The Hong Kong League Cup 2007–08 is the 8th staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.
The competition started on 19 January 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and concluded on 22 March 2008 with South China beat Kitchee by 4-2 in the final. South China won their second League Cup title.
Teams
editDetails
edit- 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 South China (1st), Wofoo Tai Po (4th), Kitchee (5th), Happy Valley (8th) and Workable (10th). Group B consists of Citizen (2nd), Lanwa Redbull (3rd), Convoy Sun Hei (6th), Eastern (7th) and Bulova Rangers (9th).
Group stage
editGroup A
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South China | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| Kitchee | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| Workable | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Happy Valley | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| Wofoo Tai Po | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 |
| Wofoo Tai Po | 0 - 1 | Happy Valley |
|---|---|---|
| [1] [2] (in chinese) |
Law Chun Bong  35' |
| South China | 0 - 1 | Workable |
|---|---|---|
| [3] [4] (in chinese) |
Wong Chun Yue 82' |
| Workable | 1 - 1 | Wofoo Tai Po |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto Fronza 81' (PEN.) |
[5] [6] (in chinese) |
Ye Jia 14' |
| Happy Valley | 3 - 3 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Poon Yiu Cheuk 25' (PEN.) 38' (PEN.) Sham Kwok Keung 39' |
[7] [8] (in chinese) |
Chan Siu Ki 46' (PEN.) Lo Kwan Yee 53' Ewane Ngassa 64' |
| Kitchee | 1 - 0 | Workable |
|---|---|---|
| Goran Stankovski 80' |
[9] [10] (in chinese) |
| Wofoo Tai Po | 1 - 3 | South China |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael 31' |
[11] [12] (in chinese) |
Maxwell 1' Tales Schutz 46' 90' |
| Workable | 0 - 0 | Happy Valley |
|---|---|---|
| [13] [14] (in chinese) |
| South China | 2 - 1 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Fan Weijun 39' Maxwell 65' |
[15] [16] (in chinese) |
Ivan Jevic 74' |
| Kitchee | 4 - 0 | Wofoo Tai Po |
|---|---|---|
| Wilfed Bamnjo 2' Chan Siu Ki 28' Julius Akosah 51' Hugues Nanmi 88' |
[17] [18] (in chinese) |
| Happy Valley | 2 - 4 | South China |
|---|---|---|
| Denisson 11' Godfred Karikari 22' |
[19] [20] (in chinese) |
Itaparica 33' Tales Schutz 45' Maxwell 49' 81' |
Group B
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convoy Sun Hei | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| Eastern | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| Bulova Rangers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Citizen | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| Lanwa Redbull | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 |
| Citizen | 1 - 1 | Bulova Rangers |
|---|---|---|
| Wang Xuanhong 90' |
[21] [22](in chinese) |
Liang Zicheng 17' |
| Lanwa Redbull | 1 - 1 | Eastern |
|---|---|---|
| Aldo Villalba 45' |
[23] [24](in chinese) |
Rodrigo 54' |
| Bulova Rangers | 3 - 0 | Lanwa Redbull |
|---|---|---|
| Chan Ho Man 9' 89' Caleb Ekwenugo 72' |
[25] [26] (in chinese) |
| Eastern | 1 - 1 | Convoy Sun Hei |
|---|---|---|
| Wong Yiu Fu 35' |
[27] [28] (in chinese) |
Batoum Roger 54' |
| Convoy Sun Hei | 1 - 1 | Bulova Rangers |
|---|---|---|
| Chan Yiu Lun 84' |
[29] [30] (in chinese) |
Edson Minga 3' |
| Lanwa Redbull | 1 - 1 | Citizen |
|---|---|---|
| David Godwin 14' |
[31] [32] (in chinese) |
Wang Xuanhong 65' |
| Bulova Rangers | 1 - 2 | Eastern |
|---|---|---|
| Caleb Ekwenugo 51' |
[33] [34] (in chinese) |
Rodrigo 46' 76' |
| Citizen | 0 - 2 | Convoy Sun Hei |
|---|---|---|
| [35] [36] (in chinese) |
Giovane 11' 78' |
| Convoy Sun Hei | 3 - 0 | Lanwa Redbull |
|---|---|---|
| Giovane 31' 43' 75' |
[37] [38] (in chinese) |
Knockout stage
editAll times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).
Bracket
edit| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | South China | 1 | |||||||
| B2 | Eastern | 0 | |||||||
| South China | 4 | ||||||||
| Kitchee | 2 | ||||||||
| A2 | Kitchee | 2 | |||||||
| B1 | Convoy Sun Hei | 0 | |||||||
Semi-finals
edit| Kitchee | 2 - 0 | Convoy Sun Hei |
|---|---|---|
| Goran Stankovski 55' Cheung Kin Fung 67' |
[41] [42] (in chinese) |
| South China | 1 - 0 | Eastern |
|---|---|---|
| Detinho 88' |
[43] [44] (in chinese) |
Final
edit| South China | 4 - 2 | Kitchee |
|---|---|---|
| Li Haiqiang 50' Detinho 59' 64' 87' (PEN.) |
[45] [46] (in chinese) |
Liu Quankun 17' Wilfed Bamnjo 84' |
Scorers
edit- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Caleb Ekwenugo (Bulova Rangers)
Chan Ho Man (Bulova Rangers)
Wang Xuanhong (Citizen)- Poon Yiu Cheuk (Happy Valley)
- Chan Siu Ki (Kitchee)
Goran Stankovski (Kitchee)
Wilfed Bamnjo (Kitchee)
- 1 goal
Edson Minga (Bulova Rangers)- Liang Zicheng (Bulova Rangers)
- Batoum Roger (Convoy Sun Hei)
- Chan Yiu Lun (Convoy Sun Hei)
- Wong Yiu Fu (Eastern)
- Denisson (Happy Valley)
Godfred Karikari (Happy Valley)- Law Chun Bong (Happy Valley)
- Sham Kwok Keung (Happy Valley)
- Cheung Kin Fung (Kitchee)
- Ewane Ngassa (Kitchee)
- Hugues Nanmi (Kitchee)
Ivan Jević (Kitchee)- Julius Akosah (Kitchee)
- Liu Quankun (Kitchee)
- Lo Kwan Yee (Kitchee)
Aldo Villalba (Lanwa Redbull)
David Godwin (Lanwa Redbull)- Fan Weijun (South China)
- Itaparica (South China)
- Li Haiqiang (South China)
- Rafael (Wofoo Tai Po)
- Ye Jia (Wofoo Tai Po)
- Wong Chun Yue (Workable)
- Roberto Fronza (Workable)
Individual prizes
edit- Top Scorer Award: Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei)
- Best Player Award: Rodrigo (Eastern)
References
edit- ^ HKFA Website 聯賽盃決賽 南華 4:2 傑志 (in Chinese)