2009–10 FK Sarajevo season
The 2009–2010 season was Sarajevo's 64th season in existence, and their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team competed in the National Cup and the qualifications for UEFA Europa League. During the season club changed the managers. Mirza Varešanović become the Sarajevo's manager on 7 April 2010, after Mehmed Janjoš left the position on 28 March. During the transition period, Almir Turković, assistant coach of Mehmed Janjoš, was positioned as the head coach. The season covers the period from 25 June 2009 to 24 June 2010.


2009–10 FK Sarajevo season
In this season, Sarajevo reached the play-off round of Europa League, which is one of the best results in European competitions in "after-war era" of club's history. Team finished in 5th place of Premier League, and they ended their Cup journey in Second round.


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


2009–10 FK Sarajevo season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League
Sarajevo entered the Europa League at the second qualifying round.


2009–10 FK Sarajevo season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Second qualifying round
On 22 June, Sarajevo were drawn to face Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) or Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) in the Second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. On 9 July, it was determined that Spartak would be Sarajevo's opponent, having defeated Inter 5–2 on aggregate. By winning 2–1 on aggregate, Sarajevo secured place in the Third qualifying round. Before the second leg match, supporters of both teams had a fight on the streets of Trnava, which resulted in few injured fans.


2009–10 FK Sarajevo season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Third qualifying round
Sarajevo 3–3 Helsingborg on aggregate. Sarajevo won 5–4 on penalties.


2009–10 FK-League
The 2009–10 FK-League was the first season of the FK-League. The season began on 25 December 2009, and ended on 19 March 2010. All matches were played at Yongin Gymnasium, Yongin.


2009–10 Faithwear Metbank One-Day Competition
The 2009–10 Faithwear Metbank One-Day Competition was a List A cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 19 September 2009 – 10 April 2010. It was the first edition of the tournament held after a reorganization of Zimbabwean cricket, and saw the previous five teams replaced with five franchises: Mashonaland Eagles, Matabeleland Tuskers, Mid West Rhinos, Mountaineers and Southern Rocks.


2009–10 Faithwear Metbank One-Day Competition
It was won by the Mountaineers, who defeated the Mid West Rhinos in the final by three wickets.


2009–10 Falkirk F.C. season
The 2009–10 Scottish Premier League was Falkirk F.C. 's 5th consecutive season in the SPL. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club has played during the season.


2009–10 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act dispute
In 2009 a provision was added to the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that would have changed the conditions under which some of FedEx Corporation's employees could unionize. FedEx referred to these provisions as the "Brown Bailout".


2009–10 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act dispute, Overview
The argument between FedEx on the one hand and UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union on the other is over which labor act FedEx's non-airline personnel should be covered under, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) or the Railway Labor Act (RLA):


2009–10 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act dispute, Overview
As of June 2010, The NLRA covers UPS's non-airline workers, and the RLA all of its airline workers; a large number of UPS drivers, package handlers and clerks are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Yet, all FedEx personnel, including those working on railways and other modes of ground transport, are covered under the RLA, which requires them to unionize nationally.


2009–10 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act dispute, Overview
If the provisions were passed, FedEx's non-airline personnel would be able to unionize more easily, because they would be covered under the NLRA. According to the Memphis-based company, this change could also "expose [its] customers at any time to local work stoppages that interrupt the flow of their time-sensitive, high-value shipments”. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has counter-attacked with its own web campaign, "FedEx drivers aren't pilots", insisting on the fact that the NLRA, not the RLA, should apply to FedEx's ground personnel.


2009–10 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act dispute, Controversial use of the term 'bailout'
The term 'Brown Bailout' refers to the provision that UPS has lobbied to have put into the $34.5 billion Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act (H.R. 915) voted on by the United States House of Representatives in May 2009 and by the United States Senate in March 2010. The term was coined in FedEx's large online advertising campaign against UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; it seeks to emphasize the idea that changing FedEx's personnel statute would be equivalent to giving UPS a 'bailout'.


2009–10 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act dispute, Controversial use of the term 'bailout'
However, independent observers have strongly criticized FedEx's wording, claiming that it was "an abuse of the term". Steve Centrillo, a marketing consultant quoted by the New York Times, described the use of the word 'bailout' as "the most questionably ethical thing on the [Brown Bailout] site". Quoted in the same article, advertising professional Scott Elser expressed his concern that the use of the word 'bailout' had "the ability to potentially harm" FedEx, arguing that what FedEx's website claimed was a bailout "clearly [was] not a bailout as most consumers and business people would define it". According to the Oxford American Dictionary, a bailout is the "act of giving financial assistance to a failing business or economy to save it from collapse".


