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 4 February 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]

Team	Country		League last season	Pos.
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)	Club
2	2DF	Jack Sealy	(1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 27)	South China
3	3MF	Michael Campion	(1984-05-20)20 May 1984 (aged 30)	South China
5	2DF	Chak Ting Fung	(1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 25)	South China
6	3MF	Andy Russell	(1987-11-21)21 November 1987 (aged 27)	South China
7	4FW	Chan Siu Ki	(1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 29)	South China
8	4FW	Mahama Awal	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 23)	South China
9	3MF	Lee Wai Lim	(1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 33)	South China
10	4FW	Lam Hok Hei	(1991-09-18)18 September 1991 (aged 23)	South China
11	3MF	Itaparica	(1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 34)	South China
12	1GK	Cristian Mora	(1979-08-26)26 August 1979 (aged 35)	South China
14	4FW	Yuto Nakamura	(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 28)	South China
15	2DF	Chan Wai Ho	(1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 32)	South China
16	3MF	Chan Siu Kwan	(1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 22)	South China
17	3MF	Leung Chun Pong	(1986-10-01)1 October 1986 (aged 28)	South China
19	3MF	Evan Kostopoulos	(1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 24)	South China
20	3MF	Lau Cheuk Hin	(1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 22)	South China
21	3MF	Law Hiu Chung	(1995-06-10)10 June 1995 (aged 19)	South China
22	2DF	Bojan Mališić	(1985-01-14)14 January 1985 (aged 30)	South China
23	2DF	Che Runqiu	(1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 24)	South China
24	3MF	Lo Kong Wai	(1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 22)	South China
30	4FW	Detinho	(1973-09-11)11 September 1973 (aged 41)	South China
31	4FW	Cheng Lai Hin	(1986-03-31)31 March 1986 (aged 28)	South China
33	2DF	Law Chun Bong	(1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 34)	South China
38	4FW	Daniel McBreen	(1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 37)	South China
39	1GK	Leung Hing Kit	(1989-10-22)22 October 1989 (aged 25)	South China
99	2DF	Li Ngai Hoi	(1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 20)	South China

New York Cosmos

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

Fixtures and results

4 February 2015

15:15 (UTC+8)

South China	2–2	New York Cosmos
Chan Siu Ki 19' Awal 67'	Report Report 2 Report 3 Report 4	Guenzatti 23' Chirishian 87' Flores 88' Szetela 90+4'
Penalties
Chan Wai Ho Itaparica Sealy Evan	2–4	Raúl Flores Freeman Restrepo Moffat

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong

Attendance: 19,522

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

References

^ "AET羊年賀歲杯". hkfa.com.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Year of the Goat Lunar New Year Cup". www.goal.com. Goal.com.
^ "Cosmos win Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong". www.newsday.com. Newsday.
^ "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.
^ "REAL MADRID LEGEND RAUL MAKES NEW YORK COSMOS DEBUT". www.tribalfootball.com. Tribalfootball.com.

[1] "AET羊年賀歲杯". hkfa.com.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[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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