2019 Lunar New Year Cup

2019 Lunar New Year Cup
豬年賀歲盃

The Hong Kong Stadium hosted the tournament
Tournament details
Dates	19–21 February 2019
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Shandong Luneng (1st title)
Runners-up	Sagan Tosu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
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The 93rd 2019 Lunar New Year Cup (Chinese: 豬年賀歲盃; literally: "Year of the Pig Celebrate New Year Cup") was the annual edition of the Lunar New Year Cup, held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Lunar New Year in early February 2019. This year, four teams were invited to participate, playing two games each in a knockout tournament.

Format

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams were held on the first day of the Lunar New Year of Pig (5 February 2019). The winning teams entered the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the third day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 7 February.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff were 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.

Teams

Four teams were invited to participate:^[1]

• HK LNY Selection Team (hosts)
• Sagan Tosu
• Auckland City
• Shandong Luneng

Squads

HK LNY Selection Team

Manager: Kevin Bond^[2]：

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Leung Hing Kit	(1989-10-22)22 October 1989 (aged 29)		Pegasus
36	1GK	Zhang Chunhui	(1983-03-13)13 March 1983 (aged 35)		Pegasus
14	2DF	Jack Sealy	(1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 31)		Pegasus
16	2DF	Law Hiu Chung	(1995-06-10)10 June 1995 (aged 23)		Pegasus
19	2DF	Rosen Kolev	(1990-07-04)4 July 1990 (aged 28)		Pegasus
21	2DF	Cheung Chi Yung	(1989-06-30)30 June 1989 (aged 29)		Pegasus
3	2DF	David Lazari	(1989-04-30)30 April 1989 (aged 29)		Pegasus
6	2DF	Leung Nok Hang	(1994-11-14)14 November 1994 (aged 24)		R&F
12	2DF	Lo Kwan Yee	(1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 34)		R&F
24	2DF	Fong Pak Lun	(1993-04-14)14 April 1993 (aged 25)		Lee Man
5	2DF	Fran González	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 30)		Lee Man
20	3MF	Juninho	(1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 28)		Pegasus
8	3MF	Mahama Awal	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 27)		Pegasus
15	3MF	Shu Sasaki	(1991-02-12)12 February 1991 (aged 27)		Pegasus
13	3MF	Wong Chun Ho	(1990-05-31)31 May 1990 (aged 28)		Pegasus
22	3MF	Wu Chun Ming	(1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 21)		Pegasus
17	3MF	Fernando	(1986-11-14)14 November 1986 (aged 32)		Kitchee
18	3MF	Jordi Tarrés	(1981-03-16)16 March 1981 (aged 37)		Kitchee
11	3MF	Cheng Siu Kwan	(1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 22)		Lee Man
4	3MF	Cleiton	(1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 32)		Yuen Long
2	3MF	Marcos Gondra	(1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 32)		Dreams FC
9	4FW	Travis Major	(1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 28)		Pegasus
7	4FW	Chan Siu Ki	(1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 33)		Pegasus
10	4FW	Yuen Chun Sing	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 25)		Pegasus
23	4FW	Souza	(1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 29)		Southern
25	4FW	Jean Moser	(1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 25)		Yuen Long

Sagan Tosu

Manager: Lluís Carreras

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Takuo Ōkubo 2 DF  JPN Hiromu Mitsumaru 3 DF  JPN Yuji Takahashi 4 MF  JPN Riki Harakawa 5 DF  CRO Nino Galović 6 MF  JPN Akito Fukuta 7 MF  ESP Isaac Cuenca 9 FW  ESP Fernando Torres 11 FW  JPN Yohei Toyoda 13 DF  JPN Yuzo Kobayashi 14 MF  JPN Yoshiki Takahashi 16 MF  JPN Yatsunori Shimaya 18 GK  JPN Yohei Takaoka 19 FW  KOR Cho Dong-geon 21 GK  KOR Kim Min-ho

