2007–08 Hong Kong FA Cup

Hong Kong FA Cup 2007–08 Hong Kong 2007-08 FA Cup Final.JPG Citizen 1 Wofoo Tai Po 2006–07 2008–09 thumb|2007-08 Hong Kong FA Cup Win The 2007–08 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 34th staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup. Citizen beat Wofoo Tai Po by 2–0 in the final and captured the FA Cup for the first time. The competition started on 23 April 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs. Four of them took part in the first round to determine which team advanced to the quarter-finals. From quarter finals onward, the cup competition was a single-elimination tournament. The competition was officially known as 2007/2008 HKFA Lanwa International FA Cup due to sponsorship from LANWA Group Company Limited HKFA Website 2007/08 HKFA Lanwa International FA Cup Although all the matches before the final was held at the Mongkok Stadium, the final was staged at the Hong Kong Stadium on 18 May 2008. The final match was part of the fund raising charity activities for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. All profits of the game was donated for the rescue and rebuild of Sichuan after the basic costs are deducted. Four matches was played in total, including three friendly matches and the FA Cup final. The friendly matches include 1) SCAA Veteran vs Happy Valley Veteran, 2) HKFA Invitation Team vs All Star Sport Association and 3) TVB Artist vs Ladies Star Team.HKFA Website, Lanwa International FA CUP Final & Donation for the earthquake victims Teams Bulova Rangers Citizen Convoy Sun Hei Eastern Happy Valley Kitchee Lanwa Redbull South China Wofoo Tai Po Workable Fixtures and results All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8). Bracket First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Convoy Sun Hei 2 Lanwa Redbull 0 Eastern 1 Workable 0 South China 1 Convoy Sun Hei 0 Bulova Rangers 0 Wofoo Tai Po 2 Citizen (pen.) 1 (7) Kitchee 1 (6) Happy Valley 1 Eastern (a.e.t.) 2 South China 1 Wofoo Tai Po 2 Citizen 1 Eastern 0 Wofoo Tai Po 0 Citizen 2 First round 2008-05-01 14:00 Eastern 1 – 0 (Report) Workable Jeferson 56 Mong Kok Stadium 657 Wong Chi Tang 2008-05-01 16:00 Convoy Sun Hei 2 – 0 (Report) Lanwa Redbull Giovane 1 81 Mong Kok Stadium 657 Cheung Yim Yau Quarter-finals 2008-05-03 14:00 Bulova Rangers 0 – 2 (Report) Wofoo Tai Po Joel 54Lee Wai Lim 57 Mong Kok Stadium 901 Fung Ka Yu 2008-05-03 16:00 Citizen 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (Report) Kitchee Márcio 52 Akosah 33 Mong Kok Stadium 901 Cheng Oi Cho Ronan Ju Yingzhi Chen Zhizhao Sham Kwok Fai Festus Moses Ho Kwok Chuen 7 – 6 Goran Cheung Kin Fung Gao Wen Jević Bamnjo Cheng Lai Hin Li Hang Wui 2008-05-04 14:00 Happy Valley 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) (Report) Eastern Tomy 45 pen. Paulo 34Rodrigo 114 Mong Kok Stadium 2,734 Pau Sai Yin 2008-05-04 16:00 South China 1 – 0 (Report) Convoy Sun Hei Itaparica 41 Mong Kok Stadium 2,734 吳超覺 zh Ng Chiu Kok Semi-finals 2008-05-10 14:00 Eastern 0 – 1 (Report) Citizen Chen Zhizhao 49 Mong Kok Stadium 2,682 Liu Kwok Man 2008-05-10 16:00 South China 1 – 2 (Report) Wofoo Tai Po Chan Wai Ho 32 Ye Jia 47Rafael 85 Mong Kok Stadium 2,682 Cheung Yim Yau Final 2008-05-18 15:00 Citizen 2 – 0 (Report) Wofoo Tai Po Chen Zhizhao 14Joel 84 o.g. Hong Kong Stadium 5,925 Wong Po On Top goalscorers 2 goals Brazil Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei) China Chen Zhizhao (Citizen) 1 goal Cameroon Akosah (Kitchee) Brazil Rodrigo (Eastern) Hong Kong Chan Wai Ho (South China) Brazil Rafael (Wofoo Tai Po) Brazil Itaparica (South China) Brazil Márcio (Citizen) Brazil Tomy (Happy Valley) Hong Kong Lee Wai Lim (Wofoo Tai Po) Brazil Jeferson (Eastern) Brazil Paulo (Eastern) BRA Joel (Wofoo Tai Po) China Ye Jia (Wofoo Tai Po) Prizes Team awards Champion (HK$80,000): Citizen 1st Runners-up (HK$20,000): Wofoo Tai Po Knock-out in the semi-finals (2 teams) (HK$10,000 each): Eastern, South China Knock-out in the Preliminary (6 teams) (HK$5,000 each): Bulova Rangers, Convoy Sun Hei, Happy Valley, Kitchee, Lanwa Redbull, Workable Individual awards Top Scorer Award (HK$5,000 shared): BRA Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei), CHN Chen Zhizhao (Citizen) Best Defender Award (HK$5,000): Nigeria Festus Baise (Citizen) HKFA Website, 聯華國際足總盃決賽 公民 2:0 和富大埔 zh Trivia It was the first time since 1991–92 season that the FA Cup final was competed by two teams which had never reached this cup final before. Both Citizen and Wofoo Tai Po had never captured any senior trophies in their club histories. See also The Hong Kong Football Association References External links Category:Hong Kong FA Cup seasons FA Category:2008 in domestic association football cups