2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the seventeenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Sheriff Tiraspol for the second time.

2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2009
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	17–25 January 2009
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	84 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	32,400 (1,045 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aleksandr Yerokhin Vīts Rimkus Ibrahim Rabimov (4 goals)
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Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Rubin Kazan	2008 Russian Premier League champions 1	1st
Shakhtar Donetsk	2007–08 Vyshcha Liha champions 2	5th
MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2008 Belarusian Premier League 3rd team 3	1st
Ekranas Panevėžys	2008 A Lyga champions	2nd
Ventspils	2008 Latvian Higher League champions	3rd
Levadia Tallinn	2008 Meistriliiga champions	6th
Sheriff Tiraspol	2007–08 Moldovan National Division champions	8th
Ararat Yerevan	2008 Armenian Premier League runners-up 4	2nd
Inter Baku	2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League champions	1st
Aktobe	2008 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	4th
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2008 Uzbek League runners-up 5	8th
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	2008 Tajik League champions	8th
Aşgabat	2008 Ýokary Liga champions	2nd
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	2008 Kyrgyzstan League champions	5th
Inter Turku	2008 Veikkausliiga champions 6	1st
Russia U21	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage	7th

• ¹ Rubin Kazan were represented by reserve players with addition of a few main team players.
• ² Shakhtar Donetsk were represented by a reserve team Shakhtar-3 Donetsk.
• ³ MTZ-RIPO Minsk replaced BATE Borisov (2008 Belarusian champions), who declined to participate.
• ⁴ Ararat Yerevan replaced Pyunik Yerevan (2008 Armenian champions), who declined to participate in the aftermath of 2006 semifinal incident.
• ⁵ Pakhtakor Tashkent replaced Bunyodkor Tashkent (2008 Uzbekistan champions), who declined to participate.
• ⁶ Inter Turku invited by the organizing committee to replace Dinamo Tbilisi (2007–08 Georgian champions), who declined to participate along with other Georgian teams due to the Russo-Georgian War.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Aktobe	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Pakhtakor Tashkent	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
Rubin Kazan	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Ararat Yerevan	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

17 January 2009

19:00

Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Kabze 51'		Geynrikh 13'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Vusal Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

17 January 2009

19:00

Ararat Yerevan	1 – 3	Aktobe
N.Erzrumian 76'		Khairullin 12', 32' Ostapenko 44'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Muzaffar Abdullaev (Kyrgyzstan)

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18 January 2009

19:00

Rubin Kazan	0 – 2	Aktobe
		Kenzhesariyev 41' Strukov 59'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

18 January 2009

19:00

Pakhtakor Tashkent	4 – 1	Ararat Yerevan
Geynrikh 17' Iheruome 36' Akhmedov 42' Z.Tadjiev 58'		Nranyan 33'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Belarus)

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20 January 2009

19:00

Rubin Kazan	3 – 2	Ararat Yerevan
Kabze 60', 67' (pen.) Kulikov 84'		Movsisian 26' S.Erzrumian 55'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

20 January 2009

19:00

Pakhtakor Tashkent	1 – 1	Aktobe
Iheruome 18'		Tleshev 38'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)

Group B

• Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ekranas Panevėžys	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
MTZ-RIPO Minsk	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Russia U21	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
Aşgabat	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Official table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ekranas Panevėžys	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
Aşgabat	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

17 January 2009

17:00

Aşgabat	0 – 0	Russia U21

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

17 January 2009

17:00

Ekranas Panevėžys	2 – 0	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Rähn 75' Bička 78'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

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18 January 2009

17:00

Russia U21	0 – 1	Ekranas Panevėžys
		Matović 13'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Vadim Agishev (Uzbekistan)

18 January 2009

17:00

Aşgabat	0 – 4	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
		Sashcheka 17' Camara 42' Ceolin 54', 57'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ghenadie Sidenco (Moldova)

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20 January 2009

17:00

Russia U21	0 – 2	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
		Ceolin 54' Sashcheka 89'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

20 January 2009

17:00

Aşgabat	1 – 3	Ekranas Panevėžys
Mingazow 90'		Pogreban 48' Trakys 71', 86'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sheriff Tiraspol	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Shakhtar Donetsk	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
Levadia Tallinn	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

17 January 2009

15:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	0 – 4	Sheriff Tiraspol
		Yerokhin 21', 28', 66' Bulat 23'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

