2006 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2006 Carlsberg Cup was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday (29 January and 1 February 2006).

2006 Lunar New Year Cup
Tournament details
Host countryHong Kong
Dates29 January and 1 February
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored13 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)13 players (1 goal)
2005
2007

Participating teams edit

Squads edit

  Croatia edit

Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Joey Didulica (1977-10-14)14 October 1977 (aged 28)   Austria Wien
2 3MF Neven Vukman (1985-10-14)14 October 1985 (aged 20)   Varteks
3 2DF Mladen Bartulović (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 19)   Hajduk Split
4 2DF Vedran Ješe (1981-02-03)3 February 1981 (aged 24)   Inter Zaprešić
5 2DF Mario Tokić (1975-07-23)23 July 1975 (aged 30)   Austria Wien
6 2DF Mato Neretljak (1979-06-03)3 June 1979 (aged 26)   Suwon Samsung Bluewings
7 3MF Srebrenko Posavec (1980-03-19)19 March 1980 (aged 25)   Varteks
8 3MF Josip Balatinac (1979-03-07)7 March 1979 (aged 26)   Osijek
9 4FW Eduardo (1983-02-25)25 February 1983 (aged 22)   Dinamo Zagreb
10 3MF Davor Vugrinec (1975-03-24)24 March 1975 (aged 30)   Rijeka
11 4FW Mladen Petrić (1981-01-01)1 January 1981 (aged 25)   Basel
12 1GK Ivan Turina (1980-10-03)3 October 1980 (aged 25)   Dinamo Zagreb
13 2DF Dario Knežević (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 (aged 23)   Rijeka
14 4FW Ivan Bošnjak (1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (aged 26)   Dinamo Zagreb
15 4FW Leon Benko (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 22)   Varteks
16 3MF Jerko Leko (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (aged 25)   Dynamo Kyiv
17 3MF Siniša Linić (1983-03-04)4 March 1983 (aged 22)   Rijeka
18 3MF Nikola Šafarić (1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 24)   Varteks
19 3MF Niko Kranjčar (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 21)   Hajduk Split

  Denmark edit

Head coach: Morten Olsen

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Casper Ankergren (1979-11-09)9 November 1979 (aged 26)   Brøndby
2 3MF Thomas Augustinussen (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 24)   Aalborg BK
3 4FW Søren Berg (1976-05-15)15 May 1976 (aged 29)   Odense
4 3MF Martin Borre (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 26)   Odense
5 3MF Anders Due (1982-03-17)17 March 1982 (aged 23)   Nordsjælland
6 2DF Michael Gravgaard (1978-04-03)3 April 1978 (aged 27)   Copenhagen
7 2DF Lars Jacobsen (1979-09-20)20 September 1979 (aged 26)   Copenhagen
8 2DF Allan K. Jepsen (1977-07-04)4 July 1977 (aged 28)   Aalborg BK
9 4FW Steffen Højer (1973-05-22)22 May 1973 (aged 32)   Viborg
10 2DF Kristian Bak Nielsen (1982-10-20)20 October 1982 (aged 23)   Midtjylland
11 3MF Jerry Lucena (1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 25)   Esbjerg
12 3MF Nicolai Stokholm (1976-04-01)1 April 1976 (aged 29)   Odense
13 4FW Jesper Bech (1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 23)   Malmö FF
14 3MF Martin Retov (1980-05-05)5 May 1980 (aged 25)   Brøndby
15 3MF Michael Silberbauer (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 24)   Copenhagen
16 1GK Jesper Christiansen (1978-04-24)24 April 1978 (aged 27)   Copenhagen
17 4FW Dennis Sørensen (1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 21)   Midtjylland
18 2DF Bo Svensson (1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 26)   Copenhagen
19 2DF Chris Sørensen (1977-07-27)27 July 1977 (aged 28)   Odense

