2023–24 HKPLC Cup

The 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League Committee Cup is the inaugural Hong Kong Premier League Committee Cup, top four teams from last edition of Hong Kong Premier League entered this competition.^[1] The competition started on 28 December 2023, and the third-place match and finals were staged on 1 January 2024. All matches were staged at Mong Kok Stadium.^[2]

2023–24 HKPLC Cup

Tournament details
Country	Hong Kong
Dates	28 December 2023 – 1 January 2024
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Kitchee
Runner-up	Lee Man
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	17 (4.25 per match)
Attendance	5,415 (1,354 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Gil (3 goals)

The champions of the HKPLC Cup received HKD$80,000 in prize money, while the runner-up received HKD$40,000. In addition, the third-place team received HK$20,000 while the fourth-place team received HK$10,000.

Qualifications

Top four teams from last edition of Hong Kong Premier League entered the stage.

Team	Access
Kitchee	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League champion
Lee Man	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League runner-up
Rangers	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League third-place
Eastern	2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League fourth-place

Format

Top four teams from last edition of Hong Kong Premier League entered this edition. All teams compete in a compete in a single-elimination format. If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the teams play a penalty shootout.

The number of foreign players teams can register is unlimited. Each team can register no more than 6 foreign or local guest players for the tournament.^[3]

Guest players

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Kitchee	Chen Ngo Hin	Ngan Cheuk Pan
Lee Man	Yung Hui To
Rangers	Yang Bailin	Au Yeung Yiu Chung	Makoto Rindo	John Umeofia
Eastern	Bosley Yu	Barak Braunshtain

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 December 2023 – Mong Kok
	Lee Man	3
					1 January 2024 – Mong Kok
	Rangers	2
					Lee Man	2 (4)
	29 December 2023 – Mong Kok
					Kitchee (p)	2 (5)
	Kitchee	5
	Eastern	0
					Third-place match
					1 January 2024 – Mong Kok
					Rangers	3
					Eastern	0

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Fixtures and results

Semi-finals

Lee Man v Rangers

28 December 2023 (2023-12-28)	Lee Man	3–2	Rangers	Mong Kok
20:00 UTC+8	Anier 5' Gil 33', 49'	Report	Lau Chi Lok 73' Umeofia 90+4'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,256 Referee: Lau Fong Hei

Kitchee v Eastern

29 December 2023 (2023-12-29)	Kitchee	5–0	Eastern	Mong Kok
20:00 UTC+8	Russell 3' Scott 15' Mingazow 28' Temirov 78', 84'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,181 Referee: Poon Chun Kit

Third-place match

Rangers v Eastern

1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)	Rangers	3–0	Eastern	Mong Kok
15:00 UTC+8	Au Yeung Yiu Chung 18' (pen.) Umeofia 29' Leung Hoi Chun 87'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Referee: Wong Wai Lun

Final

Lee Man v Kitchee

1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)	Lee Man	2–2 (4–5 p)	Kitchee	Mong Kok
17:30 UTC+8	Anier 2' Gil 7'	Report	Mikael 9' Mingazow 14'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2,978 Referee: Liu Kwok Man
	Penalties
	Anier Paulissen Dudu Diego Tachibana		Mikael Sartori Fernando Cleiton Roberto

Final

Lee Man	2–2	Kitchee
Anier 2' Gil 7'	Report	Mikael 9' Mingazow 14'
Penalties
Anier Paulissen Dudu Diego Tachibana	4–5	Mikael Sartori Fernando Cleiton Roberto

1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)

17:30 UTC+8

Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok

Attendance: 2,978

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Lee Man

Kitchee

GK 88 Yuen Ho Chun LB 4 Ryoya Tachibana CB 5 Yu Wai Lim AM 7 Mitchel Paulissen  58' CF 9 Henri Anier  52' DM 16 Ngan Lok Fung (c) RW 20 Paulinho Simionato  65'  85' RB 26 Wong Chun Ho  45' CB 32 Dudu DM 33 Diego Eli  50' LW 91 Gil Substitutes: GK 1 Ko Chun GK 25 Poon Sheung Hei GK 28 Chan Ka Ho AM 10 Jonathan Acosta  85' RW 11 Cheng Siu Kwan DM 18 Zachary Hui LB 19 Yu Pui Hong RB 21 Wong Long Kaa CB 22 Jim Ho Chun LB 31 Yung Hui To Head coach: Tsang Chiu Tat

GK 1 Wang Zhenpeng DM 4 Charlie Scott  55' LW 7 Ruslan Mingazow RW 8 Igor Sartori CM 10 Cleiton  34' RB 11 Ibrahim Kurban CB 15 Roberto (c)  66' CM 17 Mikael CB 26 Andy Russell LB 77 Fernando CF 89 Jakob Jantscher  80' Substitutes: GK 13 Enikar Mehmud GK 91 Tuscany Shek CF 9 Kim Shin-wook DM 19 Huang Yang  55' CM 24 Ngan Cheuk Pan CF 27 Sherzod Temirov  80' AM 28 Cheng Chin Lung LW 31 Chen Ngo Hin AM 32 Yuen Chun Him CB 74 Kam Chi Kin CF 96 Matthew Slattery Head Coach: Kim Dong-jin

Player of the Match: Assistant Referees: Fok Pong Shing Cheng Kam Wing Fourth Official: Yu Kin Fung

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of five substitutions

Final Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Kitchee	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
	Lee Man	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
	Rangers	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
4	Eastern	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gil	Lee Man	3
2	Henri Anier	Lee Man	2
	Ruslan Mingazow	Kitchee
	Sherzod Temirov	Kitchee
	John Umeofia	Rangers
6	Au Yeung Yiu Chung	Rangers	1
	Lau Chi Lok	Rangers
	Leung Hoi Chun	Rangers
	Mikael	Kitchee
	Andy Russell	Kitchee
	Charlie Scott	Kitchee