# 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.

## 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 |

#### Results
### 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 |
* 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 |

#### Results
### 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 |

#### Results
### 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 |

#### Results
## Final rounds
### Bracket

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

### Final
## Top scorers

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