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2009 ONGC Nehru Cup Tournament details Host country India Dates 19 August – 31 August Teams 5 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions India (2nd title) Runners-up Syria Third place Kyrgyzstan 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 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 the 31st of 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 broadcasted live by Zee Sports.
Contents
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 Syria (Runners-up last Tournament)
Kyrgyzstan
Sri LankaRevised 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 LankaSquads
India [3] No. Name Club Appearances Goals Start Sub Goalkeepers 1 Subrata Pal Pune FC 5 0 0 24 Subhashish 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 8 Almazbek Mirzaliev Abdish-Ata Kant 3 1 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 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 El 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 Ahmed 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 Mohammed Baqir Younis 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 August 19, 2009
18:30 ISTIndia 0 – 1 Lebanon Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)Bhutia 65' Report
SummaryAl Saadi 4'
El Atat 56'
August 20, 2009
18:30 ISTSyria 2 – 0 Kyrgyzstan Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Singh (India)Al Zeno 9'
Al Shbli 64'
Al Agha 72'Report
SummaryAblakimov 67'
Bokoev 74'
August 22, 2009
18:30 ISTSri Lanka 4 – 3 Lebanon Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Rowan (India)Izzadeen 7' 80' 88'
Warakagoda 36'
Channa 52'
Maduranga 83'
Hettiarachchi 90+6'Report
SummaryMoghrabi 9' 41'
Al Saadi 45+1'
Korhani 90+7' (pen.)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]
August 23, 2009
18:30 ISTIndia 2 – 1 Kyrgyzstan Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi Bhutia 43'
Chhetri 58' (pen.)Report
SummaryMurzaev 90'
August 24, 2009
18:30 ISTSyria 4 – 0 Sri Lanka Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Singh (India)Al Zeno 26'
Al Hussain 33'
Al Agha 37' 55'
Ayan 85'Report
Summary
August 25, 2009
18:30 ISTKyrgyzstan 1 – 1 Lebanon Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)Amirov 24'
Zemlianuhin 48'
Bokoev 67'Report
SummaryAtwi 56'
El Atat 67'
Maatouk 90'
August 26, 2009
18:30 ISTIndia 3 – 1 Sri Lanka Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)Bhutia 25'
Surkumar 41'
Gouramangi 69'
Dias 85'Report
SummaryRuwanthilaka 62'
August 27, 2009
18:30 ISTSyria 1 – 0 Lebanon Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Rowan (India)Al Zeno 23'
Al Agha 74'
Ayan 89'Report
SummaryYounis 85'
August 28, 2009
18:30 ISTSri Lanka 1 – 4 Kyrgyzstan Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Singh (India)Raheem 49'
Maduranga 53'
Mohideen 62'Report
SummaryZemlianuhin 34'
Amirov 45+1' 45+1'
Murzaev 65'
Usanov 70' 85'
August 29, 2009
18:30 ISTIndia 0 – 1 Syria Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)Report
SummaryDiab 18' Final
August 31, 2009
18:30 ISTSyria 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) India Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)Diab 120+3' Report
SummaryRenedy 114' Penalties Rafe
Ayan
Haj Mohamad
Balhous
Al Agha
Al Hussain
Al Aitoni4 - 5 Lawrence
Renedy
Chhetri
Dias
Wadoo
A. Ali
Surkumar
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 Winner
Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2009 Champion
India
Second titleGoalscorers
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
See also
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
External links
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