2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage
The group stage featured the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round (five through the Champions Path, five through the Non-Champions Path).


2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage
After the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the first knockout round, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the UEFA Europa League round of 32.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seedings
The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 27 August 2009.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seedings
Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–8, Pot 2 held teams ranked 10–28, Pot 3 held teams ranked 34–64, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 97–190 and unranked teams.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seedings
Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter played on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Inter Milan, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings:


2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
The knockout phase of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League began on 16 February and concluded on 22 May 2010 with the final won by Internazionale against Bayern Munich 2–0 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. The knockout phase involved the sixteen teams who finished in the top two in each of their groups in the group stage.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was settled via a penalty shoot-out.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
In the draw for the round of 16, matches were played between the winners of one group and the runners-up of a different group. The only restriction on the drawing of teams in the round of 16 was that the teams could not be from the same national association or have played in the same group in the group stages. From the quarter-finals onwards, these restrictions did not apply.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
In the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time was played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the competition's round of 16 was held on 18 December 2009. The first legs of the round of 16 were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 9, 10, 16 and 17 March 2010.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16
CSKA Moscow became the first Russian team to advance to the quarter-finals under the present format (16 teams in the knockout stage).


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place in Nyon, Switzerland, on 19 March 2010. There was no seeding and no country protection, meaning that it was an entirely random draw.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 30 and 31 March 2010, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 April 2010.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Matches
Bayern Munich 4–4 Manchester United on aggregate. Bayern Munich won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place immediately after the draw for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 April 2010, with the second legs on 27 and 28 April 2010. There were fears that the first legs would have to be postponed due to the eruptions of the volcano at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland. On 18 April, UEFA issued a statement that the matches would go ahead and that the teams would have to make alternate travel arrangements.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Final
The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final was the fourth to be held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, after the 1957, 1969 and 1980 finals. It also was the first to be held on a Saturday.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
This article details the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
This table shows the path of all 54 teams (39 in Champions Path, 15 in Non-Champions path) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. 10 teams (5 in Champions Path, 5 in Non-Champions Path) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Teams with a coefficient of at least 0.100 were seeded.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Teams with a coefficient of at least 1.933 were seeded.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Copenhagen Levski Sofia Partizan Maccabi Haifa Dinamo Zagreb Wisła Kraków BATE Borisov Red Bull Salzburg Kalmar


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
APOEL Stabæk Slovan Bratislava Ventspils Maribor FH Inter Turku Ekranas


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Bohemians Zrinjski Debrecen Sheriff Tiraspol WIT Georgia Makedonija Skopje Baku Levadia Tallinn Tirana


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Aktobe Pyunik Rhyl Glentoran EB/Streymur F91 Dudelange Mogren Sant Julià


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
In the Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 7.733 were seeded. Levadia Tallinn were also seeded because the draw was held before the second qualifying round, in which they beat a team who would have been seeded. In the Non-Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 32.065 were seeded.


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Olympiacos Copenhagen Slavia Prague Levski Sofia Partizan Maccabi Haifa Dinamo Zagreb Zürich Levadia Tallinn BATE Borisov


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Red Bull Salzburg Debrecen APOEL Stabæk Slovan Bratislava Ventspils Maribor Aktobe Sheriff Tiraspol Baku


2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
In the Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 14.050 were seeded. In the Non-Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 45.339 were seeded.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League
Spain's Atlético Madrid won the tournament for the first time, beating Fulham – who were playing in their first European final – at the HSH Nordbank Arena, home ground of Hamburger SV, in Hamburg, Germany.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation
A total of 192 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Associations are allocated places according to their 2008 UEFA country coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League:


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution
Since the winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the group stage was vacated.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution
As this was the first edition of the Europa League, it was initially unknown whether UEFA would simply disregard the vacant title holder spot and rearrange entries so that one more team would qualify from the play-off round, or replace the title holders' group stage place with that of the top-ranked association's cup winner and move teams from lower rounds appropriately, as the regulations are unclear on this matter. The former set-up was confirmed by UEFA's official list of participants, published on 16 June 2009. As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Redistribution rules
A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualify for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying phase
In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying phase
The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds, conducted by UEFA President Michel Platini and UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 22 June 2009, and the draw for the third qualifying round, conducted by UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti and Head of Club Competitions Michael Heselschwerdt, was held on 17 July 2009. For the draws, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. Because the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the previous round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying phase, First qualifying round
The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2009.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying phase, Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 14 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 23 July 2009.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying phase, Second qualifying round
Both the first and second legs between Bnei Yehuda and Dinaburg and between Rapid Wien and Vllaznia were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying phase, Third qualifying round
The first legs were played on 28 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 August 2009.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying phase, Third qualifying round
The first leg between Fenerbahçe and Budapest Honvéd and the second leg between Interblock Ljubljana and Metalurh Donetsk were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round, conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti, was held on 7 August 2009. For the draw, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 27 August 2009.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Play-off round
Note 1: The match was abandoned at 0–2 in the 88th minute after one Dinamo București fan entered the playing field and other fans invaded the running track around the pitch. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded a default 0–3 defeat against Dinamo during an emergency meeting on 25 August. After advancing to the group stage, Dinamo were punished by having their first two home matches in the group stage played behind closed doors.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 28 August 2009. A total of 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four. Teams were divided into four pots, based on their club coefficient. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The matchdays were 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 2–3 December, and 16–17 December 2009. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout phase. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
During this stage of the tournament, matches featured five on-field officials – with two additional officials monitoring play around the penalty area as part of a FIFA-sanctioned experiment.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 18 December 2009, conducted by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and UEFA Director of Competitions Giorgio Marchetti. In the round of 32, the group winners and the four better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage, which would play the second leg at home, were drawn against the group runners-up and the other four third-placed Champions League teams, with the restriction that teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn with each other. In the round of 16, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to determine the "home" team) was held on 19 March 2010, conducted by UEFA competitions director Giorgio Marchetti and the ambassador for the Hamburg final, Uwe Seeler. Same as the round of 16, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 32
The first legs were played on 16 and 18 February, and the second legs were played on 23 and 25 February 2010.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 11 March, and the second legs were played on 18 March 2010.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 1 April, and the second legs were played on 8 April 2010.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs were played on 29 April 2010.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Final
The final of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was played at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Germany, on 12 May 2010. This was the second time the home stadium of Hamburger SV hosted a UEFA final, the first being the second leg of the 1982 UEFA Cup Final. Due to UEFA rules banning corporate sponsorship outside the confederation, the stadium was referred to by UEFA as "Hamburg Arena". The match was won by Atlético Madrid.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Statistics
Top scorers and assists (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round):


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage
The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage
Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the round of 32, where they will be joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, Seedings
The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, Seedings
Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: Pot 1 held teams ranked 9–32, Pot 2 held teams ranked 35–74, Pot 3 held teams ranked 76–108, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 115–203 and unranked teams.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, Seedings
Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Thursday.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, Seedings
CL-c Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, Seedings
CL-n Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Non-Champions Path)


2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
Based on Article 7.05 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings:


