2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield Explained

Hong Kong Senior Shield
Year:	2022–23
Country:	Hong Kong
Num Teams:	10
Dates:	11 September 2022 – 22 January 2023
Champions:	Kitchee (8th title)
Defending Champions:	Eastern
Runner-Up:	Eastern
Attendance:	17124
Matches:	9
Goals:	31
Top Goal Scorer:	Dejan Damjanović (4 goals)
Player:	Yapp Hung Fai
Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2023–24

2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield is the 120th season of the Hong Kong Senior Shield. 10 teams entered this edition, with 2 games being played in the First Round before the quarter-finals stage. The competition was only open to teams that played in the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League.

The champions received HK$150,000 in prize money while the runners up received HK$50,000. The best player of the final received a HK$10,000 bonus. In addition, the two losing teams in semi-finals received HK$20,000 while the remaining teams received HK$5,000.

Eastern were the defending champions but lost to Kitchee in the final. Kitchee became the champions for the 8th time after beating Eastern in the final.

Calendar

Stage	Round	Draw Date	Date	Matches	Clubs
Knockout	First Round	20 August 2022 ^[1]	11–12 September 2022	2	10 → 8
	Quarter-finals		22–23 October 2022	4	8 → 4
	Semi-finals		25–26 December 2022	2	4 → 2
	Final		22 January 2023	1	2 → 1

Bracket

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, = penalty shootout score

Fixtures and results

Final

Final

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Yapp Hung Fai RB 2 Alexander Jojo CB 3 CB 4 DM 6 CF 9 RW 11 DM 16 Leung Chun Pong (c) LB 22 CF 23 CM 27 Substitutes: GK 26 Liu Fu Yuen RB 5 MF 8 Mark Swainston AM 10 CF 13 MF 24 Wong Wai Chun LB 30 MF 42 Yeung Tung Ki MF 44 Prabhat Gurung AM 55 Ma Hei Wai MF 66 Lee Cheuk Hin FW 77 Lee Chun Ting Head coach: Roberto Losada

width=25 ! width=25 GK 86 Paulo César CB 5 Hélio (c) LW 7 CF 9 Dejan Damjanović CM 10 RB 15 CM 17 Mikael CB 18 Oliver Gerbig DM 24 LB 77 Fernando RW 99 Substitutes: GK 1 Wang Zhenpeng RB 2 Law Tsz Chun DM 4 LW 8 CB 12 Tomas Maronesi DM 19 Huang Yang AM 20 Sohgo Ichikawa RB 22 Clement Benhaddouche LB 23 Jordon Brown AM 28 Cheng Chin Lung CB 66 Tsang Yi Hang CF 88 Head Coach: Chu Chi Kwong

Player of the Match: Yapp Hung Fai (Eastern) Assistant Referees Law Ming Leong Amarjit Singh Sarao Fourth Official Tam Ping Wun

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Damjanović	Kitchee	4
2	Ruslan Mingazow	Kitchee	3
	Mikael	Kitchee
	Víctor Bertomeu	Eastern
3	Juninho	Rangers	2
	Manuel Gavilán	Lee Man
	Everton Camargo	Lee Man
	Cleiton	Kitchee

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-23 HKFA Senior Shield . HKFA . 20 August 2022.