Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2002–03 is the 25th staging of this two-leg competition between
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 ...
and
Guangdong
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The first leg was played in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
while the second leg was played in
Hong Kong
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Guangzhou captured the champion by winning an aggregate 4–1 against Hong Kong.
Rules
* Each team was allowed to register a maximum of 5 foreign players, among which only 3 of them could be played in the match at the same time.
Squads
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 ...
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Fan Chun Yip
Fan Chun Yip (; born 1 May 1976) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.
Widely considered as one of the best goalkeepers in Hon ...
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Chung Ho Yin
Chung Ho Yin (; born 15 April 1971, in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer.
Club career
He made his debut in first level game in Lai Sun's FA Cup match against Sing Tao on 6 April 1990.Cheung Yiu Lun
* Leung Chi Wing
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Chan Wai Ho
Chan Wai Ho (born ) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and current amateur player for Hong Kong First Division club Eastern District.
Chan was a member of the East Asian Games gold medal-winning Hong Kong U-23 squad in 2009. He ...
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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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Ng Wai Chiu
Ng Wai Chiu (born 22 October 1981 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer. He was capped for Hong Kong at various youth levels, as well as the senior national team. He is currently the assistant manager of Chinese Super Lea ...
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Poon Yiu Cheuk
Poon Yiu Cheuk (, born 19 September 1977 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong football manager and former professional player.
Club career Sham Shui Po
Poon left South China to join Sham Shui Po during the summer of 2011. He was the most experienced ...
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Cheung Sai Ho
Cheung Sai Ho (27 August 1975 – 22 April 2011) was a Hong Kong professional footballer.
International career
In the 1993 Gothia Cup, at the age of 18, Cheung scored the then fastest ever goal on record (2.8 seconds).
Cheung played hi ...
Lo Chi Kwan
Lo Chi Kwan (; born 18 March 1981) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and the current assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.
Club career Kitchee
Lo Chi Kwan scored a hat-trick in Kitchee's 6:0 win over Hong Kong ...
Man Pei Tak
Peter Man Pei Tak () is a former Hong Kong professional football player and current amateur player for Hong Kong First Division club Eastern District.
Club career 2008–09
On 16 November 2008, Man Pei Tak played as captain and scored a won ...
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Lee Kin Wo
Lee Kin Wo (, born 20 October 1967 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer.
Lee won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year award three times during his career. He holds an AFC "A" License.
Club career
Lee Kin Wo made his de ...
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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 ...
Au Wai Lun
Au Wai Lun (; born 14 August 1971, in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional football player. He is considered one of the best strikers in Hong Kong.
Playing career
Au made his debut in Hong Kong First Division League for Tin Tin on ...
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Rochy Putiray
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Rochy was probably the most easily recognised player on the Indonesia national football team because of his brightly coloured and constantly changing h ...
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Chan Chi Hong
Chan Chi Hong (, born 20 October 1976) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. He is currently the club-linked director at Hong Kong Football Association
The Hong Kong Football Association Limited (), often abbreviated to the HKFA, is ...
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Keith Gumbs
Keith "Kayamba" Gumbs (born 11 September 1972 in St. Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis) is a retired St. Kitts and Nevis international football player.
Playing career
Gumbs began playing football while he was attending the Newtown Primary School ...
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Szeto Man Chun
Szeto Man Chun (; born 5 June 1975) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional footballer. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club HK U23 and Hong Kong U-23.
International career
Szeto has played for the ...
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Gerard Ambassa Guy
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 League, Hong Kong Third Divi ...
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Márcio Gabriel Anacleto Márcio is a Brazilian or Portuguese male personal name
* Márcio Melo (1906-1991) general with the Brazilian air force
* Márcio Rezende de Freitas (1960) Brazilian soccer referee
* Márcio Bittencourt (1964) Brazilian footballer
* Márcio Roberto ...
Guangdong
The team was formed mainly by players from Jia A 2002 1st runner-up Shenzhen Kejian Pingan. It also invited 4 players from Jia A champion team
Dalian Shide
Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...
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Some of the players in the squad include:
* Chen Yongqiang
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Ji Mingyi
Ji Mingyi (; born December 15, 1980 in Dalian) is a Chinese footballer. He spent the majority of his career with Dalian Shide where he won four league titles and two Chinese FA Cups.
Club career
Ji Mingyi started his career with Dalian Shide ...
Wang Hongwei
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Yang Guang
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Zheng Zhi
Zheng Zhi (; born 20 August 1980) is a Chinese professional footballer and manager who played most of his career for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou F.C., becoming their captain and serving also as their caretaker manager in two stints. A ...
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Zheng Bin
Zheng Bin (; born July 4, 1977) is a Chinese football coach and a former international who played as a left midfielder or striker.
As a player he represented Shenzhen Jianlibao, Wuhan Huanghelou and Wuhan Zall while internationally he played ...
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Zou Jie
Zou Jie (Chinese:邹捷; born January 17, 1981, in Dalian) is a former Chinese football player.
Club career
Zou Jie began his professional football career for Dalian Shide in the 2000 league season, making two appearances. He rose to prominence ...
(from Dalian)
Results
First Leg
Second Leg
Trivia
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Dalian Shide
Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...
Zou Jie
Zou Jie (Chinese:邹捷; born January 17, 1981, in Dalian) is a former Chinese football player.
Club career
Zou Jie began his professional football career for Dalian Shide in the 2000 league season, making two appearances. He rose to prominence ...
were top scorers in
AFC Youth Championship
The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams ...
2002.
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Zheng Zhi
Zheng Zhi (; born 20 August 1980) is a Chinese professional footballer and manager who played most of his career for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou F.C., becoming their captain and serving also as their caretaker manager in two stints. A ...
only played for the second match. He was the Jia A 2002 Player of the Year.
2002
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