Hong Kong Top Footballers Awards (Chinese: 香港足球明星選舉) was established by the Hong Kong Football Association in 1978, which is for appreciating the top players in Hong Kong First Division League. Some major prizes are Hong Kong Footballer of the Year and the Best Eleven Squad of the Year. The prizes are decided according to the votes from mass media and the general public. The Best Eleven Squad are voted by the public, First Division League coaches and managers and staff from different mass media. The votes from public counts 30% and th remaining 70% are from the professionals. Some other newer prizes include Best Youth Player, Best Foreign Player and Best Coach Award. In 2004, the Most Popular Player Award was established and in the same year, named sponsorship was used. There were some special prizes given out during the history, which includes the Silver Jubilee Footballer Award for Wu Kwok Hung in 2003 and Hong Kong Broadcasting 75th Anniversary Honour Award for Yiu Cheuk Yin, Tam Kong Pak and Ko Po Keung in 2004.
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