2001 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2001 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.

Participating teams

• Hong Kong League XI (host)
•  South Korea
•  Norway
•  Paraguay

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

Some of the players include:

• Viktor Derbunov
• Cristiano Cordeiro
• Dejan Antonić
• Ailton de Araujo
• Andrew Roddie
• Paul Ritchie
• John Moore
• Gerardo Laterza
• Gary McKeown
• Dimitre Kalkanov
• Gerard Guy Ambassa
• Luk Koon Pong
• Aderbal Filho
• Cornelius Udebuluzor

Korea Republic

Coach: Guus Hiddink

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Lee Woon-Jae (1973-04-26)26 April 1973 (aged 27) Sangju Sangmu 2 2DF Lee Lim-Saeng (1971-11-18)18 November 1971 (aged 29) Bucheon SK 4 3MF Seo Dong-Won (1975-08-14)14 August 1975 (aged 25) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 3MF Yoo Sang-Chul (1971-10-18)18 October 1971 (aged 29) Kashiwa Reysol 7 2DF Kim Tae-Young (1970-11-08)8 November 1970 (aged 30) Chunnam Dragons 9 4FW Kim Do-Hoon (1970-07-21)21 July 1970 (aged 30) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10 4FW Choi Yong-Soo (1973-09-10)10 September 1973 (aged 27) JEF United Ichihara 11 3MF Seo Jung-Won (1970-12-17)17 December 1970 (aged 30) Suwon Samsung Bluewings 12 2DF Lee Young-Pyo (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 23) Anyang LG Cheetahs 13 2DF Sim Jae-Won (1977-03-11)11 March 1977 (aged 23) Pusan I'Cons 14 2DF Kim Sang-Sik (1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 24) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 15 2DF Lee Min-Sung (1973-06-23)23 June 1973 (aged 27) Pusan I'Cons 17 4FW Park Sung-Bae (1975-11-28)28 November 1975 (aged 25) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 18 1GK Kim Byung-Ji (1970-04-08)8 April 1970 (aged 30) Pohang Steelers 20 2DF Hong Myung-Bo (1969-02-12)12 February 1969 (aged 31) Kashiwa Reysol 21 3MF Park Ji-Sung (1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 19) Kyoto Purple Sanga 22 3MF Ko Jong-Soo (1978-10-30)30 October 1978 (aged 22) Suwon Samsung Bluewings 25 1GK Kim Yong-Dae (1979-10-11)11 October 1979 (aged 21) Yonsei University

Norway

Coach: Nils Johan Semb

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Morten Bakke (1968-12-16)16 December 1968 (aged 32) Molde 3 Pa Modou Kah (1980-07-30)30 July 1980 (aged 20) Vålerenga Fotball 5 2DF Ståle Stensaas (1971-07-07)7 July 1971 (aged 29) Rosenborg 6 3MF Morten Fevang (1975-03-06)6 March 1975 (aged 25) Odd 7 3MF Tommy Svindal Larsen (1973-08-11)11 August 1973 (aged 27) Stabæk 8 3MF Dagfinn Enerly (1972-12-09)9 December 1972 (aged 28) Rosenborg 9 4FW Frode Johnsen (1974-03-17)17 March 1974 (aged 26) Rosenborg 10 4FW Thorstein Helstad (1977-04-28)28 April 1977 (aged 23) Brann 11 3MF Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (1975-01-14)14 January 1975 (aged 26) Viking 13 2DF Alexander Aas (1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 22) Odd 14 3MF Fredrik Winsnes (1975-12-28)28 December 1975 (aged 25) Rosenborg 15 3MF Jonny Hanssen (1972-12-13)13 December 1972 (aged 28) Tromsø 16 4FW Azar Karadas (1981-08-09)9 August 1981 (aged 19) Brann 17 4FW Bengt Sæternes (1975-01-01)1 January 1975 (aged 26) Bodø/Glimt 18 4FW Tommy Øren (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 20) Sogndal 19 2DF Torjus Hansén (1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 27) Lillestrøm

Paraguay

Coach: Víctor Genés

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ricardo Tavarelli (1970-08-02)2 August 1970 (aged 30) Olimpia 2 Jacinto Zorrilla 3 2DF Rubén Maldonado (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 21) Cosenza 4 2DF Paulo da Silva (1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 20) Venezia 5 2DF Juan Daniel Cáceres (1973-10-06)6 October 1973 (aged 27) Cerro Porteño 6 3MF Estanislao Struway (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 32) Cerro Porteño 7 Nery Ortiz 8 3MF Diego Gavilán (1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 20) Newcastle United 9 4FW Carlos Torres (1968-03-10)10 March 1968 (aged 32) Real Jaén 10 4FW Salvador Cabañas (1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 20) 12 de Octubre 11 3MF Gustavo Morínigo (1977-01-23)23 January 1977 (aged 24) Libertad 14 Christian Esquivel 15 Hugo Ortiz 18 4FW Javier González (1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 21) Cerro Corá 19 Aristides Masi (1977-01-14)14 January 1977 (aged 24) Sportivo Luqueño 21 2DF Darío Verón (1979-07-26)26 July 1979 (aged 21) Guaraní 22 1GK Justo Villar (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 23) Libertad

Results

Semifinals

Norway  v  South Korea

24 January 2001

Norway	3 - 2	South Korea
Johnsen  35'  68' Helstad  42'		J.S. Ko  23' (pen.) D.H. Kim  67'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 22,936 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Hong Kong League XI v  Paraguay

24 January 2001

Hong Kong League XI	0 - 0 9 - 8 (PSO)	Paraguay

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 22,936 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Third place match

Paraguay  v  South Korea

27 January 2001

Paraguay	1 - 1 5 - 6 (PSO)	South Korea
Moringo  69'		J.S. Ko  56'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Final

Hong Kong League XI v  Norway

27 January 2001

Hong Kong League XI	1 - 2	Norway
Moore  90'		Johnsen  32' Helstad  85'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	2001 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Norway	3
	South Korea	2
					2001 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
					Hong Kong League XI	1
					Norway	2
					Third place
	2001 – (Hong Kong Stadium)			2001 - (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Hong Kong League XI	0(9)(PSO)		Paraguay	1(5)(PSO)
	Paraguay	0 (8)			South Korea	1(6)

2001 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Norway First title

Scorers

3 goals

• Frode Johnsen

2 goals

• Thorstein Helstad
• Ko Jong-Soo

1 goal

• Kim Do-Hoon
• Gustavo Morinigo
• John Moore

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

References

• Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup - Past Results, HKFA Website
• Carlsberg Cup 2001, Rsssf.com
• XIX. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2001 - Details, YANSFIELD