Although the series was shown after the release of the award winning film "Shaolin Soccer", the story concept of "Kung Fu Soccer" was finalized years before "Shaolin Soccer" hit the big screen
The series share the same theme song as "The Soccer Kid", a hit cartoon series in the 80s, sung by the same person- Dicky Cheung
Sandra Ng's character wasn't in the original story concept, she was added when the series was about to film