2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2009 Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino (officially Copa Santander Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino 2009) for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, CONMEBOL's premier annual international women's club tournament. The competition was played in Santos, São Paulo and Guarujá, Brazil, from October 3 to 18, 2009.^[1][2][3]

2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	3–18 October[1]
Teams	10 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Santos
Runners-up	Universidad Autónoma
Third place	Formas Íntimas
Fourth place	Everton
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	121 (5.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiane (15 goals)
Best player(s)	Marta
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Santos defeated Universidad Autónoma 9–0 to win their first Copa Libertadores Femenina title.^[4]

Format

The cup was played by ten teams: one from each CONMEBOL country. The ten teams were divided in two groups of five clubs each for the First Stage.^[5] The two best-placed teams of each group qualified to play the semifinal and the winners then played the final, while the losers played the third-place game.^[5]

Qualified teams

Association	Team[6]	Qualifying method
Argentina	San Lorenzo[2]	2008–09 Clausura/Apertura champions-playoff winner
Bolivia	EnForma Santa Cruz[1]	2009 Bolivian League champion
Brazil	Santos	2008 Copa do Brasil winner
Chile	Everton[2]	2008 Chilean League champion
Colombia	Formas Íntimas[2]	appointed by Colombian Football Federation (no national league)
Ecuador	Deportivo Quito[2]
Paraguay	Universidad Autónoma[2]	2008 Paraguayan league champions
Peru	White Star[2]	2009 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino winner
Uruguay	Rampla Juniors[7]	2008 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino winner
Venezuela	Caracas[2]	2009 Venezuelan League champions

Venues

Guarujá	São Paulo	Santos
Estádio Antônio Fernandes Capacity: 8,000	Estádio do Pacaembu Capacity: 37,180	Estádio Ulrico Mursa Capacity: 10,000	Estádio Urbano Caldeira Capacity: 20,120

Round and draw dates

The draw for the competition took place at Estádio Urbano Caldeira on September 6, 2009.^[8]

Event	Date
Draw	6 September 2009
First Stage	3–14 October 2009
Semifinals	16 October 2009
Final	18 October 2009

First stage

The top two teams from each group advance to the Semifinals.

Group 1

All Group 1 matches were played at Estádio Urbano Caldeira (better known as Vila Belmiro) in Santos.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	4	4	0	0	29	2	+27	12
Everton	4	2	1	1	10	4	+6	7
White Star	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6
Caracas	4	0	2	2	2	14	−12	2
EnForma Santa Cruz	4	0	1	3	4	23	−19	1

Santos	3–1	White Star
Cristiane 11', 34' Marta 38'		Wilcox 90'

October 3, 2009

22:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 4,177

Caracas	0–0	Everton

October 4, 2009

20:30 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

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White Star	1–4	Everton
Wilcox 74' (pen.)		Arias 25', 56', 59', 88'

October 6, 2009

13:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Referee: Norma Gonzales

Santos	12–0	EnForma Santa Cruz
Cristiane 14', 43', 45+1', 64', 80' Érika 23', 47', 62' Maurine 34' Marta 39' (pen.) Dani 70' Thaís 74'

October 6, 2009

15:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 3,746

Referee: Salomé di Iorio

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White Star	1–0	Caracas
McCloskey 84'

October 8, 2009

20:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Referee: Alejandra Maria Trucidos

Everton	5–0	EnForma Santa Cruz
Arias 58', 84', 90' López 82' Díaz 88'

October 8, 2009

16:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Referee: Eveliny Almeida

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EnForma Santa Cruz	2–4	White Star
Zamorano 20' A. Velasco 37'		Gálvez 27' McCloskey 33' Wilcox 35', 85'

October 10, 2009

20:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Santos	11–0	Caracas
Cristiane 10', 18', 19', 64', 82' Érika 12' Marta 16', 87' Maurine 42' Fran 52', 71'

October 10, 2009

22:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

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Caracas	2–2	EnForma Santa Cruz
González 38' Altuve 55'		Padilla 8' Rivero 14'

October 13, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Santos	3–1	Everton
Cristiane 11' Suzana 15' Marta 48' (pen.)		Morales 36'

October 13, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Group 2

Group 2 matches were played at Estádio Municipal Antônio Fernandes (Guarujá), Estádio Ulrico Mursa (Santos) and Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Santos).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Universidad Autónoma	4	4	0	0	15	6	+9	12
Formas Íntimas	4	3	0	1	18	5	+13	9
Deportivo Quito	4	1	1	2	7	10	−3	4
San Lorenzo	4	1	1	2	7	13	−6	4
Rampla Juniors	4	0	0	4	5	18	−13	0

Universidad Autónoma	3–2	Formas Íntimas
Vega 30', 75' (pen.), 78'		Ospina 15' Usme 63'

October 5, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

San Lorenzo	1–1	Deportivo Quito
Quiñones 80'		Riera 43'

October 5, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

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Deportivo Quito	1–5	Formas Íntimas
Palacios 65'		Ospina 20' Imbachí 28' Peñaloza 47' Usme 58' Cuesta 90'

October 7, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

Rampla Juniors	2–5	San Lorenzo
Castro 66' Laborda 68'		Tato 41', 55' Quiñones 61' Núñez 69' Ramírez 87'

October 7, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

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Deportivo Quito	1–4	Universidad Autónoma
Freire 1'		Vázquez 38' Quintana 70' A. Rodríguez 87' N. Cuevas 90'

October 10, 2009

14:00 UTC-3

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

Formas Íntimas	5–0	Rampla Juniors
Ospina 5' Peñaloza 9', 10' Usme 22', 90' (pen.)

