# 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).
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.

### 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 :
| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Appearances | Goals |
| No. | Name | Club | Start | Sub | Goals |
| 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 :
| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Appearances | Goals |
| No. | Name | Club | Start | Sub | Goals |
| 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 :
| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Appearances | Goals |
| No. | Name | Club | Start | Sub | Goals |
| 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 | Appearances | Goals |
| No. | Name | Club | Start | Sub | Goals |
| 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 | Appearances | Goals |
| No. | Name | Club | Start | Sub | Goals |
| 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 |
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.

### Final

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

## 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