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
The knockout phase of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League began on 18 February, and concluded with the final at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany on 12 May 2010. The knockout phase involved the 24 teams that finished in the top two in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If goals were scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, there would be a penalty shootout after extra time.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
In the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time would be played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw for the Round of 32 took place on 18 December 2009, and featured the top two teams from each group in the group stage and the eight third-place finishers from the UEFA Champions League group stage.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 32
The first legs of the first knockout round were played on 18 February 2010, while the second legs were played on 25 February.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 32, Second leg
Hamburg 3–3 PSV Eindhoven on aggregate. Hamburg won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 took place on 18 December 2009, after the Round of 32 draw.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 16, Second leg
Valencia 5–5 Werder Bremen on aggregate. Valencia won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 16, Second leg
Sporting CP 2–2 Atlético Madrid. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The eight winners from the first knockout round were drawn into four pairs of home-and-away matches. The first legs were played on 1 April 2010, and the second legs were played on 8 April 2010. The draw is made regardless of association or previous group status.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Second leg
Valencia 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Semi-finals
The four quarter-final winners were drawn into two pairs of home-and-away matches. The first legs were played on 22 April 2010, with the second legs on 29 April 2010.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Semi-finals, Second leg
Atlético Madrid 2–2 Liverpool on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Final
The final took place on 12 May 2010 at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Germany.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
This article details the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
This table shows the path of all 174 teams involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, including the 15 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round which joined at the play-off round (marked by CL). 38 teams qualified for the group stage to join the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
CL-c Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
CL-n Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (Non-Champions Path)


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Teams with a coefficient of at least 1.332 were seeded.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
Haladás 2–2 Irtysh on aggregate. Haladás won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Teams with a coefficient of at least 1.958 were seeded, except Lahti, the lowest ranked of the teams from Finland.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
Kaunas 1–1 Sevojno on aggregate. Sevojno won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
Gent 2–2 Naftan on aggregate. Gent won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Teams with a coefficient of at least 7.826 were seeded. Karabakh, Petrovac and Slavija were also seeded because the draw was held before the second qualifying round, in which they beat teams who would have been seeded.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
Krylia Sovetov 3–3 St Patrick's Athletic on aggregate. St Patrick's Athletic won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
Young Boys 2–2 Athletic Bilbao on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
Legia Warsaw 3–3 Brøndby on aggregate. Brøndby won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
Sarajevo 3–3 Helsingborg on aggregate. Sarajevo won 5–4 on penalties.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Matches, Second leg
PAOK 2–2 Vålerenga on aggregate. PAOK won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Teams with a coefficient of at least 12.890 were seeded.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches, Second leg
Heerenveen 1–1 PAOK on aggregate. Heerenveen won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches, Second leg
Dinamo București 3–3 Slovan Liberec on aggregate. Dinamo București won 9–8 on penalties.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches, Second leg
Lech Poznań 1–1 Club Brugge on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–3 on penalties.


2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches, Second leg
Rapid Wien 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Rapid Wien won on away goals.


2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup
The 2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 24th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 9th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League
For the first time the top 8 leagues of the UEFA were awarded two entry places in this year's season. Germany even got 3 entries, as FCR 2001 Duisburg finished outside the top 2 in Germany's league but gained entry as the title holder.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
The draw was made on 24 June 2009. Teams in bold hosted a mini-league. The winners of each group qualified for the next round.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Group A
Matches were played at City Stadium, Šiauliai and at the Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Group B
Matches were played at Mladost Stadium, Strumica and Kukuš Stadium, Turnovo.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Group C
Matches were played at Brøndby IF's bane 2 and Brøndby Stadium.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Group D
Matches were played at Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško and Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Group F
Matches were played at Tsirion Stadium, Limassol and Pafiako Stadium, Paphos.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Group G
Matches were played at Gradski vrt, Osijek and Stadion Cibalia, Vinkovci.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Main round, Round of 32
The 16 seeded teams were drawn one opponent each from the pool of 16 unseeded teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The seeded team played the second leg at home. Matches were played on 30 September and 7 October.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Main round, Round of 16
From this round onwards, there was no seeding, and clubs from the same association could be drawn against each other. The drawing for this round was held immediately after the drawing for the round of 32. Therefore, instead of drawing specific teams matches were drawn with the winners playing each other in this round. Matches were played on 4–5 November and 11–12 November.


2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League, Main round, Semi-finals
Matches were played on 10–11 April and 17–18 April 2010.


2009–10 UMass Minutemen basketball team
The 2009–10 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by second year head coach Derek Kellogg and played their home games at William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 5–11 in A-10 play to finish in 11th place. The Minutemen lost to Richmond in the A-10 Tournament.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
The 2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The team was coached by Lon Kruger, returning for his sixth year with the Runnin' Rebels. They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada and are a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Runnin' Rebels finished the season 25–9, 11–5 in MWC play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to San Diego State. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the Midwest Region, where they lost to 9 seed Northern Iowa in the first round.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Preseason, Recruiting
Coach Lon Kruger signed a three-man class for 2008, including the #4 ranked prospect out of Nevada (#66 Rivals, #80 Scout, #85 ESPN), shooting guard Anthony Marshall of North Las Vegas, power forward Carlos Lopez of Henderson and shooting guard Justin Hawkins out of Woodland Hills, California. UNLV also signed power forward Quintrell Thomas, who transferred to UNLV from Kansas.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Non-conference schedule
On November 28, 2009, the team defeated #16 Louisville and became ranked nationally the following week. After defeating Arizona in double overtime, 74–72, on December 2, 2009, UNLV marked their first 6–0 start since the 1992–93 season and defeated Santa Clara on December 5 to move to 7–0, their best start since going 34–0 in 1990–91 and losing to Duke in the Final Four. UNLV would raise to #17/18 by the time they took on Kansas State on a neutral court at the Orleans Arena.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Non-conference schedule
As in the previous two games, UNLV's sloppy first half play allowed their opponent to jump to an early lead. Unlike in the games against Arizona and Santa Clara, UNLV was unable to move back in front and would lose their first game of the season, 95–80. UNLV's loss to Kansas State would drop them to #23 in the Coaches poll and knock them out of the AP poll all together. The Runnin' Rebels were able to rebound from the loss with a road win at Southern Utah, and home wins against Weber State and South Carolina – Upstate, before heading to Hawai'i for the inaugural Diamond Head Classic.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Non-conference schedule
The Runnin' Rebels would enter the tournament only ranked in the coaches poll at #20. UNLV's first game of tournament would come against SMU. UNLV took control of the game quickly, sprinting out to an 18–4 lead within mere minutes of tip off and never looked back in a 67–53 victory. In the tournament's semifinal, the Rebels would face the tournament host, Hawai'i. Thanks to a relentless defense, UNLV was able to take Hawai'i out of the game early en route to a 77–53 victory, advancing UNLV to the Diamond Head Classic finals versus Southern California.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Non-conference schedule
UNLV's offensive might that had helped them to big early leads against SMU and Hawai'i was silenced by a tough USC defense. The Trojans were able to keep the Rebels at bay for most of the game and came away with the 67–56 win and the Diamond Head Classic title. The loss to Southern California would knock UNLV out of the Coaches poll.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Conference schedule
After eleven days off, UNLV began conference play against #23/25 BYU at the Marriott Center in Provo. Despite leading the Cougars for much of the game, including a six-point lead with less than six minutes to play. Late miscues would doom the Runnin' Rebels, leading to a 77–73 defeat to BYU. The following Saturday, UNLV would travel to The Pit to take on the #13/15 New Mexico Lobos.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Conference schedule
UNLV was able to keep the sell-out crowd of 14,586 quiet for most of the game, beginning by forcing New Mexico into two turnovers on their first two possessions of the game and jumping to a 9–2 lead. New Mexico would come back, taking over the lead twice in the game, but sophomore guard Kendall Wallace would pace the Rebels, going 7 of 10 on three-pointers as UNLV upset New Mexico 74–62. The Runnin' Rebels had their conference home opener against San Diego State, a team that swept UNLV in their three meetings the previous season.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Conference schedule
The first half of the game belonged to the bigger and athletically stacked SDSU, taking a 39–33 halftime lead. The Runnin' Rebels however, were able to take control in the second half and came away with a hard-fought 76–66 victory over their rival to improve to 2–1 in the Mountain West and 14–3 overall.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Season, Conference schedule
However, thing soon went downhill as UNLV fell to Utah at home, 73–69. The Rebels rebounded and won in both Colorado State and TCU. Returning home, UNLV came from behind to beat Air Force, 60–50.


