2009–10 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
2009–10 season
Head coach	Unai Emery
Stadium	Mestalla Stadium
La Liga	3rd
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; David Villa (21 goals); All: ; David Villa (28 goals)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Valencia Club de Fútbol's 92nd in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It was the second season with Unai Emery as manager.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	César Sánchez
2	DF	ESP	Bruno
3	MF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro
4	DF	ESP	Alexis
5	DF	ESP	Carlos Marchena (captain)
6	MF	ESP	David Albelda
7	FW	ESP	David Villa
8	MF	ESP	Rubén Baraja
9	FW	SRB	Nikola Žigić
14	MF	ESP	Vicente
15	DF	ESP	David Navarro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	ESP	Juan Mata
17	MF	ESP	Joaquín
18	MF	POR	Manuel Fernandes
19	MF	ESP	Pablo Hernández
21	MF	ESP	David Silva
22	MF	FRA	Jérémy Mathieu
23	DF	POR	Miguel
24	MF	ARG	Éver Banega
25	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel Moyà
27	DF	ESP	Ángel Dealbert

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	30 August 2009	16 May 2010	Matchday 1	3rd	38	21	8	9	59	40	+19	055.26
Copa del Rey	28 October 2009	13 January 2010	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	6	6	+0	025.00
UEFA Europa League	20 August 2009	8 April 2010	Play-off round	Quarter-finals	14	6	7	1	29	17	+12	042.86
Total					56	28	17	11	94	63	+31	050.00

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	31	6	1	98	24	+74	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	31	3	4	102	35	+67	96
3	Valencia	38	21	8	9	59	40	+19	71
4	Sevilla	38	19	6	13	65	49	+16	63	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Mallorca	38	18	8	12	59	44	+15	62^[a]

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Mallorca could not qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League due to being immersed in a creditor contest, a situation against UEFA criteria. Then, Villarreal was invited to replace this spot.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	8	9	59	40	+19	71	13	5	1	34	12	+22	8	3	8	25	28	−3

Source: Competitions

Matches

30 August 2009 1	Valencia	2–0	Sevilla	Valencia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mata 47' Hernández 80'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

13 September 2009 2	Valladolid	2–4	Valencia	Valladolid
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nauzet 30' Manucho 66'	Report	Silva 10' Villa 34', 55' Mata 44'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

20 September 2009 3	Valencia	2–2	Sporting Gijón	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Villa 24', 60'	Report	Barral 6' Grégory 86'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

23 September 2009 4	Getafe	3–1	Valencia	Getafe
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu 24', 38' León 69'	Report	Villa 22'	Stadium: Estadio Coliseum Referee: Bernardino Gonzalez

26 September 2009 5	Valencia	2–2	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hernández 25' Villa 27'	Report	Agüero 7' Maxi 90'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

4 October 2009 6	Racing Santander	0–1	Valencia	Santander
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Žigić 61'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: Mejuto

17 October 2009 7	Valencia	0–0	Barcelona	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

25 October 2009 8	Almería	0–3	Valencia	Almería
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Villa 54' Hernández 74' Mata 87'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: José Luis González González

1 November 2009 9	Málaga	0–1	Valencia	Málaga
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Navarro 69'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

8 November 2009 10	Valencia	3–1	Zaragoza	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mata 17' Villa 40' Hernández 41'	Report	Aguilar 65'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

22 November 2009 11	Osasuna	1–3	Valencia	Pamplona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Shojaei 68'	Report	Villa 12' Albelda 20' Marchena 56'	Stadium: Estadio Reyno de Navarra Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

28 November 2009 12	Valencia	1–1	Mallorca	Valencia
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Villa 48'	Report	Valero 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

6 December 2009 13	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Valencia	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muniain 58'	Report	Villa 61' Mathieu 83'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

12 December 2009 14	Valencia	2–3	Real Madrid	Valencia
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Villa 59' Joaquín 80'	Report	Higuaín 54', 65' Garay 83'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

20 December 2009 15	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Valencia	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Carlos Delgado

2 January 2010 16	Valencia	1–0	Espanyol	Valencia
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Žigić 90'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

10 January 2010 17	Xerez	1–3	Valencia	Jerez de la Frontera
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Calvo 25'	Report	Mata 11' Silva 33' Marchena 69'	Stadium: Chapín Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

17 January 2010 18	Valencia	4–1	Villarreal	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Banega 6', 58' Villa 28' (pen.), 90' Bruno 37' Silva 56', 87' Navarro 65' Albelda 71'	Report	Kiko 27' Nilmar 61'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

