2009 in Ecuadorian football

Football in Ecuador
Season2009
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The 2009 season is the 87th season of competitive football in Ecuador.

National leagues

Serie A

  • Champion: Deportivo Quito (4th title)
    • Runner-up: Deportivo Cuenca
  • International cup qualifiers:
    • 2009 Copa Sudamericana: Emelec, LDU Quito
    • 2010 Copa Libertadores: Deportivo Quito, Deportivo Cuenca, Emelec
  • Relegated: LDU Portoviejo, Técnico Universitario

Serie B

Segunda

Clubs in international competitions

Team 2009 Copa Libertadores 2009 Copa Sudamericana 2009 Recopa Sudamericana
Deportivo Cuenca Eliminated in the Round of 16 N/A N/A
Deportivo Quito Eliminated in the Second Stage N/A N/A
El Nacional Eliminated in the First Stage N/A N/A
Emelec N/A Eliminated in the Round of 16 N/A
LDU Quito Eliminated in the Second Stage Winner Winner

National team

Senior team

2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

The senior team finished all their qualifying games this year. They failed to qualify to their third successive FIFA World Cup.

Ecuador 1 – 1 Brazil
Noboa 89' Report Baptista 72'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Ecuador 1 – 1 Paraguay
Noboa 63' Report Benítez 90+3'
Peru 1 – 2 Ecuador
Vargas 52' Report Montero 38'
Tenorio 58'
Attendance: 17,050
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
Ecuador 2 – 0 Argentina
Ayoví 72'
Palacios 83'		 Report
Attendance: 36,359
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Colombia 2 – 0 Ecuador
Martínez 82'
Gutiérrez 90+4'		 Report
Bolivia 1 – 3 Ecuador
Yecerotte 85' Report Méndez 4'
Valencia 46'
Benítez 56'
Ecuador 1 – 2 Uruguay
Valencia 67' Report Suárez 69'
Forlán 90+4' (pen.)
Chile 1 – 0 Ecuador
Suazo 51' Report
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Friendlies

Ecuador 3 – 2 England U-21
Guerrón 52'
Palacios 53'
Caicedo 81'		 Report Johnson 13'
Campbell 41'
Referee: Mario Melero López (Spain)

Note: This is an unofficial international friendly.

Under-20 team

The under-20 team participated in the 2009 South American Youth Championship in Venezuela. They were eliminated by coin toss.

Peru 1 – 2 Ecuador
Barros 28' (pen.) Report Rojas 4', 22'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Líber Prudente (Uruguay)
Ecuador 0 – 0 Venezuela
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
Ecuador 0 – 0 Colombia
Report
Argentina 2 – 2 Ecuador
Gaitán 32'
Bella 79'		 Report Pinto 39'
Anangonó 78'

Under-17 team

The 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship was held in Chile, in which Ecuador's U-17 team participated. They were drawn into Group B, from which they managed to advance to the Final Group. They failed to qualified to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
Group B matches

Venezuela 0 – 2 Ecuador
Report Celi 62'
Tello 87'
Referee: Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia)
Argentina 1 – 1 Ecuador
Villalba 20' Report de la Cruz 58' (pen.)
Chile 1 – 0 Ecuador
Andia 87' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Joaquín Antequera (Bolivia)
Uruguay 1 – 1 Ecuador
de los Santos 2' Report de la Cruz 23' (pen.)

Final Group matches

Colombia 3 – 0 Ecuador
Cardona 1', 27', 40' (pen.) Report
Ecuador 1 – 4 Bolivia
Villaprado 73' Report Álvarez 29', 35'
Galindo 65'
Castro 74'
Ecuador 1 – 3 Uruguay
Caicedo 79' Report Barreto 35' (pen.)
Luna 53', 58'

External links

  • Official website of the Ecuadorian football federation Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  • 2009 season on RSSSF
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