Overview of the events of 2009 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year2009 throughout the world.
[ edit ] Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion. Note: "(P)" designates theMLS Cup playoffs champion; "(L)" designates theMLS Supporters' Shield winner.
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.
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[citation needed 4 January –Lei Clijsters (52), Belgian defender and coach, father ofKim 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 theIsrael 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[citation needed 10 January –Jack Wheeler (89), English goalkeeper 12 January –Friaça , (84) Brazilian forward, runner-up at the1950 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 the1958 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 the1954 FIFA World Cup 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 the1962 FIFA World Cup ,1966 FIFA World Cup andUEFA Euro 1968 13 February –Jerzy Hawrylewicz (50), Polish forward 15 February –Don Leeson (73), English goalkeeper 20 February –Július Nôta (37), Slovak goalkeeper, stabbing 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 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 the1964 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 1 May –Jokke Kangaskorpi (37), Finnish forward 3 May –John Elsworthy (77), Welsh midfielder, member of the squad for the1958 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 the1954 FIFA World Cup 13 May –Norbert Eschmann (75), Swiss-French midfielder, member of the squad for the1954 FIFA World Cup and1962 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 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 the1970 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 2 July –Kaj Hansen (68), Swedish defender, participated in the1964 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 the1948 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 the1962 FIFA World Cup 29 July –Paul McGrillen (37), Scottish striker, suicide 30 July –Yuri Kurnenin (55), Belarusian midfielder and manager 31 July – SirBobby Robson (76), English forward and manager 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 the1954 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 the1948 Summer Olympics and1950 FIFA World Cup 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 the1954 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 1 October –Mangue Cissé (60), Ivorian defender, father ofDjibril Cissé 2 October –Rolf Rüssmann (58), German defender, participated in the1978 FIFA World Cup 3 October –Zoran Mijucić (40), Serbian midfielder, participated in the1987 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 the1958 FIFA World Cup and the1962 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 the1950 FIFA World Cup . (85) 30 October –František Veselý (65), Czech forward, participated in the1970 FIFA World Cup and theUEFA Euro 1976 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 the1962 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 –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 the1958 FIFA World Cup 16 December –Dennis Herod , (86) English footballer 17 December –Michel Leblond (77), French midfielder and manager, on the squad for the1954 FIFA World Cup 17 December –Guillermo Ortíz (69), Mexican midfielder, on the squad for the1962 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 theMunich air disaster 24 December –Hugo Berly (67), Chilean defender, on the squad for the1966 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
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Uganda
Kenya
Oman
United States
South Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
Santos FC (women)
FCR 2001 Duisburg
Australia –Melbourne Victory
Bahamas –Muharraq Club
Bangladesh –Abahani Limited
Bhutan –Druk Star
Cambodia –a Corp
China –Beijing Guoan
Chinese Taipei –Kaohsiung City Yaoti
Guam – Quality Distributors
Hong Kong –South China AA
India –Churchill Brothers
Indonesia –Persipura Jayapura
Iran –Esteghlal
Iraq –Arbil FC
Japan –Kashima Antlers
Jordan –Al-Wahdat
South Korea –Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Kuwait –Al-Qadisiya Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan –Dordoi-Dynamo
Lebanon –Nejmeh
Macau –Lam Pak
Malaysia –Selangor FA
Pakistan –WAPDA
Palestine – Wadi Al-Nes
Qatar –Al-Gharrafa
Saudi Arabia –Al-Ittihad
Singapore –SAFFC
Syria –Al-Karamah
Tajikistan –Vakhsh Qurghonteppa
Thailand –Muang Thong United
Turkmenistan –HTTU Aşgabat
United Arab Emirates –Al-Ahli
Uzbekistan –Bunyodkor
Vietnam –Đà Nẵng
Algeria –ES Sétif
Cameroon –Tiko United
Libya –Al-Ittihad
Morocco –Raja Casablanca
Tunisia –Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Mexico:Mexican Primera División –UNAM (C);Monterrey (A)
Argentina: –Vélez Sársfield (C);Banfield (A)
Bolivia: –Bolívar (A);Blooming (C)
Chile: –Universidad de Chile (A);Colo-Colo (C)
Colombia: –Once Caldas (A);Independiente Medellín (C)
Ecuador: –Deportivo Quito
Paraguay: –Cerro Porteño (A);Nacional (C)
Peru: –Universitario de Deportes
Uruguay: –Nacional
Venezuela: –Caracas
Fiji –Lakota
New Zealand –Auckland City
Vanuatu –Tafea FC
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
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
