2009–10 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2009–10 season
Chairman Niall Quinn
Manager Ricky Sbragia
(until 24 May)
Steve Bruce
(from 3 June)
Premier League 13th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League: Darren Bent (24)
All: Darren Bent (25)
Highest home attendance 47,641, Manchester United, Premier League, 2 May 2010
Lowest home attendance 20,576, Birmingham City, League Cup, 22 September 2009
Average home league attendance 40,355
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is Sunderland's third consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

Ricky Sbragia was replaced by Steve Bruce in the close season. His aim is to improve on the club's 16th position the previous season.

Darren Bent was the top scorer in the Premier League with 24 goals. Andy Reid was the top scorer in the League Cup with two goals. Fraizer Campbell was the top scorer in the FA Cup with two goals. Darren Bent was the top scorer in all competitions with 25 goals.

At the end of the season, Darren Bent won both the club's official Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association awards. Jordan Henderson won both the club's official Young Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association Young Player of the Season awards.

Season summary

Sunderland broke their transfer record with the £10 million signing of Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent. This proved to be a wise investment as Bent scored 25 goals in all competitions during the season, all but one of them in the league. No other player outside the top eight clubs managed even half as many as Bent, who was only outscored by Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney.

Transfers

In

Summer

Date Pos Name From Fee
11 July 2009 FW England Fraizer Campbell Manchester United £3,500,000
13 July 2009 DF Paraguay Paulo da Silva Deportivo Toluca Undisclosed
24 July 2009 MF Albania Lorik Cana Marseille £5,000,000
5 August 2009 FW England Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur £10,000,000 (rising to £16,000,000)
12 August 2009 MF England Lee Cattermole Wigan Athletic £6,000,000
28 August 2009 DF Ghana John Mensah Lyon Season-long loan
31 August 2009 DF England Michael Turner Hull City £4,000,000
16 October 2009 MF Netherlands Bolo Zenden Marseille Free

January

Date Pos Name From Fee
21 January 2010 DF England Matthew Kilgallon Sheffield United Undisclosed
1 February 2010 DF Scotland Alan Hutton Tottenham Hotspur Season-long loan
2 February 2010 FW Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari Manchester City Season-long loan

Out

Summer

Date Pos Name To Fee
1 July 2009 MF Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Retired Retired
3 July 2009 DF England Greg Halford Wolverhampton Wanderers £2,000,000
4 July 2009 FW England Michael Chopra Cardiff City £4,000,000
24 July 2009 MF England Dean Whitehead Stoke City £5,000,000
21 August 2009 FW Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes Hibernian £500,000
30 August 2009 DF Republic of Ireland Paul McShane Hull City £1,500,000
1 September 2009 DF Wales Danny Collins Stoke City £2,275,000
1 September 2009 MF Finland Teemu Tainio Birmingham City Season-long loan
1 September 2009 MF England Grant Leadbitter Ipswich Town £2,600,000
1 September 2009 MF Trinidad and Tobago Carlos Edwards Ipswich Town £1,400,000
17 September 2009 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Southend United Loan
8 October 2009 FW Republic of Ireland David Connolly Southampton Free

January

Date Pos Name To Fee
14 January 2010 DF Scotland Russell Anderson Derby County Free
1 February 2010 DF Jamaica Nyron Nosworthy Sheffield United Season-long loan
1 February 2010 FW Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town Season-long loan
1 February 2010 FW Northern Ireland David Healy Ipswich Town Season-long loan
23 February 2010 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Hartlepool United Season-long loan
27 April 2010 GK Hungary Marton Fulop Manchester City Season-long loan

