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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = ONGC Nehru Cup
| year = 2007
| other_titles =
| image = 2007 ongc-nehru-cup-logo.jpg
| size = 200px
| caption =
| country = India
| dates = 17–29 August
| num_teams = 5
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion = IND
| count = 1
| second = SYR
| matches = 11
| goals = 41
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Zyad Chaabo]] (5 goals)
| player =
| prevseason = [[1997 Nehru Cup|1997]]
| nextseason = [[2009 Nehru Cup|2009]]
}}

The '''2007 [[Nehru Cup]] International Football Tournament''' also known as the '''ONGC Nehru Cup''' due to the competition's sponsorship by [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation|ONGC]], was the 13th edition of the [[Nehru Cup]] a tournament organized by the [[All India Football Federation]] since 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/tournament-event.php?tournamentdetail=62 |title = :::: THE AIFF :::: |access-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516082734/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/tournament-event.php?tournamentdetail=62 |archive-date=16 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the first Nehru Cup after a ten-year break from 1997 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.ongcindia.com/archives1.asp?fold=archives%5CAug07&file1=Feature_Article&file2=feature_article5.txt
| title = ONGC revives Nehru Cup after 10 years
| date = 9 August 2007
| publisher = ONGC
}}</ref>

The tournament was played in the round-robin league format and the final was slated for 29 August in which India defeated Syria to claim its first title.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://twocircles.net/node/15900
| title = India script history, lift Nehru Cup for first time
| date = 30 August 2007
| access-date = 7 April 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212616/http://twocircles.net/node/15900
| archive-date = 3 March 2016
| url-status = live
}}</ref> Along with the host nation [[India national football team|India]], [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]], [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]], [[Syria national football team|Syria]] and [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]] also competed in the 13-day tournament at the refurbished [[Ambedkar Stadium]], where new floodlights had been put up specially for this tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=2119 |title = ONGC Nehru Cup - goalzz.com |access-date=19 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822042310/http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=2119 |archive-date=22 August 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bookmyhotel.in/ambedkar-stadium-delhi/ |title = Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824093346/http://bookmyhotel.in/ambedkar-stadium-delhi |archive-date=24 August 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The total prize money of the tournament was $100,000. The champion team takes away a prize of $40,000, the runners-up receive $20,000 while the third place team will get $10,000. The winning team of every match received $2,500.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ongc_nehru_2007.html |title = ONGC NEHRU CUP 2007 : Indian Football Capital's News |access-date=2 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106201846/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ongc_nehru_2007.html |archive-date=6 November 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Discussion ==
The Nehru Cup campaign started with an Indian 6–0 victory over the less experienced Cambodian side. India's [[Sunil Chhetri]] and Steven Dias had a great game, each of them netting twice. [[Baichung Bhutia]] had produced a wonderful performance in the match. Most of the game was played on the Cambodian side of the pitch. It was expected that India was going to take this one and they did with their second biggest recorded victory. [[Steven Dias]] was "Man of the match".
[[File:IndiavsSyria Nehru Cup-2007.jpg|thumb|250px|right| 2007 ONGC Nehru Cup [[India national football team|India]] vs [[Syria national football team|Syria]]]]
Syria started this tournament with a 2–0 victory over Bangladesh, followed by three consecutive wins over Kyrgyzstan, hosts India and Cambodia. The four wins saw Syria topping the round-roubin standings with a perfect record of 12 out of 12 points. They experienced Syrian side was led by their best goalscorers [[Zyad Chaabo]], who scored 5 out of 14 goals for his team and [[Maher Al Sayed]] with four goals.

Hosts India, after beating Cambodia, enjoyed another win over neighbouring Bangladesh. After losing to Syria, the decisive game for the second final spot was held between the Indian team and Kyrgyzstan. India won that game 3–0 and advanced. The goals were scored by the Indian forwards Baichung Bhutia, Sunil Chhetri and [[Abhishek Yadav (footballer)|Abhishek Yadav]]. This defeat saw the Central Asian side finishing third, while Bangladesh and Cambodia finished fourth and fifth place respectively having played a 1 all draw in their game.

The Nehru Cup final between India and Syria was held on 29 August 2007 in New Delhi. India defeated their opponents 1–0 thanks to a goal from [[N. P. Pradeep]] and won their first ever Nehru Cup trophy. The Indian team received 40,000 US-Dollar for winning this tournament.

All games of the tournament were broadcast live by [[Zee Sports]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/tv/tv2007.html |title = IndianFootball.Com - Indian football on TV |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000345/http://www.indianfootball.de/tv/tv2007.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Matches and results ==

=== Group stage ===
''Teams in green field progress to the Final.''

