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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 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



4th
28 November–13 December: 2009 CECAFA Cup in



4th

AFC
4–17 January: 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in


/

CONCACAF
3–26 July: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the


,

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



4th

Club football

Women

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, Brazilian forward, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (84)
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
4 March – Harry Parkes (89), English defender
5 March – Valeri Broshin (46), Russian midfielder
7 March – Jimmy Hernon (84), Scottish midfielder
7 March – Edouard Oum Ndeki (32), Cameroonian midfielder, hepatitis
7 March – Anton Shokh (49), Kazakhstani-Russian midfielder
9 March – Eddie Lowe (83), English midfielder
10 March – Jack Capper (77), Welsh defender
12 March – Ferenc Szabó, (88) Hungarian footballer
15 March – Jumadi Abdi, (36) Indonesian footballer
16 March – Alan Suddick (64), English midfielder
28 March – Hugh Kelly (85), Scottish defender
29 March – Vladimir Fedotov (66), Russian striker
31 March – Enea Masiero (75), Italian midfielder

April
2 April – Víctor Hugo Ávalos (37), Paraguayan midfielder
6 April – Gheorghe Ene (72), Romanian striker
11 April – Jimmy Neighbour (58), English midfielder
12 April – Mike Keen (69), English midfielder
12 April – Louis Leysen (76), Belgian goalkeeper
13 April – Miguel Ángel Mori (65), Argentine midfielder, participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics
19 April – Maurilio Prini (76), Italian midfielder
19 April – Dicky Robinson (82), English defender
19 April – Brian Tyrrell (-), Irish football forward
20 April – Franco Rotella (42), Italian midfielder
23 April – Lam Sheung Yee (74), Hong Kong defender
25 April – Miljenko Bajić (54), Bosnian defender

May
1 May – Jokke Kangaskorpi (37), Finnish forward
3 May – John Elsworthy (77), Welsh midfielder, member of the squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup
3 May – Tommy Fowler (84), English midfielder
4 May – Bobby Campbell (86), Scottish winger
9 May – Juan Gómez (84), Mexican defender, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
13 May – Norbert Eschmann (75), Swiss-French midfielder, member of the squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1962 FIFA World Cup
14 May – Ken Hollyman, Welsh footballer (86)
16 May – Peter Sampson, English footballer (81)
19 May – Andrei Ivanov (42), Russian defender
19 May – Knut Hammer Larsen, Norwegian footballer (38)
20 May – Alan Kelly Sr., Irish footballer (72)
21 May – Walter da Silva, Brazilian footballer (67)
21 May – Anatoli Kirilov, Bulgarian footballer
24 May – Youssef Elbai (30), French defender
25 May – Billy Baxter (70), Scottish midfielder/defender
27 May – Ammo Baba, Iraqi footballer (74)
28 May – Ercole Rabitti, Italian footballer (87)
30 May – Alexander Obregón, Colombian footballer (31)
30 May – Gunnar Arnesen (81), Norwegian forward

June
2 June – Rodrigo García Vizoso (100), Spanish goalkeeper and coach
4 June – Lev Brovarskyi (60), Ukrainian midfielder
6 June – Bobby Haarms (74), Dutch midfielder
7 June – Willie Kilmarnock (87), Scottish footballer
7 June – Gordon Lennon (26), Northern Irish defender, traffic accident
8 June – Aage Rou Jensen (84), Danish striker
10 June – Stelios Skevofilakas (69), Greek footballer
11 June – Alan Philpott (66), English midfielder
14 June – Abel Tador (24), Nigerian footballer
17 June – Shacky Tauro (49, Zimbabwean footballer
18 June – Mihai Mocanu (67), Romanian defender, participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup
20 June – Joseph Ibanez (82), French midfielder and coach
23 June – Jackie Swindells (72), English striker
24 June – Mario Tontodonati (85), Italian midfielder/forward

July
2 July – Kaj Hansen (68), Swedish defender, participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup
3 July – Sadek Boukhalfa (74), Algerian midfielder
6 July – Mihai Baicu (33), Romanian midfielder, cardiac arrest
12 July – Tommy Cummings (80), English midfielder and manager
13 July – Axel Pilmark (83), Danish midfielder, participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics
14 July – Kujtim Majaci (47), Albanian forward
17 July – Otto Bresling (88), Danish midfielder
20 July – Sargis Aroyan (18), Armenian forward
21 July – Dai Lawrence (62), Welsh defender
24 July – Zé Carlos (47), Brazilian goalkeeper
25 July – Ricardo Bonelli (76), Argentine midfielder
25 July – Italo Romagnoli (93), Italian defender
25 July – Zequinha (74), Brazilian midfielder, on the squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
29 July – Paul McGrillen (37), Scottish striker, suicide
30 July – Yuri Kurnenin (55), Belarusian midfielder and manager
31 July – Sir Bobby Robson (76), English forward and manager

