The 2009 AFC President's Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. Eleven teams competed for the title and were split up into three groups, playing each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.
Each group was to be played over a period of days in May and June at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka and Group C at Spartak Stadium, Bishkek.
The final stage of the competition took place in Tajikistan from 25–27 September.
Venues
Group stage Kathmandu Dhaka Bishkek Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Bangabandhu National Stadium Spartak Stadium Capacity: 17,800 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 23,000 Final stage Tursunzoda Metallurg Stadium Capacity: 13,770
Qualifying teams AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppLast App Bangladesh Abahani Ltd. 2008–09 B.League champions 2nd 2008 Bhutan Yeedzin FC 2008 A-Division champions 1st — Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 2008 Cambodian League champions 2nd 2005 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 2008 Enterprise Football League champions 3rd 2008 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 2008 Kyrgyzstan League champions 5th 2008 Myanmar Kanbawza 2008 Myanmar Premier League champions 2nd 2008 Nepal Nepal Police Club 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions1 3rd 2008 Pakistan WAPDA 2008 Pakistan Premier League champions 3rd 2008 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Army SC 2008 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 1st — Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 2008 Tajik League champions 4th 2008 Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat 2008 Turkmenistan League champions 2nd 2008
1 No league held in 2008 so 2006–07 champions qualify.
Group stage
Group A
All matches played in Nepal. Times listed are UTC+5:45.
Group B
All matches played in Bangladesh. Times listed are UTC+6.
Group C
All matches played in Kyrgyzstan. Times listed are UTC+6.
Best runner-up The best runners-up team from among the three pools qualify for the semi-finals. Because group B consists of only three teams, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups are excluded from the following comparison.
Note on tie-breaking situation: WAPDA placed ahead of Abahani Ltd. on the basis of goal difference.
Final stage Times listed are UTC+5.
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links AFC President's Cup 2009