2017 Lunar New Year Cup

2017 Lunar New Year Cup
Hong Kong Stadium
Tournament details
Dates11–14 February 2017
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-upHong Kong Kitchee SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored5 (1.25 per match)
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The 91st 2017 Lunar New Year Cup is the annual edition of the Lunar New Year Cup, held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Lunar New Year in February 2017. This year, four teams were invited to participate, playing two games each in a knockout tournament. Australia under-23 withdrew before the tournament and were replaced by Auckland City.

Teams

Four teams were invited to participate:[1] Australia under-23 were initially scheduled to participate, however, Football Federation Australia withdrew the side following complaints from A-League clubs about losing players mid-season.[2] They were replaced by Auckland City.[3]

Squads

Kitchee SC

Manager: Hong Kong Chu Chi Kwong
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Hong Kong Wang Zhenpeng (1984-05-05)5 May 1984 (aged 32) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
2 2DF Spain Fernando Recio (1982-12-17)17 December 1982 (aged 34) Hong Kong Hong Kong Rangers FC
3 2DF Spain Dani Cancela (1981-09-23)23 September 1981 (aged 35) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
5 2DF Hong Kong Hélio (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 30) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
6 3MF Germany Zhi-Gin Lam (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 25) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
7 3MF Brazil Fernando (1986-11-14)14 November 1986 (aged 30) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
9 4FW Serbia Nikola Komazec (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 (aged 29) Hong Kong South China AA
10 3MF Hong Kong Lam Ka Wai (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 31) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
11 4FW Hong Kong Sandro (1987-03-10)10 March 1987 (aged 29) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
12 2DF Hong Kong Lo Kwan Yee(Captain) (1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 32) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
13 2DF Hong Kong Li Ngai Hoi (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 22) Hong Kong Hong Kong Pegasus FC
16 3MF Australia Jared Lum (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 24) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
17 4FW Spain Rufino Segovia del Burgo (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 31) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
19 3MF Hong Kong Huang Yang (1983-10-30)30 October 1983 (aged 33) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
20 3MF Canada Matt Lam (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 27) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
21 2DF Hong Kong Tong Kin Man (1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 32) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
22 3MF Hong Kong Emmet Wan (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 24) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
23 1GK Hong Kong Guo Jianqiao (1986-07-20)20 July 1986 (aged 30) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
24 3MF Hong Kong Ngan Cheuk Pan (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 19) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
29 4FW Hong Kong Harima Hirokane (1998-01-31)31 January 1998 (aged 18) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
31 2DF Hong Kong Law Tsz Chun (1997-03-02)2 March 1997 (aged 19) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
32 3MF Hungary Krisztián Vadócz (1985-05-30)30 May 1985 (aged 31) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
33 4FW Hong Kong Sham Kwok Keung (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 31) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
38 2DF South Korea Kim Dong-jin (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 34) Hong Kong Kitchee SC
88 3MF Brazil João Emir Porto Pereira (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 27) Hong Kong Hong Kong Pegasus FC
99 4FW Brazil Diego Higino (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 30) Hong Kong Yuen Long FC

Auckland City

Manager: Spain Ramon Tribulietx
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Spain Eñaut Zubikarai (1984-02-26)26 February 1984 (aged 32) New Zealand Auckland City FC
3 2DF Japan Takuya Iwata (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 33) New Zealand Auckland City FC
4 2DF Croatia Mario Bilen (1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 32) New Zealand Auckland City FC
5 2DF Spain Ángel Berlanga(Captain) (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 29) New Zealand Auckland City FC
6 3MF New Zealand Cameron Howieson (1994-12-22)22 December 1994 (aged 22) New Zealand Auckland City FC
7 3MF New Zealand Reid Drake (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 21) New Zealand Auckland City FC
8 3MF Spain Albert Riera (1983-12-28)28 December 1983 (aged 33) New Zealand Auckland City FC
9 2DF England Darren White (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 27) New Zealand Auckland City FC
10 4FW New Zealand Ryan De Vries (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 25) New Zealand Auckland City FC
11 3MF Mexico Fabrizio Tavano (1993-08-16)16 August 1993 (aged 23) New Zealand Auckland City FC
13 2DF New Zealand Alfie Rogers (1995-06-22)22 June 1995 (aged 21) New Zealand Auckland City FC
14 3MF New Zealand Clayton Lewis (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 19) New Zealand Auckland City FC
15 3MF New Zealand Mario Ilich (1995-06-23)23 June 1995 (aged 21) New Zealand Auckland City FC
16 2DF South Korea Kim Dae-wook (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 (aged 29) New Zealand Auckland City FC
17 4FW Portugal João Moreira (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 30) New Zealand Auckland City FC
18 1GK New Zealand Danyon Drake (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 23) New Zealand Auckland City FC
19 3MF Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa (1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 25) New Zealand Auckland City FC
20 4FW Argentina Emiliano Tade (1988-03-03)3 March 1988 (aged 28) New Zealand Auckland City FC
21 2DF New Zealand Harry Edge (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 22) New Zealand Auckland City FC
22 2DF New Zealand Sean Cooper (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 18) New Zealand Auckland City FC
23 2DF Serbia Marko Đorđević (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 (aged 33) New Zealand Auckland City FC
25 4FW New Zealand Abdulla Al-Kalisy (1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (aged 21) New Zealand Auckland City FC

