https://www.scmp.com/rss/330161/feed The Lunar New Year Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) since 1908. It is usually held on the first and fourth days of the Chinese New Year as a part of the city's new year celebrations. Formerly known as the Carlsberg Cup, Brazil, Norway, Uruguay and Denmark national sides have previously competed in the competition. In recent years, the mini-tournament has consisted of club sides from Asia and the Americas, and a representative Hong Kong... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Roberto Losada was keeping his feet on the floor after Hong Kong beat FC Seoul 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in regulation time on Saturday, although the interim head coach acknowledged that winning the FWD Insurance Chinese New Year Cup was “a beautiful thing”. Hong Kong led through Juninho’s first-half goal, but Patryk Klimala’s skilful 57th-minute leveller sent the game to a shoot-out. In front of a Hong Kong Stadium crowd of 14,089, roughly 6,000 down on attendances for the previous... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3344211/hong-kong-win-lunar-new-year-cup-after-dramatic-penalty-shoot-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3344211/hong-kong-win-lunar-new-year-cup-after-dramatic-penalty-shoot-out?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:35:29 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Roberto Losada confirmed he had submitted his application for the permanent Hong Kong head coach post before the deadline on Thursday, and said he should not be judged on the outcome of this weekend’s Chinese New Year Cup clash with FC Seoul. Currently the interim boss, Losada is without most of his mainland-based players for Saturday’s Hong Kong Stadium match. He had a similarly understrength squad for the two-leg Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup, which the city team lost on penalties, around the turn... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3344028/losada-submits-hong-kong-application-asks-not-be-judged-fc-seoul-outcome?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3344028/losada-submits-hong-kong-application-asks-not-be-judged-fc-seoul-outcome?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:11 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Having benefited from the “football and life lessons” delivered over one year in China League One, Jesse Yu Joy-yin has three major goals before he thinks about another cross-border move. Yu rejoined Hong Kong Premier League side Eastern last month after making 17 appearances in his season with Shijiazhuang Gongfu, and the midfielder has made a positive start towards his first target of “helping the club as much as I can”, playing an influential part in a 3-0 win over North District on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3343689/hong-kongs-jesse-yu-wants-second-shot-chinese-football-eyes-other-goals-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3343689/hong-kongs-jesse-yu-wants-second-shot-chinese-football-eyes-other-goals-first?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:19:03 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s football chief is ready to start his global hunt for a head coach and said he would be “watching very closely” when interim boss Roberto Losada has his latest audition this month. Losada will be in charge for Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year Cup game against FC Seoul on February 21, after it was confirmed on Monday that the one-off clash would replace the unloved legends matches staged for the two most recent editions of the 118-year-old fixture. Eric Fok Kai-shan, chairman of the Football... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3342136/hong-kong-football-chief-set-embark-head-coach-hunt-man-city-tipped-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3342136/hong-kong-football-chief-set-embark-head-coach-hunt-man-city-tipped-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:14 +0000 Eat this Hong Kong Cuisine 1983 At this classy Happy Valley staple, chef Silas Li is ringing in the Year of the Snake with a special Lunar New Year menu inspired by his Hakka heritage. Available until February 12, the menu features dishes heavy on symbolism, with bold flavours and ingredients and techniques used in Hakka cuisine, such as braised minced pork and dried oyster, steamed chicken with Yunnan ham, and sweet and sour mandarin fish. 1/F, 2-4 Tsoi Tak Street, Happy Valley Watch... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3296079/your-perfect-week-what-do-hong-kong-january-26-february-1?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3296079/your-perfect-week-what-do-hong-kong-january-26-february-1?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Jan 2025 22:15:24 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Hong Kong will welcome 1.45 million mainland Chinese visitors to the city over the Lunar New Year period, about 15 per cent more than in 2024, helped by mega-events and recently relaxed visa restrictions, a travel industry leader has forecast. The Travel Industry Council’s new chairman, Tommy Tam Kwong-shun, shared his prediction with the Post earlier this week on the number of mainland travellers set to visit the city from January 28 to February 4. The number represents an increase of about 15... