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 (9 February and 12 February 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 HKG Hong Kong League Selection (host) HKG South China Pegasus Team CZE Sparta Prague KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings Squads Hong Kong League Selection Team Managers: HKG Leung Hung Tak, HKG Pui Kwan Kay, HKG Ken Ng Coaches: CHI Julio Moreno (Kitchee), HKG Chan Ho Yin (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Physical coach: FRA Vianney Selin (Kitchee) Physio: HKG So Chun Lung 1 GK CHN Wei Zhao 9 August 1983 (aged 25) Convoy Sun Hei HKG 33 GK BRA Luciano 10 April 1974 (aged 34) Kitchee HKG 2 DF BRA Machado 24 December 1978 (aged 30) Eastern HKG 3 DF CAN Landon Ling 8 October 1987 (aged 21) Kitchee HKG 6 DF BRA Joel 24 July 1980 (aged 28) NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po HKG 7 DF Nigeria Festus Baise 11 April 1980 (aged 28) Citizen HKG 16 DF HKG Chak Ting Fung 27 November 1989 (aged 19) Fourway HKG 21 DF Uruguay David Díaz 4 September 1982 (aged 26) Kitchee HKG 23 DF BRA Hélio 31 January 1986 (aged 22) Citizen HKG 5 MF BRA Júnior (c) 30 March 1974 (aged 34) NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po HKG 8 MF Chile Gustavo Zamudio 11 April 1985 (aged 21) Kitchee HKG 10 MF Congo Edson Minga 31 May 1979 (aged 29) Fourway HKG 13 MF HKG Chan Man Fai 19 June 1988 (aged 20) Kitchee HKG 14 MF Uruguay Luis Cupla Kitchee HKG 19 MF BRA Paulinho 16 January 1983 (aged 26) Citizen HKG 20 MF HKG Tam Lok Hin 1 December 1991 (aged 17) Eastern HKG 28 MF HKG Ip Chung Long 16 November 1989 (aged 19) Kitchee HKG 32 MF CHN Chen Zhizhao 14 March 1988 (aged 20) Citizen HKG 9 FW CHI Carlos Cáceres 28 April 1977 (aged 29) Kitchee HKG 11 FW BRA Sandro 10 March 1987 (aged 21) Citizen HKG 15 FW Ghana Christian Annan 3 May 1978 (aged 30) NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po HKG 22 FW BRA Giovane 25 November 1982 (aged 26) Convoy Sun Hei HKG HKFA Website, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup South China Pegasus Team Team Managers: HKG Steven Lo, HKG Wong Wai Shun Head coach: KOR Kim Pan-Gon (South China) Coaches: HKG Liu Chun Fai, BRA Ricardo Assistant coaches: HKG Ku Kam Fai, HKG Leung Cheuk Cheung Management: HKG Lam Kai Tai, HKG Lo Kwun Ming, HKG Lee Yun Wah 1 GK BRA Oliveira 12 October 1975 (aged 33) TSW Pegasus HKG 23 GK HKG Li Jian 19 September 1985 (aged 23) TSW Pegasus HKG 2 DF BRA Beto 10 July 1984 (aged 28) TSW Pegasus HKG 3 DF BRA Sidraílson (c) 26 February 1982 (aged 26) South China HKG 4 DF CHN Deng Jinghuang 24 January 1985 (aged 24) TSW Pegasus HKG 6 DF HKG Wong Chin Hung 2 March 1982 (aged 26) South China HKG 8 DF Ghana Wisdom Fofo Agbo 25 June 1979 (aged 29) TSW Pegasus HKG 18 DF HKG Luk Koon Pong 1 August 1978 (aged 30) TSW Pegasus HKG 20 DF HKG Lo Chun Kit 13 November 1985 (aged 23) South China HKG 25 DF TOG Cris 9 October 1980 (aged 28) South China HKG 5 MF CHN Bai He 9 November 1982 (aged 26) South China HKG 9 MF