2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup explained

Tourney Name:	Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Year:	2009
Other Titles:	CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2009
Country:	Russia
Dates:	17–25 January 2009
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champion Other:	Sheriff Tiraspol
Count:	2
Matches:	31
Goals:	84
Attendance:	32400
Top Scorer:	Aleksandr Yerokhin Vīts Rimkus Ibrahim Rabimov (4 goals)
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the seventeenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Sheriff Tiraspol for the second time.

Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Rubin Kazan	2008 Russian Premier League champions ¹	1st
Shakhtar Donetsk	2007–08 Vyshcha Liha champions ²	5th
MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2008 Belarusian Premier League 3rd team ³	1st
Ekranas Panevėžys	2008 A Lyga champions	2nd
Ventspils	2008 Latvian Higher League champions	3rd
Levadia Tallinn	2008 Meistriliiga champions	6th
Sheriff Tiraspol	2007–08 Moldovan National Division champions	8th
Ararat Yerevan	2008 Armenian Premier League runners-up ⁴	2nd
Inter Baku	2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League champions	1st
Aktobe	2008 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	4th
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2008 Uzbek League runners-up ⁵	8th
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	2008 Tajik League champions	8th
Aşgabat	2008 Ýokary Liga champions	2nd
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	2008 Kyrgyzstan League champions	5th
Inter Turku	2008 Veikkausliiga champions ⁶	1st
Russia U21	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage	7th

¹ Rubin Kazan were represented by reserve players with addition of a few main team players.
² Shakhtar Donetsk were represented by a reserve team Shakhtar-3 Donetsk.
³ MTZ-RIPO Minsk replaced BATE Borisov (2008 Belarusian champions), who declined to participate.
⁴ Ararat Yerevan replaced Pyunik Yerevan (2008 Armenian champions), who declined to participate in the aftermath of 2006 semifinal incident.
⁵ Pakhtakor Tashkent replaced Bunyodkor Tashkent (2008 Uzbekistan champions), who declined to participate.
⁶ Inter Turku invited by the organizing committee to replace Dinamo Tbilisi (2007–08 Georgian champions), who declined to participate along with other Georgian teams due to the Russo-Georgian War.

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
align=center rowspan="3"	1	Aleksandr Yerokhin	Sheriff Tiraspol	4
Vīts Rimkus	Ventspils	4
Ibrahim Rabimov	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	4
align=center rowspan="4"	4	Murat Tleshev	Aktobe	3
Marat Khairullin	Aktobe	3
Nicolas Ceolin	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	3
Hasan Kabze	Rubin Kazan	3