2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage

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

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

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	1:4	Independiente Medellín	0–4	0–0	—	—	—
Estudiantes	3:3	Sporting Cristal	1–2	1–0	0:0	1:0	—
Nacional	4:1	El Nacional	5–0	3–3	—	—	—
Deportivo Cuenca	3:3	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–2	3–0	+1:−1	—	—
Real Potosí	0:6	Palmeiras	1–5	0–2	—	—	—
Pachuca	3:3	Universidad de Chile	0–1	2–1	0:0	0:1	—

January 27, 2009

17:00 UTC−05:00

El Nacional	0–5	Nacional
	Report	Román 51' Núñez 56', 85' Cáceres 70' Melgarejo 87'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 6,757

Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

January 28, 2009

19:00 UTC−04:00

Universidad de Chile	1–0	Pachuca
Díaz 4'	Report

Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago

Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)

January 28, 2009

21:30 UTC−05:00

Independiente Medellín	4–0	Peñarol
Martínez 15', 18', 46' Corredor 34'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 15,750

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

January 29, 2009

20:30 UTC−03:00

Palmeiras	5–1	Real Potosí
Keirrison 3', 20' (pen.) Diego Souza 39' Cleiton Xavier 58' Edmílson 90+1'	Report	Rodríguez 22'

Palestra Itália (Parque Antártica), São Paulo

Attendance: 23,694

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

January 29, 2009

15:00 UTC−05:00

Sporting Cristal	2–1	Estudiantes
Palacios 42' Hurtado 55'	Report	Pérez 29'

Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima

Attendance: 16,302

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

January 29, 2009

21:30 UTC−04:30

Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–0	Deportivo Cuenca
Espíndola 11' González 51'	Report

Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

February 3, 2009

21:15 UTC−03:00

Peñarol	0–0	Independiente Medellín
	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 19,590

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Independiente Medellín advances on points 4–1.

February 3, 2009

20:45 UTC−05:00

Deportivo Cuenca	3–0	Deportivo Anzoátegui
Teixeira 27', 68' Villalba 74'	Report

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca

Attendance: 7,275

Referee: Óscar Maldonado (Bolivia)

Deportivo Cuenca advances on goal difference.

February 4, 2009

20:30 UTC−03:00

Estudiantes	1–0	Sporting Cristal
Lentini 76'	Report

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata

Attendance: 20,426

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

Estudiantes advances on away goals.

February 4, 2009

21:00 UTC−03:00

Real Potosí	0–2	Palmeiras
	Report	Cleiton Xavier 29' Keirrison 74'

Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte, Potosí

Attendance: 3,055

Referee: Carlos Galeano (Paraguay)

Palmeiras advances on points 6–0.

February 4, 2009

21:15 UTC−06:00

Pachuca	2–1	Universidad de Chile
Rodríguez 24' (pen.) Álvarez 86'	Report	Estrada 58'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 13,140

Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)

Universidad de Chile advances on away goals.

February 5, 2009

20:15 UTC−04:00

Nacional	3–3	El Nacional
Núñez 9', 14' Melgarejo 28'	Report	Pita 32' Ladines 35' Zura 43'

General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 2,801

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Nacional advances on points 4–1.

• CONMEBOL's official website (in Spanish)