2009 In Association Football Information
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
- Argentina – Vélez Sársfield (C); Banfield (A)
- Bolivia – Bolívar (A); Blooming (C)
- Brazil – Flamengo
- Chile – Universidad de Chile (A); Colo-Colo (C)
- Colombia – Once Caldas (A); Independiente Medellín (C)
- Serie A – Deportivo Quito
- Paraguay – Cerro Porteño (A); Nacional (C)
- Perú – Universitario de Deportes
- Uruguay – Nacional
- Venezuela – Caracas
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.
OFC
UEFA
- Albania – Tirana
- Andorra – Sant Julià
- Armenia – Pyunik
- Austria – Red Bull Salzburg
- Azerbaijan – Baku
- Belarus – FC BATE
- 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 Island – HB Tórshavn
- Finland – HJK Helsinki
- France – Bordeaux
- Georgia – WIT Georgia
- Germany – Wolfsburg
- Greece – Olympiacos
- Hungary – Debrecen
- Iceland – FH
- Israel – Maccabi Haifa
- Republic of Ireland – Bohemians
- 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
International tournaments
- 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations in Oman (4–17 January 2009)
- FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 in South Africa (14–28 June 2009)
- Brazil
- United States
- Spain
- South Africa
- (eliminated at group stage) Egypt Iraq Italy New Zealand
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (3–26 July 2009)
- 1 ! Mexico
- 2 ! United States
- 3 ! Costa Rica, Honduras
- 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt (24 September–16 October)
- 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria (24 October–15 November)
- 1 ! Switzerland
- 2 ! Nigeria
- 3 ! Spain
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
- 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 – Julius Nota (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
- 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
- 20 April – Franco Rotella (42), Italian midfielder
- 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 midfielder
- 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
- 19 May – Andrei Ivanov (42), Russian defender
- 24 May – Youssef Elbai (30), French defender
- 25 May – Billy Baxter (70), Scottish midfielder/defender
- 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 – Gordon Lennon (26), Northern Irish defender, traffic accident
- 8 June – Aage Rou Jensen (84), Danish striker
- 11 June – Alan Philpott (66), English midfielder
- 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
- 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
- 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 – Brian Filipi (20), Albanian midfielder, traffic accident
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 13 October – Orane Simpson (26), Jamaican midfielder, stabbing
- 17 October – David Burnside (69), English midfielder and manager
- 21 October – John Jarman (78), Welsh midfielder
- 23 October – Collins Mbulo (38), Zambian goalkeeper
- 27 October – Frank Brady, Jr. (age unknown), Irish midfielder
- 30 October – Juvenal (85), Brazilian defender, participated in the 1950 FIFA World Cup
- 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
- 4 November – Stefano Chiodi (52), Italian midfielder
- 7 November – Billy Ingham (57), English midfielder
- 10 November – Robert Enke (32), German goalkeeper, suicide
- 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
- 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
- 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 Ariel Martínez (59), Uruguayan midfielder
- 12 December – Manuel Ruiz Sosa (72), Spanish midfielder and manager
- 14 December – Alan A'Court (75), English midfielder and manager, participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup
- 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
- 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
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