2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage

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The First Stage of the 2009 Copa Santander Libertadores ran from January 27 to February 5.

Format

Twelve teams qualified into this rounds and each will play a two-legged tie, one at home and one away. The winner of each tie will advance to the Second Stage. The teams will earn 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 for a loss. The team with the most points advances. The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:

  1. Goal difference
  2. Goals scored
  3. Away goals

Results

Team #1 played the first leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team #1 Points Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Peñarol Uruguay 1:4 Colombia Independiente Medellín 0–4 0–0 — — —
Estudiantes Argentina 3:3 Peru Sporting Cristal 1–2 1–0 0:0 1:0 —
Nacional Paraguay 4:1 Ecuador El Nacional 5–0 3–3 — — —
Deportivo Cuenca Ecuador 3:3 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui 0–2 3–0 +1:−1 — —
Real Potosí Bolivia 0:6 Brazil Palmeiras 1–5 0–2 — — —
Pachuca Mexico 3:3 Chile Universidad de Chile 0–1 2–1 0:0 0:1 —

Matches

First leg

El Nacional Ecuador0–5Paraguay Nacional
Report Román 51'
Núñez 56', 85'
Cáceres 70'
Melgarejo 87'
Attendance: 6,757
Independiente Medellín Colombia4–0Uruguay Peñarol
Martínez 15', 18', 46'
Corredor 34'		 Report
Attendance: 15,750
Sporting Cristal Peru2–1Argentina Estudiantes
Palacios 42'
Hurtado 55'		 Report Pérez 29'
Attendance: 16,302

Second leg

Peñarol Uruguay0–0Colombia Independiente Medellín
Report
Attendance: 19,590

Independiente Medellín advances on points 4–1.

Deportivo Cuenca advances on goal difference.

Estudiantes advances on away goals.

Palmeiras advances on points 6–0.

Pachuca Mexico2–1Chile Universidad de Chile
Rodríguez 24' (pen.)
Álvarez 86'		 Report Estrada 58'
Attendance: 13,140

Universidad de Chile advances on away goals.

Nacional Paraguay3–3Ecuador El Nacional
Núñez 9', 14'
Melgarejo 28'		 Report Pita 32'
Ladines 35'
Zura 43'
Attendance: 2,801

Nacional advances on points 4–1.