2009–10 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act dispute, Controversial use of the term 'bailout'
Time Magazine listed the term 'bailout' as one of the top 10 buzzwords of 2008, insisting on its negative connotation; this is in large part due to the fact that a substantial number of Americans have a negative opinion of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, commonly referred to as 'a bailout of the U.S. financial system'.


2009–10 Fencing World Cup
The 39th FIE Fencing World Cup began on October 2009 and concluded on November 2010 at the 2010 World Fencing Championships held in Paris.


2009–10 Fenerbahçe S.K. season
The 2009–10 Fenerbahçe S.K. season was the club's 102nd season in its history and its 52nd consecutive year in the Süper Lig since its establishment. The season covered a period from July 2009 to June 2010. Having finished fourth in the Süper Lig the previous season, Fenerbahçe qualified for the rebranded UEFA Europa League third qualifying round and for the group stage of the rebranded Turkish Cup, the Ziraat Turkish Cup.


2009–10 Fenerbahçe S.K. season, Previous season positions
The club competed in the 2008–09 Süper Lig, 2008–09 Turkish Cup in domestic and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League in European competitions. Fenerbahçe progressed past Hungarian side MTK Hungária in the second qualifying round, then defeated Serbian club Partizan in the third qualifying round to advance to the group stage. Fenerbahçe performed poorly in the group stage, gaining only two points from six matches and finishing last in Group G.


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


2009–10 Fenerbahçe S.K. season, Matches, Süper Lig
Fenerbahçe played their 52nd consecutive season in the league. They competed with 17 other teams.


2009–10 Fenerbahçe S.K. season, Matches, Ziraat Turkish Cup
Fenerbahçe participated in the 48th Turkish Cup starting in the group stages. Fenerbahçe completed the group stage. First Fenerbahçe matched with Bursaspor in quarterfinals. They won Bursaspor aggregate, 4–3. Then Fenerbahçe matched with Manisaspor in semifinals. They won Manisaspor aggregate, 3–1. Finally Fenerbahçe matched with Trabzonspor. They lost Trabzonspor 3-1 and had farewell the cup. All times at EET


2009–10 Feyenoord season
The 2009–10 season was the first season under new coach Mario Been. The former Feyenoord striker was manager of NEC, and has been assistant-coach of Bert van Marwijk at Feyenoord in the past. Feyenoord welcomed five new players: Dani Fernández joined on a free transfer from NEC; Sekou Cissé signed a four-year deal after his transfer from Roda JC, Kamohelo Mokotjo came over from SuperSport United; and loan agreements were made with Borac Čačak for Aleksandar Ignjatović and with Nantes for Stefan Babović.


2009–10 Feyenoord season, Pre-season
Feyenoord began the pre-season with a 5–0 win against the amateurs of SC Feyenoord. Feyenoord then played the amateurs of BVV Wit-Rood-Wit (1–10 win), BVV Barendrecht (0–2 win) and BSV Limburgia (0–12 win). The first serious test came against VVV-Venlo on July 11 for the Herman Teeuwen Bokaal. The game ended in a 2–2 draw, but VVV-Venlo proved the better at the penalty-shoot-out and claimed the trophy. Feyenoord won a friendly against Sporting CP in Lisbon with 1–2, before ending their pre-season preparations with a 3–0 home win against Italian side Sampdoria.


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


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


2009–10 Finland women's national ice hockey team
The 2009-10 Finland's Women's National Hockey team represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Prior to the games, the National team participated in various tournaments during the 2009-10 season. The team won the Bronze Medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The head coach is Pekka Hämäläinen.


2009–10 Finland women's national ice hockey team, 2010 Olympics
In the Bronze Medal game, Karoliina Rantamäki scored in overtime as Finland beat Sweden 3-2. Heidi Pelttari and Michelle Karvinen also scored for Finland. Noora Rätyä made 16 saves for Finland who led 2-1 after the second period. Rantamäki scored the winner just 2:33 into the overtime.


2009–10 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 2009–10 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina season was the tenth since its establishment.


2009–10 First League of the Republika Srpska
The First League of the Republika Srpska 2009–10 was the 15th since its establishment.


2009–10 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2009–10 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.


2009–10 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The Gators finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in SEC play. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2010 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to Mississippi State. They received an at–large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their first appearance since their 2006–07 National Championship season, where they earned a No. 10 seed in the West Region. They were defeated in the first round by No. 7 seed BYU in double overtime.


2009–10 Florida Gators women's basketball team
The 2009–10 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2009–10 women's college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Amanda Butler, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.


2009–10 Florida Panthers season
The 2009–10 Florida Panthers season was the 17th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. After earning 77 points in the season, the Panthers did not qualify for the playoffs.


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Off-season
The Panthers moved their training facilities and administrative center to the 'Incredible Ice' complex in Coral Springs, Florida. A new $10 million, 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) expansion was built to accommodate the Panthers.


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Off-season
On June 1, 2009, General Manager Jacques Martin resigned his position to become the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens. Assistant General Manager Randy Sexton assumed the duties of general manager on an interim basis, and was named general manager just prior to the start of the season. This is Sexton's second time as an NHL general manager. He was the Ottawa Senators general manager in the early 1990s. After the season, the Panthers replaced Sexton with new general manager, Dale Tallon.


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Conference standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Conference standings
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Game log
Legend:   Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs
The Panthers failed to make the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season. They have not qualified for the playoffs since the 1999–2000 season.


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


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


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Panthers. Stats reflect time with Panthers only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Transactions
The Panthers were involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.


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


2009–10 Florida Panthers season, Farm teams
The Florida Panthers maintain affiliations with two minor league teams, the Rochester Americans and the Florida Everblades.


2009–10 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Seminoles were coached by Leonard Hamilton and played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida. The Seminoles were a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2009–10 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team
The Seminoles finished the season 22–10, 10–6 in ACC play. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. They received and at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 9 seed in the West Region, where they lost to 8 seed Gonzaga in the first round.


2009–10 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team
The 2009–10 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team represented Florida State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seminoles were coached by Sue Semrau. The Seminoles were a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2009–10 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team
The Seminoles won their second consecutive regular season title and were selected as a three-seed in the NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the semifinals for the first time in school history


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


2009–10 Foolad F.C. season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Foolad F.C. season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Football Conference
The 2009–10 Football Conference season was the sixth season with the Football Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirty-first season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team (Stevenage Borough) and the winner of the play-off (Oxford United) of the National division were promoted to Football League Two.


2009–10 Football Conference
The bottom four were scheduled to be relegated to the North or South divisions, but in the event two teams (Salisbury City and Chester City) were expelled and only the bottom two clubs (Ebbsfleet United and Grays Athletic) were relegated with them. The champions of the North and South divisions (Southport and Newport County respectively) were promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division (Fleetwood Town and Bath City). The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. For sponsorship reasons, the Conference Premier was frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.


2009–10 Football Conference, Conference Premier
A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.


2009–10 Football Conference, Conference Premier, Promotion and relegation
Luton Town became the first team to drop from the Football League Championship to the Conference in successive seasons and in the process ended an 89-year stay in the Football League. Their matches against eventual playoff winners Oxford United made them the first clubs to face each other in all the top five tiers of English football.


2009–10 Football Conference, Conference Premier, Promotion and relegation
On 26 February 2010, Chester City were expelled from the Conference for numerous rule breaches. Since no appeal was forthcoming, their results were expunged on 8 March 2010.


2009–10 Football Conference, Conference North
A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, one relegated from the Conference Premier and four promoted from the lower leagues.


2009–10 Football Conference, Conference North
In April 2009, the Conference decided to demote King's Lynn at the end of the 2008–09 season, because their ground did not meet Conference standards. Farsley Celtic resigned from the league on 8 March 2010 and their playing record was expunged on 12 March. Both Harrogate Town and Vauxhall Motors were reprieved from relegation following Farsley Celtic's withdrawal from the league, Chester's expulsion from the Conference Premier and Northwich Victoria's demotion to the Northern Premier League under financial rules.


2009–10 Football Conference, Conference South
A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, three relegated from the Conference Premier and two promoted from the Isthmian League.


2009–10 Football Conference, Conference South
Team Bath announced that they were to leave the Football Conference from the end of the 2008–09 season. The club decided to fold, after being informed they could not be promoted to the professional leagues, which also led to them no longer being able to play FA Cup games. Thus Thurrock were reprieved from relegation.


2009–10 Football League
The 2009–10 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2009 and concluded in May 2010, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two will be relegated to the Conference Premier.


2009–10 Football League
The league was won by Newcastle United, with West Bromwich Albion as runners up. Both teams were promoted to the Premier League. Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United were relegated into League One. Grimsby Town and Darlington were relegated from the Football League. Attendance levels in the Football League in the 2009–10 season were the highest for 50 years, with 17.1m people paying to watch games in the three divisions.


2009–10 Football League, Promotion and relegation
The following teams were either promoted or relegated for the 2009–10 season based upon the results of the previous year.


2009–10 Football League, Championship, Second leg
Cardiff City 3–3 Leicester City on aggregate. Cardiff City win 4–3 on penalties


2009–10 Football League, Championship, Results
Fixtures for the 2009–10 season were announced by The Football League on 17 June 2009.


2009–10 Football League, League One, Second Leg
Charlton Athletic 3–3 Swindon Town on aggregate. Swindon Town win 5–4 on penalties.


