2006–07 Hong Kong League Cup

The Hong Kong League Cup 2006–07 is the 7th staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.

The competition started on 11 January 2007 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and was concluded on 18 March 2007 with the final.

Kitchee regained their second consecutive League Cup champion by winning 2-1 against Happy Valley in the final. They also won a HKD$80,000 championship prize.^[1]

Teams

• Citizen
• Happy Valley
• HKFC
• Hong Kong 08
• Rangers
• Kitchee
• Lanwa Redbull
• South China
• Wofoo Tai Po
• Xiangxue Sun Hei

Details

• The 10 teams in Hong Kong First Division League is divided into groups A and B. Each team plays one match with other teams in the group once. The top 2 teams of the groups qualify for semi-finals.
• The teams are allocated in the groups according to their league positions after half season. Group A consists of Kitchee (1st), Lanwa Redbull (4th), Xiangxue Sun Hei (5th), Wofoo Tai Po (8th) and Hong Kong 08 (10th). Group B consists of South China (2nd), Rangers (3rd), Happy Valley (6th), Citizen (7th) and HKFC (9th).^[2]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Kitchee	10	4	3	1	0	7	3	4
Xiangxue Sun Hei	8	4	2	2	0	8	2	6
Wofoo Tai Po	4	4	1	1	2	4	4	0
Lanwa Redbull	3	4	1	0	3	3	7	-4
Hong Kong 08	3	4	1	0	3	1	7	-6

11 January 2007
18:00

Kitchee	2-0	Hong Kong 08
Julius Akosah 45', 51'	(in Chinese)	Wong Shun Him  53'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 350

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

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11 January 2007
20:00

Lanwa Redbull	0-2	Wofoo Tai Po
Liu Zhiming  32' You Ling  84' Shi Meng  84' Aldo Villalba  90'	(in Chinese)	Chiu Chun Kit 12' Chiu Chun Kit  39' Edgar Aldrighi Junior  55' Lui Chi Hing 60' Kwok Wing Sun  63' Christian Kwesi Annan  89'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 350

Referee: Lui Siu Cheun

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25 January 2007
18:00

Hong Kong 08	0-2	Lanwa Redbull
Chan Ming Kong  45' Ho Min Tong  74' Chau Chun Wing  90'	(in Chinese)	Aldo Villalba 2', 75' Liu Jie  20' Zhu Xuyu  44' Luo Jing  60'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 400

Referee: Lam Sing Yan

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25 January 2007
20:00

Wofoo Tai Po	1-1	Xiangxue Sun Hei
Christian Kwesi Annan 23' Chiu Chun Kit  90'	(in Chinese)	Lee Wai Lun  14' Colly Barnes Ezeh  30' Chu Siu Kei  31' Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise 67' Tse Man Wing  69' Lau Chi Keung  85'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 400

Referee: Ng Chiu Kwok

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28 January 2007
14:00

Xiangxue Sun Hei	3-0	Hong Kong 08
Lico 1', 90' Chan Yiu Lun 32'	(in Chinese)	Lo Chun Kit  45'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 627

Referee: Fung Ka Yu

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28 January 2007
16:00

Lanwa Redbull	1-2	Kitchee
Lin Zhong 33' Aldo Villalba  49' Luo Jing  54' Geng Xin  90'	(in Chinese)	Szeto Man Chun  45' Wilfed Bamnjo  74' Wilfed Bamnjo 89' Ivan Jević 90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 627

Referee: Wong Chi Tan

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3 February 2007
14:00

Hong Kong 08	1-0	Wofoo Tai Po
Ho Min Tong  40' Au Yeung Yiu Chung 70' Chau Chun Wing  58'  89'	(in Chinese)	So Loi Kwung  48' Edgar Aldrighi Junior  56' Li Hon Ho  68' Leung Kam Fai  82' Chan Sze Wing  86' Chiu Chun Kit  90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,291

Referee: Wong Po On

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3 February 2007
16:00

Kitchee	1-1	Xiangxue Sun Hei
Liu Quankun 81' Gao Wen  83' Ivan Jević  86'	(in Chinese)	Lico 5' Da Silva Joao Miguel Pinto  29' Barnes Colly Ezeh  34'  72'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,291

Referee: Ching Oi Cho

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10 February 2007
14:00

Xiangxue Sun Hei	3-0	Lanwa Redbull
Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise 24', 61', 76' Cristiano Cordeiro  81'	(in Chinese)	Fan Qi  40' Wang Gang  77' Lin Zhong  80'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 796

