2005 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2005 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong on 9 February 2005, the first day of the Chinese New Year 2005.

Participating teams

•  Brazil (first appearance)
•  Hong Kong (host)

Squads

 Brazil

Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Júlio César (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 25) Chievo 2 2DF Cafu (1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 34) Milan 3 2DF Lúcio (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 26) Bayern Munich 4 2DF Juan (1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 26) Bayer Leverkusen 5 3MF Emerson (1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 28) Juventus 6 2DF Roberto Carlos (1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 31) Real Madrid 7 4FW Robinho (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 21) Santos 8 3MF Juninho (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 30) Lyon 9 4FW Ricardo Oliveira (1980-05-06)6 May 1980 (aged 24) Real Betis 10 4FW Ronaldinho (1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 24) Barcelona 11 3MF Zé Roberto (1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 30) Bayern Munich 13 2DF Juliano Belletti (1976-06-20)20 June 1976 (aged 28) Barcelona 16 2DF Gilberto (1976-04-25)25 April 1976 (aged 28) Hertha Berlin 17 2DF Elano (1981-06-14)14 June 1981 (aged 23) Santos 18 3MF Júlio Baptista (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 23) Sevilla 19 3MF Renato (1979-05-15)15 May 1979 (aged 25) Sevilla 21 3MF Alex (1977-09-14)14 September 1977 (aged 27) Fenerbahçe 22 1GK Gomes (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 23) PSV Eindhoven 23 2DF Luisão (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 23) Benfica 24 2DF Anderson (1980-04-27)27 April 1980 (aged 24) Corinthians 25 3MF Diego (1984-02-28)28 February 1984 (aged 20) Porto

Hong Kong

Head coach: Lai Sun Cheung

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Xiao Guoji (1978-11-03)3 November 1978 (aged 26) Kitchee 3 2DF Man Pei Tak (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 22) Buler Rangers 4 2DF Ng Wai Chiu (1981-10-22)22 October 1981 (aged 23) Shanghai Zobon 6 3MF Lau Chi Keung (1977-01-07)7 January 1977 (aged 28) Sun Hei 7 4FW Au Wai Lun (1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 33) South China 8 3MF Cheung Sai Ho (1975-08-27)27 August 1975 (aged 29) Happy Valley 9 4FW Chan Siu Ki (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 19) Kitchee 10 3MF Lee Sze Ming (1979-02-05)5 February 1979 (aged 26) Happy Valley 11 4FW Law Chun Bong (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 24) South China 12 4FW Wong Chun Yue (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 27) Sun Hei 13 2DF Szeto Man Chun (1975-06-05)5 June 1975 (aged 29) Kitchee 16 2DF Luk Koon Pong (1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 26) South China 18 3MF Lee Wai Man (1973-08-18)18 August 1973 (aged 31) Happy Valley 19 1GK Fan Chun Yip (1976-05-01)1 May 1976 (aged 28) Happy Valley 20 2DF Poon Yiu Cheuk (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 27) Happy Valley 23 4FW Chu Siu Kei (1980-01-11)11 January 1980 (aged 25) Sun Hei 25 2DF Feng Jizhi (1976-11-11)11 November 1976 (aged 28) South China 30 3MF Poon Man Tik (1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 29) Sun Hei 32 3MF Li Chun Yip (1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (aged 23) Happy Valley 37 3MF Sham Kwok Keung (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 19) Happy Valley 43 4FW Lam Ka Wai (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 19) Buler Rangers 44 4FW Chan Ho Man (1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 24) Sun Hei

Results

All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Hong Kong  v  Brazil

2005-02-09 17:00

Hong Kong	1 – 7	Brazil
Lee  86'		Lúcio  21' Roberto Carlos  30' Ricardo Oliveira  45'  58' Ronaldinho  50' Robinho  78' Alex  79' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 23,425 Referee: Zhou Weixin (PR China)

2005 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Brazil

Top scorers

2 goals

• Ricardo Oliveira

1 goal

• Alex
• Lúcio
• Roberto Carlos
• Robinho
• Ronaldinho
• Lee Sze Ming

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

External links

• Match report at hkfa.com
• (Portuguese) Match stats at uol.com.br