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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Team	League last season	Pos.
Hong Kong League XI	—	—
Shanghai East Asia	League One	1st
Muangthong United F.C.	Thai Premier League	1st
Busan IPark	K League Classic	7th

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:

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