2009 Turkmenistan President's Cup

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)	Azat Garajaýew ; (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

2009-02-20

15:00

HTTU Aşgabat	4 - 0	FC Hemmat
Daýançgylyç Urazow 6' Begli Nurmyradow 27' Azat Garajaýew 74' Pirmyrat Gazakow 76'

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

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

Skonto Rīga	1 – 1	FC Gandzasar
Aleksandrs Fertovs 19'		58' David Khanishvili
Penalties
Andrejs Perepļotkins Aleksandrs Fertovs Raivis Hščanovičs Igors Tarasovs Vladimir Dvalishvili	3 – 2	Virgil Marşavela Ara E. Khachatryan David Khanishvili Teofilo Leandro Arsen Avetisyan

#	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Pirmyrat Gazakow	2	HTTU Aşgabat
=	Igors Kozlovs	2	Skonto Rīga
=	Andrejs Perepļotkins	2	Skonto Rīga
=	Ruslan Mingazow	2	FC Aşgabat
=	Mansurjon Hakimov	2	FC Parvoz
=	Abdullah Naser Mohamed	2	Bahrain Youth Team
=	Berdi Şamyradow	2	HTTU Aşgabat
=	Aleksandrs Fertovs	2	Skonto Rīga
=	Azat Garajaýew	2	HTTU Aşgabat
=	Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew	2	FC Aşgabat

2009 Turkmenistan President's Cup

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Results

Group B

Results

Knockout stage

Semi finals

Third-place play-off

Final

Top scorers