{{Distinguish|Seabee}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Sea Bee / Ernest Borel | fullname = Sea Bee Athletic Association<ref>[http://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20061001/egn2006100153.pdf Hong Kong Police Force G.N. 53 in 2006]</ref> | founded = {{circa|{{start date and age|1976}}}} | dissolved = {{start date and age|1994}} | season = 1993–94 | position = First Division, 8th<br />(dissolved) }} '''Sea Bee''' ({{zh|t=海蜂}} or {{lang|zh-hant|海峰}}), later known as '''Ernest Borel''' ({{zh|t=依波路}}),<ref name="tkp900516">Takungpao, 1990-05-16, page 10</ref> was a Hong Kong football club which competed for many years in the Hong Kong First Division.
==History== The original Sea Bee FC first competed in the 1976–77 season<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hongkong 1976/77 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk77.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref> and were runners-up twice in the Hong Kong FA Cup (1980–81, 1981–82) and they became defunct during the 1980s before the club was purchased by Ernest Borel to become Ernest Borel FC in 1988.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lau |first=Chris |date=14 April 2019 |title=A Beautiful Orange: The Timeless Ernest Borel FC Story |url=https://www.offside.hk/interview/a-beautiful-orange-the-timeless-ernest-borel-fc-story/ |access-date=12 November 2025 |website=offside.hk}}</ref> For the 1990–91 season, they had a budget of {{Currency|5 million|HKD}} and finished fourth in the Hong Kong Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hongkong 1990/91 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk91.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref>
In 1993, the parent company of the club, Ernest Borel, loaned the right to compete in the First Division to another company, and the team competed as '''Voicelink''' ({{zh|t=聲控通}}) during the 1993–94 season.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/thread-274925-1-1.html 依波路同海峰(海蜂)算唔算係同一隊波？ – 昔日球壇 – GoalGoalGoal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212032448/http://goalgoalgoal.com/thread-274925-1-1.html |date=2010-12-12 }}</ref> They were dissolved in 1994.<ref name=":0" />
Sea Bee won their only major trophies in 1991–92 by winning the Viceroy Cup and the Hong Kong FA Cup under the name Ernest Borel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hongkong 1991/92 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk92.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref>
==Honours== * '''Hong Kong FA Cup''' ** '''Champions (1)''': 1991–92 ** Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1992–93 * '''Viceroy Cup''' ** '''Champions (1)''': 1991–92
==References== * {{in lang|zh}} {{lang|zh-hant|香港足球總會九十週年紀念特刊}} {{reflist}}
Category:Sea Bee Category:Defunct football clubs in Hong Kong Category:1994 disestablishments in Hong Kong Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1994
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