The 2007–08 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 34th staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup. Citizen beat Wofoo Tai Po by 2-0 in the final and captured the FA Cup for the first time.
The competition started on 23 April 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs. Four of them took part in the first round to determine which team advanced to the quarter-finals. From quarter finals onward, the cup competition was a single-elimination tournament.
The competition was officially known as 2007/2008 HKFA Lanwa International FA Cup due to sponsorship from LANWA Group Company Limited [1]
Although all the matches before the final was held at the Mongkok Stadium, the final was staged at the Hong Kong Stadium on 18 May 2008. The final match was part of the fund raising charity activities for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. All profits of the game was donated for the rescue and rebuild of Sichuan after the basic costs are deducted. Four matches was played in total, including three friendly matches and the FA Cup final. The friendly matches include 1) SCAA Veteran vs Happy Valley Veteran, 2) HKFA Invitation Team vs All Star Sport Association and 3) TVB Artist vs Ladies Star Team.[2]
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The 2007 08 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 34th staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup Citizen beat Wofoo Tai Po by 2 0 in the final and captured the FA Cup for the first time 2007 08 Hong Kong FA CupTournament detailsCountry Hong KongFinal positionsChampionsCitizen 1st title Runner upWofoo Tai Po 2006 072008 09 2007 08 Hong Kong FA Cup Win The competition started on 23 April 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs Four of them took part in the first round to determine which team advanced to the quarter finals From quarter finals onward the cup competition was a single elimination tournament The competition was officially known as 2007 2008 HKFA Lanwa International FA Cup due to sponsorship from LANWA Group Company Limited 1 Although all the matches before the final was held at the Mongkok Stadium the final was staged at the Hong Kong Stadium on 18 May 2008 The final match was part of the fund raising charity activities for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake All profits of the game was donated for the rescue and rebuild of Sichuan after the basic costs are deducted Four matches was played in total including three friendly matches and the FA Cup final The friendly matches include 1 SCAA Veteran vs Happy Valley Veteran 2 HKFA Invitation Team vs All Star Sport Association and 3 TVB Artist vs Ladies Star Team 2 Contents 1 Teams 2 Fixtures and results 2 1 Bracket 2 2 First round 2 3 Quarter finals 2 4 Semi finals 2 5 Final 3 Top goalscorers 4 Prizes 4 1 Team awards 4 2 Individual awards 5 Trivia 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksTeams editBulova Rangers Citizen Convoy Sun Hei Eastern Happy Valley Kitchee Lanwa Redbull South China Wofoo Tai Po WorkableFixtures and results editAll times are Hong Kong Time UTC 8 Bracket edit First roundQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalSouth China1Convoy Sun Hei2Convoy Sun Hei0Lanwa Redbull0South China1Wofoo Tai Po2Bulova Rangers0Wofoo Tai Po2Wofoo Tai Po0Citizen2Citizen pen 1 7 Eastern1Kitchee1 6 Workable0Citizen1Eastern0Happy Valley1Eastern a e t 2 First round edit 2008 05 0114 00Eastern1 0WorkableJeferson nbsp 56 Report Mong Kok StadiumAttendance 657Referee Wong Chi Tang 2008 05 0116 00Convoy Sun Hei2 0Lanwa RedbullGiovane nbsp 1 nbsp 81 Report Mong Kok StadiumAttendance 657Referee Cheung Yim Yau Quarter finals edit 2008 05 0314 00Bulova Rangers0 2Wofoo Tai Po Report Joel nbsp 54 Lee Wai Lim nbsp 57 Mong Kok StadiumAttendance 901Referee Fung Ka Yu 2008 05 0316 00Citizen1 1 a e t KitcheeMarcio nbsp 52 Report Akosah nbsp 33 PenaltiesRonan nbsp Ju Yingzhi nbsp Chen Zhizhao nbsp Sham Kwok Fai nbsp Festus nbsp Moses nbsp Ho Kwok Chuen nbsp 7 6 nbsp Goran nbsp Cheung Kin Fung nbsp Gao Wen nbsp Jevic nbsp Bamnjo nbsp Cheng Lai Hin nbsp Li Hang WuiMong Kok StadiumAttendance 901Referee Cheng Oi Cho 2008 05 0414 00Happy Valley1 2 a e t EasternTomy nbsp 45 pen Report Paulo nbsp 34 Rodrigo nbsp 114 Mong Kok StadiumAttendance 2 734Referee Pau Sai Yin 2008 05 0416 00South China1 0Convoy Sun HeiItaparica nbsp 41 Report Mong Kok StadiumAttendance 2 734Referee Ng Chiu Kok zh Semi finals edit 2008 05 1014 00Eastern0 1Citizen Report Chen Zhizhao nbsp 49 Mong Kok StadiumAttendance 2 682Referee Liu Kwok Man 2008 05 1016 00South China1 2Wofoo Tai PoChan Wai Ho nbsp 32 Report Ye Jia nbsp 47 Rafael nbsp 85 Mong Kok StadiumAttendance 2 682Referee Cheung Yim Yau Final edit 2008 05 1815 00Citizen2 0Wofoo Tai PoChen Zhizhao nbsp 14 Joel nbsp 84 o g Report Hong Kong StadiumAttendance 5 925Referee Wong Po OnTop goalscorers edit2 goals nbsp Giovane Convoy Sun Hei nbsp Chen Zhizhao Citizen 1 goal nbsp Akosah Kitchee nbsp Rodrigo Eastern nbsp Chan Wai Ho South China nbsp Rafael Wofoo Tai Po nbsp Itaparica South China nbsp Marcio Citizen nbsp Tomy Happy Valley nbsp Lee Wai Lim Wofoo Tai Po nbsp Jeferson Eastern nbsp Paulo Eastern nbsp Joel Wofoo Tai Po nbsp Ye Jia Wofoo Tai Po Prizes edit 1 Team awards edit Champion HK 80 000 Citizen 1st Runners up HK 20 000 Wofoo Tai Po Knock out in the semi finals 2 teams HK 10 000 each Eastern South China Knock out in the Preliminary 6 teams HK 5 000 each Bulova Rangers Convoy Sun Hei Happy Valley Kitchee Lanwa Redbull Workable Individual awards edit Top Scorer Award HK 5 000 shared nbsp Giovane Convoy Sun Hei nbsp Chen Zhizhao Citizen Best Defender Award HK 5 000 nbsp Festus Baise Citizen 3 Trivia editIt was the first time since 1991 92 season that the FA Cup final was competed by two teams which had never reached this cup final before Both Citizen and Wofoo Tai Po had never captured any senior trophies in their club histories See also editThe Hong Kong Football AssociationReferences edit a b HKFA Website 2007 08 HKFA Lanwa International FA Cup HKFA Website Lanwa International FA CUP Final amp Donation for the earthquake victims HKFA Website 聯華國際足總盃決賽 公民 2 0 和富大埔 in Chinese External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 08 Hong Kong FA Cup amp oldid 1169689869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