October 10, 2009

16:00 UTC-3

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

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Rampla Juniors	0–4	Deportivo Quito
		Riera 4' Freire 58' Palacios 79' (pen.) Torres 90+1'

October 12, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

Estádio Ulrico Mursa, Santos

Universidad Autónoma	4–0	San Lorenzo
Cabrera 25' Quintana 66' A. Rodríguez 86' Villamayor 89'

October 12, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

Estádio Ulrico Mursa, Santos

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Universidad Autónoma	4–3	Rampla Juniors
I. Cuevas 36', 43', 90+2' A. Rodríguez 51'		Castro 18' Moreno 52', 84'

October 14, 2009

9:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

San Lorenzo	1–6	Formas Íntimas
Quintero 74' (o.g.)		Ospina 5', 55' Usme 16', 77' Imbachí 46' Peñaloza 83'

October 14, 2009

11:00 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	October 16
	Santos	5
					October 18
	Formas Íntimas	0
					Santos	9
	October 16
					Universidad Autónoma	0
	Universidad Autónoma	1
	Everton	0
					Third place
					October 18
					Formas Íntimas	2
					Everton	0

Semifinals

Universidad Autónoma	1–0	Everton
Villamayor 44'

October 16, 2009

20:00 UTC-3^[9]

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

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Santos	5–0	Formas Íntimas
Maurine 5' Cristiane 11', 88' Aline Pellegrino 23' Marta 45'

October 16, 2009

22:15 UTC-3^[9]

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

Third-place match

Formas Íntimas	2–0	Everton
Peñaloza 5' Usme 57'

October 18, 2009

9:30 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Final

Santos	9–0	Universidad Autónoma
Maurine 13' Marta 16' Érika 46', 56' Fran 49' Thaís 53' Suzana 70' Dani 77' Ketlen 83'	Report Video report

October 18, 2009

12:30 UTC-3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

Santos

Universidad Autónoma

GK 77 Andréia Suntaque DF 5 Aline Pellegrino (c) DF 23 Carol Arruda DF 18 Janaína DF 3 Dani MF 15 Ester MF 80 Fran MF 99 Maurine MF 10 Marta FW 90 Érika FW 40 Thais Substitutes: MF 9 Suzana FW 17 Ketlen FW 7 Pikena Manager: Kleiton Lima

GK 12 Gloria Rodriguez DF 14 Angélica Vázquez DF 3 Carmen Benítez DF 20 Jessica Santacruz DF 4 Ediberta Jacquet MF 7 Joana Galeano MF 6 Hilda Riveros MF 18 Noelia Cuevas MF 10 Monica Karina FW 16 Dulce María Quintana FW 17 Gloria Esther Substitutes: Francisca Pereira Silvia Cristina Anabel Rodriguez Manager: Castor Vera

Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino 2009 Champion
Santos First Title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Cristiane	Santos	15
2	Valeska Arias	Everton	7
	Marta	Santos
	Catalina Usme	Formas Íntimas
5	Érika	Santos	6
6	Diana Ospina	Formas Íntimas	5
	Jennifer Peñaloza	Formas Íntimas
8	Maurine	Santos	4
	Nicole Wilcox	White Star
10	Irma Cuevas	Universidad Autónoma	3
	Fran	Santos
	Anabel Rodríguez	Universidad Autónoma
	Karina Vega	Universidad Autónoma

References

1. "Jogo de abertura da Libertadores feminina é antecipado" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. September 24, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
2. "Santos estreia contra White Star, do Peru, na Libertadores Feminina" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. September 6, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
3. "Aprobada la celebración de la Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
4. "Sereias da Vila dão outro show, goleiam paraguaias e conquistam a Libertadores" (in Portuguese). Globo. October 18, 2009.
5. "Definidos os grupos da primeira Taça Libertadores da América Feminina" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. September 6, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
6. "White Star de Perú participará en la 1era Copa Libertadores de fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. July 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
7. "Se viene la Copa Libertadores…Femenina" (in Spanish). ovaciondigital.com. July 31, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
8. "Sorteio da Libertadores feminina será no domingo, na Vila Belmiro" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. September 4, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
9. "Definidos horários para as semi-finais" (in Portuguese). eBand. October 14, 2009. Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2009.

External links

• SITE OFICIAL Archived March 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine