2009–10 Cornish Pirates season
The 2009–10 season is the Cornish Pirates 7th season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship and their first in the British and Irish Cup. The Pirates finished 6th in Stage One of the Championship, allowing them to qualify for the promotion stages, where they finished 3rd and did not qualify for the semi–finals. They also won the final of the British and Irish Cup beating Munster A 23–14.


2009–10 Cornish Pirates season, RFU Championship, Stage one matches
Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday 6 September 2009 and completed by Saturday 13 March 2010 (originally due to finish by Saturday 25 February). Each team play 11 matches at home and 11 away with the top eight teams qualifying for the promotion play–offs and bottom four play in the relegation play–off.


2009–10 Cornwall League 1
The Cornwall League 1 2009–10 was a full season of rugby union within Cornwall League 1.


2009–10 Cornwall League 1, Team Changes
Roseland, as Champions, were promoted to the Tribute Cornwall/Devon League for season 2010-11. In the play-off for promotion to the Cornwall/Devon league, Veor lost to Honiton (12 - 43) and remained in the Tribute Cornwall League for the following season.


2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season
The 2009–10 Primera División season is the 91st of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season began on July 25 and ended on May 16. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano


2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season, Format
The format for both championships are similar. Each championship will have two stages: a first "regular" stage and a second "playoff" stage. Prior to the start of the season, the twelve teams were designated into groups based on their positions in the 2008-09 aggregate table. The teams that finished 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and Liga de Ascenso winner were placed into Group A. The teams that finished in 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, and 11 were placed into Group B.


2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season, Format
The first stage was divided into two rounds: the first round for each championship had a single round-robin format; the second round for championship is different. The second round in the Invierno had the teams in each group play against each in a single round-robin format. The second round for the Verano will have the teams from each group play the teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. The top three teams from each group at the end of the stage will advance the second stage.


2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season, Format
The second stage for each championship is identical: The teams that finishes 2 & 3 in their groups will play against the opposite seed from the other group over two legs. The winner of that tie will advance to the semifinals and play against one of the top teams from the groups. The winners of that tie will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.


2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season, Campeonato de Invierno
The 2009 Campeonato de Invierno, officially the 2009 Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons, was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 25, 2009 and ended on December 28, 2009.


2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season, Campeonato de Verano
The 2010 Campeonato de Verano, officially the 2010 Campeonato de Verano Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons, was the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on January 17, 2010 and ended on May 2, 2010.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella
The 2009–10 Coupe Gambardella was the 55th edition of the French cup competition reserved for male under-19 football players. The competition is organized by the French Football Federation. The final was contested on 1 May 2010 at the Stade de France and served as a curtain raiser for the 2009–10 Coupe de France final. The defending champions were Montpellier, who defeated Nantes 2–0 in the 2008–09 edition of the competition. The current champions are Metz who won the competition by defeating Sochaux 4–3 on penalties in the final after the match ended 1–1 in 90 minutes.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, Calendar
On 17 August 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe Gambardella.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, First round
The draw for the first round of Coupe Gambardella was conducted on 26 November 2009 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris by French referee Bertrand Layec. The matches were contested on 13 December 2009. The postponed matches were played on 3 January 2010.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, Second round
The draw for the second round of the Coupe Gambardella was conducted on 17 December 2009 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris by France national under-19 football team coach Francis Smerecki. The matches were contested on 9 January 2010. The postponed matches were played on 16 and 17 January and the matches that were postponed on those days were played on 20 January with the final match of the round being played on 24 January.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, Round of 64
The draw for the Round of 64 of the Coupe Gambardella was conducted on 14 January 2010 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris by the president of the Ligue du Football Amateur Fernand Duchaussoy and Jean-Pierre Dubédat, a member of the Board of Directors of the Ligue du Football Amateur. The matches will be played on 31 January 2010.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, Round of 32
The draw for the Round of 32 of the Coupe Gambardella was conducted on 4 February 2010 at the headquarters of Crédit Agricole, who sponsor the competition, in Paris by the France national football team manager Raymond Domenech and a host of members of the Ligue du Football Amateur, including the president Fernand Duchaussoy. The matches were played on 21 February.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 of the Coupe Gambardella was conducted on 25 February 2010 at the Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France headquarters, in Paris, by France national under-18 football team manager Philippe Bergeroo and Jean-Claude Giuntini, a member of the Ligue du Football Amateur. The matches were played on 14 March.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, Quarterfinals
The draw for the Round of 16 of the Coupe Gambardella was conducted on 25 February 2010 at the headquarters of Crédit Agricole, who sponsor the competition, in Paris by French parachuting champion Nicolas Ratier. The matches were played on 4 April.


2009–10 Coupe Gambardella, Semi-finals
The draw for the Round of 16 of the Coupe Gambardella was conducted on 25 February 2010 at the headquarters of Crédit Agricole, who sponsor the competition, in Paris by French parachuting champion Nicolas Ratier. The matches will be played on 18 April.


2009–10 Coupe de France
The 2009–10 Coupe de France was the 93rd season of the most prestigious French cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). The final was contested on 1 May 2010 at the Stade de France. The defending champions were Guingamp, who had defeated Rennes 2–1 in the 2008–09 final.


2009–10 Coupe de France
The winner of the competition qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League and was inserted into the Playoff round. Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain won the competition by defeating fellow first division club AS Monaco by a score of 1–0 in the final. The victory gave Paris Saint-Germain their eight Coupe de France title and their third this millennium.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Calendar
On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Regional qualifying rounds
All the teams that entered the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, had to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determined the number of regional clubs that earned spots in the 7th round and this normally lasted six rounds.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Seventh round
The draw for the seventh round of Coupe de France was conducted on 5 November 2009 at the Maison du Sport Français, the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris by French journalist and television host Michel Drucker and Jean Djorkaeff, the president of the Coupe de France Commission. The overseas regional draw was conducted in Paris the same day, by World fencing champions Adriana Lamalle and Jean-Michel Lucenay. The matches were played on 21 and 22 November 2009.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Eighth round
The draw for the eighth round of the Coupe de France was conducted on 25 November 2009 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris, by FCF Juvisy and women's national team member Sandrine Soubeyrand, taekwondo world champion Gwladys Épangue, former national team member Steve Marlet, and Jean Djorkaeff, the president of the Coupe de France Commission. The matches were played on 12 and 13 December 2009.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Round of 64
The draw for the round of 64 of the Coupe de France was conducted on 14 December 2009 at the Champ Libres in Rennes, by former French internationals Stéphane Guivarc'h and Daniel Rodighiero, Stade Briochin and women's national team member Eugénie Le Sommer, and the current captain of the France women's national rugby union team Sandrine Agricole. The matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2010. The matches that were postponed were contested at a later date.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 of the Coupe de France was conducted on 10 January 2010 at the Eurosport headquarters in Paris, by Miss France 2010 Malika Ménard and France national team manager Raymond Domenech. The matches will be played from 22 to 24 January 2010. The matches that had to be rescheduled due to the previous round's postponed matches being contested were played mid-week on 26 and 27 January. The cancelled matches, as a result of the round of 64 matches being rescheduled, were played on 3 February and the mid-week over on 10 February.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France was conducted on 24 January 2010 at the Eurosport headquarters in Paris, by former French international Jean-Pierre Papin and French film director Fabien Onteniente. The matches were played on 9 and 10 February. The canceled match, Lens – Brest, as a result of the round of 32 matches being rescheduled, was played on 17 February.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Quarterfinals
The draw for the quarterfinals of the Coupe de France was conducted on 14 February 2010 during a Six Nations rugby match between France and Ireland at the Stade de France. The draw was conducted by 2009 World Judo champion Morgane Ribout and Morgan Parra, a player from the national rugby team. The matches will be contested on 23 and 24 March. The Quevilly – Boulogne match was moved to the Stade Robert Diochon in nearby Rouen to accommodate the anticipated high attendance for the match. Quevilly's parent ground, Stade Lozai, seats only 2,500 spectators.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Semifinals
The draw for the semi-finals of the Coupe de France was conducted on 28 March 2010 during a broadcast of France 2 show Stade 2. The draw was conducted by former Gabon national team manager and former French international Alain Giresse. The matches were contested on 13 and 14 April. The first match was televised on Eurosport and the second match was shown on France 2. The Quevilly – Paris Saint-Germain match was moved to the Stade Michel d'Ornano in Caen, which is located in Lower Normandy, not far from Rouen, which situates in Upper Normandy. The move, similar to the previous round, was made to accommodate the anticipated high attendance for the match and also because the French Football Federation felt the Stade Robert Diochon did not meet the standards needed to host a Coupe de France semi-final match.