First-team squad

Source:[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Craig Gordon
2 Scotland DF Phil Bardsley
3 Northern Ireland DF George McCartney
4 England DF Michael Turner
5 England DF Anton Ferdinand
6 Scotland DF Alan Hutton (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
7 Netherlands MF Bolo Zenden
8 France MF Steed Malbranque
9 England FW Fraizer Campbell
10 England DF Kieran Richardson (vice-captain)
11 England FW Darren Bent
12 Ghana DF John Mensah (on loan from Lyon)
15 England MF Liam Noble
16 England MF Jordan Henderson
No. Position Player
17 Trinidad and Tobago FW Kenwyne Jones
18 Republic of Ireland MF David Meyler
19 Albania MF Lorik Cana (captain)
20 Republic of Ireland MF Andy Reid
22 Paraguay DF Paulo da Silva
24 Northern Ireland GK Trevor Carson
25 Republic of Ireland FW Roy O'Donovan
26 England MF Adam Reed
27 England DF Matthew Kilgallon
28 Zimbabwe FW Benjani Mwaruwari (on loan from Manchester City)
29 England MF Jack Colback
30 England FW Ryan Noble
32 Hungary GK Marton Fulop
39 England MF Lee Cattermole

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
4 Finland MF Teemu Tainio (on loan to Birmingham City)
6 Jamaica DF Nyron Nosworthy
7 Trinidad and Tobago MF Carlos Edwards (to Ipswich Town)
14 Republic of Ireland FW Daryl Murphy
15 Wales DF Danny Collins (to Stoke City)
No. Position Player
18 England MF Grant Leadbitter (to Ipswich Town)
23 Northern Ireland FW David Healy
27 Scotland DF Russell Anderson
30 Republic of Ireland DF Paul McShane

Results

Sunderland's score comes first
Win Draw Loss

Football League Cup

Date Round Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
24 August 2009 Round 2 Norwich City Carrow Road 4-1 Tainio 26', Reid (2) 29', 35', Tudur Jones 67' (o.g.) 12,345
22 September 2009 Round 3 Birmingham City Stadium of Light 2-0 Henderson 4', Campbell 22' 20,576
27 October 2009 Round 4 Aston Villa Stadium of Light 0-0 (1-3 on pens) 27,666

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
3 January 2010 Round 3 Barrow Stadium of Light 3-0 Malbranque 17', Campbell (2) 52', 58' 25,190
23 January 2010 Round 4 Portsmouth Fratton Park 1-2 Bent 15' 10,315

