The 2009 Lunar New Year Cup is a football 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 Delta i ...

on the first and fourth day of the

Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In Chinese and other East Asian cultures, the festival is commonly referred to as the Spring Festival () a ...

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

Format

The two

semi-finals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final mat ...

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

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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 The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

directly, that means no

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only ...

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

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

Participating teams

* Hong Kong League Selection (host) * South China

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Team *

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Suwon Samsung Bluewings The Suwon Samsung Bluewings ( ko, 수원 삼성 블루윙즈) are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won t ...

Squads

Hong Kong League Selection

* Team Managers: Leung Hung Tak, Pui Kwan Kay, Ng Kin * Coaches: Julio Moreno (

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, including 6 Hong Kong ...

Chan Ho Yin Chan Ho Yin (; born 25 February 1978 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional football player. Career Chan was a member of Hong Kong U-21 in 1990, participating in Gothia Cup and Dana Cup. For his club career, ...

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) * Physical coach:

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) * Physio: So Chun Lung

South China Pegasus Team

* Team Managers:

Steven Lo Steven Lo Kit-Sing (, born 8 June 1959) is a Hong Kong and Macanese businessman, investor, filmmaker, and philanthropist. Born in Hong Kong, Steven Lo had his upbringing and education in Macau. After graduation from high school, he worked in ...

, Wong Wai Shun * Head coach: Kim Pan-Gon ( South China) * Coaches:

Liu Chun Fai Liu Chun Fai (; born 1956) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. He is regarded as one of the best Hong Kong goalkeepers in the 1980s. He holds an AFC A license and the goalkeeper coach qualification. Club career In his player career, h ...

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* 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 Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960) is a Czech former professional football player and manager. Playing career As a player, Chovanec spent almost his whole career at Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to the Netherlands, to play briefly for PSV E ...

* Technical manager:

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* Coaches: Martin Hašek, Jan Kmoch * Coach Assistant:

Jan Stejskal Jan Stejskal (born 15 January 1962) is a Czech football goalkeeping coach and former player. In a 17-year playing career, he set a Czechoslovak First League record for clean sheets in a season, and spent four years in England at Queens Park Ran ...

* 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 Park Kun-ha (born 25 July 1971 in Daejeon, South Korea) is a retired South Korean footballer. Career He started his professional career in 1996 as the founding member of Suwon Samsung Bluewings. At first, he played as a striker and scored ma ...

* 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 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Bracket

Top scorers

1 goal *

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* Cacá *

Tales Schütz Tales Schütz (born 22 August 1981 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a Brazilian ex-footballer. He is also of German ancestry. Honours * Hong Kong First Division League :''Winner (4):'' 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 * Hong Kong S ...

* 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