2022–23 Hong Kong FA Cup

2022–23 Hong Kong FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Hong Kong
Dates	2 October 2022 – 13 May 2023
Teams	10
Defending champions	Eastern
Final positions
Champions	Kitchee (7th title)
Runner-up	Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	35 (3.89 per match)
Attendance	10,177 (1,131 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Cleiton (4 goals)
Best player	Cleiton

The 2022–23 Hong Kong FA Cup is the 48th edition of the Hong Kong FA Cup. 10 teams entered this edition. The competition is only open to clubs who participate in the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League, with lower division sides entering the Junior Division, a separate competition. The winners of this year's FA Cup will qualify for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

Since the previous edition of the FA Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Eastern, the champions of the 2019–20 Hong Kong FA Cup remain the defending champions of the competition, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Kitchee became the champions for the seventh time after beating Rangers in the final.

As the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League title holders, Kitchee has qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage as league winners. The 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off position went to the third-placed HKPL team Rangers.

Calendar

Phase	Round	Draw Date	Date	Matches	Clubs
Knockout phase	First Round	20 August 2022	2 – 8 October 2022	2	10 → 8
	Quarter-finals		3 December 2022 – 7 January 2023	4	8 → 4
	Semi-finals		29 April 2023 – 1 May 2023	2	4 → 2
	Final		13 May 2023	1	2 → 1

Bracket

	First Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
							Lee Man	0
							Southern	2
		Southern	6
		HK U23	1
												Southern	1
												Rangers	2
							Rangers	1
							Tai Po	0
																	Rangers	1
																	Kitchee	7
							Eastern	3
							HKFC	0
		Resources Capital	1
		HKFC (a.e.t.)	2*
												Eastern	1
												Kitchee (a.e.t.)	2*
							Kitchee	4
							Sham Shui Po	1

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

Fixtures and results

Times are in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

First round

Resources Capital v HKFC

2 October 2022	Resources Capital	1–2 (a.e.t.)	HKFC	Mong Kok
15:00	Harima 87'	Report	Merkies 35' McMillan 116'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 766 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

Southern v HK U23

8 October 2022	Southern	6–1	HK U23	Mong Kok
18:00	Lee Ka Yiu 23' Chan Yun Tung 34' (o.g.) Awal 53', 73' Sasaki 62' (pen.), 85'	Report	Law Hiu Chung 41'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 427 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Quarter-finals

Kitchee v Sham Shui Po

3 December 2022	Kitchee	4–1	Sham Shui Po	Mong Kok
18:00	Damjanović 42' Poon Pui Hin 47' Fernando 70' Cleiton 90+4'	Report	Lai Kak Yi 52'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 497 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Lee Man v Southern

10 December 2022	Lee Man	0–2	Southern	Tsing Yi
18:00		Report	Pereira 53' Awal 65'	Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 431 Referee: Yu Kin Fung

Rangers v Tai Po

17 December 2022	Rangers	1–0	Tai Po	Tsing Yi
15:00	Juninho 24'	Report		Stadium: Tsing Yi Sports Ground Attendance: 298 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Eastern v HKFC

7 January 2023	Eastern	3–0	HKFC	Mong Kok
18:00	Sun Ming Him 12' Kozubayev 41' Wu Chun Ming 62'	Report		Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 644 Referee: Wong Wai Lun

Semi-finals

Southern v Rangers

29 April 2023	Southern	1–2	Rangers	Mong Kok
15:00	Pereira 55'	Report	Kim Min-kyu 66' Juninho 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 1,251 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Eastern v Kitchee

1 May 2023	Eastern	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Kitchee	Mong Kok
15:00	Bertomeu 14' (pen.)	Report	Alex 67' Mikael 116' (pen.)	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 2,780 Referee: Luk Kin Sun

Final

Rangers v Kitchee

13 May 2023	Rangers	1–7	Kitchee	Mong Kok
15:00 UTC+8	Park Jong-bum 42'	Report	Scott 30', 60' Cleiton 39', 72', 76' Poon Pui Hin 45+2' Mikael 58'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 3,083 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Final

13 May 2023

15:00 UTC+8

Rangers	1–7	Kitchee
Park Jong-bum 42'	Report	Scott 30', 60' Cleiton 39', 72', 76' Poon Pui Hin 45+2' Mikael 58'

Mong Kok Stadium

Attendance: 3,083

Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Rangers

Kitchee

GK 11 Leung Hing Kit CB 4 Kim Min-kyu CB 6 Park Jong-bum CM 10 Lam Ka Wai (c)  67' RB 12 Lo Kwan Yee CM 16 Lam Hin Ting  71'  82' LB 19 Yiu Ho Ming  46' CF 21 Nassam Ibrahim  82' RM 44 Yumemi Kanda CB 55 Jean-Jacques Kilama  73' CF 90 Juninho Substitutes: GK 1 Lo Siu Kei DF 2 Yeung Hok Man CF 7 Lau Chi Lok  46' CF 9 Lam Hok Hei CM 14 Yu Joy Yin  73' DF 17 Loong Tsz Hin MF 18 Yeung Dik Lun DF 23 Tse Wai Chun  82' MF 25 Ma Man Ching MF 29 Lui Cheuk Kan DF 33 Fernando Lopes  82' DF 94 Marco Wegener  67' Co-head coaches: Chiu Chung Man Wong Chin Hung Lai Ka Fai Poon Man Chun

GK 86 Paulo César RW 2 Law Tsz Chun  70' DM 4 Charlie Scott CB 5 Hélio (c) LW 8 Igor Sartori  77' CM 10 Cleiton  7'  77' RB 15 Roberto  77' CM 17 Mikael CB 18 Oliver Gerbig LB 77 Fernando CF 99 Poon Pui Hin  65' Substitutes: GK 1 Wang Zhenpeng RB 11 Bekzhan Sagynbayev  70' DM 19 Huang Yang AM 20 Sohgo Ichikawa RB 22 Clement Benhaddouche  77' LB 23 Jordon Brown CM 24 Ngan Cheuk Pan  77' CB 26 Andy Russell  77' AM 28 Cheng Chin Lung  65' RW 30 Chang Kwong Yin CF 33 Kim Shin-wook CF 88 Alex Akande Head Coach: Chu Chi Kwong

Player of the Match: Cleiton (Kitchee) Assistant Referees: Chow Chun Kit Lam Nai Kei 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	Cleiton	Kitchee	4
2	Mahama Awal	Southern	3
3	Shu Sasaki	Southern	2
	Stefan Pereira	Southern
	Juninho	Rangers
	Mikael	Kitchee
	Poon Pui Hin	Kitchee
	Charlie Scott	Kitchee