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2004 Lunar New Year Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	6 – 9 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frode Johnsen Havard Flo Lasse Nilsson (2 goals)
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The 2004 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday (6 February 2004 and 9 February 2004).

Participating teams

• Hong Kong League XI (host)
• Honduras
• Norway
• Sweden

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

• Coach: Lai Sun Cheung

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Domingos Chan	(1970-09-11)11 September 1970 (aged 33)		Sun Hei
2	2DF	Barnes Colly Ezeh	(1979-12-10)10 December 1979 (aged 24)		Happy Valley
4	2DF	Ng Wai Chiu	(1981-10-22)22 October 1981 (aged 22)		Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
5	2DF	Cristiano Cordeiro	(1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 30)		Sun Hei
6	3MF	Lau Chi Keung	(1977-01-07)7 January 1977 (aged 27)		Sun Hei
7	3MF	Law Chun Bong	(1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 22)		Sun Hei
8	3MF	Cheung Sai Ho	(1975-08-27)27 August 1975 (aged 28)		Happy Valley
9	4FW	Marcio Gabriel Anacleto	(1975-11-10)10 November 1975 (aged 28)
10	3MF	Dan Ito	(1975-11-03)3 November 1975 (aged 28)		Kitchee
11	3MF	Lee Kin Wo	(1967-10-20)20 October 1967 (aged 36)		Sun Hei
14	3MF	Sham Kwok Keung	(1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 18)		Happy Valley
15	2DF	Chan Wai Ho	(1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 21)		Rangers
16	2DF	Luk Koon Pong	(1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 25)		South China
18	2DF	Lee Wai Man	(1973-08-18)18 August 1973 (aged 30)		Happy Valley
19	1GK	Fan Chun Yip	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 27)		Happy Valley
20	2DF	Poon Yiu Cheuk	(1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 26)		Happy Valley
21	4FW	Rochi Putiray	(1970-06-26)26 June 1970 (aged 33)		Kitchee
22	4FW	Kwok Yue Hung	(1975-02-28)28 February 1975 (aged 28)		Happy Valley
23	3MF	Gerard Ambassa Guy	(1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 25)		Happy Valley
24	3MF	Poon Man Tik	(1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 28)		Sun Hei
25	2DF	Szeto Man Chun	(1975-06-05)5 June 1975 (aged 28)		South China
	2DF	Man Pei Tak	(1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 21)		Rangers
	3MF	Jose Ricardo Rambo	(1971-08-17)17 August 1971 (aged 32)
	4FW	Wong Chun Yue	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 25)		Sun Hei

Honduras

• Coach: Bora Milutinović

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Hector Medina	(1975-01-27)27 January 1975 (aged 28)		Real España
2	2DF	Elmer Marín	(1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 24)		Olimpia
4	2DF	Milton Palacios	(1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 23)		Olimpia
6	2DF	Ninrod Medina	(1976-08-26)26 August 1976 (aged 27)		Zacatepec
8	2DF	José Pineda	(1975-03-19)19 March 1975 (aged 28)		Olimpia
10	4FW	Wilmer Velásquez	(1972-04-28)28 April 1972 (aged 31)		Olimpia
11	4FW	Milton Núñez	(1972-11-30)30 November 1972 (aged 31)		Necaxa
12	3MF	Maynor Suazo	(1979-08-10)10 August 1979 (aged 24)		Salzburg
13	4FW	Pompilio Cacho	(1976-12-22)22 December 1976 (aged 27)		Motagua
15	3MF	Elkin González	(1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 23)		Real España
16		Marcelo Ferreira			Olimpia
17	2DF	Javier Martínez	(1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 32)		Marathón
18	4FW	Saul Martínez	(1976-01-29)29 January 1976 (aged 27)		Shanghai Shenhua
19	2DF	Iván Guerrero	(1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 26)		Motagua
21	4FW	Williams Reyes	(1976-12-30)30 December 1976 (aged 27)		FAS
24	2DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 24)		Motagua
	1GK	Víctor Coello	(1974-07-29)29 July 1974 (aged 29)		Marathón
	2DF	Edgar Alvarez	(1980-01-08)8 January 1980 (aged 24)		Peñarol
	2DF	Victor Mena	(1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 23)		Motagua
	2DF	Mauricio Sabillón	(1978-11-11)11 November 1978 (aged 25)		Marathón
	3MF	Amado Guevara	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 27)		New York Metrostars
	3MF	Danilo Turcios	(1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 25)		Tecos

