2009 in Ecuadorian football

The 2009 season is the 87th season of competitive football in Ecuador.

Football in Ecuador

Season	2009
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National leagues

Serie A

Main article: 2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

• Champion: Deportivo Quito (4th title)
  • Runner-up: Deportivo Cuenca
• International cup qualifiers:
  • 2009 Copa Sudamericana: Emelec, LDU Quito
  • 2010 Copa Libertadores: Deportivo Quito, Deportivo Cuenca, Emelec
• Relegated: LDU Portoviejo, Técnico Universitario

Serie B

• Winner: Independiente José Terán (1st title)
  • Runner-up: Universidad Católica
• Promoted: Universidad Católica, Independiente José Terán
• Relegated: Aucas

Segunda

• Winner: UT Cotopaxi (1st title)
  • Runner-up: River Plate
• Promoted: River Plate, UT Cotopaxi, Universidad Técnica Equinoccial

Clubs in international competitions

Team	2009 Copa Libertadores	2009 Copa Sudamericana	2009 Recopa Sudamericana
Deportivo Cuenca	Eliminated in the Round of 16	N/A	N/A
Deportivo Quito	Eliminated in the Second Stage	N/A	N/A
El Nacional	Eliminated in the First Stage	N/A	N/A
Emelec	N/A	Eliminated in the Round of 16	N/A
LDU Quito	Eliminated in the Second Stage	Winner	Winner

National team

Senior team

2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The senior team finished all their qualifying games this year. They failed to qualify to their third successive FIFA World Cup.

Ecuador	1 – 1	Brazil
Noboa 89'	Report	Baptista 72'

March 29, 2009

16:00 (UTC-5)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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Ecuador	1 – 1	Paraguay
Noboa 63'	Report	Benítez 90+3'

April 1, 2009

16:20 (UTC-5)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 36,853

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Peru	1 – 2	Ecuador
Vargas 52'	Report	Montero 38' Tenorio 58'

June 7, 2009

15:30 (UTC-5)

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima

Attendance: 17,050

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

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Ecuador	2 – 0	Argentina
Ayoví 72' Palacios 83'	Report

June 10, 2009

16:00 (UTC-5)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 36,359

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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Colombia	2 – 0	Ecuador
Martínez 82' Gutiérrez 90+4'	Report

September 5, 2009

15:30 (UTC-5)

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

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Bolivia	1 – 3	Ecuador
Yecerotte 85'	Report	Méndez 4' Valencia 46' Benítez 56'

September 9, 2009

15:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 10,200

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Ecuador	1 – 2	Uruguay
Valencia 67'	Report	Suárez 69' Forlán 90+4' (pen.)

October 10, 2009

17:00 (UTC-5)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 42,700

Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

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Chile	1 – 0	Ecuador
Suazo 51'	Report

14 October 2009

19:00 UTC-3

Estadio Monumental, Santiago

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Friendlies

Ecuador	3 – 2	England U-21
Guerrón 52' Palacios 53' Caicedo 81'	Report	Johnson 13' Campbell 41'

10 February 2009

21:00 (UTC+1)

Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain

Referee: Mario Melero López (Spain)

Note: This is an unofficial international friendly.

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Ecuador	1 – 3	El Salvador
Jefferson Montero 8'		Romero 10', 51' Corrales 45'

27 May 2009

20:00 (UTC-7)

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States

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Ecuador	0 – 0	Jamaica
	Report

12 August 2009

20:40 (UTC-4)

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Under-20 team

The under-20 team participated in the 2009 South American Youth Championship in Venezuela. They were eliminated by coin toss.

Peru	1 – 2	Ecuador
Barros 28' (pen.)	Report	Rojas 4', 22'

19 January 2009

18:00 (UTC-4:30)

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Líber Prudente (Uruguay)

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Ecuador	0 – 0	Venezuela
	Report

21 January 2009

20:30 (UTC-4:30)

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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Ecuador	0 – 0	Colombia
	Report

23 January 2009

18:00 (UTC-4:30)

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

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Argentina	2 – 2	Ecuador
Gaitán 32' Bella 79'	Report	Pinto 39' Anangonó 78'

27 January 2009

18:00 (UTC-4:30)

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Under-17 team

The 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship was held in Chile, in which Ecuador's U-17 team participated. They were drawn into Group B, from which they managed to advance to the Final Group. They failed to qualified to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
Group B matches

Venezuela	0 – 2	Ecuador
	Report	Celi 62' Tello 87'

12 April 2009

19:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Referee: Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia)

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Argentina	1 – 1	Ecuador
Villalba 20'	Report	de la Cruz 58' (pen.)

24 April 2009

19:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Referee: Carlos Galeano (Paraguay)

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Chile	1 – 0	Ecuador
Andia 87'	Report

27 April 2009

22:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia)

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Uruguay	1 – 1	Ecuador
de los Santos 2'	Report	de la Cruz 23' (pen.)

30 April 2009

19:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

Final Group matches

Colombia	3 – 0	Ecuador
Cardona 1', 27', 40' (pen.)	Report

3 May 2009

22:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jorge Osorio (Chile)

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Ecuador	1 – 4	Bolivia
Villaprado 73'	Report	Álvarez 29', 35' Galindo 65' Castro 74'

6 May 2009

22:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

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Ecuador	1 – 3	Uruguay
Caicedo 79'	Report	Barreto 35' (pen.) Luna 53', 58'

9 May 2009

19:00 (UTC-4)

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

External links

• Official website of the Ecuadorian football federation Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• 2009 season on RSSSF