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 TeamQualificationParticipation Rubin Kazan2008 Russian Premier League champions 11st Shakhtar Donetsk2007–08 Vyshcha Liha champions 2 5th MTZ-RIPO Minsk2008 Belarusian Premier League 3rd team 3 1st Ekranas Panevėžys2008 A Lyga champions2nd Ventspils2008 Latvian Higher League champions3rd Levadia Tallinn2008 Meistriliiga champions6th Sheriff Tiraspol2007–08 Moldovan National Division champions8th Ararat Yerevan2008 Armenian Premier League runners-up 4 2nd Inter Baku2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League champions1st Aktobe2008 Kazakhstan Premier League champions4th Pakhtakor Tashkent2008 Uzbek League runners-up 5 8th Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda2008 Tajik League champions8th Aşgabat2008 Ýokary Liga champions2nd Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn2008 Kyrgyzstan League champions5th Inter Turku2008 Veikkausliiga champions 6 1st Russia U21Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage7th
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.
Group stage
Group A
Results
Group B Unofficial table
Official table
Results
Group C
Results
Group D
Results
Final rounds
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals 1 Aleksandr Yerokhin Sheriff Tiraspol 4 Vīts Rimkus Ventspils 4 Ibrahim Rabimov Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda 4 4 Murat Tleshev Aktobe 3 Marat Khairullin Aktobe 3 Nicolas Ceolin MTZ-RIPO Minsk 3 Hasan Kabze Rubin Kazan 3
References
External links Russian Football Union Official web-site Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2009 at rsssf 2009 CIS Cup at football.by 2009 CIS Cup at kick-off.by