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3295303/hong-kong-welcome-145-million-mainland-tourists-over-lunar-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3295303/hong-kong-welcome-145-million-mainland-tourists-over-lunar-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:08:35 +0000 Kitchee will help kick off the festive celebrations when they face fellow heavyweights Eastern in the Senior Shield final on January 22, rekindling memories of a Hong Kong tradition in the continued absence of the Lunar New Year Cup. The tournament has not been held since 2019 because of the pandemic, but fans will get a taste of tradition at Hong Kong Stadium on Lunar New Year’s Day. “We grew up in the days of the Lunar New Year tournament which was the biggest event of the year, especially in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3205884/kitchee-play-eastern-senior-shield-final-lunar-new-years-day-rekindling-memories-tradition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3205884/kitchee-play-eastern-senior-shield-final-lunar-new-years-day-rekindling-memories-tradition?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:00:24 +0000 The Hong Kong Football Association has pulled the plug on its Lunar New Year Cup for a fourth straight year, but said international football will return next summer. With the Lunar New Year due in just over a month, there is still no progress on the tournament, once hailed as the most important event on the local sports agenda. “We may have to put the tournament on hold for another year,” association chairman Pui Kwan-kay said. “This is still not the appropriate time for bringing in overseas... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3203988/hong-kong-football-association-pulls-plug-lunar-new-year-cup-fourth-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3203988/hong-kong-football-association-pulls-plug-lunar-new-year-cup-fourth-year?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:03:42 +0000 On January 10, 1982, a young Diego Maradona was among the Boca Juniors side to play Seiko at Hong Kong Stadium, which the Argentine tourists won 2-0. Maradona, then 21, pulled the strings in a 2-0 victory in which Seiko finished goalless despite having brought in Fifa 1978 World Cup winner Gerd Muller for the game. That match was just one example of some of the greatest footballers to have ever played the game showing their skills off in Hong Kong over the years, either on tours or in the annual... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3117126/maradona-leo-messi-and-son-heung-min-hong-kongs-football-tourists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3117126/maradona-leo-messi-and-son-heung-min-hong-kongs-football-tourists?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:27:40 +0000 The local football season is unlikely to resume before the Lunar New Year holiday because of the city’s extended social-distancing measures and there are no plans to prolong the season beyond its original schedule, a senior official warned. The current season has been halted since late November following the latest wave of the pandemic that has forced the government to close all venues and Football Association chairman, Pui Kwan-kay, believes the trend will continue for at least a few more... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3116658/local-football-season-unlikely-resume-lunar-new-year-because-social?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3116658/local-football-season-unlikely-resume-lunar-new-year-because-social?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:18:03 +0000 It’s fair to say 2020 was a disappointing year for sport in Hong Kong. But we’ve dwelled on that quite enough. As 2020 turns into 2021, we’re instead looking ahead in optimism at what the coming year is expected to bring to the city. Here’s what we know as far as a schedule for sporting events in 2021: AFC Champions League Kitchee’s Premier League title win last season means they will join the AFC Champions League in the group stage next season. The date of the draw is still TBD, but... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3115906/when-hong-kong-sevens-provisional-hong-kong-sports-calendar-2021?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3115906/when-hong-kong-sevens-provisional-hong-kong-sports-calendar-2021?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:00:08 +0000 Hong Kong football officials are applauding Wai Yuen-ting’s bold move to ply her trade in unfashionable Albania, hoping more local women footballers would take the initiative of pursuing their dreams by playing overseas. The 27-year-old star player left Hong Kong to begin a professional career in Europe with little-known Albanian club Vllaznia and Hong Kong officials think the move could inspire other local players to try their luck elsewhere, even if the club might not be a household... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3090249/brave-hong-kong-football-star-wai-yuen-ting-gets-her-baptism-fire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3090249/brave-hong-kong-football-star-wai-yuen-ting-gets-her-baptism-fire?