2006–07 Hong Kong League Cup

The Hong Kong League Cup 2006Ã¢ÂÂ07 is the 7th staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.

The competition started on 11 January 2007 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and was concluded on 18 March 2007 with the final.

Kitchee regained their second consecutive League Cup champion by winning 2-1 against Happy Valley in the final. They also won a HKD$80,000 championship prize.

Teams

Details

The 10 teams in Hong Kong First Division League is divided into groups A and B. Each team plays one match with other teams in the group once. The top 2 teams of the groups qualify for semi-finals.
The teams are allocated in the groups according to their league positions after half season. Group A consists of Kitchee (1st), Lanwa Redbull (4th), Xiangxue Sun Hei (5th), Wofoo Tai Po (8th) and Hong Kong 08 (10th). Group B consists of South China (2nd), Rangers (3rd), Happy Valley (6th), Citizen (7th) and HKFC (9th).

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Scorers

4 goals

Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise of Xiangxue Sun Hei

3 goals

FÃÂ¡bio Lopes of Happy Valley
Lico of Xiangxue Sun Hei

2 goals

1 goal

Leung Chun Pong of Citizen
Cheung Sai Ho of Happy Valley
Evanor of Happy Valley
Cheng Lai Hin of HKFC
Jaimes Mckee of HKFC
Michael John Challoner of HKFC
Wong Yiu Fu of HKFC
Au Yeung Yiu Chung of Hong Kong 08
Keith Gumbs of Kitchee
Liu Quankun of Kitchee
Luk Koon Pong of Kitchee
Lin Zhong of Lanwa Redbull
Alex Xavier of Rangers
Fan Weijun of Rangers
Lo Kwan Yee of Rangers
Cheng Siu Wai of South China
Cristiano Alves Pereira of South China
Li Haiqiang of South China
Tales Schutz of South China
Chiu Chun Kit of Wofoo Tai Po
Christian Kwesi Annan of Wofoo Tai Po
Edgar Aldrighi Junior of Wofoo Tai Po
Lui Chi Hing of Wofoo Tai Po
Barnes Colly Ezeh of Xiangxue Sun Hei
Chan Yiu Lun of Xiangxue Sun Hei
Cordeiro of Xiangxue Sun Hei

Individual prizes

Best Defensive Player Award: Darko RakoÃÂeviÃÂ of Kitchee
Top Goalscorer: Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise of Xiangxue Sun Hei

Trivia

Happy Valley has lost in the League Cup for the 5th consecutive season.
Happy Valley suffers their 7th consecutive losses in the final of local competitions.
All three goals in the final were from free kicks. The goal of Happy Valley was from a Penalty kick while the two goals of Kitchee were from a Direct free kick and Indirect free kick respectively.
The semi-finals were originally scheduled to play in Mong Kok Stadium. However, the 4 teams in the semi-finals suggested HKFA to move the matches to Hong Kong Stadium. However, after the matches, many football fans expressed their opinions that this is a main cause for the low attendance on that day.

References

External links

Fixtures at HKFA.com