The 15th edition of the Turkmenistan President's Cup was played from February 20 to 28 with the participation of eight clubs.
| Prezident Kubogy 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Turkmenistan |
| Dates | 20 February - 28 February |
| Teams | 8 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 33 (2.06 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Azat Garajaýew (10 Different Players) (2 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Krendelev |
Three of the eight teams participating in the 15th edition of the tournament competed for the Cup for the first time – the runners-up of Kyrgyzstan League, a participant of ‘the golden match’ in the national championships FC Abdysh-Ata, FC Hemmat from Iran and the youth team from Bahrain.
The bronze-medal winner of Virsliga, the 1996 Turkmenistan President's Cup finalist Skonto Rīga and the bronze-medal winner of the championships of Armenia FC Gandzasar Kapan competed in the tournament for the second time. The defending Turkmenistan President's Cup winner HTTU Aşgabat– for the fourth time, a finalist of the 2007 and 2008 international tournaments FC Aşgabat made the third attempt to win the prize.
The teams were split in two groups: Group A – Defending champions Turkmenistan's HTTU Aşgabat was pooled with Kyrgyzstan runners-up Abdysh-Ata, Latvian giants Skonto and Iranian outfit Hemmat Golestan; Group B – Tajikistan runners-up Parvoz, Gandzasar from Armenia, Bahrain youth team and Turkmenistan champions Aşgabat were in Group B.
Two best teams in each group qualified to the final stage and competed for the main prize, the runners-up competed for the third place.
The winning team was awarded with US$20,000 while the runners-up team was given US$10,000.
HTTU beat Aşgabat 2–1 in the final of previous year.
Participating teams edit
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Group stage edit
All times are local (UTC+5)
Group A edit
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Skonto Rīga
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
| 2. HTTU Aşgabat
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
3.  FC Abdysh-Ata
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
4.  FC Hemmat
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
Results edit
| HTTU Aşgabat | 4 - 0 | FC Hemmat |
|---|---|---|
Daýançgylyç Urazow  6' Begli Nurmyradow 27' Azat Garajaýew 74' Pirmyrat Gazakow 76' |
| FC Hemmat | 0 - 6 | Skonto Rīga |
|---|---|---|
| 8', 42' Igors Kozlovs 10' Andrejs Perepļotkins 68' Vladimir Dvalishvili 85' (pen.) Kristaps Blanks 90+3' Nikolos Kozasuks |
| HTTU Aşgabat | 2 - 1 | FC Abdysh-Ata |
|---|---|---|
| Pirmyrat Gazakow 5' Berdi Şamyradow 33' (pen.) |
36' Pavel Sidorenko |
| FC Abdysh-Ata | 0 - 0 | FC Hemmat |
|---|---|---|
| Skonto Rīga | 2 - 0 | HTTU Aşgabat |
|---|---|---|
| Andrejs Perepļotkins 45' Aleksandrs Fertovs 83' |
Group B edit
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Aşgabat
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
2.  FC Gandzasar
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3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
3.  FC Parvoz
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
4.  Bahrain Youth Team
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
Results edit
| FC Aşgabat | 2 - 0 | Bahrain Youth Team |
|---|---|---|
| Arif Mirzoyew 64' Ruslan Mingazow 72' |
 42'  Hussein Jalil |
| Bahrain Youth Team | 1 - 1 | FC Gandzasar |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Naser Mohamed 83' |
60'Dragan Galić |
| FC Aşgabat | 1 - 0 | FC Parvoz |
|---|---|---|
| Ruslan Mingazow 56' |
53' Masud Rahimov |
| FC Parvoz | 2 - 2 | Bahrain Youth Team |
|---|---|---|
| Mansurjon Hakimov 57', 90+1' |
70' Abdullah Naser Mohamed 85' Hamad Al Dahil |
| FC Gandzasar | 1 - 1 | FC Aşgabat |
|---|---|---|
| Virgil Marşavela 90+3' |
65' Döwlet Durdyýew |
Knockout stage edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 27 February - Olympic Stadium | ||||||
| Skonto Rīga (p) | 1 | |||||
| 28 February - Olympic Stadium | ||||||
| FC Gandzasar | 1 | |||||
| Skonto Rīga | 0 | |||||
| 27 February - Olympic Stadium | ||||||
| HTTU Aşgabat | 1 | |||||
| FC Aşgabat | 0 | |||||
| HTTU Aşgabat | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 28 February - Olympic Stadium | ||||||
| FC Gandzasar | 1 | |||||
| FC Aşgabat | 2 | |||||
Semi finals edit
| FC Aşgabat | 0 - 1 | HTTU Aşgabat |
|---|---|---|
| 89' Berdi Şamyradow |
Third-place play-off edit
| FC Gandzasar | 1 - 2 | FC Aşgabat |
|---|---|---|
| Da Silva 56' |
34' Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew 80' Vyacheslav Krendelev |
Final edit
| Skonto Rīga | 0 - 1 | HTTU Aşgabat |
|---|---|---|
| 66' Azat Garajaýew |
Top scorers edit
Notes
- FC Hemmat is the only team at this tournament players of which were unable to score a single goal.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirmyrat Gazakow
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2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
| = | Igors Kozlovs
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2 | Skonto Rīga |
| = | Andrejs Perepļotkins
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2 | Skonto Rīga |
| = | Ruslan Mingazow
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2 | FC Aşgabat |
| = | Mansurjon Hakimov
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2 | FC Parvoz |
| = | Abdullah Naser Mohamed
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2 | Bahrain Youth Team |
| = | Berdi Şamyradow
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2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
| = | Aleksandrs Fertovs
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2 | Skonto Rīga |
| = | Azat Garajaýew
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2 | HTTU Aşgabat |
| = | Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
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2 | FC Aşgabat |