2009 AFC President's Cup

The 2009 AFC President's Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. Eleven teams competed for the title and were split up into three groups, playing each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.

2009 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTajikistan
Dates12 May – 14 June (group stage)
25–27 September (final stage)
Teams4 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTajikistan Regar-TadAZ (3rd title)
Runners-upKyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored69 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Myanmar Soe Min Oo
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Tajikistan Khurshed Mahmudov[1]
2008
2010

Each group was to be played over a period of days in May and June at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka and Group C at Spartak Stadium, Bishkek.

The final stage of the competition took place in Tajikistan from 25–27 September.

Venues

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Group stage

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Kathmandu Dhaka Bishkek
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Bangabandhu National Stadium Spartak Stadium
Capacity: 17,800 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 23,000
   

Final stage

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  Tursunzoda
Metallurg Stadium
Capacity: 13,770
 

Qualifying teams

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Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
  Bangladesh Abahani Ltd. 2008–09 B.League champions 2nd 2008
  Bhutan Yeedzin FC 2008 A-Division champions 1st
  Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 2008 Cambodian League champions 2nd 2005
  Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 2008 Enterprise Football League champions 3rd 2008
  Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 2008 Kyrgyzstan League champions 5th 2008
  Myanmar Kanbawza 2008 Myanmar Premier League champions 2nd 2008
  Nepal Nepal Police Club 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions1 3rd 2008
  Pakistan WAPDA 2008 Pakistan Premier League champions 3rd 2008
  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Army SC 2008 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 1st
  Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2008 Tajik League champions 4th 2008
  Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat 2008 Turkmenistan League champions 2nd 2008

1 No league held in 2008 so 2006–07 champions qualify.

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Regar-TadAZ 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
2   WAPDA 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3   Taiwan Power Company 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4   Nepal Police Club 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Regar-TadAZ  0–0  WAPDA
Report
Nepal Police Club  2–3  Taiwan Power Company
Silwal   21'
Chetan   84'
Report Feng Pao-hsing   22'
Lin Po-yuan   46'
Lee Meng-chian   57' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombeni (Iran)

Taiwan Power Company  1–3  Regar-TadAZ
Fang Ching-jen   79' Report Rabimov   28'
Rustamov   83'
Eminov   85'
WAPDA  0–0  Nepal Police Club
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)

Taiwan Power Company  1–3  WAPDA
Fang Ching-jen   10' Report Mehmood   74', 81'
Akram   89'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)
Nepal Police Club  2–2  Regar-TadAZ
Chetan   28', 64' Report Nematov   24'
Rustamov   47'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   FC Aşgabat 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4
2   Abahani Ltd. 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3   Sri Lanka Army 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Sri Lanka Army  1–2  Abahani Ltd.
Yussif   43' (o.g.) Report Faisal   41'
Tipu   73'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)

FC Aşgabat  5–1  Sri Lanka Army
Mirzoýew   2', 37'
Amanow   50', 86'
Urazow   74'
Report Priyankara   58'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Fan Qi (China)

Abahani Ltd.  0–0  FC Aşgabat
Report

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
2   Kanbawza 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 6
3   Phnom Penh Crown 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4   Yeedzin FC 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn  7–0  Yeedzin FC
Murzaev   2', 15' (pen.), 65', 79'
Tetteh   29', 87'
Mulajanov   46'
Report
Kanbawza  4–3  Phnom Penh Crown
Soe Min Oo   7', 38', 44'
Khin Maung Lwin   37'
Report Mpoko   20'
Lappé-Lappé   21' (pen.), 30',

Phnom Penh Crown  1–3  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Lappé-Lappé   33' Report Tetteh   45'
Murzaev   47'
Sydykov   79'
Yeedzin FC  2–4  Kanbawza
Chophel   10'
Tenzin   31'
Report Rinchen   38' (o.g.)
Soe Min Oo   38', 81'
Win Min Htut   78'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kakabaý Seýidow (Turkmenistan)

Phnom Penh Crown  3–1  Yeedzin FC
Lappé-Lappé   22', 63'
C. Rithy   43'
Report Tschedupla   40'
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn  2–1  Kanbawza
Tetteh   28'
Amirov   38'
Report Soe Min Oo   3'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Kakabaý Seýidow (Turkmenistan)

Best runner-up

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The best runners-up team from among the three pools qualify for the semi-finals. Because group B consists of only three teams, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups are excluded from the following comparison.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A   WAPDA 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
2 B   Abahani Ltd. 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 C   Kanbawza 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
Source: [citation needed]

Note on tie-breaking situation:

Final stage

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Semi-finals

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Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn  2–1  FC Aşgabat
Samsaliev   31'
Harchenko   46'
Report Muhadow   54'

Regar-TadAZ  4–3 (a.e.t.)  WAPDA
Rabimov   74'
M. Rustamov   90+1', 113'
H. Rustamov   106'
Report Zulfiqar   42'
Mehmood   84'
Bakhsh   103'

Final

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Regar-TadAZ  2–0  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Rabimov   7'
Mahmudov   55'
Report
Attendance: 10,000


 AFC President's Cup 2009 
 
Regar-TadAZ
Third title

References

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  1. ^ "Regar skipper seals second MVP award". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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