2009–10 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Roster
Notes: † – denotes the player must sit out the 2009–10 season per NCAA transfer rules.


2009–10 USC Trojans men's basketball team
The 2009–10 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans are a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. USC finished the season 16–14 and 8–10 in the Pac-10 but did not participate in the 2010 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament due to self-imposed sanctions.


2009–10 USC Trojans women's basketball team
The 2009–10 USC Trojans women's basketball team represent the University of Southern California in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans are coached by Michael Cooper. The Trojans are a member of the Pacific-10 Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.


2009–10 USHL season
The 2009–10 USHL season is the 31st season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 2, 2009, and concluded on April 3, 2010, with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2009–10 USHL season was the first to include both the Youngstown Phantoms and the US Nation Team Development Program, both of whom left the North American Hockey League. As a result of two new teams being added to the East Division, the Des Moines Buccaneers were moved to the West Division.


2009–10 USHL season
The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.


2009–10 USHL season, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title


2009–10 USM Alger season
In the 2009–10 season, USM Alger competed in the National for the 32nd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.


2009–10 USM Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2009.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2009–10 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2009–10 USM Blida season
In the 2009–10 season, USM Blida is competing in the National for the 25th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.


2009–10 USM Blida season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2009.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
The 2009–10 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Tony Barbee's fourth season at UTEP. The Miners competed in Conference USA and played their home games at the Don Haskins Center. They finished the season 26–7, 15–1 in CUSA play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to Houston. They received and at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 12 seed in the west region, where they would lose to 5 seed and AP #11 Butler in the first round. UTEP averaged 8,697 fans per game, ranking 58th nationally.


2009–10 Udinese Calcio season
The 2009–10 Udinese Calcio season was the club's 15th consecutive and 30th overall season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, finishing 15th, and in the Coppa Italia, reaching the semi-finals. The highlight of Udinese's season was captain Antonio Di Natale's excellent campaign, as he finished top scorer in Serie A, or capocannoniere, with 29 goals.


2009–10 Udinese Calcio season, Players, Squad information
As of 28 January 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Udinese Calcio season, Transfers
For all transfers and loans pertaining to Udinese for the current season, please see: 2009 summer transfers and 2009–10 winter transfers .


2009–10 Uganda Big League
The 2009–10 Ugandan Big League is the 1st season of the official second tier Ugandan football championship.


2009–10 Uganda Big League, Overview
The 2009–10 Uganda Big League was contested by 16 teams divided into two groups. The Elgon Group was won by Gulu United FC and the Rwenzori Group was won by Maroons FC. The third promotion place went to UTODA FC who won the promotion play-off.


2009–10 Uganda Big League, Overview
Clubs within the Big League enter the Ugandan Cup and Gulu United FC progressed as far as the Quarter Finals where they were defeated 3-0 away to Masaka LC .


2009–10 Uganda Big League, Participants and locations
The 16 clubs that competed in the first season of the FBL in 2009-10 were as follows:


2009–10 Uganda Super League
The 2009–10 Ugandan Super League was the 43rd season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.


2009–10 Uganda Super League, Overview
The 2009–10 Uganda Super League was contested by 18 teams and was won by Bunamwaya SC, while Boroboro Tigers FC, Maji FC, Iganga Town Council FC, Hoima and Arua Central FC were relegated.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup
The 2009–10 Ukrainian Cup was the 19th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition, currently known as DATAGROUP – Football Ukraine Cup or Kubok of Ukraine.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup
The Cup began with the Preliminary Round where teams from Druha Liha and Amateur Cup champions participate. In the Second Preliminary Round teams from Persha Liha are drawn into the competition and then in the Round of 32 teams from the Premier League enter the competition.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup
Tavriya Simferopol defeated Metalurh Donetsk 3–2 in the Cup Final and are Ukraine's Cup Winner representative in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Round and draw dates
All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kiev unless stated otherwise.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Bye berth
The bye berth appeared because of a small technicality in the pre-season berth allocation. Originally FC Ihroservice Simferopol to the last moment was considered as a member of the 2009–10 First League, yet it was given a condition to provide financial guarantees with the suspense time on July 8, 2009 (2pm LST). With the already ongoing Ukrainian Cup competition that was drawn on July 7, 2009 (just a day ahead), the Crimean club failed to satisfy that condition.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Bye berth
The Professional Football League of Ukraine withdrew the club from all its competitions and arranged additional play-off between the second placed teams of the 2008-09 Ukrainian Second League (Arsenal – Poltava). After winning the play-off on July 12, 2009, FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva became a member of the 2009-10 Ukrainian First League, yet the berth assigned to Ihroservice was preserved as bye which was given to FC Kharkiv during the draw on July 22, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Preliminary Round (1/64)
In this round entered 17 teams from Druha Liha and winners of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The draw for the First Preliminary Round was held on July 7, 2009. The matches were played July 18, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Preliminary Round (1/64)
Qualify as Amateur Cup Champions of Ukraine 2008   Match not played due to bus accident involving Dynamo Khmelnytsky with several key players receiving serious injuries. PFL withdraws Dynamo from the Cup competition. Originally drawn in this round, Yednist Plysky advanced into the next round due to FC Titan Donetsk withdrawal from the Professional ranks. Technical 3–0 victory awarded to FC Morshyn. Olimpik Donetsk refused to travel, explaining that its staff had to arrange Euro U-19 2009. The PFL fined Olimpik Donetsk 15,000 hryvni for not arriving for the scheduled match.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second Preliminary Round (1/32)
In this round entered all 18 teams from Persha Liha. They were drawn against the 9 winners of the First Preliminary Round. The draw for the Second Preliminary Round took place July 22, 2009. The matches were played August 5, 2009, unless otherwise noted.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second Preliminary Round (1/32)
FC Kharkiv advances into the next round due to Ihroservice Simferopol withdrawal from the professional ranks.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
In this round entered all 16 teams from the Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round. The draw was random and held on August 6, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
The match played at Spartak Stadium (Odessa), Odessa to accommodate a larger crowd .


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
The match played at Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka (Konche-Zaspa), Kiev after CSCA Kyiv's home ground was found unsafe.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
Goals for Naftovyk not scored – Andriy Kikot and Oleksandr Aharin, for Metalurh (D) – Fabihno.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
Goals for CSCA not scored – Oleksandr Polishchuk and Oleksandr Kurylko, for Obolon – Mykola Moroziuk.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
Volodymyr Bohdanov scored on the second attempt after his penalty shot was saved by Mykola Virkovsky.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
In this round entered winners from the previous round (11 Premier League, 4 Persha Liha and 1 Druha Liha teams). The draw is random and was held on August 19, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals
In this round entered winners from the previous round (7 Premier League and 1 Persha Liha teams). The draw was random and was held on September 23, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals
In this round entered winners from the previous round (3 Premier League and 1 Persha Liha teams). The draw is random and was held on November 11, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian First League
The 2009–10 Ukrainian First League was the nineteenth since its establishment. There were 18 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League. Three teams were promoted from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League. Due to the 2009 flu pandemic which affected Ukraine in late October the PFL decide to break for winter earlier than they originally scheduled. The second half of the season began March 11, 2010.