Referee: Fong Yau Fat

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10 February 2007
16:00

Wofoo Tai Po	1-2	Kitchee
Edgar Aldrighi Junior 27' Edgar Aldrighi Junior  33' Chan Yuk Chi  34' So Hong Shing  41' Kwok Wing Sun  90' Joel Bertoti Padilha  90'	(in Chinese)	Luk Koon Pong 29' Liu Quankun  45' Gao Wen  53' Cheung Kin Fung  70' Keith Gumbs 90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 796

Referee: Ng Kai Lam

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Happy Valley	7	4	2	1	1	8	5	3
South China	7	4	2	1	1	5	2	3
Citizen	6	4	1	3	0	5	3	2
Rangers	5	4	1	2	1	5	6	-1
HKFC	1	4	0	1	3	4	11	-7

18 January 2007
18:00

Rangers	2-2	Citizen
Lo Kwan Yee  38' Fan Weijun  51' Fan Weijun 62' Lo Kwan Yee 85' Alex Xavier  83' Ghislain Bell Bell  87' Godfred Karikari  87'	(in Chinese)	Leung Chun Pong 13' Anthony Dela Nyatepe  16' Chao Pengfei 36' Li Chun Yip  83' Moses Mensah  90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 831

Referee: Chan Siu Hung

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18 January 2007
20:00

South China	2-0	HKFC
Detinho 35'(PEN.), 70' Wong Chun Yue  90'	(in Chinese)	Chan Man Chun  16' Cheng Lai Hin  34' Lai Chun Kit  43' Torin William Didenko  61'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 831

Referee: Ching Oi Jo

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27 January 2007
14:00

HKFC	1-1	Rangers
Chan Man Chun  14' Li Hang Wui  19' Lai Chun Kit  29' Chan Hon Hing  39' Ho Kwok Chuen  45' Wong Yiu Fu 90'	(in Chinese)	Alex Xavier 43'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 692

Referee: Bao Sai Yin

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27 January 2007
16:00

Citizen	0-0	Happy Valley
Wang Zhengchuang  28' Jorginho  76'	(in Chinese)	Poon Yiu Cheuk  27'  37' Gerard Ambassa Guy  59' Feng Jizhi  77'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 692

Referee: Ng Kai Lam

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1 February 2007
18:00

Happy Valley	5-2	HKFC
Fábio Lopes 6', 17' Gerard Ambassa Guy 21' Feng Jizhi  41' Evanor 65' Law Chun Bong 89'	(in Chinese)	Michael John Challoner 27' Wong Yiu Fu  84' Jaimes Mckee 90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 937

Referee: Fung Ka Yu

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1 February 2007
20:00

Rangers	0-2	South China
Lo Kwan Yee  28' Fung Ka Ki  39' Ayock Louis Berty  53' Godfred Karikari  63'	(in Chinese)	Zhang Chunhui  19' Lee Chi Ho  35' Cristiano Alves Pereira 57' Tales Schutz 72' Li Haiqiang  89' Bai He  90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 937

Referee: Lam Shing Yan

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4 February 2007
14:00

HKFC	1-3	Citizen
Cheng Lai Hin 11' Wong Yiu Fu  31' Lo Yiu Hung  32' Li Hang Wui  59'	(in Chinese)	Li Chun Yip  22' Xu Deshuai  31' Jorginho 40', 84' Festus Baise  65' Chao Pengfei 78'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 2,232

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

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4 February 2007
16:00

South China	1-2	Happy Valley
Cheng Siu Wai  31' Cheng Siu Wai 45' Man Pei Tak  75' Detinho  90' Au Wai Lun  90'	(in Chinese)	Law Chun Bong 1' Gerard Ambassa Guy  17' Gerard Ambassa Guy 45' Etoga Romaric  27'  47' Vandré  51' Fábio Lopes  71'  90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 2,232

Referee: Chan Siu Hung

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11 February 2007
14:00

Happy Valley	1-2	Rangers
Cheung Sai Ho 52' Lee Wai Man  77' Li Ming  80'	(in Chinese)	Yu Yang  16' Godfred Karikari 27', 72' Xiao Guoji  38' Chan Wai Ho  45' Fung Ka Ki  59' Lo Kwan Yee  90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 2,292

Referee: Ching Oi Jo

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11 February 2007
16:00

Citizen	0-0	South China
Lai Ka Fai  68' Chao Pengfei  90'	(in Chinese)	Chan Chi Hong  43' Kwok Kin Pong  48' Li Haiqiang  81' Cheng Siu Wai  82' Cristiano Alves Pereira  90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 2,292

Referee: Cheung Yim Yau

Knockout stage

All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	Kitchee (AET)	1 (2)
	B2	South China	1 (1)
						A1	Kitchee	2
						B1	Happy Valley	1
	A2	Xiangxue Sun Hei	2 (2)
	B1	Happy Valley (PSO)	2 (4)

