2009 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2009 Lunar New Year Cup is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Earth Ox Year (26 January and 29 January 2009).

Format

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Ox (26 January 2009). The winning teams will enter the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 29 January.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff would be settled by penalty shootout directly, that means no extra time would be played. For the final, a thirty-minute extra time would be played after a draw. A further draw would lead to the penalty shootout.

Participating teams

Squads

Hong Kong League Selection
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Wei Zhao 9 August 1983 (aged 25) Convoy Sun Hei
33 1GK Luciano 10 April 1974 (aged 34) Kitchee
2 2DF Machado 24 December 1978 (aged 30) Eastern
3 2DF Landon Ling 8 October 1987 (aged 21) Kitchee
6 2DF Joel 24 July 1980 (aged 28) NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
7 2DF Festus Baise 11 April 1980 (aged 28) Citizen
16 2DF Chak Ting Fung 27 November 1989 (aged 19) Fourway
21 2DF David Díaz 4 September 1982 (aged 26) Kitchee
23 2DF Hélio 31 January 1986 (aged 22) Citizen
5 3MF Júnior (c) 30 March 1974 (aged 34) NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
8 3MF Gustavo Zamudio 11 April 1985 (aged 21) Kitchee
10 3MF Edson Minga 31 May 1979 (aged 29) Fourway
13 3MF Chan Man Fai 19 June 1988 (aged 20) Kitchee
14 3MF Luis Cupla Kitchee
19 3MF Paulinho 16 January 1983 (aged 26) Citizen
20 3MF Tam Lok Hin 1 December 1991 (aged 17) Eastern
28 3MF Ip Chung Long 16 November 1989 (aged 19) Kitchee
32 3MF Chen Zhizhao 14 March 1988 (aged 20) Citizen
9 4FW Carlos Cáceres 28 April 1977 (aged 29) Kitchee
11 4FW Sandro 10 March 1987 (aged 21) Citizen
15 4FW Christian Annan 3 May 1978 (aged 30) NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
22 4FW Giovane 25 November 1982 (aged 26) Convoy Sun Hei

[1]

South China Pegasus Team
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Oliveira 12 October 1975 (aged 33) TSW Pegasus
23 1GK Li Jian 19 September 1985 (aged 23) TSW Pegasus
2 2DF Beto 10 July 1984 (aged 28) TSW Pegasus
3 2DF Sidraílson (c) 26 February 1982 (aged 26) South China
4 2DF Deng Jinghuang 24 January 1985 (aged 24) TSW Pegasus
6 2DF Wong Chin Hung 2 March 1982 (aged 26) South China
8 2DF Wisdom Fofo Agbo 25 June 1979 (aged 29) TSW Pegasus
18 2DF Luk Koon Pong 1 August 1978 (aged 30) TSW Pegasus
20 2DF Lo Chun Kit 13 November 1985 (aged 23) South China
25 2DF Cris 9 October 1980 (aged 28) South China
5 3MF Bai He 9 November 1982 (aged 26) South China
9 3MF Liang Zicheng 18 March 1982 (aged 26) South China
11 3MF Itaparica 8 July 1980 (aged 28) TSW Pegasus
15 3MF Yuen Kin Man 19 January 1989 (aged 20) TSW Pegasus
16 3MF Louis Berty 21 October 1981 (aged 27) TSW Pegasus
21 3MF Man Pei Tak 16 February 1982 (aged 26) South China
22 3MF Kim Yeon-Gun 12 March 1981 (aged 27) South China
27 3MF Fernando 28 March 1987 (aged 21) South China
28 3MF Tales Schütz 22 August 1981 (aged 27) South China
7 4FW Masayuki Okano 25 July 1972 (aged 36) Unattached
26 4FW Cacá 19 February 1979 (aged 29) South China
30 4FW Detinho 11 September 1973 (aged 35) South China

[2]

Sparta Prague
  • Head of Delegation: Jozef Chovanec
  • Technical Manager: David Simon
  • Coaches: Martin Hašek, Jan Kmoch
  • Coach Assistant: Jan Stejskal
  • Doctor: Jiří Váchal
  • Masseurs: Tomáš Stránský, Vít Zelenka
  • Kitman: David Matěka
  • Marketing Director: Michal Viktorin
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
24 1GK Matúš Kozáčik 27 December 1983 (aged 25) Sparta Prague
29 1GK Jaromír Blažek 29 December 1972 (aged 36) Sparta Prague
2 2DF Tomáš Řepka 2 January 1974 (aged 34) Sparta Prague
3 2DF Manuel Pamić 20 August 1986 (aged 22) Sparta Prague
6 2DF Roman Hubník 6 June 1984 (aged 24) Sparta Prague
7 2DF Sergio Peter 12 October 1986 (aged 22) Sparta Prague
8 3MF Patrik Berger 10 November 1973 (aged 35) Sparta Prague
11 3MF Igor Žofčák 10 April 1983 (aged 23) Sparta Prague
13 3MF Ondřej Kušnír 5 April 1984 (aged 24) Sparta Prague
15 3MF Jiří Kladrubský 19 November 1985 (aged 23) Sparta Prague
20 3MF Juraj Kucka 26 February 1987 (aged 21) Sparta Prague
22 3MF Martin Zeman 28 March 1989 (aged 19) Sparta Prague
25 3MF Kamil Vacek 18 May 1987 (aged 21) Sparta Prague
27 3MF Luboš Hušek 26 January 1984 (aged 25) Sparta Prague
28 3MF Miroslav Matušovič 2 November 1980 (aged 28) Sparta Prague
12 4FW Bony Wilfried 10 December 1988 (aged 20) Sparta Prague
14 4FW Václav Kadlec 20 May 1992 (aged 16) Sparta Prague
17 4FW Jan Holenda 8 December 1985 (aged 23) Sparta Prague
21 4FW Jiří Jeslínek 30 September 1987 (aged 21) Sparta Prague
30 4FW Marek Kulič 11 October 1975 (aged 33) Sparta Prague