FC Seoul

Manager: South Korea Hwang Sun-hong
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK South Korea Yoo Hyun (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 32) South Korea FC Seoul
3 2DF South Korea Jung In-whan (1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 30) South Korea FC Seoul
4 2DF South Korea Kim Dong-woo (1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 28) South Korea FC Seoul
5 3MF Spain Osmar Barba (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 28) South Korea FC Seoul
6 3MF South Korea Ju Se-jong (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26) South Korea FC Seoul
7 2DF South Korea Kim Chi-woo (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 33) South Korea FC Seoul
9 4FW Montenegro Dejan Damjanović (1981-07-27)27 July 1981 (aged 35) South Korea FC Seoul
10 4FW South Korea Park Chu-young (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 31) South Korea FC Seoul
13 3MF South Korea Go Yo-han (1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 28) South Korea FC Seoul
14 3MF South Korea Cho Chan-ho (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 30) South Korea FC Seoul
15 3MF South Korea Kim Won-sik (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 25) South Korea FC Seoul
17 4FW South Korea Yun Il-lok (1992-03-07)7 March 1992 (aged 24) South Korea FC Seoul
18 2DF South Korea Shin Kwang-hoon (1987-03-18)18 March 1987 (aged 29) South Korea FC Seoul
19 3MF South Korea Hwang Ki-wook (1996-06-10)10 June 1996 (aged 20) South Korea FC Seoul
20 2DF South Korea Kim Won-gun (1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 24) South Korea FC Seoul
21 2DF South Korea Sim Sang-min (1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 23) South Korea FC Seoul
22 2DF South Korea Kim Kun-hoan (1986-08-12)12 August 1986 (aged 30) South Korea FC Seoul
23 2DF South Korea Sim Woo-yeon (1985-04-03)3 April 1985 (aged 31) South Korea FC Seoul
25 3MF South Korea Lee Seok-hyun (1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 26) South Korea FC Seoul
30 3MF South Korea Kim Han-gil (1995-06-21)21 June 1995 (aged 21) South Korea FC Seoul
37 3MF South Korea Yoon Seung-won (1995-02-11)11 February 1995 (aged 21) South Korea FC Seoul
38 1GK South Korea Yang Han-been (1991-08-30)30 August 1991 (aged 25) South Korea FC Seoul
55 2DF South Korea Kwak Tae-hwi(Captain) (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 35) South Korea FC Seoul
88 2DF South Korea Lee Kyu-ro (1988-08-20)20 August 1988 (aged 28) South Korea FC Seoul

Muangthong United

Manager: Thailand Totchtawan Sripan
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Thailand Kawin Thamsatchanan (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 27) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
2 2DF Thailand Peerapat Notchaiya (1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 23) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
3 2DF Thailand Theerathon Bunmathan (1990-02-06)6 February 1990 (aged 26) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
4 2DF Spain Pedro Mario Álvarez (1982-02-02)2 February 1982 (aged 34) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
5 2DF Japan Naoaki Aoyama (1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 30) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
6 3MF Thailand Sarach Yooyen (1992-05-30)30 May 1992 (aged 24) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
9 4FW Spain Xisco (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 30) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
10 4FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda(Captain) (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 28) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
11 4FW Thailand Adisak Kraisorn (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 26) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
13 3MF Thailand Ratchapol Nawanno (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 (aged 30) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
15 3MF South Korea Lee Ho (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 32) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
16 3MF Thailand Sanukran Thinjom (1993-09-12)12 September 1993 (aged 23) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
18 3MF Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin (1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 23) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
19 2DF Thailand Tristan Do (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 23) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
20 3MF Thailand Wongsakorn Chaikultewin (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 20) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
22 4FW Thailand Mongkol Tossakrai (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 29) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
23 4FW Brazil Cleiton Silva (1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 29) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
25 2DF Thailand Adison Promrak (1993-10-21)21 October 1993 (aged 23) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
26 2DF Thailand Suphan Thongsong (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 22) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
28 1GK Thailand Prasit Padungchok (1982-10-30)30 October 1982 (aged 34) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.
34 3MF Thailand Wattana Playnum (1989-08-19)19 August 1989 (aged 27) Thailand Muangthong United F.C.

Fixtures and results

All times are local, HKT (UTC+8).

Semi-finals

Auckland City New Zealand1–0South Korea FC Seoul
Tade 45+1' Report
Attendance: 6,372
Referee: Chan Ming Siu
Kitchee SC Hong Kong1–1Thailand Muangthong United
Higino 54' Report Teerasil 41'
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 6,372
Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Third Place Playoff

Muangthong United Thailand1–0South Korea FC Seoul
Silva 3' Report
Attendance: 8,588
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Final

Kitchee SC Hong Kong0–1New Zealand Auckland City
Report Lewis 22'
Attendance: 8,588
Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Final standing

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 New Zealand Auckland City 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Champions
2 Hong Kong Kitchee SC 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Runner-up
3 Thailand Muangthong United 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Third place
4 South Korea FC Seoul 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Kitchee host Lunar New Year Cup". offside.hk. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. ^ "A-League clubs force FFA into U-turn over Olyroos involvement in controversial tournament". Fox Sports. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Auckland FC get invite to prestigious Hong Kong tournament". Stuff.co.nz. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.