Copa Sudamericana 2009

The Copa Sudamericana 2009 was the eighth edition of this second most important South American football competition for club teams, which was also known as the "Copa Nissan Sudamericana" due to the sponsorship of the automobile manufacturer Nissan . In this eighth season, 31 teams from the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL , including defending champions SC Internacional Porto Alegre, took part. From this season on, there were no more teams from the CONCACAF field . The last time the two Argentinian clubs Boca Juniors and CA River Plate were entered for the competition and did not have to qualify through the national leagues. As before, the competition was held in the second half of the year. It began on August 4, 2009 with the first leg of the 1st round and ended on December 9, 2009 with the final second leg in Rio de Janeiro . With LDU Quito , a club from Ecuador won the competition for the first time.

mode

Due to the changed field of participants, the first round was expanded compared to the previous year and the round of 16 followed immediately afterwards. The competition was played from the first round to the final in a pure knockout system with a return game. In the event of a tie for points and goals , the away goal rule applied . If the number of goals scored away from home was the same, a penalty shoot-out followed immediately after the second leg . In the final, the away goals rule did not apply for the first time. If the goal difference was the same after the first and second leg, there was extra time and only then, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.

1 round

BYE: SC Internacional (defending champion)  

The teams from Argentina and Brazil played against each other in the first round.

The first legs took place from August 4 to September 2, the second legs from August 18 to September 19, 2009.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CF Universidad de Chile	3: 1	Deportivo Cali	2: 1	1-0
La Equidad	2: 3	Unión Española	2: 2	0: 1
Zamora FC	1: 3	CS Emelec	0: 1	1: 2
Alianza Atlético	2: 1	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0-0	2: 1
LDU Quito	2: 1	Club Libertad	1-0	1: 1
Club blooming	1: 5	River Plate	[1]0: 3	1: 2
Club Cerro Porteño	4: 1	La Paz FC	2-0	2: 1
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0-0	1: 1
Liverpool FC (Montevideo)	0: 2	Club Sportivo Cienciano	0-0	0: 2
EC Vitória	2: 2 (5: 3 on account )	Coritiba FC	2-0	0: 2
CA Tigre	(a)2: 2 ( a )	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	2: 1	0: 1
CA River Plate	1: 3	CA Lanus	1: 2	0: 1
Boca Juniors	1: 2	CA Vélez Sarsfield	1: 1	0: 1
Atlético Mineiro	2: 2 (5: 6 on behalf )	Goiás EC	1: 1	1: 1
Athletico Paranaense	2: 3	Botafogo FR	0-0	2: 3

1. ↑ The first leg was canceled in the 65th minute when the score was 0: 1 due to spectator riots and rated 0: 3.

Round of 16

The first legs took place from September 22 to 24, the second legs on September 30 and October 1, 2009.

	total		First leg	Return leg
River Plate	5: 2	EC Vitória	4: 1	1: 1
SC Internacional	1: 2	CF Universidad de Chile	1: 1	0: 1
Botafogo FR	3: 2	CS Emelec	2-0	1: 2
CA Vélez Sarsfield	5: 4	Unión Española	3: 2	2: 2
Alianza Atlético	3: 6	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	2: 2	1: 4
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	5-0	Club Sportivo Cienciano	3-0	2-0
Club Cerro Porteño	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Goiás EC	2-0	1: 3
LDU Quito	5: 1	CA Lanus	4-0	1: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from October 20th to 22nd, the second legs on November 4th and 5th, 2009.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA Vélez Sarsfield	2: 3	LDU Quito	1: 1	1: 2
Club Cerro Porteño	5: 2	Botafogo FR	2: 1	3: 1
River Plate	1: 1 (7: 6 i.E. )	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	0: 1	1-0
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	3: 2	CF Universidad de Chile	2: 2	1-0

Semifinals

The first legs took place on November 11th and 12th, the second legs on November 18th and 19th, 2009.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	1: 3	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	0: 1	1: 2
River Plate	2: 8	LDU Quito	2: 1	0: 7

final

First leg

Liga de Quito		Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
	November 25, 2009 in Quito ( Estadio La Casa Blanca ) Result: 5: 1 (2: 1) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Roberto Silvera ( Uruguay )
	Alexander Domínguez - Neicer Reasco , Norberto Araujo , Carlos Espínola , Diego Calderón , Ulises de la Cruz - William Araujo , Alex Bolaños (68th Franklin Salas ), Edison Méndez (84th Gonzalo Chila ) - Claudio Bieler , Walter Calderón (68th Claudio Graf ) Coach: Jorge Fossati ( Uruguay )	Rafael - Gum , Cássio , Dalton - Mariano , (69th Ruy ), Diguinho (60th Maurício ), Diogo , Darío Conca , Marquinho - Alan Carvalho (46th Kieza ), Fred Trainer: Cuca
	1: 1 Edison Méndez (21st) 2: 1 Edison Méndez (44th) 3: 1 Edison Méndez (60th) 4: 1 Franklin Salas (70th) 5: 1 Ulises De la Cruz (86th)	0: 1 Marquinho (1st)
	Carlos Espínola (30th), Walter Calderón (39th)	Marquinho (21st), Rafael (51st), Gum (61st)

Return leg

Fluminense Rio de Janeiro		LDU Quito
	December 2, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro ( Estádio do Maracanã ) Result: 3: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 65,822 Referee: Carlos Amarilla ( Paraguay )
	Rafael - Gum , Diogo (68th Raphael Augusto ), Dalton - Mariano , (88th Maurício ), Diguinho , Darío Conca , Marquinho - Alan Carvalho , Fred , Adeílson (57th Ruy Bueno NetoRuy ) Trainer: Cuca	Alexander Domínguez - Neicer Reasco , Norberto Araujo , Carlos Espínola , Jairo Campos , Diego Calderón - William Araujo , Ulises de la Cruz , Edison Méndez - Claudio Bieler (89th Alex Bolaños ), Walter Calderón (25th Pedro Larrea (83rd Renán Calle )) Coach: Jorge Fossati ( Uruguay )
	1: 0 Diguinho (14th) 2: 0 Fred (44th) 3: 0 Gum (72nd)
	Gum (1st), Alan Carvalho (45th), Mariano (57th)	Jairo Campos (4th), Alexander Domínguez (50th), Pedro Larrea (51st)
		Jairo Campos (82nd)
	Fred (76.)	Ulises de la Cruz (18th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Claudio Bieler	LDU Quito	8th
2	Edison Méndez	Liga de Quito	7th
3	Jorge Cordoba	River Plate	5
	Fred	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	5
5	Juan Manuel Olivera	CF Universidad de Chile	4th
	Felipe	Goiás EC	4th

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

See also

• Copa Libertadores 2009

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com (English)