2009 Nehru Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | India |
| Dates | 19 August – 31 August |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
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| Best player |
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The 2009 Nehru Cup International Football Tournament also known as the ONGC Nehru Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by ONGC, was the 14th edition of the Nehru Cup a friendly tournament organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
The 14th edition of the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament was played in the round-robin league format and the final was held on 31 August. Along with the host nation India, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Syria and Kyrgyzstan competed in the 15-day tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium.
The total prize money for this tournament was $100,000. The champion team took away a prize of $40,000, the runners-up received $20,000 while the third place team got $10,000. The Man of the Match received $500 and the winning team of every match received $2000.
All games of the tournament was broadcast live by Zee Sports.
Teams
- Initially the tournament was due to be played by 6 national teams divided into two groups of three teams. The top two in each group would advance to the semi-final stage.
Palestine replaced
Thailand[1] before being removed from the tournament themselves.[2]
Expected Groups
| Group A | Group B |
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Revised Group
Due to only 5 teams entering, only one group was needed, where each team would play in a round robin group phase. The top two advanced to a final.
| The Teams
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Squads
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| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
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| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Larry Mehanna | |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Elias Frejie | |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 2 | Ali Al Saadi | |
4 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ahmad Khodor | |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hussein Amine | |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Hassan Daher | |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ali El Atat | |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ali Hamam | |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bilal Najjarin | |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | Hassan Maatouk | |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mohamad Korhani | |
4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hussein Dakik | |
0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Abbas Atwi | |
2 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Akram Moghrabi | |
2 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Amer Khan | |
1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Ali Yaacoub | |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mahmoud Baquir Younes | |
0 | 2 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 17 | Mahmoud El Ali | |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hamze Abboud | |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Mohammed Ghaddar | |
1 | 0 | 0 |
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Venues
| New Delhi |
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| Ambedkar Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 |
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Matches and Results
Group Stage
Teams in green field progress to the Final.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 12 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka |
4 – 3 | |
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| Izzadeen Warakagoda Channa Maduranga Hettiarachchi |
Report Summary |
Moghrabi Al Saadi Korhani |
The game between Sri Lanka and Lebanon was called off due to heavy rain. The game and thus proceeding schedule was moved back one day.[8]
| Kyrgyzstan |
1 – 1 | |
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| Amirov Zemlianuhin Bokoev |
Report Summary |
Atwi El Atat Maatouk |
| Sri Lanka |
1 – 4 | |
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| Raheem Maduranga Mohideen |
Report Summary |
Zemlianuhin Amirov Murzaev Usanov |
Final
| Syria |
1 - 1 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Diab |
Report Summary |
Renedy |
| Penalties | ||
| Rafe Ayan Haj Mohamad Balhous Al Agha Al Hussain Al Aitoni |
4 - 5 | |
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Winner
| Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2009 Champion |
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India Second title |
Goalscorers
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3 goals: 2 goals:
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1 goal: |
Man of the Match
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Ali Al Saadi IND vs LIB -
Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs KGZ -
Mohamed Izzadeen SRI vs LIB -
Baichung Bhutia IND vs KGZ -
Abdelrazaq Al Hussain SYR vs SRI -
Anton Zemlianuhin KGZ vs LIB -
Baichung Bhutia IND vs SRI -
Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs LIB -
Anton Zemlianuhin SRI vs KGZ -
Ali Diab IND vs SYR -
Subrata Pal SYR vs IND, Final
Player of the Tournament
References
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2525/road-to-nehru-cup-09/2009/08/06/1424537/palestine-replaces-thailand-for-nehru-cup Palestine replace Thailand
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1413 Palestine out; Nehru Cup to be a five team affair
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1473 India Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 2009-08-18
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1424 Kyrgyzstan Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 2009-08-12
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1425 Lebanon Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 2009-08-13
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1435 Sri Lanka Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 2009-08-14
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/statistic/team/squad/teamId/455 Syria Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 2009-08-15
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1516 Sri Lanka – Lebanon match called off