2009–10 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Promoted teams
These three teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:


2009–10 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Relegated teams
Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 season


2009–10 Ukrainian First League, Playoff game
Prior to the beginning of the season FC Ihroservice Simferopol failed to pay their license dues for the season. To allow an extra team to be promoted, the PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams from Druha Liha –Arsenal Bila Tserkva and FC Poltava would determine the vacancy. This playoff game was played July 12, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian Hockey Championship
The 2009–10 or XVIII Ukrainian Hockey Championship was the 18th annual edition of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship, and final season for the Ukrainian Major League. It took place from October 18, 2009, April 9, 2010. 6 teams participated in Division A, three teams in Division B, and six teams in Division C. HC Sokil Kyiv won the championship.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup
The 2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup was the only season of Ukraine's football knockout competition designated for the members of the Ukrainian Second League and amateur clubs. The main purpose of this tournament was to supplement the 2009–2010 playing calendar of the Second League clubs whose number had declined remarkably triggering some talks of reforming the Ukrainian Second League. Currently amateur clubs are invited at the discretion of their respective regional football associations.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Historical scope
The tournament was organized after a few mini-tournaments of the PFL Cup had taken place in the span of less than a couple of years. The PFL Cup competitions involved united teams of different leagues such as two from the second and one from the first and the students, players of which had earned a few gold medals in several international competitions (see Universiada). At first the League Cup was supposed to be an extension of those PFL tournaments, but later was reorganized as a supplementary competition to the Second League championship of 2009–2010.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Historical scope
A chronic problem follows the Second League especially in recent years as several clubs of the league have a difficult time just to finish their season, not even worrying about winning anything. That, of course, reflects negatively on the performance not only of a club, but the whole league. A new working commission was organized in 2010 to offer an alternative for the Second League clubs structure of competitions which was supposed to be presented for the 2010–2011 season. Please, note that the League Cup is not such an authentic tournament as a similar competition involving exclusively the Second League clubs had taken place in 1999–2001 known as the Cup of the Second League.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Organization, Start
The Cup began with a group tournament where teams from Druha Liha and amateur level competitors participated. At this stage all 24 teams were divided into eight groups. The best two teams out of each group advanced to the next round of the competition (Second Round) while all the last placed participants were eliminated. In the Second Round teams were paired with each other with the winners of each group playing at home. The winner of each pair advanced to the next round (Quarter-finals). The Quarter-finals took place in the same manner. The Semi-finals consisted of two home-away matches, while the Final took place at a neutral field.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Organization, Start
The winners of this competition were awarded the Cup and the prize money (150,000 Hryvnia) from Umbro, the general sponsor of the event.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Organization, Start
Initially FC Luzhany (town of Luzhany, Chernivtsi Oblast) was set to participate in the competition, but was eventually replaced by FC Volyn-Tsement Zdolbuniv. On March 1, 2010 it was decided to suspend the competition due to a lack of funds. The clubs FC Dnister Ovidiopol, PFC Oleksandria, and FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva were represented in the competition by their junior teams (doubles). Several clubs officially quit the competition (FC Khodak Cherkasy, FC Dnister Ovidiopol, PFC Olexandria), while FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk was excluded from the Professional Football League due to unpaid debts. The Rivne Oblast clubs (Veres and Volyn) and Teplovyk Yuzhnoukrainsk informed the PFL during the winter break of their unwillingness to continue in the competition.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Organization, After winter break
On March 16 it was decided to resume the competition. The following clubs were given until March 20 to pay off their debts to the referees: Teplovyk, Olexandria, Arsenal, Volyn-Tsement, Veres, Ros, Olympik, Tytan, and Dnipro-75. Umbro became the official partner of the competition and its title sponsor.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Organization, After winter break
When the Second round pairs were formed a few teams that finished last advanced due to numerous withdrawals of other clubs. Three teams (Lviv-2, Ros, and Myr) got a bye straight to the Quarter-finals.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Competition schedule, Group H
Dnipro-75 were excluded from all competitions organized by the PFL for their unpaid debts. The place of Dnipro-75 was granted to and excepted by Olympik.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals
This stage was scheduled to take place in two-leg (home-away) match-ups. The first leg was played on April 28, 2010 and the second leg – May 5, 2010.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals, Second Leg
Illichivets-2 1–1 Hirnyk-Sport on aggregate. Hirnyk-Sport won on away goals.


2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup, Competition schedule, Final
Initially set for May 29, the final took place on a neutral ground on June 6, 2010. Surprisingly the PFL picked Oleksandia's Nika Stadium which is 71 km (~46 mi) or about an hour drive from the city of Komsomolsk and 387 km (~255 mi) from Vinnytsia. As a justification, the main reason can be drawn from the fact that it lies in the heartland of Ukraine, and, thus, such a game could draw a greater audience.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment and second since its reorganization. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions, having won their 13th league title. A total of 16 teams participated in the league, 14 of which participated in the 2008–09 season, and two of which were promoted from the Ukrainian First League.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League
The season began on 17 July 2009. The winter break in the season was from 13 December 2009 until 28 February 2010. The last round of the season was played on 9 May 2010.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League
On 5 May 2010, Shakhtar Donetsk regained the title after a 1–0 win against rivals Dynamo Kyiv.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Round by round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Season awards
By the competition's statute, the following awards was presented. The award presentation took place on 15 June 2010 at InterContinental in Kiev.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Season awards
Pride of flag is a club award given to the club who provided the most players for the national team and youth teams: U-21, U-19, U-17. In 2009, the award was given to Dynamo Kyiv, while the first runner-up was Shakhtar Donetsk and second – Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. No data is available for the 2010 season.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (27), Rustam Khudzhamov (3). Defenders: Darijo Srna (26 / 2), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (24), Răzvan Raț (18 / 1), Oleksandr Kucher (14 / 1), Mykola Ishchenko (12), Oleksandr Chyzhov (9), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (6), Dmytro Chygrynskiy (4), Volodymyr Yezerskiy (2). Midfielders: Jádson (26 / 9), Fernandinho (24 / 4), Vasyl Kobin (24 / 1), Ilsinho (23 / 4), Willian (22 / 5), Tomáš Hübschman (18), Mariusz Lewandowski (14 / 2), Igor Duljaj (14), Douglas Costa (13 / 5), Oleksiy Gai (13 / 1), Kostyantyn Kravchenko (11 / 7), Oleksiy Polyanskiy (4 / 1), Alex Teixeira (3). Forwards: Luiz Adriano (23 / 11), Oleksandr Hladkyy (21 / 6), Ruslan Fomin (12 / 1), Julius Aghahowa (9 / 1), Yevhen Seleznyov (1 / 2).


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Dmytro Chygrynskiy ( Barcelona), Volodymyr Yezerskiy (Zoria Luhansk), Oleksiy Polyanskiy (Zorya Luhansk), Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk).


