2013 Lunar New Year Cup Explained

The 87th 2013 Lunar New Year Cup, also known as the China Mobile Satellite Communication Cup due to sponsorship reason, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong in Lunar New Year. The name of this event was changed back to Lunar New Year Cup after two editions of Asian Challenge Cup were held in 2011 and 2012.

Teams

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TeamCountryLeague last seasonPos.
Hong Kong League XI
Shanghai East AsiaLeague One1st
Muangthong United F.C.Thai Premier League1st
Busan IParkK League Classic7th

Public Vote of Hong Kong League XI Team

Each First Division League team had nominated at most 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 forwards for the public vote of Hong Kong League XI Team. 10 players with the highest number of vote from different position were selected to the team, while 2 goalkeepers and 6 other players were chosen by the head coach of the team, Josep Gombau.

10 players with the highest voting in each position of the public vote are as follows:

PositionPlayersPositionPlayers
Left Defender Deng Jinghuang
(Sun Pegasus)
Right Defender Chak Ting Fung
(South China)
Ballot: 4775Ballot: 4595
Center Defender (1) Joel Bertoti Padilha
(South China)
Center Defender (2) Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves
(Citizen)
Ballot: 4536Ballot: 4240
Defensive Midfielder Aender Naves Mesquita
(Wofoo Tai Po)
Attacking Midfielder (1) Itaparica
(South China)
Ballot: 4209Ballot: 6857
Attacking Midfielder (2) Miroslav Saric
(Biu Chun Rangers)
Forward (1) Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
(Yokohama FC Hong Kong)
Ballot: 5056Ballot: 5508
Forward (2) Giovane Alves da Silva
(Biu Chun Rangers)
Forward (3) Alex Tayo Akande
(Wofoo Tai Po)
Ballot: 4544Ballot: 4345

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

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Honorary Team Manager: Brian Leung

Deputy Honorary Team Manager: Steven Lo, Pui Kwan Kay, Ken Ng

Coach: Josep Gombau (Kitchee)

CSCoach selection, PSPublic selection

*Deng Jinghuang(Sun Pegaus) resigned due to injury.

Shanghai East Asia

General coach: Xu Genbao

Head coach: Jiang Bingyao

Muangthong United

Manager: Slaviša Jokanović

Busan IPark

Manager: Yoon Sung-Hyo

Fixtures and results

Final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lunar New Year Cup 2013. hkfa.com. 11 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Lunar New Year Cup 2013 – HK League XI. 23 January 2013. hkfa.com.