2009–10 Coupe de France, Media coverage
For the second consecutive season in France, France Télévisions were the free to air broadcasters while Eurosport were the subscription broadcasters.


2009–10 Coupe de France 1st round
The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). All of the teams that enter the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, have to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determine the number of regional clubs that will earn spots in the 7th round and normally lasts six rounds.


2009–10 Coupe de France 1st round
See 2009–10 Coupe de France for details of the rounds from the 7th Round onwards.


2009–10 Coupe de France 1st round, Calendar
On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de France 1st round, Calendar
All times in the following tables are CET unless otherwise noted.


2009–10 Coupe de France 2nd round
The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). All of the teams that enter the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, have to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determine the number of regional clubs that will earn spots in the 7th round and normally lasts six rounds.


2009–10 Coupe de France 2nd round
See Coupe de France 2009–10 for details of the rounds from the 7th Round onwards.


2009–10 Coupe de France 2nd round, Calendar
On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de France 2nd round, Calendar
All times in the following tables are CET unless otherwise noted.


2009–10 Coupe de France 3rd through 4th rounds
The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). All of the teams that enter the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, have to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determine the number of regional clubs that will earn spots in the 7th round and normally lasts six rounds.


2009–10 Coupe de France 3rd through 4th rounds
See 2009–10 Coupe de France for details of the rounds from the 7th Round onwards.


2009–10 Coupe de France 3rd through 4th rounds, Calendar
On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de France 3rd through 4th rounds, Calendar
All times in the following tables are CET unless otherwise noted.


2009–10 Coupe de France 5th through 6th rounds
The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). All of the teams that enter the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, have to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determine the number of regional clubs that will earn spots in the 7th round and normally lasts six rounds.


2009–10 Coupe de France 5th through 6th rounds
See 2009–10 Coupe de France for details of the rounds from the 7th Round onwards.


2009–10 Coupe de France 5th through 6th rounds, Calendar
On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de France preliminary round
The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). All of the teams that enter the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, have to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determine the number of regional clubs that will earn spots in the 7th round and normally lasts six rounds.


2009–10 Coupe de France preliminary round
See 2009–10 Coupe de France for details of the rounds from the 7th Round onwards.


2009–10 Coupe de France preliminary round, Calendar
On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de France qualifying rounds
The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). All of the teams that enter the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, have to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determine the number of regional clubs that will earn spots in the 7th round and normally lasts six rounds.


2009–10 Coupe de France qualifying rounds
See 2009–10 Coupe de France for details of the rounds from the 7th round onwards.


2009–10 Coupe de France qualifying rounds, Calendar
On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de France qualifying rounds, Clubs that qualified for 7th round
Below are the clubs that have, so far, achieved qualification to the 7th round of the Coupe de France.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue
The 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue was the 16th edition of France's league cup, organized by the LFP. The defending champions were Ligue 1 club Bordeaux who defeated second division club Vannes 4–0 in the 2009 final. The competition began on 25 July 2009 and the final was held on 27 March 2010 at the Stade de France. The winners of the Coupe de la Ligue will qualify for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11. Ligue 1 club Marseille won the competition by defeating fellow first division club Bordeaux by a score of 3–1 in the final, thus giving them their first trophy since 1992.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, News
On 29 June 2009, the Ligue de Football Professionnel board of directors announced that France Télévisions will be the official provider of Coupe de la Ligue coverage for the next three seasons.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, News
For the 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue season, six clubs will be exempted until the Round of 16, the top 5 Ligue 1 finishers from the 2008–09 season and the winner of the 2008–09 Coupe de France. These teams earned exemption by virtue of qualifying for European competitions this season. Previously, only two clubs were exempted, the Ligue 1 champions and the runners-up. The six clubs that are exempted this year are Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, and Guingamp.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, News
The draw for the preliminary round, 1st round, and 2nd round was determined on 8 July.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, Preliminary round
The preliminary round was played on 25 July and featured the 2nd and 3rd-place finishers from the 2008–09 Championnat National season, the bottom three finishers from the 2008–09 Ligue 2 season, and FC Gueugnon, all of whom qualified by virtue of their professional status in the LFP .


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, First round
The 1st round was played on 1 August and featured the three winners from the preliminary round, the bottom three finishers from the 2009 Ligue 1 season, the top finisher from the 2009 Championnat National season and thirteen mid-table teams from Ligue 2.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, Second round
The 2nd round was played on the 25, 26, and 27 August and featured the ten clubs that successfully advanced from the 1st round.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, Third round
The 3rd round was played on 22 and 23 September and featured the five clubs that successfully advanced from the 2nd round, the twelve non-exempt Ligue 1 clubs, plus the top three finishers from Ligue 2.


2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, Round of 16
The Round of 16 was played on 12 January 2010. It featured the five exempt Ligue 1 teams, the ten winners from the 3rd round, and the winner of the 2008–09 Coupe de France. The draw was determined on 25 September. The Le Mans–Bordeaux match was rescheduled to 26 January due to inclement weather.


2009–10 Coventry City F.C. season, Review and events, Monthly events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2009–10 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.


2009–10 Cowdenbeath F.C. season
During the 2009–10 season Cowdenbeath competed in the Scottish Second Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Challenge Cup.


2009–10 Cowdenbeath F.C. season, Summary
Cowdenbeath finished third in the First Division, entering the play-offs winning 3–0 over Brechin on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division. They reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, the first round of the League Cup and were eliminated in the second round of the Challenge Cup.


2009–10 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Dana Altman in his 16th and subsequently final season as he would take the job at Oregon following the season. Creighton would then hire Greg McDermott as his successor. In 2009–10, the Bluejays would end the regular season with a record of 16–15 and despite losing in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, they would qualify for the CIT and make their way to the semifinal round before losing to eventual champion Missouri State.


2009–10 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team, Postseason
2010 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament3/5/10 Vs. Bradley @ Scottrade Center L, 62-812010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament3/16/10 Vs. South Dakota @ Qwest Center Omaha W, 89-783/22/10 Vs. Fairfield @ Qwest Center Omaha W, 73-553/24/10 Vs. Missouri State @ JQH Arena L, 65-78


2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season
This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2009–10 season in League Two, their 86th competitive season in the English Football League.


2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club before and during the 2009–10 season, presented in chronological order.


2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Squad information
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.


2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Squad stats, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 11 May 2010Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Players in and out, Out
Last updated: 10 October 2009EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2009–10 Croatian First Football League
The 2009–10 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the T-Com Prva HNL for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title (and fourth consecutive title) the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a goalless draw with Hajduk Split on 1 May 2010.


2009–10 Croatian First Football League
The format was changed from previous season in that the league was expanded from 12 to 16 clubs.


2009–10 Croatian First Football League, Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
Due to the expansion, no teams were directly relegated following the 2008–09 season.


2009–10 Croatian First Football League, Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
Four teams from 2008–09 Druga HNL earned direct promotion. These were champions Istra 1961, runners-up Karlovac, third-placed Lokomotiva and fifth-placed Međimurje. Fourth-placed team Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a suitable ground.


2009–10 Croatian First Football League, Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
Croatia Sesvete as last-placed team had to compete in a two-legged play-off against the sixth-placed team from Druga HNL, Hrvatski Dragovoljac. After a scoreless first leg, Croatia Sesvete retained their Prva HNL status by winning the second leg, 2–1.


