The 2009 Lunar New Year Cup is a

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tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the

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of the Earth Ox Year (26 January and 29 January 2009).

Format

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the

of Ox (26 January 2009). The winning teams will enter the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 29 January.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff would be settled by penalty shootout directly, that means no

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would be played. For the final, a thirty-minute

would be played after a draw. A further draw would lead to the penalty shootout.

Participating teams

* Hong Kong League Selection (host) *

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Team * Sparta Prague *

Suwon Samsung Bluewings ''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor'' , short name = SSB , image = , caption = , founded = , ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium , capacity = 44,031 , owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary) , chairma ...

Squads

Hong Kong League Selection

* Team Managers: Leung Hung Tak, Pui Kwan Kay, Ng Kin * Coaches: Julio Moreno ( Kitchee), Chan Ho Yin (

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) * Physical coach:

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( Kitchee) * Physio: So Chun Lung

South China Pegasus Team

* Team Managers: Steven Lo, Wong Wai Shun * Head coach: Kim Pan-Gon (

) * Coaches: Liu Chun Fai, Ricardo * Assistant coaches:

Ku Kam Fai Ku Kam Fai (; born 27 January 1961) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer and the current head coach of South China. His nickname is Muk Tsui Fai (木嘴輝). He is widely regarded as one of the best defenders and sweepers in Hong Kon ...

, Leung Cheuk Cheung * Management: Lam Kai Tai, Lo Kwun Ming,

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Sparta Prague

* Head of Delegation: Jozef Chovanec * Technical manager: David Simon * Coaches:

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* Coach Assistant: Jan Stejskal * Doctor: Jiří Váchal * Masseurs: Tomáš Stránský, Vít Zelenka * Kitman: David Matěka * Marketing Director: Michal Viktorin

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

* Head coach: Cha Bum-kun * Coaches:

Lee Lim-saeng Lee Lim-saeng (born November 18, 1971) is a former South Korean footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Lee mostly played his club career for Bucheon SK, and won three Korean League Cups. He also played for South Korean nation ...

, Park Kun-ha * Goalkeeper coach: Cho Byung-deuk * Official: Kim Jin-hoon * Team manager: Yang Dae-hyun * Therapist: You Hoan-mo * Video analyst: Jin Qingyi * Interpreter: Park Sung-jin * Kit manager: Kim Si-woong HKFA.com
2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: Suwon Bluewings FC

Fixtures

All times given in

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( UTC+8).

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Bracket

Top scorers

1 goal * Zamudio * Cacá * Tales Schütz * Kim Yeon-gun * Ondřej Kušnír

References

External links

2009 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information
HKFA Website {{2008–09 in Hong Kong football Lunar Lunar New Year Cup