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:33:18 +0000 Derek Currie had just scored an equaliser and set up the winning goal as a League XI shocked favoured Swedish visitors Djurgaardens 3-2 in November 1970 in front of 28,000 fans at the Hong Kong Stadium. Exiting the stadium, Currie felt his feet leave the ground. Around 100 fans had gathered, a few of them lifting their hero and carrying him to the bottom of Caroline Hill Road, shouting “Ye So!”, before they put him down near the Lee Gardens Hotel. The next day’s newspaper headline read: “Jesus... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3087858/how-jesus-saved-hong-kong-football-derek-currie-writing-his-memoirs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3087858/how-jesus-saved-hong-kong-football-derek-currie-writing-his-memoirs?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:06:32 +0000 It is fair to say the passport of Edson Arantes do Nascimento has a lot of stamps, maybe as many as the goals he scored during his career. The man the world knows better as Pele was part of a Santos team that travelled the world from the late 1950s until the early 1970s, a time that coincided nicely with the Brazilian’s career at the club – and the three Fifa World Cup wins for his country. Those Santos tours took in destinations far and wide. “We were in demand,” wrote Pele in his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3087405/when-pele-scored-hat-trick-against-newcastle-united-hong-kong-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3087405/when-pele-scored-hat-trick-against-newcastle-united-hong-kong-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:00:25 +0000 Footballer James Ha is proud of being one of the many Hongkongers in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, firmly believing the football community can get through this unprecedented situation with the domestic league having been suspended. “I reckon everyone has to make his own sacrifice in this fight against the virus. I am just one of them as a football player,” said the Kwoon Chung Southern winger, who also plays for Hong Kong at international level. “Football is suffering. Our league... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3082915/footballer-james-ha-confident-getting-through-difficult-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3082915/footballer-james-ha-confident-getting-through-difficult-time?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 May 2020 07:15:44 +0000 Hong Kong’s Premier League clubs are threating to boycott matches from March 1 onwards if they are forced to play at the Tseung Kwan O Training Centre – the only venue open because of the coronavirus crisis in the city. After a special meeting of team representatives on Thursday, the clubs urged the Hong Kong Football Association to review the situation with the government as soon as possible, saying the facilities at the training centre were inadequate for players, officials and the media. “If... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3050683/hong-kong-clubs-threaten-boycott-matches-if-government-unable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3050683/hong-kong-clubs-threaten-boycott-matches-if-government-unable?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:10:53 +0000 Hong Kong women’s football manager Betty Wong hopes they will not be forgotten next year when the Lunar New Year Cup is staged after being denied a showcase match at the annual tournament on Sunday. The event was scrapped on Thursday night by the Hong Kong government over the increasing threat of the Wuhan coronavirus. This year’s Lunar New Year Cup was to feature a game between Hong Kong’s women’s representative team and the “Stars of Future”, a mix of the under-23, under-18 and under-15s. It... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3047322/dont-forget-us-next-year-womens-footballs-plea-after-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3047322/dont-forget-us-next-year-womens-footballs-plea-after-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:00:07 +0000 Just hours after the Hong Kong Football Association announced more details of Sunday’s Lunar New Year Cup, the event was cancelled by the government because of growing threats of the Wuhan coronavirus in Hong Kong. On Thursday night, Acting Chief Executive Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said several major upcoming events – including Cathay Pacific’s International Chinese New Year Carnival and football’s Lunar New Year Cup – would be cancelled as a health precaution. It appeared to be a last-minute... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3047415/wuhan-virus-lunar-new-year-cup-go-ahead-hong-kong-despite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3047415/wuhan-virus-lunar-new-year-cup-go-ahead-hong-kong-despite?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:04:30 +0000 This month’s Lunar New Year Cup will be an all-Hong Kong affair featuring local sides because of the social unrest plaguing the city, according to HKFA chief Pui Kwan-kay. The FA had no choice but to field two local representative sides because of the ongoing protests that have seriously affected the city for the past seven months and one match – the Hong Kong national side vs the Hong Kong League XI – has been slated for January 26 at Mong Kok Stadium. The HKFA has been struggling to secure... