2012 Asian Challenge Cup

Not to be confused with AFC Challenge Cup.

The 2012 Asian Challenge Cup (Chinese: 亞洲超級球會挑戰盃2012), also known as the Nikon Asian Challenge Cup 2012, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong during Lunar New Year. The name of this event was changed from the Lunar New Year Cup to the Asian Challenge Cup in 2011.

Teams

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Team	Country	League last season	Pos.
South China	Hong Kong	First Division	2nd
Guangzhou R&F	China	League One	2nd
Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	J. League	10th
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	South Korea	K-League	10th

Squads

South China

Manager: Ján Kocian

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Yapp Hung Fai	(1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 21)		South China
2	2DF	Lee Chi Ho	(1982-11-16)16 November 1982 (aged 29)		South China
3	2DF	Yeo Jee-hoon	(1992-08-11)11 August 1992 (aged 19)		South China
5	3MF	Bai He	(1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 28)		South China
6	2DF	Wong Chin Hung	(1982-03-02)2 March 1982 (aged 29)		South China
7	4FW	Chan Siu Ki	(1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 26)		South China
8	3MF	Xu Deshuai	(1987-07-13)13 July 1987 (aged 24)		South China
9	3MF	Lee Wai Lim	(1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 30)		South China
10	3MF	Au Yeung Yiu Chung	(1989-07-11)11 July 1989 (aged 22)		South China
11	3MF	Li Haiqiang	(1977-05-03)3 May 1977 (aged 34)		South China
12	3MF	Man Pei Tak	(1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 29)		South China
15	2DF	Chan Wai Ho	(1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 28)		South China
16	3MF	Leung Chun Pong	(1986-10-01)1 October 1986 (aged 25)		South China
18	3MF	Kwok Kin Pong	(1987-03-30)30 March 1987 (aged 24)		South China
19	4FW	Dhiego de Souza Martins	(1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 23)		South China
20	3MF	João Emir Porto Ferreira	(1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 22)		South China
21	3MF	Edgar Aldrighi Júnior	(1974-03-30)30 March 1974 (aged 37)		South China
22	4FW	Giovane Alves da Silva	(1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 29)		South China
23	1GK	Zhang Chunhui	(1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 28)		South China
25	3MF	Wellingsson de Souza	(1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 22)		South China
26	3MF	Chan Pak Hang	(1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 19)		South China
30	2DF	Joel Bertoti Padilha	(1980-07-24)24 July 1980 (aged 31)		South China
31	4FW	Cheng Lai Hin	(1986-03-31)31 March 1986 (aged 25)		South China
32	1GK	Fan Chun Yip	(1976-05-01)1 May 1976 (aged 35)		South China
33	2DF	Ng Wai Chiu	(1981-10-22)22 October 1981 (aged 30)		South China
38	4FW	Mateja Kežman	(1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 32)		South China

Guangzhou R&F

Manager: Sérgio Farias^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Cheng Yuelei	(1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 24)		Guangzhou R&F
2	2DF	Sui Donglu	(1983-06-21)21 June 1983 (aged 28)		Guangzhou R&F
3	2DF	Liu Cheng	(1983-10-23)23 October 1983 (aged 28)		Guangzhou R&F
4	2DF	Li Wenbo	(1983-12-09)9 December 1983 (aged 28)		Guangzhou R&F
5	2DF	Wang Bin	(1989-05-23)23 May 1989 (aged 22)		Guangzhou R&F
6	2DF	Xu Bo	(1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 26)		Guangzhou R&F
7	3MF	Yu Guijun	(1985-04-15)15 April 1985 (aged 26)		Guangzhou R&F
9	4FW	Wen Chao	(1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 25)		Guangzhou R&F
10	3MF	Wu Weian	(1981-09-01)1 September 1981 (aged 30)		Guangzhou R&F
11	4FW	Rafael Coelho Luiz	(1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 23)		Guangzhou R&F
16	3MF	Zhang Ao	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 21)		Guangzhou R&F
17	3MF	Li Zhe	(1989-11-30)30 November 1989 (aged 22)		Guangzhou R&F
18	4FW	Zhang Yuan	(1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 22)		Guangzhou R&F
19	3MF	Pan Chi	(1991-05-09)9 May 1991 (aged 20)		Guangzhou R&F
20	2DF	Tang Miao	(1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 21)		Guangzhou R&F
21	3MF	Gao Zengxiang	(1989-12-21)21 December 1989 (aged 22)		Guangzhou R&F
22	3MF	Wang Zihua	(1993-04-03)3 April 1993 (aged 18)		Guangzhou R&F
23	3MF	Lu Lin	(1985-02-03)3 February 1985 (aged 26)		Guangzhou R&F
24	3MF	Li Lingwei	(1992-02-18)18 February 1992 (aged 19)		Guangzhou R&F
26	3MF	Zhao Ming	(1984-12-24)24 December 1984 (aged 27)		Guangzhou R&F
27	2DF	Gao Jiulong	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 22)		Guangzhou R&F
28	3MF	Huang Long	(1981-01-13)13 January 1981 (aged 31)		Guangzhou R&F
29	4FW	Zhang Shuo	(1983-09-17)17 September 1983 (aged 28)		Guangzhou R&F
30	1GK	Shi Xiaotian	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 21)		Guangzhou R&F
31	1GK	Wang Lüe	(1985-05-19)19 May 1985 (aged 26)		Guangzhou R&F
	3MF	Jumar José da Costa Júnior	(1986-04-28)28 April 1986 (aged 25)		Guangzhou R&F

