The 87th 2013 Lunar New Year Cup (), also known as the China Mobile Satellite Communication Cup () due to sponsorship reason, is the annual

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Teams

Public Vote of Hong Kong League XI Team

Each First Division League team had nominated at most 4

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s and 3 forwards for the public vote of Hong Kong League XI Team. 10 players with the highest number of vote from different position were selected to the team, while 2 goalkeepers and 6 other players were chosen by the head coach of the team,

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. 10 players with the highest voting in each position of the public vote are as follows:

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

: Honorary Team Manager: Brian Leung : Deputy Honorary Team Manager:

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, Ken Ng : Coach:

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) : ^CSCoach selection, ^PSPublic selection : * Deng Jinghuang''( Sun Pegaus)'' resigned due to injury.

Shanghai East Asia

:General coach:

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:Head coach:

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Muangthong United

:Manager:

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Busan IPark

:Manager:

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Fixtures and results

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

References

{{2012–13 in Hong Kong football Lunar New Year Cup

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