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3045058/lunar-new-year-cup-feature-local-sides-only-protests-scare-overseas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3045058/lunar-new-year-cup-feature-local-sides-only-protests-scare-overseas?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:16:22 +0000 The Lunar New Year Cup is likely to be reduced to two local sides with no foreign teams so far showing interest because of the social unrest that has plagued Hong Kong for more than six months. The anti-government protests have also hit the annual Interport Cup against Guangdong, which has been put on hold because mainland players are reluctant to travel to Hong Kong. Hong Kong Football Association chairman Pui Kwan-kay said they faced a difficult situation because of deadlines for the Lunar New... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3041986/lunar-new-year-cup-will-go-ahead-despite-reluctance-overseas-teams?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3041986/lunar-new-year-cup-will-go-ahead-despite-reluctance-overseas-teams?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:51:50 +0000 Hong Kong Football Association vice chairman Pui Kwan-kay wants a stronger New Lunar Year Cup after the government expanded the “M” Mark funding scheme to include exhibition events. Pui, who will become chairman of the association after next month’s election as the only candidate for the position, said he would seek public funding to help strengthen the tournament, traditionally the city’s biggest football event, held to celebrate the Chinese New Year during the holiday. “The tournament has... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3011547/lunar-new-year-cup-set-boost-after-increased-funding-makes-hk10?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3011547/lunar-new-year-cup-set-boost-after-increased-funding-makes-hk10?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 May 2019 10:54:24 +0000 The race for the vacant Hong Kong national team manager role appears to be heating up after Kevin Bond became the second high-profile English manager in a week to express an interest in the post on Thursday. Bond, who was formerly the manager of Pegasus in the Hong Kong Premier League, spoke after leading an impressive Hong Kong league select XI to third place in the annual Lunar New Year Cup at Hong Kong Stadium. The 61-year-old is perhaps best known for being an assistant to former Tottenham... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185422/kevin-bond-throws-his-hat-ring-hong-kong-national-team-job-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185422/kevin-bond-throws-his-hat-ring-hong-kong-national-team-job-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:05:44 +0000 There was a ding-dong New Year battle between China’s Shandong Luneng and Japan’s Sagan Tosu to cap off the Lunar New Year Cup at Hong Kong Stadium on Thursday. The Super League side ran out convincing 3-1 winners after a pulsating and, at times, bad-tempered finale, which provided a stern test for both sides in the early stages of their respective pre-season campaigns. As was the case on Tuesday, the crowd were pulling for Spanish star Fernando Torres, but he was somewhat overshadowed by his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185340/lunar-new-year-cup-chinas-shandong-luneng-claim-win-after-bad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185340/lunar-new-year-cup-chinas-shandong-luneng-claim-win-after-bad?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:45:09 +0000 A Hong Kong league select XI claimed third place in the Lunar New Year Cup at Hong Kong Stadium on Thursday with an impressive 1-0 win against New Zealand league champions Auckland City in the best game of the mini tournament so far. Pegasus midfielder Awal Mahama scored the only goal of an entertaining encounter on 40 minutes, just 30 seconds after Zhang Chunhui delighted the home crowd by saving Fabrizio Tavano’s penalty kick at the other end. Hong Kong had multiple chances to add to the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185312/lunar-new-year-cup-impressive-hong-kong-hang-claim-third-place-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185312/lunar-new-year-cup-impressive-hong-kong-hang-claim-third-place-win?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:33:04 +0000 A hard-working Hong Kong select XI were beaten on penalties by Japanese side Sagan Tosu in the Lunar New Year Cup on Tuesday and will have to be satisfied with a third-place play-off clash against Auckland City on Thursday. Many of the 14,502-strong crowd had come out on Lunar New Year’s Day to see World Cup-winner Fernando Torres in action, and they were not disappointed when the Spaniard grabbed the opening goal on 38 minutes after a mix-up in the Hong Kong defence. A harmless looking cross... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185098/lunar-new-year-cup-hong-kong-select-edged-penalties-fernando-torres?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185098/lunar-new-year-cup-hong-kong-select-edged-penalties-fernando-torres?