| 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 |   | 
| Runners-up |   | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 | 
| Goals scored | 69 (3.83 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) |   (6 goals)  | 
| Best player(s) |   | 
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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 25–27 September.
| Kathmandu | Dhaka | Bishkek | 
|---|---|---|
| Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | Bangabandhu National Stadium | Spartak Stadium | 
| Capacity: 17,800 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 23,000 | 
|   |   | 
|   | 
|---|
| Metallurg Stadium | 
| Capacity: 13,770 | 
|   | 
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   | Abahani Ltd. | 2008–09 B.League champions | 2nd | 2008 | 
|   | Yeedzin FC | 2008 A-Division champions | 1st | — | 
|   | Phnom Penh Crown | 2008 Cambodian League champions | 2nd | 2005 | 
|   | Taiwan Power Company | 2008 Enterprise Football League champions | 3rd | 2008 | 
|   | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 2008 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 5th | 2008 | 
|   | Kanbawza | 2008 Myanmar Premier League champions | 2nd | 2008 | 
|   | Nepal Police Club | 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions1 | 3rd | 2008 | 
|   | WAPDA | 2008 Pakistan Premier League champions | 3rd | 2008 | 
|   | Sri Lanka Army SC | 2008 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions | 1st | — | 
|   | Regar-TadAZ | 2008 Tajik League champions | 4th | 2008 | 
|   | FC Aşgabat | 2008 Turkmenistan League champions | 2nd | 2008 | 
1 No league held in 2008 so 2006–07 champions qualify.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 
| 2 |   | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 
| 3 |   | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | 
| 4 |   | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | 
|  Regar-TadAZ   | 0–0 |   | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
|  Nepal Police Club   | 2–3 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Silwal  Chetan  | Report |  Feng Pao-hsing  Lin Po-yuan Lee Meng-chian  | 
|  Taiwan Power Company   | 1–3 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Fang Ching-jen  | Report |  Rabimov  Rustamov Eminov  | 
|  Taiwan Power Company   | 1–3 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Fang Ching-jen  | Report |  Mehmood  Akram  | 
|  Nepal Police Club   | 2–2 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Chetan  | Report |  Nematov  Rustamov  | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | 
| 2 |   | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 
| 3 |   | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | 
|  Sri Lanka Army   | 1–2 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Yussif  | Report |  Faisal  Tipu  | 
|  FC Aşgabat   | 5–1 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Mirzoýew  Amanow Urazow  | Report |  Priyankara  | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | 
| 2 |   | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | 
| 3 |   | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | 
| 4 |   | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | 
|  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn   | 7–0 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Murzaev  Tetteh Mulajanov  | Report | 
|  Kanbawza   | 4–3 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Soe Min Oo  Khin Maung Lwin  | Report |  Mpoko  Lappé-Lappé  | 
|  Phnom Penh Crown   | 1–3 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Lappé-Lappé  | Report |  Tetteh  Murzaev Sydykov  | 
|  Yeedzin FC   | 2–4 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Chophel  Tenzin  | Report |  Rinchen  Soe Min Oo Win Min Htut  | 
|  Phnom Penh Crown   | 3–1 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Lappé-Lappé  C. Rithy  | Report |  Tschedupla  | 
|  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn   | 2–1 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Tetteh  Amirov  | Report |  Soe Min Oo  | 
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.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A |   | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 
| 2 | B |   | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 
| 3 | C |   | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 
Note on tie-breaking situation:
|  Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn   | 2–1 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Samsaliev  Harchenko  | Report |  Muhadow  | 
|  Regar-TadAZ   | 4–3 (a.e.t.) |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Rabimov  M. Rustamov H. Rustamov  | Report |  Zulfiqar  Mehmood Bakhsh  | 
|  Regar-TadAZ   | 2–0 |   | 
|---|---|---|
|  Rabimov  Mahmudov  | Report | 
| AFC President's Cup 2009 | 
|---|
|   Regar-TadAZ Third title  |