Hong Kong Premier League champions Tai Po celebrate trophy with open-top bus parade

There were 2,088 in the stands at Tai Po Stadium to see champions Wofoo Tai Po of sign off the BOCG Life Hong Kong Premier League season with a 3-1 over Dreams FC.

Following the game, their fans cheered as their players were given the trophy on the pitch and also handed a cheque for HK$480,000 in prize money for finishing first in the top flight.

The players then celebrated with the supporters in the stands, singing along to celebrate their status as champions and posing for photographs.

After that it was all aboard the open-top tour bus as the first district side to win the Hong Kong top flight took the trophy on a trip around the district and an army of waiting fans watched on.

Watch: Tai Po celebrate winning a first Hong Kong Premier League title

There may be changes to come for Tai Po in the off-season, the futures of coach Lee Chi-kin and star player Igor Sartori are yet to be decided, and there is also the small matter of finishing their debut AFC Cup campaign – where they can beat Kitchee to second spot in the group and cement local bragging rights over the summer.

The club will be back on that stage in 2020, a spot guaranteed by winning the HKPL title for a first time. In doing so they also became the first side outside of Kitchee and Eastern to win the trophy since it was rebranded ahead of the 2014-15 season and the first time since South China in 2013 to break up the duo’s recent domestic dominance.