The following are the association football events of the year 2009 throughout the world.
News
General Major League Soccer (United States/Canada) expands to 15 teams with the launch of Seattle Sounders FC. Women's Professional Soccer, the successor to the defunct Women's United Soccer Association in the US, launched in March with 7 teams. During the 2009–10 A-League season, the FFA, the governing body of the sport in Australia, will expand the 8 team A-League to include 10 teams, with the addition of clubs from North Queensland and the Gold Coast.
January 1 – Gamba Osaka win the 88th edition of the Emperor's Cup and qualify for the 2009 AFC Champions League. 11 – Club Deportivo Guadalajara win the InterLiga 2009, Guadalajara and runners-up C.F. Pachuca both qualify for the Copa Libertadores. 12 – The 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year ceremony took place in Zürich, Switzerland. Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the men's prize and Marta won the women's prize for the third consecutive year. 13 – Uganda win their tenth CECAFA Cup, beating Kenya 1–0 in the final at the National Stadium, Kampala. 17 – Oman win the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup, beating Saudi Arabia, 6–5 on penalties.
February 23 – K-League 2008 champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings defeat MLS representative Los Angeles Galaxy at the final game of Pan-Pacific Championship 2009 by penalty shootout after 1–1 game, winning the second champion title of Pan-Pacific Championship. J. League Cup 2008 winners Oita Trinita win the third place match against Chinese Super League 2008 champions Shandong Luneng Taishan, 2–1. 28 – Melbourne Victory win the grand final of the 2008–09 A-League season.
March 14 – In the Premier League, Liverpool beat Manchester United 4–1 at Old Trafford, completing a "double" against both Manchester United and Chelsea this season.
May 2 - Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2–6 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. 25 – Burnley beat Sheffield United 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in the second tier of English football's play-off final and are promoted to the top flight. 27 - Barcelona beat Manchester United 2–0 at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, winning their 3rd Champions League title.
June 6 – Japan, Australia, South Korea, and Netherlands are officially qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 17 – North Korea is qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 28 – Brazil beats the USA 3–2 at the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa, winning two consecutive FIFA Confederations Cup titles.
July 9 – Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito beats SC Internacional 4–0 on aggregate at the 2009 Recopa Sudamericana. 26 – Players from the 1990 England and West Germany national teams are to replay their Italia '90 World Cup semi-final match in aid of charity, for the Sir Bobby Robson Trophy. 28 – Former Ipswich, Newcastle, England and Barcelona manager Bobby Robson dies at age 76.
September 3 – Romanian goalkeeper Alexandru Iatan of Dunărea Giurgiu died while training penalty shots when the ball hit his chest. 10 – The International Federation of Football History & Statistics, an organization recognized by FIFA, has published a continental Clubs of 20th Century ranking. 27 – HB Tórshavn beat the Faroese league for the 20th time. The first club on the islands to reach this milestone.
October 27 - 3rd tier side Alcorcón beat 4-0 La Liga side Real Madrid in a Spanish cup match. This match was given the name Alcorconazo by the Spanish media and by Alcorcón fans.
November 14 – New Zealand beats Bahrain 1–0 on aggregate at the AFC–OFC play-off. The All Whites book their first World Cup trip since 1982, while Bahrain lose for the second straight time in an inter-confederation play-off, having lost to Trinidad and Tobago in 2006. 18 – Controversies over Republic of Ireland vs France match, one of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round play-offs, occur due to France's play-off-winning goal in connection with intentional handball by French captain Thierry Henry. 18 – Uruguay beats Costa Rica 2–1 on aggregate at the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off, making themselves the last of 32 countries qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
December 2 - Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito beats Fluminense FC 5–4 on aggregate at the 2009 Copa Sudamericana finals. 4 – The final draw for 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in Cape Town, South Africa. 19 – FC Barcelona beats Estudiantes de La Plata 2–1 in the final match of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. 21 – The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards are handed out in Zürich. The men's award goes to Lionel Messi of Argentina and FC Barcelona. The women's award goes to Marta of Brazil and the Los Angeles Sol, who becomes the first player of either sex to win the award four times (in her case, consecutively).
