2003 Lunar New Year Cup

2003 Lunar New Year Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	1 – 4 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	9 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	8 players
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday (1 February 2003 and 4 February 2003).

Participating teams[edit]

Squads[edit]

Some of the players include:

Hong Kong XI[edit]

Coach: Kwok Ka Ming

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
19	1GK	Fan Chun Yip	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 26)	Happy Valley
2	2DF	Yau Kin Wai	(1973-01-04)4 January 1973 (aged 30)	South China
20	2DF	Poon Yiu Cheuk	(1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 25)	Happy Valley
25	2DF	Cristiano Cordeiro	(1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 29)	Sun Hei
	2DF	Szeto Man Chun	(1975-06-05)5 June 1975 (aged 27)	South China
	2DF	Chan Wai Ho	(1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 20)	Buler Rangers
	2DF	Leung Chi Wing	(1978-04-29)29 April 1978 (aged 24)	Buler Rangers
	2DF	Ng Wai Chiu	(1981-10-22)22 October 1981 (aged 21)	Guangzhou Xiangxue
3	3MF	Gerard Guy Ambassa	(1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 24)	Happy Valley
	3MF	Lee Kin Wo	(1967-10-20)20 October 1967 (aged 35)	Sun Hei
22	3MF	José Ricardo Rambo	(1971-08-17)17 August 1971 (aged 31)	Sun Hei
23	3MF	Dejan Antonić	(1969-01-22)22 January 1969 (aged 34)	Sun Hei
	3MF	Kim Pan-Gon	(1969-05-01)1 May 1969 (aged 33)	Double Flower
28	3MF	Chan Chi Hong	(1976-10-20)20 October 1976 (aged 26)	South China
	3MF	Lo Chi Kwan	(1981-03-18)18 March 1981 (aged 21)	Sun Hei
21	4FW	Rochy Putiray	(1970-06-26)26 June 1970 (aged 32)	South China
27	4FW	Marcio Gabriel Anacleto
26	4FW	Cornelius Udebuluzor	(1974-08-27)27 August 1974 (aged 28)	Sun Hei

Iran[edit]

Coach: Homayoun Shahrokhi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ebrahim Mirzapour	(1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 24)	Foolad F.C.
2	3MF	Mehdi Amirabadi	(1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 23)	Saipa F.C.
4	2DF	Yahya Golmohammadi (captain)	(1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 31)	Persepolis F.C.
6	3MF	Javad Nekounam	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 22)	PAS Tehran F.C.
7	3MF	Hamed Kavianpour	(1978-12-01)1 December 1978 (aged 24)	Al Wasl FC
8	3MF	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	(1980-06-30)30 June 1980 (aged 22)	Esteghlal F.C.
9	4FW	Ali Samereh	(1977-11-23)23 November 1977 (aged 25)	Esteghlal F.C.
10	4FW	Mohsen Bayatinia	(1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (aged 22)	Pas Tehran F.C.
11	4FW	Khodadad Azizi	(1971-06-22)22 June 1971 (aged 31)	PAS Tehran F.C.
13	2DF	Hossein Kaebi	(1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 17)	Foolad F.C.
14	3MF	Moharram Navidkia	(1982-11-01)1 November 1982 (aged 20)	Sepahan
15	3MF	Yadollah Akbari	(1974-07-01)1 July 1974 (aged 28)	Esteghlal F.C.
16	2DF	Mehrdad Minavand	(1975-11-30)30 November 1975 (aged 27)	Al-Shabab
17	3MF	Iman Mobali	(1982-11-03)3 November 1982 (aged 20)	Foolad F.C.
19	2DF	Jalal Kameli Mofrad	(1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 21)	Foolad F.C.
20	2DF	Mohammad Nosrati	(1982-01-11)11 January 1982 (aged 21)	Pas Tehran F.C.
	4FW	Amin Mohtashami	(1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 25)	Paykan F.C.

Denmark League XI[edit]

Coach: Morten Olsen

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Peter Skov-Jensen	(1971-06-09)9 June 1971 (aged 31)	FC Midtjylland
2	2DF	Martin Albrechtsen	(1980-03-31)31 March 1980 (aged 22)	F.C. Copenhagen
3	4FW	Kaspar Dalgas	(1976-05-11)11 May 1976 (aged 26)	Brøndby IF
4		Rasmus Daugaard	(1976-09-15)15 September 1976 (aged 26)
5	3MF	Michael Hansen	(1971-09-22)22 September 1971 (aged 31)
6		Nichlas Hindsberg
7	2DF	Allan Jepsen	(1977-07-04)4 July 1977 (aged 25)	AaB
9	3MF	Mads Jørgensen	(1979-02-10)10 February 1979 (aged 23)	Brøndby IF
10	4FW	Søren Berg	(1976-05-15)15 May 1976 (aged 26)	Odense Boldklub
13	2DF	Brian Priske Pedersen	(1977-05-14)14 May 1977 (aged 25)	AaB
14	3MF	David Rasmussen	(1976-12-01)1 December 1976 (aged 26)	FC Nordsjælland
15	3MF	Thomas Røll	(1977-03-12)12 March 1977 (aged 25)	F.C. Copenhagen
16	1GK	Jimmy Nielsen	(1977-08-06)6 August 1977 (aged 25)	AaB
17	2DF	Thomas Schultz	(1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 25)	FC Nordsjælland
18	2DF	Asbjørn Sennels	(1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 24)	Brøndby IF
20	3MF	Morten Wieghorst (captain)	(1971-02-25)25 February 1971 (aged 31)	Brøndby IF