Shimizu S-Pulse

Manager: Afshin Ghotbi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Kaito Yamamoto	(1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 26)		Shimizu S-Pulse
2	2DF	Taisuke Muramatsu	(1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 22)		Shimizu S-Pulse
3	2DF	Yasuhiro Hiraoka	(1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 25)		Shimizu S-Pulse
4	2DF	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	(1986-07-08)8 July 1986 (aged 25)		Shimizu S-Pulse
5	2DF	Keisuke Iwashita	(1986-09-24)24 September 1986 (aged 25)		Shimizu S-Pulse
6	3MF	Kota Sugiyama	(1985-01-24)24 January 1985 (aged 26)		Shimizu S-Pulse
7	3MF	Alex Brosque	(1983-10-12)12 October 1983 (aged 28)		Shimizu S-Pulse
8	3MF	Takuma Edamura	(1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 25)		Shimizu S-Pulse
11	4FW	Genki Omae	(1989-12-10)10 December 1989 (aged 22)		Shimizu S-Pulse
13	3MF	Toshiyuki Takagi	(1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (aged 20)		Shimizu S-Pulse
14	4FW	Sho Ito	(1988-07-24)24 July 1988 (aged 23)		Shimizu S-Pulse
17	3MF	Yosuke Kawai	(1989-08-04)4 August 1989 (aged 22)		Shimizu S-Pulse
18	3MF	Shinji Ono	(1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 32)		Shimizu S-Pulse
19	4FW	Naohiro Takahara	(1979-06-04)4 June 1979 (aged 32)		Shimizu S-Pulse
21	1GK	Kenpei Usui	(1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 24)		Shimizu S-Pulse
24	3MF	Makoto Shibahara	(1992-04-23)23 April 1992 (aged 19)		Shimizu S-Pulse
25	2DF	Tomoya Inukai	(1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 18)		Shimizu S-Pulse
26	4FW	Satoru Kashiwase	(1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 18)		Shimizu S-Pulse
27	4FW	Atomu Nabeta	(1991-05-01)1 May 1991 (aged 20)		Shimizu S-Pulse
29	1GK	Masatoshi Kushibiki	(1993-01-29)29 January 1993 (aged 18)		Shimizu S-Pulse
30	2DF	Kang Song-ho	(1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 24)		Shimizu S-Pulse

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Manager: Shin Tae-yong

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ha Kang-jin	(1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 22)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
3	2DF	Yun Young-sun	(1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 23)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
4	2DF	Saša Ognenovski	(1979-04-03)3 April 1979 (aged 32)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
6	2DF	Park Jin-po	(1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 24)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
8	3MF	Kim Seong-jun	(1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 23)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
9	4FW	Cho Dong-geon	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 25)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
10	4FW	Vladimir Jovančić	(1987-05-31)31 May 1987 (aged 24)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
11	4FW	Han Sang-woon	(1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 25)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
13	4FW	Lee Hyun-ho	(1988-11-29)29 November 1988 (aged 23)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
15	3MF	Kim Pyung-rae	(1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 24)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
16	2DF	Kim Sung-hwan	(1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 25)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
17	4FW	Jeon Hyun-cheol	(1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 21)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
18	4FW	Lee Chang-hoon	(1986-12-17)17 December 1986 (aged 25)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
19	4FW	Namgung woong	(1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 27)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
20	4FW	Héverton Durães Coutinho Alves	(1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
21	1GK	Jung San	(1989-02-10)10 February 1989 (aged 22)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
22	3MF	Jeon Sung-chan	(1987-12-27)27 December 1987 (aged 24)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
24	2DF	Lee Jae-kwang	(1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 22)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
25	3MF	Kim Tae-yoo	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 22)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
27	4FW	Sim Jae-myung	(1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 22)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
31	1GK	Lee Jin-kyu	(1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 23)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
35	2DF	Lim Jong-eun	(1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 21)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
50	4FW	Éverton Santos	(1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 25)		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Fixtures and results

Semi-finals

2012-02-08

16:00 (UTC+08:00)

Guangzhou R&F	1–5	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Zhang Shuo 45+'	Report	Héverton 12' Han Sang-woon 29', 37' Jovančić 45+?' Yun Young-sun 50'

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 9,879

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

2012-02-08

18:30 (UTC+08:00)

South China	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Chan Siu Ki 67'	Report	Takagi 26'
Penalties
Joel Wong Chin Hung Chan Siu Ki João Emir	1–3	Ono Omae Brosque Ito Takagi

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 9,879

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Third place match

2012-02-11

18:00 (UTC+08:00)

Guangzhou R&F	1–1	South China
Li Zhe 90+5'	Report	Chan Wai Ho 42'
Penalties
Lu Lin Yu Guijun Xu Bo Wu Weian	3–1	Wong Chin Hung Au Yeung Yiu Chung Leung Chun Pong Kežman

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 10,610

Referee: Tong Kui Sum (Hong Kong)

Final

2012-02-11

20:30 (UTC+08:00)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	5–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Éverton Santos 5', 38' (pen.) Héverton 17' Han Sang-woon 21' Lee Chang-hoon 76'	Report	Ito 68'

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 10,610

Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)