2009–10 Croatian First Football League, Overview, Stadia and locations
Since most Druga HNL stadiums failed to meet the licensing requirements for top-level football, the Croatian Football Federation announced on 8 May 2008 that clubs who are likely to win promotion berths have agreed to lease stadiums approved for top-flight football. Below is the list of all the stadiums which are licensed to be used in the Prva HNL, along with their home clubs and the promoted clubs who secured rights to use them as "guests" until their own grounds have sufficiently been upgraded to host top-level matches.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup
The 2009–10 Croatian Football Cup was the nineteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup
The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb since they won the previous year's cup by defeating Hajduk Split on penalties after the result was tied 3–3 on aggregate.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup
The cup kicked off with the single-legged preliminary round which was played on 25 and 26 August 2009. Top flight clubs entered the competition in the following round, played on 22 and 23 September 2009. The two-legged final was played on 21 April and 5 May 2010, and was contested by Šibenik and Hajduk Split.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup
This was the first cup final for Šibenik, and a first time that they had passed through beyond the second round in the Croatian Cup. Hajduk Split won their fifth cup in nine finals. It was their first cup triumph in seven years since 2003 and their first silverware overall in five years since their 2004–05 Croatian championship title.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup
This was the first time that two Dalmatian clubs had reached the Croatian Cup final.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 August, and matches were held on 25 and 26 August 2009. This round consisted of 16 single-legged fixtures.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup, First round
The draw for the first round proper was held on 27 August, and matches were held on 22 and 23 September 2009.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup, Second round
The matches were played on 27 and 28 October 2009.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup, Second round
* Although Dinamo were seeded as hosts, they agreed to play the match at Vinogradar's ground at Mladina near Jastrebarsko.


2009–10 Croatian Football Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw was held on 3 November. First legs were held on 25 November and second legs on 9 December 2009.


2009–10 Croatian Ice Hockey League season
The Croatian Hockey League Season for 2009-2010 was the 19th such season. The regular season was won by KHL Mladost and the playoffs were won by KHL Medveščak II.


2009–10 Croatian Premier League (handball)
The 2009-10 Dukat Premijer Liga season is the nineteenth since its establishment and second in the Premier league format.


2009–10 Croatian Second Football League
The 2009–10 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) was the 19th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. Istra 1961 were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season.


2009–10 Croatian Second Football League
The league featured 14 clubs, playing in a double round robin league system. The season started on 22 August 2009 and ended on 29 May 2010.


2009–10 Croatian Second Football League, Changes from last season
The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season:


2009–10 Croatian Second Football League, Clubs
(As of 9 July 2009, two out of the 16 clubs which were supposed to take part in 2. HNL failed to meet UEFA competition requirements and were refused licences. These were Zmaj Makarska and NK Đakovo.)


2009–10 Croatian Second Football League, Top goalscorers
The top scorers in the 2009–10 Druga HNL season were:


2009–10 Croatian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 27 December 2009 and 10 January 2010. Twelve candidates participated in the first round, prior to a run-off between first-round winner Ivo Josipović and runner-up Milan Bandić. In the run-off, Josipović won a landslide victory, receiving 60.3% of the vote becoming the first elected president nominated by the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). The incumbent president Stjepan Mesić, who was first elected in 2000 as the candidate of the Croatian People's Party and re-elected in 2005 as an independent, was ineligible to seek re-election to a third term due to term limits.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election
As the incumbent was ineligible for re-election, several candidates took the opportunity to run for the presidency. Most mainstream Croatian political parties participated in the elections either by nominating a candidate or endorsing one. The relatively low nomination threshold (ten thousand signatures in a country of four million voters), turmoil in the largest political party (Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ) due to the departure of long-time leader Ivo Sanader and the ongoing economic crisis, as well as a significant one-man revolt in the second-largest party (Social Democratic Party of Croatia, SDP), led to a record number of candidates contesting the elections.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election
In the first round, the left of centre vote was split between 3–4 candidates, while the right of centre vote was split between 5–6 candidates. Owing to the increased fragmentation of the right, two candidates who were both long-time members of SDP progressed to the run-off. The election polls accurately predicted the winner, while the runner-up projections were usually within a statistical margin of error, lifting many candidates' hopes and enabling a sense of drama stirred by the Croatian media.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election
The second round was marked by more intense polarization. The Bandić campaign shifted their political message significantly to the right, with the Josipović campaign put on the defensive. However, a sudden reappearance of Sanader interrupted the election campaign and cemented Josipović's advantage; in the end, he won by a large margin, and was inaugurated as the third President of the Republic of Croatia on 18 February.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
After serving two consecutive five-year terms, the incumbent president Stjepan Mesić was not eligible to run in the 2009 election.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
The elections officially began on 4 November, with the start of the period for the collecting of signatures needed to become an official candidate. Each candidate had 12 days to collect 10,000 written signatures from citizens who are eligible to vote. After the 12 days expired, the signatures were verified and on November 18 the State Electoral Commission announced the 12 candidates that managed to collect the necessary number of signatures. The next day the official 37-day campaign began and went until 24 hours before Election Day, which happened to be Christmas Day, midnight.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
The first round was held on 27 December and no candidate managed to obtain 50% + one vote, so a second round was held on 10 January 2010 between the two candidates that achieved the most votes, Ivo Josipović and Milan Bandić. Each candidate could have withdrawn from the election at any time.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
Although officially the campaign started on 19 November, in reality it began as early as summer of 2009. The main political parties had not yet announced their nominees for president in the summer, but certain high-ranking politicians had expressed their interest in running very early.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
The governing HDZ saw considerable drama in selecting their candidate for president. Ever since late 2008, there was much speculation that prime minister Ivo Sanader would run for the presidency, although he frequently denied such speculation. After the local elections, the speculation grew as no other candidates publicly hinted they would run. However, Ivo Sanader unexpectedly decided not only to not run for the presidency, but to resign as prime minister and retire from active politics altogether, announcing his decision on 1 July 2009.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
Sanader nominated Andrija Hebrang as the party's candidate for president, a decision that was backed by the remainder of the party's presidency after a while, but not before widespread rumours started about the HDZ member Nadan Vidošević, a prominent businessman, being the presidency's favorite candidate. Vidošević however rejected these claims. Hebrang also hesitated before accepting the party nomination, explaining it with health reasons. Vidošević formally announced his bid as an independent candidate on September 2, and was expelled from his party soon after that.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
Also, Ivo Sanader was not the only member of the cabinet to resign as Minister of Education Dragan Primorac also announced his retirement on the very same day as the prime minister. There was much speculation that Primorac resigned as he was not his party's candidate for president and that he resigned so he could run as an independent. The speculation proved to be true and Primorac announced his candidacy on 9 November 2009. He was then also ejected from HDZ membership.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
The Social Democratic Party of Croatia also saw some controversy in the process of nominating a candidate. Immediately after the 2009 local elections and Milan Bandić's landslide victory in Zagreb as a candidate of the Social Democrats, there was much talk of his potential candidacy for president. Before the election, many influential members of SDP urged Zoran Milanović, the president of the party, to intervene and nominate someone other than Bandić, referring to numerous corruption and malversation allegations made against him during his tenure as the mayor of Zagreb.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
However, Milanović denied the widespread rumours about internal turmoil and publicly supported Milan Bandić in the mayoral campaign, making him the target of an open letter signed by many prominent left-wing intellectuals, in which they attacked Bandić and endorsed Josip Kregar. Although Milanović dismissed these charges, SDP conspicuously put Bandić at the bottom of the electoral list for the city council, which prompted further accusations of hypocrisy from their opponents.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
On 20 June the SDP presidency chose two of their members of parliament as candidates for the SDP nomination: Ivo Josipović, a law professor and known jurist, and Ljubo Jurčić, an economics professor and former Minister of the Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship. Other candidates were allowed to be submitted, however, Milan Bandić refused. On 12 July a primary election was held between the two social democrats and Ivo Josipović won with 64.78% of the vote from around ten thousand party members.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
However, the 'Bandić problem' escalated in the coming months as the media continued to speculate about his potential candidacy. Bandić started to travel throughout Croatia without a stated common agenda, and the press followed his every step and constantly asked him if he would run for the presidency. He consistently refused to comment, drawing more and more media attention with his indecisiveness.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
Finally, the drama was concluded when he officially announced his candidacy for president in a speech on 5 November at 7 am on Sljeme criticizing Zoran Milanović and his former party for turning against him saying that he was one of the founders of SDP emphasizing that he stood with the party through the good and the bad times. Bandić was automatically expelled from SDP, losing his position as a member of party's presidency and leader of the Zagreb branch of SDP. Despite that, he declared on Croatian national television HRT that he still finds himself as true Social Democrat and that he'll proudly keep his SDP membership card nr. 2. SDP later made a statement that Bandić's membership card number was 38159.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
By the time the nominations period started, most major political parties nominated their candidates for president:


