The 2009 Lunar New Year Cup is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Earth Ox Year (26 January and 29 January 2009).

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Ox (26 January 2009). The winning teams will enter the final 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 directly, that means no extra time would be played. For the final, a thirty-minute extra time would be played after a draw. A further draw would lead to the penalty shootout.

• Hong Kong League Selection (host)
• South China Pegasus Team
• Sparta Prague
• Suwon Samsung Bluewings

• Team Managers: Leung Hung Tak, Pui Kwan Kay, Ken Ng
• Coaches: Julio Moreno ( Kitchee), Chan Ho Yin ( NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po)
• Physical coach: Vianney Selin ( Kitchee)
• Physio: So Chun Lung

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Wei Zhao	9 August 1983 (aged 25)		Convoy Sun Hei
33	1 GK	Luciano	10 April 1974 (aged 34)		Kitchee
2	2 DF	Machado	24 December 1978 (aged 30)		Eastern
3	2 DF	Landon Ling	8 October 1987 (aged 21)		Kitchee
6	2 DF	Joel	24 July 1980 (aged 28)		NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
7	2 DF	Festus Baise	11 April 1980 (aged 28)		Citizen
16	2 DF	Chak Ting Fung	27 November 1989 (aged 19)		Fourway
21	2 DF	David Díaz	4 September 1982 (aged 26)		Kitchee
23	2 DF	Hélio	31 January 1986 (aged 22)		Citizen
5	3 MF	Júnior ( c)	30 March 1974 (aged 34)		NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
8	3 MF	Gustavo Zamudio	11 April 1985 (aged 21)		Kitchee
10	3 MF	Edson Minga	31 May 1979 (aged 29)		Fourway
13	3 MF	Chan Man Fai	19 June 1988 (aged 20)		Kitchee
14	3 MF	Luis Cupla			Kitchee
19	3 MF	Paulinho	16 January 1983 (aged 26)		Citizen
20	3 MF	Tam Lok Hin	1 December 1991 (aged 17)		Eastern
28	3 MF	Ip Chung Long	16 November 1989 (aged 19)		Kitchee
32	3 MF	Chen Zhizhao	14 March 1988 (aged 20)		Citizen
9	4 FW	Carlos Cáceres	28 April 1977 (aged 29)		Kitchee
11	4 FW	Sandro	10 March 1987 (aged 21)		Citizen
15	4 FW	Christian Annan	3 May 1978 (aged 30)		NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
22	4 FW	Giovane	25 November 1982 (aged 26)		Convoy Sun Hei

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• Team Managers: Steven Lo, Wong Wai Shun
• Head coach: Kim Pan-Gon ( South China)
• Coaches: Liu Chun Fai, Ricardo
• Assistant coaches: Ku Kam Fai, Leung Cheuk Cheung
• Management: Lam Kai Tai, Lo Kwun Ming, Lee Yun Wah

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Oliveira	12 October 1975 (aged 33)		TSW Pegasus
23	1 GK	Li Jian	19 September 1985 (aged 23)		TSW Pegasus
2	2 DF	Beto	10 July 1984 (aged 28)		TSW Pegasus
3	2 DF	Sidraílson ( c)	26 February 1982 (aged 26)		South China
4	2 DF	Deng Jinghuang	24 January 1985 (aged 24)		TSW Pegasus
6	2 DF	Wong Chin Hung	2 March 1982 (aged 26)		South China
8	2 DF	Wisdom Fofo Agbo	25 June 1979 (aged 29)		TSW Pegasus
18	2 DF	Luk Koon Pong	1 August 1978 (aged 30)		TSW Pegasus
20	2 DF	Lo Chun Kit	13 November 1985 (aged 23)		South China
25	2 DF	Cris	9 October 1980 (aged 28)		South China
5	3 MF	Bai He	9 November 1982 (aged 26)		South China
9	3 MF	Liang Zicheng	18 March 1982 (aged 26)		South China
11	3 MF	Itaparica	8 July 1980 (aged 28)		TSW Pegasus
15	3 MF	Yuen Kin Man	19 January 1989 (aged 20)		TSW Pegasus
16	3 MF	Louis Berty	21 October 1981 (aged 27)		TSW Pegasus
21	3 MF	Man Pei Tak	16 February 1982 (aged 26)		South China
22	3 MF	Kim Yeon-Gun	12 March 1981 (aged 27)		South China
27	3 MF	Fernando	28 March 1987 (aged 21)		South China
28	3 MF	Tales Schütz	22 August 1981 (aged 27)		South China
7	4 FW	Masayuki Okano	25 July 1972 (aged 36)		Unattached
26	4 FW	Cacá	19 February 1979 (aged 29)		South China
30	4 FW	Detinho	11 September 1973 (aged 35)		South China

