# Sea Bee

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{{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](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_Hong_Kong_First_Division_League)
| position = [First Division](/source/Hong_Kong_First_Division_League), 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](/source/Hong_Kong) [football](/source/Association_football) club which competed for many years in the [Hong Kong First Division](/source/Hong_Kong_Premier_League).

==History==
The original Sea Bee FC first competed in the [1976–77 season](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_Hong_Kong_First_Division_League)<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](/source/Hong_Kong_FA_Cup) (1980–81, 1981–82) and they became defunct during the 1980s before the club was purchased by [Ernest Borel](/source/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](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Hong_Kong_First_Division_League), they had a budget of {{Currency|5 million|HKD}} and finished fourth in the [Hong Kong Premier League](/source/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](/source/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](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_Hong_Kong_First_Division_League).<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？&nbsp;– 昔日球壇&nbsp;– 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](/source/Viceroy_Cup) and the [Hong Kong FA Cup](/source/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](/source/Hong_Kong_FA_Cup)'''
** '''Champions (1)''': 1991–92
** Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1992–93
* '''[Viceroy Cup](/source/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}}
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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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