2009 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
# 2009 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season

## Season

### Série A

Palmeiras started well the campaign in the Série A, and led the tournament for 19 rounds, unfortunately the team failed to keep the good results and after a 3–1 away win against Santos, only winning 9 points in 11 matches.

Palmeiras ended in 5th place, it was a disappointing result for a team that played well during almost the entire season and wanted to win the first brazilian title since 1994.

The Palmeiras player with most goals was Obina with 12 goals in 27 league matches, that signed a 1-year loan deal from Flamengo and left the squad before the end of the season after a fight with teammate Maurício during a 0–2 away loss to Grêmio.

Vágner Love returned to the team in August, after an agreement with CSKA Moscow, and scored 5 goals in 12 matches but he didn't have a good return to the team. Attacking midfielder Diego Souza won the award by Placar as the best player of the league, playing 34 matches and scoring 8 goals in the season, including a wonderful midfield goal against Atlético Mineiro. Cleiton Xavier, Pierre, Marcos and Pablo Armero also made great appearances in the league.

Manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo left the team on 25 June alongside young striker Keirrison, after a discussion with Palmeiras chairman Luiz Gonzaga de Mello Belluzzo. The Interim Manager Jorginho assumed the team for 1 month with great results and Muricy Ramalho took charge of the team until the end of the season.

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 May 2009 | Coritiba | H | 2 – 1 | Willians 69', Keirrison 88' | 1st |
| 17 May 2009 | Internacional | A | 0 – 2 | | 2nd |
| 24 May 2009 | São Paulo | H | 0 – 0 | | 3rd |
| 31 May 2009 | Barueri | A | 2 – 2 | Obina 56', Keirrison 60' | 4th |
| 7 June 2009 | Vitória | H | 2 – 1 | Ortigoza 65', Maurício Ramos 90'+1 | 5th |
| 14 June 2009 | Cruzeiro | H | 3 – 1 | Marcão 27', Keirrison 40', 58' | 6th |
| 20 June 2009 | Atlético Paranaense | A | 2 – 2 | Obina 68', Keirrison 90'+3 | 7th |
| 28 June 2009 | Santos | H | 1 – 1 | Obina 32' | 8th |
| 5 July 2009 | Avaí | A | 3 – 0 | Obina 25' (pen.), 53', Cleiton Xavier 74' | 9th |
| 11 July 2009 | Náutico | H | 4 – 1 | Maurício Ramos 6', Willians 27', Armero 72', Pierre 83' | 10th |
| 15 July 2009 | Flamengo | A | 2 – 1 | Diego Souza 23', Ortigoza 43' | 11th |
| 18 July 2009 | Santo André | H | 1 – 0 | Diego Souza 23' | 12th |
| 22 July 2009 | Goiás | A | 1 – 2 | Diego Souza 52' | 13th |
| 26 July 2009 | Corinthians | A | 3 – 0 | Obina 31', 58' (pen.), 65' | 14th |
| 29 July 2009 | Fluminense | H | 1 – 0 | Diego Souza 59' | 15th |
| 1 August 2009 | Sport Recife | A | 1 – 0 | Bruno Teles 69' (o.g.) | 16th |
| 6 August 2009 | Grêmio | H | 1 – 1 | Cleiton Xavier 28' | 17th |
| 12 August 2009 | Atlético Mineiro | A | 1 – 1 | Ortigoza 34' | 18th |
| 15 August 2009 | Botafogo | H | 1 – 1 | Danilo 32' | 19th |
| 19 August 2009 | Coritiba | A | 0 – 1 | | 20th |
| 22 August 2009 | Internacional | H | 2 – 1 | Obina 37' (pen.), Ortigoza 47' | 21st |
| 30 August 2009 | São Paulo | A | 0 – 0 | | 22nd |
| 5 September 2009 | Barueri | H | 2 – 1 | Diego Souza 49', Vágner Love 72' (pen.) | 23rd |
| 13 September 2009 | Vitória | A | 2 – 3 | Robert 40', 88' | 24th |
| 23 September 2009 | Cruzeiro | A | 2 – 1 | Diego Souza 9', Vágner Love 50' | 25th |
| 26 September 2009 | Atlético Paranaense | H | 2 – 1 | Figueroa 42', Danilo 69' | 26th |
| 4 October 2009 | Santos | A | 3 – 1 | Diego Souza 63', Robert 70', Vágner Love 76' | 27th |
| 8 October 2009 | Avaí | H | 2 – 2 | Vágner Love 38', Robert 85' | 28th |
| 12 October 2009 | Náutico | A | 0 – 3 | | 29th |
| 18 October 2009 | Flamengo | H | 0 – 2 | | 30th |
| 21 October 2009 | Santo André | A | 0 – 2 | | 31st |
| 29 October 2009 | Goiás | H | 4 – 0 | Obina 50', 75' (pen.), 87', Deyvid Sacconi 83' | 32nd |
| 1 November 2009 | Corinthians | H | 2 – 2 | Danilo 51', Maurício 83' | 33rd |
| 8 November 2009 | Fluminense | A | 0 – 1 | | 34th |
| 11 November 2009 | Sport Recife | H | 2 – 2 | Deyvid Sacconi 71', Danilo 85' | 35th |
| 18 November 2009 | Grêmio | A | 0 – 2 | | 36th |
| 29 November 2009 | Atlético Mineiro | H | 3 – 1 | Cleiton Xavier 1', Diego Souza 16', Vágner Love 35' | 37th |
| 6 December 2009 | Botafogo | A | 1 – 2 | Robert 90'+1 | 38th |
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Flamengo | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 67 |
| 2 | Internacional | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 65 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 65 |
| 4 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 62 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 62 |

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

### Libertadores Cup

**First stage**

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 January 2009 | Real Potosí | H | 5 – 1 | Keirrison 3', 20' (pen.), Diego Souza 39', Cleiton Xavier 58', Edmílson 90'+1 |
| 4 February 2009 | Real Potosí | A | 2 – 0 | Cleiton Xavier 29', Keirrison 74' |

**Group stage**

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 February 2009 | LDU Quito | A | 2 – 3 | Willians 28', Edmílson 45'+1 |
| 3 March 2009 | Colo-Colo | H | 1 – 3 | Keirrison 73' |
| 8 April 2009 | Sport Recife | A | 2 – 0 | Keirrison 24', Diego Souza 73' |
| 15 April 2009 | Sport Recife | H | 1 – 1 | Keirrison 14' (pen.) |
| 21 April 2009 | LDU Quito | H | 2 – 0 | Marcão 48', Diego Souza 83' |
| 29 April 2009 | Colo-Colo | A | 1 – 0 | Cleiton Xavier 87' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sport Recife | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 |
| Palmeiras | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
| Colo-Colo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| LDU Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 |

**Knockout stage**

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 May 2009 | Round of 16 | Sport Recife | H | 1 – 0 | Ortigoza 74' |
| 12 May 2009 | Round of 16 | Sport Recife | A | 0 – 1 (3-1 p.s.o) | |
| 28 May 2009 | Quarter-Finals | Nacional | H | 1 – 1 | Diego Souza 55' |
| 17 June 2009 | Quarter-Finals | Nacional | A | 0 – 0 (a) | |
