{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football match | team1 = {{flagicon|KUW|size=30px}} [[Al Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]] | team1score = 2 | team2 = [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]] {{flagicon|SYR|1980|size=30px}} | team2score = 1 | details = | date = 3 November 2009 | stadium = [[Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium]] | city = [[Kuwait City]] | man_of_the_match1a = | man_of_the_match1atitle = | man_of_the_match1b = | man_of_the_match1btitle = | referee = [[Masoud Moradi]] (Iran) | attendance = 17,400 | weather = | previous = [[2008 AFC Cup final|2008]] | next = [[2010 AFC Cup final|2010]] }}
The '''2009 AFC Cup final''' was a football match played on Tuesday, 3 November 2009 between [[Al Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]] and [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]]. It was the 6th final of the [[AFC Cup]] and was the first time the final match to be played in a one-off format. The game was played at [[Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium]], being the home ground of Al-Kuwait. Al-Kuwait won the title by winning over Al-Karamah 2–1.
Both finalists were eligible to compete in the play-offs for the [[2010 AFC Champions League]], subject to AFC's assessment for professionalism based on selected criteria.
==Route to the final== {{further|2009 AFC Cup}}
{| width="100%" style="text-align:center" |- valign=top bgcolor=#99ccff !colspan=3 style="width:1*"|Al-Kuwait !'''Round''' !colspan=3 style="width:1*"|Al-Karamah |- |colspan="3" align=center| {{main|2009 AFC Cup group stage#Group D|l1=2009 AFC Cup group stage: Group D}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts |- |align="left"| '''{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Al Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]]''' |6||4||1||1||12||4||+8||'''13''' |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]] |6||4||0||2||12||7||+5||'''12''' |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Wahdat]] |6||3||1||2||12||7||+5||'''10''' |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] |6||0||0||6||1||19||−18||'''0''' |} |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Group stage |colspan=3 align=center| {{main|2009 AFC Cup group stage#Group D|l1=2009 AFC Cup group stage: Group D}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Al Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]] |6||4||1||1||12||4||+8||'''13''' |- |align="left"| '''{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]]''' |6||4||0||2||12||7||+5||'''12''' |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Wahdat]] |6||3||1||2||12||7||+5||'''10''' |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] |6||0||0||6||1||19||−18||'''0''' |} |- valign=top bgcolor=#c1e0ff |Opponent |Result |Legs |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|[[2009 AFC Cup knockout stage|Knockout phase]] |Opponent |Result |Legs |- |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dempo SC]] |3–1 |3–1 home |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Round of 16 |{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Busaiteen Club]] |2–1 |2–1 away |- |{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Arbil FC]] |2–1 ([[Away goals rule|a]]) |1–1 home; 1–0 away |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarter-finals |{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]] |5–4 ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]]) |0–0 home; 0–0 away |- |{{flagicon|HKG}} [[South China AA|South China]] |3–1 |2–1 home; 1–0 away |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semi-finals |{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Bình Dương F.C.|Binh Duong]] |4–2 |3–0 home; 1–2 away |}
==Match details== {{football box |date =3 November 2009 |time =19:30 [[UTC+3]] |team1 =[[Al Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]] {{flagicon|Kuwait}} |score = 2–1 |report =[https://archive.today/20121216150649/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=368&matchId=2489 Report] |team2={{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]] |goals1 = [[Hussain Hakem|Hakem]] {{goal|16}}<br> [[Ismail Sulaiman|Sulaiman]] {{goal|90+4}} |goals2 = [[Alaa Al Shbli|Al Shbli]] {{goal|82}} |stadium = [[Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium]], [[Kuwait City]] |attendance=17,400 |referee= [[Masoud Moradi]] (Iran) }}
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{| width="100%" |valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan="4"|'''Al Kuwait:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} Musaab Al Kanderi |- |DF ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Fahad Awadh|Fahad Awad]] |- |DF ||'''21''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Samer Al Marta|Samir Al Martah]] |- |DF ||'''33'''||{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Abdulla Al Marzooqi]] |- |MF ||'''10''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} Naser Al Qahtani |- |MF ||'''15''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} Waleed Jumah |- |MF ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|KUW}} Jarah Al Ataiqi ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) |- |MF ||'''20''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Hussain Hakem]] |- |MF ||'''30'''||{{flagicon|KUW}} Fahad Humod |- |FW ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Abdullah Nahar|Abdulla Nahar]] || || {{suboff|53}} |- |FW ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Ismail Sulaiman|Ismail Al Ajmi]] |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |MF ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} Ibrahim Shehab |- |MF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} Nawaf Al Owaisi |- |MF ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Fahad Al Ansari]] |- |MF ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} Abdullah Al Refaie |- |FW ||'''17''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} Abdulrahman Al Awadi |- |GK ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Khaled Al-Fadhli|Khaled Al Fadhli]] |- |FW ||'''37''' ||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rogério de Assis Silva Coutinho|Rogerinho]] || || {{subon|53}} |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|KUW}} Mohammad Abdullah |} | {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |colspan="4"|'''Al Karamah:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mosab Balhous]] |- |DF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Hassan Abbas (footballer)|Hassan Abbas]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|73}} |- |DF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ahmad Deeb]] |- |DF ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Anas Al Khouja |- |DF ||'''24''' ||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Richard Bohomo]] |- |MF ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Fahd Aodi]] || || {{suboff|59}} |- |MF ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Alaa Al Shbli]] |- |MF ||'''21''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Aatef Jenyat]] |- |MF ||'''33'''||{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Yazid Kaissi]] |- |FW ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohamad Hamwi]] |- |FW ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ahmad Al Omaier]] |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |DF ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Naser Al Sebai]] |- |DF ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Yasser Shahen]] |- |FW ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohannad Ibrahim]] || || {{subon|73}} |- |MF ||'''10''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Iyad Mando]] || || {{subon|59}} |- |DF ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Tawfek Taearah]] |- |FW ||'''26''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Hani Al Taiar]] |- |GK ||'''30''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Fahd Saleh]] |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohammad Kwid]] |} |}
==See also== *[[2009 AFC Cup]] *[[2009 AFC Champions League Final]] *[[2009 AFC President's Cup#Final|2009 AFC President's Cup Final]] *[[2009–10 Gulf Club Champions Cup#Final|2009–10 Gulf Club Champions Cup Final]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{AFC Cup seasons}} {{2009 in Asian Football (AFC)}}
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