| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tajikistan |
| Dates | 12 May – 14 June (group stage) 25–27 September (final stage) |
| Teams | 4 (final stage) 11 (total) (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Regar-TadAZ (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 69 (3.83 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Soe Min Oo (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Khurshed Mahmudov[1] |
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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.
| Kathmandu | Dhaka | Bishkek |
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| Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | Bangabandhu National Stadium | Spartak Stadium |
| Capacity: 17,800 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 23,000 |
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| Tursunzoda |
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| Metallurg Stadium |
| Capacity: 13,770 |
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| 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 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.
| 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 |
| Nepal Police Club | 2–3 | Taiwan Power Company |
|---|---|---|
Silwal  21' Chetan 84' | Report | Feng Pao-hsing 22' Lin Po-yuan 46' Lee Meng-chian 57' (pen.) |
| Taiwan Power Company | 1–3 | Regar-TadAZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fang Ching-jen 79' | Report | Rabimov 28' Rustamov 83' Eminov 85' |
| Taiwan Power Company | 1–3 | WAPDA |
|---|---|---|
| Fang Ching-jen 10' | Report | Mehmood 74', 81' Akram 89' |
| Nepal Police Club | 2–2 | Regar-TadAZ |
|---|---|---|
| Chetan 28', 64' | Report | Nematov 24' Rustamov 47' |
| 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 |
| Sri Lanka Army | 1–2 | Abahani Ltd. |
|---|---|---|
| Yussif 43' (o.g.) | Report | Faisal 41' Tipu 73' |
| FC Aşgabat | 5–1 | Sri Lanka Army |
|---|---|---|
| Mirzoýew 2', 37' Amanow 50', 86' Urazow 74' | Report | Priyankara 58' |
| 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 |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 7–0 | Yeedzin FC |
|---|---|---|
| Murzaev 2', 15' (pen.), 65', 79' Tetteh 29', 87' Mulajanov 46' | Report |
| Kanbawza | 4–3 | Phnom Penh Crown |
|---|---|---|
| Soe Min Oo 7', 38', 44' Khin Maung Lwin 37' | Report | Mpoko 20' Lappé-Lappé 21' (pen.), 30', |
| Phnom Penh Crown | 1–3 | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn |
|---|---|---|
| Lappé-Lappé 33' | Report | Tetteh 45' Murzaev 47' Sydykov 79' |
| Yeedzin FC | 2–4 | Kanbawza |
|---|---|---|
| Chophel 10' Tenzin 31' | Report | Rinchen 38' (o.g.) Soe Min Oo 38', 81' Win Min Htut 78' |
| Phnom Penh Crown | 3–1 | Yeedzin FC |
|---|---|---|
| Lappé-Lappé 22', 63' C. Rithy 43' | Report | Tschedupla 40' |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 2–1 | Kanbawza |
|---|---|---|
| Tetteh 28' Amirov 38' | Report | Soe Min Oo 3' |
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:
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 2–1 | FC Aşgabat |
|---|---|---|
| Samsaliev 31' Harchenko 46' | Report | Muhadow 54' |
| Regar-TadAZ | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | WAPDA |
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| Rabimov 74' M. Rustamov 90+1', 113' H. Rustamov 106' | Report | Zulfiqar 42' Mehmood 84' Bakhsh 103' |
| Regar-TadAZ | 2–0 | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn |
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| Rabimov 7' Mahmudov 55' | Report |
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