1979 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 1978-79 is the 1st staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.

The first leg was played in Guangzhou on 21 January 1979 while the second leg was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 28 January 1979.

Guangdong captured the first champion of this competitive by winning an aggregate 4-1 against Hong Kong.

Squads

Hong Kong

• Coach: Lo Tak Kuen (盧德權)

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Chan Wan Ngok (陳雲岳) 2 2DF Chan Sai Kau (陳世九) (vice-captain) (1952-08-26)26 August 1952 (aged 26) Happy Valley 3 3MF Leung Sui Wing (梁帥榮) (1958-05-22)22 May 1958 (aged 20) Happy Valley 4 2DF Lok Tak Fai (駱德輝) 5 2DF Ma Tin Hung (馬天雄) 6 2DF Choi York Yee (蔡育瑜) (1953-05-11)11 May 1953 (aged 25) Happy Valley 7 2DF Poon Cheung Wong (潘長旺) 8 2DF Leung Wut Mo (梁活武) 9 3MF Li Kwai Hung (李桂雄) (1953-05-17)17 May 1953 (aged 25) 10 3MF Leung Nang Yan (梁能仁) (1954-02-02)2 February 1954 (aged 24) 11 3MF Lai Yik Shu (賴翊樞) 12 3MF Chan Fat Chi (陳發枝) (1957-01-10)10 January 1957 (aged 22) 13 4FW Kwok Ka Ming (郭家明) (captain) (1949-10-30)30 October 1949 (aged 29) Rangers 14 4FW Fung Chi Ming (馮志明) (1951-05-13)13 May 1951 (aged 27) Happy Valley 15 4FW Wan Chi Keung (尹志強) (1956-05-01)1 May 1956 (aged 22) South China 16 4FW Sze Kin Hei (施建熙) (1951-12-26)26 December 1951 (aged 27) 17 4FW Lau Wing Yip (劉榮業) (1953-08-18)18 August 1953 (aged 25) 18 1GK Ma Pit Hung (馬必雄) 3MF Cheung Ka Ping (張家平)

Guangdong

Guangdong team consists of 17 players.

• Cai Jinbiao 蔡錦標
• Wu Zhiying 吳志英
• He Jia 何佳
• Chen Xirong 陳熙榮
• Ou Weiteng 歐偉庭
• Gu Guangming 古廣明
• Rong Zhihang 容志行
• Yang Fusheng 楊福生
• Ye Xiquan 葉細權
• Du Qing'en 杜慶恩
• He Jinlun 何錦倫
• Xie Zhiguang 謝志光

Trivia

• Ou Weiteng of Guangdong team scored after 4 minutes and this is the first goal of the competition.
• Second leg was played on the first day of Chinese New Year.

Results

First Leg

Guangdong v Hong Kong

1979-01-21

Guangdong	1 – 0	Hong Kong
Ou Weiteng  4'

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Second Leg

Hong Kong v Guangdong

1979-01-28 15:15

Hong Kong	1 – 3	Guangdong
Leung Nang Yan  79' (pen.)		He Jia  35' Gu Guangming  60' Ou Weiteng  73'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 15,000

References

• HKFA website 省港盃回憶錄(一) (in Chinese)
• HKFA website 省港盃回憶錄(二) (in Chinese)
• Takungpao, 1979-01-27, page 12
• Wah Kiu Yat Po, 1979-01-30, section 3 page 4 (total page 12)

See also

• 1979 Lunar New Year Cup