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:01:21 +0000 Shandong Luneng booked their place in the final of the Lunar New Year Cup with a hard-fought 2-1 win over New Zealand Premiership leaders Auckland City at Hong Kong Stadium on Tuesday. After an attritional first half ended goalless, Auckland’s Micah Lea’alafa wasted no time in putting the reigning New Zealand champions in front when he got on the end of a through ball with the Chinese defence caught napping and slotted past Wang Dalei in the Shandong net with just 20 seconds gone in the second... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185088/lunar-new-year-cup-shandong-luneng-book-their-place-final-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2185088/lunar-new-year-cup-shandong-luneng-book-their-place-final-after?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:53:56 +0000 Traditional festivities were in full swing on Tuesday – and officials out in force – for the first day of the new lunar year in Hong Kong. Some city residents took their hopes for the 12 months ahead to the Wishing Tree in the New Territories, while others prepared to watch the historic Lunar New Year Cup soccer tournament on Hong Kong Island. City leaders – including Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and the chiefs of finance, health and security – visited different communities to meet... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2185057/pig-day-out-festive-fun-hong-kong-celebrates-lunar-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2185057/pig-day-out-festive-fun-hong-kong-celebrates-lunar-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Feb 2019 06:15:45 +0000 The Lunar New Year Cup has been a fixture on the Hong Kong football calendar for many a year and is also responsible for bringing some of the biggest names in the game to the city. Brazil’s World Cup winners of 2002 came in 2005 with a squad packed full of household names and plenty of Uefa Champions League winners also made the trip. These are some of the images from the South China Morning Post’s archives of tournaments gone by. Lunar New Year Cup: teams, schedule and ticket prices as... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184868/lunar-new-year-cup-slideshow-historic-moments-hong-kong-stadium?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184868/lunar-new-year-cup-slideshow-historic-moments-hong-kong-stadium?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:03:58 +0000 When Fernando Torres takes to the field for Sagan Tosu against Shandong Luneng it will be his third visit to Hong Kong. But this will be his first Lunar New Year Cup, and with the greatest of respect to the Premier League Trophy Asia, this is a bigger deal. Torres came with Liverpool in 2007 and again with Chelsea in 2011 but that was for a glorified pre-season kickaround, the LNY Cup on the other hand is steeped in history and has long been a part of the city’s celebrations. Since the first... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184858/lunar-new-year-cup-worlds-most-diverse-football-tournament-remains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184858/lunar-new-year-cup-worlds-most-diverse-football-tournament-remains?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Feb 2019 06:15:17 +0000 The Lunar New Year Cup returns to Hong Kong Stadium for 2019 and promises a feast of football for fans to pig out on. This year sees a return to the four-team format that has served the tournament so well over the years and with that there’s a few big names to look forward to. World Cup winner Fernando Torres is the most high-profile of them, with the Spaniard leading the line for Japanese J.League side Sagan Tosu. @saganofficial17 #SaganTosu pic.twitter.com/UFqCGDJZCK — Fernando Torres... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184784/lunar-new-year-cup-teams-schedule-and-ticket-prices-fernando-torres?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184784/lunar-new-year-cup-teams-schedule-and-ticket-prices-fernando-torres?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Feb 2019 06:10:06 +0000 Marouane Fellaini could play his first game in Hong Kong following his transfer from Manchester United when the Lunar New Year Cup kicks off next week. The Belgium international is due to arrive at Guangzhou Baiyun international airport on Friday afternoon for his new club Shandong Luneng, one of the three overseas teams in the tournament. “We are processing all the required documents for Fellaini to play here,” said Steven Lo Kit-sing, organiser of the event, which also features Fernando... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184603/marouane-fellaini-set-make-his-shandong-luneng-debut-hong-kong-lunar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184603/marouane-fellaini-set-make-his-shandong-luneng-debut-hong-kong-lunar?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:46:44 +0000 The Carlsberg Cup is often remembered fondly by local fans, a mainstay of the city’s Lunar New Year celebrations when some of football’s biggest names appeared in Hong Kong over two decades starting in 1986. It could not have happened without the driving force behind it – Derek Currie, one of the first overseas players who came to the city in 1970 after the game turned professional in Hong Kong. Scotsman Currie would go on to play for the Hong Kong representative team in the Asian Cup qualifiers... