2002 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2002 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.

Participating teams

Squads

Some of the players include:

China

Coach: Bora Milutinović

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
2	2DF	Gao Yao	(1978-07-13)13 July 1978 (aged 23)	Shandong Luneng
4	2DF	Wu Chengying	(1975-04-21)21 April 1975 (aged 26)	Shanghai Shenhua
5	3MF	Zhao Junzhe	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 22)	Liaoning Bird
6	3MF	Song Lihui	(1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 27)	Shandong Luneng
8	3MF	Li Tie	(1977-09-18)18 September 1977 (aged 24)	Liaoning Bird
9	3MF	Ma Mingyu	(1972-08-10)10 August 1972 (aged 29)	Sichuan Dahe
10	4FW	Yu Genwei	(1974-01-07)7 January 1974 (aged 28)	Tianjin Teda
12	4FW	Su Maozhen	(1971-10-23)23 October 1971 (aged 30)	Shandong Luneng
13	2DF	Chen Gang	(1972-03-09)9 March 1972 (aged 29)	Qingdao Hademen
14	2DF	Li Weifeng	(1978-12-01)1 December 1978 (aged 23)	Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance
15	3MF	Shen Si	(1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 28)	Shanghai COSCO Huili
16	4FW	Qu Bo	(1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 20)	Qingdao Hademen
17	2DF	Du Wei	(1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 20)	Shanghai Shenhua
18	3MF	Li Xiaopeng	(1975-06-20)20 June 1975 (aged 26)	Shandong Luneng
19	3MF	Qi Hong	(1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 25)	Shanghai COSCO Huili
21	2DF	Xu Yunlong	(1979-02-17)17 February 1979 (aged 22)	Beijing Guoan
22	1GK	Jiang Jin	(1968-10-07)7 October 1968 (aged 33)	Tianjin Teda
23	1GK	Liu Yunfei	(1979-05-08)8 May 1979 (aged 22)	Tianjin Teda
26	4FW	Zhang Yuning	(1977-05-25)25 May 1977 (aged 24)	Liaoning Bird
27	3MF	Shao Jiayi	(1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 21)	Beijing Guoan
30	4FW	Li Yi	(1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 22)	Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance

Honduras

Coach: Ernesto Luzardo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Victor Coello	(1974-07-29)29 July 1974 (aged 27)	Marathón
3		David Carcamo
4	2DF	Samuel Caballero	(1974-12-24)24 December 1974 (aged 27)	Udinese
5	2DF	Sergio Mendoza	(1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 20)	Real España
6	2DF	Jaime Rosales	(1978-06-08)8 June 1978 (aged 23)	Marathón
7		Robel Bernandez
8	3MF	José Luis Pineda	(1975-03-19)19 March 1975 (aged 26)
10	3MF	Julio César de León	(1979-09-13)13 September 1979 (aged 22)	Reggina
11	3MF	Emil Martínez	(1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 19)	Marathón
14		Ronny Morales
16		Cristián Martínez
18	4FW	Saul Martínez	(1976-01-29)29 January 1976 (aged 26)	Nacional
19	3MF	Edgar Álvarez	(1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 22)	Platense
20		Amado Alvarez
21	2DF	Limber Perez	(1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 25)

Hong Kong League XI

Coach: Wong Yiu Shun

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
2	2DF	Yau Kin Wai	(1973-01-04)4 January 1973 (aged 29)	South China
3	2DF	Cristiano Cordeiro	(1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 28)	South China
5	2DF	André Hartwig		Sun Hei
7	4FW	Au Wai Lun	(1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 30)	South China
11	3MF	Gary McKeown	(1970-10-19)19 October 1970 (aged 31)	Sun Hei
17	4FW	Keith Gumbs	(1972-09-11)11 September 1972 (aged 29)	Happy Valley
20	2DF	Poon Yiu Cheuk	(1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 24)	Happy Valley
26	1GK	Fan Chun Yip	(1976-05-01)1 May 1976 (aged 25)	Happy Valley
	2DF	Luk Koon Pong	(1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 23)	South China
	3MF	Lo Kai Wah	(1971-01-27)27 January 1971 (aged 31)	Happy Valley
	3MF	Gerard Ambassa Guy	(1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 23)	Happy Valley
	3MF	Aderbal Filho
	4FW	Cornelius Udebuluzor	(1974-08-27)27 August 1974 (aged 27)	Buler Rangers
	4FW	Cheng Siu Chung	(1972-09-29)29 September 1972 (aged 29)	South China

Slovenia

Coach: Srečko Katanec

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Marko Simeunović	(1967-12-06)6 December 1967 (aged 34)	Etimesgut Şekerspor
2	2DF	Goran Sankovič	(1979-06-18)18 June 1979 (aged 22)	Slavia Prague
3	2DF	Željko Milinovič	(1969-10-12)12 October 1969 (aged 32)	JEF United Ichihara
4	3MF	Amir Karić	(1973-12-31)31 December 1973 (aged 28)	NK Maribor
5	2DF	Marinko Galič	(1970-04-22)22 April 1970 (aged 31)	FC Koper
6	2DF	Bekim Kapič	(1979-01-02)2 January 1979 (aged 23)	FC Koper
7	3MF	Džoni Novak	(1969-09-04)4 September 1969 (aged 32)	SpVgg Unterhaching
8	3MF	Aleš Čeh	(1968-04-07)7 April 1968 (aged 33)	Grazer AK
9	3MF	Nastja Čeh	(1978-01-26)26 January 1978 (aged 24)	Club Brugge
10	3MF	Zlatko Zahovič	(1971-02-01)1 February 1971 (aged 31)	S.L. Benfica
11	3MF	Miran Pavlin	(1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 30)	F.C. Porto
12	1GK	Mladen Dabanovič	(1971-09-13)13 September 1971 (aged 30)	K.S.C. Lokeren O.V.
13	4FW	Mladen Rudonja	(1971-07-26)26 July 1971 (aged 30)	Portsmouth
14	3MF	Saša Gajser	(1974-02-11)11 February 1974 (aged 28)	Gent
15	3MF	Rajko Tavčar	(1974-07-21)21 July 1974 (aged 27)	1. FC Nürnberg
16	4FW	Ermin Rakovič	(1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 24)	Hapoel Petah Tikva
17	3MF	Zoran Pavlovič	(1976-06-27)27 June 1976 (aged 25)	FK Austria Wien
18	3MF	Milenko Ačimovič	(1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 24)	Olimpija Ljubljana
19	4FW	Senad Tiganj	(1975-08-28)28 August 1975 (aged 26)	Olimpija Ljubljana

Results

All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Semifinals

Honduras v Slovenia

12 February 2002

Honduras	5 - 1	Slovenia
S. Martínez 39' 58' 69' 72' C. Martínez 90'		Zahovic 52' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 26,244
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Hong Kong League XI v China

12 February 2002

Hong Kong League XI	1 - 1 4 - 3 (PSO)	China
Filho 70'		Yu 64'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 26,244
Referee: Kim Tae-Young (South Korea)

Third place match

China v Slovenia

15 February 2002

China	0 - 0 3 - 4 (PSO)	Slovenia

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 30,329
Referee: Kim Tae-Young (South Korea)

Final

Hong Kong League XI v Honduras