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

Hong Kong

Some of the players in the squad include:

• Cheung Sai Ho 蔣世豪
• Law Chun Bong 羅振邦
• Au Wai Lun 歐偉倫
• Xiao Guoji 蕭國基
• Chan Siu Ki 陳肇麒
• Lau Chi Keung 劉志强
• Fan Chun Yip 范俊業

Guangdong

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:

• Players of 20 years old or below:
  • Huang Fengtao 黃鳳濤
  • Lu Lin 盧琳
  • Zhao Le 趙樂
• Players older than 20 years old:
  • Yang Zhi 楊智 (Guangdong Kejian)
  • Wu Weian 吳偉安
  • Wu Pingfeng 吳坪楓
  • Dai Xianrong 戴憲榮 (Guangzhou Sunray Cave)
• Coach:
  • Chen Yuliang 陳玉良

Results

First Leg

2 January 2005

Guangdong	0-2	Hong Kong
		Au Wai Lun File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Law Chun Bong File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Chan Siu Ki Yellow card ?' Yellow-red card 62'

Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Second Leg

9 January 2005

Hong Kong	2-2	Guangdong
Cheung Sai Ho File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Au Wai Lun File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		Huang Fengtao File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Lu Lin File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Trivia

• 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

• HKFA website 省港盃回憶錄(十) (in chinese)
• HKFA website 近5屆省港盃回顧(三) (in chinese)