2009 AFC President's Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tajikistan | 
| Dates | 12 May – 14 June (group stage) 25–27 September (final stage) | 
| Teams | 4 (final stage) 11 (total) (from 11 associations) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Regar-TadAZ (3rd title) | 
| Runners-up |  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 | 
| Goals scored | 69 (3.83 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | .svg.png) Soe Min Oo (6 goals) | 
| Best player(s) |  Khurshed Mahmudov[1] | 
| ← 2008  2010 →  | |
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.
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
Group stage
| Kathmandu | Dhaka | Bishkek | 
|---|---|---|
| Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | Bangabandhu National Stadium | Spartak Stadium | 
| Capacity: 17,800 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 23,000 | 
|   |   | 
Final stage
|  Tursunzoda | 
|---|
| Metallurg Stadium | 
| Capacity: 13,770 | 
|   | 
Qualifying teams
| 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 | 
| .svg.png) 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
Group A
| 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 | 
| 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.) | 
| Taiwan Power Company  | 1–3 |  Regar-TadAZ | 
|---|---|---|
| Fang Ching-jen  79' | Report | Rabimov  28' Rustamov  83' Eminov  85' | 
| Taiwan Power Company  | 1–3 |  WAPDA | 
|---|---|---|
| Fang Ching-jen  10' | Report | Mehmood  74', 81' Akram  89' | 
| Nepal Police Club  | 2–2 |  Regar-TadAZ | 
|---|---|---|
| Chetan  28', 64' | Report | Nematov  24' Rustamov  47' | 
Group B
| 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 | 
- All matches played in Bangladesh.
- Times listed are UTC+6.
| Sri Lanka Army  | 1–2 |  Abahani Ltd. | 
|---|---|---|
| Yussif  43' (o.g.) | Report | Faisal  41' Tipu  73' | 
| FC Aşgabat  | 5–1 |  Sri Lanka Army | 
|---|---|---|
| Mirzoýew  2', 37' Amanow  50', 86' Urazow  74' | Report | Priyankara  58' | 
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | 
| 2 | .svg.png) 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 | 
- All matches played in Kyrgyzstan.
- Times listed are UTC+6.
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn  | 7–0 |  Yeedzin FC | 
|---|---|---|
| Murzaev  2', 15' (pen.), 65', 79' Tetteh  29', 87' Mulajanov  46' | Report | 
| Kanbawza .svg.png) | 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 | .svg.png) Kanbawza | 
|---|---|---|
| Chophel  10' Tenzin  31' | Report | Rinchen  38' (o.g.) Soe Min Oo  38', 81' Win Min Htut  78' | 
| Phnom Penh Crown  | 3–1 |  Yeedzin FC | 
|---|---|---|
| Lappé-Lappé  22', 63' C. Rithy  43' | Report | Tschedupla  40' | 
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn  | 2–1 | .svg.png) Kanbawza | 
|---|---|---|
| Tetteh  28' Amirov  38' | Report | Soe Min Oo  3' | 
Best runner-up
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 | .svg.png) Kanbawza | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 
Note on tie-breaking situation:
- WAPDA placed ahead of Abahani Ltd. on the basis of goal difference.
Final stage
- Times listed are UTC+5.
Semi-finals
| 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
| Regar-TadAZ  | 2–0 |  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 
|---|---|---|
| Rabimov  7' Mahmudov  55' | Report | 
| AFC President's Cup 2009 | 
|---|
|  Regar-TadAZ Third title | 
References
- ^ "Regar skipper seals second MVP award". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2012.