# 2019 Lunar New Year Cup

The 93rd 2019 Lunar New Year Cup (Chinese: 豬年賀歲盃; literally: "Year of the Pig Celebrate New Year Cup") was the annual edition of the Lunar New Year Cup, held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Lunar New Year in early February 2019. This year, four teams were invited to participate, playing two games each in a knockout tournament.

## Format

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams were held on the first day of the Lunar New Year of Pig (5 February 2019). The winning teams entered the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the third day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 7 February.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff were settled by penalty shootout directly, that means no extra time would be played. For the final, a thirty-minute extra time would be played after a draw. A further draw would lead to the penalty shootout.

## Teams

Four teams were invited to participate:
* HK LNY Selection Team (hosts)
* Sagan Tosu
* Auckland City
* Shandong Luneng

## Squads
### HK LNY Selection Team

    Manager: Kevin Bond：
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Leung Hing Kit | (1989-10-22)22 October 1989 (aged 29) | Pegasus |
| 36 | 1GK | Zhang Chunhui | (1983-03-13)13 March 1983 (aged 35) | Pegasus |
| 14 | 2DF | Jack Sealy | (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 31) | Pegasus |
| 16 | 2DF | Law Hiu Chung | (1995-06-10)10 June 1995 (aged 23) | Pegasus |
| 19 | 2DF | Rosen Kolev | (1990-07-04)4 July 1990 (aged 28) | Pegasus |
| 21 | 2DF | Cheung Chi Yung | (1989-06-30)30 June 1989 (aged 29) | Pegasus |
| 3 | 2DF | David Lazari | (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 (aged 29) | Pegasus |
| 6 | 2DF | Leung Nok Hang | (1994-11-14)14 November 1994 (aged 24) | R&F |
| 12 | 2DF | Lo Kwan Yee | (1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 34) | R&F |
| 24 | 2DF | Fong Pak Lun | (1993-04-14)14 April 1993 (aged 25) | Lee Man |
| 5 | 2DF | Fran González | (1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 30) | Lee Man |
| 20 | 3MF | Juninho | (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 28) | Pegasus |
| 8 | 3MF | Mahama Awal | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 27) | Pegasus |
| 15 | 3MF | Shu Sasaki | (1991-02-12)12 February 1991 (aged 27) | Pegasus |
| 13 | 3MF | Wong Chun Ho | (1990-05-31)31 May 1990 (aged 28) | Pegasus |
| 22 | 3MF | Wu Chun Ming | (1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 21) | Pegasus |
| 17 | 3MF | Fernando | (1986-11-14)14 November 1986 (aged 32) | Kitchee |
| 18 | 3MF | Jordi Tarrés | (1981-03-16)16 March 1981 (aged 37) | Kitchee |
| 11 | 3MF | Cheng Siu Kwan | (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 22) | Lee Man |
| 4 | 3MF | Cleiton | (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 32) | Yuen Long |
| 2 | 3MF | Marcos Gondra | (1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 32) | Dreams FC |
| 9 | 4FW | Travis Major | (1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 28) | Pegasus |
| 7 | 4FW | Chan Siu Ki | (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 33) | Pegasus |
| 10 | 4FW | Yuen Chun Sing | (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 25) | Pegasus |
| 23 | 4FW | Souza | (1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 29) | Southern |
| 25 | 4FW | Jean Moser | (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 25) | Yuen Long |

### Sagan Tosu

    Manager: Lluís Carreras
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Takuo Ōkubo |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiromu Mitsumaru |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yuji Takahashi |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Riki Harakawa |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Nino Galović |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Akito Fukuta |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Isaac Cuenca |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Torres |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yohei Toyoda |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Yuzo Kobayashi |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Takahashi |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Yatsunori Shimaya |
| 18 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takaoka |
| 19 | FW | KOR | Cho Dong-geon |
| 21 | GK | KOR | Kim Min-ho |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Teruki Hara |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Anzai |
| 25 | MF | KOR | An Yong-woo |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Ryoya Ito |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Hiroto Ishikawa |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Hiroyuki Taniguchi |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Yuta Higuchi |
| 32 | FW | COL | Víctor Ibarbo |
| 33 | FW | JPN | Kaisei Ishii |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Masato Fujita |
| 36 | MF | JPN | Hideto Takahashi |
| 40 | FW | JPN | Yuji Ono |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Daiki Matsuoka |
| 42 | GK | JPN | Yosei Itahashi |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Mu Kanazaki |

### Auckland City

    Manager: Ramon Tribulietx
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Eñaut Zubikarai |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Hayden McHenery |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Takuya Iwata |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Mario Bilen |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Ángel Berlanga (captain) |
| 6 | DF | VAN | Brian Kaltack |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Cameron Howieson |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Albert Riera |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Javier López Iglesias |
| 10 | MF | SOL | Micah Lea'alafa |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Fabrizio Tavano |
| 12 | FW | NZL | Dylan Manickum |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | SWE | Patrick Lundemo |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Jordan Vale |
| 15 | MF | NZL | Dan Morgan |
| 16 | FW | NZL | Yousif Ali Al-Khalisy |
| 17 | MF | NZL | Reid Drake |
| 18 | GK | NZL | Ruben Parker |
| 19 | FW | PNG | David Browne |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi |
| 21 | FW | COK | Maro Bonsu-Maro |
| 22 | MF | COL | Omar Guardiola |
| 23 | DF | NZL | Alfie Rogers |
| 24 | GK | NZL | Cameron Brown |

### Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.

    Manager: Li Xiaopeng
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Liu Zhenli |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Li Songyi |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Liu Junshuai |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gil |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zheng Zheng |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Wang Tong |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Cui Peng |
| 11 | DF | CHN | Liu Yang |
| 13 | MF | CHN | Zhang Chi |
| 14 | GK | CHN | Wang Dalei |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Li Wei |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Zhou Haibin |
| 17 | FW | CHN | Wu Xinghan |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Graziano Pellè |
| 20 | GK | CHN | Han Rongze |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Liu Binbin |
| 22 | MF | CHN | Hao Junmin |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Song Long |
| 24 | DF | CHN | Qi Tianyu |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Cao Sheng |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Yao Junsheng |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Cheng Yuan |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Chen Zhechao |
| 32 | FW | BRA | Róger Guedes (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Jin Jingdao |
| 34 | DF | CHN | Li Hailong |
| 35 | DF | CHN | Dai Lin |
| 45 | MF | CHN | Tian Xin |
| 47 | DF | CHN | Zhao Jianfei |
| 53 | MF | CHN | Duan Liuyu |

## Fixtures and results

All times are local, HKT (UTC+8).
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 January | 6 January |
| HK LNY Selection Team | 1 (2) |
| HK LNY Selection Team | 1 (2) | 8 January | 8 January |
| Sagan Tosu (pen.) | 1 (4) | 8 January | 8 January |
| Sagan Tosu (pen.) | 1 (4) | Sagan Tosu | 1 |
| 6 January | 6 January | | Sagan Tosu | 1 |
| 6 January | 6 January | Shandong Luneng | 3 |
| Shandong Luneng | 2 | Shandong Luneng | 3 |
| Auckland City | 1 | | |
| Auckland City | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 8 January | 8 January |
| | | HK LNY Selection Team | 1 |
| | | Auckland City | 0 |

### Final

* 2019 Lunar New Year Champions
* Shandong Luneng First time