2017 Lunar New Year Cup

2017 Lunar New Year Cup

Hong Kong Stadium
Tournament details
Dates	28–31 January 2017
Teams	4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-up	Kitchee SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	5 (1.25 per match)
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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.

Teams

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]

• Kitchee SC (hosts)
• Auckland City
• FC Seoul
• Muangthong United

Squads

Kitchee SC

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

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

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

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

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

Semi-finals

28 January 2017

15:00

Auckland City	1–0	FC Seoul
Tade 45+1'	Report

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 6,372

Referee: Chan Ming Siu

28 January 2017

17:30

Kitchee SC	1–1	Muangthong United
Higino 54'	Report	Teerasil 41'
Penalties
Emir Komazec Hélio Lam Rufino	5–4	Silva Sarach Theerathon Mongkol Teerasil

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 6,372

Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Third Place Playoff

31 January 2017

15:00

Muangthong United	1–0	FC Seoul
Silva 3'	Report

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 8,588

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Final

31 January 2017

17:30

Kitchee SC	0–1	Auckland City
	Report	Lewis 22'

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 8,588

Referee: Ho Wai Sing

Final standing

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

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