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 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
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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 ![]() |
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Winner
Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2009 Champion |
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Goalscorers
3 goals: 2 goals:
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1 goal: |
Man of the Match
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Ali Al Saadi IND vs LIB
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Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs KGZ
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Mohamed Izzadeen SRI vs LIB
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Baichung Bhutia IND vs KGZ
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Abdelrazaq Al Hussain SYR vs SRI
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Anton Zemlianuhin KGZ vs LIB
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Baichung Bhutia IND vs SRI
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Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs LIB
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Anton Zemlianuhin SRI vs KGZ
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Ali Diab IND vs SYR
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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