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2009 Copa Libertadores

{{Short description|50th season of Copa Libertadores}}

{{Infobox international football competition

|tourney_name=Copa Libertadores de América

|year=2009

|other_titles=2009 Copa Libertadores da América

|image=

|size=175px

|caption=The 50th Edition Logo

|dates=January 27 - July 15

|num_teams=38

|associations=11

|champion_other={{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes (LP)

|count=4

|second_other={{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|matches=134

|goals=323

|attendance=2416216

|top_scorer={{flagicon|ARG}} Mauro Boselli (8 goals)

|player={{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Sebastián Verón{{cite news|url=http://www.pasionlibertadores.com/noticias/Conoce-a-los-jugadores-mas-valiosos-de-la-Libertadores--20121010-0006.html|title=Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores|date=10 October 2012|access-date=23 February 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065154/http://www.pasionlibertadores.com/noticias/Conoce-a-los-jugadores-mas-valiosos-de-la-Libertadores--20121010-0006.html|url-status=dead}}

|prevseason=2008

|nextseason=2010

}}

The 2009 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2009 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament.

The tournament was won by Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata, who achieved their fourth Copa Libertadores title and first in 39 years. Since the inception of a preliminary round in 2004, they are the first club to start in that round and win the Copa Libertadores. Estudiantes earned a berth to play in 2010 Recopa Sudamericana and in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup but lost both titles to LDU Quito and Barcelona respectively.

Qualified teams

class="wikitable"
width=100|Association

!width=180|Team

!Qualification method

rowspan="5"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina
5 berths

|Lanús

|2007 Apertura champion

River Plate

|2008 Clausura champion

Boca Juniors

|2008 Apertura champion

San Lorenzo

|Best average of the 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, & 2008 Apertura

Estudiantes (LP)

|2nd best average of the 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, & 2008 Apertura

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|BOL}} Bolivia
3 berths

|Universitario de Sucre

|2008 Apertura champion

Aurora

|2008 Clausura champion

Real Potosí

|2008 play-off champion

rowspan="5"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
5 berths

|São Paulo

|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008 champion

Grêmio

|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008 runner-up

Cruzeiro

|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008 3rd place

Sport Recife

|2008 Copa do Brasil champion

Palmeiras

|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008 4th place

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|CHI}} Chile
3 berths

|Everton

|2008 Apertura champion

Colo-Colo

|2008 Clausura champion

Universidad de Chile

|1st place in 2008 Clausura general table

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|COL}} Colombia
3 berths

|Boyacá Chicó

|2008 Apertura champion

América

|2008 Finalización champion

Independiente Medellín

|2008 Primera A best-placed non-champion

rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|ECU}} Ecuador
3 + 1 berths

|LDU Quito

|2008 Copa Libertadores champion

Deportivo Quito

|2008 Serie A champion

Deportivo Cuenca

|2008 Serie A 3rd place

El Nacional

|2008 Serie A 4th place

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|PAR}} Paraguay
3 berths

|Libertad

|2008 Apertura & 2008 Clausura champion

Guaraní

|2008 Primera División best-placed non-champion

Nacional

|2008 Primera División 2nd best-placed non-champion

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|PER}} Peru
3 berths

|Universitario

|2008 Apertura champion

Universidad San Martín

|2008 Clausura champion

Sporting Cristal

|2008 Descentralizado best-placed non-champion

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|URU}} Uruguay
3 berths

|Defensor Sporting

|2007–08 Primera División champion

Nacional

|2008 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores champion

Peñarol

|2008 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 3rd place

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|VEN}} Venezuela
3 berths

|Deportivo Táchira

|2007–08 Primera División champion

Caracas

|2007–08 Primera División runner-up

Deportivo Anzoátegui

|2007–08 Primera División best-placed non-finalist

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico
3 invitees (CONCACAF)

|San Luis

|1st place in 2008 Apertura general table

Guadalajara

|2009 InterLiga champion

Pachuca

|2009 InterLiga runner-up

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw. All events occurred in 2009 unless otherwise stated.

class="wikitable"
Stage

! Draw date

! First leg

! Second leg

First stage

|rowspan="2"|November 25, 2008

|January 27–29

|February 3–5

Second stage

|colspan="2"|February 10 – April 30

Round of 16

|rowspan="4" align=center|N/A

|May 5–14

|May 12–21

Quarterfinals

|May 27–28

|June 17–18

Semifinals

|June 24–25

|July 1–2

Finals

|July 8

|July 15

Tie-breaking criteria

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings in the group stage:

  1. superior goal difference;
  2. higher number of goals scored;
  3. higher number of away goals scored;
  4. draw.

