2009 Copa Libertadores

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
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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.

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.

^ "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

[1] "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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