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (24), Stanislav Bohush (5), Denys Boyko (1). Defenders: Leandro Almeida (22), Taras Mykhalyk (21 / 1), Betão (20), Yevhen Khacheridi (18), Andriy Nesmachny (13), Badr El Kaddouri (8), Oleksandr Romanchuk (3), Pape Diakhaté (2), Vitaliy Mandziuk (2). Midfielders: Ognjen Vukojević (28 / 2), Roman Eremenko (26 / 1), Miloš Ninković (26 / 4), Tiberiu Ghioane (20 / 4), Gérson Magrão (21 / 3), Oleh Husiev (16 / 5), Atanda Yussuf (16 / 1), Denys Harmash (4), Corrêa (3 / 2), Serhiy Kravchenko (3 / 1), Oleksandr Aliyev (3), Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (1), Kyrylo Petrov (1). Forwards: Artem Milevskyi (27 / 17), Andriy Yarmolenko (28 / 7), Andriy Shevchenko (21 / 7), Roman Zozulya (11 / 2), Artem Kravets (9 / 1).


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Aliyev ( Lokomotiv Moscow), Serhiy Kravchenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Pape Diakhaté ( Saint-Étienne), Oleksandr Romanchuk (Arsenal Kyiv), Vitaliy Mandziuk (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Corrêa ( Atlético Mineiro).


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Horiainov (26), Ihor Bazhan (4). Defenders: Papa Gueye (30 / 2), Milan Obradović (26 / 1), Vitalie Bordian (22), Jonathan Maidana (14), Serhiy Pshenychnykh (12), Fininho (8 / 2), Yevhen Selin (6) Seweryn Gancarczyk (1). Midfielders: Denys Oliynyk (29 / 9), Serhiy Valiayev (28 / 2), Edmar Halovsky (26 / 3), Oleh Shelayev (26), Valentyn Sliusar (19 / 1), Oleksandr Rykun (18 / 1), Andriy Berezovchuk (11), Alexei Eremenko (10), Marcin Burkhardt (7), Artem Putivtsev (6), Serhiy Barilko (4), Anton Postupalenko (2), Aleksandar Trišović (2). Forwards: Jajá (25 / 16), Marko Dević (20 / 8), Volodymyr Lysenko (14 / 1), Venance Zeze (9 / 1), Oleksiy Antonov (7 / 1).


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Seweryn Gancarczyk ( Lech Poznań), Jonathan Maidana ( Banfield), Marcin Burkhardt (on loan to  Jagiellonia Białystok), Alexei Eremenko (on loan to  FF Jaro), Venance Zeze (on loan to  FF Jaro), Aleksandar Trišović (on loan to Zakarpattia Uzhhorod).


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, Medal squads
Note: Players in italic are those whose playing position is uncertain.


2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League youth championship
The 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League youth championship season is a competition between the U-21 youth teams of Ukrainian Premier League clubs. The events in the senior leagues during the 2008–09 season saw FC Lviv Reserves and FC Kharkiv Reserves all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Zakarpattia Reserves and Obolon Kyiv Reserves.


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League
The 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League was the 19th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into two groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine and B is eastern Ukraine. Due to the 2009 flu pandemic which affected Ukraine in late October the PFL decide to break for winter earlier than they originally scheduled. The second half of the season began March 14, 2009.


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League, Competition information
Note: Relegation from the League is not covered by the current regulations


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League, Competition information
The placing of teams in the table is done in the following order:


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Admitted teams
The following team was promoted from the 2009 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Admitted teams, Relegated teams
No teams were relegated from the 2008–09 Ukrainian First League due to team withdrawal.


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League, Group A, Final standings, Withdrawn teams
CSCA Kyiv ceased its operation and withdrew from the League after the 5th Round on September 4, 2009 due to financial hardship. All of their results were annulled. They played three games in the League and had a record of 1 win and 2 losses with 6 goals scored and 6 allowed. The club was also docked 3 points by the PFL on August 27, 2009 due to failure of payment of league dues.


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League, Group B, Final standings, Expelled teams
Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk was expelled from the League just prior to the 16th Round on March 18, 2010 due to the inability to pay the spring season dues. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played fifteen games in the League and had a record of 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses with 19 goals scored and 21 allowed. Stanislav Kulish was the top scorer with 6 goals of which 3 were scored from the penalty spot.


2009–10 Ukrainian Second League, Playoff game
At the meeting of the Professional Football League of Ukraine after the season, it was confirmed that Ukrainian First League team FC Desna Chernihiv failed attestation and hence would have their license withdrawn. To allow an extra team to be promoted, the PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams from Druha Liha –Kremin Kremenchuk and Nyva Vinnytsia would determine the vacancy created. This playoff game was played June 28, 2010.


2009–10 Umaglesi Liga
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2009–10 Umaglesi Liga
The 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on August 1, 2009, and ended on May 20, 2010. FC Olimpi Rustavi won the championship.


2009–10 Umaglesi Liga, Changes from 2008–09, Structural changes
League size was reduced from 11 to 10 teams prior to this season.


2009–10 Umaglesi Liga, Changes from 2008–09, Promotion and relegation
Borjomi were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of the season after finishing in 11th and last place. Other teams which will not participate in this year's championship are Mglebi and Meshketi, both due to unknown reasons. This means that originally relegated teams Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali will stay another season in Umaglesi Liga.


2009–10 Umaglesi Liga, Changes from 2008–09, Promotion and relegation
Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga 2008–09 Western group champions Samtredia and runners-up Baia. Western group champions Ameri were not promoted due to unknown reasons.


2009–10 Umaglesi Liga, Team overview
FC Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.


2009–10 Umaglesi Liga, Results
The ten teams will play each other four times in this league for a total of 36 matches per team. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.


2009–10 Union Dutchwomen ice hockey season
The 2009–10 Union Dutchwomen women's hockey team will represent Union College in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The Dutchwomen are a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference.


2009–10 Union Dutchwomen ice hockey season, Regular season
The club's overall record was 5 wins, 28 losses and 1 tie. In the ECAC, its conference mark was 1 win, 20 losses and 1 tie. The home record was 4 wins, 12 losses and 1 tie, while the road mark was 1 win, 16 losses and no ties.


2009–10 Union Dutchwomen ice hockey season, Regular season
On February 20, 2010, senior Jackie Koetteritz, had played in her 125th game for the Dutchwomen, setting a record for the most games in a Dutchwoman uniform.


2009–10 United Counties League
The 2009–10 United Counties League season was the 103rd in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.


2009–10 United Counties League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:


2009–10 United Counties League, Division One
Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:


2009–10 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer
The 2009–10 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer is the second edition of an open knockout style tournament for Arena/Indoor Soccer. Teams from the Professional Arena Soccer League and Premier Arena Soccer League participated in the Tournament.


2009–10 United States network television schedule
The following is the 2009–10 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2009 through August 2010. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2008–09 season.


2009–10 United States network television schedule
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. NBC stripped The Jay Leno Show weeknights at 10 pm Eastern/9 p.m. Central, but removed it after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The CW eliminated its Sunday night programming block and returned that time to local affiliates; it returned to programming Sunday nights in the 2018–19 season. After three years as a network, MyNetworkTV became a syndication programming service, and therefore not recognized as a network. Fox announced its schedule on May 18, followed by ABC and NBC on May 19, CBS on May 20 and The CW on May 21.


2009–10 United States network television schedule
All times given are in U.S. Eastern Time and Pacific Time. There are certain exceptions, such as NBC Sunday Night Football, that are aired live in all time zones.


