2015 Lunar New Year Cup

2015 Lunar New Year Cup (Chinese: 羊年賀歲盃; lit. 'Year of the Goat Celebrate New Year Cup'), also known as the Lunar New Year AET Cup 2015 (Chinese: 2015年AET羊年賀歲盃) due to sponsorship reason, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Chinese New Year. South China of Hong Kong Premier League were authorised by the Hong Kong Football Association to hold the 2015 event; and New York Cosmos of North American Soccer League were invited to participate. It was the first time an American football team had joined this event. The football march between these two teams was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 20 January 2015, the Chinese New Year Day. The Cup was won by New York Cosmos after a penalty shootout.

Teams

There were two teams participated in the 2015 Lunar New Year Cup.[1][2][3][4] Former Real Madrid striker Raul made his debut appearance for New York Cosmos in the match.[5]

TeamCountryLeague last seasonPos.
South China  Hong Kong Hong Kong First Division 3rd
New York Cosmos  United States NASL 3rd

Squads

South China
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
2 2DF Hong Kong Jack Sealy (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 27) Hong Kong South China
3 3MF Hong Kong Michael Campion (1984-05-20)20 May 1984 (aged 30) Hong Kong South China
5 2DF Hong Kong Chak Ting Fung (1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 25) Hong Kong South China
6 3MF England Andy Russell (1987-11-21)21 November 1987 (aged 27) Hong Kong South China
7 4FW Hong Kong Chan Siu Ki (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 29) Hong Kong South China
8 4FW Cameroon Mahama Awal (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 23) Hong Kong South China
9 3MF Hong Kong Lee Wai Lim (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 33) Hong Kong South China
10 4FW Hong Kong Lam Hok Hei (1991-09-18)18 September 1991 (aged 23) Hong Kong South China
11 3MF Brazil Itaparica (1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 34) Hong Kong South China
12 1GK Ecuador Cristian Mora (1979-08-26)26 August 1979 (aged 35) Hong Kong South China
14 4FW Japan Yuto Nakamura (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 28) Hong Kong South China
15 2DF Hong Kong Chan Wai Ho (1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 32) Hong Kong South China
16 3MF Hong Kong Chan Siu Kwan (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 22) Hong Kong South China
17 3MF Hong Kong Leung Chun Pong (1986-10-01)1 October 1986 (aged 28) Hong Kong South China
19 3MF Australia Evan Kostopoulos (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 24) Hong Kong South China
20 3MF Hong Kong Lau Cheuk Hin (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 22) Hong Kong South China
21 3MF Hong Kong Law Hiu Chung (1995-06-10)10 June 1995 (aged 19) Hong Kong South China
22 2DF Serbia Bojan Mališić (1985-01-14)14 January 1985 (aged 30) Hong Kong South China
23 2DF Hong Kong Che Runqiu (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 24) Hong Kong South China
24 3MF Hong Kong Lo Kong Wai (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 22) Hong Kong South China
30 4FW Hong Kong Detinho (1973-09-11)11 September 1973 (aged 41) Hong Kong South China
31 4FW Hong Kong Cheng Lai Hin (1986-03-31)31 March 1986 (aged 28) Hong Kong South China
33 2DF Hong Kong Law Chun Bong (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 34) Hong Kong South China
38 4FW Australia Daniel McBreen (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 37) Hong Kong South China
39 1GK Hong Kong Leung Hing Kit (1989-10-22)22 October 1989 (aged 25) Hong Kong South China
99 2DF Hong Kong Li Ngai Hoi (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 20) Hong Kong South China

New York Cosmos
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK United States Jimmy Maurer (1988-10-14)14 October 1988 (aged 26) United States New York Cosmos
2 2DF United States Hunter Freeman (1985-01-08)8 January 1985 (aged 30) United States New York Cosmos
3 2DF United States Hunter Gorskie (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 23) United States New York Cosmos
4 2DF United States Carlos Mendes (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 34) United States New York Cosmos
5 2DF Paraguay Samuel Cáceres (1989-02-20)20 February 1989 (aged 25) United States New York Cosmos
7 4FW Spain Raúl (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 37) United States New York Cosmos
11 3MF El Salvador Andrés Flores (1990-08-31)31 August 1990 (aged 24) United States New York Cosmos
12 1GK United States Kyle Zobeck (1990-02-06)6 February 1990 (aged 25) United States New York Cosmos
13 3MF Uruguay Sebastián Guenzatti (1991-07-08)8 July 1991 (aged 23) United States New York Cosmos
14 3MF United States Danny Szetela (1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 27) United States New York Cosmos
16 3MF Scotland Adam Moffat (1986-05-15)15 May 1986 (aged 28) United States New York Cosmos
17 3MF Spain Ayoze García (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 29) United States New York Cosmos
18 4FW Norway Mads Stokkelien (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 24) United States New York Cosmos
19 3MF Spain Marcos Senna (1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 38) United States New York Cosmos
20 3MF United States Wálter Restrepo (1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 26) United States New York Cosmos
21 4FW Colombia David Diosa (1992-12-04)4 December 1992 (aged 22) United States New York Cosmos
22 3MF Brazil Leo Fernandes (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 (aged 23) United States New York Cosmos
24 1GK United States Jeremy Figler (1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 22) United States New York Cosmos
25 3MF United States Hagop Chirishian (1989-11-01)1 November 1989 (aged 25) United States New York Cosmos
28 3MF United States Jimmy Mulligan (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 23) United States New York Cosmos
33 3MF United States Dane Murphy (1986-03-15)15 March 1986 (aged 28) United States New York Cosmos
77 4FW Zimbabwe Lucky Mkosana (1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 27) United States New York Cosmos

Fixtures and results
South China Hong Kong2–2United States New York Cosmos
Chan Siu Ki 19'
Awal 67'		 Report

Report 2
Report 3

Report 4		 Guenzatti 23'
Chirishian Yellow card 87'
Flores 88'
Szetela Yellow card 90+4'
Penalties
Chan Wai Ho soccer ball with red X
Itaparica soccer ball with check mark
Sealy soccer ball with red X
Evan soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Raúl
soccer ball with check mark Flores
soccer ball with check mark Freeman
soccer ball with red X Restrepo
soccer ball with check mark Moffat
Attendance: 19,522
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

References
  1. "AET羊年賀歲杯". hkfa.com.
  2. "Year of the Goat Lunar New Year Cup". www.goal.com. Goal.com.
  3. "Cosmos win Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong". www.newsday.com. Newsday.
  4. "Lunar New Year Cup organisers face big losses - but they just want a big turnout". South China Morning Post. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. "REAL MADRID LEGEND RAUL MAKES NEW YORK COSMOS DEBUT". www.tribalfootball.com. Tribalfootball.com.
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