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184486/lunar-new-year-cup-history-stellar-sides-superstars-sporting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2184486/lunar-new-year-cup-history-stellar-sides-superstars-sporting?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:01:29 +0000 Overseas teams confirmed the participation of their top players in the forthcoming Lunar New Year Cup headed by Fernando Torres of Sagan Tosu according to tournament organisers on Wednesday. A video featuring the former Spain international and his teammate Hideto Takahashi showed the two Tosu players both saying they were looking forward to the Hong Kong tournament, which takes place on the Chinese New Year’s Day on February 5 and February 7 at Hong Kong Stadium. Chinese Super League side... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2183321/lunar-new-year-cup-fernando-torres-and-graziano-pelle-confirmed-play?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2183321/lunar-new-year-cup-fernando-torres-and-graziano-pelle-confirmed-play?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:00:48 +0000 The presence of Spanish star Fernando Torres and a reasonable ticket price can almost guarantee the forthcoming Tonghai Financial Lunar New Year Cup will not lose money, organisers said on Thursday. They hope an increased number of spectators will attend the four-team tournament at Hong Kong Stadium during the holidays. “We are 99.99 per cent sure Torres will be coming with his team to Hong Kong barring unforeseeable reasons,” said Steven Lo Kit-sing of RedMr Sports, joint-organiser of the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2182533/spanish-star-fernando-torres-9999-cent-sure-lunar-new-year-cup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2182533/spanish-star-fernando-torres-9999-cent-sure-lunar-new-year-cup?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:03:22 +0000 Lunar New Year Cup organisers are confident of avoiding red numbers this year with a playing format of three overseas teams and the presence of former Spanish international Fernando Torres. Once the biggest event on the Hong Kong sporting calendar, the tournament has cost the Hong Kong Football Association and individual clubs millions in recent years, with fans losing interest because of a lack of star power. Last year, the tournament was reduced to a one-day affair between two local sides – a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2181717/fernando-torres-our-money-maker-lunar-new-year-cup-organisers-bank?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2181717/fernando-torres-our-money-maker-lunar-new-year-cup-organisers-bank?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:45:30 +0000 Spanish striker Fernando Torres is set to make his appearance in Hong Kong as his J.League side Sagan Tosu are believed to be one of three overseas teams targeted for the forthcoming Lunar New Year Cup tournament. Although the Hong Kong Football Association announced earlier this month there will not be any visiting teams for the annual event as in past years, a Hong Kong Premier League club, believed to be Pegasus, are working hard to make the tournament happen with a tournament featuring... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2179655/fernando-torres-hong-kong-spain-strikers-jleague-side-sagan-tosu-set?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2179655/fernando-torres-hong-kong-spain-strikers-jleague-side-sagan-tosu-set?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Dec 2018 07:45:45 +0000 The Lunar New Year Cup, one of the longest-running soccer tournaments in Hong Kong that began in the 1950s, is likely to be axed this year with local clubs expressing no desire to organise the signature event. The tournament has seen declining fortunes in recent years with dwindling gate receipts as organisers struggled to secure top-quality overseas sides. If you told me there was not going to be a Lunar New Year Cup this year, I wouldn’t believe it Peter Leung Shou-chi The Hong Kong Football... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1897698/no-takers-lunar-new-year-cup-likely-be-scrapped?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1897698/no-takers-lunar-new-year-cup-likely-be-scrapped?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Jan 2016 13:45:30 +0000 South China are prepared to bite the bullet and lose money to ensure a big turnout for the AET Lunar New Year Cup clash against the New York Cosmos at Hong Kong Stadium next month. Ticket prices for the annual event, on February 19, have been set at HK$100 - the same as a domestic match - and HK$30 for concessionary tickets for the elderly and students. There will also be a number of designated VIP and corporate box tickets at HK$280 and HK$180 respectively. About 60 per cent of the tickets are... https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1682706/lunar-new-year-cup-organisers-face-big-losses-they-just-want-big?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1682706/lunar-new-year-cup-organisers-face-big-losses-they-just-want-big?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:00:30 +0000