2004 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2004 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 (22 January 2004 and 25 January 2004).

Participating teams

• Hong Kong League XI (host)
• Honduras
• Norway
• Sweden

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

• Coach: Lai Sun Cheung

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Domingos Chan (1970-09-11)11 September 1970 (aged 33) Sun Hei 2 2DF Barnes Colly Ezeh (1979-12-10)10 December 1979 (aged 24) Happy Valley 4 2DF Ng Wai Chiu (1981-10-22)22 October 1981 (aged 22) Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 5 2DF Cristiano Cordeiro (1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 30) Sun Hei 6 3MF Lau Chi Keung (1977-01-07)7 January 1977 (aged 27) Sun Hei 7 3MF Law Chun Bong (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 22) Sun Hei 8 3MF Cheung Sai Ho (1975-08-27)27 August 1975 (aged 28) Happy Valley 9 4FW Marcio Gabriel Anacleto (1975-11-10)10 November 1975 (aged 28) 10 3MF Dan Ito (1975-11-03)3 November 1975 (aged 28) Kitchee 11 3MF Lee Kin Wo (1967-10-20)20 October 1967 (aged 36) Sun Hei 14 3MF Sham Kwok Keung (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 18) Happy Valley 15 2DF Chan Wai Ho (1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 21) Rangers 16 2DF Luk Koon Pong (1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 25) South China 18 2DF Lee Wai Man (1973-08-18)18 August 1973 (aged 30) Happy Valley 19 1GK Fan Chun Yip (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 27) Happy Valley 20 2DF Poon Yiu Cheuk (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 26) Happy Valley 21 4FW Rochi Putiray (1970-06-26)26 June 1970 (aged 33) Kitchee 22 4FW Kwok Yue Hung (1975-02-28)28 February 1975 (aged 28) Happy Valley 23 3MF Gerard Ambassa Guy (1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 25) Happy Valley 24 3MF Poon Man Tik (1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 28) Sun Hei 25 2DF Szeto Man Chun (1975-06-05)5 June 1975 (aged 28) South China 2DF Man Pei Tak (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 21) Rangers 3MF Jose Ricardo Rambo (1971-08-17)17 August 1971 (aged 32) 4FW Wong Chun Yue (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 25) Sun Hei

Honduras

• Coach: Bora Milutinović

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Hector Medina (1975-01-27)27 January 1975 (aged 28) Real España 2 2DF Elmer Marín (1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 24) Olimpia 4 2DF Milton Palacios (1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 23) Olimpia 6 2DF Ninrod Medina (1976-08-26)26 August 1976 (aged 27) Zacatepec 8 2DF José Pineda (1975-03-19)19 March 1975 (aged 28) Olimpia 10 4FW Wilmer Velásquez (1972-04-28)28 April 1972 (aged 31) Olimpia 11 4FW Milton Núñez (1972-11-30)30 November 1972 (aged 31) Necaxa 12 3MF Maynor Suazo (1979-08-10)10 August 1979 (aged 24) Salzburg 13 4FW Pompilio Cacho (1976-12-22)22 December 1976 (aged 27) Motagua 15 3MF Elkin González (1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 23) Real España 16 Marcelo Ferreira Olimpia 17 2DF Javier Martínez (1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 32) Marathón 18 4FW Saul Martínez (1976-01-29)29 January 1976 (aged 27) Shanghai Shenhua 19 2DF Iván Guerrero (1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 26) Motagua 21 4FW Williams Reyes (1976-12-30)30 December 1976 (aged 27) FAS 24 2DF Júnior Izaguirre (1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 24) Motagua 1GK Víctor Coello (1974-07-29)29 July 1974 (aged 29) Marathón 2DF Edgar Alvarez (1980-01-08)8 January 1980 (aged 24) Peñarol 2DF Victor Mena (1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 23) Motagua 2DF Mauricio Sabillón (1978-11-11)11 November 1978 (aged 25) Marathón 3MF Amado Guevara (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 27) New York Metrostars 3MF Danilo Turcios (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 25) Tecos

