Hong Kong League Cup 2006-07

The Hong Kong League Cup 2006-07 is the 7th staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.

The competition started on January 11 2007 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and was concluded on March 18 2007 with the final.

Kitchee regained their second consecutive League Cup champion by winning 2-1 against Happy Valley in the final. They also won a HKD$80,000 championship prize. [ [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4740 HKFA Website] 聯賽盃決賽 - 愉園 1:2 傑志 (in Chinese)]

Teams

*Citizen
*Happy Valley
*HKFC
*Hong Kong 08
*Rangers
*Kitchee
*Lanwa Redbull
*South China
*Wofoo Tai Po
*Xiangxue Sun Hei

Details

* The 10 teams in Hong Kong First Division League is divided into groups A and B. Each team plays one match with other teams in the group once. The top 2 teams of the groups qualify for semi-finals.

* The teams are allocated in the groups according to their league positions after half season. Group A consists of Kitchee (1st), Lanwa Redbull (4th), Xiangxue Sun Hei (5th), Wofoo Tai Po (8th) and Hong Kong 08 (10th). Group B consists of South China (2nd), Rangers (3rd), Happy Valley (6th), Citizen (7th) and HKFC (9th). [ [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4513 HKFA Website 初探聯賽盃形勢 (in chinese)] ]

Group stage

Group A

emi-finals

footballbox
date = 10 March 2007
14:00

team1 = Xiangxue Sun Hei
score = 2-2 2-2 (AET) 2-4 (PSO)|
report = [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4716] "(in Chinese)"
team2 = Happy Valley
goals1 = Cordeiro goal|15 Barnes Colly Ezeh goal|78 Chan Yiu Lun yel|81 Lee Wai Lun yel|105 Cordeiro yel|109 Lau Chi Keung sent off|2|63|111 Chan Ho Man yel|114
goals2 = Poon Yiu Cheuk goal|26|PEN. Fabio Lopes Alcantara goal|40 Evanor yel|42 Tong Kin Man yel|59 Poon Man Tik yel|72
stadium = Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Fung Ka Yupenshootoutbox
penalties1 = Chu Siu Kei: scored
Lee Wai Lun: scored
Chan Yiu Lun: saved
Joao Miguel Pinto Da Silva: saved
penaltyscore = 2:4
penalties2 = Poon Yiu Cheuk: scored
Vandre Sagrillo Monteiro: scored
Lee Sze Ming: scored
Evanor: scored----footballbox
date = 10 March 2007
16:00

team1 = Kitchee
score = 1-1 2-1(AET)|
report = [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4716] "(in Chinese)"
team2 = South China
goals1 = Liu Quankun yel|5 Ivan Jević goal|45 Julius Akosah yel|79 Luk Koon Pong yel|84 Wilfed Bamnjo goal|98|PEN. Keith Gumbs yel|105
goals2 = Deng Jinghuang yel|23 Tales Schutz yel|36 Li Haiqiang goal|49 Lee Chi Ho yel|56 Man Pei Tak yel|97 Au Wai Lun yel|105 Zhang Jianzhong sent off|0|118
stadium = Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Ng Kai Lam

Final

footballbox
date = 18 March 2007
15:00

team1 = Happy Valley
score = 1-2|
report = [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4740] "(in Chinese)"
team2 = Kitchee
goals1 = Cheung Sai Ho yel|28 Lee Wai Man yel|48 Poon Yiu Cheuk goal|56|PEN. Poon Man Tik yel|58 Gerard Ambassa Guy yel|70
goals2 = Liu Quankun yel|18 Julius Akosah yel|50 Chan Siu Ki yel|67 Darko Rakočević goal goal|72', 76 Tam Siu Wai yel|90
stadium = Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 1,355
Referee: Wong Chi Tang

corers

; 4 goals
* Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise of Xiangxue Sun Hei

; 3 goals
* Fábio Lopes of Happy Valley
* Lico of Xiangxue Sun Hei

; 2 goals
* Chao Pengfei of Citizen
* Jorginho of Citizen
* Gerard Ambassa Guy of Happy Valley
* Law Chun Bong of Happy Valley
* Poon Yiu Cheuk of Happy Valley
* Darko Rakočević of Kitchee
* Ivan Jević of Kitchee
* Julius Akosah of Kitchee
* Wilfed Bamnjo of Kitchee
* Aldo Villalba of Lanwa Redbull
* Godfred Karikari of Rangers
* Detinho of South China

; 1 goal
* Leung Chun Pong of Citizen
* Cheung Sai Ho of Happy Valley
* Evanor of Happy Valley
* Cheng Lai Hin of HKFC
* Jaimes Mckee of HKFC
* Michael John Challoner of HKFC
* Wong Yiu Fu of HKFC
* Au Yeung Yiu Chung of Hong Kong 08
* Keith Gumbs of Kitchee
* Liu Quankun of Kitchee
* Luk Koon Pong of Kitchee
* Lin Zhong of Lanwa Redbull
* Alex Xavier of Rangers
* Fan Weijun of Rangers
* Lo Kwan Yee of Rangers
* Cheng Siu Wai of South China
* Cristiano Alves Pereira of South China
* Li Haiqiang of South China
* Tales Schutz of South China
* Chiu Chun Kit of Wofoo Tai Po
* Christian Kwesi Annan of Wofoo Tai Po
* Edgar Aldrighi Junior of Wofoo Tai Po
* Lui Chi Hing of Wofoo Tai Po
* Barnes Colly Ezeh of Xiangxue Sun Hei
* Chan Yiu Lun of Xiangxue Sun Hei
* Cordeiro of Xiangxue Sun Hei

Individual prizes

* Best Defensive Player Award: Darko Rakočević of Kitchee
* Top Goalscorer: Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise of Xiangxue Sun Hei

Trivia

* Happy Valley has lost in the League Cup for the 5th consecutive season.
* Happy Valley suffers their 7th consecutive losses in the final of local competitions.
* All three goals in the final were from free kicks. The goal of Happy Valley was from a Penalty kick while the two goals of Kitchee were from a Direct free kick and Indirect free kick respectively.
* The semi-finals were originally scheduled to play in Mong Kok Stadium. However, the 4 teams in the sem-finals suggested HKFA to move the matches to Hong Kong Stadium. However, after the matches, many football fans expressed their opinions that this is a main cause for the low attendance on that day.

References

ee also

*Hong Kong League Cup
*The Hong Kong Football Association
*2006-07 in Hong Kong football
*Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07
*Hong Kong First Division League 2006-07
*Hong Kong Senior Shield 2006-07

External links

* [http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_cups.php?league_id=10 Fixtures] at HKFA.com