2009 Copa Libertadores

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.

2009 Copa Libertadores de América

2009 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	January 27 - July 15
Teams	38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Estudiantes (4th title)
Runners-up	Cruzeiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played	134
Goals scored	323 (2.41 per match)
Attendance	2,416,216 (18,031 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mauro Boselli (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Sebastián Verón[1]
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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

Association	Team	Qualification method
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	2nd best average of the 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, & 2008 Apertura
Bolivia 3 berths	Universitario de Sucre	2008 Apertura champion
	Aurora	2008 Clausura champion
	Real Potosí	2008 play-off champion
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
Chile 3 berths	Everton	2008 Apertura champion
	Colo-Colo	2008 Clausura champion
	Universidad de Chile	1st place in 2008 Clausura general table
Colombia 3 berths	Boyacá Chicó	2008 Apertura champion
	América	2008 Finalización champion
	Independiente Medellín	2008 Primera A best-placed non-champion
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
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
Peru 3 berths	Universitario	2008 Apertura champion
	Universidad San Martín	2008 Clausura champion
	Sporting Cristal	2008 Descentralizado best-placed non-champion
Uruguay 3 berths	Defensor Sporting	2007–08 Primera División champion
	Nacional	2008 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores champion
	Peñarol	2008 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 3rd place
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
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.

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	November 25, 2008	January 27–29	February 3–5
Second stage		February 10 – April 30
Round of 16	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 article: 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.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Peñarol	1:4	Independiente Medellín	0–4	0–0	—	—	—
Estudiantes	3:3	Sporting Cristal	1–2	1–0	0:0	1:0	—
Nacional	4:1	El Nacional	5–0	3–3	—	—	—
Deportivo Cuenca	3:3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–2	3–0	+1:−1	—	—
Real Potosí	0:6	Palmeiras	1–5	0–2	—	—	—
Pachuca	3:3	Universidad de Chile	0–1	2–1	0:0	0:1	—

Second stage

Main article: 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		RFE	PAL	CC	LDU
1	Sport Recife	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13		—	0–2	2–1	2–0
2	Palmeiras	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10		1–1	—	1–3	2–0
3	Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	7		1–2	0–1	—	3–0
4	LDU Quito	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4		2–3	3–2	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BOC	CUE	TÁC	GDL
1	Boca Juniors	6	5	0	1	11	3	+8	15		—	1–0	3–0	3–1
2	Deportivo Cuenca	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10		1–0	—	3–1	4–0
3	Deportivo Táchira	6	3	0	3	6	9	−3	9		0–1	1–0	—	2–1
4	Guaraní	6	0	1	5	5	15	−10	1		1–3	1–1	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NAC	USM	RIV	NPR
1	Nacional	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14		—	2–1	3–0	3–1
2	Universidad San Martín	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8		1–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	River Plate	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7		0–0	3–0	—	1–0
4	Nacional	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4		0–3	1–1	4–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SPO	DEF	DIM	AMC
1	São Paulo	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13		—	2–1	1–1	2–1
2	Defensor Sporting	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8		0–1	—	4–3	1–0
3	Independiente Medellín	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7		2–1	0–0	—	0–0
4	América de Cali	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3		1–3	0–0	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CRU	ELP	QUI	UNI
1	Cruzeiro	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13		—	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	Estudiantes	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10		4–0	—	4–0	1–0
3	Deportivo Quito	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8		1–1	1–0	—	3–1
4	Universitario de Sucre	6	0	2	4	2	8	−6	2		0–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CAR	GDL	EVE	LAN
1	Caracas	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10		—	2–0	1–0	3–1
2	Guadalajara	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9		1–0	—	6–2	0–0
3	Everton	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	8		1–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Lanús	6	0	4	2	5	8	−3	4		1–1	1–1	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GRÊ	UCH	BOY	AUR
1	Grêmio	6	5	1	0	11	1	+10	16		—	0–0	3–0	3–0
2	Universidad de Chile	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10		0–2	—	3–0	3–0
3	Boyacá Chicó	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9		0–1	3–0	—	2–1
4	Aurora	6	0	0	6	3	15	−12	0		1–2	1–2	0–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		LIB	SLU	UNI	SLO
1	Libertad	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12		—	0–2	2–1	2–0
2	San Luis	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		0–1	—	2–2	2–0
3	Universitario	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8		2–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	San Lorenzo	6	2	0	4	6	7	−1	6		0–1	4–1	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stages

Main article: 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.

