2009 Nehru Cup
International football competition
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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).
Host countryIndia
Dates19–31 August
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | India |
| Dates | 19–31 August |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  India (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Syria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Mohamed Izzadeen Abdul Fattah Al Agha Mohamed Al Zeno (3 goals) |
| Best player | Baichung Bhutia |
← 2007 2012 → | |
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 in New Delhi .
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 before being removed from the tournament themselves after they stated their intention to send a reserve side.[1]
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
| India | |||||
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| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Subrata Pal | Pune FC |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Subhasish Roy Chowdhary | Mahindra United |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 3 | Nanjangud Shivananju Manju | Mohun Bagan |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Anwar Ali | Dempo |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Deepak Kumar Mondal | Mohun Bagan |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mahesh Gawli | Dempo |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Irungbam Surkumar Singh | Salgaocar SC |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Gouramangi Singh | Churchill Brothers |
5 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Samir Subash Naik | Dempo |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | N.P. Pradeep | Mahindra United |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | P. Renedy Singh | East Bengal |
1 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Syed Rahim Nabi | East Bengal |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Steven Dias | Mahindra United |
4 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | East Bengal |
1 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Anthony Pereira | Dempo |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Climax Lawrence | Dempo |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 11 | Sunil Chhetri | Dempo,  Kansas City Wizards |
3 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Baichung Bhutia | East Bengal |
4 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Sushil Kumar Singh | Mahindra United |
2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Abhishek Yadav | Mumbai |
1 | 0 | 0 |
 Lebanon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Larry Mehanna | Al-Ansar |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Elias Frejie | Al-Nejmeh |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 2 | Ali Al Saadi | Safa Beirut |
4 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ahmad Khodor | Al-Ansar |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hussein Amine | Al-Ansar |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Hassan Daher | Shabab Al-Sahel |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ali El Atat | Al-Mabarrah |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ali Hamam | Al-Nejmeh |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bilal Najjarin | Al-Nejmeh |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | Hassan Maatouk | Al Ahed |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mohamad Korhani | Safa Beirut |
4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hussein Dakik | Al Ahed |
0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Abbas Atwi | Al-Nejmeh |
2 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Akram Moghrabi | Al-Nejmeh |
2 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Amer Khan | Safa Beirut |
1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Ali Yaacoub | Al-Nejmeh |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mahmoud Baquir Younes | Al-Ansar |
0 | 2 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 17 | Mahmoud El Ali | Al Ahed |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hamze Abboud | Safa Beirut |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Mohammed Ghaddar | Al-Nejmeh |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Viraj Asanka | Saunders Sports Club |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | H. M. A. Kumara | Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 2 | R. N. A. M. A. B. Warakagoda | Sri Lanka Army Sports Club |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Well Don Ruwanthilaka | Saunders Sports Club |
4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | H. A. D. W. Hettiarachchi | Saunders Sports Club |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Amarasinghe Pradeep Kumara | Sri Lanka Police Sports Club |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | S. K. Lahiru Tharaka Silva | Don Bosco Sports Club |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ramlan Tuwan Gafoor Raheem | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| K. M. T. N. Kumara | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. L. K. C. Kumara | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | Chatura Maduranga | Ratnam Sports Club |
4 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Asmeer Lathif Mohamed | Blue Star SC |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Warnakulasuriya Rangana | Ratnam Sports Club |
0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | B. A. R. Jayawila | Sri Lanka Police Sports Club |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Wella Gunaratne | Don Bosco Sports Club |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Mohamed Rawme Mohideen | Ratnam Sports Club |
3 | 1 | 0 |
| K. N. C. Fernando | Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strikers | |||||
| 6 | Mohamed Izzadeen | Sri Lanka Army Sports Club |
4 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | S. Sanjeev | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ediri Bandalage Channa | Ratnam Sports Club |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | S. Satheeswaran | Premier Sports Club |
0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | R. M. J. D. Rathnayake | Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| Syria | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Mosab Balhous | Al-Karamah |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Moustafa Shakosh | Teshrin SC |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Kawa Hesso | Al-Jaish |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 2 | Belal Abduldaim | Al-Karamah |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Adib Barakat | Teshrin SC |
3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ali Diab | Al-Majd |
5 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hamzeh Al Aitoni | Al-Majd |
2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Juan Hesso | Al-Jaish |
1 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | Abdelrazaq Al Hussain | Al-Jaish |
4 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Wael Ayan | Al-Ittihad |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Alaa Al Shbli | Al-Karamah |
3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Feras Esmaeel | Al-Karamah |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Meaataz Kailouni | Al-Ittihad |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ahmad Haj Mohamad | Al-Ittihad |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Bakri Tarrab | Al-Ittihad |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 12 | Mohamed Al Zeno | Al-Majd |
4 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Abdul Fattah Al Agha | Al-Ittihad |
5 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Raja Rafe | Al-Majd |
1 | 4 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syria |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 12 |
| India |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Lebanon |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
Referee: Miron Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)
| Syria | 2–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
|---|---|---|
Al Zeno  9'Al Agha 72' |
Report |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| Zemlianuhin 48' |
Report | Atwi 56' |
Referee: Miron Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)
Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)
| Sri Lanka | 1–4 | Kyrgyzstan |
|---|---|---|
| Chatura Maduranga 53' |
Report | Zemlianuhin 34' Amirov 45+1' Murzaev 65'Usanov 70' |
Final
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Winners
| 2009 Nehru Cup champion |
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 India Second title |
Goalscorers
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3 goals: 2 goals:
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1 goal:
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Man of the Match
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