For the first stage, round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, the fourth criterion is replaced by a penalty shootout if necessary. The finals have their own set of criteria; see the finals section for more details.

First stage

{{main|2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage}}

In the First Stage, twelve teams played a two-legged tie (one game at home and one game away) against another opponent. The winner of each tie advanced to the Second Stage. Team #1 played the second leg at home.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=3|Teams

!colspan=2|Scores

!colspan=3|Tie-breakers

width="175"|Team #1

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Points|Points}}

!width="200"|Team #2

!width="55"|1st leg

!width="55"|2nd leg

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|AG|away goals}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Pen.|Penalty shootout}}

align=right|Peñarol {{flagicon|URU}}

|1:4

|align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} Independiente Medellín

|0–4

|0–0

|—

|—

|—

align=right|Estudiantes (LP) {{flagicon|ARG}}

|3:3

|align=left|{{flagicon|PER}} Sporting Cristal

|1–2

|1–0

|0:0

|1:0

|—

align=right|Nacional {{flagicon|PAR}}

|4:1

|align=left|{{flagicon|ECU}} El Nacional

|5–0

|3–3

|—

|—

|—

align=right|Deportivo Cuenca {{flagicon|ECU}}

|3:3

|align=left|{{flagicon|VEN}} Deportivo Anzoátegui

|0–2

|3–0

| +1:−1

|—

|—

align=right|Real Potosí {{flagicon|BOL}}

|0:6

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras

|1–5

|0–2

|—

|—

|—

align=right|Pachuca {{flagicon|MEX}}

|3:3

|align=left|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} Universidad de Chile}}

|0–1

|2–1

|0:0

|0:1

|—

Second stage

{{main|2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage}}

A total of 26 teams qualified directly to this phase and were joined by six teams from the First Stage, bringing the total to 32 teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Third Stage.

=Group 1=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 1}}

=Group 2=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 2}}

=Group 3=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 3}}

=Group 4=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 4}}

=Group 5=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 5}}

=Group 6=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 6}}

=Group 7=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 7}}

=Group 8=

{{:2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage|transcludesection=Group 8}}

Knockout stages

{{main|2009 Copa Libertadores knockout stages}}

The last four stages of the tournament (round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) form a single-elimination tournament, commonly known as a knockout stage. Sixteen teams advanced into the first of these stages: the third stage.

=Seeding=

The 16 qualified teams were seeded according to their results in the Second Stage. The top teams from each group were seeded 1–8, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group were seeded 9–16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+Teams qualified as a group winner
width=20|Seed

!width=165|Team

!width=20|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=20|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{Tooltip|AG|Away goals for}}

1align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Grêmio16+10115
2align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors15+8114
3align="left"|{{flagicon|URU}} Nacional14+9124
4align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo13+4105
5align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro13+492
6align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Sport Recife13+3106
7align="left"|{{flagicon|PAR}} Libertad12+273
8align="left"|{{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas10+371

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+Teams qualified as a runner-up
width=20|Seed

!width=165|Team

!width=20|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=20|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{Tooltip|AG|Away goals for}}

9align="left"|{{flagicon|ECU}} Deportivo Cuenca10+591
10align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes (LP)10+590
11align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras10+295
12align="left"|{{flagicon|CHI}} Universidad de Chile10+282
13align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara9+392
14align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} San Luis8070
15align="left"|{{flagicon|URU}} Defensor Sporting8051
16align="left"|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|PER}} Universidad San Martín}}8−272

|}

=Bracket=

{{16TeamBracket

| legs = 2

| nowrap = yes

|RD1=Round of 16

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD3=Semifinals

|RD4=Finals

|RD1-seed01=1

|RD1-team01={{flagicon|BRA}} Grêmio

|RD1-score01-1=3

|RD1-score01-2=2

|RD1-seed02=16

|RD1-team02={{flagicon|PER}} Universidad San Martín

|RD1-score02-1=1

|RD1-score02-2=0

|RD1-seed03=8

|RD1-team03={{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|RD1-score03-1=1

