2009 in association football explained
The following are the association football events of the year 2009 throughout the world.
News
General
January
February
March
May
June
July
September
- 3 – Romanian goalkeeper Alexandru Iatan of Dunărea Giurgiu died while training penalty shots when the ball hit his chest.[3]
- 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
November
December
Events
Men's national teams
CAF
AFC
CONCACAF
FIFA
Club football
Women
National champions
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
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
UEFA
Deaths
January
- 2 January – Ian Greaves (76), English defender and manager[5]
- 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[6]
- 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[7]
- 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[8]
- 27 December – Takashi Takabayashi, (78), Japan footballer
- 28 December – Allen Batsford (77), English football manager
Clubs founded
Notes and References
- News: Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utd. Paul. Fletcher. BBC Sport. 25 May 2009. 1 February 2024.
- News: Manchester United fold without a fight as Barcelona claim Champions League. Kevin. McCarra. The Guardian. 27 May 2009. 1 February 2024.
- News: Cauza decesului jucătorului Alexandru Iatan, analizată de legiştii bucureşteni. Mediafax. 3 September 2009. 1 February 2024. ro.
- News: Messi Leads FC Barcelona to FIFA Club World Cup Championship. Carlos G.. Giron. Bleacher Report. 19 December 2009. 1 February 2024.
- News: Former Wolves boss passes away. Express & Star. 3 January 2009. 1 February 2024.
- News: Peter Persidis tot: Der loyale Mann im Hintergrund. Wolfgang. Wiederstein. Die Presse. 22 January 2009. 1 February 2024. de.
- News: El fútbol, de luto: murió Juan Carlos Muñoz, integrante de La Máquina de River. Clarín. 21 November 2009. 1 February 2024. es.
- News: È Morto Chiappella, una vita per la Fiorentina. Corriere della Sera. 26 December 2009. 1 February 2024. it.
Santos FC (women)
Albania – Tirana
Andorra – Sant Julià
Armenia – Pyunik
Austria – Red Bull Salzburg
Azerbaijan – Baku
Belarus – BATE Borisov
Belgium – Standard Liège
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Zrinjski Mostar
Cyprus – APOEL
Czech Republic – Slavia Prague
Estonia – Levadia
Faroe Islands – HB Tórshavn
Finland – HJK Helsinki
France – Bordeaux
Georgia – WIT Georgia
Hungary – Debrecen
Iceland – FH
Republic of Ireland – Bohemians
Israel – Maccabi Haifa
Italy – Internazionale
Kazakhstan – FC Aktobe
Lithuania – FK Ekranas
Luxembourg – F91 Dudelange
Macedonia – Makedonija Gjorče Petrov
Malta – Hibernians
Moldova – Sheriff Tiraspol
Montenegro – Mogren
Norway – Rosenborg
Poland – Wisła Kraków
Romania – Unirea Urziceni
Russia – Rubin Kazan
San Marino – Tre Fiori
Serbia – Partizan
Slovakia – Slovan Bratislava
Spain – Barcelona
Sweden – AIK
Turkey – Beşiktaş
Ukraine – Dynamo Kyiv