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
The major independent candidates originating in the two largest parties are:


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
Several other candidates also had a history of association with major parties:


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
Political party candidates were selected within party elections, or were elected by party bodies, and they are the party's sole official candidates. All parliamentary parties have a policy to support only one candidate, and if their member announces an independent nomination, he or she automatically loses their party membership. Parliamentary parties that do not candidate their member for the president, usually publicly support someone. These parties can be listed on the electoral list for the president, but sometimes their support is just a public endorsement. Regional-right wing HDSSB supported independent candidate Milan Bandić, and regional-centrist PGS supported independent Nadan Vidošević.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
After the election, the Constitution does not allow the President to be a member of any political party so he or she must resign from membership, if there is one.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, First round candidates
Out of 19 persons who submitted signatures to the State Electoral Commission, 13 of them were regular, but one of them withdrew. The following 12 candidates ran for Sunday, December 27, 2009, presidential elections.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
The official campaign began on 19 November as the country's electoral commission announced the 12 candidates eligible to run. Andrija Hebrang collected more signatures than any other candidate with over 140,000, Ivo Josipović was second with just under 120,000, Milan Bandić collected around 60,000, Vesna Pusić just under 50,000, while Dragan Primorac and Nadan Vidošević each collected over 30,000 signatures. At the beginning of the campaign, most polls showed Josipović with a healthy lead over his opponents. Although Hebrang held the second spot in most opinion polls during the summer, he fell to as low as fifth place by November.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
He claimed opinion polls have never been kind to his party as most conservative voters refuse to participate in them and expressed conviction that come Election Day he will be the victor. Despite Bandić's indecisiveness, he held second or third place in most polls during autumn. After he officially announced his campaign, most political observers expected him to get a bump in the polls, however that never materialized. After announcing his candidacy he continuously dropped in the polls, but still managed to claim second or third place. Nadan Vidošević led most polls during 2008 and early 2009, but never managed to take the lead after officially becoming a candidate.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
Josipović based his campaign on the slogan 'Justice for Croatia' and kicked off his campaign with a rally in front of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. He attacked the current Croatian government and the prime minister Jadranka Kosor for ignoring the needs of the little man and criticized her for not dealing with corruption. Andrija Hebrang started the campaign with patriotic rhetoric with the slogan 'For a proud and European Croatia'. He praised Jadranka Kosor and her policies, mostly criticizing Dragan Primorac and Nadan Vidošević for abandoning their party, calling them deserters and traitors of their party. He argued that he offered Primorac and Vidošević an opportunity to settle the question of who will be their party's nominee for president through a primary challenge stating that they both refused.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
Nadan Vidošević used his knowledge of economic issues to gain popularity during the recession. He emphasized his business success during the 1990s as well as his post as the president of the Croatian Economic Chamber (CEC). However, the press continuously raised the subject of his estate and property and how was he able to amass such an enormous wealth in a short period of time. He usually responded saying that everything he has he built with hard work and smart business moves.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
On 9 December Dragan Primorac accused Vidošević of nepotism and criminal, claiming that he employed three of his nephews in the CEC and that his secretary was related to him. Vidošević responded by saying he does not need someone who hits women teaching him moral lessons referring to allegations made to Primorac long ago which claimed he beat his former partner. Primorac accused Vidošević of lying and threatened a lawsuit if he did not apologize to him and his wife.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
During a debate held on 10 December Primorac and Vidošević exchanged insults, Vidošević repeating his allegations and Primorac demanding an apology. Finally, on 14 December Primorac announced he will be pressing charges against Vidošević claiming he caused great emotional damage to him and especially his wife. Vidošević responded by saying Primorac would do anything to gain attention saying his campaign was falling apart.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
Milan Bandić avoided most debates saying he was a man of work, not of words. Most political pundits, however, thought he was afraid of confronting the other candidates as he usually tends to perform badly in debates. He based his campaign on the message that he was just one of the people, not an intellectual, but an ordinary hardworking patriot. Vesna Pusić heavily emphasized her gender in the campaign claiming it was time for a woman to make it to Pantovčak.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
Most commentators noticed she made the biggest change of image during the campaign out of all candidates claiming she lost her strict appearance of a professor becoming more accessible and open about her personal life. She based her campaign on her liberal and pro-European positions as well as her foreign policy experience.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
The presentation of candidates on national television is customarily a contentious issue, with minor candidates complaining of lack of coverage and the major candidates complaining about dilution of campaign on fringe issues. Croatian Radiotelevision, as the public television operator, is legally obliged to give each candidate equal airtime, and they all got a half-hour interview in the late prime-time political show "Otvoreno". There were three televised debates held in the first round. The first was held on 20 November on HRT with 10 candidates present.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
Andrija Hebrang and Boris Mikšić refused to attend claiming they were discriminated on all national television networks. The second was held on 10 December on Nova TV hosted by Mislav Bago. Five candidates that were ahead in the polls were present, Ivo Josipović, Nadan Vidošević, Andrija Hebrang, Dragan Primorac and Vesna Pusić. Milan Bandić refused to attend. The main topics were the fight against corruption, the economy and the European Union. A poll conducted after the debate showed Vesna Pusić won the debate with 30% of those polled responding she did best, with Ivo Josipović coming in second with 26%.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
The poll also showed Ivo Josipović was the most specific in his answers with Vesna Pusić following closely. The audience considered Nadan Vidošević the most likable and Andrija Hebrang the most entertaining. The final debate was once again held on HRT on 22 December and was the only one with all 12 candidates present. The main topics of discussion were campaign spending, corruption and the suggestion of removing political immunity. There were four debates planned with the final one to be held on Nova TV on 23 December with six major candidates to be present.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round
However, the six candidates behind in the polls objected saying they were discriminated by Nova TV, particularly Josip Jurčević who threatened to sue the television station and filed a complaint against it to the country's electoral commission. Finally, Nova TV canceled the scheduled debate and called for the change of Croatia's laws concerning media coverage of presidential campaigns.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round, Expense summary
By Croatian law all presidential candidates are required to publicly disclose the amount they have raised and spent throughout the official campaign. They submit it through a standardized form to the State Election Committee (Croatian: Državno izborno povjerenstvo, DIP).


