2008–09 Hong Kong League Cup

Hong Kong League Cup 2008–09 is the 9th Hong Kong League Cup.

2008–09 Hong Kong League Cup

Tournament details
Country	Hong Kong
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Convoy Sun Hei (4th title)
Runners-up	TSW Pegasus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	40 (3.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei) (6 goals)
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All teams of Hong Kong First Division League 2008–09 will play in this competition.

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs
First round	20 February 2009 – 22 February 2009	5	13 → 8
Quarter-finals	7 March 2009 – 8 March 2009	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	21 March 2009 – 22 March 2009	2	4 → 2
Final	4 April 2009	1	2 → 1

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 March - Mong Kok Stadium
	South China	1
					21 March - Mong Kok Stadium
	TSW Pegasus	2
					TSW Pegasus	3
	7 March - Mong Kok Stadium
					Eastern	0
	Tuen Mun Progoal	0
									4 April - Mong Kok Stadium
	Eastern	2
									TSW Pegasus	2 (2)
	8 March - Mong Kok Stadium
									Convoy Sun Hei (pen.)	2 (4)
	Kitchee (pen.)	0 (5)
					22 March - Mong Kok Stadium
	Fourway	0 (3)
					Kitchee	0
	8 March - Mong Kok Stadium
					Convoy Sun Hei (awarded)	3
	Convoy Sun Hei	6
	NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	0

All times are local (UTC+8).

First round

20 February 2009

15:00

Mutual	1 – 4	Eastern
Leung Tsz Chun 74'	Report	Akosah 62' Alex 64', 83', 90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 203

Referee: Wong Po On

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21 February 2009

14:00

NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	5 – 0	Xiangxue Eisiti
Lee Wai Lim 16' So Loi Keung 30' Annan 41' Caleb 69' Ye Jia 78'	Report

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,127

Referee: Chan Shui Hung

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21 February 2009

16:00

Citizen	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Convoy Sun Hei
Paulinho 60'	Report	Lau Chi Keung 78' Giovane 120'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,127

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

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22 February 2009

14:00

Happy Valley	1 – 2	Fourway
Chao Pengfei 60'	Report	Lam Hok Hei 31' Minga 90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 967

Referee: Wong Chi Tang

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22 February 2009

16:00

TSW Pegasus	5 – 0	Sheffield United
Nakamura 12', 45' Xiao Xiao 46' (o.g.) Itaparica 64' Cheng Siu Wai 85'	Report

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 967

Referee: Lui Siu Chuen

Quarter-finals

7 March 2009

14:00

Tuen Mun Progoal	0 – 2	Eastern
	Report	Wong Chun Yue 60' Zeng Qixiang 86'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 2,421

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

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7 March 2009

16:00

South China	1 – 2	TSW Pegasus
Au Yeung Yiu Chung 19'	Report	Lee Hong Lim 45' Nakamura 56'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 2,421

Referee: Wong Chi Tang

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8 March 2009

14:00

Convoy Sun Hei	6 – 0	NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
Carlos 30' Giovane 39' (pen.), 61', 73' Lo Chi Kwan 47' Bamnjo 51'	Report

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,256

Referee: Lui Siu Chuen

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8 March 2009

16:00

Kitchee	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Fourway
	Report
Penalties
Cáceres Zamudio Chan Man Fai Díaz Nanmi	5 – 3	Paulo Lau Ka Shing Yu Yang Sui Weijie

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,256

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Semi-finals

21 March 2009

15:00

TSW Pegasus	3 – 0	Eastern
Itaparica 69', 73' Machado 81' (o.g.)	Report

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,235

Referee: Ng Kai Lam

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22 March 2009

15:00

Kitchee	0 – 3 (awarded)	Convoy Sun Hei
	Report	Lau Chi Keung 54'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,176

Referee: Cheng Oi Cho

• Kitchee used more than the allowed maximum of 6 foreign players after the 89th minute. Since it did not affect the final qualification of Convoy Sun Hei, the decision which awarding a 3–0 win to Convoy Sun Hei, was made on 20 April 2009, the date after the final of this competition.^[1]

Final

4 April 2009

15:00

TSW Pegasus	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Convoy Sun Hei
Nakamura 21' Carlos 36' (o.g.)	Report Report in Chinese	Giovane 9', 47'
Penalties
Itaparica Cheung Kin Fung Fofo Luk Koon Pong	2 – 4	Giovane Lau Chi Keung Chan Yiu Lun Lai Kai Cheuk

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 2,684

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

TSW Pegasus

Convoy Sun Hei

TSW PEGASUS: GK 1 Oliveira RB 6 Luk Koon Pong CB 2 Beto  70' CB 5 Wisdom Fofo Agbo  90' LB 4 Deng Jinghuang CM 10 Eugene Mbome CM 26 Lai Yiu Cheong  63' RW 11 Itaparica LW 17 Lee Hong Lim  97' SS 19 Cheng Siu Wai (c)  80' CF 30 Yuto Nakamura Substitutes: GK 23 Li Jian DF 3 Lin Junsheng DF 21 Lai Man Fei MF 13 Cheung Kin Fung  97' MF 15 Yuen Kin Man  63' MF 16 Louis Berty Ayock MF 20 Yip Chi Ho  80' Coach: Ricardo		CONVOY SUN HEI: GK 1 Wei Zhao RB 5 Carlos  82'  119' CB 26 Roberto CB 33 Cristiano Cordeiro (c)  32' LB 3 Chung Kin Hei  76' RM 9 Chan Yiu Lun CM 10 Lau Chi Keung  41' CM 16 Lai Kai Cheuk LM 14 Lo Chi Kwan  73' RF 22 Giovane  45' LF 24 Tomoaki Seino  69' Substitutes: GK 17 Cheung King Wah GK 21 Chan Ka Ki DF 2 Tseng Siu Wing  76'  113'  76' DF 12 Tse Man Wing  73' DF 23 Lai Ka Fai MF 7 Chu Siu Kei  120'  69' FW 20 Kwok Yue Hung Coach: Leslie Santos

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Pau Sai Yin Poon Ming Fai Fourth official: Wong Po On

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Scorers

The scorers in the 2008–09 Hong Kong League Cup are as follows:^[2]

6 goals Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei) 4 goals Yuto Nakamura (TSW Pegasus) 3 goals Itaparica (TSW Pegasus) Alex (Eastern) 2 goals Lau Chi Keung (Convoy Sun Hei) 1 goal Caleb Ekwenugo (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Paulinho (Citizen) Chao Pengfei (Happy Valley) Edson Minga (Fourway) Christian Annan (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Au Yeung Yiu Chung (South China)

Julius Akosah (Eastern) Leung Tsz Chun (Mutual) Zeng Qixiang (Eastern) Lee Hong Lim (TSW Pegasus) Lee Wai Lim (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Wilfred Bamnjo (Convoy Sun Hei) So Loi Keung (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Lam Hok Hei (Fourway) Cheng Siu Wai (TSW Pegasus) Wong Chun Yue (Eastern) Ye Jia (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Carlos (Convoy Sun Hei) Lo Chi Kwan (Convoy Sun Hei) Own goals Xiao Xiao (Sheffield United) Machado (Eastern) Carlos (Convoy Sun Hei)