2009 AFC Cup

2009 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates	10 March – 3 November 2009
Teams	29+3 (from 17 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al Kuwait
Runners-up	Al Karamah
Tournament statistics
Matches played	117
Goals scored	334 (2.85 per match)
Attendance	569,263 (4,865 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robert Akaruye; Mohamad Hamwi; Jehad Al Hussain; Huỳnh Kesley Alves (8 goals)
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 AFC Cup was the sixth season of the AFC Cup, a competition among clubs from member nations of the Asian Football Confederation.

With the Asian Football Confederation reviewed the format of the AFC Champions League and made significant changes to way the competition is run, the teams that qualified for the AFC Cup is also from different countries compared to the previous editions.

Allocation of entries per association edit

A total of 32 clubs will participate in the 2009 AFC Cup. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009 AFC Cup.

2 teams to qualify from each of the following associations:
- Hong Kong
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Oman
- Syria
- Yemen
1 team to qualify from each of the following associations:
- Bahrain
- India
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
3 teams which did not satisfy the criteria to participate in the 2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs (so each association had one additional team to qualify):
- Bahrain
- Lebanon
- Vietnam
3 losers from AFC Champions League 2009 qualifying play-offs

Participating Countries in Region edit

Following are the 2009 AFC Cup Participants.^[1]

West Asia
Team	Qualifying method
Al-Muharraq¹	2008 AFC Cup winners 2007–08 Bahraini Premier League winners 2008 Bahraini King's Cup winners
Busaiteen	2007–08 Bahraini Premier League runners-up
Mohun Bagan AC	2008 Indian Federation Cup winners
Arbil	2007–08 Iraqi Premier League champions
Al-Zawraa	2007–08 Iraqi Premier League runners-up
Al-Wihdat	2007–08 Jordan League champions
Al-Faisaly	2007-08 Jordan FA Cup winners
Al-Kuwait	2007–08 Kuwaiti Premier League champions
Al-Arabi	2008 Kuwait Emir Cup winners
Safa¹	2008 AFC Cup runners-up
Al-Ahed	2007–08 Lebanese Premier League champions
Al-Mabarrah	2007–08 Lebanese FA Cup winners
Al-Orouba	2007–08 Omani League champions
Al-Suwaiq	2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners
Al-Karamah	2007–08 Syrian Premier League champions 2007-08 Syrian Cup winners
Al-Majd	2007–08 Syrian Premier League runners-up
Neftchi Farg'ona	2008 Uzbek League 3rd place
Al-Hilal Al-Sahili	2007–08 Yemeni League champions
Al-Tilal	2007 Yemeni President Cup winners
Dempo	2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers

East Asia
Team	Qualifying method
South China	2007–08 Hong Kong First Division League champions
Eastern	2007 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield winners
Kedah FA	2007–08 Super League Malaysia champions 2008 Malaysia FA Cup winners
Johor FC	2007–08 Super League Malaysia 3rd place
Club Valencia	2008 Dhivehi League champions
VB Sports Club	2008 Maldives FA Cup winners
Home United	2008 S.League 3rd place
Chonburi	2008 Thailand Premier League runners-up
Binh Duong¹	2008 V-League champions
Hanoi ACB	2007–08 Vietnamese Cup winners
PSMS Medan	2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers
PEA	2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers

¹ These clubs had qualified for the 2009 AFC Champions League, but were removed as their nations did not meet AFC Criteria.

Round and draw dates edit

Date^[2]	Match
12 January	Draw for group stage
10 March	Group stage Matchday 1
17 March	Group stage Matchday 2
7 April	Group stage Matchday 3
21 April	Group stage Matchday 4
5 May	Group stage Matchday 5
19 May	Group stage Matchday 6
26 May	Round of 16, West Asia

Date	Event
23 June	Round of 16, East Asia
29 June	Draw for remaining rounds
15 September	Quarter-finals 1st leg
30 September	Quarter-finals 2nd leg
15 October	Semi-finals 1st leg
21 October	Semi-finals 2nd leg
3 November	Final^[3]

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 January 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Each club plays double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:

Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
Goal difference in all the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
Drawing of lots.

Winners and runners-up of each group will qualify for the next round.

