2012 Asian Challenge Cup

The 2012 Asian Challenge Cup (Chinese: 亞洲超級球會挑戰盃2012), also known as the Nikon Asian Challenge Cup 2012, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong during Lunar New Year. The name of this event was changed from the Lunar New Year Cup to the Asian Challenge Cup in 2011.

Teams

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Team	Country	League last season	Pos.
South China	Hong Kong	First Division	2nd
Guangzhou R&F	China PR	League One	2nd
Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	J. League	10th
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	South Korea	K-League	10th

Squads

South China

Manager: Ján Kocian

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Yapp Hung Fai (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 21) South China 2 2DF Lee Chi Ho (1982-11-16)16 November 1982 (aged 29) South China 3 2DF Yeo Jee-Hoon (1992-08-11)11 August 1992 (aged 19) South China 5 3MF Bai He (1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 28) South China 6 2DF Wong Chin Hung (1982-03-02)2 March 1982 (aged 29) South China 7 4FW Chan Siu Ki (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 26) South China 8 3MF Xu Deshuai (1987-07-13)13 July 1987 (aged 24) South China 9 3MF Lee Wai Lim (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 30) South China 10 3MF Au Yeung Yiu Chung (1989-07-11)11 July 1989 (aged 22) South China 11 3MF Li Haiqiang (1977-05-03)3 May 1977 (aged 34) South China 12 3MF Man Pei Tak (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 29) South China 15 2DF Chan Wai Ho (1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 28) South China 16 3MF Leung Chun Pong (1986-10-01)1 October 1986 (aged 25) South China 18 3MF Kwok Kin Pong (1987-03-30)30 March 1987 (aged 24) South China 19 4FW Dhiego de Souza Martins (1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 23) South China 20 3MF João Emir Porto Ferreira (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 22) South China 21 3MF Edgar Aldrighi Júnior (1974-03-30)30 March 1974 (aged 37) South China 22 4FW Giovane Alves da Silva (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 29) South China 23 1GK Zhang Chunhui (1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 28) South China 25 3MF Wellingsson de Souza (1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 22) South China 26 3MF Chan Pak Hang (1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 19) South China 30 2DF Joel Bertoti Padilha (1980-07-24)24 July 1980 (aged 31) South China 31 4FW Cheng Lai Hin (1986-03-31)31 March 1986 (aged 25) South China 32 1GK Fan Chun Yip (1976-05-01)1 May 1976 (aged 35) South China 33 2DF Ng Wai Chiu (1981-10-22)22 October 1981 (aged 30) South China 38 4FW Mateja Kežman (1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 32) South China

Guangzhou R&F

Manager: Sérgio Farias^[2]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Cheng Yuelei (1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 24) Guangzhou R&F 2 2DF Sui Donglu (1983-06-21)21 June 1983 (aged 28) Guangzhou R&F 3 2DF Liu Cheng (1983-10-23)23 October 1983 (aged 28) Guangzhou R&F 4 2DF Li Wenbo (1983-12-09)9 December 1983 (aged 28) Guangzhou R&F 5 2DF Wang Bin (1989-05-23)23 May 1989 (aged 22) Guangzhou R&F 6 2DF Xu Bo (1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 26) Guangzhou R&F 7 3MF Yu Guijun (1985-04-15)15 April 1985 (aged 26) Guangzhou R&F 9 4FW Wen Chao (1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 25) Guangzhou R&F 10 3MF Wu Weian (1981-09-01)1 September 1981 (aged 30) Guangzhou R&F 11 4FW Rafael Coelho Luiz (1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 23) Guangzhou R&F 16 3MF Zhang Ao (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 21) Guangzhou R&F 17 3MF Li Zhe (1989-11-30)30 November 1989 (aged 22) Guangzhou R&F 18 4FW Zhang Yuan (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 22) Guangzhou R&F 19 3MF Pan Chi (1991-05-09)9 May 1991 (aged 20) Guangzhou R&F 20 2DF Tang Miao (1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 21) Guangzhou R&F 21 3MF Gao Zengxiang (1989-12-21)21 December 1989 (aged 22) Guangzhou R&F 22 3MF Wang Zihua (1993-04-03)3 April 1993 (aged 18) Guangzhou R&F 23 3MF Lu Lin (1985-02-03)3 February 1985 (aged 26) Guangzhou R&F 24 3MF Li Lingwei (1992-02-18)18 February 1992 (aged 19) Guangzhou R&F 26 3MF Zhao Ming (1984-12-24)24 December 1984 (aged 27) Guangzhou R&F 27 2DF Gao Jiulong (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 22) Guangzhou R&F 28 3MF Huang Long (1981-01-13)13 January 1981 (aged 31) Guangzhou R&F 29 4FW Zhang Shuo (1983-09-17)17 September 1983 (aged 28) Guangzhou R&F 30 1GK Shi Xiaotian (1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 21) Guangzhou R&F 31 1GK Wang Lüe (1985-05-19)19 May 1985 (aged 26) Guangzhou R&F 3MF Jumar José da Costa Júnior (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 (aged 25) Guangzhou R&F

