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The 2019–20 Hong Kong Sapling Cup was the 5th edition of the Hong Kong Sapling Cup, and was the second time in history without name sponsorship. The Cup was contested by the 10 teams in the 2019–20 Hong Kong Premier League. The objective of the Cup was to create more potential playing opportunities for youth players. Each team were required to field a minimum of three players born on or after 1 January 1998 (U-22) and a maximum of six foreign players during every whole match, with no more than four foreign players on the pitch at the same time.

Lee Man were the defending champions, but were eliminated after failing to progress further from group stage. Kitchee became the champions for the second time after beating Southern in the final.

Calendar

Group stage

Group A

Rangers	0–3 Awarded	Eastern
Bazán 20'	Report	Moser 6'

Kitchee	2–2	Lee Man
Wellingsson 30' Buddle 47'	Report	N'dri 11' Ngan Lok Fung 80'

Rangers	1–2	Pegasus
Au Yeung Yiu Chung 38' (pen.)	Report	Méndez 45+2', 58'

Eastern	2–0	Lee Man
Diego 87' Everton 90+3'	Report

Eastern	2–1	Kitchee
Harima 32' Eduardo 86'	Report	Barak 79'

Lee Man	1–3	Pegasus
Jordi 43'	Report	Lazari 37' Sasaki 60' Lui Kit Ming 83'

Pegasus	1–4	Kitchee
Lee Oi Hin 4'	Report	Bleda 1', 60' Fernando 84', 90+3'

Lee Man	6–0	Rangers
Diogo 30' N'dri 42' Shapoval 60' Gil 71' Acosta 74' Jordi 87'	Report

Rangers	0–1	Kitchee
	Report	Wellingsson 11'

Pegasus	2–1	Eastern
Sasaki 37' Chang Hei Yin 88'	Report	Eduardo 18'

Kitchee	3–0	Rangers
Cleiton 53' Buddle 56' Bleda 82'	Report

Pegasus	2–3	Lee Man
Chan Siu Ki 59' Glassrock 80'	Report	N'dri 35', 45+2' Jordi 90+2'

Kitchee	1–0	Eastern
Fernando 89'	Report

Pegasus	9–3	Rangers
Awal 14', 51' Lee Oi Hin 60' Chan Siu Ki 71', 73' Sasaki 75' Chan Wai Ho 79', 84' Law Hiu Chung 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Pereira 20', 31' Bazán 56'

Lee Man	1–3	Eastern
Jordi 58'	Report	Lucas 21', 82' Everton 50'

Kitchee	4–0	Pegasus
Wellingsson 61', 70' Bleda 72' Li Ngai Hoi 85'	Report

Rangers	6–3	Lee Man
Pereira 22', 36', 45' Bazán 58', 62', 90+6'	Report	Acosta 41' Cheng Siu Kwan 57' Jordi 67'

Eastern	3–0	Pegasus
Chen Hao-wei 1' Chung Wai Keung 57', 67'	Report

Lee Man	1–4	Kitchee
Shapoval 72' (pen.)	Report	Fernando 4', 44' Wellingsson 39' Chan Shinichi 64'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Southern (A)	8	4	3	1	8	5	+3	15	Advance to Final
2	R&F	8	4	1	3	18	12	+6	13
3	Yuen Long	8	3	3	2	19	17	+2	12
4	Happy Valley	8	2	2	4	13	17	−4	8
5	Tai Po	8	1	3	4	18	25	−7	6

R&F	0–1	Southern
	Report	Chan Siu Kwan 23'

Happy Valley	0–3	Yuen Long
	Report	Fábio 20' Wang Ruei 59' Tang Tsz Kwan 84'

Tai Po	3–5	R&F
Sandro 11' Dudu 34' Kim Min-ki 45'	Report	Yuen Chun Sing 30' Adriel Chan 50' Emmersón 56', 80' Déblé 90+1'

Southern	1–0	Happy Valley
Major 13'	Report

Yuen Long	2–2	R&F
Mikael 55' Kessi 88'	Report	Sean Tse 50' Mak Fu Shing 89'

Southern	1–0	Tai Po
Major 76'	Report

Happy Valley	4–2	Tai Po
Gavilán 35', 78' Chu Wai Kwan 37' Van Meurs 72' (o.g.)	Report	Ho Chun Ting 8' Kim Min-ki 53'

Yuen Long	6–3	Tai Po
Mikael 4', 35' Juninho 61' Santana 67', 75', 79'	Report	Kim Min-ki 8' Hui Ka Lok 81' Chan Man Fai 87'

R&F	0–1	Happy Valley
	Report	Luciano 90+3'

R&F	5–1	Yuen Long
Giovane 26', 88' Leung Nok Hang 41' Mak Fu Shing 47' Leonço 67'	Report	Bai He 90+2' (o.g.)

