The 2009

Nehru Cup International Football Tournament The Nehru Cup was an international association 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 ...

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

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, was the 14th edition of the

Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international association 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 ...

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 (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

competed in the 15-day tournament at the

Ambedkar Stadium Dr. Ambedkar Stadium is a football stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, famous social reformer and architect of the Indian Constitution. It was earlier known as the Corporation Stadium. It also hel ...

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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

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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

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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 Army SC and the Sri Lanka national football team. On 6 September 2013 Izzadeen scored 4 goals against Bh ...

Abdul Fattah Al Agha Abdul Fattah Al Agha ( ar, عبد الفتاح الآغا; born 1 August 1984), is a retired Syrian footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career playing for Syrian side Al Ittihad Aleppo and other clubs from Egypt. ...

Mohamed Al Zeno Mohamed Al-Zeno ( ar, محمد زينو; born 5 February 1983) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Taliya in the Syrian Premier League. Club career Early career Mohamed Al-Zeno's career began with the Al-Ittihad Aleppo youth sq ...

2 goals: *

Baichung Bhutia Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976), also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often ...

* Mirlan Murzaev * Anton Zemlianuhin *

Ali Al Saadi Ali Mahmoud Al Saadi ( ar, علي محمود السعدي; born 20 April 1986) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Safa. Starting his career at Safa in 2005, Al Saadi remained there until 2017—albeit being sent o ...

* Chathura Maduranga *

Ali Diab Ali Diab ( ar, علي دياب; born 23 May 1982 in Hafeir al-Fouqa, Rif Dimashq, Syria) is a Syrian professional association football player. He last played for Al-Wahda in the Syrian Premier League, the top division in Syria. He played as a ...

1 goal: *

Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the India national team. Widely regarded as the greatest Indian footballer of all time, h ...

* Steven Dias *

Gouramangi Singh Gouramangi Singh Moirangthem (born 25 January 1986) is an Indian former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant coach of Indian Super League club Goa. Club career A product of the Tata Football Academy, he has plied his trade ...

P. Renedy Singh Potsangbam Renedy Singh, simply known as Renedy Singh (born 20 June 1979), is a former Indian football player and football pundit, who was the interim manager of Indian Super League club East Bengal for 2021–22 season. He is also the former ...

Ildar Amirov Ildar Amirov ( tt-Cyrl, Илдар Әмиров, translit=İldar Ämiref; born 9 October 1987) is a Kyrgyzstani footballer of Tatar descent, last played as a striker. Career He played for Chennai City in the I-League The I-League (known ...

* Rustem Usanov * Abbas Ahmed Atwi *

Akram Moghrabi Akram Omar Moghrabi ( ar, أكرم عمر مغربي; born 19 October 1985) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Sagesse. Club career Moghrabi signed for Nejmeh's youth sector on 11 September 2002. On 23 July 2 ...

* Mohamad Korhani * Well Don Ruwanthilaka *

Abdelrazaq Al Hussain Abdelrazaq Al Hussain ( ar, عبد الرزاق الحسين; born 15 September 1986, in Aleppo) is a Syrian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ansar FC (Medina), Al-Ansar and the Syria national ...

Man of the Match

IND vs LIB *

SYR vs KGZ *

SRI vs LIB *

IND vs KGZ *

SYR vs SRI * Anton Zemlianuhin KGZ vs LIB *

IND vs SRI *

SYR vs LIB * Anton Zemlianuhin SRI vs KGZ *

IND vs SYR *

Subrata Pal Subrata Paul (also Pal; born 24 December 1986) is an Indian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan FC, ATK Mohun Bagan, on loan fr ...

SYR vs IND, Final

Player of the Tournament

References

External links

Official website
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