CHN Liang Zicheng 18 March 1982 (aged 26) South China HKG 11 MF BRA Itaparica 8 July 1980 (aged 28) TSW Pegasus HKG 15 MF HKG Yuen Kin Man 19 January 1989 (aged 20) TSW Pegasus HKG 16 MF Cameroon Louis Berty 21 October 1981 (aged 27) TSW Pegasus HKG 21 MF HKG Man Pei Tak 16 February 1982 (aged 26) South China HKG 22 MF KOR Kim Yeon-Gun 12 March 1981 (aged 27) South China HKG 27 MF BRA Fernando 28 March 1987 (aged 21) South China HKG 28 MF BRA Tales Schütz 22 August 1981 (aged 27) South China HKG 7 FW Japan Masayuki Okano 25 July 1972 (aged 36) Unattached 26 FW BRA Cacá 19 February 1979 (aged 29) South China HKG 30 FW BRA Detinho 11 September 1973 (aged 35) South China HKG HKFA.com, South China Pegasus Team 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 24 GK Slovakia Matúš Kozáčik 27 December 1983 (aged 25) Sparta Prague CZE 29 GK CZE Jaromír Blažek 29 December 1972 (aged 36) Sparta Prague CZE 2 DF CZE Tomáš Řepka 2 January 1974 (aged 34) Sparta Prague CZE 3 DF Croatia Manuel Pamić 20 August 1986 (aged 22) Sparta Prague CZE 6 DF CZE Roman Hubník 6 June 1984 (aged 24) Sparta Prague CZE 7 DF Germany Sergio Peter 12 October 1986 (aged 22) Sparta Prague CZE 8 MF CZE Patrik Berger 10 November 1973 (aged 35) Sparta Prague CZE 11 MF Slovakia Igor Žofčák 10 April 1983 (aged 23) Sparta Prague CZE 13 MF CZE Ondřej Kušnír 5 April 1984 (aged 24) Sparta Prague CZE 15 MF CZE Jiří Kladrubský 19 November 1985 (aged 23) Sparta Prague CZE 20 MF Slovakia Juraj Kucka 26 February 1987 (aged 21) Sparta Prague CZE 22 MF CZE Martin Zeman 28 March 1989 (aged 19) Sparta Prague CZE 25 MF CZE Kamil Vacek 18 May 1987 (aged 21) Sparta Prague CZE 27 MF CZE Luboš Hušek 26 January 1984 (aged 25) Sparta Prague CZE 28 MF CZE Miroslav Matušovič 2 November 1980 (aged 28) Sparta Prague CZE 12 FW Cote d'Ivoire Bony Wilfried 10 December 1988 (aged 20) Sparta Prague CZE 14 FW CZE Václav Kadlec 20 May 1992 (aged 16) Sparta Prague CZE 17 FW CZE Jan Holenda 8 December 1985 (aged 23) Sparta Prague CZE 21 FW CZE Jiří Jeslínek 30 September 1987 (aged 21) Sparta Prague CZE 30 FW CZE Marek Kulič 11 October 1975 (aged 33) Sparta Prague CZE HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: AC Sparta Praha 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: CHN Jin Qingyi Interpreter: Park Sung-jin Kit manager: Kim Si-woong 21 GK KOR Kim Dae-hwan 1 January 1976 (aged 33) Suwon Bluewings KOR 31 GK KOR Park Ho-jin 22 October 1976 (aged 32) Suwon Bluewings KOR 2 DF CHN Li Weifeng 7 March 1978 (aged 30) Suwon Bluewings KOR 3 DF KOR Yang Sang-min 24 February 1984 (aged 24) Suwon Bluewings KOR 4 DF KOR Kim Sung-keun 20 June 1977 (aged 31) Suwon Bluewings KOR 7 DF KOR Lee Jae-seong 5 July 1988 (aged 20) Suwon Bluewings KOR 8 DF KOR Song Chong-gug 20 February 1979 (aged 29) Suwon Bluewings KOR 25 DF KOR Choi Sung-hwan 6 October 1981 (aged 27) Suwon Bluewings KOR 26 DF KOR Lee Se-in 16 June 1980 (aged 28) Suwon Bluewings KOR 29 DF KOR Kwak Hee-ju (c) 5 October 1981 (aged 27) Suwon Bluewings