August
2 August – Joe Livingstone (67), English striker
5 August – Mario Tiddia (73), Italian defender and manager
8 August – Daniel Jarque (26), Spanish defender, heart attack
8 August – Orlando Rozzoni (72), Italian forward
9 August – Tommy Clinton (83), Irish defender
9 August – Massimiliano Fiondella (41), Italian defender
10 August – Francisco Valdés (66), Chilean midfielder
11 August – Lazare Gianessi (83), French defender, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
11 August – Jan Sillo, (32) South African footballer
13 August – Brian McLaughlin (54), Scottish midfielder
19 August – Vic Snell (81), English defender
19 August – Bobby Thomson (65), English defender and manager
24 August – Virginio De Paoli (71), Italian striker
31 August – Torsten Lindberg (92), Swedish goalkeeper and manager, participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1950 FIFA World Cup

September
1 September – Jock Buchanan (74), Scottish forward
7 September – Norman Curtis, (84), English footballer
9 September – Léon Glovacki (81), French striker and manager, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
11 September – Carlo De Bernardi (56), Italian midfielder
11 September – Jean-François Prigent (65), French midfielder
11 September – Henny van Schoonhoven (39), Dutch defender, cancer
13 September – Paul Shirtliff (46), English defender
19 September – Stevie Gray (42), English footballer
19 September – Brian Filipi (20), Albanian midfielder, traffic accident
20 September – Hernan Córdoba, (19) Colombian footballer
20 September – Mario Beltrán (23), Colombian midfielder, traffic accident
20 September – Hernan Córdoba (19), Colombian striker, traffic accident
22 September – Marco Achilli (60), Italian midfielder
23 September – Dennis Pacey, (80), English footballer
24 September – Terry Bly (73), English striker and manager
26 September – Geoff Barrowcliffe (77), English defender
27 September – René Bliard (76), French striker
27 September – Raúl Savoy (68), Argentine midfielder
28 September – Horst Feilzer (52), German forward
28 September – Best Ogedegbe, (55), Nigerian footballer
30 September – Raúl Magaña (69), Salvadoran goalkeeper and manager

October
1 October – Mangue Cissé (60), Ivorian defender, father of Djibril Cissé
2 October – Rolf Rüssmann (58), German defender, participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup
3 October – Zoran Mijucić (40), Serbian midfielder, participated in the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
4 October – Gerhard Kaufhold (80), German midfielder/striker
5 October – Tommy Capel (87), English forward
8 October – Alex McCrae (89), Scottish forward
9 October – Arne Bakker (79), Norwegian midfielder
9 October – Horst Szymaniak (75), German midfielder, participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup
11 October – Gustav Kral (26), Austrian goalkeeper, traffic accident
12 October – Massimo Mattolini (56), Italian goalkeeper
12 October – Stan Palk, (87), English footballer
13 October – Orane Simpson (26), Jamaican midfielder, stabbing
15 October – Heinz Versteeg, (70), Dutch footballer
17 October – David Burnside (69), English midfielder and manager
21 October – John Jarman (78), Welsh midfielder
22 October – Ray Lambert, (87) Welsh footballer
22 October – Albert Watson, (91) English footballer
23 October – Collins Mbulo (38), Zambian goalkeeper
27 October – Frank Brady, Jr. (age unknown), Irish midfielder
30 October – Juvenal, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
30 October – František Veselý (65), Czech forward, participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 1976

November
2 November – Keith Kettleborough (74), English midfielder
2 November – Paolo Perugi (44), Italian midfielder
3 November – Archie Baird, (90), Scottish footballer
4 November – Stefano Chiodi (52), Italian midfielder
7 November – Billy Ingham (57), English midfielder
10 November – Robert Enke (32), German goalkeeper, suicide
12 November – Willy Kernen, (80), Swiss footballer
13 November – Héctor Facundo (72), Argentine midfielder, participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup
15 November – Ray Charnley (74), English forward
15 November – Don Martin (65), English forward
16 November – Antonio de Nigris (31), Mexican striker, heart attack
18 November – Salem Saad (31), Emirati striker, heart attack
19 November – Frank Beattie (76), Scottish footballer
22 November – Juan Carlos Muñoz (90), Argentine midfielder
23 November – Tony Parry (64), English defender
25 November – Mike Tiddy (80), English midfielder
26 November – Giuseppe Baldini (87), Italian striker and manager
26 November – Nikola Kovachev, (75), Bulgarian footballer
29 November – George Cummins (78), Irish forward
30 November – Christoph Budde (46), German striker

December
December – Henry Andersson (85), Swedish goalkeeper
1 December – Neil Dougall (88), Scottish midfielder and manager
1 December – Alberto Martínez (59), Uruguayan midfielder
1 December – Christoph Budde, German footballer (46)
12 December – Manuel Ruiz Sosa (72), Spanish midfielder and manager
13 December – Wilton Cezar Xavier (62) Brazilian footballer
14 December – Alan A'Court (75), English midfielder and manager, participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup
16 December – Dennis Herod, (86) English footballer
17 December – Michel Leblond (77), French midfielder and manager, on the squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup
17 December – Guillermo Ortíz (69), Mexican midfielder, on the squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
17 December – Miljenko Mihić, (75) Serbian football coach
20 December – Jack Brownsword (86), English defender
22 December – Albert Scanlon (74), English forward, survivor of the Munich air disaster
24 December – Hugo Berly (67), Chilean defender, on the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup
26 December – Giuseppe Chiappella (85), Italian midfielder and manager
27 December – Takashi Takabayashi, (78), Japan footballer
28 December – Allen Batsford (77), English football manager

Clubs founded
RB Leipzig

References

Association football by year