up its 08/09 season in May. SOUTH CHINA claimed their 3rd consecutive title with a record of 19 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss and an impressive 73 goals for and a mere 11 goals against which sums up their dominance. In 2nd place with 17 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses was KITCHEE. Golden boot was SOUTH CHINA FW DETINHO and FW GIOVAANE ALVES da Silva (CONVOY SUN HEI) who each scored 18 goals and shared the award.

The final standings are as below. Brackets indicate points and the number after that is goal difference.
1. SOUTH CHINA (61)+62
2. KITCHEE (56)+39
3. CITIZEN (47)+28
4. FOURWAY (42)+21
5. CONVOY SUN HEI (42)+7
6. NT REALTY WOFOO TAI PO (41)+17
7. TSW PEGASUS (41)+28
8. HAPPY VALLEY (32)+18
9. EASTERN (28)-5
10. SHEFFIELD UNITED (23)-7
11. TUEN MUN PROGOAL (12)-76
12. MUTUAL (8)-63
13. XIANGXUE EISITI (5)-69