Events Men's national teams CAF 31 December 2008 – 13 January 2009: 2008 CECAFA Cup in
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AFC 4–17 January: 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in
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CONCACAF 3–26 July: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the
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FIFA 14–28 June: FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 in
4th 24 September – 16 October: 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in
4th 24 October – 15 November: 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in
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Club football
RegionTournamentChampionTitleLast HonorAFC (Asia)2009 AFC Champions League Pohang Steelers3rd1997–982009 AFC Cup Al Kuwait1stN/A2009 AFC President's Cup Regar-TadAZ4th2008CAF (Africa)2009 CAF Champions League TP Mazembe3rd19682009 CAF Confederation Cup Stade Malien1stN/A2009 CAF Super Cup Al Ahly 4th2007CONCACAF(North and Central America, Caribbean)2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Atlante2nd19832009 North American SuperLiga Tigres UANL1stN/A2009 CFU Club Championship W Connection4th2006CONMEBOL (South America)2009 Copa Libertadores Estudiantes3rd19702009 Copa Sudamericana LDU Quito1stN/A2009 Recopa Sudamericana LDU Quito1stN/AOFC (Oceania)2008–09 OFC Champions League Auckland City3rd2006UEFA (Europe)2008–09 UEFA Champions League Barcelona3rd2005–062008–09 UEFA Cup Shakhtar Donetsk1stN/A2009 UEFA Super Cup Barcelona1stN/AFIFA (Worldwide)2009 FIFA Club World Cup Barcelona1stN/A
Women RegionTournamentChampionTitleLast honor CONMEBOL (South America) 2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina Santos FC (women) 1st N/A UEFA (Europe) 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup FCR 2001 Duisburg 1st N/A
National champions
AFC – Melbourne Victory – Muharraq Club – Abahani Limited – Druk Star – a Corp – Beijing Guoan – Kaohsiung City Yaoti – Quality Distributors – South China AA – Churchill Brothers – Persipura Jayapura – Esteghlal – Arbil FC – Kashima Antlers – Al-Wahdat – Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors – Al-Qadisiya Kuwait – Dordoi-Dynamo – Nejmeh – Lam Pak – Selangor FA – Al-Nahda – WAPDA – Wadi Al-Nes – Al-Gharrafa – Al-Ittihad – SAFFC – Al-Karamah – Vakhsh Qurghonteppa – Muang Thong United – HTTU Aşgabat – Al-Ahli – Bunyodkor – Đà Nẵng
CAF – ES Sétif – Tiko United – Al Ahly – Al-Ittihad – Raja Casablanca – Bayelsa United – Supersport United – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
CONCACAF : Mexican Primera División – UNAM (C); Monterrey (A)
Major League Soccer (USA/Canada) – Real Salt Lake (P) / Columbus Crew (L) Women's Professional Soccer (USA) – Sky Blue FC Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion. Note: "(P)" designates the MLS Cup playoffs champion; "(L)" designates the MLS Supporters' Shield winner.
CONMEBOL : – Vélez Sársfield (C); Banfield (A) : – Bolívar (A); Blooming (C) : – Flamengo : – Universidad de Chile (A); Colo-Colo (C) : – Once Caldas (A); Independiente Medellín (C) : – Deportivo Quito : – Cerro Porteño (A); Nacional (C) : – Universitario de Deportes : – Nacional : – Caracas
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.