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|date = 17 August 2007 18:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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|score = 6–0
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|referee= Pepera Hetti Kamkanamge|Kamkanamge ([[Football Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]])}}
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}
|score = 0–2
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|goals2 = [[Maher Al Sayed|Al Sayed]] {{goal|48}} [[Zyad Chaabo|Chaabo]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|referee= A. Arjunan ([[All India Football Federation|India]])}}
----
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|date = 19 August 2007 19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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|score = 4–3
|team2 = {{fb|CAM}}
|goals1 = [[Talant Samsaliev|Samsaliev]] {{goal|12}} Bakyt Mamatov {{goal|17}} [[Ruslan Djamshidov|Djamshidov]] {{goal|48}} [[Vadim Harchenko|Harchenko]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = Hok Sotitya {{goal|34}} [[Chan Rithy|Rithy]] {{goal|40}} [[Chin Chum|Chum]] {{goal|43}}
|stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|referee= Srinivasan Suresh ([[All India Football Federation|India]])}}
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|score = 1–0
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|referee= Sikhrakar Surendra ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])}}
----
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|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fb|KGZ}}
|goals1 = [[Maher Al Sayed|Al Sayed]] {{goal|7|}} [[Zyad Chaabo|Chaabo]] {{goal|44|}} [[Mohamed Al Zeno|Al Zeno]] {{goal|70|}} [[Ibrahim Al Hasan|Al Hasan]] {{goal|82|}}
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|goals2 = Keo Kasal {{goal|90}}
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|goals2 = [[Khaled Mansoor Al Baba|Al Baba]] {{goal|23}} [[Zyad Chaabo|Chaabo]] {{goal|45+1||65}}
|stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
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|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fb|KGZ}}
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|goals2 = [[Hurshil Lutfullaev|Lutfullaev]] {{goal|28||54}} [[Ruslan Djamshidov|Djamshidov]] {{goal|57}}
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|score = 1–5
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|goals1 = [[Teab Vathanak|Vathanak]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 = [[Mohamed Al Zeno|Al Zeno]] {{goal|25}} [[Zyad Chaabo|Chaabo]] {{goal|35}} [[Maher Al Sayed|Al Sayed]] {{goal|51||86}} [[Aatef Jenyat|Jenyat]] {{goal|80|}}
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=== Final ===
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|goals2 =  
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|referee= Sikhrakar Surendra ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])}}

=== Winner ===
{{winners|fb|Nehru Cup 2007 Champion|IND|First}}

== Goalscorers ==
<gallery title="Final match between India and Syria, 29 August 2007" mode="packed">
File:A view of ONGC Nehru Football Cup between India- Syria, in New Delhi on August 29, 2007.jpg|A view of match
File:The captain of Indian Football team, Shri Bhaichung Bhutia celebrating alongwith other players after winning the final of Nehru Football Cup between India and Syria, in New Delhi on August 29, 2007.jpg|The captain of Indian Football team, Bhaichung Bhutia celebrating along with other players after winning the final
File:Priyaranjan Dasmunsi and the footballer, Shri Sunil Chetri alongwith other players celebrating after won the final of Nehru Football Cup between India and Syria in New Delhi on August 29, 2007.jpg|Priyaranjan Dasmunsi and the footballer, Sunil Chetri along with other players celebrating after winning the final
</gallery>
{{col-begin}}
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'''5 goals:'''
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Zyad Chaabo]]
'''4 goals:'''
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Maher Al Sayed]]
'''3 goals:'''
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Baichung Bhutia]]
'''2 goals:'''
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Steven Dias]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[N. P. Pradeep]]
* {{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Hurshil Lutfullaev]]
* {{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Ruslan Djamshidov]]
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Mohamed Al Zeno]]
'''1 goal:'''
* {{flagicon|BAN}} Mohammed Abul Hussain
* {{flagicon|CAM}} [[Teab Vathanak]]
* {{flagicon|CAM}} [[Chin Chum]]
* {{flagicon|CAM}} Hok Sotitya
* {{flagicon|CAM}} Keo Kasal
* {{flagicon|CAM}} [[Chan Rithy]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Abhishek Yadav (footballer)|Abhishek Yadav]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Krishnan Nair Ajayan]]
* {{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Talant Samsaliev]]
* {{flagicon|KGZ}} Bakyt Mamatov
* {{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Vadim Harchenko]]
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Ibrahim Al Hasan]]
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Aatef Jenyat]]
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Khaled Mansoor Al Baba]]
'''1 own goal'''
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Ali Diab]] (playing against Kyrgyzstan)
{{col-end}}

== Man of the Match ==
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Steven Dias]] (IND vs CAM)
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Maher Al Sayed]] BAN vs SYR
* {{flagicon|CAM}} Hok Sotitya (KGZ vs CAM)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Subrata Pal]] (IND vs BAN)
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Maher Al Sayed]] (SYR vs KGZ)
* {{flagicon|BAN}} Mohammed Abul Hussain (BAN vs CAM)
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Zyad Chaabo]] (IND vs SYR)
* {{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Hurshil Lutfullaev]] (BAN vs KGZ)
* {{flagicon|SYR}} [[Mahmoud Al Amenah]] (CAM vs SYR)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Steven Dias]] (IND vs KGZ)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Gawli]] (IND vs SYR, Final)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091106201846/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ongc_nehru_2007.html Details at kolkatafootball.com]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nehru.html Details at RSSSF]
* [http://www.futbolplanet.de/asia/friendly_tournaments/nehru_cup_2007.htm Details at futbolplanet.de]
* [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=2119 Details at goalzz.com]
* [http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/india/index.html Details at indianfootball.com]

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