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
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.

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

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.

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	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	—

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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 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	—

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Group 2

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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	—

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Group 3

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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	—

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Group 4

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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	—

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Group 5

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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	—

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Group 6

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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	—

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Group 7

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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	—

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Group 8

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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	—

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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 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

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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.

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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	—	—

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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	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	—	—	—

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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	1:4	Cruzeiro	1–3	2–2	—	—	—
Nacional	0:6	Estudiantes	0–1	1–2	—	—	—

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Finals

Main article: 2009 Copa Libertadores Finals

More information Estudiantes, 0–0 ...

Estudiantes	0–0	Cruzeiro
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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'

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July 15, 2009

21:50 UTC−03:00

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

More information Copa Libertadores de América ...

Copa Libertadores de América 2009 Champion
Estudiantes Fourth Title

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