2009–10 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


2009–10 United States network television schedule, Wednesday
NOTES: On NBC, Parenthood was supposed to have started the night at 8–9, but it was delayed to midseason at the last minute and placed Mercy instead. On Fox, Our Little Genius was supposed to debut on January 10, 2010 but was cancelled and replaced with American Idol.


2009–10 United States network television schedule, Friday
NOTE: On NBC, Southland would have to be aired 9–10, but it was cancelled at the last minute and it was picked up by TNT.


2009–10 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 2009–10 daytime network television schedule for four of the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2009 to August 2010. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2008–09 season.


2009–10 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.


2009–10 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Also not included are stations affiliated with Fox or MyNetworkTV, as the former network and the latter programming service did not offer (and continues not to offer) a daytime network schedule or network news, and Ion Television, as its schedule was composed mainly of paid programming and syndicated reruns at the time.


2009–10 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, from September, 2009 to August, 2010. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.


2009–10 United States network television schedule (late night), Schedule
Note: As the result of the Tonight Show conflict, O'Brien was let go at NBC, with his version of The Tonight Show ending on January 22, 2010. Jay Leno returned on March 1, 2010. O'Brien returned to late night in the Fall of 2010, with Conan airing on TBS.


2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
The 2009-10 Women's National Hockey team will represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The head coach is Mark Johnson from the University of Wisconsin. Assisting him are Dave Flint and Jodi McKenna.


2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team, Schedule, NCAA exhibition games
Throughout the season, various NCAA schools will play the United States Olympic Hockey team. In the game against Wisconsin, former Wisconsin player Jinelle-Zaugg-Siergiej netted a goal and had an assist as the Americans got the win.


2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team, 2010 Olympics
Overall, the roster includes 6 former Olympians, 8 players who have competed in the Western Women's Hockey League, and 19 returnees from the 2009 U.S. Women's National Team. From an NCAA perspective, 11 members of the team were NCAA Division I players in 2008-09, and 10 of the 11 participated in the 2009 NCAA tournament. Other NCAA facts include that 9 members were NCAA national champions, 7 were participants in the 2009 NCAA Women's Frozen Four, 4 were winners of the 2009 NCAA National Championship, and there are 3 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recipients.


2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team, 2010 Olympics, Final roster
The following is the American roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season
The 2009–10 Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the 2009–10 Copa Uruguaya or the 2009–10 Campeonato Uruguayo, was the 106th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 79th in which it was professional. The season was named in honor of Héctor del Campo, ex-president of Danubio.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Format
The season was divided into two tournaments: the Apertura and the Clausura. In each tournament, the teams played against each other in a single round-robin format. Whoever plays at home against an opponent in the Apertura played the same opponent as a visitor in the Clausura. The champion of the Copa Uruguaya could have been decided in three ways:


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Format, Relegation
Relegation was determined by an aggregate table of the past two seasons. The teams who had participated only in this season had their points and goal difference multiplied by two. The three lowest-placed teams were relegated to the Segunda División Profesional for the next season.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Format, International qualification
Because of Uruguay's qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, there was no Liguilla Pre-Libertadores this season. The champion of the Copa Uruguaya earned the Uruguay 1 berth in the 2011 Copa Libertadores and 2010 Copa Sudamericana. The Copa Uruguaya runner-up earned the Uruguay 2 berth in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. The Uruguay 3 berth for the 2011 Copa Libertadores went to the highest-placed non-qualified team in the aggregate table. The Uruguay 2 and Uruguay 3 berths for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana went to the next highest-placed non-qualified teams in the aggregate table.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Teams
Sixteen teams competed in the Primera División this season. Thirteen teams remained from the 2008–09 season. Villa Española was relegated last season after the Apertura tournament due to financial reasons. They were joined by Juventud and Bella Vista, who finished 14th and 15th in the relegation table, respectively. These three teams were replaced by Fénix and Cerrito, the 2008–09 Segunda División winner and runner-up, respectively, and Atenas, the Segunda División playoff winner. Both Fénix and Cerrito are returning to the Primera División while this is Atenas' first season in the top-flight.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura "Coronel Matías Vázquez" began on August 23, 2009 and ended on December 13, 2009.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura, Top-ten goalscorers
Updated as of games played on December 13, 2009.Source:  (in Spanish)


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura "Dr. Walter Lanfranco" began on January 23.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Championship playoffs
Nacional and Peñarol qualified to the championship playoffs as the Apertura and Clausura winners, respectively. Additionally, Peñarol requalified as the team with the most points in the season aggregate table. Given this situation, an initial playoff was held between the two team. Peñarol needed only to win the playoff to become the season champions; Nacional had to win the playoff to force another two matches, which they successfully did.


2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season, Championship playoffs, Finals
Since Nacional won the initial playoff, an additional two matches was contested to crown the champion. The points system was used for the two matches. The team with the most points at the end of the second game was declared the champion. If there was a tie in points after the second game, goal difference would be used to break the tie, followed by two fifteen-minute extra periods, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.


2009–10 Utah Jazz season
The 2009–10 Utah Jazz season was the 36th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


2009–10 Utah Jazz season
In the playoffs, the Jazz defeated the Denver Nuggets in six games in the First Round, before getting swept by the eventual and back-to-back NBA champion, the Los Angeles Lakers, in the Semifinals. This marked the third consecutive season the Jazz had their season ended by the Lakers.


2009–10 Utah Jazz season
Game 4 of the Conference Semifinals was Jerry Sloan's final playoff appearance as head coach as he resigned the next season.


2009–10 Utah Jazz season
The Jazz would not return to the playoffs until 2012.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Stew Morrill's 12th season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 14–2 to capture the regular season championship for the third consecutive year. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to New Mexico State. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, earning a 12 seed in the South Region, where they lost to 5 seed and AP #23 Texas A&M in the first round.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Pre-season
In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Utah State was selected to finish first in the coaches poll, receiving 8 first place votes, with Sr. guard Jared Quayle selected to the All-WAC first team and Jr. forward Tai Wesley selected to the All-WAC second team. They were also selected to finish 1st in the media poll, receiving 15 first place votes, with Jared Quayle selected to the All-WAC first team.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Season highlights
The Aggies December 5 loss to Saint Mary's ended their 37-game home winning streak and their 65-game regular season home winning streak in non-conference games.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Season highlights
On December 28, Jr. Tai Wesley was named the WAC player of the week for the seventh week of the season with weekly averages of 16.7 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 4.0 AST, 1.7 blocks and 65.4 FG%.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Season highlights
On January 18, Sr. Jared Quayle was named the WAC player of the week for the tenth week of the season with weekly averages of 14.0 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 5.7 AST and 55.2 FG%.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Season highlights
With their win over Idaho on January 23, head coach Stew Morrill recorded his 500th career victory.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Season highlights
With their win over Hawai'i on February 25 the Aggies joined Gonzaga and Kansas as the only schools in the country to have 23 wins or more every season since 2000.


2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Season highlights
On March 7, Jr. Tai Wesley was named the WAC player of the week for the seventeenth week of the season with weekly averages of 22.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 5.5 AST and 82.6 FG%.


2009–10 Utah Utes men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Utah Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah. They played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Utes were led by third-year head coach Jim Boylen. They finished the season 14–17 (7–9 in Mountain West play) and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to UNLV.


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan on 27 December 2009 and 10 January 2010 to elect the 150 members of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan, the lower house of the Oliy Majlis. Of these, 135 were directly elected from single member constituencies using the two-round system, while 15 seats were reserved for the country's Ecological Movement. Provincial and district councils were elected at the same time. Polls opened at 6 am Uzbekistan Time (0100 UTC) and closed at 8 pm UZT (1500 UTC).


