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Qualifiers

AFC

After a preliminary play-off in late February 2009, the AFC Asian Champions League will move on to group phase in March, when eight groups of four teams begin their hunt for places in May's round of 16.
AFC Champions League 2009
Final: 6-7 November 2009

      CAF

      With the preliminary round out of the way in the 2009 CAF African Champions League, 32 teams will now battle it out over two legs in the hunt for places in the last 16.
      CAF Champions League 2009
      Finals:
      - 30 October - 1 November 2009
      - 6-8 November 2009

          UEFA

          The 2008/09 UEFA Champions League - Europe's premier club competition - saw Barcelona through to UAE after the Spanish giants beat Mancheser United 2-0 in the final in Rome on 27 May.

          • FC Barcelona (ESP)

            CONCACAF

            The new-look CONCACAF Champions League featured four groups of four teams with eight teams contesting the knockout stages. Mexico's Atlante defeated fellow Mexican club Cruz Azul 2-0 on aggregate in the final played during April and May.
            CONCACAF Champions League 2009
            Winners:
            Atlante FC

            • Atlante FC (MEX)

              OFC

              The OFC Champions League in Oceania featured two groups of three. Waitakere United (New Zealand), Auckland City FC (New Zealand) and Port Vila Sharks (Vanuatu) comprise Group A and Koloale (Solomon Islands), Ba (Fiji) and Hekari Souths (Papua New Guinea) make up Group B. The winners of each group met in a two-legged final to decide the region's champion, with Auckland City defeating Koloale FC 9-4 on aggregate
              O-League 2009
              Winners:
              Auckland City
              • Auckland City FC (NZL)

                CONMEBOL

                The 2009 instalment of South America's pre-eminent club competition, the Copa Libertadores, is in the group stages. Eight groups of four teams are battling it out with the top two finishers from each group moving on to a knockout round of 16.
                Copa Libertadores 2009
                Finals:
                - 1 July 2009
                - 8 July 2009

                    Host Country

                    The winner of the UAE Football League (UFL) will qualify automatically to the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. The final matchday of the competition takes place on 23 May 2009*.
                    UAE League 2009
                    Last fixture: 23 May 2009

                    * If a UAE team wins the AFC Champions League, the host representative team will be replaced by the highest placed non UAE team of the AFC Champions League.

                    • Al Ahli FC (UAE)