|RD1-score03-2=4

|RD1-seed04=9

|RD1-team04={{flagicon|ECU}} Cuenca

|RD1-score04-1=2

|RD1-score04-2=0

|RD1-seed05=4

|RD1-team05={{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo

|RD1-score05-1=–

|RD1-score05-2=–

|RD1-score05-agg=–

|RD1-seed06=13

|RD1-team06={{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara

|RD1-score06-1=–

|RD1-score06-2=–

|RD1-seed07=5

|RD1-team07={{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|RD1-score07-1=2

|RD1-score07-2=1

|RD1-seed08=12

|RD1-team08={{flagicon|CHI}} U. de Chile

|RD1-score08-1=1

|RD1-score08-2=0

|RD1-seed09=3

|RD1-team09={{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

|RD1-score09-1=–

|RD1-score09-2=–

|RD1-score09-agg=–

|RD1-seed10=14

|RD1-team10={{flagicon|MEX}} San Luis

|RD1-score10-1=–

|RD1-score10-2=–

|RD1-score10-agg=–

|RD1-seed11=6

|RD1-team11={{flagicon|BRA}} Sport Recife

|RD1-score11-1=0

|RD1-score11-2=1 (1)

|RD1-seed12=11

|RD1-team12={{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras (p)

|RD1-score12-1=1

|RD1-score12-2=0 (3)

|RD1-seed13=7

|RD1-team13={{flagicon|PAR}} Libertad

|RD1-score13-1=0

|RD1-score13-2=0

|RD1-seed14=10

|RD1-team14={{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes (LP)

|RD1-score14-1=3

|RD1-score14-2=0

|RD1-seed15=2

|RD1-team15={{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors

|RD1-score15-1=2

|RD1-score15-2=0

|RD1-seed16=15

|RD1-team16={{flagicon|URU}} Defensor Sporting

|RD1-score16-1=2

|RD1-score16-2=1

|RD2-seed01=1

|RD2-team01={{flagicon|BRA}} Grêmio (a)

|RD2-score01-1=1

|RD2-score01-2=0

|RD2-seed02=8

|RD2-team02={{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|RD2-score02-1=1

|RD2-score02-2=0

|RD2-seed03=4

|RD2-team03={{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo

|RD2-score03-1=1

|RD2-score03-2=0

|RD2-seed04=5

|RD2-team04={{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|RD2-score04-1=2

|RD2-score04-2=2

|RD2-seed05=3

|RD2-team05={{flagicon|URU}} Nacional (a)

|RD2-score05-1=1

|RD2-score05-2=0

|RD2-seed06=11

|RD2-team06={{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras

|RD2-score06-1=1

|RD2-score06-2=0

|RD2-seed07=10

|RD2-team07={{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes

|RD2-score07-1=1

|RD2-score07-2=1

|RD2-seed08=15

|RD2-team08={{flagicon|URU}} Defensor Sporting

|RD2-score08-1=0

|RD2-score08-2=0

|RD3-seed01=1

|RD3-team01={{flagicon|BRA}} Grêmio

|RD3-score01-1=1

|RD3-score01-2=2

|RD3-seed02=5

|RD3-team02={{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|RD3-score02-1=3

|RD3-score02-2=2

|RD3-seed03=3

|RD3-team03={{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

|RD3-score03-1=0

|RD3-score03-2=1

|RD3-seed04=10

|RD3-team04={{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes

|RD3-score04-1=1

|RD3-score04-2=2

|RD4-seed01=5

|RD4-team01={{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|RD4-score01-1=0

|RD4-score01-2=1

|RD4-seed02=10

|RD4-team02={{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes

|RD4-score02-1=0

|RD4-score02-2=2

}}

=Round of 16=

The first match of the Round of 16 began on 5 May, with the last match played on 21 May. Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=3|Teams

!colspan=2|Scores

!colspan=3|Tie-breakers

width="175"|Team #1

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Points|Points}}

!width="175"|Team #2

!width="55"|1st leg

!width="55"|2nd leg

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|AG|away goals}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Pen.|Penalty shootout}}

align=right|Grêmio {{flagicon|BRA}}

|6:0

|align=left|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|PER}} Universidad San Martín}}

