2009 Nehru Cup

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).

2009 ONGC Nehru Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	19–31 August
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	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(s)	Baichung Bhutia
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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^[1] before being removed from the tournament themselves after they stated their intention to send a reserve side.^[2]

Expected Groups

Group A	Group B
India (Hosts and holders)  Lebanon	Syria (Runners-up last Tournament)  Kyrgyzstan  Sri Lanka

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	India (Hosts and holders)  Lebanon  Syria (Runners-up last Tournament)  Kyrgyzstan  Sri Lanka

Squads

India [3]
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

Kyrgyzstan [4]
No.	Name	Club	Appearances		Goals
			Start	Sub
Goalkeepers
1	Pavel Matiash	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	3	0	0
16	Maksim Agapov	Abdish-Ata Kant	1	0	0
Defenders
2	Sergey Chikishev	Sher-Ak-Dan Bishkek	4	0	0
5	Rustamjan Zakirov	Abdish-Ata Kant	0	0	0
6	Faruh Abitov	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	3	0	0
19	Roman Ablakimov	Abdish-Ata Kant	2	0	0
28	Rustem Usanov	Abdish-Ata Kant	4	0	1
	Vyacheslav Amin	Abdish-Ata Kant	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	Vladimir Kasian	Abdish-Ata Kant	1	3	0
9	Sergey Kaleutin	Abdish-Ata Kant	4	0	0
13	Davron Askarov	Abdish-Ata Kant	3	1	0
14	Vadim Harchenko	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	4	0	0
15	Aibek Bokoev	Abdish-Ata Kant	3	0	0
17	Ildar Amirov	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	4	0	1
22	Pavel Sidorenko	Abdish-Ata Kant	0	3	0
25	Artem Muladjanov	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	0	1	0
	Hurshil Lutfullaev	Abdish-Ata Kant	0	0	0
	Aibek Orozaliev	Sher-Ak-Dan Bishkek	0	0	0
Strikers
7	Anton Zemlianuhin	Abdish-Ata Kant	4	0	2
8	Almazbek Mirzaliev	Abdish-Ata Kant	3	1	0
10	Mirlan Murzaev	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	1	3	2
20	Islam Shamshiev	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	0	0	0

Lebanon [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
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
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
Ambedkar Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

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

19 August 2009

18:30 IST

India	0–1	Lebanon
	Report Summary	Al Saadi 4'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)

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20 August 2009

18:30 IST

Syria	2–0	Kyrgyzstan
Al Zeno 9'Al Agha 72'	Report Summary

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Singh (India)

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22 August 2009

18:30 IST

Sri Lanka	4–3	Lebanon
Izzadeen 7', 80', 88' Warakagoda  36' Maduran Weerasinghe 83'	Report Summary	Moghrabi 9' 45+1' Korhani 90+7' (pen.)

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Arumughan (India)

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]

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23 August 2009

18:30 IST

India	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Bhutia 43' Chhetri 58' (pen.)	Report Summary	Murzaev 90'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

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24 August 2009

18:30 IST

Syria	4–0	Sri Lanka
Al Zeno 26' Al Hussain 33' Al Agha 37', 55'	Report Summary

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Singh (India)

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25 August 2009

18:30 IST

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Lebanon
Zemlianuhin 48'	Report Summary	Atwi 56'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)

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26 August 2009

18:30 IST

India	3–1	Sri Lanka
Bhutia 25' Gouramangi 69' Dias 85'	Report Summary	Ruwanthilaka 62'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)

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27 August 2009

18:30 IST

Syria	1–0	Lebanon
Al Zeno 23'	Report Summary

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Arumughan (India)

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28 August 2009

18:30 IST

Sri Lanka	1–4	Kyrgyzstan
Maduranga 53'	Report Summary	Zemlianuhin 34' Amirov 45+1' Murzaev 65' Usanov 70'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Singh (India)

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29 August 2009

18:30 IST

India	0–1	Syria
	Report Summary	Diab 18'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)

Final

31 August 2009

18:30 IST

Syria	1–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Diab 120+3'	Report Summary	Renedy 114'
Penalties
Rafe Ayan Haj Mohamad Balhous Al Agha Al Hussain Al Aitoni	4–5	Lawrence Renedy Chhetri Dias Wadoo A. Ali Surkumar

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)

Syria: GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c) DF 2 Belal Abduldaim DF 3 Ali Diab DF 5 Hamzeh Al Aitoni  105+2' MF 7 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain MF 14 Wael Ayan MF 23 Feras Esmaeel MF 27 Meaataz Kailouni  83' MF 32 Bakri Tarrab FW 12 Mohamed Al Zeno  70' FW 18 Abdul Fattah Al Agha Substitutions: FW 24 Raja Rafe  70' MF 31 Ahmad Haj Mohamad  83' Coach: Fajr Ibrahim

India: GK 1 Subrata Pal DF 5 Anwar Ali DF 17 Irungbam Surkumar Singh DF 14 Mahesh Gawli DF 19 Gouramangi Singh MF 7 N.P. Pradeep  117' MF 23 Steven Dias MF 28 Anthony Pereira  101' MF 30 Climax Lawrence FW 11 Sunil Chhetri FW 15 Baichung Bhutia (c)  28' Substitutions: MF 8 P. Renedy Singh  101' MF 27 Mehrajuddin Wadoo  117' Coach: Bob Houghton

Winners

2009 Nehru Cup champion
India Second title

Goalscorers

3 goals: Mohamed Izzadeen Abdul Fattah Al Agha Mohamed Al Zeno 2 goals: Baichung Bhutia Mirlan Murzaev Anton Zemlianuhin Ali Al Saadi Chathura Maduranga Ali Diab

1 goal: Sunil Chhetri Steven Dias Gouramangi Singh P. Renedy Singh Ildar Amirov Rustem Usanov Abbas Ahmed Atwi Akram Moghrabi Mohamad Korhani Well Don Ruwanthilaka Abdelrazaq Al Hussain

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

Player of the Tournament

• Baichung Bhutia