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2017 Lunar New Year Cup

The 91st 2017 Lunar New Year Cup is the annual edition of the Lunar New Year Cup, held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Lunar New Year in late January 2017. This year, four teams were invited to participate, playing two games each in a knockout tournament. Australia under-23 withdrew before the tournament and were replaced by Auckland City.

2017 Lunar New Year Cup
Hong Kong Stadium
Tournament details
Dates28–31 January 2017
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-upHong Kong Kitchee SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored5 (1.25 per match)
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Teams edit

Four teams were invited to participate:[1] Australia under-23 were initially scheduled to participate, however, Football Federation Australia withdrew the side following complaints from A-League clubs about losing players mid-season.[2] They were replaced by Auckland City.[3]

Squads edit

Kitchee SC edit

Manager:   Chu Chi Kwong
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK   Wang Zhenpeng (1984-05-05)5 May 1984 (aged 32)   Kitchee SC
2 2DF   Fernando Recio (1982-12-17)17 December 1982 (aged 34)   Hong Kong Rangers FC
3 2DF   Dani Cancela (1981-09-23)23 September 1981 (aged 35)   Kitchee SC
5 2DF   Hélio (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 30)   Kitchee SC
6 3MF   Zhi-Gin Lam (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 25)   Kitchee SC
7 3MF   Fernando (1986-11-14)14 November 1986 (aged 30)   Kitchee SC
9 4FW   Nikola Komazec (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 (aged 29)   South China AA
10 3MF   Lam Ka Wai (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 31)   Kitchee SC
11 4FW   Sandro (1987-03-10)10 March 1987 (aged 29)   Kitchee SC
12 2DF   Lo Kwan Yee(Captain) (1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 32)   Kitchee SC
13 2DF   Li Ngai Hoi (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 22)   Hong Kong Pegasus FC
16 3MF   Jared Lum (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 24)   Kitchee SC
17 4FW   Rufino Segovia del Burgo (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 31)   Kitchee SC
19 3MF   Huang Yang (1983-10-30)30 October 1983 (aged 33)   Kitchee SC
20 3MF   Matt Lam (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 27)   Kitchee SC
21 2DF   Tong Kin Man (1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 32)   Kitchee SC
22 3MF   Emmet Wan (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 24)   Kitchee SC
23 1GK   Guo Jianqiao (1986-07-20)20 July 1986 (aged 30)   Kitchee SC
24 3MF   Ngan Cheuk Pan (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 19)   Kitchee SC
29 4FW   Harima Hirokane (1998-01-31)31 January 1998 (aged 18)   Kitchee SC
31 2DF   Law Tsz Chun (1997-03-02)2 March 1997 (aged 19)   Kitchee SC
32 3MF   Krisztián Vadócz (1985-05-30)30 May 1985 (aged 31)   Kitchee SC
33 4FW   Sham Kwok Keung (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 31)   Kitchee SC
38 2DF   Kim Dong-jin (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 34)   Kitchee SC
88 3MF   João Emir Porto Pereira (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 27)   Hong Kong Pegasus FC
99 4FW   Diego Higino (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 30)   Yuen Long FC

Auckland City edit

Manager:   Ramon Tribulietx
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK   Eñaut Zubikarai (1984-02-26)26 February 1984 (aged 32)   Auckland City FC
3 2DF   Takuya Iwata (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 33)   Auckland City FC
4 2DF   Mario Bilen (1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 32)   Auckland City FC
5 2DF   Ángel Berlanga(Captain) (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 29)   Auckland City FC
6 3MF   Cameron Howieson (1994-12-22)22 December 1994 (aged 22)   Auckland City FC
7 3MF   Reid Drake (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 21)   Auckland City FC
8 3MF   Albert Riera (1983-12-28)28 December 1983 (aged 33)   Auckland City FC
9 2DF   Darren White (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 27)   Auckland City FC
10 4FW   Ryan De Vries (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 25)   Auckland City FC
11 3MF   Fabrizio Tavano (1993-08-16)16 August 1993 (aged 23)   Auckland City FC
13 2DF   Alfie Rogers (1995-06-22)22 June 1995 (aged 21)   Auckland City FC
14 3MF   Clayton Lewis (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 19)   Auckland City FC
15 3MF   Mario Ilich (1995-06-23)23 June 1995 (aged 21)   Auckland City FC
16 2DF   Kim Dae-wook (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 (aged 29)   Auckland City FC
17 4FW   João Moreira (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 30)   Auckland City FC
18 1GK   Danyon Drake (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 23)   Auckland City FC
19 3MF   Micah Lea'alafa (1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 25)   Auckland City FC
20 4FW   Emiliano Tade (1988-03-03)3 March 1988 (aged 28)   Auckland City FC
21 2DF   Harry Edge (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 22)   Auckland City FC
22 2DF   Sean Cooper (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 18)   Auckland City FC
23 2DF   Marko Đorđević (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 (aged 33)   Auckland City FC
25 4FW   Abdulla Al-Kalisy (1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (aged 21)   Auckland City FC