[3]

Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  • Head Coach: Cha Bum-Kun
  • Coaches: Lee Lim-Saeng, Park Kun-Ha
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Cho Byung-Deuk
  • Official: Kim Jin-Hoon
  • Team Manager: Yang Dae-Hyun
  • Therapist: You Hoan-Mo
  • Video Analyst: Jin Qingyi
  • Interpreter: Park Sung-Jin
  • Kit Manager: Kim Si-Woong
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
21 1GK Kim Dae-Hwan 1 January 1976 (aged 33) Suwon Bluewings
31 1GK Park Ho-Jin 22 October 1976 (aged 32) Suwon Bluewings
2 2DF Li Weifeng 7 March 1978 (aged 30) Suwon Bluewings
3 2DF Yang Sang-Min 24 February 1984 (aged 24) Suwon Bluewings
4 2DF Kim Sung-Keun 20 June 1977 (aged 31) Suwon Bluewings
7 2DF Lee Jae-seong 5 July 1988 (aged 20) Suwon Bluewings
8 2DF Song Chong-Gug 20 February 1979 (aged 29) Suwon Bluewings
25 2DF Choi Sung-Hwan 6 October 1981 (aged 27) Suwon Bluewings
26 2DF Lee Se-In 16 June 1980 (aged 28) Suwon Bluewings
29 2DF Kwak Hee-Ju (c) 5 October 1981 (aged 27) Suwon Bluewings
33 2DF Park Tae-Min 21 January 1986 (aged 23) Suwon Bluewings
5 3MF Park Hyun-Beom 7 May 1987 (aged 21) Suwon Bluewings
13 3MF Lee Kwan-Woo 25 February 1978 (aged 30) Suwon Bluewings
15 3MF Hong Soon-Hak 19 September 1980 (aged 28) Suwon Bluewings
20 3MF Baek Ji-Hoon 28 February 1985 (aged 23) Suwon Bluewings
22 3MF Lee Kil-Hoon 6 March 1983 (aged 25) Suwon Bluewings
30 3MF Choi Sung-Hyun 2 May 1982 (aged 26) Suwon Bluewings
9 4FW Edu 30 November 1981 (aged 27) Suwon Bluewings
11 4FW Kim Dae-Eui 30 May 1974 (aged 34) Suwon Bluewings
16 4FW Bae Ki-Jong 26 May 1983 (aged 25) Suwon Bluewings
23 4FW Welton 6 February 1980 (aged 28) Suwon Bluewings
27 4FW Seo Dong-Hyun 5 June 1985 (aged 23) Suwon Bluewings
35 4FW Cho Yong-Tae 31 March 1986 (aged 22) Suwon Bluewings

[4]

Fixtures

All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Semi-finals
Hong Kong League Selection1 – 1
4 – 5 (PSO)		South China Pegasus Team
Zamudio  20' (Report) Cacá  46'
Penalties
Junior
Zamudio
Giovane
Alessandro
Cupla
Joel
Chen Zhizhao 		4–5 Detinho
Itaparica
Schütz
Cacá
Beto
Sidraílson
Cris
Attendance: 8,963
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Sparta Prague0 – 0
9 – 8 (PSO)		Suwon Bluewings
(Report)
Penalties
Matušovič
Berger
Žofčák
Kucka
Hušek
Kušnír
Wilfried
Jeslínek
Pamić
Blažek 		9–8 Edu
S.M. Yang
K.H. Lee
C.G. Song
D.E. Kim
S.H. Choi
J.H. Baek
H.J. Kwak
D.H. Seo
D.H. Kim
Attendance: 8,963
Referee: Cheng Oi Cho (Hong Kong)

Third place match
Hong Kong League Selection0 – 0
4 – 5 (PSO)		Suwon Bluewings
(Report)
Penalties
Giovane
Enrique Díaz
Cupla
Joel
Junior 		4–5 Edu
S.M. Yang
D.E. Kim
K.W. Lee
H.J. Kwak
Attendance: 9,428

Final
South China Pegasus Team2 – 1Sparta Prague
Schütz  33'
Y.G. Kim  44'		 (Report) Kušnír  90'
Attendance: 9,428
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 
 Hong Kong League Selection (PSO)1 (4)
 
29 January 2009 - (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 South China Pegasus Team1 (5)
(PSO)
 
 South China Pegasus Team2
 
26 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 Sparta Prague1
 
 Sparta Prague (PSO)0 (9)
 
 
 Suwon Bluewings0 (8)
 
Third place
 
 
29 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 
 Hong Kong League Selection0 (4)
 
 
 Suwon Bluewings0 (5)
(PSO)
2009 Lunar New Year Cup Winner

South China Pegasus Team
First Title

Top scorers

1 goal

References
  1. HKFA Website, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup
  2. HKFA.com, South China Pegasus Team
  3. HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: AC Sparta Praha
  4. HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: Suwon Bluewings FC
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