2009–10 Football League Championship
The 2009–10 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and eighteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 7 August 2009.


2009–10 Football League Championship, Changes from previous season, Rule changes, On field rule changes
Note: "Amendments to the laws of the game 2009–2010" also applied


2009–10 Football League Championship, League table
A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Premier League, and three promoted from League One.


2009–10 Football League Championship, Play-offs, Second leg
Cardiff City 3–3 Leicester City on aggregate. Cardiff City win 4–3 on penalties


2009–10 Football League Championship, Results
Fixtures for the 2009–10 season were announced by The Football League on 17 June 2009.


2009–10 Football League Championship, Events, Controversy
During a game between Bristol City and Crystal Palace, Freddie Sears scored a goal that ricocheted off the stanchion and went back out, but the linesman didn't see the goal and so it was disallowed. Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock called for a replay. Following the game, the three officials were suspended until it could be solved.


2009–10 Football League Championship, Events, Controversy
The tie between Plymouth and Barnsley was abandoned after 58 minutes because of heavy rain affecting the pitch. Barnsley were winning 4–1 and manager Mark Robins argued that it was a "let off" for Plymouth and that the travelling Barnsley fans should be reimbursed. The postponed match took place on 30 March, where it ended in a 0–0 draw.


2009–10 Football League Championship, Events, Crystal Palace administration
On 27 January 2010, the Football League had announced that Crystal Palace had been placed into administration and Sheffield firm P&A Partnership were appointed as administrators for the club. Palace were docked ten points and dropped from 9th to 21st. They managed to survive another season in the Championship, but only after drawing 2–2 with Sheffield Wednesday on the final day and confined Wednesday to League One football in 2010–11.


2009–10 Football League Cup
The 2009–10 Football League Cup (known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling) was the 50th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for the top 92 football clubs played in English football league system. Manchester United successfully defended their League Cup title after defeating Aston Villa by 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium on 28 February 2010.


2009–10 Football League Cup
Each season, the League Cup winners – like the winners of the FA Cup – were granted a place in the UEFA Europa League for the following season. However, in cases where a team had already gained a place in European competition via their league position or progress in other cup competitions, their place in the Europa League was deferred to the next-placed league side. In this season, since Manchester United and FA Cup winners Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Champions League via the Premier League, Aston Villa and Liverpool qualified for the Europa League as the sixth- and seventh-placed sides in the league.


2009–10 Football League Cup, First round
The draw for the First Round took place on 16 June 2009, with matches played two months later in the week beginning 10 August 2009.


2009–10 Football League Cup, First round
Newcastle United and Middlesbrough received a first round bye as the highest ranked Football League teams from the previous season's league placings. The other 70 of the 72 Football League clubs competed in the First Round, divided into North and South sections. Each section was divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 2008–09 season.


2009–10 Football League Cup, Second round
The 13 Premier League teams not involved in European competitions entered at this stage, along with the winners from the First Round plus Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, who received a First Round bye. From the Second Round onwards, the teams are no longer split geographically. The draw for the Second Round took place on 12 August 2009, after the First Round games had been completed, and the matches were played in the week beginning 24 August 2009.


2009–10 Football League Cup, Third round
The seven Premier League teams involved in European competition enter at this stage, along with the winners from the Second Round. The draw for the Third Round took place on 29 August 2009, after the Second Round games had been played. The matches were played in the week beginning 21 September 2009.


2009–10 Football League Cup, Fourth round
The draw for the Fourth Round took place after the Third Round games had been played, on 26 September 2009, and the matches were played on the week beginning on 26 October 2009. The only clubs from outside the Premier League left in the draw were Barnsley, Peterborough United and Scunthorpe United.


2009–10 Football League Cup, Fifth Round
The Fifth Round draw took place on 31 October, and the matches were played in the week commencing 30 November 2009.


2009–10 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw took place on 2 December 2009, after the completion of the first three Fifth Round matches. The first leg matches were to be played the week commencing 4 January 2010, but adverse weather conditions including severe snow and ice in North West England caused the games to be rearranged.


2009–10 Football League Cup, Final
The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London, on Sunday, 28 February 2010.


2009–10 Football League Cup, Prize money
The prize money is awarded by the Football League. The winners of the League Cup won £100,000 and the runners-up won £50,000. The losing semi-finalists each took home £25,000.


2009–10 Football League One
The Football League 2009–10 (called Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.


2009–10 Football League One
The Football League is contested through three divisions. The second division of these is League One. Norwich City and Leeds United were automatically promoted to the Football League Championship as winners and runners-up respectively, and they were joined by the winner of the League One play-offs Millwall. The bottom four teams in the league were relegated to the third division, League Two.