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• Head of Delegation: Jozef Chovanec
• Technical manager: David Simon
• Coaches: Martin Hašek, Jan Kmoch
• Coach Assistant: Jan Stejskal
• Doctor: Jiří Váchal
• Masseurs: Tomáš Stránský, Vít Zelenka
• Kitman: David Matěka
• Marketing Director: Michal Viktorin

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
24	1 GK	Matúš Kozáčik	27 December 1983 (aged 25)		Sparta Prague
29	1 GK	Jaromír Blažek	29 December 1972 (aged 36)		Sparta Prague
2	2 DF	Tomáš Řepka	2 January 1974 (aged 34)		Sparta Prague
3	2 DF	Manuel Pamić	20 August 1986 (aged 22)		Sparta Prague
6	2 DF	Roman Hubník	6 June 1984 (aged 24)		Sparta Prague
7	2 DF	Sergio Peter	12 October 1986 (aged 22)		Sparta Prague
8	3 MF	Patrik Berger	10 November 1973 (aged 35)		Sparta Prague
11	3 MF	Igor Žofčák	10 April 1983 (aged 23)		Sparta Prague
13	3 MF	Ondřej Kušnír	5 April 1984 (aged 24)		Sparta Prague
15	3 MF	Jiří Kladrubský	19 November 1985 (aged 23)		Sparta Prague
20	3 MF	Juraj Kucka	26 February 1987 (aged 21)		Sparta Prague
22	3 MF	Martin Zeman	28 March 1989 (aged 19)		Sparta Prague
25	3 MF	Kamil Vacek	18 May 1987 (aged 21)		Sparta Prague
27	3 MF	Luboš Hušek	26 January 1984 (aged 25)		Sparta Prague
28	3 MF	Miroslav Matušovič	2 November 1980 (aged 28)		Sparta Prague
12	4 FW	Bony Wilfried	10 December 1988 (aged 20)		Sparta Prague
14	4 FW	Václav Kadlec	20 May 1992 (aged 16)		Sparta Prague
17	4 FW	Jan Holenda	8 December 1985 (aged 23)		Sparta Prague
21	4 FW	Jiří Jeslínek	30 September 1987 (aged 21)		Sparta Prague
30	4 FW	Marek Kulič	11 October 1975 (aged 33)		Sparta Prague