|3–1

|2–0

|—

|—

|—

align=right|Boca Juniors {{flagicon|ARG}}

|1:4

|align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Defensor Sporting

|2–2

|0–1

|—

|—

|—

align=right|Nacional {{flagicon|URU}}

|w/o{{Ref label|wo|A

}

|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} San Luis

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|-

|align=right|São Paulo {{flagicon|BRA}}

|w/o{{Ref label|wo|A|}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|-

|align=right|Cruzeiro {{flagicon|BRA}}

|6:0

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHI}} Universidad de Chile

|2–1

|1–0

|—

|—

|—

|-

|align=right|Sport Recife {{flagicon|BRA}}

|3:3

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras

|0–1

|1–0

|0:0

|0:0

|1:3

|-

|align=right|Libertad {{flagicon|PAR}}

|1:4

|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes

|0–3

|0–0

|—

|—

|—

|-

|align=right|Caracas {{flagicon|VEN}}

|3:3

|align=left|{{flagicon|ECU}} Deportivo Cuenca

|1–2

|4–0

| +3:−3

|—

|—

|}

=Quarterfinals=

Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=3|Teams

!colspan=2|Scores

!colspan=3|Tie-breakers

width="175"|Team #1

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Points|Points}}

!width="175"|Team #2

!width="55"|1st leg

!width="55"|2nd leg

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|AG|away goals}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Pen.|Penalty shootout}}

align=right|Grêmio {{flagicon|BRA}}

|2:2

|align=left|{{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|1–1

|0–0

|0:0

|1:0

|—

align=right|Nacional {{flagicon|URU}}

|2:2

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras

|1–1

|0–0

|0:0

|1:0

|—

align=right|São Paulo {{flagicon|BRA}}

|0:6

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|1–2

|0–2

|—

|—

|—

align=right|Estudiantes {{flagicon|ARG}}

|6:0

|align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Defensor Sporting

|1–0

|1–0

|—

|—

|—

=Semifinals=

Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=3|Teams

!colspan=2|Scores

!colspan=3|Tie-breakers

width="175"|Team #1

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Points|Points}}

!width="175"|Team #2

!width="55"|1st leg

!width="55"|2nd leg

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|AG|away goals}}

!width="50"|{{Tooltip|Pen.|Penalty shootout}}

align=right|Grêmio {{flagicon|BRA}}

|1:4

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|1–3

|2–2

|—

|—

|—

align=right|Nacional {{flagicon|URU}}

|0:6

|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes (LP)

|0–1

|1–2

|—

|—

|—

=Finals=

{{main|2009 Copa Libertadores Finals}}

{{football box

|date=July 8, 2009

|time=21:50 UTC−03:00

|team1=Estudiantes (LP) {{flagicon|ARG}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090724013110/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2009&dv=6&flt=1&id=133&slangab=E Report]

|team2={{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata

|attendance=52,000

|referee=Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) }}

----

{{football box

|date=July 15, 2009

|time=21:50 UTC−03:00

|team1=Cruzeiro {{flagicon|BRA}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090724013226/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1081&ano=2009&dv=6&flt=1&id=134&slangab=E Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes (LP)

|goals1=Henrique {{goal|52}}

|goals2=Fernández {{goal|57}}
Boselli {{goal|72}}

|stadium=Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte

|attendance=65,000

|referee=Carlos Chandía (Chile) }}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
Copa Libertadores de América
2009 Champion
{{flagicon|ARG|size=100px}}
Estudiantes (LP)
Fourth Title

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Pos

!Player

!Team

!Goals

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Mauro Boselli

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes (LP)

|8

rowspan="2"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|PAR}} Jorge Núñez

|align="left"|{{flagicon|PAR}} Nacional

|7

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rodrigo Teixeira

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ECU}} Deportivo Cuenca

|7

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Keirrison

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras

|6

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Souza

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Grêmio

|6

rowspan="5"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Borges

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo

|5

align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Darío Figueroa

|align="left"|{{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|5

align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Rodrigo Palacio

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors

|5

align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Martín Palermo

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors

|5

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Wellington Paulista

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|5

Footnotes

{{refbegin}}

:A. {{note|wo}}Guadalajara and San Luis withdrew from the tournament following concerns raised by both Nacional and São Paulo over the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico, South American teams refused to travel to Mexico to play the match; no agreement was reached on alternative venues for the first-leg matches, both scheduled to be played in Mexico. Both Guadalajara and San Luis were later secured a place in the round of 16 for the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

{{refend}}

References

{{reflist}}

;General

  • {{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa09.html |title=Copa Libertadores de América 2009 |publisher=RSSSF |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=5 May 2010 |first=Juan Pablo |last=Andrés |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301074710/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copa09.html |archive-date=1 March 2010 }}

External links

  • [http://www.conmebol.com/ CONMEBOL's official website] {{in lang|es}}

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