2019 Lunar New Year Cup

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2019 Lunar New Year Cup
豬年賀歲盃
The Hong Kong Stadium hosted the tournament
Tournament details
Dates6–8 January 2019
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsChina Shandong Luneng (1st title)
Runners-upJapan Sagan Tosu
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
2018
2020

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 January 2019. This year, four teams were invited to participate, playing two games each in a knockout tournament.

Format

The two

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]

Squads

HK LNY Selection Team

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

Sagan Tosu

Manager: Spain Lluís Carreras

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Takuo Ōkubo
2 DF Japan JPN Hiromu Mitsumaru
3 DF Japan JPN Yuji Takahashi
4 MF Japan JPN Riki Harakawa
5 DF Croatia CRO Nino Galović
6 MF Japan JPN Akito Fukuta
7 MF Spain ESP Isaac Cuenca
9 FW Spain ESP Fernando Torres
11 FW Japan JPN Yohei Toyoda
13 DF Japan JPN Yuzo Kobayashi
14 MF Japan JPN Yoshiki Takahashi
16 MF Japan JPN Yatsunori Shimaya
18 GK Japan JPN Yohei Takaoka
19 FW South Korea KOR Cho Dong-geon
21 GK South Korea KOR Kim Min-ho
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Japan JPN Teruki Hara
24 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Anzai
25 MF South Korea KOR An Yong-woo
26 MF Japan JPN Ryoya Ito
28 MF Japan JPN Hiroto Ishikawa
29 MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Taniguchi
30 MF Japan JPN Yuta Higuchi
32 FW Colombia COL Víctor Ibarbo
33 FW Japan JPN Kaisei Ishii
35 DF Japan JPN Masato Fujita
36 MF Japan JPN Hideto Takahashi
40 FW Japan JPN Yuji Ono
41 MF Japan JPN Daiki Matsuoka
42 GK Japan JPN Yosei Itahashi
44 MF Japan JPN Mu Kanazaki

Auckland City

Manager: Spain Ramon Tribulietx

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Eñaut Zubikarai
2 DF New Zealand NZL Hayden McHenery
3 DF Japan JPN Takuya Iwata
4 DF Croatia CRO Mario Bilen
5 DF Spain ESP Ángel Berlanga (captain)
6 DF Vanuatu VAN
Brian Kaltack
7 MF New Zealand NZL Cameron Howieson
8 MF Spain ESP Albert Riera
9 FW Spain ESP Javier López Iglesias
10 MF Solomon Islands SOL Micah Lea'alafa
11 MF Mexico MEX Fabrizio Tavano
12 FW New Zealand NZL Dylan Manickum
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW Sweden SWE Patrick Lundemo
14 MF New Zealand NZL Jordan Vale
15 MF New Zealand NZL Dan Morgan
16 FW New Zealand NZL Yousif Ali Al-Khalisy
17 MF New Zealand NZL Reid Drake
18 GK New Zealand NZL Ruben Parker
19 FW Papua New Guinea PNG David Browne
20 MF New Zealand NZL Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi
21 FW Cook Islands COK Maro Bonsu-Maro
22 MF Colombia COL Omar Guardiola
23 DF New Zealand NZL Alfie Rogers
24 GK New Zealand NZL Cameron Brown

Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.

Manager: China Li Xiaopeng

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK China CHN Liu Zhenli
2 DF China CHN Li Songyi
3 DF China CHN Liu Junshuai
4 DF Brazil BRA Gil
5 DF China CHN Zheng Zheng
6 DF China CHN Wang Tong
7 MF China CHN
Cui Peng
11 DF China CHN Liu Yang
13 MF China CHN Zhang Chi
14 GK China CHN Wang Dalei
15 MF China CHN Li Wei
16 MF China CHN Zhou Haibin
17 FW China CHN Wu Xinghan
19 FW Italy ITA Graziano Pellè
20 GK China CHN Han Rongze
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF China CHN Liu Binbin
22 MF China CHN Hao Junmin
23 MF China CHN Song Long
24 DF China CHN Qi Tianyu
27 MF China CHN Cao Sheng
28 MF China CHN Yao Junsheng
29 FW China CHN Cheng Yuan
30 DF China CHN Chen Zhechao
32 FW Brazil BRA
Palmeiras
)
33 MF China CHN Jin Jingdao
34 DF China CHN Li Hailong
35 DF China CHN Dai Lin
45 MF China CHN Tian Xin
47 DF China CHN Zhao Jianfei
53 MF China CHN Duan Liuyu

Fixtures and results

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 January
 
 
pen.
)
1 (4)
 
Shandong Luneng
3
 
Shandong Luneng
2
 
 
New Zealand Auckland City1
 
Third place
 
 
8 January
 
 
Hong Kong HK LNY Selection Team1
 
 
New Zealand Auckland City0

Semi-finals

Shandong Luneng China
2–1New Zealand Auckland City
Róger Guedes 57', 88' Report Micah Lea'alafa 46'
Attendance: 14502
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

HK LNY Selection Team Hong Kong1–1Japan Sagan Tosu
Juninho
76'
Report Fernando Torres 39'
Penalties
2–4
Attendance: 14502
Referee: Tam Ping Wun

Third place play-off

Final

Shandong Luneng
Fernando Torres 59' Report
Attendance: 21,643
Referee: Liu Kwok Man


2019 Lunar New Year Champions
Shandong Luneng

First time

See also

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]