24 January 2010 19	Tenerife	0–0	Valencia	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
16:00 WET (UTC)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

31 January 2010 20	Sevilla	2–1	Valencia	Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Negredo 21', 69'	Report	Navarro 90'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

6 February 2010 21	Valencia	2–0	Valladolid	Valencia
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Banega 8' Villa 29'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

13 February 2010 22	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Valencia	Gijón
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castro 5'	Report	Mata 76'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

22 February 2010 23	Valencia	2–1	Getafe	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Villa 39', 52'	Report	Manu 75'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

28 February 2010 24	Atlético Madrid	4–1	Valencia	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Forlán 30' (pen.), 86' Agüero 78' Jurado 90'	Report	Silva 20'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

8 March 2010 25	Valencia	0–0	Racing Santander	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

14 March 2010 26	Barcelona	3–0	Valencia	Barcelona
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Messi 56', 81', 83'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

21 March 2010 27	Valencia	2–0	Almería	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mata 63' Silva 70'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

24 March 2010 28	Valencia	1–0	Málaga	Valencia
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Villa 13'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

27 March 2010 29	Zaragoza	3–0	Valencia	Zaragoza
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diogo 41' Arizmendi 63' Jarošík 71'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

4 April 2010 30	Valencia	3–0	Osasuna	Valencia
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Joaquín 48' Villa 89', 90' (pen.)	Report	Camuñas 26' Ricardo 90'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

11 April 2010 31	Mallorca	3–2	Valencia	Palma de Mallorca
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Castro 7' Webó 22' Fernandes 64' (o.g.)	Report	Alba 47' Hernández 86'	Stadium: ONO Estadi Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

15 April 2010 32	Valencia	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Silva 35', 62'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: José Luis González González

18 April 2010 33	Real Madrid	2–0	Valencia	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Higuaín 25' Ronaldo 78'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

24 April 2010 34	Valencia	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Villa 34' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 May 2010 35	Espanyol	0–2	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Žigić 62', 75'	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Referee: Carlos Delgado

4 May 2010 36	Valencia	3–1	Xerez	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mata 44', 58' Silva 68'	Report	Armenteros 37'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

8 May 2010 37	Villarreal	2–0	Valencia	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soriano 8' Rossi 10' Llorente 13' 71', 19' Capdevila 72' 72' López 74'	Report	Marchena 5' Miguel 13' Albelda 53' Vicente 59' Žigić 64' Alba 78'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

16 May 2010 38	Valencia	1–0	Tenerife	Valencia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alexis 90'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

28 October 2009 First leg	Alcoyano	0–1	Valencia	Alcoy
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Joaquín 10'	Stadium: Estadio El Collao Referee: José Paradas

10 November 2009 Second leg	Valencia	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Alcoyano	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marchena 4' Žigić 16'	Report	Curto 40' Carpio 85'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
Note: Valencia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

6 January 2010 First leg	Valencia	1–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Silva 72'	Report	Guardado 47' Álvarez 57'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

13 January 2010 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Valencia	A Coruña
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Filipe Luís 50' Rodríguez 72'	Report	Žigić 11', 29'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Manuel Mejuto González
Note: Deportivo La Coruña won 4–3 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

20 August 2009 First leg	Stabæk	0–3	Valencia	Bærum, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hernández 29' Villa 35', 73' Joaquín 80'	Stadium: Telenor Arena Attendance: 9,566^[1] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

27 August 2009 Second leg	Valencia	4–1 (7–1 agg.)	Stabæk	Valencia, Spain
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Miku 28', 29', 80' Žigić 77'	Report	Farnerud 36'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 12,000^[2] Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Note: Valencia won 7–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAL	LIL	GEN	SLV
1	Valencia	6	3	3	0	12	8	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–2	1–1
2	Lille	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	3–0	3–1
3	Genoa	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7		1–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	Slavia Prague	6	0	3	3	5	13	−8	3		2–2	1–5	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

17 September 2009 1	Lille	1–1	Valencia	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balmont 46' Obraniak 73' Gervinho 86'	Report	Bruno 25' Alba 63' Mata 78' Maduro 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium Lille-Metropole Attendance: 14,676^[3] Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

1 October 2009 2	Valencia	3–2	Genoa	Valencia, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Silva 52', 86' Žigić 56' Mathieu 63' Villa 82' (pen.) Banega 90'	Report	Floccari 43' Kharja 64' (pen.) Moretti 72' Mesto 74' Esposito 81'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 21,333^[4] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