2009–10 Football League One, Play-offs, Second Leg
Charlton Athletic 3–3 Swindon Town on aggregate. Swindon Town win 5–4 on penalties.


2009–10 Football League Trophy
The 2009–10 Football League Trophy, known as the 2009–10 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 26th Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football.


2009–10 Football League Trophy
The format is similar to that which has been used since 1996, with four first round regions; North-West, North-East, South-West and South-East; which were used for the first time in the second region, before a two-region format from the area quarter-finals (3rd round); North and South. The resulting regional winners then meet in the final.


2009–10 Football League Trophy
Luton Town were the defending champions, but were not allowed to defend the trophy due to relegation to the Conference in the same season.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, First round
Sixteen teams were granted byes to the Second Round, which were drawn on 3 August, while the remaining teams were drawn for the First Round ties on Soccer AM on 15 August 2009. As part of new rules enforced this season, teams who received byes the previous season were not allowed to receive byes this season. The First Round matches were played in the week commencing 31 August 2009.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, First round, First round byes, Northern section
Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Leeds United, Macclesfield Town, Notts County, Port Vale, Shrewsbury Town, Tranmere Rovers.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, First round, First round byes, Southern section
Aldershot Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Exeter City, Leyton Orient, Southampton, Southend United, Swindon Town.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, Second round
The Second Round draw took place on 5 September 2009, with matches to be played in the week commencing 5 October 2009.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, Area-quarter-finals
The draw for the area quarter-finals took place on 10 October 2009. The matches were played in the week commencing 9 November 2009.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, Area semi-finals
The draw for the area semi-finals took place on 14 November 2009. The matches were played in the week commencing 14 December 2009.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, Area finals
The area finals, which serve as the semi-finals for the entire competition, were contested over two legs, home and away.


2009–10 Football League Trophy, Area finals, Northern Section
Carlisle United 4–4 Leeds United on aggregate. Carlisle United won 6–5 on penalties.


2009–10 Football League Two
The Football League 2009–10 (called Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.


2009–10 Football League Two
The Football League is contested through three divisions. The third division of these is League Two. The top three teams of League Two were automatically promoted to League One and they were joined by the winner of the League Two play-offs. The bottom two teams in the league were relegated to the highest 'non-league' division, Conference National.


2009–10 Football Superleague of Kosovo
2009–10 Raiffeisen Superliga was the eleventh season of top-tier football in Kosovo. The campaign began on 15 August 2009, and ended on 30 May 2010.


2009–10 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season
The 2009–10 Ford Ranger One Day Cup was the 40th season of official List A domestic cricket in Australia. The season began on 11 October 2009 when Western Australia played Queensland.


2009–10 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season, Points Table
The top two teams after all rounds are played compete in the Ford Ranger One Day Cup final. The match is contested at the home ground of the side that finishes first. (For an explanation of how points are awarded, see Ford Ranger One Day Cup – Points system).


2009–10 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season, Fixture, Mid Season Break
There is a break in the regular schedule of List A games to allow for the 2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition.


2009–10 Four Hills Tournament
The 2009–10 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 29 December 2009 and 6 January 2010.


2009–10 Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2009–10 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga is the 20th season of Germany's premier women's football league. It started on 20 September 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010. On the 21st day of play Turbine Potsdam claimed the championship thus defending their title from the previous season. Tennis Borussia Berlin and SC Freiburg will be relegated to the second tier.


2009–10 Frauen-Bundesliga, Final standings
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Fresno State University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Steve Cleveland's fifth season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. Fresno State finished the season 15–18, 7–9 in WAC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to New Mexico State.


2009–10 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team, Pre-season
In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference Fresno State was selected to finish 6th in the coach's poll and 7th in the media poll. Sr. Sylvester Seay was selected to the coache's All-WAC second team.


2009–10 Frölunda HC season
The 2009–10 Frölunda HC season was the team's 30th season in Elitserien.


2009–10 Frölunda HC season
Frölunda captured a playoff spot, ending up 7th in the regular season. The team met Linköpings HC in the quarterfinals, where they led the series 3–1. However, Linköping won the three following games and thus Frölunda were knocked out of the playoffs.