Teams qualified as a group winner Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 1 Grêmio 16 +10 11 5 2 Boca Juniors 15 +8 11 4 3 Nacional 14 +9 12 4 4 São Paulo 13 +4 10 5 5 Cruzeiro 13 +4 9 2 6 Sport Recife 13 +3 10 6 7 Libertad 12 +2 7 3 8 Caracas 10 +3 7 1

Teams qualified as a runner-up Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 9 Deportivo Cuenca 10 +5 9 1 10 Estudiantes 10 +5 9 0 11 Palmeiras 10 +2 9 5 12 Universidad de Chile 10 +2 8 2 13 Guadalajara 9 +3 9 2 14 San Luis 8 0 7 0 15 Defensor Sporting 8 0 5 1 16 Universidad San Martín 8 −2 7 2

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1	Grêmio	3	2
	16	Universidad San Martín	1	0
							1	Grêmio (a)	1	0
							8	Caracas	1	0
	8	Caracas	1	4
	9	Cuenca	2	0
													1	Grêmio	1	2
													5	Cruzeiro	3	2
	4	São Paulo	–	–
	13	Guadalajara	–	–
							4	São Paulo	1	0
							5	Cruzeiro	2	2
	5	Cruzeiro	2	1
	12	U. de Chile	1	0
																			5	Cruzeiro	0	1
																			10	Estudiantes	0	2
	3	Nacional	–	–
	14	San Luis	–	–
							3	Nacional (a)	1	0
							11	Palmeiras	1	0
	6	Sport Recife	0	1 (1)
	11	Palmeiras (p)	1	0 (3)
													3	Nacional	0	1
													10	Estudiantes	1	2
	7	Libertad	0	0
	10	Estudiantes	3	0
							10	Estudiantes	1	1
							15	Defensor Sporting	0	0
	2	Boca Juniors	2	0
	15	Defensor Sporting	2	1

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.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Grêmio	6:0	Universidad San Martín	3–1	2–0	—	—	—
Boca Juniors	1:4	Defensor Sporting	2–2	0–1	—	—	—
Nacional	w/o[A]	San Luis	—	—	—	—	—
São Paulo	w/o[A]	Guadalajara	—	—	—	—	—
Cruzeiro	6:0	Universidad de Chile	2–1	1–0	—	—	—
Sport Recife	3:3	Palmeiras	0–1	1–0	0:0	0:0	1:3
Libertad	1:4	Estudiantes	0–3	0–0	—	—	—
Caracas	3:3	Deportivo Cuenca	1–2	4–0	+3:−3	—	—

Quarterfinals

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

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Grêmio	2:2	Caracas	1–1	0–0	0:0	1:0	—
Nacional	2:2	Palmeiras	1–1	0–0	0:0	1:0	—
São Paulo	0:6	Cruzeiro	1–2	0–2	—	—	—
Estudiantes	6:0	Defensor Sporting	1–0	1–0	—	—	—

Semifinals

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

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Grêmio	1:4	Cruzeiro	1–3	2–2	—	—	—
Nacional	0:6	Estudiantes	0–1	1–2	—	—	—

Finals

Main article: 2009 Copa Libertadores Finals

Estudiantes	0–0	Cruzeiro
	Report

July 8, 2009

21:50 UTC−03:00

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Cruzeiro	1–2	Estudiantes
Henrique 52'	Report	Fernández 57' Boselli 72'

July 15, 2009

21:50 UTC−03:00

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Copa Libertadores de América 2009 Champion
Estudiantes Fourth Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Mauro Boselli	Estudiantes	8
2	Jorge Núñez	Nacional	7
	Rodrigo Teixeira	Deportivo Cuenca	7
4	Keirrison	Palmeiras	6
	Souza	Grêmio	6
6	Borges	São Paulo	5
	Darío Figueroa	Caracas	5
	Rodrigo Palacio	Boca Juniors	5
	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	5
	Wellington Paulista	Cruzeiro	5

Footnotes

A. ^ 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.

References

1. "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

General

• Andrés, Juan Pablo (15 January 2010). "Copa Libertadores de América 2009". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

External links

• CONMEBOL's official website (in Spanish)