# 2009 Turkmenistan President's Cup

The 15th edition of the Turkmenistan President's Cup was played from February 20 to 28 with the participation of eight clubs.
Three of the eight teams participating in the 15th edition of the tournament competed for the Cup for the first time – the runners-up of Kyrgyzstan League, a participant of ‘the golden match’ in the national championships FC Abdysh-Ata, FC Hemmat from Iran and the youth team from Bahrain.
The bronze-medal winner of Virsliga, the 1996 Turkmenistan President's Cup finalist Skonto Rīga and the bronze-medal winner of the championships of Armenia FC Gandzasar Kapan competed in the tournament for the second time. The defending Turkmenistan President's Cup winner HTTU Aşgabat– for the fourth time, a finalist of the 2007 and 2008 international tournaments FC Aşgabat made the third attempt to win the prize.
The teams were split in two groups: Group A – Defending champions Turkmenistan's HTTU Aşgabat was pooled with Kyrgyzstan runners-up Abdysh-Ata, Latvian giants Skonto and Iranian outfit Hemmat Golestan; Group B – Tajikistan runners-up Parvoz, Gandzasar from Armenia, Bahrain youth team and Turkmenistan champions Aşgabat were in Group B.
Two best teams in each group qualified to the final stage and competed for the main prize, the runners-up competed for the third place.
The winning team was awarded with US$20,000 while the runners-up team was given US$10,000.
HTTU beat Aşgabat 2–1 in the final of previous year.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualifying method |
| FC Aşgabat | Ýokary Liga 2008 winners |
| HTTU Aşgabat | Ýokary Liga 2008 runners-up |
| FC Abdysh-Ata | Kyrgyzstan League 2008 runners-up |
| Skonto Rīga | Virsliga 2008 3rd place |
| FC Parvoz | Tajik League 2008 runners-up |
| FC Gandzasar | Armenian Premier League 2008 3rd place |
| Hemmat Golestan | Iranian regional league team |
| Bahrain Youth Team | |

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC+5)

### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1. Skonto Rīga | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
| 2. HTTU Aşgabat | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| 3. FC Abdysh-Ata | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 4. FC Hemmat | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -10 |

#### Results
### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1. FC Aşgabat | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| 2. FC Gandzasar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3. FC Parvoz | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| 4. Bahrain Youth Team | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |

#### Results
## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 February - Olympic Stadium | 27 February - Olympic Stadium |
| Skonto Rīga (p) | 1 |
| Skonto Rīga (p) | 1 | 28 February - Olympic Stadium | 28 February - Olympic Stadium |
| FC Gandzasar | 1 | 28 February - Olympic Stadium | 28 February - Olympic Stadium |
| FC Gandzasar | 1 | Skonto Rīga | 0 |
| 27 February - Olympic Stadium | 27 February - Olympic Stadium | | Skonto Rīga | 0 |
| 27 February - Olympic Stadium | 27 February - Olympic Stadium | HTTU Aşgabat | 1 |
| FC Aşgabat | 0 | HTTU Aşgabat | 1 |
| HTTU Aşgabat | 1 | | |
| HTTU Aşgabat | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 February - Olympic Stadium | 28 February - Olympic Stadium |
| | | FC Gandzasar | 1 |
| | | FC Aşgabat | 2 |

## Top scorers

Notes
* FC Hemmat is the only team at this tournament players of which were unable to score a single goal.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Pirmyrat Gazakow | 2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
| = | Igors Kozlovs | 2 | Skonto Rīga |
| = | Andrejs Perepļotkins | 2 | Skonto Rīga |
| = | Ruslan Mingazow | 2 | FC Aşgabat |
| = | Mansurjon Hakimov | 2 | FC Parvoz |
| = | Abdullah Naser Mohamed | 2 | Bahrain Youth Team |
| = | Berdi Şamyradow | 2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
| = | Aleksandrs Fertovs | 2 | Skonto Rīga |
| = | Azat Garajaýew | 2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
| = | Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew | 2 | FC Aşgabat |