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

• Hong Kong League Selection (host)
• South China Pegasus Team
• Sparta Prague
• Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Squads

Hong Kong League Selection^[1]

• Team Managers: Leung Hung Tak, Pui Kwan Kay, Ng Kin
• Coaches: Julio Moreno (Kitchee), Chan Ho Yin (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po)
• Physical Coach: Vianney Selin (Kitchee)
• Physio: So Chun Lung

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

South China Pegasus Team^[2]

• Team Managers: Steven Lo, Wong Wai Shun
• Head Coach: Kim Pan-Gon (South China)
• Coaches: Liu Chun Fai, Ricardo
• Assistant coaches: Ku Kam Fai, Leung Cheuk Cheung
• Management: Lam Kai Tai, Lo Kwun Ming, Lee Yun Wah

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

Sparta Prague ^[3]

• 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

Suwon Bluewings^[4]

• 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

Fixtures

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

Semi-finals

Hong Kong League Selection v South China Pegasus Team

2009-01-26 15:00

Hong Kong League Selection	1 – 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

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 8,963 Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

Sparta Prague v Suwon Bluewings

2009-01-26 17:15

Sparta Prague	0 – 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

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 8,963 Referee: Cheng Oi Cho (Hong Kong)

Third place match

Hong Kong League Selection v Suwon Bluewings

2009-01-29 18:15

Hong Kong League Selection	0 – 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

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 9,428

Final

South China Pegasus Team v Sparta Prague

2009-01-29 20:30

South China Pegasus Team	2 – 1	Sparta Prague
Schütz  33' Y.G. Kim  44'	(Report)	Kušnír  90'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 9,428 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Hong Kong League Selection (PSO)	1 (4)
	South China Pegasus Team	1 (5) (PSO)
					29 January 2009 - (Hong Kong Stadium)
					South China Pegasus Team	2
					Sparta Prague	1
					Third place
	26 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium)			29 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Sparta Prague (PSO)	0 (9)		Hong Kong League Selection	0 (4)
	Suwon Bluewings	0 (8)			Suwon Bluewings	0 (5) (PSO)

2009 Lunar New Year Cup Winner
South China Pegasus Team First Title

Top scorers

1 goal

• Zamudio
• Cacá
• Tales Schütz
• Kim Yeon-Gun
• Ondřej Kušnír

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

External links

• 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information, HKFA Website