2003 Carlsberg Cup

The 2003 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 (1 February 2003 and 4 February 2003).

Contents

Participating teams

Squads

Some of the players include:

Hong Kong XI

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1GK Fan Chun Yip 2 May 1976 (aged 26) Happy Valley
2DF Yau Kin Wai 4 January 1973 (aged 30) South China
2DF Poon Yiu Cheuk 19 September 1977 (aged 25) Happy Valley
2DF Cristiano Cordeiro 14 August 1973 (aged 29) Sun Hei
2DF Szeto Man Chun 5 June 1975 (aged 27) South China
2DF Chan Wai Ho 24 April 1982 (aged 20) Buler Rangers
2DF Leung Chi Wing 29 April 1978 (aged 24) Buler Rangers
2DF Ng Wai Chiu 22 October 1981 (aged 21) Guangzhou Xiangxue
3MF Gerard Guy Ambassa 21 September 1978 (aged 24) Happy Valley
3MF Lee Kin Wo 20 October 1967 (aged 35) Sun Hei
3MF José Ricardo Rambo 17 August 1971 (aged 31) Sun Hei
3MF Dejan Antonić 22 January 1969 (aged 34) Sun Hei
3MF Kim Pan-Gon 1 May 1969 (aged 33) Double Flower
3MF Chan Chi Hong 20 October 1976 (aged 26) South China
3MF Lo Chi Kwan 18 March 1981 (aged 21) Sun Hei
4FW Rochy Putiray 26 June 1970 (aged 32) South China
4FW Marcio Gabriel Anacleto
4FW Cornelius Udebuluzor 27 August 1974 (aged 28) Sun Hei

Iran

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Ebrahim Mirzapour 16 September 1978 (aged 24) Foolad F.C.
2 3MF Mehdi Amirabadi 22 February 1979 (aged 23) Saipa F.C.
4 2DF Yahya Golmohammadi (captain) 19 March 1971 (aged 31) Persepolis F.C.
6 3MF Javad Nekounam 7 September 1980 (aged 22) PAS Tehran F.C.
7 3MF Hamed Kavianpour 1 December 1978 (aged 24) Al Wasl FC
8 3MF Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 30 June 1980 (aged 22) Esteghlal F.C.
9 4FW Ali Samereh 23 November 1977 (aged 25) Esteghlal F.C.
10 4FW Mohsen Bayatinia 9 April 1980 (aged 22) Pas Tehran F.C.
11 4FW Khodadad Azizi 22 June 1971 (aged 31) PAS Tehran F.C.
13 2DF Hossein Kaebi 23 September 1985 (aged 17) Foolad F.C.
14 3MF Moharram Navidkia 1 November 1982 (aged 20) Sepahan
15 3MF Yadollah Akbari 1 July 1974 (aged 28) Esteghlal F.C.
16 2DF Mehrdad Minavand 30 November 1975 (aged 27) Al-Shabab
17 3MF Iman Mobali 3 November 1982 (aged 20) Foolad F.C.
19 2DF Jalal Kameli Mofrad 15 May 1981 (aged 21) Foolad F.C.
20 2DF Mohammad Nosrati 11 January 1982 (aged 21) Pas Tehran F.C.
4FW Amin Mohtashami 28 August 1977 (aged 25) Paykan F.C.

Denmark

Coach: Morten Olsen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Peter Skov-Jensen 9 June 1971 (aged 31) FC Midtjylland
2 2DF Martin Albrechtsen 31 March 1980 (aged 22) F.C. Copenhagen
3 4FW Kaspar Dalgas 11 May 1976 (aged 26) Brøndby IF
4 Rasmus Daugaard 15 September 1976 (aged 26)
5 3MF Michael Hansen 22 September 1971 (aged 31)
6 Nichlas Hindsberg
7 2DF Allan Jepsen 4 July 1977 (aged 25) AaB
9 3MF Mads Jørgensen 10 February 1979 (aged 23) Brøndby IF
10 4FW Søren Berg 15 May 1976 (aged 26) Odense Boldklub
13 2DF Brian Priske Pedersen 14 May 1977 (aged 25) AaB
14 3MF David Rasmussen 1 December 1976 (aged 26) FC Nordsjælland
15 3MF Thomas Røll 12 March 1977 (aged 25) F.C. Copenhagen
16 1GK Jimmy Nielsen 6 August 1977 (aged 25) AaB
17 2DF Thomas Schultz 16 April 1977 (aged 25) FC Nordsjælland
18 2DF Asbjørn Sennels 17 January 1979 (aged 24) Brøndby IF
20 3MF Morten Wieghorst (captain) 25 February 1971 (aged 31) Brøndby IF

Uruguay

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Mauricio Nanni 12 July 1979 (aged 23) Montevideo Wanderers F.C.
2 2DF Diego Lugano 2 November 1980 (aged 22) São Paulo
4 2DF Williams Martinez 18 December 1982 (aged 20) Defensor Sporting
5 3MF Marcelo Sosa 6 February 1978 (aged 24) Danubio F.C.
6 2DF Pablo Lima 26 April 1981 (aged 21) Danubio F.C.
8 2DF Bruno Silva 29 March 1980 (aged 22) Danubio F.C.
9 Germán Hornos 21 August 1982 (aged 20) Fénix
10 3MF Martín Ligüera (captain) 9 November 1980 (aged 22) Fénix
11 3MF Fabián Estoyanoff 27 September 1982 (aged 20) Peñarol
13 Claudio Dadómo 10 February 1982 (aged 20) Nacional
14 Julio Rodríguez 9 August 1977 (aged 25) Nacional
15 4FW Sergio Blanco 25 November 1981 (aged 21) Club América
17 Julio Mozzo 20 April 1981 (aged 21) Central Español
19 4FW Sebastián Taborda 22 May 1981 (aged 21) UNAM Pumas
20 4FW Mario Leguizamón 7 July 1982 (aged 20) Peñarol
21 4FW Horacio Peralta 3 June 1982 (aged 20) Nacional
3MF Pablo Munhoz 31 August 1982 (aged 20) Defensor Sporting
4FW Gonzalo Vargas 22 September 1981 (aged 21) Defensor Sporting

Results

Semifinals

1 February 2003
 Iran  1 - 0  Denmark Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Chiu Sin Chuen (Hong Kong)
Nekounam  48' (pen.)
1 February 2003
 Hong Kong XI 0 - 3  Uruguay Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Rodríguez  84'
Peralta  86'
Munhoz  89'

Third place match

4 February 2003
 Denmark  2 - 1 Hong Kong XI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 17,877
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Schultz  14'
Hansen  88' (pen.)		 Antonić  90' (pen.)

Final

4 February 2003
 Uruguay  1 - 1
1 - 1 (EXT)
4 - 2 (PSO)		  Iran Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 17,877
Referee: Fong Yau Fat (Hong Kong)
Golmohammadi  83' (o.g.) Samereh  28'
  Penalties  
Rodriguez
Estoyanoff
Lima
Silva		 4–2 Nekounam
Akbari
Nosrati
Mobali

Bracket

  Semi-finals Final
1 February 2003 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
  Iran  1  
  Denmark  0  
 
4 February 2003 - (Hong Kong Stadium)
      Iran  1 (2)
    Uruguay (PSO)  1 (4)
Third place
1 February 2003 – (Hong Kong Stadium) 4 February 2003 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
  Hong Kong XI  0   Hong Kong XI  1
  Uruguay  3     Denmark  2
 2003 Carlsberg Cup Winner 

Uruguay
First title

Scorers

1 goal

Individual awards

See also

References

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