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2019 Lunar New Year Cup
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 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: * HK LNY Selection Team ''(as known as Hong Kong League XI )' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium, it reopened as Hong Kong Stadium in March 1994. It has a maximum seating capacity of 40,000, including 18,260 at the main level, 3,173 at executive level, 18,510 upper-level seats and 57 seats for wheelchair users. The stadium is located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, in valley of Caroline Hill. Most international football matches held in Hong Kong are held at this stadium. It is also the location for the Hong Kong Sevens rugby sevens tournament. Hong Kong Stadium also hosted the Rugby World Cup Sevens twice, in 1997 and 2005. History So Kon Po was formerly the burial ground for the 1918 fire at Happy Valley Racecourse. Then the Hong Kong Government moved all the tombs to Aberdeen. The old Government Stadium was a U-shaped constructed by 1953 and had a capacity of 28,000 with partially covered seating. The old Government Stadium was only partially covered, without suffici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shandong Luneng Taishan F
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. Shandong's Mount Tai is the most revered mountain of Taoism and a site with one of the longest histories of continuous religious worship in the world. The Buddhist temples in the mountains to the south of the provincial capital of Jinan were once among the foremost Buddhist sites in China. The city of Qufu is the birthplace of Confucius and was later established as the center of Confucianism. Confucianism developed from what was later called the Hundred Schools of Thought from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. Shandong's location at the intersection of ancient and modern no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fong Pak Lun
Fong Pak Lun (, born 14 April 1993) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a left back. Club career Sham Shui Po On 24 November 2011, Fong scored a goal against South China in the 2011–12 Hong Kong Senior Shield. However, Sham Shui Po lost the match 2–1. On 14 January 2012, Fong scored with a header from a Wong Wai corner kick. The goal was enough to give Sham Shui Po victory over Hong Kong Sapling and send the team into the quarter-finals of the 2011–12 Hong Kong League Cup, it was also Sham Shui Po's first victory in Hong Kong football's top flight. Yokohama FC (Hong Kong) In the 2013–14 season, Fong joins Yokohama FC Hong Kong along with many of his Sham Shui Po teammates and coach Lee Chi-Kin. Shenyang Zhongze Fong is recruited by Shenyang Zhongze for RMB 100,000, after impressing the club with his performances in the 2013 East Asian Games. Fong left Hong Kong to join the club on 24 February 2014, after winning the last match for Yokohama FC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Kwan Yee
Lo Kwan Yee (, born 9 October 1984) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers. Lo has represented Hong Kong at international level at various age groups, making his debut with the senior national team in 2007. Club career Rangers Lo broke into the Rangers first team at only 15 years old. He made his first-team debut as a substitute in Rangers' 1–0 win at home to Kitchee on 14 August 2000, scoring the match winner in the 88th minute. The midfielder became the youngest-ever player to play in the First Division at 15 years and 309 days. Kitchee On 2 July 2007, Lo signed for Kitchee after his 8-year spell with Rangers, signing a one-year deal, with an option of another one-year extension. He was given the number 12 shirt. On 2 September 2007, Lo made his league debut for Kitchee against rivals South China, ending in a 2–1 victory. Lo suffered from hepatitis after the match and was kept out of first-team action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R&F (Hong Kong)
R&F (Hong Kong) Soccer Limited (), commonly known as R&F (), was an association football team based in Guangzhou, China which competed in the Hong Kong Premier League between 2016 and 2020. It was owned by Chinese property developers R&F Properties as a satellite team of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou City. The club's name "R&F" is short for "Rich" (富) and "Force" (力). History R&F were founded and registered at the Hong Kong Football Association in the summer of 2016. As a satellite team of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou City, most of its players were loanees from the Guangzhou City reserves. On 1 August 2016, they were accepted into the Hong Kong Premier League with following conditions: (1) Signing at least eight Hong Kong players. (2) Using at least three Hong Kong players in a match. (3) Sponsoring a cup competition with a fee of $1 million. The club finished their inaugural season in 10th place with 3 wins, 1 draw and 16 defeats in the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leung Nok Hang
Jacky Leung Nok Hang (; born 14 November 1994 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang Pro. He is the brother of current Eastern player Leung Kwun Chung. Club career In 2010, Leung Nok Hang won a Dreams Come True scholarship which allowed him to complete his high school studies in Britain at the Brooke House College Football Academy with all costs covered. Leung Nok Hang joined YFCMD in 2013. Leung Nok Hang joined Pegasus in 2015. Leung Nok Hang joined one of the big clubs, South China, in 2016. On 11 June 2017, Pegasus chairperson Canny Leung revealed that Leung along with three other South China players would be jumping ship to Pegasus. On 13 August 2018, Leung officially signed with R&F. On 1 May 2020, R&F agreed to a swap Leung for Meizhou Hakka's Tsui Wang Kit. On 7 January 2021, Leung was sold to Zhejiang Greentown for a fee of up to RMB $20 million (US$3 million), which is a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lazari
