2002 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2002 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.

Participating teams

• China
• Honduras
• Hong Kong League XI (host)
• Slovenia

Squads

Some of the players include:

China

Coach: Bora Milutinović

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 2 2DF Gao Yao (1978-07-13)13 July 1978 (aged 23) Shandong Luneng 4 2DF Wu Chengying (1975-04-21)21 April 1975 (aged 26) Shanghai Shenhua 5 3MF Zhao Junzhe (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 22) Liaoning Bird 6 3MF Song Lihui (1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 27) Shandong Luneng 8 3MF Li Tie (1977-09-18)18 September 1977 (aged 24) Liaoning Bird 9 3MF Ma Mingyu (1972-08-10)10 August 1972 (aged 29) Sichuan Dahe 10 4FW Yu Genwei (1974-01-07)7 January 1974 (aged 28) Tianjin Teda 12 4FW Su Maozhen (1971-10-23)23 October 1971 (aged 30) Shandong Luneng 13 2DF Chen Gang (1972-03-09)9 March 1972 (aged 29) Qingdao Hademen 14 2DF Li Weifeng (1978-12-01)1 December 1978 (aged 23) Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance 15 3MF Shen Si (1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 28) Shanghai COSCO Huili 16 4FW Qu Bo (1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 20) Qingdao Hademen 17 2DF Du Wei (1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 20) Shanghai Shenhua 18 3MF Li Xiaopeng (1975-06-20)20 June 1975 (aged 26) Shandong Luneng 19 3MF Qi Hong (1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 25) Shanghai COSCO Huili 21 2DF Xu Yunlong (1979-02-17)17 February 1979 (aged 22) Beijing Guoan 22 1GK Jiang Jin (1968-10-07)7 October 1968 (aged 33) Tianjin Teda 23 1GK Liu Yunfei (1979-05-08)8 May 1979 (aged 22) Tianjin Teda 26 4FW Zhang Yuning (1977-05-25)25 May 1977 (aged 24) Liaoning Bird 27 3MF Shao Jiayi (1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 21) Beijing Guoan 30 4FW Li Yi (1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 22) Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance

Honduras

Coach: Ernesto Luzardo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Victor Coello (1974-07-29)29 July 1974 (aged 27) Marathón 3 David Carcamo 4 2DF Samuel Caballero (1974-12-24)24 December 1974 (aged 27) Udinese 5 2DF Sergio Mendoza (1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 20) Real España 6 2DF Jaime Rosales (1978-06-08)8 June 1978 (aged 23) Marathón 7 Robel Bernandez 8 3MF José Luis Pineda (1975-03-19)19 March 1975 (aged 26) 10 3MF Julio César de León (1979-09-13)13 September 1979 (aged 22) Reggina 11 3MF Emil Martínez (1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 19) Marathón 14 Ronny Morales 16 Cristián Martínez 18 4FW Saul Martínez (1976-01-29)29 January 1976 (aged 26) Nacional 19 3MF Edgar Álvarez (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 22) Platense 20 Amado Alvarez 21 2DF Limber Perez (1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 25)

Hong Kong League XI

Coach: Wong Yiu Shun

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 2 2DF Yau Kin Wai (1973-01-04)4 January 1973 (aged 29) South China 3 2DF Cristiano Cordeiro (1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 28) South China 5 2DF André Hartwig Sun Hei 7 4FW Au Wai Lun (1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 30) South China 11 3MF Gary McKeown (1970-10-19)19 October 1970 (aged 31) Sun Hei 17 4FW Keith Gumbs (1972-09-11)11 September 1972 (aged 29) Happy Valley 20 2DF Poon Yiu Cheuk (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 24) Happy Valley 26 1GK Fan Chun Yip (1976-05-01)1 May 1976 (aged 25) Happy Valley 2DF Luk Koon Pong (1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 23) South China 3MF Lo Kai Wah (1971-01-27)27 January 1971 (aged 31) Happy Valley 3MF Gerard Ambassa Guy (1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 23) Happy Valley 3MF Aderbal Filho 4FW Cornelius Udebuluzor (1974-08-27)27 August 1974 (aged 27) Buler Rangers 4FW Cheng Siu Chung (1972-09-29)29 September 1972 (aged 29) South China

