2009 Copa Sudamericana

2009 Copa Sudamericana

2009 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes 2009 Copa Nissan Sul-americana do Clubes
Tournament details
Dates	August 4 - December 2
Teams	31 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	LDU Quito (1st title)
Runners-up	Fluminense
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	148 (2.47 per match)
Attendance	639,150 (10,653 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Claudio Bieler (8 goals)
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The 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2009 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) is the 8th edition of the CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. Internacional were the defending champions, having won the trophy the previous season. Ecuadorian side LDU Quito won the 2009 tournament, becoming the first Ecuadorian winners of the trophy.

From this edition onward, CONCACAF teams, which have participated in the tournament since 2005, will no longer be participating because of the format change in the CONCACAF Champions League, which conflicted with scheduling.^[1] This will also mark the last tournament in which Argentine clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors will be invited to participate without qualification. Further changes include the additional allocation of berths (1) to all the countries except Brazil and Argentina.^[2]

Qualified teams[]

Association	Team	Qualify method
Argentina 6 berths	Lanús	2008–09 Primera División 1st place overall
	Vélez Sársfield	2008–09 Primera División 2nd place overall
	San Lorenzo	2008–09 Primera División 3rd place overall
	Tigre	2008–09 Primera División 4th place overall
	Boca Juniors	Invited
	River Plate	Invited
Bolivia 2 berths	La Paz	2008 Apertura 2nd place
	Blooming	2008 Clausura 2nd place
Brazil 8 + 1 berths	Internacional	2008 Copa Sudamericana champion
	Flamengo	2008 Série A 5th place
	Botafogo	2008 Série A 7th place
	Goiás	2008 Série A 8th place
	Coritiba	2008 Série A 9th place
	Vitória	2008 Série A 10th place
	Atlético Mineiro	2008 Série A 12th place
	Atlético Paranaense	2008 Série A 13th place
	Fluminense	2008 Série A 14th place
Chile 2 berths	Unión Española	1st in 2009 Apertura general table
	Universidad de Chile	2009 Copa Sudamericana playoff winner
Colombia 2 berths	Deportivo Cali	2008 Primera A 2nd best-placed non-champion
	La Equidad	2008 Copa Colombia champion
Ecuador 2 berths	Emelec	2009 Serie A First Stage winner
	LDU Quito	2009 Serie A First Stage runner-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Libertad	Apertura or Clausura champion with most points in 2008 Primera División
	Cerro Porteño	2008 Primera División 3rd best-placed non-champion
Peru 2 berths	Cienciano	2008 Descentralizado 2nd best-placed non-champion
	Alianza Atlético	2008 Descentralizado 3rd best-placed non-champion
Uruguay 2 berths	River Plate	2009 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 3rd place
	Liverpool	2009 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 4th place
Venezuela 2 berths	Deportivo Anzoátegui	2008 Copa Venezuela champion
	Zamora	2008–09 Primera División 2nd best-placed non-finalist

First stage[]

The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17. Team #1 played the first leg at home.^[3] All teams, except for defending champion Internacional, entered the tournament in the First Stage.^[4]

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	2–2 (5–6 p)	Goiás	1–1	1–1
La Equidad	1–4	Unión Española	2–2	0–1
Vitória	3–3 (5–3 p)	Coritiba	2–0	0–2
Universidad de Chile	6–0	Deportivo Cali	2–1	1–0
Fluminense	(a) 2–2	Flamengo	0–0	1–1
Liverpool	1–4	Cienciano	0–0	0–2
River Plate	0–6	Lanús	1–2	0–1
Zamora	0–6	Emelec	0–1	1–2
Atlético Paranaense	1–4	Botafogo	0–0	2–3
LDU Quito	2–1	Libertad	1–0	1–1
Tigre	3–3 (a)	San Lorenzo	2–1	0–1
Alianza Atlético	4–1	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0	2–1
Blooming	0–6	River Plate	0–3	1–2
Boca Juniors	1–4	Vélez Sársfield	1–1	0–1
Cerro Porteño	6–0	La Paz	2–0	2–1

Final stages[]

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Goiás	0	3	3
	16	Cerro Porteño (a)	2	1	3
								16	Cerro Porteño	2	3	5
								9	Botafogo	1	1	2
	8	Emelec	0	2	2
	9	Botafogo	2	1	3
															16	Cerro Porteño	0	1	1
															5	Fluminense	1	2	3
	5	Fluminense	2	4	6
	12	Alianza Atlético	2	1	3
								5	Fluminense	2	1	3
								4	Universidad de Chile	2	0	2
	4	Universidad de Chile	1	1	2
	13	Internacional	1	0	1
																						5	Fluminense	1	3	4
																						10	LDU Quito	5	0	5
	2	Unión Española	2	2	4
	15	Vélez Sársfield	3	2	5
								15	Vélez Sársfield	1	1	2
								10	LDU Quito	1	2	3
	7	Lanús	0	1	1
	10	LDU Quito	4	1	5
															10	LDU Quito	1	7	8
															14	River Plate	2	0	2
	3	Vitória	1	1	2
	14	River Plate	4	1	5
								14	River Plate (p)	0	1	1 (7)
								11	San Lorenzo	1	0	1 (6)
	6	Cienciano	0	0	0
	11	San Lorenzo	3	2	5

Round of 16[]

The first leg of the round of 16 was played from September 22 to September 24. The second leg was played from September 30 to October 1. Team #1 played the first leg at home.^[4]

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	3–3 (a)	Goiás	2–0	1–3
Vélez Sarsfield	5–4	Unión Española	3–2	2–2
River Plate	5–2	Vitória	4–1	1–1
Internacional	1–2	Universidad de Chile	1–1	0–1
Alianza Atlético	3–6	Fluminense	2–2	1–4
San Lorenzo	5–0	Cienciano	3–0	2–0
LDU Quito	5–1	Lanús	4–0	1–1
Botafogo	3–2	Emelec	2–0	1–2

Quarterfinals[]

The first leg of the Quarterfinals was played from October 20–22. The second leg was played from November 4–5. Team #1 played the first leg at home.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	5–2	Botafogo	2–1	3–1
Vélez Sarsfield	2–3	LDU Quito	1–1	1–2
River Plate	1–1 (7–6 p)	San Lorenzo	0–1	1–0
Fluminense	3–2	Universidad de Chile	2–2	1–0

Semifinals[]

The first leg was played from November 11–12. The second leg was played from November 18–19. Team #1 played the first leg at home.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	1–3	Fluminense	0–1	1–2
River Plate	2–8	LDU Quito	2–1	0–7

Finals[]

The Finals were played on November 25 and December 2. Just like the 2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, both teams played against each other in a final.

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Top goalscorers[]

Pos	Name	Club	Goals
1	Claudio Bieler	LDU Quito	8
2	Édison Méndez	LDU Quito	7
3	Jorge Córdoba	River Plate	5
	Fred	Fluminense	5
5	Felipe	Goiás	4
	Juan Manuel Olivera	Universidad de Chile	4
7	Gustavo Canales	Unión Española	3
	André Lima	Botafogo	3
	Hernán López	Vélez Sársfield	3
	Roberto Nanni	Cerro Porteño	3
	Marcio Valverde	Alianza Atlético	3

References[]

External links[]

• CONMEBOL's official website (in Spanish)
• Official rules^{[permanent dead link]} (in Spanish)
• Universofutbol.com - Copa Sudamericana 2009 (in Spanish)