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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 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. Template:Fb replaced Template:Fb[1] before being removed from the tournament themselves after they stated their intention to send a reserve side.[2]
Expected Groups
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
|
Template:Fb (Hosts and holders) |
Template:Fb (Runners-up last Tournament) |
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 |
Template:Fb (Hosts and holders) |
|---|
Squads
| Template:Flagicon Syria [7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Mosab Balhous | Template:Flagicon Al-Karamah | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Moustafa Shakosh | Template:Flagicon Teshrin SC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Kawa Hesso | Template:Flagicon Al-Jaish | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 2 | Belal Abduldaim | Template:Flagicon Al-Karamah | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ali Diab | Template:Flagicon Al-Majd | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hamzeh Al Aitoni | Template:Flagicon Al-Majd | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Juan Hesso | Template:Flagicon Al-Jaish | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | Abdelrazaq Al Hussain | Template:Flagicon Al-Jaish | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Wael Ayan | Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Alaa Al Shbli | Template:Flagicon Al-Karamah | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Feras Esmaeel | Template:Flagicon Al-Karamah | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Meaataz Kailouni | Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ahmad Haj Mohamad | Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Bakri Tarrab | Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 12 | Mohamed Al Zeno | Template:Flagicon Al-Majd | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Abdul Fattah Al Agha | Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Raja Rafe | Template:Flagicon Al-Majd | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Venues
| New Delhi |
|---|
| Ambedkar Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 |
|
Matches and results
Group stage
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Template:Football box 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]
Final
Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2
.svg) Syria: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Mosab Balhous (c) | ||
| DF | 2 | Belal Abduldaim | ||
| DF | 3 | Ali Diab | ||
| DF | 5 | Hamzeh Al Aitoni | Template:Yel | |
| MF | 7 | Abdelrazaq Al Hussain | ||
| MF | 14 | Wael Ayan | ||
| MF | 23 | Feras Esmaeel | ||
| MF | 27 | Meaataz Kailouni | Template:Suboff | |
| MF | 32 | Bakri Tarrab | ||
| FW | 12 | Mohamed Al Zeno | Template:Suboff | |
| FW | 18 | Abdul Fattah Al Agha | ||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 24 | Raja Rafe | Template:Subon | |
| MF | 31 | Ahmad Haj Mohamad | Template:Subon | |
| Coach: | ||||
| Fajr Ibrahim Template:Flagicon | ||||
 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 | Template:Suboff | |
| MF | 23 | Steven Dias | ||
| MF | 28 | Anthony Pereira | Template:Suboff | |
| MF | 30 | Climax Lawrence | ||
| FW | 11 | Sunil Chhetri | ||
| FW | 15 | Baichung Bhutia (c) | Template:Yel | |
| Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 8 | P. Renedy Singh | Template:Subon | |
| MF | 27 | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | Template:Subon | |
| Coach: | ||||
| Bob Houghton Template:Flagicon | ||||
Winner
Goalscorers
Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 3 goals:
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Izzadeen
- Template:Flagicon Abdul Fattah Al Agha
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Al Zeno
2 goals:
- Template:Flagicon Baichung Bhutia
- Template:Flagicon Mirlan Murzaev
- Template:Flagicon Anton Zemlianuhin
- Template:Flagicon Ali Al Saadi
- Template:Flagicon Chathura Maduranga
- Template:Flagicon Ali Diab
Template:Col-2 1 goal:
- Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri
- Template:Flagicon Steven Dias
- Template:Flagicon Gouramangi Singh
- Template:Flagicon P. Renedy Singh
- Template:Flagicon Ildar Amirov
- Template:Flagicon Rustem Usanov
- Template:Flagicon Abbas Ahmed Atwi
- Template:Flagicon Akram Moghrabi
- Template:Flagicon Mohamad Korhani
- Template:Flagicon Well Don Ruwanthilaka
- Template:Flagicon Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
Man of the Match
- Template:Flagicon Ali Al Saadi IND vs LIB
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs KGZ
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Izzadeen SRI vs LIB
- Template:Flagicon Baichung Bhutia IND vs KGZ
- Template:Flagicon Abdelrazaq Al Hussain SYR vs SRI
- Template:Flagicon Anton Zemlianuhin KGZ vs LIB
- Template:Flagicon Baichung Bhutia IND vs SRI
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs LIB
- Template:Flagicon Anton Zemlianuhin SRI vs KGZ
- Template:Flagicon Ali Diab IND vs SYR
- Template:Flagicon 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
- ↑ Palestine dropped from Nehru Cup football. India Today(11 August 2009).
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1473 India Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 18 August 2009
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1424 Kyrgyzstan Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 12 August 2009
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1425 Lebanon Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 13 August 2009
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1435 Sri Lanka Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 14 August 2009
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/statistic/team/squad/teamId/455 Syria Nehru Cup 2009 Squad. 15 August 2009
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1516 Sri Lanka – Lebanon match called off