The 2004
Lunar New Year Cup
The Lunar New Year Cup, previously known as the Carlsberg Challenge or the Carlsberg Cup, is an annual invitational association football, football tournament organised in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) since 1908. It is usua ...
(''aka Carlsberg Cup'') was a
football
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tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival (see also #Names, § Names), is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a New Year, new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar, lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is one of the most important holi ...
holiday (6 February 2004 and 9 February 2004).
Participating teams
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Hong Kong League XI
The Hong Kong League XI, also known as the Hong Kong XI or Hong Kong League Selection, is a football team which represents the Hong Kong First Division League in exhibition matches, mainly the Lunar New Year Cup.
The team is selected from the ...
(host)
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
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Norway
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Sweden
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Squads
Hong Kong League XI
The Hong Kong League XI, also known as the Hong Kong XI or Hong Kong League Selection, is a football team which represents the Hong Kong First Division League in exhibition matches, mainly the Lunar New Year Cup.
The team is selected from the ...
* Coach:
Lai Sun Cheung
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
* Coach:
Bora Milutinović
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Велибор Бора Милутиновић; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager.
He has managed at five editions of the FIFA World Cup, tied for the record al ...
Norway
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* Coach:
Age Hareide
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
* Coaches:
Tommy Söderberg
Tommy Söderberg (born 19 August 1948) is a Swedish football manager and coach who is current an advisor for IFK Sunne.
Career
Söderberg had his active career in Stockholm clubs Ängby IF and IK Continental, before taking roles in various S ...
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Lars Lagerbäck
Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck (; born 16 July 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player who currently serves as an advisor for the Iceland national football team.
Lagerbäck has managed a number of national teams prior to his curren ...
Results
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Bracket
Top scorers
2 goals
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Frode Johnsen
Frode Johnsen (born 17 March 1974) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played for Odd and Rosenborg in the Tippeligaen and for Nagoya Grampus and Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. He played in several positions, but was preferred as a ...
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Havard Flo
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Lasse Nilsson
1 goal
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Magne Hoset
Magne Hoseth (born Magne Hoset on 13 October 1980) is a Norwegian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player.
During his playing career, he played for Averøykameratene, Molde FK, Molde, F. ...
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Harald Brattbakk
Harald Martin Brattbakk (born 1 February 1971) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the all-time top scorer in the Norwegian top division with 166 goals in 255 matches, before being surpassed by Sigur ...
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Pompilio Cacho
Pompilio Cacho Valerio (born 22 December 1976) is a former Honduran football player who plays as forward.
Club career
A much-travelled striker, Cacho started his career at Marathón, making his debut on 2 December 1995 against Broncos, and ...
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Saúl Martínez
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Babis Stefanidis
Charalambos "Babis" Stefanidis (; born 8 March 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and now manager. He is the current manager of the Swedish team Olympiacos Stockholm FC.
Career
Born in Skellefteå, St ...
See also
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Hong Kong Football Association
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China Limited (HKFA; ) is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. Its current chairman is Eric Fok.
History
The HKFA was established in 1914. It is one of the ...
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Hong Kong First Division League
The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the List of oldest football competitions, third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is ...
References
Carlsberg Cup 2004 Rsssf.com
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2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
2004 in Norwegian football
2003–04 in Hong Kong football
2004 in Swedish football
2003–04 in Honduran football