starting from 2010–11 season, south china appointed first team assistant coaches ku kam fai and chan chi hong as the coaches of wanchai sf. on the other hand, wanchai signed numerous of ex-first division player, such as shum kwok pui, wong chi keung. south china reserves goalkeeper tin man ho also joined the club. these changes had strengthened the team and the team had become a title challenger. after finishing all the 18 league matches they got 43 points, which helped them claim the third district division title. in the third division final round, wanchai defeated eastern, kwun tong and kcdrsc to get promoted to the second division for the first team in club history.