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round, Expense summary
The first set of statistics were reported by the candidates before the final week of the campaign. The final amounts were reported to the DIP with the final deadline of January 25, 2010, and have been reported in Narodne novine.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, First round, Expense summary
In addition to the input statistics, Croatian NGOs GONG and Transparency International Croatia have decided to hire a media analysis agency which calculated the amount of money that was necessarily spent on advertising on television, radio and print media. They point out that this is only the observable media spending, while they estimate actual cost to be in excess of twice the amount spent on the media.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
Immediately after the official results were published shortly after midnight 28 December and it was clear the two candidates to face in a runoff would be Josipović and Bandić all the major candidates gave their speeches. Josipović called for voters to vote for the light, not for the dark, while Bandić insulted Josipović saying he was a pawn of Zoran Milanović and nothing more than his remote-control. The following morning the official campaign for the second round began.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
Josipović denied being an SDP project calling himself independent and accusing Bandić of being a remote-control of Ivo Sanader, referring among other things to claims by Dragan Primorac that Bandić was the favorite of the former prime minister. Bandić denied the rumors, however the following day the media published a story claiming that Bandić and Sanader had a secret lunch that very day in a Zagreb restaurant. Bandić denied the rumors calling the journalists who published the story liars, saying the media's favorite is Josipović and that they would do anything to discredit him.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
On Monday 28 December, the first day of the runoff campaign, the incumbent president Stjepan Mesić indicated that he supports Ivo Josipović to be his successor. He praised his manifesto and said Croatia needs a president working actively against corruption and for justice. He also insulted Milan Bandić saying it was impossible he only spent 3 million kuna for the campaign saying he knows how much a campaign costs. He pleaded for more transparency and called on him to release the names of those who were really financing his campaign.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
Bandić responded by saying that Mesić hasn't released the names of his donors to this day and that he was a part of both of his campaigns so he knows how nontransparent they were. Mesić called Bandić a liar saying he was the only one in those days to release the name of every single person who contributed to his victory. He said his campaign reports were published, on Croatian, not English, clearly referring to the fact that Bandić couldn't speak proper English.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
He also suggested there could be one debate held entirely in English, mocking Bandić since he previously claimed he speaks the language. Bandić responded saying he would be glad to attend that debate only if Mesić was moderating it, referring to the fact that the president himself was also not an English speaker. He also called the president an 'old man' saying it was only natural he forgot about the help he provided him during his two campaigns.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
On 29 December Josipović gave a speech on an SDP convention held in Rijeka where he said that with the following presidential election the political map of Croatia would change forever and that by the next parliamentary election Croatia would be colored red, referring to his party's official colour being red. Bandić did not waste time and the next day attacked Josipović arguing that the next president should not be biased once again repeating his claim that Josipović is nothing more than a pawn of Zoran Milanović who would work in his benefit if he should win. The prime minister Jadranka Kosor also criticized Josipović's remarks as unfitting.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
The first two second-round debates were held on the same evening, 30 December, the first on HRT starting a couple of minutes after 8 p.m., and the second on Nova TV starting a couple of minutes before 10 p.m. During the debates Josipović emphasized his untarnished political career as well as his knowledge of the law and the Constitution. He defended himself from attacks made by Bandić earlier in the week that he was one of those responsible for writing criminal indictments against Croatia's generals during the war, denouncing the claims as flat-out lies, saying that he offered legal aid to captured Croatian soldiers during the war.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
The most direct attack by Bandić on Josipović came at the very end of the first debate when he accused him of damaging the city of Zagreb in 1998 by allegedly abusing his position as the head of the oversight board of a savings bank Zlatica to make a series of financial maneuvers that enabled him to collect his deposit of 138,000 Deutsche Marks from the bank Komercijalna banka that had been blocked and later went bankrupt. Bandić cited a court ruling from 2006 that had invalidated those maneuvers.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
Josipović defended himself saying that was merely a civil case which he was not even a part of and that he did not commit any illegal actions. Josipović also had to defend his damaging quotation that Croatia would be coloured red by the next election, saying that it was only natural for a political party to be ambitious saying he does not consider the remarks to be unfitting repeating once again that, if elected, he would be the president of all citizens.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
The issue of whom Ivo Sanader supports unexpectedly escalated when Sanader announced he was returning to active politics at a Sunday, January 3 press conference, which resulted in a blitz uproar among the coalition partners, and subsequently his ejection from the HDZ party. President Mesić attacked Bandić saying the former prime minister returned to support him, trying to once again link Bandić to the most unpopular politician in the country. Bandić denied such claims calling them lies and distractions and once again accused Josipović of being a pawn of Zoran Milanović. At the same time, Bandić's ally Željko Kerum publicly stated that Ivo Sanader would be an "ideal president", but afterwards he backtracked somewhat, while repeating his well-known attitude on how the media is biased against him and Bandić.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
Milan Bandić heavily used religion as an issue in the campaign, calculating that Josipović's agnosticism would be a turn-off for a largely Catholic country as Croatia. He constantly repeated the only one he fears is God and that he was raised as a true believer and a humble Christian, also making claims that he has the support of the Catholic Church. Josipović largely ignored Bandić's attempts saying he would be the president of all Croatians no matter their religious beliefs. The incumbent president Stjepan Mesić was elected twice despite his atheism. However, the Bandić campaign used all tactics to force the issue, even distributing fliers in front of churches after the Sunday mass across the country urging believers to choose between the cross and a red star, referencing communism.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
Eventually, Josipović responded to the other side's discrediting tactics based on religion as well as the savings fund affair by raising the issue of how Bandić had divorced his wife in 1996 and because of that managed to buy out another apartment from the government with a discount, claiming Bandić violated the most sacred sacrament of marriage with the intent of making profit. Bandić responded in outrage saying he went through great emotional pain during his divorce saying Josipović was not a man unless he apologized.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
On 3 January the third debate took place, hosted by RTL Televizija. The main topics were the return of former prime minister Ivo Sanader to the political scene, the economy, taxes and foreign relations, especially with Slovenia. Bandić once again repeated he was a man of work who would do anything for the people, while Josipović demonstrated his knowledge of law and foreign policy. On the next day, the results of a second set of election polls were published, showing Bandić made some gains, but Josipović's support was mostly unchanged.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
The Josipović campaign released a list of 20 Croatian generals who allegedly supported him in the second round. This endorsement was subsequently used in campaign advertisements by Josipović. One of these generals, Nojko Marinović, denied any participation in the endorsement, calling it a "coarse manipulation". Petar Janjić-Tromblon was also listed and he released a statement denying his support, saying he "doesn't want to be part of their games". The name of Tihomir Blaškić was also floated in the media in this context.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
Josipović was confronted about it during the third debate, and he claimed that the disavowals were made because of peer pressure. The Bandić campaign also released their own list of associations of Croatian defenders who allegedly supported him in the second round, including the Association of the 105th Brigade of the Croatian National Guard, but the war-time commander of the 105th Brigade of the Croatian Army Stjepan Ivanić came forward to state that their association was both named and listed wrongly and said that their members were "appalled by the disinformation".


