Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2002-03 is the 25th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and Guangdong

Guangdong

Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

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The first leg was played in Guangzhou

Guangzhou

Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

 while the second leg was played in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

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Guangzhou captured the champion by winning an aggregate 4-1 against Hong Kong.

Rules

• Each team was allowed to register a maximum of 5 foreign players, among which only 3 of them could be played in the match at the same time.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong League XI

Hong Kong League XI, or known as Hong Kong XI or Hong Kong League Selection, is a football team which represents the Hong Kong First Division League in exhibitional matches, mainly the Lunar New Year Cup....

Fan Chun Yip

Fan Chun Yip

Fan Chun Yip , with the nickname "zyu1-zai2" , is a goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach for South China, was in the squad of the Hong Kong national football team as a captain, and now has been promoted to become a goalkeeping coach of the national team...

 Chung Ho Yin

Chung Ho Yin

Chung Ho Yin is a Hong Kong professional football player. He made his debut in first level game in Lai Sun's FA Cup match against Sing Tao on 6 April 1990....

 Cheung Yiu Lun Leung Chi Wing Chan Wai Ho

Chan Wai Ho

Chan Wai Ho is a centre back currently playing for Fourway Rangers in the Hong Kong First Division. He plays for Hong Kong national football team since 2000, and was a member of the Hong Kong East Asian Games football team in 2009 who won the East Asian Games gold medal...

 Cristiano Cordeiro

Cristiano Cordeiro

Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro , also known as Cris is a naturalised Hong Kong professional association football player. He is a defender in Sun Hei and the Hong Kong football team...

 Ng Wai Chiu

Ng Wai Chiu

Ng Wai Chiu is a Hong Kong professional football player cuurently playing for Hong Kong First Division League club South China. He has been capped for Hong Kong at various youth levels, including the Olympic U-23 team and is now a regular in senior 'A' internationals.-Early life:Ng Wai Chiu's...

 Poon Yiu Cheuk

Poon Yiu Cheuk

Poon Yiu Cheuk is a Hong Kong football left-back who currently plays for South China of the Hong Kong First Division League.-Honours:South China AA*Hong Kong First Division League: 3*Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield: 1-Club career:...

 Cheung Sai Ho Kim Pan-Gon Lo Chi Kwan

Lo Chi Kwan

Lo Chi Kwan is a Hong Kong international football player, who currently plays his club football for Hong Kong First Division side Kitchee.-Kitchee career:Lo Chi Kwan scored a hat-trick in Kitchee's 6:0 win over Hong Kong Sapling on 25 September 2011....

 Lee Wai Man

Lee Wai Man

Lee Wai Man , is a Hong Kong professional football player who mainly plays as a defender. He had also played as other positions on the field, including goalkeeper when he moved on to this position urgently after his teammate Leung Cheuk Cheung was dismissed in a match...

 Man Pei Tak

Man Pei Tak

Man Pei Tak is a Hong Kong football player. He plays the defender position. He transferred to his current club South China from Rangers in summer 2006.He has signed a contract with Hong Kong entertainment giant Emperor Entertainment Group...

 Lee Kin Wo

Lee Kin Wo

Lee Kin Wo is one of the most famous footballers in Hong Kong and his most usual position is right wing. He is voted as the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year for 3 times. His long hair is also a trademark for football fans....

 Cornelius Udebuluzor

Cornelius Udebuluzor

Cornelius Chi-Dubem Udebuluzor is a Nigerian soccer player. He started his career on Górnik Zabrze Polish club. He represented Hong Kong League XI in various friendly matches, including the Carlsberg Cup. In 2001, he helped Hong Kong XI beating Paraguay at the Carlsberg Cup...

 Chan Ho Man Au Wai Lun

Au Wai Lun

Au Wai Lun is a retired Hong Kong professional football player. He announced his retirement after unable to making a contract renewal with his last club South China in Hong Kong First Division League after 2006-07 season...

 Rochy Putiray Chan Chi Hong

Chan Chi Hong

Chan Chi Hong is a Hong Kong professional football player playing for Hong Kong First Division League team South China. His usual position is left winger....

 Keith Gumbs

Keith Gumbs

Keith "Kayamba" Gumbs is a St. Kitts and Nevis international football player who currently plays as a striker for the Indonesia Super League side Sriwijaya FC...

 Szeto Man Chun

Szeto Man Chun

Szeto Man Chun is a Hong Kong professional football midfielder playing for Hoi Fan.-National Team:He had played for Hong Kong Representative Team more than 8 years...

 Gerard Ambassa Guy

Gerard Ambassa Guy

Gerard Ambassa Guy , nicknamed JJ, is a Cameroonian-born Hong Kong association football player for Sun Hei and the Hong Kong football team. He played for Happy Valley, Yee Hope, Instant-Dict, Hong Kong Rangers, South China and TSW Pegasus in the past....

 Márcio Gabriel Anacleto

Guangdong

The team was formed mainly by players from Jia A 2002 1st runner-up Shenzhen Kejian Pingan. It also invited 5 players from Jia A champion team Dalian Shide.
Some of the players in the squad include: Li Ming 李明 Wang Pang 王鵬 Zou Jie

Zou Jie

Zou Jie is a Chinese football player who plays as a striker for Dalian Yiteng in the China League Two.-Club career:...

 鄒捷 Li Yi 李毅 (captain) Zheng Zhi

Zheng Zhi

Zheng Zhi is a Chinese professional association football player who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande. Starting his career as a defender, he would be moved into central midfield by his coach at Shenzhen Jianlibao and experienced immediate success there by winning the 2004 Chinese Super...

 鄭智

Results

First Leg
Second Leg

Trivia

• Dalian Shide players Wang Pang and Chui Jie were top scorers in AFC Youth Championship
  AFC Youth Championship
  The AFC U-19 Championship, formerly known as AFC Youth Championship, is an annual football competition organised by the sport's Asian governing body, Asian Football Confederation . The competition has been held since 1959...
  
   2002.
• Zheng Zhi
  Zheng Zhi
  Zheng Zhi is a Chinese professional association football player who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande. Starting his career as a defender, he would be moved into central midfield by his coach at Shenzhen Jianlibao and experienced immediate success there by winning the 2004 Chinese Super...
  
   only played for the second match. He was the Jia A 2002 Player of the Year.