- 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 onMarch 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) andHong Kong 08 (10th). Group B consists of South China (2nd), Rangers (3rd), Happy Valley (6th), Citizen (7th) andHKFC (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
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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|15Barnes Colly Ezeh goal|78Chan Yiu Lun yel|81Lee Wai Lun yel|105 Cordeiro yel|109Lau Chi Keung sent off|2|63|111 Chan Ho Man yel|114
goals2 =Poon Yiu Cheuk goal|26|PEN.Fabio Lopes Alcantara goal|40Evanor yel|42Tong Kin Man yel|59Poon Man Tik yel|72
stadium =Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 3,234
Referee:Fung Ka Yu penshootoutbox
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|5Ivan Jević goal|45Julius Akosah yel|79Luk Koon Pong yel|84Wilfed Bamnjo goal|98|PEN.Keith Gumbs yel|105
goals2 =Deng Jinghuang yel|23Tales Schutz yel|36Li Haiqiang goal|49Lee Chi Ho yel|56Man Pei Tak yel|97Au Wai Lun yel|105Zhang Jianzhong sent off|0|118
stadium =Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 3,234
Referee:Ng Kai Lam Final
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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|28Lee Wai Man yel|48Poon Yiu Cheuk goal|56|PEN.Poon Man Tik yel|58Gerard Ambassa Guy yel|70
goals2 =Liu Quankun yel|18Julius Akosah yel|50Chan Siu Ki yel|67Darko Rakočević goal goal|72', 76Tam Siu Wai yel|90
stadium =Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 1,355
Referee:Wong Chi Tang corers
; 4 goals
*Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise ofXiangxue Sun Hei ; 3 goals
*Fábio Lopes of Happy Valley
*Lico ofXiangxue 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 ofKitchee
*Ivan Jević ofKitchee
*Julius Akosah ofKitchee
*Wilfed Bamnjo ofKitchee
*Aldo Villalba ofLanwa 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 ofHKFC
*Jaimes Mckee ofHKFC
*Michael John Challoner ofHKFC
*Wong Yiu Fu ofHKFC
*Au Yeung Yiu Chung ofHong Kong 08
*Keith Gumbs ofKitchee
*Liu Quankun ofKitchee
*Luk Koon Pong ofKitchee
*Lin Zhong ofLanwa 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 ofWofoo Tai Po
*Christian Kwesi Annan ofWofoo Tai Po
*Edgar Aldrighi Junior ofWofoo Tai Po
*Lui Chi Hing ofWofoo Tai Po
*Barnes Colly Ezeh ofXiangxue Sun Hei
*Chan Yiu Lun ofXiangxue Sun Hei
* Cordeiro ofXiangxue Sun Hei Individual prizes
* Best Defensive Player Award:
Darko Rakočević ofKitchee
* Top Goalscorer:Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise ofXiangxue 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 aPenalty kick while the two goals ofKitchee were from aDirect free kick andIndirect free kick respectively.
* The semi-finals were originally scheduled to play inMong Kok Stadium . However, the 4 teams in the sem-finals suggested HKFA to move the matches toHong 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
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