The 2001
Lunar New Year Cup
The Lunar New Year Cup, previously known as the Carlsberg Challenge or the Carlsberg Cup, is an annual invitational football tournament organised in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) since 1908. It is usually held on the firs ...
(''aka Carlsberg Cup'') was a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tournament held in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
over the first and fourth day of the
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a New Year, new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar, lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In Sinophone, Chinese and other East Asian cultures, the festival is commonly r ...
holiday.
Participating teams
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Hong Kong League XI
The Hong Kong League XI, also known as the Hong Kong XI or Hong Kong League Selection, is a football team which represents the Hong Kong First Division League in exhibition matches, mainly the Lunar New Year Cup.
The team is selected from the ...
(host)
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Squads
Hong Kong League XI
The Hong Kong League XI, also known as the Hong Kong XI or Hong Kong League Selection, is a football team which represents the Hong Kong First Division League in exhibition matches, mainly the Lunar New Year Cup.
The team is selected from the ...
''Some of the players include'':
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Viktor Derbunov
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Cristiano Cordeiro
Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro (; born 14 August 1973) is a former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.
Born in Brazil, he represented Hong Kong at international level.
Club car ...
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Dejan Antonić
Dejan Antonić (, ; born 22 January 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
He is the father of footballer Stefan Antonić, who has played for Southern in the 2020–21 season.
Early career
He started his professional football pla ...
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Ailton de Araujo
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Andrew Roddie
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Paul Ritchie
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John Moore
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Gerardo Laterza
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Gary McKeown
Gary Joseph McKeown (born 19 October 1970) is an English retired professional footballer. He played in midfield for various clubs in England, Scotland, Hong Kong and Greece.
References
External links
*Gary McKeownat ''The Grecian Archive''Mc ...
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Dimitre Kalkanov
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Gerard Guy Ambassa
Gerard Ambassa Guy (; born 21 September 1978), nicknamed JJ (), is a Cameroonian-born Hong Kong association football coach and former professional player who currently as an amateur plays for Hong Kong Third Division club King Mountain.
He play ...
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Luk Koon Pong
Luk Koon Pong (; born 1 August 1978 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer.
Honours
;Orient & Yee Hope Union
*Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2000–01
;South China
*Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2001–02, 2002–03
*Hong Kong Leagu ...
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Aderbal Filho
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Cornelius Udebuluzor
Cornelius Chi-Dubem Udebuluzor (; born 27 August 1974) is a former Nigerian professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Udebuluzor started his career at Górnik Zabrze. He represented Hong Kong League XI in various friendly ma ...
Korea Republic
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
Coach:
Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink (; born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands. Retired as player in 1982, Hiddink went into management, leading both c ...
Norway
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Coach:
Nils Johan Semb
Nils Johan Semb (born 24 February 1959) was the coach of the Norway national football team from 1998 to 2003, presiding over 68 matches.
He led the team to its first European Football Championship in 2000. Though successful, at least in the begi ...
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
Coach:
Víctor Genés Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include:
*Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
*Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)
* Víctor Hugo Cabrera, ...
Results
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Bracket
Scorers
; 3 goals
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Frode Johnsen
Frode Johnsen (born 17 March 1974) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played for Odd and Rosenborg in the Tippeligaen and for Nagoya Grampus and Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. He played in several positions, but was preferred as a s ...
; 2 goals
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Thorstein Helstad
Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Helstad was born in Hamar, and started his career in his local club FL Fart where he at age 16 scored two goals against Løt ...
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Ko Jong-soo
Ko Jong-soo ( born October 30, 1978) is a South Korean football coach and former football player.
Growth Background
Born in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, he graduated from Yeosu West Elementary School, Yeosu Gubong Middle School, and Kumho High School. ...
; 1 goal
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Kim Do-hoon
Kim Do-hoon (; born 21 July 1970) is a South Korean professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Singaporean club Lion City Sailors before his 11 August 2022 resignation.
Playing career
Kim during h ...
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Gustavo Morinigo
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John Moore
See also
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Hong Kong Football Association
The Hong Kong Football Association Limited (), often abbreviated to the HKFA, is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Pui Kwan Kay and its Chief Executive Officer is Joaquin Tam.
History
The HKFA was ...
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Hong Kong First Division League
The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation o ...
References
Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup – Past Results HKFA Website
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2001 in South Korean football
2000–01 in Hong Kong football
2001 in Paraguayan football
2001 in Norwegian football