2008 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, officially known as Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Year of Rat (8 February and 11 February 2008).

Format
The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Rat (7 February 2008). The winning teams will enter the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 10 February 2008.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff would be 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.

Participating teams

 * 🇭🇷 Hajduk Split
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong League Selection (host)
 * 🇺🇾 Peñarol
 * 🇰🇷 Ulsan Hyundai

Hajduk Split

 * General Manager: Ivica Šurjak
 * Sports Director: Tomislav Erceg
 * Coach: Robert Jarni
 * Assistant Coach: Saša Glavaš
 * Econom: Miro Čolak

Hong Kong League Selection

 * Team Managers: Brian H T Leung, Lo Kit Sing, Chow Man Leung
 * Administrative Manager: Tsang Wai Chung, Lee Yun Wah
 * Coach: Jose Luis
 * Coach Assistant: Rambo Jose Ricardo
 * Assistant Coach: Lo Kai Wah, Lee Kin Wo
 * Fitness Coach: Chan Hiu Ming
 * Goalkeeper Coach: Liu Chun Fai
 * Physio: Lui Yat Hong
 * Team Assistant: Kwan Kon Sang

Peñarol

 * Coordinator: Juan Pedro Damiani
 * Coach: Gustavo Matosas
 * Manager: Jorge López

Ulsan Hyundai

 * Vice President: Kim Hyung-yong
 * Coach: Kim Jung-nam
 * Team Manager: Lee Young-woo

Results
All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Top scorers

 * 2 goals
 * 🇧🇦 Mladen Bartolović (Hajduk Split|)
 * Goran Stankovski (Hong Kong League Selection)


 * 1 goal
 * Florin Cernat (Hajduk Split|)
 * 🇧🇷 Tales Schutz (Hong Kong League Selection)
 * 🇭🇰 Chan Siu Ki (Hong Kong League Selection)
 * Darío Rodríguez (Peñarol)
 * José María Franco (Peñarol)
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Jin-ho (Ulsan Hyundai)
 * 🇧🇷 Brasília (Ulsan Hyundai)

Ticketing

 * Tickets are divided into 5 prices categories: $100(Senior Citizens & Full Time Students ONLY), $150, $200, $280 and $380.

Trivia

 * Audience seating in Section 116 (Hong Kong Fans Special Area) are each given a cheering T-shirt.
 * All audience who have bought a ticket are given a pair of coupletes.