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  JPN Teruki Hara 24 DF  JPN Kazuki Anzai 25 MF  KOR An Yong-woo 26 MF  JPN Ryoya Ito 28 MF  JPN Hiroto Ishikawa 29 MF  JPN Hiroyuki Taniguchi 30 MF  JPN Yuta Higuchi 32 FW  COL Víctor Ibarbo 33 FW  JPN Kaisei Ishii 35 DF  JPN Masato Fujita 36 MF  JPN Hideto Takahashi 40 FW  JPN Yuji Ono 41 MF  JPN Daiki Matsuoka 42 GK  JPN Yosei Itahashi 44 MF  JPN Mu Kanazaki

Auckland City

Manager: Ramon Tribulietx

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Eñaut Zubikarai 2 DF  NZL Hayden McHenery 3 DF  JPN Takuya Iwata 4 DF  CRO Mario Bilen 5 DF  ESP Ángel Berlanga (captain) 6 DF  VAN Brian Kaltack 7 MF  NZL Cameron Howieson 8 MF  ESP Albert Riera 9 FW  ESP Javier López Iglesias 10 MF  SOL Micah Lea'alafa 11 MF  MEX Fabrizio Tavano 12 FW  NZL Dylan Manickum

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW  SWE Patrick Lundemo 14 MF  NZL Jordan Vale 15 MF  NZL Dan Morgan 16 FW  NZL Yousif Ali Al-Khalisy 17 MF  NZL Reid Drake 18 GK  NZL Ruben Parker 19 FW  PNG David Browne 20 MF  NZL Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi 21 FW  COK Maro Bonsu-Maro 22 MF  COL Omar Guardiola 23 DF  NZL Alfie Rogers 24 GK  NZL Cameron Brown

Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.

Manager: Li Xiaopeng

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Liu Zhenli 2 DF  CHN Li Songyi 3 DF  CHN Liu Junshuai 4 DF  BRA Gil 5 DF  CHN Zheng Zheng 6 DF  CHN Wang Tong 7 MF  CHN Cui Peng 11 DF  CHN Liu Yang 13 MF  CHN Zhang Chi 14 GK  CHN Wang Dalei 15 MF  CHN Li Wei 16 MF  CHN Zhou Haibin 17 FW  CHN Wu Xinghan 19 FW  ITA Graziano Pellè 20 GK  CHN Han Rongze

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CHN Liu Binbin 22 MF  CHN Hao Junmin 23 MF  CHN Song Long 24 DF  CHN Qi Tianyu 27 MF  CHN Cao Sheng 28 MF  CHN Yao Junsheng 29 FW  CHN Cheng Yuan 30 DF  CHN Chen Zhechao 32 FW  BRA Róger Guedes (on loan from Palmeiras) 33 MF  CHN Jin Jingdao 34 DF  CHN Li Hailong 35 DF  CHN Dai Lin 45 MF  CHN Tian Xin 47 DF  CHN Zhao Jianfei 53 MF  CHN Duan Liuyu

Fixtures and results

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 January
	HK LNY Selection Team	1 (2)
					8 January
	Sagan Tosu (pen.)	1 (4)
					Sagan Tosu	1
	6 January
					Shandong Luneng	3
	Shandong Luneng	2
	Auckland City	1
					Third place
					8 January
					HK LNY Selection Team	1
					Auckland City	0

Semi-finals

6 January 2019

16:00

Shandong Luneng	2–1	Auckland City
Róger Guedes 57', 88'	Report	Micah Lea'alafa 46'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 14502

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

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6 January 2019

18:15

HK LNY Selection Team	1–1	Sagan Tosu
Juninho 76'	Report	Fernando Torres 39'
Penalties
Marcos Gondra Lo Kwan Yee David Lazari Souza	2–4	Ryoya Ito Riki Harakawa Kazuki Anzai Masato Fujita

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 14502

Referee: Tam Ping Wun

Third place play-off

8 January 2019

16:00

HK LNY Selection Team	1–0	Auckland City
Mahama Awal 41'	Report	Fabrizio Tavano

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 21,643

Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Final

8 January 2019

18:15

Sagan Tosu	1–3	Shandong Luneng
Fernando Torres 59'	Report	Gil 3' Graziano Pellè 50' Pedro Delgado 81'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 21,643

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

2019 Lunar New Year Champions
Shandong Luneng First time

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong Premier League

References

1. "Auckland City FC to return to Lunar New Year Cup". Auckland City. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
2. "通海金融賀歲盃 Tonghai Financial LNYCup 2019 Players List". Retrieved February 6, 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}