Norway

• Coach: Age Hareide

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Terje Skjeldestad	(1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 26)		Sogndal
3	2DF	Vidar Riseth	(1972-04-21)21 April 1972 (aged 31)		Rosenborg
4	2DF	Brede Hangeland	(1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 22)		Viking
5	2DF	Ståle Stensaas	(1971-07-07)7 July 1971 (aged 32)		Rosenborg
6	2DF	Jon Inge Høiland	(1977-09-20)20 September 1977 (aged 26)		Malmö
7	3MF	Jan-Derek Sørensen	(1971-12-28)28 December 1971 (aged 32)		Lyn
8	3MF	Magne Hoseth	(1980-10-13)13 October 1980 (aged 23)		Molde
9	4FW	Frode Johnsen	(1974-07-13)13 July 1974 (aged 29)		Rosenborg
10	4FW	Håvard Flo	(1970-04-04)4 April 1970 (aged 33)		Sogndal
11	4FW	Harald Brattbakk	(1971-02-01)1 February 1971 (aged 32)		Rosenborg
16	4FW	Rune Buer Johansen	(1973-09-04)4 September 1973 (aged 30)		Ham-Kam
17	3MF	Daniel Braaten	(1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 21)		Skeid
18	3MF	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft	(1975-07-26)26 July 1975 (aged 28)		Hammarby
19	3MF	Ardian Gashi	(1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 22)		Ørn-Horten
20	2DF	Pa Modou Kah	(1980-07-30)30 July 1980 (aged 23)		AIK
21	3MF	Jan Gunnar Solli	(1981-04-19)19 April 1981 (aged 22)		Rosenborg
22	3MF	Anders Stadheim	(1980-08-14)14 August 1980 (aged 23)		Sogndal
	1GK	Erik Holtan	(1969-04-20)20 April 1969 (aged 34)		Odd
	2DF	Tommy Berntsen	(1973-12-18)18 December 1973 (aged 30)		Lyn
	2DF	Bjørn Dahl	(1978-04-17)17 April 1978 (aged 25)		Viking
	2DF	Erlend Hanstveit	(1981-01-28)28 January 1981 (aged 22)		Brann
	2DF	Alexander Aas	(1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 25)		Odd Grenland

Sweden

• Coaches: Tommy Söderberg, Lars Lagerbäck

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Andreas Isaksson	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 22)		Djurgårdens IF
2	2DF	Christoffer Andersson	(1978-10-22)22 October 1978 (aged 25)		Helsingborgs IF
3	2DF	Mikael Antonsson	(1981-05-31)31 May 1981 (aged 22)		IFK Göteborg
4	2DF	Christian Järdler	(1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 21)		Helsingborgs IF
5	2DF	Fredric Lundqvist			GIF Sundsvall
6	2DF	Max von Schlebrügge	(1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 26)		Hammarby IF
7	2DF	Fredrik Stenman	(1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 20)		Djurgårdens IF
8	2DF	Alexander Östlund	(1978-11-02)2 November 1978 (aged 25)		Hammarby IF
9	4FW	Pablo Piñones-Arce	(1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 22)		Hammarby IF
10	3MF	Johan Arneng	(1979-06-14)14 June 1979 (aged 24)		Djurgårdens IF
11	3MF	Martin Ericsson	(1980-09-04)4 September 1980 (aged 23)		IFK Göteborg
12	1GK	Magnus Kihlstedt	(1972-02-29)29 February 1972 (aged 31)		F.C. Copenhagen
13	3MF	Andreas Johansson	(1978-07-05)5 July 1978 (aged 25)		Djurgårdens IF
14	3MF	Andreas Johansson	(1982-03-10)10 March 1982 (aged 21)		Halmstads BK
16	4FW	Lasse Nilsson	(1982-01-03)3 January 1982 (aged 22)		Hammarby IF
17	3MF	Mikael Nilsson	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 25)		Halmstads BK
18	3MF	Mats Rubarth	(1977-01-25)25 January 1977 (aged 26)		AIK Fotboll
19	4FW	Niklas Skoog	(1974-06-15)15 June 1974 (aged 29)		Malmö FF
20	3MF	Babis Stefanidis	(1981-03-08)8 March 1981 (aged 22)		Djurgårdens IF
21	1GK	John Alvbåge	(1982-08-10)10 August 1982 (aged 21)		Örebro SK

Results

Semifinals

Sweden	0–3	Norway
		Johnsen 44' Flo 53', 63'

Hong Kong League XI	0–1	Honduras
		Cacho 18'

Third place match

Hong Kong League XI	0–3	Sweden
		Stefanidis 15' Nilsson 73', 90'

Final

Norway	3–1	Honduras
Brattbakk 26' Johnsen 37' Hoset 86'		Martínez 28'

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 February 2004 – Hong Kong
	Sweden	0
					9 February 2004 – Hong Kong
	Norway	3
					Norway	3
	6 February 2004 – Hong Kong
					Honduras	1
	Hong Kong League XI	0
	Honduras	1
					Third place
					9 February 2004 – Hong Kong
					Hong Kong League XI	0
					Sweden	3

2004 Carlsberg Cup champions
Norway Second title

Top scorers

2 goals

• Frode Johnsen
• Havard Flo
• Lasse Nilsson

1 goal

• Magne Hoset
• Harald Brattbakk
• Pompilio Cacho
• Saúl Martínez
• Babis Stefanidis

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

References

• Carlsberg Cup 2004, Rsssf.com
• XXII. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2004 - Details, YANSFIELD

• Lunar New Year Cup
• 2004 in Norwegian football
• 2003–04 in Hong Kong football
• 2004 in Swedish football
• 2003–04 in Honduran football