2009 South American U-20 Championship

The 2009 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano sub-20) was a football competition for national teams U-20 who are associated with the football federation CONMEBOL. It was the 24th time the tournament was held and took place in Venezuela from 19 January to 8 February. It also served as qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Brazil won the tournament, becoming champions for the tenth time.

The tournament was initially hosted in Peru, however following FIFA sanctions over Peruvian Government's investigation of the FPF's corruption, it was moved to Venezuela.

Teams

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Group A
(*) Colombia qualified to the following round after winning a coin toss

Goal scorers

 * 5 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Walter
 * Robin Ramírez
 * Hernán Pérez
 * Abel Hernández


 * 4 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Eduardo Salvio
 * Federico Santander


 * 3 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Douglas Costa
 * Mauricio Gómez
 * 🇨🇴 Hernán Pertúz
 * Nicolás Lodeiro
 * Jonathan Urretavizcaya
 * Santiago García
 * 🇻🇪 Salomón Rondón


 * 2 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Jonathan Cristaldo
 * 🇧🇷 Alan Kardec
 * 🇧🇷 Giuliano
 * 🇧🇷 Maylson
 * 🇨🇴 Marco Perez
 * 🇪🇨 Joao Rojas
 * Aldo Andrés Paniagua
 * 🇵🇪 Juan José Barros
 * 🇻🇪 Yonathan Del Valle


 * 1 goal
 * 🇦🇷 Leandro Velázquez
 * 🇦🇷 Marcelo Benítez
 * 🇦🇷 Cristian Gaitán
 * 🇦🇷 Iván Bella
 * 🇧🇴 Jehanamed Castedo
 * 🇧🇴 Nicolás Darío Tudor
 * 🇧🇷 Tales
 * 🇧🇷 Dentinho
 * 🇧🇷 Sandro
 * Boris Sagredo
 * Charles Aránguiz
 * 🇨🇴 Yamith Cuesta
 * 🇨🇴 Cristian Nazarith
 * 🇨🇴 Elkin Blanco
 * 🇨🇴 Sherman Cárdenas
 * 🇪🇨 Juan Luis Anangonó
 * 🇪🇨 Jefferson Pinto
 * Gustavo Cristaldo
 * Celso Ortiz
 * 🇵🇪 Luis Trujillo
 * Tabaré Viudez
 * Alejandro Peña
 * Leandro Cabrera
 * Marcelo Andrés Silva
 * Maximiliano Córdoba
 * Matías Aguirregaray


 * 1 goal cont.
 * Jonathan Charquero
 * 🇻🇪 Louis Ángelo Peña
 * 🇻🇪 Carlos Enrique Fernández
 * 🇻🇪 Pablo Camacho
 * 🇻🇪 José Manuel Velázquez
 * 🇻🇪 Rafael Acosta


 * own goals
 * Alejandro Peña (from Venezuela)

Qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
🇧🇷 Brazil 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇻🇪 Venezuela