| Year: | 2009 |
| Size: | 200 |
| City: | Khartoum, Juba & Kessela |
| Country: | Sudan |
| Dates: | August 23 - September 6 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | CAF |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Uganda |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Eritrea |
| Third: | Tanzania |
| Fourth: | Sudan |
| Prevseason: | 2007 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2009 CECAFA U-17 Championship was the 2nd edition of the CECAFA U-17 Championship organized bt CECAFA (Council of East and Central Africa Football Association. The second edition of the CEFAFA U-17 Championship, all games were originally to be played in Nairobi, Kenya[1] but have since been moved to Sudan.[2] due to financial reasons, the Sudanese FA and El Merreikh Investment Group have agreed to sponsor the tournament.
The cup is also referred to as the Bashir Cup and the Hassan el Bashir Cup by East African media due to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's involvement.
There is a possibility that a third group will be based at Kessala.
| List of officials | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Referee(s) | Assistant referee(s) | |
 Burundi | — | Hakizimana Jean Marie | |
 Djibouti | Hassan Ali Mohamed | — | |
 Eritrea | Luleseged Ghebremichael | Muhamed Hugush | |
 Ethiopia | — | Tilahun Fekadu Muhamed Sultan | |
 Kenya | Thomas Onyango | Elias Wamalwa | |
 Rwanda | Issa Kagabo | — | |
 Somalia | — | Olad Arab Bashir | |
| Sudan | Mohamed Hussein El-Nigomi Ahmed Rassaz Librato | Medany Mustafa Saeed Salih Khalafala Abdel Aziz Ahmad Ali Waleed | |
| Tanzania | Israel Mujuni | Erasmo Jesse | |
 Uganda | Dennis Batte | — | |
| Zanzibar | — | Josephat Bulali | |
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.