Premier League

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance League
position
15 August 2009 Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium 1-0 Bent 5' 22,247 8th
18 August 2009 Chelsea Stadium of Light 1-3 Bent 18' 41,179 10th
22 August 2009 Blackburn Rovers Stadium of Light 2-1 Jones (2) 31', 53' 37,106 6th
29 August 2009 Stoke City Britannia Stadium 0-1 27,091 8th
12 September 2009 Hull City Stadium of Light 4-1 Bent (2) 12' (pen), 66', Reid 49', Zayatte 75' (o.g.) 38,997 6th
19 September 2009 Burnley Turf Moor 1-3 Bent 38' 20,196 8th
27 September 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stadium of Light 5-2 Bent 8' (pen), Jones (2) 47' (pen), 69', Turner 73', Mancienne 90' (o.g.) 37,566 8th
3 October 2009 Manchester United Old Trafford 2-2 Bent 7', Jones 58' 75,114 8th
17 October 2009 Liverpool Stadium of Light 1-0 Bent 5 47,327 7th
24 October 2009 Birmingham City St. Andrew's 1-2 Turner 82' 21,732 7th
31 October 2009 West Ham United Stadium of Light 2-2 Reid 38', Richardson 76' 39,033 8th
7 November 2009 Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 0-2 35,955 8th
21 November 2009 Arsenal Stadium of Light 1-0 Bent 70' 44,918 8th
28 November 2009 Wigan Athletic DW Stadium 0-1 20,447 8th
6 December 2009 Fulham Craven Cottage 0-1 23,168 10th
12 December 2009 Portsmouth Stadium of Light 1-1 Bent 22' 37,578 10th
15 December 2009 Aston Villa Stadium of Light 0-2 34,821 10th
19 December 2009 Manchester City City of Manchester Stadium 3-4 Mensah 15', Henderson 24', Jones 62' 44,735 10th
26 December 2009 Everton Stadium of Light 1-1 Bent 17' 46,990 10th
28 December 2009 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 2-2 Bent (2) 52', 65' 25,656 10th
16 January 2010 Chelsea Stamford Bridge 2-7 Zenden 56', Bent 90' 41,776 12th
27 January 2010 Everton Goodison Park 0-2 32,163 13th
1 February 2010 Stoke City Stadium of Light 0-0 35,078 13th
6 February 2010 Wigan Athletic Stadium of Light 1-1 Jones 64' 38,350 13th
9 February 2010 Portsmouth Fratton Park 1-1 Bent 11' (pen) 16,242 13th
20 February 2010 Arsenal Emirates Stadium 0-2 60,083 14th
28 February 2010 Fulham Stadium of Light 0-0 40,192 14th
9 March 2010 Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light 4-0 Campbell 1', Bent (3) 63', 74' (pen), 87' 36,087 13th
14 March 2010 Manchester City Stadium of Light 1-1 Jones 8' 41,398 14th
20 March 2010 Birmingham City Stadium of Light 3-1 Bent (2) 5', 11', Campbell 88' 37,962 12th
24 March 2010 Aston Villa Villa Park 1-1 Campbell 22' 37,473 13th
28 March 2010 Liverpool Anfield 0-3 43,121 13th
3 April 2010 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium of Light 3-1 Bent (2) 1', 29' (pen), Zenden 85' 43,184 13th
10 April 2010 West Ham United Boleyn Ground 0-1 34,685 13th
17 April 2010 Burnley Stadium of Light 2-1 Campbell 24', Bent 40' 41,341 13th
24 April 2010 Hull City KC Stadium 1-0 Bent 6' 25,012 10th
2 May 2010 Manchester United Stadium of Light 0-1 47,641 11th
9 May 2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux 1-2 Jones 7' 28,971 13th

Final league table


Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 38 27 5 6 103 32+71 86 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Manchester United 38 27 4 7 86 28+58 85
3 Arsenal 38 23 6 9 83 41+42 75
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 21 7 10 67 41+26 70 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Manchester City 38 18 13 7 73 45+28 67 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Aston Villa 38 17 13 8 52 39+13 64
7 Liverpool 38 18 9 11 61 35+26 63 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8 Everton 38 16 13 9 60 49+11 61
9 Birmingham City 38 13 11 14 38 47−9 50
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 13 11 14 41 55−14 50
11 Stoke City 38 11 14 13 34 48−14 47
12 Fulham 38 12 10 16 39 46−7 46
13 Sunderland 38 11 11 16 48 56−8 44
14 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 9 19 42 67−25 39
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 9 11 18 32 56−24 38
16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 79−42 36
17 West Ham United 38 8 11 19 47 66−19 35
18 Burnley (R) 38 8 6 24 42 82−40 30 Relegation to 2010–11 Football League Championship
19 Hull City (R) 38 6 12 20 34 75−41 30
20 Portsmouth (R) 38 7 7 24 34 66−32 0191

Source: Barclays Premier League


Rules for classification:

1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Portsmouth were docked nine points for entering administration. More about European qualification:
For further information on European qualification see Premier League - Competition.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Goal scorers

Nation Number Name Premier League League Cup FA Cup Total
England 11 Darren Bent 24 0 1 25
Trinidad and Tobago 17 Kenwyne Jones 9 0 0 9
England 9 Fraizer Campbell 4 1 2 7
Republic of Ireland 20 Andy Reid 2 2 0 4
/ / Own goals 2 1 0 3
Netherlands 7 Boudewijn Zenden 2 0 0 2
England 4 Michael Turner 2 0 0 2
England 16 Jordan Henderson 1 1 0 2
England 10 Kieran Richardson 1 0 0 1
Ghana 12 John Mensah 1 0 0 1
France 8 Steed Malbranque 0 0 1 1
Finland 4 Teemu Tainio 0 1 0 1
/ / TOTALS 48 6 4 58

