2013 Lunar New Year Cup


The 87th 2013 Lunar New Year Cup, also known as the China Mobile Satellite Communication Cup due to sponsorship reason, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong in Lunar New Year. The name of this event was changed back to Lunar New Year Cup after two editions of Asian Challenge Cup were held in 2011 and 2012.

Teams

TeamCountryLeague last seasonPos.
Hong Kong League XI
Shanghai East AsiaLeague One1st
Muangthong United F.C.Thai Premier League1st
Busan IParkK League Classic7th

Public Vote of Hong Kong League XI Team

Each First Division League team had nominated at most 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 forwards for the public vote of Hong Kong League XI Team. 10 players with the highest number of vote from different position were selected to the team, while 2 goalkeepers and 6 other players were chosen by the head coach of the team, Josep Gombau.
10 players with the highest voting in each position of the public vote are as follows:
PositionPlayersPositionPlayers
Left Defender Deng Jinghuang
Right Defender Chak Ting Fung
Left DefenderBallot: 4775Right DefenderBallot: 4595
Center Defender Joel Bertoti Padilha
Center Defender Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves
Center Defender Ballot: 4536Center Defender Ballot: 4240
Defensive Midfielder Aender Naves Mesquita
Attacking Midfielder Itaparica
Defensive MidfielderBallot: 4209Attacking Midfielder Ballot: 6857
Attacking Midfielder Miroslav Saric
Forward Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
Attacking Midfielder Ballot: 5056Forward Ballot: 5508
Forward Giovane Alves da Silva
Forward Alex Tayo Akande
Forward Ballot: 4544Forward Ballot: 4345

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

Shanghai East Asia

Muangthong United

Busan IPark

Fixtures and results

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final