FC Seoul edit

Manager:   Hwang Sun-hong
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK   Yoo Hyun (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 32)   FC Seoul
3 2DF   Jung In-whan (1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 30)   FC Seoul
4 2DF   Kim Dong-woo (1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 28)   FC Seoul
5 3MF   Osmar Barba (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 28)   FC Seoul
6 3MF   Ju Se-jong (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26)   FC Seoul
7 2DF   Kim Chi-woo (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 33)   FC Seoul
9 4FW   Dejan Damjanović (1981-07-27)27 July 1981 (aged 35)   FC Seoul
10 4FW   Park Chu-young (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 31)   FC Seoul
13 3MF   Go Yo-han (1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 28)   FC Seoul
14 3MF   Cho Chan-ho (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 30)   FC Seoul
15 3MF   Kim Won-sik (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 25)   FC Seoul
17 4FW   Yun Il-lok (1992-03-07)7 March 1992 (aged 24)   FC Seoul
18 2DF   Shin Kwang-hoon (1987-03-18)18 March 1987 (aged 29)   FC Seoul
19 3MF   Hwang Ki-wook (1996-06-10)10 June 1996 (aged 20)   FC Seoul
20 2DF   Kim Won-gun (1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 24)   FC Seoul
21 2DF   Sim Sang-min (1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 23)   FC Seoul
22 2DF   Kim Kun-hoan (1986-08-12)12 August 1986 (aged 30)   FC Seoul
23 2DF   Sim Woo-yeon (1985-04-03)3 April 1985 (aged 31)   FC Seoul
25 3MF   Lee Seok-hyun (1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 26)   FC Seoul
30 3MF   Kim Han-gil (1995-06-21)21 June 1995 (aged 21)   FC Seoul
37 3MF   Yoon Seung-won (1995-02-11)11 February 1995 (aged 21)   FC Seoul
38 1GK   Yang Han-been (1991-08-30)30 August 1991 (aged 25)   FC Seoul
55 2DF   Kwak Tae-hwi(Captain) (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 35)   FC Seoul
88 2DF   Lee Kyu-ro (1988-08-20)20 August 1988 (aged 28)   FC Seoul

Muangthong United edit

Manager:   Totchtawan Sripan
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK   Kawin Thamsatchanan (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 27)   Muangthong United F.C.
2 2DF   Peerapat Notchaiya (1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 23)   Muangthong United F.C.
3 2DF   Theerathon Bunmathan (1990-02-06)6 February 1990 (aged 26)   Muangthong United F.C.
4 2DF   Pedro Mario Álvarez (1982-02-02)2 February 1982 (aged 34)   Muangthong United F.C.
5 2DF   Naoaki Aoyama (1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 30)   Muangthong United F.C.
6 3MF   Sarach Yooyen (1992-05-30)30 May 1992 (aged 24)   Muangthong United F.C.
9 4FW   Xisco (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 30)   Muangthong United F.C.
10 4FW   Teerasil Dangda(Captain) (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 28)   Muangthong United F.C.
11 4FW   Adisak Kraisorn (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 26)   Muangthong United F.C.
13 3MF   Ratchapol Nawanno (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 (aged 30)   Muangthong United F.C.
15 3MF   Lee Ho (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 32)   Muangthong United F.C.
16 3MF   Sanukran Thinjom (1993-09-12)12 September 1993 (aged 23)   Muangthong United F.C.
18 3MF   Chanathip Songkrasin (1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 23)   Muangthong United F.C.
19 2DF   Tristan Do (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 23)   Muangthong United F.C.
20 3MF   Wongsakorn Chaikultewin (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 20)   Muangthong United F.C.
22 4FW   Mongkol Tossakrai (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 29)   Muangthong United F.C.
23 4FW   Cleiton Silva (1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 29)   Muangthong United F.C.
25 2DF   Adison Promrak (1993-10-21)21 October 1993 (aged 23)   Muangthong United F.C.
26 2DF   Suphan Thongsong (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 22)   Muangthong United F.C.
28 1GK   Prasit Padungchok (1982-10-30)30 October 1982 (aged 34)   Muangthong United F.C.
34 3MF   Wattana Playnum (1989-08-19)19 August 1989 (aged 27)   Muangthong United F.C.

Fixtures and results edit

All times are local, HKT (UTC+8).

Semi-finals edit

Auckland City  1–0  FC Seoul
Tade   45+1' Report
Attendance: 6,372
Referee: Chan Ming Siu
Kitchee SC  1–1  Muangthong United
Higino   54' Report Teerasil   41'
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 6,372
Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Third Place Playoff edit

Muangthong United  1–0  FC Seoul
Silva   3' Report
Attendance: 8,588
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Final edit

Kitchee SC  0–1  Auckland City
Report Lewis   22'
Attendance: 8,588
Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Final standing edit

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Auckland City 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Champions
2   Kitchee SC 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Runner-up
3   Muangthong United 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Third place
4   FC Seoul 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ "Kitchee host Lunar New Year Cup". offside.hk. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. ^ "A-League clubs force FFA into U-turn over Olyroos involvement in controversial tournament". Fox Sports. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Auckland FC get invite to prestigious Hong Kong tournament". Stuff.co.nz. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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