2007–08 Hong Kong League Cup

The Hong Kong League Cup 2007–08 is the 8th staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.

The competition started on 19 January 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and concluded on 22 March 2008 with South China beat Kitchee by 4-2 in the final. South China won their second League Cup title.

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 South China (1st), Wofoo Tai Po (4th), Kitchee (5th), Happy Valley (8th) and Workable (10th). Group B consists of Citizen (2nd), Lanwa Redbull (3rd), Convoy Sun Hei (6th), Eastern (7th) and Bulova Rangers (9th).

Group stage

Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
South China 9430195+4
Kitchee 7421195+4
Workable 54121220
Happy Valley 5412167-1
Wofoo Tai Po 1401329-7
Wofoo Tai Po0 - 1Happy Valley

(in chinese)		 Law Chun Bong  35'
Attendance: 1,867
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
South China0 - 1Workable

(in chinese)		 Wong Chun Yue  82'
Attendance: 1,867
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Workable1 - 1Wofoo Tai Po
Roberto Fronza  81' (PEN.)
(in chinese)		 Ye Jia  14'
Attendance: 923
Referee: Chan Siu Hung
Happy Valley3 - 3Kitchee
Poon Yiu Cheuk  25' (PEN.)  38' (PEN.)
Sham Kwok Keung  39'
(in chinese)		 Chan Siu Ki  46' (PEN.)
Lo Kwan Yee  53'
Ewane Ngassa  64'
Attendance: 923
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Kitchee1 - 0Workable
Goran Stankovski  80'
(in chinese)
Attendance: 926
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Wofoo Tai Po1 - 3South China
Rafael  31'
(in chinese)		 Maxwell  1'
Tales Schutz  46'  90'
Attendance: 926
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Workable0 - 0Happy Valley

(in chinese)
Attendance: 1,538
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau
South China2 - 1Kitchee
Fan Weijun  39'
Maxwell  65'
(in chinese)		 Ivan Jevic  74'
Attendance: 1,538
Referee: Ching Oi Jo
Kitchee4 - 0Wofoo Tai Po
Wilfed Bamnjo  2'
Chan Siu Ki  28'
Julius Akosah  51'
Hugues Nanmi  88'
(in chinese)
Attendance: 2,360
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Happy Valley2 - 4South China
Denisson  11'
Godfred Karikari  22'
(in chinese)		 Itaparica  33'
Tales Schutz  45'
Maxwell  49'  81'
Attendance: 2,360
Referee: Ching Oi Jo

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Convoy Sun Hei 8422072+5
Eastern 6413043+1
Bulova Rangers 5412164+2
Citizen 3403124-2
Lanwa Redbull 2402228-6
Citizen1 - 1Bulova Rangers
Wang Xuanhong  90'
(in chinese)		 Liang Zicheng  17'
Attendance: 751
Referee: Wong Chi Tang
Lanwa Redbull1 - 1Eastern
Aldo Villalba  45'
(in chinese)		 Rodrigo  54'
Attendance: 751
Referee: Ching Oi Jo
Bulova Rangers3 - 0Lanwa Redbull
Chan Ho Man  9'  89'
Caleb Ekwenugo  72'
(in chinese)
Attendance: 631
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau
Eastern1 - 1Convoy Sun Hei
Wong Yiu Fu  35'
(in chinese)		 Batoum Roger  54'
Attendance: 631
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Convoy Sun Hei1 - 1Bulova Rangers
Chan Yiu Lun  84'
(in chinese)		 Edson Minga  3'
Attendance: 199
Referee: Wong Po On
Lanwa Redbull1 - 1Citizen
David Godwin  14'
(in chinese)		 Wang Xuanhong  65'
Attendance: 199
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok
Bulova Rangers1 - 2Eastern
Caleb Ekwenugo  51'
(in chinese)		 Rodrigo  46'  76'
Attendance: 969
Referee: Ng Kai Lam
Citizen0 - 2Convoy Sun Hei

(in chinese)		 Giovane  11'  78'
Attendance: 969
Referee: Fung Ka Yu
Convoy Sun Hei3 - 0Lanwa Redbull
Giovane  31'  43'  75'
(in chinese)
Attendance: 371
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
Eastern0 - 0Citizen

(in chinese)
Attendance: 371
Referee: Wong Po On

Knockout stage

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

Bracket
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 South China 1
B2 Eastern 0
South China 4
Kitchee 2
A2 Kitchee 2
B1 Convoy Sun Hei 0

Semi-finals
Kitchee2 - 0Convoy Sun Hei
Goran Stankovski  55'
Cheung Kin Fung  67'
(in chinese)
Attendance: 4,403
Referee: Ching Oi Jo
South China1 - 0Eastern
Detinho  88'
(in chinese)
Attendance: 4,403
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau

Final
South China4 - 2Kitchee
Li Haiqiang  50'
Detinho  59'  64'  87' (PEN.)
(in chinese)		 Liu Quankun  17'
Wilfed Bamnjo  84'
Attendance: 4,630
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

Scorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Individual prizes
  • Top Scorer Award: Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei)
  • Best Player Award: Rodrigo (Eastern)

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References
  1. HKFA Website 聯賽盃決賽 南華 4:2 傑志 (in Chinese)

See also
  • Hong Kong League Cup
  • The Hong Kong Football Association
  • Hong Kong FA Cup 2007-08
  • Hong Kong First Division League 2007-08
  • Hong Kong Senior Shield 2007-08
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