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
The Bandić campaign created a negative campaign television ad that used a recording of Josipović's words, but after the Josipović campaign complained, the State Election Committee banned it as a violation of campaign rules, while Bandić campaign complained of censorship. They eventually released a modified version of the same ad, just avoiding the use of Josipović's own voice.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
The January 7 debate on Nova TV was held at 21:45, moderated once again by Mislav Bago. The two candidates had a somewhat more intense exchange regarding most issues previously discussed in the campaign. They once again compared tenure in the League of Communists of Croatia and SDP, their personal properties as well as moral values. Josipović called on Bandić to compare their physical and stock properties in court, which the latter refused. There was some talk of endorsements, and some reflections on talking points. They finished in a more cordial tone with the mention of future private visits as well as family pets.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round
The last debate occurred on January 8 on HRT, moderated by Branimir Bilić. Most common topics were covered once again, ending with some larger themes of international politics such as global warming and the inequality of the third world.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round, Notable abstentions
The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) stated that they will not endorse any candidate in the second round, and have censored local branches that attempted to explicitly endorse Bandić. This happened to HDZ's mayor of Zadar Zvonimir Vrančić who first endorsed him but later disclaimed official support, and also to the HDZ branch of Makarska which also retracted their support under threat of sanction.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round, Notable abstentions
The Catholic Church in Croatia claimed that they're neutral in this; the Croatian Bishops' Conference states that they never endorse anyone. But, there are some signs of subtle pro-Bandić attitude: Croatian archbishop Josip Bozanić was visited by Milan Bandić in the Archbishop's office on January 2. The editor of the official church gazette Glas Koncila Ivan Miklenić, otherwise known as a vocal critic of President Mesić, did not endorse any candidate and instead expressed disappointment with both candidates, but later made statements that were interpreted to favor Bandić. During the campaign, numerous minor violations related to Church members were observed by GONG, in favor of Bandić.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round, Notable abstentions
Many first-round candidates endorsed the second-round candidates, but some made public statements regarding the second round but did not endorse. Dragan Primorac made several public statements - he initially tried to stay completely neutral, but later released one where he listed some characteristics of the future president that he would want, without naming a candidate, but focusing on the fight against corruption. The reception was mixed – Večernji list said he chose no one, while Jutarnji list said that he chose Josipović, reading between the lines. The Josipović campaign later decided to include Primorac in their endorsement list and Primorac did not seem to come forward with a public rebuttal. On the other hand, Josip Jurčević made a late public statement telling voters to void their ballot.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, General election campaign, Second round, Expense summary including the second round
These following amounts were submitted to the DIP before the final week of the campaign. The rest will be delivered and published after the second round. The amount spent calculation was done by GONG and TIH for the same period.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results
The percentages of votes from each candidate are calculated from number of valid votersThe percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout numberThe turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round result analysis
The first round of the election saw the lowest turnout of any presidential election in Croatia's history with only 43.96% of all the citizens eligible to vote participating in the election compared to 50.57% five years ago and 62.98% ten years ago. Most political observers noted the public's increasing distrust in politicians and the political system as the main reason for the low turnout.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round result analysis
Nationwide, Ivo Josipović obtained 32% and Milan Bandić 14%, meaning the two of them combined achieved less support than Stjepan Mesić did in 2005 in the first round only. The fact that there were only three actual left-leaning candidates meant the left was relatively united under Josipović, while the votes of the right were spread out on several prominent candidates, including Bandić, which was one of the reasons why no right wing candidate managed to qualify for a run-off. As such, this election became historic as a run-off would feature two candidates once in the same party, Josipović, who rejoined SDP a year before the election, and Bandić, who left SDP a month before the election so he could run as an independent.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round result analysis
The candidate of the governing centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Andrija Hebrang came in third with 12% of the vote, a result noticeably better than most polls had predicted, but still seen by many as a debacle for HDZ as he achieved the lowest ever result for the party on a national level and also became their first presidential candidate not to secure a second round since Mate Granić in 2000. Nadan Vidošević, who was seen by many as a front-runner for the presidency in the beginning of the year, came in fourth with 11% of the vote. Dragan Primorac was the third prominent right-wing candidate who invested huge sums in his campaign, but in the poll he achieved only 6%, lower than what many polls had predicted. Primorac was indeed surpassed even by the centre-left candidate Vesna Pusić who was fifth, obtaining 7.25%.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round result analysis
No other candidate achieved more than 5% on a national level. Left-wing Damir Kajin made a decent showing in his home county, but was nevertheless surpassed by the right-wing Miroslav Tuđman in the overall tally. Slavko Vukšić's final number of votes was even smaller than the number of signatures that originally supported his nomination.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round result analysis
Josipović carried all 21 counties except for two, the Lika–Senj County which was carried by Andrija Hebrang and the Istria County carried by Damir Kajin. He also won the all major cities including the capital of Croatia, Zagreb, a sort of embarrassment for Bandić who is the mayor of the city. Bandić had won the 2009 Zagreb local elections with almost 150,000 votes just seven months prior, but with a turnout of 41.69%/33.62% and under the SDP banner. This time he won only some 59,000 votes or 15.64% in Zagreb, with a local turnout of 52.40%.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
As all the polls around the country closed at 7 p.m., the first exit polls were published by the major television networks. They showed Ivo Josipović easily claiming first place, but failing to obtain an outright majority winning 32%. The polls showed Milan Bandić, Andrija Hebrang and Nadan Vidošević in a statistical tie with each of them achieving 14%, 12% and 11% respectively.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
Andrija Hebrang's third place was seen as a great success as most opinion polls before the first round showed him with only single-digit approval, while Nadan Vidošević's placing was seen as a disappointment since most polls before the vote showed him battling for second place with Milan Bandić. The polls predicted Vesna Pusić and Dragan Primorac would be the only other candidates to pass 5% with each of them collecting 7% and 5% respectively. In 2007, during the parliamentary election, all exit polls predicted SDP would narrowly win, when in the reality HDZ turned out as the victor.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
With that in mind, Andrija Hebrang expressed conviction that when actual results were published, he would overtake Bandić and qualify for second round. He claimed that exit polls do not take into account the votes coming from the citizens living abroad and that conservative voters do not participate in exit polls as much as liberal voters. However, the exit polls predicted the outcome almost perfectly as the country's electoral commission's results later confirmed.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
Ivo Josipović gave a short speech after the exit polls were announced saying he was confident the official results would match the results they predicted. After the official results were published, he gave a victory speech shortly after midnight thanking his colleagues and especially his voters for their support and expressed conviction he would be the victor once again two weeks later. He said the citizens of Croatia have a choice between the light and the dark, with him being the light, referring to his untarnished political record, and Bandić being the dark, referring to his allegations of corruption.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
Milan Bandić arrived to his campaign headquarters just a couple of minutes before midnight and just a couple of minutes after the results were announced he gave his speech. He congratulated all the other candidates and said a new race began that night. He said he would be an independent president, not a remote-control of Zoran Milanović and accused Josipović of being a project of the highest-ranking members of SDP. He claimed Croatia needs a president that works for them, not for his party.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
While he was speaking, most television networks were showing scenes from Josipović headquarters in the corner, with Milanović observing Bandić's remarks. During the middle of his speech, right when Bandić was bashing his former party and its leader, Josipović came to the stage and all television stations switched to hear what he had to say.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
Andrija Hebrang accused his party's dissidents, Vidošević and Primorac, as well as most right-wing candidates for 'stealing' his votes saying the result was that two left-wingers would face-off in the second round. Despite this, he called the election a great victory of the right claiming that right-leaning candidates combined achieved better results that left-leaning candidates combined. In making this assertion, he failed to consider Bandić as left-leaning, and ignored Vidošević's appeal to the left-leaning voters as well. Vidošević conceded defeat saying that one should never blame his failures on others, but himself.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
He urged the public to continue believing in a better tomorrow saying that Croatia should be a country of knowledge and justice, not of corruption and divisiveness. Pusić gave a short teary speech calling Croatia a country with a lot of potential with only the right leadership. She also noted that no government would ever be able to win without the support of HNS. Primorac said he would be forming a new party which would be independent from both HDZ and SDP and said he saw a bright future for Croatia.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, First round election night
This election night also saw great drama with the war of the television networks. Nova TV and RTL Televizija organized the exit polls together and offered HRT to participate, however HRT refused claiming they were unaware exit polls would be permitted as electoral silence lasted until midnight. HRT showed the results of the exit polls during their prime-time news show Dnevnik. Nova TV and RTL Televizija objected and demanded HRT to pay for distributing their polls.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
The first round of the election saw the lowest turnout for any Croatian presidential election ever, so many political pundits at the beginning of the runoff campaign predicted an even lower turnout for the second round. However, as the campaign started to become more heated and the electoral body more divided, it was evident the runoff election would have a greater turnout than the first round. The increase in turnout was 277,661 people, of which 268,166 cast valid votes. Overall, 50.13% of citizens who are eligible to vote fulfilled their public right. That's a little more than 6 percentage points higher turnout than the first round and on pair with five years ago, but 10 percentage points less than 10 years ago and the lowest turnout for a runoff presidential election ever.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
Nationwide, Ivo Josipović achieved 1,339,385 votes, or 60.26%, while Milan Bandić won 883,222 votes, or 39.74%. Most polls before the election were showing Josipović with a hefty double-digit lead, but never as much as 20 percentage points as he achieved during the election.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
The difference between the two candidates came as a surprise to many pundits and analysts for two reasons: the polls usually favor the more liberal candidate since left-leaning voters tend to participate in opinion polls more than conservative voters; and the fact that most polls before the election didn't include the votes from the citizens living abroad, which was expected to be a strong boost for Bandić come Election Day. Nevertheless, the final result is similar to the result of the last several polls when only the certain voters were taken into account, which may indicate that few undecided voters actually went to the polls in the second round.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
Josipović won all Croatian counties except for the Lika-Senj county, the least populated Croatian county. Similarly, he won all cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants and all cities that are county seats, except for Gospić, which is also the smallest. The capital city Zagreb was also won by Josipović, with a margin that was slightly higher than the national average. Bandić was unsuccessful in the majority of Zagreb boroughs, but he did win Lika and the extraterritorial electoral unit, where the majority of votes came from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The closest margins were in the traditional right-wing strongholds in parts of Slavonia and Dalmatia.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
According to the exit polls Josipović won more than 90% of Vesna Pusić's voters and 70% of Nadan Vidošević's voters. He also managed to consolidate the traditionally centre-left voters winning 90% of his party's as well as more than 80% of HNS voters and more than 70% of the centrist HSLS and centre-right HSS voters, at the same time appealing to every fourth HDZ voter. Bandić won almost 80% of all Hebrang voters as well as 57% of Primorac's voters and obtained 3 quarters of all HDZ voters, confirming the assumption that Bandić mostly appealed to the right.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
The result was not received particularly well by the Church gazette Glas Koncila editor Ivan Miklenić, who stated Josipović's legitimacy, but first pointed out that he was elected by less than a third of the total population, and claimed that he was supported by "obscure power centers". He concluded that the election is the result of a policy of continuation and "not a democratic breakthrough". The secular Jutarnji list editor Davor Butković lambasted that opinion, saying he was personally a Catholic but was offended by the notion that the Church would undermine the election result.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
Having a third of the electorate's votes is not relevant because not even the late Franjo Tuđman or even any single Government was ever elected with more than a half of the electorate. He concluded by asking why the Church is "insulting its faithful who voted for Josipović" and saying that as long as this kind of a stance persists, the Croatian churches will "remain empty other than on major holidays".