Shimizu S-Pulse

Manager: Afshin Ghotbi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Kaito Yamamoto (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 26) Shimizu S-Pulse 2 2DF Taisuke Muramatsu (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 22) Shimizu S-Pulse 3 2DF Yasuhiro Hiraoka (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 25) Shimizu S-Pulse 4 2DF Calvin Jong-a-Pin (1986-07-08)8 July 1986 (aged 25) Shimizu S-Pulse 5 2DF Keisuke Iwashita (1986-09-24)24 September 1986 (aged 25) Shimizu S-Pulse 6 3MF Kota Sugiyama (1985-01-24)24 January 1985 (aged 26) Shimizu S-Pulse 7 3MF Alex Brosque (1983-10-12)12 October 1983 (aged 28) Shimizu S-Pulse 8 3MF Takuma Edamura (1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 25) Shimizu S-Pulse 11 4FW Genki Omae (1989-12-10)10 December 1989 (aged 22) Shimizu S-Pulse 13 3MF Toshiyuki Takagi (1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (aged 20) Shimizu S-Pulse 14 4FW Sho Ito (1988-07-24)24 July 1988 (aged 23) Shimizu S-Pulse 17 3MF Yosuke Kawai (1989-08-04)4 August 1989 (aged 22) Shimizu S-Pulse 18 3MF Shinji Ono (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 32) Shimizu S-Pulse 19 4FW Naohiro Takahara (1979-06-04)4 June 1979 (aged 32) Shimizu S-Pulse 21 1GK Kenpei Usui (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 24) Shimizu S-Pulse 24 3MF Makoto Shibahara (1992-04-23)23 April 1992 (aged 19) Shimizu S-Pulse 25 2DF Tomoya Inukai (1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 18) Shimizu S-Pulse 26 4FW Satoru Kashiwase (1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 18) Shimizu S-Pulse 27 4FW Atomu Nabeta (1991-05-01)1 May 1991 (aged 20) Shimizu S-Pulse 29 1GK Masatoshi Kushibiki (1993-01-29)29 January 1993 (aged 18) Shimizu S-Pulse 30 2DF Kang Song-Ho (1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 24) Shimizu S-Pulse

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Manager: Shin Tae-Yong

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ha Kang-Jin (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 22) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3 2DF Yun Young-Sun (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 23) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4 2DF Saša Ognenovski (1979-04-03)3 April 1979 (aged 32) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 2DF Park Jin-Po (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 24) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 8 3MF Kim Seong-Jun (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 23) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 9 4FW Cho Dong-Geon (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 25) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 10 4FW Vladimir Jovančić (1987-05-31)31 May 1987 (aged 24) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 11 4FW Han Sang-Woon (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 25) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 13 4FW Lee Hyun-Ho (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 (aged 23) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 15 3MF Kim Pyung-Rae (1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 24) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 16 2DF Kim Sung-hwan (1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 25) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 17 4FW Jeon Hyun-Cheol (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 21) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 18 4FW Lee Chang-Hoon (1986-12-17)17 December 1986 (aged 25) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 19 4FW Namgung Woong (1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 27) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 20 4FW Héverton Durães Coutinho Alves (1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 21 1GK Jung San (1989-02-10)10 February 1989 (aged 22) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 22 3MF Jeon Sung-Chan (1987-12-27)27 December 1987 (aged 24) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 24 2DF Lee Jae-Kwang (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 22) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 25 3MF Kim Tae-Yoo (1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 22) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 27 4FW Sim Jae-Myung (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 22) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 31 1GK Lee Jin-Kyu (1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 23) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 35 2DF Lim Jong-Eun (1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 21) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 50 4FW Éverton Santos (1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 25) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Fixtures and results

Semi-finals

Guangzhou R&F v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

2012-01-23 16:00 (UTC+08:00)

Guangzhou R&F	1 – 5	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Zhang Shuo  45+'	Report	Héverton  12' Han Sang-Woon  29', 37' Jovančić  45+' Yun Young-Sun  50'

Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 9,879 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

South China v Shimizu S-Pulse

2012-01-23 18:30 (UTC+08:00)

South China	1 – 1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Chan Siu Ki  67'	Report	Takagi  26'
	Penalties
Joel Wong Chin Hung Chan Siu Ki João Emir	1 – 3	Ono Omae Brosque Ito Takagi

Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 9,879 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Third place match

Guangzhou R&F v South China

2012-01-26 18:00 (UTC+08:00)

Guangzhou R&F	1 – 1	South China
Li Zhe  90+5'	Report	Chan Wai Ho  42'
	Penalties
Lu Lin Yu Guijun Xu Bo Wu Weian	3 – 1	Wong Chin Hung Au Yeung Yiu Chung Leung Chun Pong Kežman

Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 10,610 Referee: Tong Kui Sum (Hong Kong)

Final

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma v Shimizu S-Pulse

2012-01-26 20:30 (UTC+08:00)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	5 – 1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Éverton Santos  5', 38' (pen.) Héverton  17' Han Sang-Woon  21' Lee Chang-Hoon  76'	Report	Ito  68'

Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 10,610 Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

References

1. ↑ 南華賀歲首戰鬥心跳 Wen Wei Po
2. ↑ Club Information of Guangzhou R&F HKFA

External links

• Asian Challenge Cup - Hong Kong Football Association

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