27th Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2004–05 is the 27th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.

The first leg was played in Guangzhou while the second leg was played in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong captured champion by winning an aggregate 4–2 against Guangdong.

Squads edit

Hong Kong edit

Some of the players in the squad include:

Guangdong edit

Guangdong sent the football team which represented the province for 2005 National Games of China. The average age of the team was younger than 20 years old. Some of the players in the squad include:

Results edit

First Leg

Guangdong0-2Hong Kong
Au Wai Lun   17'
Law Chun Bong   21'
Chan Siu Ki   ?'   62'

Second Leg

Hong Kong2-2Guangdong
Cheung Sai Ho   45'
Au Wai Lun   82'
Huang Fengtao   40'
Lu Lin   60'

Trivia edit

  • After 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the HKFA announced that the second leg of this Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup would be for charity fund raising for the incident. All profits from the match went to the fund organized by AFC. More than 16,000 tickets were sold for the match and a fund of more than 2.8 million HK dollars was raised.
  • Hong Kong lifted the trophy for the 10th time in history.

References edit