2009 Turkmenistan President's Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Turkmenistan President’s Cup
Year:2009
Other Titles:Prezident Kubogy 2009
Country:Turkmenistan
Dates:20 February - 28 February
Num Teams:8
Confederations:2
Venues:1
Cities:1
Matches:16
Goals:33
Top Scorer: Azat Garajaýew
(10 Different Players)
(2 goals)
Player: 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

TeamQualifying method
FC AşgabatÝokary Liga 2008 winners
HTTU AşgabatÝokary Liga 2008 runners-up
FC Abdysh-AtaKyrgyzstan League 2008 runners-up
Skonto RīgaVirsliga 2008 3rd place
FC ParvozTajik League 2008 runners-up
FC GandzasarArmenian Premier League 2008 3rd place
Hemmat GolestanIranian regional league team
Bahrain Youth Team

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+5)

Group A

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1. Skonto Rīga7321080+8
2. HTTU Aşgabat6320163+3
3. FC Abdysh-Ata2302112-1
4. FC Hemmat13012010-10

Results

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Group B

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1. FC Aşgabat7321041+3
2. FC Gandzasar33030220
3. FC Parvoz2302123-1
4. Bahrain Youth Team2302113-2

Results

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Semi finals

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Top scorers

Notes

ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team
1 Pirmyrat Gazakow2HTTU Aşgabat
= Igors Kozlovs2Skonto Rīga
= Andrejs Perepļotkins2Skonto Rīga
= Ruslan Mingazow2FC Aşgabat
= Mansurjon Hakimov2FC Parvoz
= Abdullah Naser Mohamed2Bahrain Youth Team
= Berdi Şamyradow2HTTU Aşgabat
= Aleksandrs Fertovs2Skonto Rīga
= Azat Garajaýew2HTTU Aşgabat
= Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew2FC Aşgabat