2009–10 Frölunda HC season, Pre-season, Nordic Trophy, Game log
Legend:   Win (3 points)  Overtime win (2 point)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime loss (1 point)


2009–10 Frölunda HC season, Regular season, Standings
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in relegation series


2009–10 Frölunda HC season, Regular season, Game log
Legend:   Win (3 points)  Overtime win (2 point)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime loss (1 point)  Tie (1 point)


2009–10 Frölunda HC season, Drafted players
Frölunda HC players picked in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season
The 2009–10 season was Fulham's 112th professional season and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League, since their return in 2001. They also competed in European competition for the second time in their history, in the newly formed UEFA Europa League after finishing in the seventh position in the 2008–09 season. After beginning in the qualifying rounds of the competition, Fulham eventually reached the final, where they lost 2–1 to Atlético Madrid after extra-time.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season
The fixtures for the Premier League season were announced on 17 June, with Fulham beginning the season against Portsmouth at Fratton Park on the weekend of 15 August. They entered the Football League Cup at the third round stage due to their participation in European competition. They also reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they were defeated by Tottenham Hotspur.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
Fulham announced the first three fixtures of their 2009 pre-season schedule on 4 May 2009, with the team scheduled to tour Australia soon after the end of the squad's summer break. The team first played Gold Coast United at Skilled Park in Robina on Wednesday, 8 July. Next, the squad travelled to Melbourne to face Melbourne Victory at Etihad (Docklands) Stadium on Saturday, 11 July. The trip concluded with a match against Perth Glory at Members Equity Stadium (Perth Oval) on Wednesday, 15 July.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
Upon their return to England, they played a friendly against AFC Bournemouth on 21 July and Peterborough United on 25 July. Further fixtures were added for the Development Squad against local semi-professional sides AFC Wimbledon, Woking, Aldershot, Staines and Walton Casuals. The team were also involved in a third round qualifying match for the UEFA Europa League. The draw was made on 17 July, giving Fulham a match against Lithuanian side FK Vėtra or Finnish club HJK Helsinki. Vėtra were confirmed as Fulham's opponents after winning the tie 3–2 on aggregate.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
Their pre-season campaign started with defeat to Gold Coast United. Despite Danny Murphy scoring in the 15th minute, Gold Coast scored twice in the final ten minutes to win the match. This was followed by a 3–0 victory against Melbourne Glory and a 5–0 win against Perth Glory. Andy Johnson scored in both games and Erik Nevland scored a hat-trick against Perth to follow up a goal in Melbourne. Eddie Johnson and Andranik Teymourian were the other two scorers in the matches in Melbourne and Perth respectively.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
Fulham's first match back in England was a 0–0 draw against AFC Bournemouth on 21 July at Dean Court. This was followed four days later by their final pre-season friendly, an eventful match at London Road against Peterborough United. Clint Dempsey and Bobby Zamora (2) gave Fulham a 3–0 half-time lead, but Aaron McLean and George Boyd (2) scored second-half goals to salvage a 3–3 draw.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Premier League
Fulham began their Premier League season with an away match at Fratton Park against Portsmouth. Their opponents were in financial trouble and had sold many of their top players, including Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson during the summer. A minute's applause was held before the game in memory of Fulham's former manager Sir Bobby Robson. In a game that Fulham controlled, Bobby Zamora put the away side in the lead after 13 minutes, deflecting a Clint Dempsey shot past Portsmouth goalkeeper David James. Both sides created chances but Fulham held the greater threat and won the match 1–0.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Premier League
Fulham's second league match of the season was against near-neighbours Chelsea in the West London derby. Fulham were missing the injured Andy Johnson and new signing Damien Duff came into the side to replace him, with Dempsey playing alongside Zamora. Dempsey and Chelsea's Didier Drogba both had opportunities but, in the hot conditions, neither side had many shots in the first half. Drogba, however, gave Chelsea the lead five minutes before the break, shooting low past Schwarzer. Nicolas Anelka, the provider for Drogba's goal, doubled their lead from Drogba's throughball in the 76th minute, effectively sealing the match 2–0 in Chelsea's favour.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Premier League
The third fixture of the season was an away match at Villa Park against Aston Villa. New midfield signing Jonathan Greening made his debut and Aaron Hughes captained the side in the absence of Murphy. Fulham got off to the worst possible start when John Paintsil, under pressure from Villa's Carlos Cuéllar, inadvertently headed the ball past Schwarzer. Villa had a few promising attacks, notably through the pace of striker Gabriel Agbonlahor, but Fulham created chances of their own in an even first half. However they could not score past goalkeeper Brad Friedel and were punished by a second goal, this time from their own player Agbonlahor on the hour mark. Villa held out for a 2–0 victory and Fulham lost their second successive Premier League match.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Football League Cup