References

  1. ↑ "Sunderland". FootballSquads. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

Sunderland sign Fraizer Campbell - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8144661.stm

Sunderland sign Paulo da Silva - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8148694.stm

Sunderland sign Lorik Cana - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8168337.stm

Sunderland sign Darren Bent - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8178460.stm

Sunderland sign Lee Cattermole - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8198227.stm

Sunderland sign John Mensah - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8228023.stm

Sunderland sign Michael Turner - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8230342.stm

Sunderland sign Bolo Zenden - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8292499.stm

Sunderland sign Matthew Kilgallon - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/8473058.stm

Sunderland sign Alan Hutton - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8492173.stm

Sunderland sign Benjani Mwaruwari - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8492573.stm

Wolverhampton Wanderers sign Greg Halford - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/8132901.stm

Cardiff City sign Michael Chopra - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7864662.stm

Stoke City sign Dean Whitehead - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/8167640.stm

Hibernian sign Anthony Stokes - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8128849.stm

Hull City sign Paul McShane - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/8229724.stm

Stoke City sign Danny Collins - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/8231399.stm

Birmingham City sign Teemu Tainio - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/8213871.stm

Ipswich Town sign Grant Leadbitter - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/8232306.stm

Ipswich Town sign Carlos Edwards - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/8232306.stm

Southend United sign Roy O'Donovan - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/8260746.stm

Southampton sign David Connolly - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8279420.stm

Derby County sign Russell Anderson - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/8461668.stm

Sheffield United sign Nyron Nosworthy - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/8491850.stm

Ipswich Town sign Daryl Murphy - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/8491936.stm

Ipswich Town sign David Healy - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/8491936.stm

Hartlepool United sign Roy O'Donovan - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/8530935.stm

Manchester City sign Marton Fulop - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8644269.stm

Norwich City 1-4 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8203066.stm

Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8256923.stm

Sunderland 0-0 (1-3 on pens) Aston Villa - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8323069.stm

Sunderland 3-0 Barrow - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8434045.stm

Portsmouth 2-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8468621.stm

Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8198188.stm

Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8202329.stm

Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8209577.stm

Stoke City 1-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8223452.stm

Sunderland 4-1 Hull City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8250284.stm

Burnley 3-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8255397.stm

Sunderland 5-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8271618.stm

Manchester United 2-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8282374.stm

Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8308907.stm

Birmingham City 2-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8316238.stm

Sunderland 2-2 West Ham United - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8328814.stm

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8340234.stm

Sunderland 1-0 Arsenal - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8364367.stm

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8377197.stm

Fulham 1-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8395017.stm

Sunderland 1-1 Portsmouth - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8401769.stm

Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8408469.stm

Manchester City 4-3 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8414079.stm

Sunderland 1-1 Everton - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8423382.stm

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8428857.stm

Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8454249.stm

Everton 2-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8468859.stm

Sunderland 0-0 Stoke City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8482944.stm

Sunderland 1-1 Wigan Athletic - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8493730.stm

Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8502964.stm

Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8518829.stm

Sunderland 0-0 Fulham - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8533980.stm

Sunderland 4-0 Bolton Wanderers - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8550477.stm

Sunderland 1-1 Manchester City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8559684.stm

Sunderland 3-1 Birmingham City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8571039.stm

Aston Villa 1-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8578169.stm

Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8583759.stm

Sunderland 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8596807.stm

West Ham United 1-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8609481.stm

Sunderland 2-1 Burnley - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8617721.stm

Hull City 0-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8637469.stm

Sunderland 0-1 Manchester United - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8651355.stm

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8664540.stm

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