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round result analysis
The secular Večernji list chief commentator Milan Ivkošić once again called on Josipović to stay away from former President Mesić's "selective finger-pointing" which in his opinion particularly impacted the President's relations with Kaptol, in addition to a perceived "complaisance in the defence of Croatian national interests". He also noted that the new president remains "marked" by his agnosticism in relation to the right-wing voting body, but called on the Croatians to determine a basic consensus and avoid any accusations of "treason". Josipović indeed explicitly stated that he "will not step into that whole polemic" and that he has no comment.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round election night
When the polls around the country closed at 19:00 RTL and Nova TV published the results of the exit polls conducted by Ipsos PULS. They predicted a landslide win for Josipović, giving him an advantage of almost 30 percentage points, significantly larger than all of the second-round polls. This shifted much of the political commentary and rendered much of the expected drama moot. The Josipović headquarters started celebrating immediately after the polls closed claiming that the difference is too large for Bandić to overcome and the exit polls don't feature such a large statistical margin of error.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round election night
The Bandić campaign said they'll wait for official results, but admitted it would be very hard for Bandić to overtake Josipović's 30 point lead even when the votes from abroad were tallied. The exit polls predicted the outcome well as the ratio between the two candidates was 9 to 1 for Bandić abroad, where there were no exit polls, which narrowed Josipović's victory to a final difference of 21 percentage points.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round election night
After the official results were announced at midnight it was evident that Ivo Josipović was elected the third president of the Republic. He gave a victory speech shortly after thanking everybody who voted for him, but also saying he would be the president of all, not just the left. He called his victory a step in the right direction and said he would work hard for justice and a better Croatia. Josipović did not finish his acceptance speech before Bandić started his concession speech, using the opportunity to decry "hate, contempt and intolerance from everyone" towards him. The Bandić self-victimization was ultimately not well received by both the voters and the media.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round election night
During election night, Milanović gave an interview to the three major television networks where he congratulated Ivo Josipović and called on Jadranka Kosor to hold a meeting with him where they would discuss the major political differences between their two parties and find a way to agree on how to help the economy further. The prime minister responded the very same night when she congratulated Josipović saying she invited the opposition leader for a coffee over six months ago claiming he refused. Milanović responded the next day by saying he doesn't want finger-pointing, but a constructive discussion about jobs, the budget and tax reform. They came to an agreement the following week and they held a meeting on 21 January.


2009–10 Croatian presidential election, Summary of the results, Second round election night
Although HRT admitted they crossed the line two weeks ago when they reported the results of the exit polls conducted by RTL and Nova TV, they once again 'borrowed' the results for the second round election night. This caused a stir within HRT against the main editor of the news program Hloverka Novak-Srzić who was faced with scandals long before the election night incident. Finally, exactly nine days after the election, on 19 January, she was released of her duties as chief editor.


2009–10 Cruz Azul season
The 2009–19 Cruz Azul season was the 50th season in the football club's history and the 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club participated in the Apertura and Bicentenario tournaments of the Mexican Primera División and in the CONCACAF Champions League.


2009–10 Cruz Azul season, Players, Torneo Apertura
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Crystal Palace F.C. season
The Crystal Palace F.C. season 2009–10 was Crystal Palace's 5th consecutive season in the Championship, after a 15th-placed finish in the previous campaign. The season started well before taking a turn for the worse when the club was placed into administration at the end of January 2010, culminating in manager Neil Warnock leaving his job just over a month later and being replaced by Paul Hart, whose tenure saw the club survive relegation on the final day of the season.


2009–10 Cuban National Series
The 49th Cuban National Series was won by Industriales over Villa Clara. Sancti Spíritus, who had the best regular season record, lost in the first round. Defending champion La Habana were eliminated in the semifinals.


2009–10 Cupa României
The 2009–10 Cupa României was the seventy-second season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament. It began on 15 July 2009 with the matches of Phase 1 and ended with the Final on 6 June 2010. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.


2009–10 Cupa României
The winners of the competition qualified for the play-off round of the 2010–11 Europa League.


2009–10 Cupa României, Round of 32
The 14 winners of Phase V entered in this round and were joined by 18 teams from the 2009–10 Liga I season. The matches were played on 22–24 September 2009.


2009–10 Cupa României, Round of 16
The 16 winners from the previous round competed in this round. The matches were played on 27, 28 and 29 October 2009.


2009–10 Cupa României, Quarter-finals
Eight winners from the previous round competed in this round. The matches were played on 17, 18 and 19 November 2009 in a one leg tie.


2009–10 Cupa României, Semifinals
The semifinals were played in two legs. The first leg was played on 24 and 25 March 2010 while the second leg on 14 and 15 April 2010.


2009–10 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá
The 2009–10 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá was the 2009–10 season of the Curaçao Sekshon Pagá.


2009–10 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá, Final
The 2010 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá Final was a football match that took place on 15 August 2010 at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad, Curaçao, to determine the winner of the 2010 Curaçao League Final. Hubentut Fortuna defeated the Centro Social Deportivo Barber 1–0 with a goal from Tyrone Maria four his team.


2009–10 Cyclo-cross Gazet van Antwerpen
The 2009–2010 Cyclo-cross Gazet van Antwerpen took place between 10 October 2009 and 21 February 2010. This season, all eight rounds took place in Belgium. Sven Nys won the overall trophy in the elite men category, followed by Zdeněk Štybar and Niels Albert.


2009–10 Cyclo-cross Superprestige
The 2009–2010 Cyclo-cross Superprestige events and season-long competition took place between 11 October 2009 and 14 February 2010. Eight events were organised and the overall title went to Zdeněk Štybar.


2009–10 Cyclo-cross Superprestige, Results, Standings
In each race, the top 15 riders gain points, going from 15 points for the winner decreasing by one point per position to 1 point for the rider finishing in 15th position. In case of ties in the total score of two or more riders, the result of the last race counts as decider. If this is not decisive because two or more riders scored no points, the penultimate race counts, and so on until there is a difference.


2009–10 Cymru Alliance
The 2009–10 Cymru Alliance season began on Friday 14 August 2009 and ended on Saturday 8 May 2010. The league was won by Llangefni Town.


2009–10 Cymru Alliance, Team changes from 2008–09
Bala Town as 2008–09 Champions were promoted to the Welsh Premier League with Caernarfon Town replacing them.