  Hong Kong edit

Head coach: Lai Sun Cheung

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Tse Tak Him (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 (aged 20)   Citizen
2 2DF Lee Chi Ho (1982-11-16)16 November 1982 (aged 23)   South China
3 3MF Man Pei Tak (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 23)   Buler Rangers
4 2DF Sham Kwok Fai (1984-05-30)30 May 1984 (aged 21)   Happy Valley
5 2DF Lee Wai Lun (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 24)   Xiangxue Sun Hei
7 3MF Chu Siu Kei (1980-01-11)11 January 1980 (aged 26)   Xiangxue Sun Hei
8 3MF Cheung Sai Ho (1975-08-27)27 August 1975 (aged 30)   Happy Valley
9 4FW Chan Siu Ki (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 20)   Kitchee
10 3MF Chan Yiu Lun (1982-07-20)20 July 1982 (aged 23)   Xiangxue Sun Hei
11 2DF Law Chun Bong (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 25)   Happy Valley
12 3MF Sham Kwok Keung (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 20)   Happy Valley
13 2DF Cheung Kin Fung (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 22)   Kitchee
14 3MF Lo Chi Kwan (1981-03-18)18 March 1981 (aged 24)   Xiangxue Sun Hei
15 2DF Chan Wai Ho (1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 23)   Buler Rangers
16 2DF Liu Quankun (1983-02-17)17 February 1983 (aged 22)   Kitchee
18 2DF Lee Wai Man (1973-08-18)18 August 1973 (aged 32)   Happy Valley
19 1GK Fan Chun Yip (1976-05-01)1 May 1976 (aged 29)   Happy Valley
20 2DF Poon Yiu Cheuk (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 28)   Happy Valley
21 4FW Chan Ho Man (1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 25)   Xiangxue Sun Hei
22 1GK Chan Ka Ki (1979-04-25)25 April 1979 (aged 26)   Xiangxue Sun Hei
23 2DF Gerard Ambassa Guy (1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 27)   Happy Valley
26 2DF Lai Kai Cheuk (1977-07-05)5 July 1977 (aged 28)   Xiangxue Sun Hei
27 3MF Wong Chun Yue (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 28)   Xiangxue Sun Hei

  South Korea edit

Head coach:   Dick Advocaat

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Lee Woon-jae (1973-04-26)26 April 1973 (aged 32)   Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2 2DF Yoo Kyoung-youl (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 27)   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
3 2DF Kim Dong-jin (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 24)   FC Seoul
4 2DF Choi Jin-cheul (1971-03-26)26 March 1971 (aged 34)   Chonbuk Hyundai Motors
5 2DF Kim Young-chul (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 28)   Ilhwa Chunma
7 2DF Kim Nam-il (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 28)   Suwon Samsung Bluewings
8 3MF Kim Do-heon (1982-07-14)14 July 1982 (aged 23)   Ilhwa Chunma
9 4FW Cho Jae-jin (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 24)   Shimizu S-Pulse
10 4FW Park Chu-young (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 20)   FC Seoul
11 2DF Jang Hak-young (1981-08-24)24 August 1981 (aged 24)   Ilhwa Chunma
13 2DF Kim Sang-sik (1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 29)   Ilhwa Chunma
14 3MF Lee Chun-soo (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 24)   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
15 4FW Kim Jung-woo (1982-05-09)9 May 1982 (aged 23)   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
16 3MF Chung Kyung-ho (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 25)   Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
17 3MF Lee Ho (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 21)   Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
18 3MF Choi Tae-uk (1981-03-13)13 March 1981 (aged 24)   Shimizu S-Pulse
20 4FW Lee Dong-gook (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 26)   Pohang Steelers
21 3MF Baek Ji-Hoon (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 (aged 20)   FC Seoul
23 2DF Cho Won-hee (1983-04-17)17 April 1983 (aged 22)   Suwon Samsung Bluewings
31 1GK Kim Young-kwang (1983-06-28)28 June 1983 (aged 22)   Chunnam Dragons

Results edit

All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Semifinals edit

South Korea  2–0  Croatia
Kim Dong-jin   36'
Lee Chun-soo   49'
Baek Ji-hoon   89'
[1] Leko   27'
Attendance: 16,841

Hong Kong  0–3  Denmark
[2] Berg   19'
Augustinussen   39'
Due  
Attendance: 16,841

Third place match edit

Hong Kong  0–4  Croatia
Lo Chi Kwan   30' [3] Benko   24'
Knežević   15'
Leko   28'
Eduardo   64'
Bošnjak   71'
Attendance: 13,971

Final edit

South Korea  1–3  Denmark
Cho Jae-jin   13'
Cho Won-hee   63'
[4] Sørensen   30'
Jacobsen   41'
Bech   66'
Silberbauer   89'
Attendance: 13,971


 2006 Carlsberg Cup champions 
 
Denmark

Second title

Top scorers edit

1 goal

See also edit

External links edit