2023–24 HKPLC Cup

2023–24 HKPLC Cup
Tournament details
Country	Hong Kong
Dates	28 December 2023 – 1 January 2024
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Kitchee
Runner-up	Lee Man
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	17 (4.25 per match)
Attendance	5,415 (1,354 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Gil; (3 goals)

The 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League Committee Cup is the inaugural Hong Kong Premier League Committee Cup, top four teams from last edition of Hong Kong Premier League entered this competition.^[1] The competition will start on 28 December 2023, and the third-place match and finals will be staged on 1 January 2024. All matches will be staged at Mong Kok Stadium.^[2]

The champions of the HKPLC Cup will receive HKD$80,000 in prize money, while the runner-up will receive HKD$40,000. In addition, the third-place team will receive HK$20,000 while the fourth place team will receive HK$10,000.

Qualifications

Top four teams from last edition of Hong Kong Premier League entered the stage.

Team	Access
Kitchee	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League champion
Lee Man	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League runner-up
Rangers	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League third-place
Eastern	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League fourth-place

Format

Top four teams from last edition of Hong Kong Premier League entered this edition. All teams compete in a compete in a single-elimination format. If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the teams play a penalty shootout.

The number of foreign players teams can register is unlimited. Each team can register no more than 6 foreign or local guest players for the tournament.^[3]

Guest players

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Kitchee	Chen Ngo Hin	Ngan Cheuk Pan
Lee Man	Yung Hui To
Rangers	Yang Bailin	Au Yeung Yiu Chung	Makoto Rindo	John Umeofia
Eastern	Bosley Yu	Barak Braunshtain

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

28 December 2023 – Mong Kok

Lee Man	3
		1 January 2024 – Mong Kok
Rangers	2
		Lee Man	2 (4)
29 December 2023 – Mong Kok
		Kitchee (p)	2 (5)
Kitchee	5

Eastern	0
		Third-place match

		1 January 2024 – Mong Kok

		Rangers	3

		Eastern	0

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

Fixtures and results

Semi-finals

28 December 2023 (2023-12-28)	Lee Man	3–2	Rangers	Mong Kok
20:00 UTC+8	Anier 5' Gil 33', 49'	Report	Lau Chi Lok 73' Umeofia 90+4'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,256 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

29 December 2023 (2023-12-29)	Kitchee	5–0	Eastern	Mong Kok
20:00 UTC+8	Russell 3' Scott 15' Mingazow 28' Temirov 78', 84'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,181 Referee: Poon Chun Kit

Third-place match

1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)	Rangers	3–0	Eastern	Mong Kok
15:00 UTC+8	Au Yeung Yiu Chung 18' (pen.) Umeofia 29' Leung Hoi Chun 87'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Referee: Wong Wai Lun

Final

1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)	Lee Man	2–2 (4–5 p)	Kitchee	Mong Kok
17:30 UTC+8	Anier 2' Gil 7'	Report	Mikael 9' Mingazow 14'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2,978 Referee: Liu Kwok Man
	Penalties
	Anier Paulissen Dudu Diego Tachibana		Mikael Sartori Fernando Cleiton Roberto

Final

1 January 2024

17:30 UTC+8

Lee Man	2–2	Kitchee
Anier 2' Gil 7'	Report	Mikael 9' Mingazow 14'
Penalties
Anier Paulissen Dudu Diego Tachibana	4–5	Mikael Sartori Fernando Cleiton Roberto

Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok

Attendance: 2,978

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Lee Man

Kitchee


GK	88	Yuen Ho Chun
LB	4	Ryoya Tachibana
CB	5	Yu Wai Lim
AM	7	Mitchel Paulissen	58'
CF	9	Henri Anier	52'
DM	16	Ngan Lok Fung (c)
RW	20	Paulinho Simionato	65'	85'
RB	26	Wong Chun Ho	45'
CB	32	Dudu
DM	33	Diego Eli	50'
LW	91	Gil
Substitutes:
GK	1	Ko Chun
GK	25	Poon Sheung Hei
GK	28	Chan Ka Ho
AM	10	Jonathan Acosta		85'
RW	11	Cheng Siu Kwan
DM	18	Zachary Hui
LB	19	Yu Pui Hong
RB	21	Wong Long Kaa
CB	22	Jim Ho Chun
LB	31	Yung Hui To
Head coach:
Tsang Chiu Tat


GK	1	Wang Zhenpeng
DM	4	Charlie Scott		55'
LW	7	Ruslan Mingazow
RW	8	Igor Sartori
CM	10	Cleiton	34'
RB	11	Ibrahim Kurban
CB	15	Roberto (c)	66'
CM	17	Mikael
CB	26	Andy Russell
LB	77	Fernando
CF	89	Jakob Jantscher		80'
Substitutes:
GK	13	Enikar Mehmud
GK	91	Tuscany Shek
CF	9	Kim Shin-wook
DM	19	Huang Yang		55'
CM	24	Ngan Cheuk Pan
CF	27	Sherzod Temirov		80'
AM	28	Cheng Chin Lung
LW	31	Chen Ngo Hin
AM	32	Yuen Chun Him
CB	74	Kam Chi Kin
CF	96	Matthew Slattery
Head Coach:
Kim Dong-jin

Player of the Match:

Assistant Referees:
Fok Pong Shing
Cheng Kam Wing
Fourth Official:
Yu Kin Fung

Match rules

90 minutes
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Maximum of five substitutions

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gil	Lee Man	3
2	Henri Anier	Lee Man	2
	Ruslan Mingazow	Kitchee
	Sherzod Temirov	Kitchee
	John Umeofia	Rangers
6	Au Yeung Yiu Chung	Rangers	1
	Lau Chi Lok	Rangers
	Leung Hoi Chun	Rangers
	Mikael	Kitchee
	Andy Russell	Kitchee
	Charlie Scott	Kitchee

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