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election
The Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (O'zlidep) was reconfirmed as the largest single party in the Legislative Chamber, with 55 deputies. The other parties permitted to participate in the elections were the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (32 deputies), the Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (Milliy Tiklanish, 31 deputies) and the Justice Social Democratic Party (Adolat, 19 deputies).


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election
The elections were monitored by over 270 observers from 36 countries and representatives of four international missions. The election monitoring arm of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) did not send a full mission, saying none of its earlier recommendations had been implemented: an OSCE assessment mission observed voting at several polling places, but did not do comprehensive vote monitoring.


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election
Veronica Szente Goldston, Human Rights Watch Advocacy Director for Europe and Central Asia, said the pre-election situation in Uzbekistan has been marked by intense repression by the government: "Human rights are violated everywhere around the country, there is no political competition, all the parties that are running for this election are supporting the government."


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Campaign
A candidate for election had to belong to a registered party and collect a minimum of 40,000 signatures. Several opposition politicians have alleged that all candidates also had to be approved by the government before they would be placed on the ballot. The four registered parties were:


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Campaign
The election campaign consisted of 15- to 20-minute television programs each day for four days, as well as a second program called "Election – Mirror of Democracy". Transcripts from these shows were reprinted in newspapers, and billboards also appeared touting the upcoming choice that Uzbeks had to make. The four parties have publicly criticized each other, mainly over social policy, while praising President Islam Karimov's achievements.


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Campaign
Freedom House, a US-based human rights organization, says the discussions appeared on television for the first time, which was a positive development, but that "We have some evidence from Uzbek activists that those debates were scripted. And even if not – these parties don't know themselves who they are, they have no ideology."


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Campaign, Ecological Movement
The Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan elected its 15 legislators at a congress, also held on 27 December,  one from each territorial subdivision of Uzbekistan (Republic of Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city) plus one member from the Executive Committee of the Central Council of the Ecological Movement. Delegates to the congress were elected in equal numbers at the conferences of each of the territorial branches of the Ecological Movement.


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Turnout
There were 17,215,700 eligible voters for the 2009 parliamentary elections. By 1 pm UZT (0800 UTC), 57.3% (9,879,195 voters) had cast their vote, ensuring that the election would be valid under Uzbekistani election law (33% minimum turnout required). By 5 pm UZT (1200 UTC), 79.4% (13,670,387 voters) had cast their votes. Final turnout for the first round (based on provisional figures) was 87.8% (15,108,950 voters).


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Turnout
On 24 December, all 16 million mobile phone users in Uzbekistan received an SMS informing them of the forthcoming elections. According to an Uzbek living in exile in the United States, "there are certain groups of the population which are under pressure and they are compelled to participate in the election – students, teachers, government employees."


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Turnout
For the second round on 10 January 2010, the electorate was 4,969,547. Of these, 16.3% (812,502 voters) were reported to have voted by 9 am UZT (0300 UTC), just three hours after polling stations had opened. The final turnout (based on provisional figures) when polls closed at 8 pm UZT (1500 UTC) was 79.7% (3,960,876 voters).


2009–10 Uzbek parliamentary election, Results
Preliminary results were announced by the Central Election Commission on 29 December. Results were declared in 96 out of the 135 electoral districts; in the remaining 39 districts, no candidate obtained an overall majority of votes, and so a second round of voting was held in 10 January 2010. Final results were announced by the Central Election Commission on 13 January 2010.


2009–10 V-League (South Korea)
The 2009-10 V-League season was the 6th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 1 November 2009 and finished on 19 April 2010. Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs were the defending champions in the men's league and Cheonan Heungkuk Pink Spiders the defending female champions.


2009–10 VCU Rams men's basketball team
The 2009–10 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Shaka Smart's first season at VCU. The Rams compete in the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center. They finished the season 27–9, 11–7 in CAA play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament. They were champions of the 2010 College Basketball Invitational.


2009–10 VCU Rams men's basketball team, Preseason
In the CAA preseason polls, released October 20 in Washington, DC, VCU was predicted to finish third in the CAA. Jr. forward Larry Sanders was selected to the preseason all conference first team.


2009–10 VMI Keydets basketball team
The 2009–10 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were coached by Duggar Baucom in his 5th year at VMI, and played their home games at Cameron Hall. It was VMI's 6th season in the Big South Conference and the Keydets' 102nd season of basketball.


2009–10 VMI Keydets basketball team
The Keydets failed to improve upon their 24–8 campaign from the previous season, and were defeated in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament by Coastal Carolina.


2009–10 VTB United League
The VTB United League 2009–10 was the first complete season of the VTB United League, which is Eastern Europe's (and the Baltic region's) top-tier level competition for men's professional basketball clubs.


2009–10 VTB United League, Final four
The Final Four took place between January 21 and 22, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania at Kaunas Sports Hall, the home court of Žalgiris Kaunas. The following teams qualified:


2009–10 Valencia CF season
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.


2009–10 Valencia CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team who competed in the Horizon League representing Valparaiso University. The Crusaders finished the season 15–17, 10–8 in Horizon League play and lost in the first round of the 2010 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament to Detroit.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 40th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Off-season, Entry draft
At the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, the Vancouver Canucks drafted seven players. The Canucks did not have their own seventh-round draft pick as it had previously been traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jason LaBarbera. The Canucks acquired a sixth-round draft pick from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Shaun Heshka.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Off-season, Free agency
On July 1, the Vancouver re-signed Daniel and Henrik Sedin to identical five-year, $31 million contracts. The contracts paid both players $6.1 million per season.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Off-season, Free agency
On July 3, 2009, Mikael Samuelsson was signed as an unrestricted free agent to a three-year contract worth $2.5 million per season.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Off-season, Free agency
The team lost free agent Mattias Öhlund, who had spent the first 11 seasons of his NHL career with Vancouver; he signed a seven-year, $26.25 million contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Off-season, Free agency
On August 17, 2009, the Canucks signed prospect Sergei Shirokov to a two-year, $1.75 million contract. Shirokov was drafted in the sixth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Off-season, Trades
On August 28, 2009, general manager Mike Gillis traded prospects centre Patrick White and defenceman Daniel Rahimi to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defencemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Preseason
As part of the Kraft Hockeyville promotion, the Canucks played the New York Islanders in Terrace, British Columbia, for their first preseason game. The Canucks won by a score of 2–1.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Preseason
On September 2, Mike Gillis announced that starting goaltender Roberto Luongo had signed a new 12-year, $64 million contract with the team. With Luongo being 30 years old at the time of the extension, the contract effectively ensured that Luongo would be with the Canucks for the remainder of his career. The contract included a modified no-trade clause (NTC): in the fifth year of its term, Luongo would be able to request a trade, and in the seventh year of its term, the Canucks would obtain the right to trade Luongo without his consent.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Preseason
On September 24, 2009, Mike Gillis signed head coach Alain Vigneault to a new three-year contract. The extension will keep Vigneault behind the bench through the 2012–13 season. Vigneault joined the club in the 2006–07 season and led the Canucks to their two Northwest Division titles in the previous three seasons.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Regular season
The 2010 Winter Olympics took place in Vancouver—the first Winter Olympics in an NHL market since the NHL began to allow its players to compete in Olympic competition. As a result, the Canucks undertook the longest road trip in NHL history, with 14 games over six weeks, from January 27 to March 13, 2010, to allow General Motors Place to be used for ice hockey during the games. GM Place was renamed "Canada Hockey Place" during the games, as the International Olympic Committee doesn't allow corporate sponsorship for venues. The Canucks' former arena, Pacific Coliseum, was also a venue during the games, hosting figure skating and short track speed skating.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Regular season
On March 19, 2010, forward Ryan Kesler signed a new six-year contract worth $30 million.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Regular season
On the NHL trade deadline day, March 3, the Canucks acquired defenceman Andrew Alberts from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Regular season
On March 17, 2010, the Canucks signed their first-round draft pick from the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Jordan Schroeder. The deal was a standard entry-level contract for three years. The contract was for the entry-level maximum of US$900,000 per season along with a $270,000 signing bonus. However, because the contract was signed after the NHL trade deadline, Schroeder was ineligible to play for the Canucks for the remainder of the season. As a result, Schroeder signed an amateur tryout contract with the Canucks' American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Regular season
The Canucks clinched a playoff berth for the second consecutive year with a shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks on April 2. The Canucks also managed to clinch a second consecutive Northwest Division title when they defeated the Minnesota Wild in overtime on April 4. The win secured the Canucks a top three seed in the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs and home ice advantage in the first round.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Regular season
On April 18, 2010, the Canucks signed their 2009 third-round draft pick, Kevin Connauton. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, like Schroeder, Connauton was ineligible to play for the Canucks as his contract was signed after the NHL trade deadline.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Regular season
The Canucks finished the regular season third overall in the Western Conference. They were the second highest scoring team, with 268 goals for, averaging 3.27 goals per game.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Season events, Playoffs
The Canucks entered the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs as the third seed in the Western Conference. This was the first time the Canucks made the playoffs in consecutive seasons since the 2004–05 NHL lockout. In the first round, the Canucks defeated the Los Angeles Kings in six games. The Canucks lost the following round, the Conference Semi-finals, to the Chicago Blackhawks.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Standings, Conference standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division)


