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]	2008 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino champions
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

October 3, 2009

22:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 4,177

October 4, 2009

20:30 UTC-3

Caracas	0–0	Everton

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

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October 6, 2009

13:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Referee: Norma Gonzales

October 6, 2009

15:00 UTC-3

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'

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 3,746

Referee: Salomé di Iorio

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October 8, 2009

20:00 UTC-3

White Star	1–0	Caracas
McCloskey 84'

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Referee: Alejandra Maria Trucidos

October 8, 2009

16:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Referee: Eveliny Almeida

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October 10, 2009

20:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

October 10, 2009

22:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

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October 13, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

October 13, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

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

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

October 5, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

October 5, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

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October 7, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

October 7, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

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October 10, 2009

14:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

October 10, 2009

16:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Antonio Fernandes, Guarujá

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October 12, 2009

13:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Ulrico Mursa, Santos

October 12, 2009

15:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Ulrico Mursa, Santos

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October 14, 2009

9:00 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

October 14, 2009

11:00 UTC-3

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

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

October 16, 2009

20:00 UTC-3^[9]

Universidad Autónoma	1–0	Everton
Villamayor 44'

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

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October 16, 2009

22:15 UTC-3^[9]

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

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

Third-place match

October 18, 2009

9:30 UTC-3

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

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Final

October 18, 2009

12:30 UTC-3

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

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