2006–07 Hong Kong League Cup

The Hong Kong League Cup 2006–07 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

 * Citizen
 * Happy Valley
 * HKFC
 * Hong Kong 08
 * Rangers
 * Kitchee
 * Lanwa Redbull
 * South China
 * Wofoo Tai Po
 * Xiangxue Sun Hei

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).

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

Scorers

 * 4 goals
 * 🇳🇬 Victor Eromosele Inegbenoise of Xiangxue Sun Hei


 * 3 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Fábio Lopes of Happy Valley
 * 🇧🇷 Lico of Xiangxue Sun Hei


 * 2 goals
 * 🇨🇳 Chao Pengfei of Citizen
 * 🇧🇷 Jorginho of Citizen
 * 🇭🇰 Gerard Ambassa Guy of Happy Valley
 * 🇭🇰 Law Chun Bong of Happy Valley
 * 🇭🇰 Poon Yiu Cheuk of Happy Valley
 * 🇷🇸 Darko Rakočević of Kitchee
 * 🇷🇸 Ivan Jević of Kitchee
 * 🇨🇲 Julius Akosah of Kitchee
 * 🇨🇲 Wilfed Bamnjo of Kitchee
 * 🇵🇾 Aldo Villalba of Lanwa Redbull
 * 🇬🇭 Godfred Karikari of Rangers
 * 🇧🇷 Detinho of South China


 * 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 Rakočević 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.