The team is selected from the top players in the Hong Kong First Division League.

In recent years, to order to enable local footballers to gain more international experience, the Hong Kong Football Association has fielded the Hong Kong national football team in matches which were previously played by the Hong Kong League XI.

Therefore, the League XI has not formed a squad for a few years.

However, the team returned and competed in the 2007 Lunar New Year Cup.

[needs update] The final 25-man squad against Inter Miami CF on 4 February 2024.