Slovenia

Coach: Srečko Katanec

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Marko Simeunović (1967-12-06)6 December 1967 (aged 34) Etimesgut Şekerspor 2 2DF Goran Sankovič (1979-06-18)18 June 1979 (aged 22) Slavia Prague 3 2DF Željko Milinovič (1969-10-12)12 October 1969 (aged 32) JEF United Ichihara 4 3MF Amir Karić (1973-12-31)31 December 1973 (aged 28) NK Maribor 5 2DF Marinko Galič (1970-04-22)22 April 1970 (aged 31) FC Koper 6 2DF Bekim Kapič (1979-01-02)2 January 1979 (aged 23) FC Koper 7 3MF Džoni Novak (1969-09-04)4 September 1969 (aged 32) SpVgg Unterhaching 8 3MF Aleš Čeh (1968-04-07)7 April 1968 (aged 33) Grazer AK 9 3MF Nastja Čeh (1978-01-26)26 January 1978 (aged 24) Club Brugge 10 3MF Zlatko Zahovič (1971-02-01)1 February 1971 (aged 31) S.L. Benfica 11 3MF Miran Pavlin (1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 30) F.C. Porto 12 1GK Mladen Dabanovič (1971-09-13)13 September 1971 (aged 30) K.S.C. Lokeren O.V. 13 4FW Mladen Rudonja (1971-07-26)26 July 1971 (aged 30) Portsmouth 14 3MF Saša Gajser (1974-02-11)11 February 1974 (aged 28) Gent 15 3MF Rajko Tavčar (1974-07-21)21 July 1974 (aged 27) 1. FC Nürnberg 16 4FW Ermin Rakovič (1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 24) Hapoel Petah Tikva 17 3MF Zoran Pavlovič (1976-06-27)27 June 1976 (aged 25) FK Austria Wien 18 3MF Milenko Ačimovič (1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 24) Olimpija Ljubljana 19 4FW Senad Tiganj (1975-08-28)28 August 1975 (aged 26) Olimpija Ljubljana

Results

All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Semifinals

Honduras v Slovenia

12 February 2002

Honduras	5 - 1	Slovenia
S. Martínez  39'  58'  69'  72' C. Martínez  90'		Zahovic  52' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 26,244 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Hong Kong League XI v China

12 February 2002

Hong Kong League XI	1 - 1 4 - 3 (PSO)	China
Filho  70'		Yu  64'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 26,244 Referee: Kim Tae-Young (South Korea)

Third place match

China v Slovenia

15 February 2002

China	0 - 0 3 - 4 (PSO)	Slovenia

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 30,329 Referee: Kim Tae-Young (South Korea)

Final

Hong Kong League XI v Honduras

15 February 2002

Hong Kong League XI	0 - 1	Honduras
		S. Martínez  67'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 30,329 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 February 2002 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Honduras	5
	Slovenia	1
					15 February 2002 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
					Honduras	1
					Hong Kong League XI	0
					Third place
	12 February 2002 – (Hong Kong Stadium)			15 February 2002 - (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Hong Kong League XI	1(4)(PSO)		Slovenia	0(4)(PSO)
	China	1 (3)			China	0(3)

2002 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Honduras First Title

Scorers

5 goals

• Saul Martínez

1 goal

• Yu Genwei
• Cristián Martínez
• Aderbal Filho
• Zlatko Zahovic

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

References

• Carlsberg Cup 2002, hksssf.com
• XX. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2002 - Details, YANSFIELD
• The Hong Kong Football Association Limited 2000/2001 Annual Report, page. 38