2006 Lunar New Year Cup

2006 Lunar New Year Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	29 January and 1 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	13 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	13 players (1 goal)
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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).

Participating teams

•  Croatia (first appearance)
•  Denmark (third appearance)
•  Hong Kong (host)
•  South Korea (second appearance)

Squads

 Croatia

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

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

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

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

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

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

2006 Carlsberg Cup champions
Denmark Second title

Top scorers

1 goal

• Ivan Bošnjak
• Eduardo
• Dario Knežević
• Jerko Leko
• Thomas Augustinussen
• Jesper Bech
• Søren Berg
• Anders Due
• Lars Jacobsen
• Michael Silberbauer
• Cho Jae-jin
• Kim Dong-jin
• Lee Chun-soo

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

External links

• 2006 Carlsberg Cup at rsssf
• 2006 Carlsberg Cup at futbolplanet.de