Norway

• Coach: Age Hareide

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Terje Skjeldestad (1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 26) Sogndal 3 2DF Vidar Riseth (1972-04-21)21 April 1972 (aged 31) Rosenborg 4 2DF Brede Hangeland (1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 22) Viking 5 2DF Ståle Stensaas (1971-07-07)7 July 1971 (aged 32) Rosenborg 6 2DF Jon Inge Høiland (1977-09-20)20 September 1977 (aged 26) Malmö 7 3MF Jan-Derek Sørensen (1971-12-28)28 December 1971 (aged 32) Lyn 8 3MF Magne Hoseth (1980-10-13)13 October 1980 (aged 23) Molde 9 4FW Frode Johnsen (1974-07-13)13 July 1974 (aged 29) Rosenborg 10 4FW Håvard Flo (1970-04-04)4 April 1970 (aged 33) Sogndal 11 4FW Harald Brattbakk (1971-02-01)1 February 1971 (aged 32) Rosenborg 16 4FW Rune Buer Johansen (1973-09-04)4 September 1973 (aged 30) Ham-Kam 17 3MF Daniel Braaten (1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 21) Skeid 18 3MF Karl Oskar Fjørtoft (1975-07-26)26 July 1975 (aged 28) Hammarby 19 3MF Ardian Gashi (1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 22) Ørn-Horten 20 2DF Pa Modou Kah (1980-07-30)30 July 1980 (aged 23) AIK 21 3MF Jan Gunnar Solli (1981-04-19)19 April 1981 (aged 22) Rosenborg 22 3MF Anders Stadheim (1980-08-14)14 August 1980 (aged 23) Sogndal 1GK Erik Holtan (1969-04-20)20 April 1969 (aged 34) Odd 2DF Tommy Berntsen (1973-12-18)18 December 1973 (aged 30) Lyn 2DF Bjørn Dahl (1978-04-17)17 April 1978 (aged 25) Viking 2DF Erlend Hanstveit (1981-01-28)28 January 1981 (aged 22) Brann 2DF Alexander Aas (1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 25) Odd Grenland

Sweden

• Coaches: Tommy Söderberg, Lars Lagerbäck

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Andreas Isaksson (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 22) Djurgårdens IF 2 2DF Christoffer Andersson (1978-10-22)22 October 1978 (aged 25) Helsingborgs IF 3 2DF Mikael Antonsson (1981-05-31)31 May 1981 (aged 22) IFK Göteborg 4 2DF Christian Järdler (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 21) Helsingborgs IF 5 2DF Fredric Lundqvist GIF Sundsvall 6 2DF Max von Schlebrügge (1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 26) Hammarby IF 7 2DF Fredrik Stenman (1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 20) Djurgårdens IF 8 2DF Alexander Östlund (1978-11-02)2 November 1978 (aged 25) Hammarby IF 9 4FW Pablo Piñones-Arce (1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 22) Hammarby IF 10 3MF Johan Arneng (1979-06-14)14 June 1979 (aged 24) Djurgårdens IF 11 3MF Martin Ericsson (1980-09-04)4 September 1980 (aged 23) IFK Göteborg 12 1GK Magnus Kihlstedt (1972-02-29)29 February 1972 (aged 31) F.C. Copenhagen 13 3MF Andreas Johansson (1978-07-05)5 July 1978 (aged 25) Djurgårdens IF 14 3MF Andreas Johansson (1982-03-10)10 March 1982 (aged 21) Halmstads BK 16 4FW Lasse Nilsson (1982-01-03)3 January 1982 (aged 22) Hammarby IF 17 3MF Mikael Nilsson (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 25) Halmstads BK 18 3MF Mats Rubarth (1977-01-25)25 January 1977 (aged 26) AIK Fotboll 19 4FW Niklas Skoog (1974-06-15)15 June 1974 (aged 29) Malmö FF 20 3MF Babis Stefanidis (1981-03-08)8 March 1981 (aged 22) Djurgårdens IF 21 1GK John Alvbåge (1982-08-10)10 August 1982 (aged 21) Örebro SK

Results

Semifinals

Sweden v Norway

22 January 2004

Sweden	0 - 3	Norway
		Johnsen  44' Flo  53'  63'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 16,765 Referee: Fong Yau Fat (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong League XI v Honduras

22 January 2004

Hong Kong League XI	0 - 1	Honduras
		Cacho  18'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 16,765 Referee: Adunyachart Khantama (Thailand)

Third place match

Hong Kong League XI v Sweden

25 January 2004

Hong Kong League XI	0 - 3	Sweden
		Stefanidis  15' Nilsson  73'  90'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 14,604 Referee: Adunyachart Khantama (Thailand)

Final

Norway v Honduras

25 January 2004

Norway	3 - 1	Honduras
Brattbakk  26' Johnsen  37' Hoset  86'		Martínez  28'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 14,604 Referee: Fong Yau Fat (Hong Kong)

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 January 2004 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Sweden	0
	Norway	3
					25 January 2004 - (Hong Kong Stadium)
					Norway	3
					Honduras	1
					Third place
	22 January 2004 – (Hong Kong Stadium)			25 January 2004 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Hong Kong League XI	0		Hong Kong League XI	0
	Honduras	1			Sweden	3

2004 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Norway Second Title

Top scorers

2 goals

• Frode Johnsen
• Havard Flo
• Lars Nilsson

1 goal

• Magne Hoset
• Harald Brattbakk
• Pompilio Cacho
• Saul Martinez
• Babis Stefanidis

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

References

• Carlsberg Cup 2004, Rsssf.com
• XXII. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2004 - Details, YANSFIELD