2009–10 Cymru Alliance, Team changes from 2008–09
Berriew were promoted from Mid Wales League, Bethesda Athletic were promoted from the Welsh Alliance League and Llangollen Town were promoted from the Welsh National League.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup
The 2009–10 Cypriot Cup was the 68th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 28 clubs entered the competition. It began on 23 September 2009 with the first round and concluded on 15 May 2010 with the final which was held at GSZ Stadium. Apollon won their 6th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating APOEL 2–1 in the final.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division and the Cypriot Second Division. Teams from the two lower divisions (Third and Fourth) competed in a separate cup competition.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of five rounds. All rounds, except the final, were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, Format
If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, Format
The cup winner secured a place in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, First round
In the first round participated all the teams of the Cypriot Second Division and 10 of 14 teams of the Cypriot First Division. The four first division teams which were qualified for 2008–09 Cypriot Cup's semifinals (APOP Kinyras, AEL Limassol, APOEL and Apollon Limassol) did not participated in this round. The Cypriot First Division teams were not drawn together and played the second leg at home.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, First round
The draw for the first round took place on 1 September 2009. The first legs were played on 23 and 30 September 2009. The second legs were played on 30 September and 21, 28 October 2009.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, Second round
Teams that qualified for last year's semifinals entered in this round, along with the 12 winners of the previous round. The draw for the second round took place on 17 November 2009. The first leg matched were played on 25 November 2009 and the second legs on 16 December 2009.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, Quarter-finals
The first legs for the quarterfinals were played on 27 January and on 2, 3 and 10 February 2010. The second legs were played on 10 and 17 February 2010.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 14 April 2010 and the second legs on 27 and 28 April 2010.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions
The 2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 2nd edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 23 clubs entered the competition. It began on 4 November 2009 with the first round and concluded on 31 March 2010 with the final which was held at Geroskipou Municipality Stadium. Chalkanoras won their 1st cup trophy after beating AEK Kouklia 1–0 in the final.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
Only teams from the Cypriot Third Division and Cypriot Fourth Division could participate. Participation was not compulsory. 23 of 29 participated that season.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
The competition consisted of five rounds. In the first and in the second round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
The next two rounds were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, First round
9 out of the 23 teams were drawn to qualify directly to the second round, without needing to play any match.


2009–10 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Second round
In the second round participated the winners of the first round ties.


2009–10 Cypriot First Division
The 2009–10 Cypriot First Division was the 71st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It started on 29 August 2009. APOEL were the defending champions.


2009–10 Cypriot First Division, Competition modus
Fourteen teams will participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2008–09 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.


2009–10 Cypriot First Division, Competition modus
Each team will play against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.


2009–10 Cypriot First Division, Competition modus
The teams ranked first through fourth will play out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.


2009–10 Cypriot First Division, Overview, Stadiums and Locations
Due to the ongoing Cypriot separation, several clubs originally located in the Turkish occupied part of the island play in the unoccupied part. Further, not all home grounds fulfil the requirements for Cypriot top-level football. Thus, the map depicts the current home ground of each team and not its original location.


2009–10 Cypriot First Division, Overview, Managerial changes
The following list represents every head coach change for any team during the season (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010).


2009–10 Cypriot Fourth Division
The 2009–10 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 25th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Enosis Neon Parekklisia won their 1st title.


2009–10 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format
Fifteen teams participated in the 2009–10 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2010–11 Cypriot Third Division and the last four teams were relegated to regional leagues.


2009–10 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format, Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2009–10 Cypriot Second Division
The 2009–10 Cypriot Second Division was the 55th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. It started on September, 2009 and finished on May 2010. Alki Larnaca won their 4th title.


2009–10 Cypriot Third Division
The 2009–10 Cypriot Third Division was the 39th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Chalkanoras Idaliou won their 2nd title.


2009–10 Cypriot Third Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2009–10 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2010–11 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2010–11 Cypriot Fourth Division.


2009–10 Cypriot Third Division, Format, Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2009–10 Czech 1. Liga season
The 2009–10 Czech 1.liga season was the 17th season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 16 teams participated in the league, and KLH Chomutov won the championship.


2009–10 Czech 2. Liga
The 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga was the 17th season of the 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech football league. The season began on 31 August 2009 and ended on 5 June 2010. There was a winter break between 17 November 2009 and 4 March 2010.


2009–10 Czech Cup
The 2009–10 Czech Cup was the seventeenth edition of the annual football knock-out tournament of the Czech Republic. It began on 19 July 2009 with the preliminary round. The final was held on 18 May 2010.


2009–10 Czech Cup, Fourth round
The first legs of the fourth round were played on 7 October 2009, and the second legs were played on 28 October 2009.


2009–10 Czech Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 31 March 2010, and the second legs were played on 7 April 2010.


2009–10 Czech Cup, Semifinals
The first legs of the semi-finals were played on 21 April 2010, and the second legs were played on 28 April 2010.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season
The 2009–10 Czech Extraliga season was the 17th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. In the regular season, Plzeň 1929 finished atop the league, Roman Červenka led the league in points and assists, and Petr Ton led the league in goals.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Standings
(C) = Playoff champions; (Q) = Qualified to playoffs; (RP) = Relegation playoff; (O) = Relegation playoff winner; (R) = Relegated.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Season summary
The regular season consisted of 52 games for each team. Every team plays each of the other 13 teams four times, twice at home and twice on the road. Each game is worth three points in the standings. A game won in regulation nets the victor three points and the loser none. A game the ends in a tie at the end of regulation goes into overtime and, if necessary, a shootout. In an overtime or shootout game, the winner earns two points while the loser is awarded one point.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Bracket
The playoff bracket is not a fixed bracket. Like the intraconference bracket in the NHL, the matchups are adjusted in each successive round in order to place the top-ranked team against the bottom-ranked team.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Playoff summary
At the end of the regular season, the seventh through tenth-placed teams played in a best-of-five, preliminary playoff round. In the preliminary round Bílí Tygři Liberec defeated České Budějovice and Slavia Prague defeated Litvínov, both series going the 5-game distance. Liberec was then paired against Plzeň, and Slavia were paired against Zlín. Other first round matchups included Vítkovice–Sparta and Pardubice–Třinec.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Playoff summary
The quarterfinal round saw two major upsets as the preliminary round winners knocked off the two highest-seeded teams from the regular season. Eighth-seeded Liberec knocked off top seed Plzeň in six games, 4–2, capped off by a 7–2 victory in game 6. The other first round upset saw Slavia knock off Zlín, also in six games and in front of their home crowd. Third-seeded Pardubice, after dropping the first game at home, ran off four straight victories to defeat Třinec 4–1. The only first round series to go the seven-game distance saw Vitkovice win at home to hold off Sparta.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Playoff summary
In the semifinal round, Pardubice, the highest-remaining seed, were placed against Liberec, and Vitkovice were paired against Slavia.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Relegation, Play-out round
The bottom four teams from the regular season – Karlovy Vary, Kometa Brno, Mladá Boleslav, Kladno – were placed in a "play-out" relegation group. The group is structured like a mini-season in which each of the four teams played each of the other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, the same as the regular season format. The results from the regular season standings are retained, and the additional relegation round match results are added to the table in order to determine which team is relegated to the Czech First League. Mladá Boleslav won only two of their twelve relegation round games, one in regulation and one in a shootout, and faced the 1. národní hokejová liga winner KLH Chomutov in best-of-seven series.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Relegation, Play-out round
(C) = Playoff champions; (Q) = Qualified to playoffs; (RP) = Relegation playoff; (O) = Relegation playoff winner; (R) = Relegated.


2009–10 Czech Extraliga season, Relegation, Play-off round
Mladá Boleslav were paired against KLH Chomutov, playoff winners of the 2009-10 playoffs of the 1. národní hokejová liga, with the winner of the best of seven series earning a place in the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season. Mladá Boleslav won the series 4–1 and retained their position in the Extraliga.