2009 ANFA Cup

2009 Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament

2009 ANFA Cup
Tournament details
Country	Nepal
Dates	5 – 14 March 2009
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Nepal Red [a]
Runners-up	Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	24 (2.67 per match)

2009 ANFA Cup, marketed as Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament, the thirteenth version of the ANFA Cup, a knock-out football tournament organized by the All Nepal Football Association. All matches were played at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu. Six teams participated in the tournament. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Teams

• Nepal Red ^{[a] [4]}
• Nepal Blue ^{[b] [4]}
•   Sri Lanka
•   Pakistan
• Arambagh KS
• JW GROUP

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	JW GROUP	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Nepal Blue [b] (H)	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

5 March 2009

Nepal Blue	2–3	Sri Lanka
Santosh Sahukhala 7' Santosh Nepali 73'	Report	E.B Channa 25' Chathura Gunaratne 28' Chatura Madhuranga 65'

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7 March 2009

Nepal Blue	1–1	JW GROUP
Yougal Kishor Rai 41'	Report	Rachanath 83'

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9 March 2009

Sri Lanka	0–0	JW GROUP

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nepal Red [a] (H)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Arambagh KS	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Pakistan	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

6 March 2009

Nepal Red	1–1	Arambagh KS
Anajan KC 8'	Report	Khalid Saifulla 52'

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8 March 2009

Arambagh KS	1–1	Pakistan
Moloy Barman 76'	Report	Essa ?'

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11 March 2009

Nepal Red	1–0	Pakistan
Imran 67' (o.g.)	Report

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 March
	Sri Lanka	4
					14 March
	Arambagh KS	0
					Nepal Red (pen.)	0 (4)
	13 March
					Sri Lanka	0 (2)
	Nepal Red	2
	JW GROUP	0

Matches

Semi-finals

12 March 2009

Sri Lanka	4–0	Arambagh KS

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13 March 2009

Nepal Red	2–0	JW GROUP

Final

14 March 2009

Nepal Red	0–0 (4–2 after penalties)	Sri Lanka
	Report
Penalties
Anil Gurung Sandip Rai Raju Tamang Biraj Maharjan	4–2	Chathurn Maduranaga Kasun Jayasuriya Sanjay Pradeep Kumara E.B. Chanua

Notes

1. Nepal Red was effectively a full national team
2. Nepal Blue was effectively a national B team

See also

• ANFA Cup

References

1. "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF . Retrieved 1 October 2018.
2. "Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh in Nepal's Prime Minister Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
3. "Prime Minister's Cup Invitational Soccer SL to meet Nepal Red XI today". The Island. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
4. "Nepal Selects Squad For PM Cup". Goal.com. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2018.