2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Shield
Tournament details
CountryHong Kong
Dates11 September 2022 – 22 January 2023
Teams10
Defending championsEastern
Final positions
ChampionsKitchee (8th title)
Runners-upEastern
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored31 (3.44 per match)
Attendance17,124 (1,903 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Dejan Damjanović
(4 goals)
Awards
Best player Yapp Hung Fai

2022–23 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield was 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 [1] 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

11 September 2022 Tai Po1–2 Rangers Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8 Cividini 90' Report Fernando 67'
Juninho 84'
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Yu Kin Fung
12 September 2022 HKFC0–5 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

22 October 2022 Southern1–4 (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
22 October 2022 Lee Man 5–0Sham Shui PoTseung 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
23 October 2022 Resources Capital1–3 Eastern Tai Po Sports Ground
15:00 UTC+8 57' Report Bertomeu 2'
Estevez 17'
Sun Ming Him 53'
Attendance: 420
Referee: Tam Ping Wun
23 October 2022 HK U230–2 Rangers Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
18:00 UTC+8 Report Kilama 7'
Juninho 63'
Attendance: 263
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Semi-finals

25 December 2022 Kitchee 4–0Lee ManMong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8 Cleiton 17', 24'
Mikael 80'
Damjanović 90+4'
Report Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Luk Kin Sun
26 December 2022 Rangers0–1 Eastern Mong Kok Stadium
15:00 UTC+8 Report Bertomeu 47' Attendance: 1,663
Referee: Yu Kin Fung

Final

Final

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

References

  1. ^ "2022-23 HKFA Senior Shield". HKFA. Retrieved 20 August 2022.