Tai Po	4–4	Happy Valley
Michael Luk 5', 90+2' (pen.) Ho Chun Ting 80' Nakamura 85'	Report	Gavilán 15', 28', 36' Luciano 70'

Southern	1–2	R&F
Dhiego 7' (pen.)	Report	Déblé 34', 72'

Tai Po	2–2	Yuen Long
Juninho 40' Lai Kak Yi 57'	Report	Mbome 71' Kim Seung-yong 88' (pen.)

Happy Valley	1–3	R&F
Gavilán 79'	Report	Sartori 37', 55' Déblé 68'

Tai Po	2–2	Southern
Sun Ming Him 9', 63'	Report	Major 28' Rehman 86'

Yuen Long	4–3	Happy Valley
Tang Tsz Kwan 15' Santana 20' Mikael 56', 87'	Report	Wong Chi Hong 25', 32' Gavilán 45+1' (pen.)

Yuen Long	1–2	Southern
Lai Kak Yi 57'	Report	Major 5' Kawase 85'

R&F	1–2	Tai Po
Giovane 59'	Report	Kim Seung-yong 39' (pen.), 77'

Final

The final will take place on 27 September 2020 at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground.

Kitchee	3–1	Southern
Matt Orr 35' (pen.) Wellingsson 65' Barak 75'	Report	Beto 44'

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Manuel Gavilán	Happy Valley	7
2	Wellingsson	Kitchee	6
3	Fernando	Kitchee	5
	Mikael	Yuen Long
	Jordi Tarrés	Lee Man
	Stefan Pereira	Rangers
	Leandro Bazán	Rangers
8	Maicon Santana	Yuen Long	4
	Travis Major	Southern
	Michaël N'dri	Lee Man
	Manolo Bleda	Kitchee
	Serges Déblé	R&F

Remarks

1. Since Rangers violated Sapling Cup’s Competition Regulation Article 13 “A minimum of 3 local youth players (born in 1 January 1998 or after) must be fielded at any one time of a Sapling Cup match. A player being sent-off by referee (red card or two yellow cards) shall be deemed to be a player on the field.” The Disciplinary Committee of HKFA had resolved to declare a 0–3 victory for Eastern.
2. The previously scheduled football match, which was originally held at 8:00pm, will be rescheduled due to the request made by both teams.
3. The previously scheduled football matches in 2019-20 Sapling Cup – Hong Kong Pegasus vs Kitchee and Kwoon Chung Southern vs Best Union Yuen Long, which were originally held at 8pm on 6 December and 2:30pm on 7 December at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, will be rescheduled in order to accommodate the Hong Kong Representative Team to prepare for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 Final in Korea Republic.
4. The previously scheduled football matches in 2019-20 Sapling Cup were rescheduled due to public events and transportation arrangement, and requests of clubs earlier.
5. Further to the public health situation and temporary suspension of the venues of Leisure and Culture Services Department (LCSD), the matches of Sapling Cup will be rearranged. All matches held at Jockey Club HKFA Football Training Centre (FTC) will be played behind closed doors (Only authorized team players, staff, guests and media are allowed to enter).
6. Regarding the remaining matches of BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League, Sapling Cup Final, FA Cup Final and Senior Shield Final, Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) has received official confirmation from Home Affairs Bureau today that 6 participated teams would be allowed to resume the remaining matches under required hygiene measures.

References

1. Fixtures of 2019-20 Sapling Cup HKFA 11 September 2019
2. Sapling Cup HKFA 11 September 2019
3. Shooter HKFA 25 February 2020
4. BC Rangers’s Violation of Competition Regulation in Sapling Cup Group A Match HKFA 15 October 2019
5. 2019-20 Sapling Cup Group A Change of Kick-off Time for Kitchee vs Lee Man HKFA 21 October 2019
6. Rescheduling of 2019-20 Sapling Cup Group Matches HKFA 28 November 2019
7. Rescheduling of 2019-20 BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League, Sapling Cup and other matches HKFA 31 December 2019
8. Rescheduling of 2019-20 BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League, Sapling Cup and other matches HKFA 6 February 2020
9. Arrangement on resuming matches for 2019–2020 BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League, Sapling Cup, FA Cup HKFA 17 September 2020

• 2019–20 domestic association football cups
• 2019–20 in Hong Kong football
• Hong Kong Sapling Cup