Hong Kong League Cup 2006–07 Winner
Kitchee Second Title

Semi-finals

10 March 2007
14:00

Xiangxue Sun Hei	2-2 2-2 (AET) 2-4 (PSO)	Happy Valley
Cordeiro 15' Barnes Colly Ezeh 78' Chan Yiu Lun  81' Lee Wai Lun  105' Cordeiro  109' Lau Chi Keung  63'  111' Chan Ho Man  114'	(in Chinese)	Poon Yiu Cheuk 26' (PEN.) Fabio Lopes Alcantara 40' Evanor  42' Tong Kin Man  59' Poon Man Tik  72'
Penalties
Chu Siu Kei: scored Lee Wai Lun: scored Chan Yiu Lun: saved Joao Miguel Pinto Da Silva: saved	2:4	Poon Yiu Cheuk: scored Vandre Sagrillo Monteiro: scored Lee Sze Ming: scored Evanor: scored

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 3,234

Referee: Fung Ka Yu

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10 March 2007
16:00

Kitchee	1-1 2-1(AET)	South China
Liu Quankun  5' Ivan Jević 45' Julius Akosah  79' Luk Koon Pong  84' Wilfed Bamnjo 98' (PEN.) Keith Gumbs  105'	(in Chinese)	Deng Jinghuang  23' Tales Schutz  36' Li Haiqiang 49' Lee Chi Ho  56' Man Pei Tak  97' Au Wai Lun  105' Zhang Jianzhong  118'

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 3,234

Referee: Ng Kai Lam

Final

18 March 2007
15:00

Happy Valley	1-2	Kitchee
Cheung Sai Ho  28' Lee Wai Man  48' Poon Yiu Cheuk 56' (PEN.) Poon Man Tik  58' Gerard Ambassa Guy  70'	(in Chinese)	Liu Quankun  18' Julius Akosah  50' Chan Siu Ki  67' Darko Rakočević 72', 76' Tam Siu Wai  90'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 1,355

Referee: Wong Chi Tang

Scorers

4 goals

• Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise of Xiangxue Sun Hei

3 goals

• Fábio Lopes of Happy Valley
• Lico of Xiangxue Sun Hei

2 goals

• Chao Pengfei of Citizen
• Jorginho of Citizen
• Gerard Ambassa Guy of Happy Valley
• Law Chun Bong of Happy Valley
• Poon Yiu Cheuk of Happy Valley
• Darko Rakočević of Kitchee
• Ivan Jević of Kitchee
• Julius Akosah of Kitchee
• Wilfed Bamnjo of Kitchee
• Aldo Villalba of Lanwa Redbull
• Godfred Karikari of Rangers
• Detinho of South China

1 goal

• Leung Chun Pong of Citizen
• Cheung Sai Ho of Happy Valley
• Evanor of Happy Valley
• Cheng Lai Hin of HKFC
• Jaimes Mckee of HKFC
• Michael John Challoner of HKFC
• Wong Yiu Fu of HKFC
• Au Yeung Yiu Chung of Hong Kong 08
• Keith Gumbs of Kitchee
• Liu Quankun of Kitchee
• Luk Koon Pong of Kitchee
• Lin Zhong of Lanwa Redbull
• Alex Xavier of Rangers
• Fan Weijun of Rangers
• Lo Kwan Yee of Rangers
• Cheng Siu Wai of South China
• Cristiano Alves Pereira of South China
• Li Haiqiang of South China
• Tales Schutz of South China
• Chiu Chun Kit of Wofoo Tai Po
• Christian Kwesi Annan of Wofoo Tai Po
• Edgar Aldrighi Junior of Wofoo Tai Po
• Lui Chi Hing of Wofoo Tai Po
• Barnes Colly Ezeh of Xiangxue Sun Hei
• Chan Yiu Lun of Xiangxue Sun Hei
• Cordeiro of Xiangxue Sun Hei

Individual prizes

• Best Defensive Player Award: Darko Rakočević of Kitchee
• Top Goalscorer: Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise of Xiangxue Sun Hei

Trivia

• Happy Valley has lost in the League Cup for the 5th consecutive season.
• Happy Valley suffers their 7th consecutive losses in the final of local competitions.
• All three goals in the final were from free kicks. The goal of Happy Valley was from a Penalty kick while the two goals of Kitchee were from a Direct free kick and Indirect free kick respectively.
• The semi-finals were originally scheduled to play in Mong Kok Stadium. However, the 4 teams in the semi-finals suggested HKFA to move the matches to Hong Kong Stadium. However, after the matches, many football fans expressed their opinions that this is a main cause for the low attendance on that day.

See also

• Hong Kong League Cup
• The Hong Kong Football Association
• 2006–07 in Hong Kong football
• Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07
• Hong Kong First Division League 2006-07
• Hong Kong Senior Shield 2006-07