2009 in Ecuadorian football

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

Football in Ecuador
Season2009
← 2008 2010 →

National leagues

Serie A
Main article: 2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
  • Champion: Deportivo Quito (4th title)
    • Runner-up: Deportivo Cuenca
  • International cup qualifiers:
  • Relegated: LDU Portoviejo, Técnico Universitario

Serie B
  • Winner: Independiente José Terán (1st title)
    • Runner-up: Universidad Católica
  • Promoted: Universidad Católica, Independiente José Terán
  • Relegated: Aucas

Segunda
  • Winner: UT Cotopaxi (1st title)
    • Runner-up: River Plate
  • Promoted: River Plate, UT Cotopaxi, Universidad Técnica Equinoccial

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
Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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'
Attendance: 36,853
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
Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
Bolivia 1 – 3 Ecuador
Yecerotte  85' Report Méndez  4'
Valencia  46'
Benítez  56'
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
Ecuador 1 – 2 Uruguay
Valencia  67' Report Suárez  69'
Forlán  90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,700
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)
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'
Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain
Referee: Mario Melero López (Spain)

Note: This is an unofficial international friendly.

Ecuador 1 – 3 El Salvador
Jefferson Montero  8' Romero  10', 51'
Corrales  45'
Ecuador 0 – 0 Jamaica
Report

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
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Argentina 2 – 2 Ecuador
Gaitán  32'
Bella  79'		 Report Pinto  39'
Anangonó  78'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

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
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jorge Osorio (Chile)
Ecuador 1 – 4 Bolivia
Villaprado  73' Report Álvarez  29', 35'
Galindo  65'
Castro  74'
Attendance: 3,000
Ecuador 1 – 3 Uruguay
Caicedo  79' Report Barreto  35' (pen.)
Luna  53', 58'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)
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