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Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 1978–79 is the 1st staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.

The first leg was played in Guangzhou on 21 January 1979 while the second leg was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 28 January 1979.

Guangdong captured the first champion of this competitive by winning an aggregate 4–1 against Hong Kong.

Squads

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Chan Wan Ngok (陳雲岳)
2	2DF	Chan Sai Kau (陳世九) (vice-captain)	(1952-08-26)26 August 1952 (aged 26)	Happy Valley
3	3MF	Leung Sui Wing (梁帥榮)	(1958-05-22)22 May 1958 (aged 20)	Happy Valley
4	2DF	Lok Tak Fai (駱德輝)
5	2DF	Ma Tin Hung (馬天雄)
6	2DF	Choi York Yee (蔡育瑜)	(1953-05-11)11 May 1953 (aged 25)	Happy Valley
7	2DF	Poon Cheung Wong (潘長旺)
8	2DF	Leung Wut Mo (梁活武)
9	3MF	Li Kwai Hung (李桂雄)	(1953-05-17)17 May 1953 (aged 25)
10	3MF	Leung Nang Yan (梁能仁)	(1954-02-02)2 February 1954 (aged 24)
11	3MF	Lai Yik Shu (賴翊樞)
12	3MF	Chan Fat Chi (陳發枝)	(1957-01-10)10 January 1957 (aged 22)
13	4FW	Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明) (captain)	(1949-10-30)30 October 1949 (aged 29)	Rangers
14	4FW	Fung Chi Ming (馮志明)	(1951-05-13)13 May 1951 (aged 27)	Happy Valley
15	4FW	Wan Chi Keung (尹志強)	(1956-05-01)1 May 1956 (aged 22)	South China
16	4FW	Sze Kin Hei (施建熙)	(1951-12-26)26 December 1951 (aged 27)
17	4FW	Lau Wing Yip (劉榮業)	(1953-08-18)18 August 1953 (aged 25)
18	1GK	Ma Pit Hung (馬必雄)
	3MF	Cheung Ka Ping (張家平)

Guangdong team consists of 17 players.

Ou Weiteng of Guangdong team scored after 4 minutes and this is the first goal of the competition.
Second leg was played on the first day of Chinese New Year.