| Tourney Name: | Lunar New Year Cup |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | RUS |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 4 |
| Goals: | 13 |
| Top Scorer: | Anto Drobnjak (3 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
The 1997 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.
Hong Kong League XI (host)All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).
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Silva Muir
Patrick Thuler Murat Yakin Rene Weiler