2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Shield

Tournament details
Country	Hong Kong
Dates	11 September 2022 – 22 January 2023
Teams	10
Defending champions	Eastern
Final positions
Champions	Kitchee (8th title)
Runner-up	Eastern
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	31 (3.44 per match)
Attendance	17,124 (1,903 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dejan Damjanović (4 goals)
Best player	Yapp Hung Fai

2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield is the 120th season of the Hong Kong Senior Shield. 10 teams entered this edition, with 2 games being played in the First Round before the quarter-finals stage. The competition was only open to teams that played in the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League.

The champions received HK$150,000 in prize money while the runners up received HK$50,000. The best player of the final received a HK$10,000 bonus. In addition, the two losing teams in semi-finals received HK$20,000 while the remaining teams received HK$5,000.

Eastern were the defending champions but lost to Kitchee in the final. Kitchee became the champions for the 8th time after beating Eastern in the final.

Calendar

Stage	Round	Draw Date	Date	Matches	Clubs
Knockout	First Round	20 August 2022	11–12 September 2022	2	10 → 8
	Quarter-finals		22–23 October 2022	4	8 → 4
	Semi-finals		25–26 December 2022	2	4 → 2
	Final		22 January 2023	1	2 → 1

Bracket

	First Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
							HK U23	0
							Rangers	2
		Tai Po	1
		Rangers	2
												Rangers	0
												Eastern	1
							Resources Capital	1
							Eastern	3
																	Eastern	1 (2)
																	Kitchee (p)	1 (4)
							Southern	1
							Kitchee (a.e.t.)	4*
		HKFC	0
		Kitchee	5
												Kitchee	4
												Lee Man	0
							Lee Man	5
							Sham Shui Po	0

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Fixtures and results

First round

Tai Po v Rangers

11 September 2022	Tai Po	1–2	Rangers	Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8	Cividini 90'	Report	Fernando 67' Juninho 84'	Attendance: 1,202 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

HKFC v Kitchee

12 September 2022	HKFC	0–5	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8		Report	Scott 51' Mikael 52' Mingazov 79', 81' Roberto 87'	Attendance: 1,505 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

Quarter-finals

Southern v Kitchee

22 October 2022	Southern	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8	Awal 78'	Report	Damjanović 90+6', 96', 120+1' Mingazow 105'	Attendance: 1,542 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Lee Man v Sham Shui Po

22 October 2022	Lee Man	5–0	Sham Shui Po	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
18:00 UTC+8	Cheng Siu Kwan 23' Gavilán 45+2', 52' Everton 57', 81'	Report		Attendance: 355 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Resources Capital v Eastern

23 October 2022	Resources Capital	1–3	Eastern	Tai Po Sports Ground
15:00 UTC+8	Sá 57'	Report	Bertomeu 2' Estevez 17' Sun Ming Him 53'	Attendance: 420 Referee: Tam Ping Wun

HK U23 v Rangers

23 October 2022	HK U23	0–2	Rangers	Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
18:00 UTC+8		Report	Kilama 7' Juninho 63'	Attendance: 263 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Semi-finals

Kitchee v Lee Man

25 December 2022	Kitchee	4–0	Lee Man	Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8	Cleiton 17', 24' Mikael 80' Damjanović 90+4'	Report		Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Rangers v Eastern

26 December 2022	Rangers	0–1	Eastern	Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8		Report	Bertomeu 47'	Attendance: 1,663 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

Final

Eastern v Kitchee

22 January 2023	Eastern	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Kitchee	Hong Kong Stadium
16:00 UTC+8	Bertomeu 78'	Report	Mikael 71'	Attendance: 7,192 Referee: Lau Fong Hei
	Penalties
	Gondra Sun Ming Him Wong Tsz Ho Leung Kwun Chung		Sartori Damjanović Scott Gerbig

Final

22 January 2023

16:00 UTC+8

Eastern	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kitchee
Bertomeu 78'	Report	Mikael 71'
Penalties
Gondra Sun Ming Him Wong Tsz Ho Leung Kwun Chung	2–4	Sartori Damjanović Scott Gerbig

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 7,192

Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Eastern

Kitchee

GK 1 Yapp Hung Fai RB 2 Alexander Jojo CB 3 Tamirlan Kozubayev  114' CB 4 Leon Jones  28' DM 6 Wu Chun Ming  98' CF 9 Víctor Bertomeu  67'  90' RW 11 Wong Ho Chun  61' DM 16 Leung Chun Pong (c)  84' LB 22 Leung Kwun Chung  90+3' CF 23 Sun Ming Him CM 27 Marcos Gondra  81' Substitutes: GK 26 Liu Fu Yuen RB 5 João Gil  84' MF 8 Mark Swainston AM 10 Emilio Estevez  98' CF 13 Chu Wai Kwan  90' MF 24 Wong Wai Chun LB 30 Wong Tsz Ho  65'  61' MF 42 Yeung Tung Ki MF 44 Prabhat Gurung AM 55 Ma Hei Wai MF 66 Lee Cheuk Hin FW 77 Lee Chun Ting Head coach: Roberto Losada

GK 86 Paulo César CB 5 Hélio (c) LW 7 Ruslan Mingazow  120' CF 9 Dejan Damjanović CM 10 Cleiton  101' RB 15 Roberto  52' CM 17 Mikael CB 18 Oliver Gerbig DM 24 Ngan Cheuk Pan  111' LB 77 Fernando RW 99 Poon Pui Hin  57' Substitutes: GK 1 Wang Zhenpeng RB 2 Law Tsz Chun DM 4 Charlie Scott  101' LW 8 Igor Sartori  57' CB 12 Tomas Maronesi DM 19 Huang Yang AM 20 Sohgo Ichikawa RB 22 Clement Benhaddouche LB 23 Jordon Brown AM 28 Cheng Chin Lung CB 66 Tsang Yi Hang CF 88 Alex Akande  111' Head Coach: Chu Chi Kwong

Player of the Match: Yapp Hung Fai (Eastern) Assistant Referees: Law Ming Leong Amarjit Singh Sarao Fourth Official: Tam Ping Wun

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Damjanović	Kitchee	4
2	Ruslan Mingazow	Kitchee	3
	Mikael	Kitchee
	Víctor Bertomeu	Eastern
3	Juninho	Rangers	2
	Manuel Gavilán	Lee Man
	Everton Camargo	Lee Man
	Cleiton	Kitchee