In the third round draw, Fulham were drawn against fellow Premier League side Manchester City, who had spent £120 million on new players during the summer.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, UEFA Europa League
Fulham began their first European campaign in seven years with a third qualifying round tie against FK Vėtra from Lithuania. The first leg was played away at the Vėtra Stadium on 30 July 2009. Hodgson started with his preferred line-up from the previous season, with Brede Hangeland, Aaron Hughes, John Pantsil and Paul Konchesky in front of Schwarzer and the front pairing of Andy Johnson and Bobby Zamora. Dickson Etuhu was the only absentee, giving an opportunity to Chris Baird in central midfield.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, UEFA Europa League
The game was tight for the first half-hour before Fulham seized the initiative and Bobby Zamora gave them the lead on the stroke of half-time with a shot just inside the penalty area. Danny Murphy doubled Fulham's advantage from the penalty spot in the 56th minute following a foul on Zamora. Both sides made changes but Fulham continued to press and they added a third goal through Seol Ki-hyeon five minutes from the end. A minute's silence was held before the second match at Craven Cottage following the death of former Fulham manager Sir Bobby Robson.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, UEFA Europa League
Fulham took the lead in the 57th minute through Etuhu, putting the tie beyond any real doubt at 4–0. Andy Johnson scored two further goals from close range in the 80th and 84th minutes, the latter set up by his namesake Eddie Johnson. Fulham progressed to the next round and awaited the identity of their opponents for the play-offs.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, UEFA Europa League
The draw for the play-off round was conducted on 7 August and saw Fulham drawn against the unfamiliar opposition of Amkar Perm from Russia. In the first leg at Craven Cottage, Andy Johnson scored early on in the 4th minute to settle any nerves but he also picked up an injury to his collarbone in the first half and had to be substituted. Clint Dempsey scored a second goal just after half-time and Zamora added to the lead in the 75th minute.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, UEFA Europa League
Amkar Perm did manage to score an away-goal two minutes later in the shape of a Martin Kushev volley but Fulham held a 3–1 advantage. Fulham travelled to Russia for the second leg without the presence of injured first-team regulars Andy Johnson, Murphy, Zamora and Konchesky. Amkar Perm dominated the match but did not score a goal until the last minute when Martin Kushev scored a header past Schwarzer. Fulham's 3–1 victory from the first leg, however, was enough to see them through 3–2 on aggregate.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, UEFA Europa League
The draw for the group stages was made a day later. Fulham were drawn in Group E along with Roma of Italy, Swiss side Basel and Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Statistics, Appearances and goals
The squad numbers were announced at the beginning of the 2009–10 season. Chris Baird was given the number 6 shirt, which Andranik Teymourian wore during the 2008–09 season – Teymourian was given the number 14 shirt instead. Seol Ki-hyeon managed to get back the number 7 after Giles Barnes returned to Derby County after having been at Fulham on loan. Bobby Zamora was given the number 25 shirt, pushing Simon Davies to number 29. The players with higher squad numbers changed squad numbers to fill the list. Before Joe Anderson left the club and made his debut, he was given the number 36 shirt.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
† = Player is no longer with the club but still scored a goal during the season.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Transfers
There was transfer speculation surrounding the futures of Brede Hangeland and Bobby Zamora, with the former wanted by several clubs including Arsenal and the latter by Hull City, however both remained at Fulham. Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer was in talks about a new contract at the club. Danny Murphy signed a new contract during pre-season to keep him at the club until 2011.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Transfers, In
Roy Hodgson made his first signing of the summer on 16 June when he brought in Stephen Kelly from Birmingham City on a free transfer. Bjørn Helge Riise, the brother of former Liverpool player John Arne Riise, became Fulham's second signing of the summer when he moved from Lillestrøm SK. Damien Duff was Fulham's third summer signing when he joined from Newcastle United for an undisclosed fee. Midfielder Jonathan Greening signed from West Bromwich Albion and he was joined by another midfielder, South African Kagisho Dikgacoi from Golden Arrows. Swedish international striker David Elm was the final transfer of the summer, signing on deadline day from Kalmar FF.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, Transfers, Out
Seven players left the club on 2 July: Karim Laribi, Collins John, Moritz Volz and Julian Gray were released; Giles Barnes and Olivier Dacourt departed at the end of their loan spells; Leon Andreasen made a permanent move to Hannover 96. Hameur Bouazza and Adrian Leijer were both released by the club; Bouazza moved to Turkish club Sivasspor while Leijer went to Melbourne Victory for an undisclosed fee.


