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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | India |
| Dates | 19–31 August |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  India (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Syria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Mohamed Izzadeen Abdul Fattah Al Agha Mohamed Al Zeno (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Baichung Bhutia |
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The 2009 Nehru Cup International Football Tournament also known as the ONGC Nehru Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by ONGC, was the 14th edition of the Nehru Cup a friendly tournament organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
The 14th edition of the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament was played in the round-robin league format and the final was held on 31 August. Along with the host nation India, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Syria and Kyrgyzstan competed in the 15-day tournament at the Ambedkar StadiuminNew Delhi .
The total prize money for this tournament was $100,000. The champion team took away a prize of $40,000, the runners-up received $20,000 while the third place team got $10,000. The Man of the Match received $500 and the winning team of every match received $2000.
All games of the tournament was broadcast live by Zee Sports.
Palestine replaced 
Thailand[1] before being removed from the tournament themselves after they stated their intention to send a reserve side.[2]| Group A | Group B |
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Due to only 5 teams entering, only one group was needed, where each team would play in a round robin group phase. The top two advanced to a final.
| The Teams |
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| India [3]
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| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Subrata Pal | Pune FC
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Subhasish Roy Chowdhary | Mahindra United
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0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 3 | Nanjangud Shivananju Manju | Mohun Bagan
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1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Anwar Ali | Dempo
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Deepak Kumar Mondal | Mohun Bagan
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2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mahesh Gawli | Dempo
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4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Irungbam Surkumar Singh | Salgaocar SC
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3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Gouramangi Singh | Churchill Brothers
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5 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Samir Subash Naik | Dempo
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0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | N.P. Pradeep | Mahindra United
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4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | P. Renedy Singh | East Bengal
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1 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Syed Rahim Nabi | East Bengal
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1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Steven Dias | Mahindra United
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4 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | East Bengal
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1 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Anthony Pereira | Dempo
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Climax Lawrence | Dempo
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 11 | Sunil Chhetri | Dempo,  Kansas City Wizards
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3 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Baichung Bhutia | East Bengal
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4 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Sushil Kumar Singh | Mahindra United
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2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Abhishek Yadav | Mumbai
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1 | 0 | 0 |
 Lebanon [5]
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| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Larry Mehanna | Al-Ansar
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2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Elias Frejie | Al-Nejmeh
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2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 2 | Ali Al Saadi | Safa Beirut
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4 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ahmad Khodor | Al-Ansar
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0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hussein Amine | Al-Ansar
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1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Hassan Daher | Shabab Al-Sahel
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0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ali El Atat | Al-Mabarrah
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3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ali Hamam | Al-Nejmeh
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bilal Najjarin | Al-Nejmeh
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | Hassan Maatouk | Al Ahed
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mohamad Korhani | Safa Beirut
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4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hussein Dakik | Al Ahed
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0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Abbas Atwi | Al-Nejmeh
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2 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Akram Moghrabi | Al-Nejmeh
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2 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Amer Khan | Safa Beirut
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1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Ali Yaacoub | Al-Nejmeh
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mahmoud Baquir Younes | Al-Ansar
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0 | 2 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 17 | Mahmoud El Ali | Al Ahed
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hamze Abboud | Safa Beirut
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2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Mohammed Ghaddar | Al-Nejmeh
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1 | 0 | 0 |
| Syria [7]
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| No. | Name | Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| Start | Sub | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| 1 | Mosab Balhous | Al-Karamah
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Moustafa Shakosh | Teshrin SC
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0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Kawa Hesso | Al-Jaish
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1 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||
| 2 | Belal Abduldaim | Al-Karamah
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ali Diab | Al-Majd
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5 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hamzeh Al Aitoni | Al-Majd
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2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Juan Hesso | Al-Jaish
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1 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| 7 | Abdelrazaq Al Hussain | Al-Jaish
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4 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Wael Ayan | Al-Ittihad
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Alaa Al Shbli | Al-Karamah
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3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Feras Esmaeel | Al-Karamah
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4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Meaataz Kailouni | Al-Ittihad
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ahmad Haj Mohamad | Al-Ittihad
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4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Bakri Tarrab | Al-Ittihad
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3 | 0 | 0 |
| Strikers | |||||
| 12 | Mohamed Al Zeno | Al-Majd
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4 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Abdul Fattah Al Agha | Al-Ittihad
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5 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Raja Rafe | Al-Majd
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1 | 4 | 0 |
| New Delhi |
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| Ambedkar Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 |
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Teams in green field progress to the Final.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Syria
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 12 |
| India
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
 Kyrgyzstan
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Lebanon
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
| India | 0–1 | Lebanon |
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| Report Summary |
Al Saadi  4' |
Referee: Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)
| Syria | 2–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Al Zeno 9'Al Agha 72' |
Report Summary |
| Sri Lanka | 4–3 | Lebanon |
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| Izzadeen 7', 80', 88' Warakagoda  36'Maduran Weerasinghe 83' |
Report Summary |
Moghrabi 9' 45+1' Korhani 90+7' (pen.) |
The game between Sri Lanka and Lebanon was called off due to heavy rain. The game and thus proceeding schedule was moved back one day.[8]
| India | 2–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Bhutia 43' Chhetri 58' (pen.) |
Report Summary |
Murzaev 90' |
| Syria | 4–0 | Sri Lanka |
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| Al Zeno 26' Al Hussain 33'Al Agha 37', 55' |
Report Summary |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | Lebanon |
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| Zemlianuhin 48' |
Report Summary |
Atwi 56' |
Referee: Abdul Hannan (Bangladesh)
| India | 3–1 | Sri Lanka |
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| Bhutia 25' Gouramangi 69' Dias 85' |
Report Summary |
Ruwanthilaka 62' |
| Syria | 1–0 | Lebanon |
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| Al Zeno 23' |
Report Summary |
| Sri Lanka | 1–4 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Maduranga 53' |
Report Summary |
Zemlianuhin 34' Amirov 45+1' Murzaev 65'Usanov 70' |
| India | 0–1 | Syria |
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| Report Summary |
Diab 18' |
| Syria | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | India |
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| Diab 120+3' |
Report Summary |
Renedy 114' |
| Penalties | ||
Rafe  Ayan  Haj Mohamad Balhous Al Agha Al Hussain Al Aitoni |
4–5 | Lawrence Renedy Chhetri Dias Wadoo A. Ali Surkumar |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ali Adil (Maldives)
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| 2009 Nehru Cup champion |
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 India Second title |
Ali Al Saadi IND vs LIB Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs KGZ Mohamed Izzadeen SRI vs LIB Baichung Bhutia IND vs KGZ Abdelrazaq Al Hussain SYR vs SRI Anton Zemlianuhin KGZ vs LIB Baichung Bhutia IND vs SRI Mohamed Al Zeno SYR vs LIB Anton Zemlianuhin SRI vs KGZ Ali Diab IND vs SYR Subrata Pal SYR vs IND, Final
