The 2009

Nehru Cup International Football Tournament The Nehru Cup was an international football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After ...

also known as the ONGC Nehru Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by

ONGC The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is an Indian central public sector undertaking which is the largest government-owned oil and gas explorer and producer in the country. It accounts for around 70 percent of India's domestic pro ...

, was the 14th edition of the

Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After ...

a friendly tournament organized by the

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(

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). 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 India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

and

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

competed in the 15-day tournament at the

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. 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. replaced before being removed from the tournament themselves after they stated their intention to send a reserve side.

Expected Groups

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.

Squads

Venues

Matches and results

Group stage

''Teams in green field progress to the Final.'' ---- ---- ''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.http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/1516 Sri Lanka – Lebanon match called off'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

3 goals: *

Mohamed Izzadeen Mohamed Izzadeen Mohamed Naufer (born 17 January 1981) is a Sri Lankan footballer, who plays either on the left wing or as a striker for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club (football), Army SC and the Sri Lanka national football team. On 6 September 201 ...

* Abdul Fattah Al Agha * Mohamed Al Zeno 2 goals: * Baichung Bhutia * Mirlan Murzaev * Anton Zemlianuhin * Ali Al Saadi * Chathura Maduranga *

Ali Diab Ali Diab (; born 23 May 1982) is a Syrian former professional association footballer who played as a centre back. With 97 appearances he is the second most-capped player on the Syria national football team, Syria national team. International ca ...

1 goal: *

Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri (, born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and captains the India national team. He is the all-time top scorer in Indian Super League history. He is ...

Steven Dias Steven Benedic Dias (born 25 December 1983) is an Indian former professional footballer who is currently the head coach of Jamshedpur B. An attacking midfielder who played on the wings, he was known for his long range shooting, crosses and pas ...

* Gouramangi Singh * P. Renedy Singh *

Ildar Amirov Ildar Amirov (; born 9 October 1987) is a Kyrgyzstani Association football, footballer of Tatars, Tatar descent, last played as a Striker (association football), striker. Career He played for Chennai City F.C., Chennai City in the I-League. He ...

* Rustem Usanov * Abbas Ahmed Atwi * Akram Moghrabi * Mohamad Korhani * Well Don Ruwanthilaka * Abdelrazaq Al Hussain

Man of the Match

* Ali Al Saadi IND vs LIB * Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs KGZ *

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 *

IND vs SYR * Subrata Pal SYR vs IND, Final

Player of the Tournament

* Baichung Bhutia

References

External links

Official website
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