17 January 2009

15:00

Levadia Tallinn	1 – 1	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Andreyev 25'		Ortikov 7'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

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18 January 2009

15:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	2 – 1	Levadia Tallinn
Pryyomov 9' Bredun 80'		Gussev 38'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev (Russia)

18 January 2009

15:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	2 – 1	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Yerokhin 48' Suvorov 55'		Rabimov 37'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Almir Kayumov (Russia)

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20 January 2009

15:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	0 – 0	Levadia Tallinn

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

20 January 2009

15:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	1 – 4	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Nasibulin 73'		Rabimov 36', 48', 59' Makhmudov 39'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Inter Baku	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Ventspils	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Inter Turku	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

17 January 2009

13:00

Ventspils	3 – 1	Inter Turku
Rimkus 4', 15', 42'		Ojala 30'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 800

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

17 January 2009

13:00

Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	0 – 0	Inter Baku

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania)

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18 January 2009

13:00

Inter Turku	1 – 3	Inter Baku
Seppälä 48'		Rubins 24' Kh.Mammadov 32' Guglielmone 75' (pen.)

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 530

Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

18 January 2009

13:00

Ventspils	1 – 0	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Rimkus 90'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

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20 January 2009

13:00

Inter Baku	2 – 0	Ventspils
Červenka 51' Andaveris 87'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

20 January 2009

13:00

Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	3 – 3	Inter Turku
Kum 20' Tagoe 73' Sydykov 89'		Seppälä 18' Furuholm 52' Mäkilä 82'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Ravshan Ishmatov (Tajikistan)

Final rounds

Bracket

	Quarter-finals (21 Jan)					Semi-finals (23 Jan)					Final (25 Jan)
		Ekranas Panevėžys	1
		Pakhtakor Tashkent (p)	1
							Pakhtakor Tashkent	2
							Sheriff Tiraspol (p)	2
		Sheriff Tiraspol (p)	0
		Ventspils	0
												Sheriff Tiraspol (p)	1
												Aktobe	1
		Inter Baku	2
		Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	0
							Inter Baku	0
							Aktobe	1
		Aktobe	4
		MTZ-RIPO Minsk	1

Quarter-finals

21 January 2009

13:00

Inter Baku	2 – 0	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Rubins 24' Guglielmone 48' (pen.)

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

21 January 2009

15:00

Ekranas Panevėžys	1 – 1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Bička 48' (pen.)		Kletskov 45'
Penalties
Sasnauskas Bička Markevičius Padaigis	2 – 4	Geynrikh Marković Andreev Kletskov Iheruome

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Almir Kayumov (Russia)

21 January 2009

17:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	0 – 0	Ventspils
Penalties
Corneencov Mandrîcenco Markevičius Tarkhnishvili Karpovich Rouamba	5 – 4	Cilinšek Menteshashvili Žigajevs Kačanovs Rimkus Kosmačovs

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

21 January 2009

19:00

Aktobe	4 – 1	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Strukov 10' Tleshev 53', 54' Khairullin 60'		Popel 42'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

Semi-finals

23 January 2009

16:00

Pakhtakor Tashkent	2 – 2	Sheriff Tiraspol
Rodríguez 22' (o.g.) Andreev 71'		Corneencov 50' Nadson 76'
Penalties
Geynrikh Marković Bayramov Kletskov Andreev	3 – 4	Suvorov Mandrîcenco Mamah Tarkhnishvili Rodríguez

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,520

Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

23 January 2009

19:00

Inter Baku	0 – 1	Aktobe
		Asanbayev 44'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Almir Kayumov (Russia)

Final

25 January 2009

13:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	1 – 1	Aktobe
Suvorov 8' (pen.)		Logvinenko 65'
Penalties
Bulat Volkov Mamah Tarkhnishvili Rouamba	5 – 4	Khairullin Kenzhesariyev Lavrik Golovskoy Tleshev

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

Top scorers

Vīts Rimkus, one of tournament's top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Aleksandr Yerokhin	Sheriff Tiraspol	4
	Vīts Rimkus	Ventspils	4
	Ibrahim Rabimov	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	4
4	Murat Tleshev	Aktobe	3
	Marat Khairullin	Aktobe	3
	Nicolas Ceolin	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	3
	Hasan Kabze	Rubin Kazan	3