Uruguay[edit]

Coach: Gustavo Ferrín

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mauricio Nanni	(1979-07-12)12 July 1979 (aged 23)	Montevideo Wanderers F.C.
2	2DF	Diego Lugano	(1980-11-02)2 November 1980 (aged 22)	São Paulo
4	2DF	Williams Martinez	(1982-12-18)18 December 1982 (aged 20)	Defensor Sporting
5	3MF	Marcelo Sosa	(1978-02-06)6 February 1978 (aged 24)	Danubio F.C.
6	2DF	Pablo Lima	(1981-04-26)26 April 1981 (aged 21)	Danubio F.C.
8	2DF	Bruno Silva	(1980-03-29)29 March 1980 (aged 22)	Danubio F.C.
9		Germán Hornos	(1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 20)	Fénix
10	3MF	Martín Ligüera (captain)	(1980-11-09)9 November 1980 (aged 22)	Fénix
11	3MF	Fabián Estoyanoff	(1982-09-27)27 September 1982 (aged 20)	Peñarol
13		Claudio Dadómo	(1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 20)	Nacional
14		Julio Rodríguez	(1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 25)	Nacional
15	4FW	Sergio Blanco	(1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 21)	Club América
17		Julio Mozzo	(1981-04-20)20 April 1981 (aged 21)	Central Español
19	4FW	Sebastián Taborda	(1981-05-22)22 May 1981 (aged 21)	UNAM Pumas
20	4FW	Mario Leguizamón	(1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 20)	Peñarol
21	4FW	Horacio Peralta	(1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 20)	Nacional
	3MF	Pablo Munhoz	(1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 20)	Defensor Sporting
	4FW	Gonzalo Vargas	(1981-09-22)22 September 1981 (aged 21)	Defensor Sporting

Results[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

1 February 2003

Iran	1–0	Denmark League XI
Nekounam 48' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 15,100

Referee: Chiu Sin Chuen (Hong Kong)

1 February 2003

Hong Kong XI	0–3	Uruguay
		Rodríguez 84' Peralta 86' Munhoz 89'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 15,100

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Third place match[edit]

4 February 2003

Denmark League XI	2–1	Hong Kong XI
Schultz 14' Hansen 88' (pen.)		Antonić 90' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 17,877

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Final[edit]

4 February 2003

Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Golmohammadi 83' (o.g.)		Samereh 28'
Penalties
Rodriguez Estoyanoff Lima Silva	4–2	Nekounam Akbari Nosrati Mobali

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 17,877

Referee: Fong Yau Fat (Hong Kong)

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

1 February 2003 – Hong Kong

Iran	1
		4 February 2003 – Hong Kong
Denmark League XI	0
		Iran	1 (2)
1 February 2003 – Hong Kong
		Uruguay (pen.)	1 (4)
Hong Kong XI	0

Uruguay	3
		Third place

		4 February 2003 – Hong Kong

		Hong Kong XI	1

		Denmark League XI	2

2003 Carlsberg Cup champions
Uruguay First title

Scorers[edit]

1 goal

own goal

Yahya Golmohammadi

Individual awards[edit]

Best Player: Khodadad Azizi
Best Hong Kong XI Player: Fan Chun Yip
Best Goalkeeper: Mauricio Nanni

References[edit]

Carlsberg Cup 2003, Rsssf.com
烏拉圭反勝伊朗稱霸嘉士伯盃, HKFA Website (in Chinese)
XXI. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2003 - Details, YANSFIELD

v t e 2002–03 in Hong Kong football
« 2001–02 2003–04 »
Domestic leagues	First Division League
Domestic cups	Senior Shield FA Cup Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup League Cup
Asian competitions	AFC Cup
Related to representative team	2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualification Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong–Macau Interport (postponed to 2004)

Participating teams[edit]

Squads[edit]

Hong Kong XI[edit]

Iran[edit]

Denmark League XI[edit]

Uruguay[edit]

Results[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Final[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Scorers[edit]

Individual awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]