2009 Turkmenistan President's Cup

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2009 Turkmenistan President’s Cup

Prezident Kubogy 2009
Tournament details
Host country	Turkmenistan
Dates	20 February - 28 February
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(10 Different Players) (2 goals)
Best player(s)	Krendelev

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[]

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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[]

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Knockout stage[]

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

Semi finals[]

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Third Place Play-off[]

Final[]

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		2	HTTU Aşgabat
=	Igors Kozlovs	2	Skonto Rīga
=	Andrejs Perepļotkins	2	Skonto Rīga
=	Ruslan Mingazow	2	FC Aşgabat
=		2	FC Parvoz
=		2	Bahrain Youth Team
=	Berdi Şamyradow	2	HTTU Aşgabat
=	Aleksandrs Fertovs	2	Skonto Rīga
=		2	HTTU Aşgabat
=	Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew	2	FC Aşgabat