Hong Kong League Cup 2008–09 is the 9th Hong Kong League Cup.
All teams of Hong Kong First Division League 2008–09 will play in this competition.
Calendar Round Date Matches Clubs First round 20 February 2009 – 22 February 2009 5 13 → 8 Quarter-finals 7 March 2009 – 8 March 2009 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 21 March 2009 – 22 March 2009 2 4 → 2 Final 4 April 2009 1 2 → 1
Bracket
All times are local (UTC+8).
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Kitchee used more than the allowed maximum of 6 foreign players after the 89th minute. Since it did not affect the final qualification of Convoy Sun Hei, the decision which awarding a 3–0 win to Convoy Sun Hei, was made on 20 April 2009, the date after the final of this competition. 香港足球總會聯賽盃 - 傑志非本地球員超額事件 The Hong Kong Football Association official website
Final
TSW PEGASUS: GK 1 OliveiraRB 6 Luk Koon PongCB 2 Beto CB 5 Wisdom Fofo Agbo LB 4 Deng JinghuangCM 10 Eugene MbomeCM 26 Lai Yiu Cheong RW 11 ItaparicaLW 17 Lee Hong Lim SS 19 Cheng Siu Wai (c) CF 30 Yuto NakamuraSubstitutes:GK 23 Li JianDF 3 Lin JunshengDF 21 Lai Man FeiMF 13 Cheung Kin Fung MF 15 Yuen Kin Man MF 16 Louis Berty AyockMF 20 Yip Chi Ho Coach: RicardoCONVOY SUN HEI: GK 1 Wei ZhaoRB 5 Carlos CB 26 RobertoCB 33 Cristiano Cordeiro (c) LB 3 Chung Kin Hei RM 9 Chan Yiu LunCM 10 Lau Chi Keung CM 16 Lai Kai CheukLM 14 Lo Chi Kwan RF 22 Giovane LF 24 Tomoaki Seino Substitutes:GK 17 Cheung King WahGK 21 Chan Ka KiDF 2 Tseng Siu Wing DF 12 Tse Man Wing DF 23 Lai Ka FaiMF 7 Chu Siu Kei FW 20 Kwok Yue HungCoach: Leslie Santos MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Pau Sai Yin Poon Ming Fai Fourth official: Wong Po OnMATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.
Scorers The scorers in the 2008–09 Hong Kong League Cup are as follows:
6 goals Giovane (Convoy Sun Hei)
4 goals Yuto Nakamura (TSW Pegasus)
3 goals Itaparica (TSW Pegasus) Alex (Eastern)
2 goals Lau Chi Keung (Convoy Sun Hei)
1 goal Caleb Ekwenugo (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Paulinho (Citizen) Chao Pengfei (Happy Valley) Edson Minga (Fourway) Christian Annan (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Au Yeung Yiu Chung (South China)
Julius Akosah (Eastern) Leung Tsz Chun (Mutual) Zeng Qixiang (Eastern) Lee Hong Lim (TSW Pegasus) Lee Wai Lim (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Wilfred Bamnjo (Convoy Sun Hei) So Loi Keung (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Lam Hok Hei (Fourway) Cheng Siu Wai (TSW Pegasus) Wong Chun Yue (Eastern) Ye Jia (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Carlos (Convoy Sun Hei) Lo Chi Kwan (Convoy Sun Hei)
Own goals Xiao Xiao (Sheffield United) Machado (Eastern) Carlos (Convoy Sun Hei)
References and notes
External links League Cup - Hong Kong Football Association