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• Head coach: Cha Bum-kun
• Coaches: Lee Lim-saeng, Park Kun-ha
• 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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
21	1 GK	Kim Dae-hwan	1 January 1976 (aged 33)		Suwon Bluewings
31	1 GK	Park Ho-jin	22 October 1976 (aged 32)		Suwon Bluewings
2	2 DF	Li Weifeng	7 March 1978 (aged 30)		Suwon Bluewings
3	2 DF	Yang Sang-min	24 February 1984 (aged 24)		Suwon Bluewings
4	2 DF	Kim Sung-keun	20 June 1977 (aged 31)		Suwon Bluewings
7	2 DF	Lee Jae-seong	5 July 1988 (aged 20)		Suwon Bluewings
8	2 DF	Song Chong-gug	20 February 1979 (aged 29)		Suwon Bluewings
25	2 DF	Choi Sung-hwan	6 October 1981 (aged 27)		Suwon Bluewings
26	2 DF	Lee Se-in	16 June 1980 (aged 28)		Suwon Bluewings
29	2 DF	Kwak Hee-ju ( c)	5 October 1981 (aged 27)		Suwon Bluewings
33	2 DF	Park Tae-min	21 January 1986 (aged 23)		Suwon Bluewings
5	3 MF	Park Hyunbeom	7 May 1987 (aged 21)		Suwon Bluewings
13	3 MF	Lee Kwan-woo	25 February 1978 (aged 30)		Suwon Bluewings
15	3 MF	Hong Soon-hak	19 September 1980 (aged 28)		Suwon Bluewings
20	3 MF	Baek Ji-hoon	28 February 1985 (aged 23)		Suwon Bluewings
22	3 MF	Lee Kil-hoon	6 March 1983 (aged 25)		Suwon Bluewings
30	3 MF	Choi Sung-hyun	2 May 1982 (aged 26)		Suwon Bluewings
9	4 FW	Edu	30 November 1981 (aged 27)		Suwon Bluewings
11	4 FW	Kim Dae-eui	30 May 1974 (aged 34)		Suwon Bluewings
16	4 FW	Bae Ki-jong	26 May 1983 (aged 25)		Suwon Bluewings
23	4 FW	Welton	6 February 1980 (aged 28)		Suwon Bluewings
27	4 FW	Seo Dong-hyun	5 June 1985 (aged 23)		Suwon Bluewings
35	4 FW	Cho Yong-tae	31 March 1986 (aged 22)		Suwon Bluewings

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

2009-01-26

15:00

Hong Kong League Selection	1–1	South China Pegasus Team
Zamudio 20'	(Report)	Cacá 46'
Penalties
Junior Zamudio Giovane Alessandro Cupla Joel Chen Zhizhao	4–5	Detinho Itaparica Schütz Cacá Beto Sidraílson Cris

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 8,963

Referee: Ng Kai Lam ( Hong Kong)

2009-01-26

17:15

Sparta Prague	0–0	Suwon Bluewings
	(Report)
Penalties
Matušovič Berger Žofčák Kucka Hušek Kušnír Wilfried Jeslínek Pamić Blažek	9–8	Edu Yang Sang-min Lee Kil-hoon Song Chong-gug Kim Dae-eui Choi Sung-hwan Baek Ji-hoon Kwak Hee-ju Seo Dong-hyun Kim Dae-hwan

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 8,963

Referee: Cheng Oi Cho ( Hong Kong)

2009-01-29

18:15

Hong Kong League Selection	0–0	Suwon Bluewings
	(Report)
Penalties
Giovane Enrique Díaz Cupla Joel Junior	4–5	Edu Yang Sang-min Kim Dae-eui Lee Kwan-woo Kwak Hee-ju

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 9,428

2009-01-29

20:30

South China Pegasus Team	2–1	Sparta Prague
Schütz 33' Kim Yeon-gun 44'	(Report)	Kušnír 90'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 9,428

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok ( Hong Kong)

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 January 2009 – Hong Kong
	Hong Kong League Selection	1 (4)
					29 January 2009 – Hong Kong
	South China Pegasus Team ( pen.)	1 (5)
					South China Pegasus Team	2
	26 January 2009 – Hong Kong
					Sparta Prague	1
	Sparta Prague ( pen.)	0 (9)
	Suwon Bluewings	0 (8)
					Third place
					29 January 2009 – Hong Kong
					Hong Kong League Selection	0 (4)
					Suwon Bluewings ( pen.)	0 (5)

2009 Carlsberg Cup Champions
South China Pegasus Team First Title

1 goal

• Zamudio
• Cacá
• Tales Schütz
• Kim Yeon-gun
• Ondřej Kušnír

• 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information, HKFA Website