22 October 2009 3	Valencia	1–1	Slavia Prague	Valencia, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Mathieu 34' D. Navarro 63' Villa 85'	Report	Naumov 28' Ragued 58' 76' Hloušek 66' Trapp 76' Vomáčka 86'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 20,632^[5] Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

5 November 2009 4	Slavia Prague	2–2	Valencia	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Šenkeřík 45+2' 48' Trapp 69' Janda 79' Grajciar 82', 84' Šmicer 90+2'	Report	Joaquín 22' (pen.) Maduro 47' Pablo Hernández 60' Mathieu 62' Del Horno 84' Baraja 88' 90+4'	Stadium: Synot Tip Arena Attendance: 10,624^[6] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

2 December 2009 5	Valencia	3–1	Lille	Valencia, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Joaquín 3', 32' Alexis 44' Mata 52' Banega 67' Miku 89'	Report	Gervinho 20' Cabaye 56' Chedjou 89', 90+1' Debuchy 90+4'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 26,193^[7] Referee: Mike Dean (England)

17 December 2009 6	Genoa	1–2	Valencia	Genoa, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jurić 25' Sculli 42' Crespo 51' Bocchetti 85'	Report	Villa 20', 85', 90+5' Bruno 33', 45+1' Banega 70' Moyá 74' Albelda 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,480^[8] Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2010 First leg	Club Brugge	1–0	Valencia	Bruges, Belgium
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blondel 19' Kouemaha 56' Odjidja-Ofoe 86'	Report	Silva 31' 51' Albelda 54' Pablo Hernández 90+4'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 21,657^[9] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

25 February 2010 Second leg	Valencia	3–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 agg.)	Club Brugge	Valencia, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Mata 1' Villa 34' Baraja 40' Pablo Hernández 96', 117'	Report	Kouemaha 7' Klukowski 60' Odjidja-Ofoe 90+2'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,297^[10] Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Note: Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

11 March 2010 First leg	Valencia	1–1	Werder Bremen	Valencia, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Banega 55' Sánchez 55' Mata 57' Marchena 67' Pablo Hernández 76'	Report	Frings 24' (pen.), 37' Borowski 35' Pasanen 47' Bargfrede 72' Naldo 79' Wiese 87'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,223^[11] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

18 March 2010 Second leg	Werder Bremen	4–4 (5–5 (a) agg.)	Valencia	Bremen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Almeida 26' Frings 57' (pen.) Marin 62' Pizarro 84' Rosenberg 87'	Report	Villa 3', 45', 66' Mata 15', 82' Joaquín 55' Alba 57' Miguel 67' Baraja 90+2'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 24,200^[12] Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Note: 5–5 on aggregate. Valencia won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

1 April 2010 First leg	Valencia	2–2	Atlético Madrid	Valencia, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 44' Mata 54' Pablo Hernández 63' Fernandes 66' Villa 82'	Report	Forlán 59' Ujfaluši 66' García 69' López 72' Agüero 90+4'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 46,310^[13] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

8 April 2010 Second leg	Atlético Madrid	0–0 ((a) 2–2 agg.)	Valencia	Madrid, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Reyes 24' Agüero 90+5'	Report	Joaquín 34' Mata 40' Silva 74'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 49,907^[14] Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Note: 2–2 on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.

References

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^ "Valencia vs. Stabæk" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Lille vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Valencia vs. Genoa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Valencia vs. Slavia Prague" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Slavia Prague vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Valencia vs. Lille" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Genoa vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Club Brugge vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Valencia vs. Club Brugge" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Valencia vs. Bremen" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Bremen vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Valencia vs. Atlético De Madrid" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Atlético De Madrid vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

External links

Valencia CF squad 2009-10 at Eufo.de
La Liga fixtures season 2009-10 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

[table_hth_MLL0.19884484875893-1] Mallorca could not qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League due to being immersed in a creditor contest, a situation against UEFA criteria. Then, Villarreal was invited to replace this spot.

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[5] "Valencia vs. Genoa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[6] "Valencia vs. Slavia Prague" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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[9] "Genoa vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[10] "Club Brugge vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[11] "Valencia vs. Club Brugge" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[12] "Valencia vs. Bremen" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[13] "Bremen vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[14] "Valencia vs. Atlético De Madrid" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[15] "Atlético De Madrid vs. Valencia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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