David Rafael Lazari (born 30 April 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer. Career In August 2010 Lazari signed for Sliven 2000 in the A PFG, where he played until the end of the year. In October 2011, he joined Dinamo Brest in the Belarusian Premier League. On 31 December 2018, it was announced that Tai Po had reached an agreement with Pegasus to swap Lazari in exchange for João Emir. After spending over a year at Pegasus, his stay was cut short due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ... which caused the 2019–20 season to be suspended. On 8 April 2020, Lazari agreed to a mutual termination with Pegasus. Honours Club ;Tai Po * Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2016–17 References External links * Living people 1989 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheung Chi Yung
Cheung Chi Yung (; born 30 June 1989 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional football player who played as a centre back. Club career Tai Po Cheung joined Tai Po youth team and was promoted to the first team in the 2008–09 season and was paid HK$3,000 per month. However, he was only given limited match chances and thus he chose to leave the club after the 2011–12 season. Sun Hei Cheung joined fellow First Division club Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei. He played his debut AFC Cup match in the season. Yuen Long After spending a season at Sun Hei, Cheung joined newly promoted First Division club Yuen Long on a free transfer on 3 June 2013. South China On 10 June 2015, Cheung joined South China on a one-year contract. Pegasus Cheung moved onto Pegasus at the beginning of the 2016–17 season. He became a regular starter, appearing in 16 league matches for the club in the first season. In July 2020, Cheung left the club after his contract expired. Since then he has obt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosen Kolev
Rosen Rosenov Kolev ( bg, Росен Колев; born 4 July 1990) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Early career Kolev started to play football in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. In June 2007, English side Reading officially invited Rosen to join the training sessions of their U-19 team for one week. Kolev's professional career started in 2008 but during that season he didn't make an appearance for the first team and in January 2010 was sent on loan to B PFG side Bdin Vidin. Rosen made his debut for Bdin on 27 February 2010 in a 1–2 away loss against Balkan Botevgrad. Kom-Minyor In June 2010 his contract with CSKA was mutually terminated and Kolev joined Kom-Minyor. He made his Kom-Minyor début on 31 July 2010 in the away game versus Chavdar Byala Slatina. Kolev got his first goal on 11 September, in a 2–2 home draw against Septemvri Simitli. On 2 October he scored his 2nd League goal of the season against Vihren Sandanski in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Hiu Chung
Law Hiu Chung (; born 10 June 1995) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club North District. Club career In 2012, Law signed for Hong Kong First Division club Rangers. In 2014, Law left Rangers for Hong Kong Premier League club South China. On 13 April 2016, Law scored his first goal for South China against Maldives club Maziya, which South China wins the match 2–0. On 11 June 2017, Pegasus chairperson Canny Leung Canny Leung Chi-Shan () is a Hong Kong songwriter and author. Biography Leung is a graduate of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Career Leung was a model, an actor in television commercials, and an emcee on television and radio programs. ... revealed that Law along with three other South China players would be jumping ship to Pegasus. In September 2021, Law joined HK U23. On 13 July 2023, Law joined North District. References External links * Law Hiu Chungat HKFA 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Sealy
Jonathan Jack Sealy (born 4 May 1987), commonly known as Jack Sealy (), is an English-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club HKFC. Early years Jack Sealy is the son of former Queen's Park Rangers and Eastern player Tony Sealy. Jack is of Barbadian descent through his paternal grandfather. He was born in England and but later became a naturalised Hong Konger.晨曦簽港會中場J施利 ''Oriental Daily''. 13 June 2011. From an early age he represented the Hong Kong Football Club and by the age of 12 was playing football in adult social leagues, the Yau Yee League, before making the step up to the Hong Kong Second Division at the age of 16. Club career HKFC Jack Sealy played for |
Zhang Chunhui
Zhang Chunhui (, born 13 March 1983) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong football coach and former player. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Chinese Women's Super League club Meizhou Hakka. Club career He was selected in the Hong Kong Top Footballer (Best XI Squad) for 2006–07. On 2 July 2018, it was reported that Zhang had joined Pegasus as a player-coach. He was released by the club on 5 November 2019 due to discipline issues. International career Zhang is eligible to represent Hong Kong for international competitions after living there for enough years. He was called up by new Hong Kong national football team head coach Lee Kin Wo into the training squad of the team for the first time on 22 May 2007 for a friendly match against Indonesia national football team. He was selected into Hong Kong League XI for 2007 Lunar New Year Cup and played in the first round against the Jamaica Olympic Team. Personal life On 9 July 2008, he was sentenced to imprisonment for 8 months for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