KOR 33 DF KOR Park Tae-min 21 January 1986 (aged 23) Suwon Bluewings KOR 5 MF KOR Park Hyunbeom 7 May 1987 (aged 21) Suwon Bluewings KOR 13 MF KOR Lee Kwan-woo 25 February 1978 (aged 30) Suwon Bluewings KOR 15 MF KOR Hong Soon-hak 19 September 1980 (aged 28) Suwon Bluewings KOR 20 MF KOR Baek Ji-hoon 28 February 1985 (aged 23) Suwon Bluewings KOR 22 MF KOR Lee Kil-hoon 6 March 1983 (aged 25) Suwon Bluewings KOR 30 MF KOR Choi Sung-hyun 2 May 1982 (aged 26) Suwon Bluewings KOR 9 FW BRA Edu 30 November 1981 (aged 27) Suwon Bluewings KOR 11 FW KOR Kim Dae-eui 30 May 1974 (aged 34) Suwon Bluewings KOR 16 FW KOR Bae Ki-jong 26 May 1983 (aged 25) Suwon Bluewings KOR 23 FW BRA Welton 6 February 1980 (aged 28) Suwon Bluewings KOR 27 FW KOR Seo Dong-hyun 5 June 1985 (aged 23) Suwon Bluewings KOR 35 FW KOR Cho Yong-tae 31 March 1986 (aged 22) Suwon Bluewings KOR HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: Suwon Bluewings FC Fixtures All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8). Semi-finals 2009-02-09 15:00 Hong Kong League Selection Hong Kong 1–1 (Report) Hong Kong South China Pegasus Team Zamudio 20 Cacá 46 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 8,963 Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong) Junior Zamudio Giovane Alessandro Cupla Joel Chen Zhizhao 4–5 Detinho Itaparica Schütz Cacá Beto Sidraílson Cris 2009-02-09 17:15 Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–0 (Report) South Korea Suwon Bluewings Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 8,963 Cheng Oi Cho (Hong Kong) Matušovič Berger Žofčák Kucka Hušek Kušnír Wilfried Jeslínek Pamić Blažek 9–8 Edu Yang Sang-min Lee Kil-hoon Song Chong-gug Kim Dae-eui Choi Sung-hwan Baek Ji-hoon Kwak Hee-ju Seo Dong-hyun Kim Dae-hwan Third place match 2009-02-12 18:15 Hong Kong League Selection Hong Kong 0–0 (Report) South Korea Suwon Bluewings Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 9,428 Giovane Enrique Díaz Cupla Joel Junior 4–5 Edu Yang Sang-min Kim Dae-eui Lee Kwan-woo Kwak Hee-ju Final 2009-02-12 20:30 South China Pegasus Team Hong Kong 2–1 (Report) Czech Republic Sparta Prague Schütz 33Kim Yeon-gun 44 Kušnír 90 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 9,428 Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong) Bracket 9 February 2009 – Hong Kong HKG Hong Kong League Selection 1 (4) HKG South China Pegasus Team (pen.) 1 (5) 9 February 2009 – Hong Kong CZE Sparta Prague (pen.) 0 (9) KOR Suwon Bluewings 0 (8) 12 February 2009 – Hong Kong HKG South China Pegasus Team 2 CZE Sparta Prague 1 12 February 2009 – Hong Kong HKG Hong Kong League Selection 0 (4) KOR Suwon Bluewings (pen.) 0 (5) 2009 Carlsberg Cup Champions50px|Hong KongSouth China Pegasus TeamFirst Title Top scorers 1 goal Hong Kong Zamudio Hong Kong Cacá Hong Kong Tales Schütz Hong Kong Kim Yeon-gun CZE Ondřej Kušnír References External links 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information, HKFA Website Lunar Category:Lunar New Year Cup