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canucks. Stats reflect time with Canucks only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Draft picks
Vancouver's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season, Draft picks
This draft pick originally belonged to the Phoenix Coyotes. It was acquired from Phoenix in exchange for Shaun Heshka.


2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's college basketball season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference, as it has since the SEC expanded to 12 schools in 1991. The team was led by Kevin Stallings, in his tenth year as head coach, and played their home games at their home since 1952, Memorial Gymnasium on the school's campus in Nashville, Tennessee. They finished the season 24–9, 12–4 in SEC play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2010 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi State. The Commodores received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 4 seed in the west region, where they lost to 13 seed Murray State in the first round on a last second buzzer beater.


2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team
The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team will represent Vanderbilt University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Commodores are a member of the Southeastern Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.


2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule
The Commodores participated in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament (held from November 27–28)


2009–10 Venezuelan Primera División season
The 2009-10 Primera División season (officially the 2009 Copa Movilnet for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league.


2009–10 Venezuelan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura opened the 2009-10 season. It began on August 9, 2009 and finished on December 13, 2009.


2009–10 Venezuelan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura closed the 2009-10 season. It began on January 17, 2010 and finished on May 16, 2010.


2009–10 Venezuelan Primera División season, Serie Final
Deportivo Táchira and Caracas qualified to the Serie Final, which was contested on a home and away basis.


2009–10 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team represented the University of Vermont in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Catamounts won their second consecutive America East Conference regular season Championship and followed it with a conference tournament title to earn the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Catamounts lost in the first round to No. 1 seed Syracuse, 79–56.


2009–10 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season
The 2009-10 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season was coached by head coach Tim Bothwell, assisted by Grant Kimball and Mike Gilligan. The athletic trainer was Grant Wilson, and the strength & conditioning coach was Justin Goulet.


2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season
During the 2009–10 German football season, VfB Stuttgart competed in the Bundesliga.


2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season, Season summary
Manager Markus Babbel was sacked in early December with Stuttgart in 16th place. Christian Gross, his successor, revitalised Stuttgart and they finished in 6th, qualifying for the Europa League.


2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, VfB Stuttgart II
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 VfL Bochum season
The 2009–10 VfL Bochum season was the 72nd season in club history.


2009–10 VfL Wolfsburg season
VfL Wolfsburg did not manage to qualify for international football, in spite of keeping the squad that won the Bundesliga in 2009. Coach Armin Veh was sacked, following a failure to reach the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, and being distanced in Bundesliga. Under interim coach Lorenz-Günther Köstner Wolfsburg managed to finish inside the top half and reach the quarter final in the UEFA Europa League. The most influential player was Edin Džeko, who unlike the team, continued to perform at the top level, topping the Bundesliga's top scoring-chart.


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary
The 2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 6th season in the ECHL. General Manager and Head Coach Mark Morrison returned for his third full season as bench boss, while former Salmon King, Ryan Wade returned for his second year as Assistant Coach. The Salmon Kings would struggle in their first 10 games going 1-9-0-0, which placed them in last place of the National Conference standings and caused changes to their roster.


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary
However, on November 11, the Salmon Kings went on a 22-6-3-0 run in their next 31 games heading towards the ECHL All-Star break, which made Victoria the hottest team in the ECHL by accumulating the most wins and points through the 67-day stretch. The streak also included a 12-game overall winning streak and tying their previous club record with a 12-game home winning streak.


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary
The goaltending in the middle of season would see Glenn Fisher, along with three Abbotsford Heat netminders – David Shantz, Matt Keetley, and Leland Irving rotating starts, while Chad Painchaud, Olivier Latendresse and Wes Goldie led the offensive-attack during the stretch run. At the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game, goaltender, David Shantz was named as the starting goaltender for the National Conference, while defenceman and Victoria native, Taylor Ellington joined the roster.


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary
After the All-Star break, the Salmon Kings hot-streak would progressively come to an end when the team encountered several impactful injuries and call-ups in the second half of the season. The Salmon Kings would complete the season finishing with a 10-17-0-2 record and barely made the playoffs, finishing with a 34-32-4-2 and placing 7th in the National Conference standings.


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary
In the Kelly Cup playoffs, the Salmon Kings would play against the Bakersfield Condors in the first round of the best-of-five series. Victoria would win Games 1 and 3 to take a 2-1 series lead, but was unable to finish the Condors off, losing in the fifth-and-deciding game with the game-winning goal coming in the final minute of regulation at Rabobank Arena.


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary
The 2009-10 season produced many highlight moments and individual accomplishments. On January 15, the Salmon Kings played in their 400th game in club history. After that night, the trio of Adam Taylor, Scott Howes, and Dirk Southern combined for a highlight-reel goal vs. Bakersfield at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, which became known as "The Goal" and made TSN's Highlight of the Night . In addition, the Salmon Kings also set franchise records such for most goals in a game (9) and fastest two goals (eight seconds apart).


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary
Furthermore, the Salmon Kings players also accomplished notable individual achievements, as well. On February 11, team captain Wes Goldie passed Ryan Wade's club record for most games played in a Salmon Kings uniform at 266 games. During this season, Chad Painchaud and Jimmy Sharrow broke a five-year-old club record by scoring points in 14 and 12 straight games respectively. Painchaud would tie the franchise record goal scoring streak by scoring goals in five straight games, while veteran Olivier Filion would break the all-time club record with most games registering an assist doing so in seven games. Lastly, Jimmy Sharrow was named as in the ECHL All-Second Team honors at the end of the season.


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Player stats, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes