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.

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2009 Copa Libertadores de América
2009 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 27 - July 15
Teams38 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina Estudiantes (4th title)
Runners-upBrazil Cruzeiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played134
Goals scored323 (2.41 per match)
Attendance2,416,216 (18,031 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Mauro Boselli (8 goals)
Best player(s)Argentina 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

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Association Team Qualification method
Argentina 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 Bolivia
3 berths
Universitario de Sucre 2008 Apertura champion
Aurora 2008 Clausura champion
Real Potosí 2008 play-off champion
Brazil 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 Chile
3 berths
Everton 2008 Apertura champion
Colo-Colo 2008 Clausura champion
Universidad de Chile 1st place in 2008 Clausura general table
Colombia Colombia
3 berths
Boyacá Chicó 2008 Apertura champion
América 2008 Finalización champion
Independiente Medellín 2008 Primera A best-placed non-champion
Ecuador 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 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 Peru
3 berths
Universitario 2008 Apertura champion
Universidad San Martín 2008 Clausura champion
Sporting Cristal 2008 Descentralizado best-placed non-champion
Uruguay Uruguay
3 berths
Defensor Sporting 2007–08 Primera División champion
Nacional 2008 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores champion
Peñarol 2008 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 3rd place
Venezuela 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 Mexico
3 invitees (CONCACAF)
San Luis 1st place in 2008 Apertura general table
Guadalajara 2009 InterLiga champion
Pachuca 2009 InterLiga runner-up
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Round and draw dates

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

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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
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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

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.

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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil RFE Brazil PAL Chile CC Ecuador LDU
1 Brazil Sport Recife 6 4 1 1 10 7 +3 13 0–2 2–1 2–0
2 Brazil Palmeiras 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–1 1–3 2–0
3 Chile Colo-Colo 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2 7 1–2 0–1 3–0
4 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 1 1 4 6 13 7 4 2–3 3–2 1–1
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Argentina BOC Ecuador CUE Venezuela TÁC Paraguay GDL
1 Argentina Boca Juniors 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 1–0 3–0 3–1
2 Ecuador Deportivo Cuenca 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 10 1–0 3–1 4–0
3 Venezuela Deportivo Táchira 6 3 0 3 6 9 3 9 0–1 1–0 2–1
4 Paraguay Guaraní 6 0 1 5 5 15 10 1 1–3 1–1 1–2
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Uruguay NAC Peru USM Argentina RIV Paraguay NPR
1 Uruguay Nacional 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 2–1 3–0 3–1
2 Peru Universidad San Martín 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 8 1–1 2–1 2–1
3 Argentina River Plate 6 2 1 3 7 9 2 7 0–0 3–0 1–0
4 Paraguay Nacional 6 1 1 4 7 12 5 4 0–3 1–1 4–2
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil SPO Uruguay DEF Colombia DIM Colombia AMC
1 Brazil São Paulo 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13 2–1 1–1 2–1
2 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–1 4–3 1–0
3 Colombia Independiente Medellín 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7 2–1 0–0 0–0
4 Colombia América de Cali 6 0 3 3 3 7 4 3 1–3 0–0 1–1
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil CRU Argentina ELP Ecuador QUI Bolivia UNI
1 Brazil Cruzeiro 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 3–0 2–0 2–0
2 Argentina Estudiantes 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 10 4–0 4–0 1–0
3 Ecuador Deportivo Quito 6 2 2 2 6 9 3 8 1–1 1–0 3–1
4 Bolivia Universitario de Sucre 6 0 2 4 2 8 6 2 0–1 0–0 1–1
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Venezuela CAR Mexico GDL Chile EVE Argentina LAN
1 Venezuela Caracas 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 2–0 1–0 3–1
2 Mexico Guadalajara 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9 1–0 6–2 0–0
3 Chile Everton 6 2 2 2 7 10 3 8 1–0 1–1 1–1
4 Argentina Lanús 6 0 4 2 5 8 3 4 1–1 1–1 1–2
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil GRÊ Chile UCH Colombia BOY Bolivia AUR
1 Brazil Grêmio 6 5 1 0 11 1 +10 16 0–0 3–0 3–0
2 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 0–2 3–0 3–0
3 Colombia Boyacá Chicó 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9 0–1 3–0 2–1
4 Bolivia Aurora 6 0 0 6 3 15 12 0 1–2 1–2 0–3
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Source: [citation needed]

Group 8

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Paraguay LIB Mexico SLU Peru UNI Argentina SLO
1 Paraguay Libertad 6 4 0 2 7 5 +2 12 0–2 2–1 2–0
2 Mexico San Luis 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 0–1 2–2 2–0
3 Peru Universitario 6 2 2 2 6 7 1 8 2–1 0–0 1–0
4 Argentina San Lorenzo 6 2 0 4 6 7 1 6 0–1 4–1 2–0
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Source: [citation needed]

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.

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Teams qualified as a group winner
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1Brazil Grêmio16+10115
2Argentina Boca Juniors15+8114
3Uruguay Nacional14+9124
4Brazil São Paulo13+4105
5Brazil Cruzeiro13+492
6Brazil Sport Recife13+3106
7Paraguay Libertad12+273
8Venezuela Caracas10+371
Teams qualified as a runner-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9Ecuador Deportivo Cuenca10+591
10Argentina Estudiantes10+590
11Brazil Palmeiras10+295
12Chile Universidad de Chile10+282
13Mexico Guadalajara9+392
14Mexico San Luis8070
15Uruguay Defensor Sporting8051
16Peru Universidad San Martín8−272
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Bracket

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1 Brazil Grêmio 3 2
16 Peru Universidad San Martín 1 0
1 Brazil Grêmio (a) 1 0
8 Venezuela Caracas 1 0
8 Venezuela Caracas 1 4
9 Ecuador Cuenca 2 0
1 Brazil Grêmio 1 2
5 Brazil Cruzeiro 3 2
4 Brazil São Paulo
13 Mexico Guadalajara
4 Brazil São Paulo 1 0
5 Brazil Cruzeiro 2 2
5 Brazil Cruzeiro 2 1
12 Chile U. de Chile 1 0
5 Brazil Cruzeiro 0 1
10 Argentina Estudiantes 0 2
3 Uruguay Nacional
14 Mexico San Luis
3 Uruguay Nacional (a) 1 0
11 Brazil Palmeiras 1 0
6 Brazil Sport Recife 0 1 (1)
11 Brazil Palmeiras (p) 1 0 (3)
3 Uruguay Nacional 0 1
10 Argentina Estudiantes 1 2
7 Paraguay Libertad 0 0
10 Argentina Estudiantes 3 0
10 Argentina Estudiantes 1 1
15 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 0 0
2 Argentina Boca Juniors 2 0
15 Uruguay 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Cruzeiro Brazil1–2Argentina Estudiantes
Henrique 52' Report Fernández 57'
Boselli 72'
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Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
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Copa Libertadores de América
2009 Champion
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Estudiantes
Fourth Title
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Top goalscorers

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

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