Group A edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BUS	NEF	AHD	TIL
Busaiteen	6	3	3	0	14	7	+7	12		2–2	4–2	3–0
Neftchi Farg'ona	6	3	2	1	12	9	+3	11	1–1		2–1	1–0
Al-Ahed	6	2	1	3	13	10	+3	7	1–1	5–1		3–0
Al-Tilal	6	1	0	5	3	16	−13	3	1–3	0–5	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ZAW	SAF	HIL	SUW
Al-Zawraa	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13		2–1	2–0	2–0
Safa	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2	12	1–0		0–1	1–0
Al-Hilal Al-Sahili	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7	1–1	0–1		2–0
Al-Suwaiq	6	1	0	5	3	8	−5	3	0–1	0–1	3–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ARB	ARL	ORU	MAB
Al-Arabi	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11		2–0	2–0	4–2
Arbil	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8	1–1		3–0	3–2
Al-Orouba	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8	1–1	1–1		3–0
Al-Mabarrah	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6	2–1	1–0	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KUW	KAR	WAH	MOH
Al-Kuwait	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13		2–1	1–0	6–0
Al-Karamah	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	2–1		3–1	1–0
Al-Wahdat	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10	1–1	3–1		5–0
Mohun Bagan	6	0	0	6	1	19	−18	0	0–1	0–4	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MAJ	DEM	MHQ	FAI
Al-Majd	6	4	1	1	12	9	+3	13		2–1	1–1	4–3
Dempo	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	1–0		0–1	3–1
Al-Muharraq	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6	2–3	1–1		0–0
Al-Faisaly	6	1	1	4	11	15	−4	4	1–2	3–4	3–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SC	MED	VB	JFC
South China	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	16		3–0	2–1	2–0
PSMS Medan	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	2–2		1–0	3–1
VB	6	1	1	4	5	7	−2	4	1–2	1–2		2–0
Johor FC	6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1	1–4	0–1	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CHO	KED	EAS	HAN
Chonburi	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	15		3–1	4–1	6–0
Kedah	6	2	1	3	14	10	+4	7	0–1		2–0	7–0
Eastern	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7	2–1	3–3		3–0
Hanoi ACB	6	2	0	4	6	19	−13	6	0–2	3–1	3–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BD	HU	PEA	VAL
Binh Duong	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13		2–0	1–1	3–0
Home United	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	2–1		3–1	5–1
PEA	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10	1–3	2–1		4–1
Club Valencia	6	0	0	6	3	21	−18	0	0–5	0–1	1–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage edit

Round of 16 edit

The draw for the round of 16 of the 2009 AFC Cup was held on 12 January 2009, along with the draw for the group stage. The Western Asia matches were played on 26 May, while the Eastern Asia matches were played on 23 June.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Asia
Busaiteen	1–2 (aet)	Al-Karamah
Al-Zawraa	1–3	Arbil
Al-Arabi	2–1 (aet)	Safa
Al-Kuwait	3–1	Dempo
Al-Majd	0–0 (aet) (1–3 p)	Neftchi Farg'ona
East Asia
South China	4–0	Home United
Chonburi	4–0	PSMS Medan
Binh Duong	8–2	Kedah

Quarter-finals edit

The draw for the quarter-finals and the remaining knockout rounds took place at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 29 June 2009 starting 7:30 pm. The first leg matches were played on 15 September, with the second leg matches played on 30 September.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Kuwait	2–1	Arbil	1–1	1–0
Neftchi Farg'ona	5–5 (a)	South China	5–4	0–1
Chonburi	2–4	Binh Duong	2–2	0–2
Al-Karamah	0–0 (5–4 p)	Al-Arabi	0–0	0–0 (aet)

Semi-finals edit

The first leg matches were played on 15 October, with the second leg matches played on 21 October.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Kuwait	3–1	South China	2–1	1–0
Binh Duong	2–4	Al-Karamah	2–1	0–3

Final edit

The 2009 AFC Cup Final was played on 3 November at the home ground of Al Kuwait.^[4]

3 November 2009

19:30 UTC+3

Al-Kuwait	2–1	Al-Karamah
Hakem 16' Sulaiman 90+4'	Report	Al Shbli 82'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 17,400

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

AFC Cup 2009 Winners

Al Kuwait First Title

Statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	R16	QF1	SF2	Total
1	Robert Akaruye	Busaiteen	2	2	1		2		1			8
	Mohamad Hamwi	Al-Karamah	1		2			1	1		3	8
	Jehad Al Hussain	Al-Kuwait				3	1	1	3			8
	Huỳnh Kesley Alves	Binh Duong	1	1	1		1		4			8
5	Cacá	South China	1		1	2	2		1			7
6	Mohamed Koné	Chonburi	1	1		1			3			6
6	Alisher Halikov	Neftchi Farg'ona	1		1	1		3				6
8	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek	Al-Faisaly		2		1	1	1				5
	Mohd Farizal Rozali	Kedah			1		3		1			5
	Ranty Martins Soleye	Dempo	1	2				2				5
	Firas Al Khatib	Al-Arabi	1	1				2	1			5
	Pipob On-Mo	Chonburi	1			1		2		1		5
	Nguyễn Vũ Phong	Binh Duong					1	2	1	1		5

References edit

^ AFC PRO-LEAGUE AD-HOC COMMITTEE ASSESSMENT CHARTS Archived 6 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2009 – The-AFC.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
^ One-off Final for AFC Cup 2009 – The-AFC.com
^ "The AFC".

[1] AFC PRO-LEAGUE AD-HOC COMMITTEE ASSESSMENT CHARTS Archived 6 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2009 – The-AFC.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.

[3] One-off Final for AFC Cup 2009 – The-AFC.com

[4] "The AFC".

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