2009 AFC President's Cup
# 2009 AFC President's Cup

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 September 25–27.

## 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

| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last 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 $champions^1$ | 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regar-TadAZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| WAPDA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Taiwan Power Company | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| Nepal Police Club | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |

* All matches played in Nepal.
* Times listed are UTC+5:45.

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Aşgabat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| Abahani Ltd. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka Army | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |

* All matches played in Bangladesh.
* Times listed are UTC+6.

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 |
| Kanbawza | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| Phnom Penh Crown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |
| Yeedzin FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |

* 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.

| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A | WAPDA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| B | Abahani Ltd. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| C | Kanbawza | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |

Note on tie-breaking situation:

* WAPDA placed ahead of Abahani Ltd. on the basis of goal difference.

## Final stage

* Times listed are UTC+5.

### Final

* AFC President's Cup 2009
* Regar-TadAZ Third title
