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Jonathan White

Former Hong Kong Premier League champions Eastern Long Lions have announced that the club has parted ways with coach Chan Yuen-ting.
In a statement on their website the 2015-16 champions confirmed that Chan, also known as “Beefball”, had left with immediate effect and would be replaced by Wong Chun-yu.
The statement confirmed that Chan had resigned from her post on the back of a run that saw the team win only one of their past 10 matches.

Before returning this season Chan managed the side from December 2015 to May 2017, including winning the HKPL title and taking the club to their first ever continental campaign in the AFC Champions League.
Chan was awarded with the AFC Women’s Coach of the Year honour in December 2016.
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She took over Eastern in 2015 and in 2016 she became the first woman to coach a men’s team to a title in a top-flight continental competition.
Chan had earlier resigned in 2017 as she looked to get her coaching badges but returned to the role 14 months later last July.
Eastern sit second in the table, a point behind leaders Hong Kong R&F. Their next game is against Southern on February 17.
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Chan Yuen-ting leaves Eastern: former AFC Coach of the Year departs Hong Kong Premier League side after winless run

Chan Yuen-ting after an Eastern training session in Hong Kong in 2016. Photo: AFP

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 11, 2016 shows head coach of Eastern Football club Chan Yuen-ting (C) talking to her players during a team training session in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's Chan Yuen-ting will smash another hole through football's glass ceiling when she makes history in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday -- but it couldn't be a tougher debut for the trailblazing female coach. / AFP PHOTO / ISAAC LAWRENCE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY 'FBL-ASIA-C1-HKG-CHAN-GENDER' FOCUS BY AARON TAM

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Chan was first female coach to take a men’s team to a top-tier title
Named AFC Women’s Coach of the Year in 2016


Chan was first female coach to take a men’s team to a top-tier title


Chan Yuen-ting leaves Eastern: former AFC Coach of the Year departs Hong Kong Premier League side after winless run

Chan was first female coach to take a men’s team to a top-tier title Named AFC Women’s Coach of the Year in 2016

Chan was first female coach to take a men’s team to a top-tier title

Named AFC Women’s Coach of the Year in 2016