OFC – Lakota French Polynesia – Manu-Ura New Caledonia – Magenta – Auckland City – Tafea FC
UEFA Albania – Tirana Andorra – Sant Julià Armenia – Pyunik Austria – Red Bull Salzburg Azerbaijan – Baku Belarus – BATE Borisov Belgium – Standard Liège Bosnia and Herzegovina – Zrinjski Mostar Bulgaria – Levski Sofia Croatia – Dinamo Zagreb Cyprus – APOEL Czech Republic – Slavia Prague Denmark – Copenhagen England – Manchester United Estonia – Levadia Faroe Islands – HB Tórshavn Finland – HJK Helsinki France – Bordeaux Georgia – WIT Georgia Germany – Wolfsburg Greece – Olympiacos Hungary – Debrecen Iceland – FH Republic of Ireland – Bohemians Israel – Maccabi Haifa Italy – Internazionale Kazakhstan – FC Aktobe Latvia – FK Liepājas Metalurgs Lithuania – FK Ekranas Luxembourg – F91 Dudelange Macedonia – Makedonija Gjorče Petrov Malta – Hibernians Moldova – Sheriff Tiraspol Montenegro – Mogren Netherlands – AZ Northern Ireland – Glentoran Norway – Rosenborg Poland – Wisła Kraków Portugal – Porto Romania – Unirea Urziceni Russia – Rubin Kazan San Marino – Tre Fiori Scotland – Rangers Serbia – Partizan Slovakia – Slovan Bratislava Slovenia – Maribor Spain – Barcelona Sweden – AIK Switzerland – Zürich Turkey – Beşiktaş Ukraine – Dynamo Kyiv Wales – Rhyl
Deaths
January 2 January – Ian Greaves (76), English defender and manager 2 January – Ryuzo Hiraki (77), Japanese defender and national team manager 2 January – Kamel Karia (58), Tunisian goalkeeper 4 January – Lei Clijsters (52), Belgian defender and coach, father of Kim Clijsters 4 January – Arvid Knutsen (80), Norwegian forward and coach 5 January – Jimmy Rayner (73), English striker 6 January – Shmuel Ben Dror (84), Israeli midfielder, scorer of the first ever goal of the Israel national football team 6 January – Charlie Thomson (78), Scottish goalkeeper 7 January – Alfie Conn, Sr. (82), Scottish forward 8 January – Alberto Eliani (86), Italian defender 9 January – Victor Mosa (63), Italian/French defender 10 January – Jack Wheeler (89), English goalkeeper 12 January – Friaça, (84) Brazilian forward, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup 13 January – Tommy Casey (78), Northern Irish midfielder 14 January – Tomi Jalo (50), Finnish midfielder 16 January – Cláudio Milar (35), Uruguayan striker, traffic accident 17 January – Tomislav Crnković (79), Croatian defender 19 January – Joop Wille (88), Dutch goalkeeper 20 January – Johnny Dixon (85), English striker 21 January – Jaime Belmonte (74), Mexican midfielder, participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup 21 January – Vic Crowe (76), Welsh midfielder 21 January – Peter Persidis (61), Austrian defender 22 January – Clément Pinault (23), French defender, heart attack 24 January – Fernando Cornejo (39), Chilean midfielder, cancer 24 January – Karl Koller (79), Austrian midfielder 26 January – Ivan Jensen (76), Danish midfielder 27 January – Aubrey Powell (90), Welsh forward 29 January – Willi Köchling (75), German defender 29 January – Roy Saunders (78), English midfielder 30 January – Pieter Van Den Bosch (71), Belgian midfielder, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
February 2 February – Paul Birch (46), English midfielder 7 February – Joe Haverty (72), Irish midfielder 8 February – Jouni Jalonen (66), Finnish defender, Finnish Footballer of the Year in 1968 9 February – Reg Davies (79), Welsh forward 9 February – Neville Hamilton (48), English midfielder 10 February – Holger Olsen (88), Danish defender 12 February – Giacomo Bulgarelli (68), Italian midfielder, participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1968 13 February – Jerzy Hawrylewicz (50), Polish forward 15 February – Don Leeson (73), English goalkeeper 20 February – Július Nôta (37), Slovak goalkeeper, stabbing
March 1 March – Elefterios Manolios (73), French goalkeeper 2 March – Andy Bowman (74), Scottish midfielder 2 March – Carlos Sosa (89), Argentine defender 3 March – Åke Lindman (81), Finnish defender 3 March – José Moncebáez (80), Mexican goalkeeper and national team coach