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.
Santos defeated Universidad Autónoma 9–0 to win their first Copa Libertadores Femenina title.
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. 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.
Qualified teams AssociationTeamQualifying method ArgentinaSan Lorenzo2008–09 Clausura/Apertura champions-playoff winner BoliviaEnForma Santa Cruz2009 Bolivian League champion BrazilSantos2008 Copa do Brasil winner ChileEverton2008 Chilean League champion ColombiaFormas Íntimasappointed by Colombian Football Federation (no national league) EcuadorDeportivo Quito ParaguayUniversidad Autónoma2008 Paraguayan league champions PeruWhite Star2008 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino champions UruguayRampla Juniors2008 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino winner VenezuelaCaracas2009 Venezuelan League champions
Venues
Guarujá São PauloSantos Estádio Antônio FernandesCapacity: 8,000 Estádio do PacaembuCapacity: 37,180 Estádio Ulrico MursaCapacity: 10,000 Estádio Urbano CaldeiraCapacity: 20,120
Round and draw dates The draw for the competition took place at Estádio Urbano Caldeira on September 6, 2009. EventDateDraw6 September 2009First Stage3–14 October 2009Semifinals16 October 2009Final18 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 Santos4400292+2712 Everton4211104+67 White Star420279−26 Caracas 4022214−122 EnForma Santa Cruz4013423−191
Group 2 Group 2 matches were played at Estádio Municipal Antônio Fernandes (Guarujá), Estádio Ulrico Mursa (Santos) and Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Santos). Team Universidad Autónoma4400156+912 Formas Íntimas4301185+139 Deportivo Quito4112710−34 San Lorenzo4112713−64 Rampla Juniors4004518−130
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Third-place match
Final
GK 77 Andréia SuntaqueDF 5 Aline Pellegrino (c) DF 23 Carol ArrudaDF 18 JanaínaDF 3 DaniMF 15 EsterMF 80 FranMF 99 MaurineMF 10 MartaFW 90 Érika FW 40 Thais Substitutes:MF 9 Suzana FW 17 Ketlen FW 7 Pikena Manager: Kleiton Lima GK 12 Gloria RodriguezDF 14 Angélica VázquezDF 3 Carmen BenítezDF 20 Jessica SantacruzDF 4 Ediberta JacquetMF 7 Joana GaleanoMF 6 Hilda RiverosMF 18 Noelia CuevasMF 10 Monica KarinaFW 16 Dulce María QuintanaFW 17 Gloria EstherSubstitutes: Francisca Pereira Silvia Cristina Anabel Rodriguez Manager: Castor Vera
Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino2009 ChampionSantosFirst Title
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Cristiane Santos152 Valeska Arias Everton7 Marta Santos Catalina Usme Formas Íntimas5 Érika Santos66 Diana Ospina Formas Íntimas5 Jennifer Peñaloza Formas Íntimas8 Maurine Santos4 Nicole Wilcox White Star10 Irma Cuevas Universidad Autónoma3 Fran Santos Anabel Rodríguez Universidad Autónoma Karina Vega Universidad Autónoma
References
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