2009–10 Fulham F.C. season, 2010 Europa League Final Lineup
Assistant referees: Cristiano Copelli (touchline) Luca Maggiani (touchline) Paolo Tagliavento (penalty area) Andrea De Marco (penalty area)Fourth official: Gianluca RocchiReserve official: Nicola Nicoletti


2009–10 Fédérale 1 season
The 2009–10 Fédérale 1 is the third level (behind the Top 14 and the Pro D2) and highest amateur level French rugby union competition, for the 2009–10 season. It is operated by the FFR.


2009–10 Fédérale 1 season
At the end of the previous season, champions Lannemezan and runners-up Aix-en-Provence were promoted to Rugby Pro D2 and were replaced by Bourg-en-Bresse and Béziers.


2009–10 Fédérale 1 season, Competition format
48 teams are grouped into six regional pools of eight teams. After everyone has played each other home and away once, the top four teams in each pool are placed in six new pools of four clubs, where they face teams from the other pools.


2009–10 Fédérale 1 season, Competition format
After another round of home and away fixtures, the four group winners with the most points proceed to the quarter-finals, where they play the winners of the play-off round between the remaining two group winners and the six group runners-up. The winners of the two-leg quarter-finals meet in the similarly bipedal semis. The finalists then meet at a neutral venue to determine the winner of the Jean Prat Trophy, although both clubs are already promoted to Pro D2.


2009–10 Fédérale 1 season, Competition format
At the other end, the bottom four clubs in each group are placed in their own six new pools of four, and also play the other three teams home and away in the playdowns. This time however, the teams keep the points they earned from the first phase. After six matches, the bottom two in each pool are relegated to Fédérale 2, while the 12 group winners and runners-up enter a knockout competition to determine the 55th Best Team in France.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season
The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the 71st season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers defeated Vålerenga by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season
In June 2009, the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (NIHF) denied Comet entry into the league for the 2009–10 season due to the club's poor financial situation. This decision was subsequently reversed after an appeal by Comet. Less than two months later and shortly before the start of the season, the tax authorities in Halden successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season
Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season
A last-ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played  that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season
Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers,  were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Final standings
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; C = ChampionsSource:


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
These are the top five goaltenders based on goals against average.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Attendance
For the 2009–10 season, the league attendance totaled 317,283 spectators for an average of 1,486. This was a 2.6% increase from the previous season's total of 309,332 spectators, and a rise of 6.8% in average attendance compared with the previous seasons's average of 1,374. The league recorded the highest average attendance since the 1992–93 season, which saw an average of 1,623 spectators during the second half of the Eliteserien (between the 1990–91 and 1993–94 season, the league was contested as two separate halves). It was also the first time since the 1994–95 season that attendance had averaged more than 1,400. Attendances rose for the fifth consecutive season.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of eight teams qualified for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed chose which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team at home for games 2, 4 and 6 (if necessary).


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs
The Final was contested between Vålerenga and the Stavanger Oilers. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star and the Storhamar Dragons to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi 5–4 in overtime. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg got the upper hand in a power play. Despite calls for interference, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly halfway into the first period of overtime, a breakaway goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2 showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs
Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs, Statistics, Scoring leaders
These are the top ten skaters in the playoffs based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
These are the top five goaltenders in the playoffs based on goals against average.


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Qualifying for GET-ligaen 2010–11, Final standings
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percentage of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; Q = QualifiedSource:


2009–10 GET-ligaen season, Awards
The following players were selected to the 2009–10 GET-ligaen All-Star team:


2009–10 GMHL season
The 2009–10 GMHL season was the fourth season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The twelve teams of the GMHL played 42-game schedules.


2009–10 GMHL season
In February 2010, the top teams of the league played down for the Russell Cup, emblematic of the grand championship of the GMHL. Since the GMHL is independent from Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League, this is where the GMHL's season ended. The Deseronto Storm won their first Russell Cup beating the South Muskoka Shield 4-games-to-3.


2009–10 GMHL season, Changes
Twelve teams started the season, and played as one division rather than two divisions, as the league operated in the previous year.


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


2009–10 GMHL season, Final standings
Top seven teams (blue tinted) receive automatic bye into GMHL Quarter-finals. Minden Riverkings ceased operation November 11, 2009. Remaining games are treated as 3-0 forfeits.


2009–10 GMHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2009–10 GMHL season, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average


2009–10 GNF 2
The GNF2 2009–10 was the 48th edition of the Botola 2. For this season, the competition was expanded to 19 teams as 3 teams instead of the usual two were promoed from the 2008–09 GNFA 1 season. The season commenced on 23 July 2008 and concluded on 31 May 2009. JSK Chabab Kasba Tadla were crowned as champions of the Botola 2 for the 2009–10 season resulting in two successive promotions for the club following the promotion to the Botola 2 in the previous season. Chabab Rif Hoceima were also promoted to the 2010–11 Botola after finishing runners-up.


2009–10 GP2 Asia Series
The 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season was the third season of the GP2 Asia Series. It began on 31 October 2009 and ended on 14 March 2010 after four double-header rounds. All teams from the 2009 GP2 Series season except for Racing Engineering were due to take part, with the thirteenth slot being filled by MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com. Durango withdrew from the season for financial reasons. The season was the last to use the first specification of the GP2 car, as used in Europe between 2005 and 2007.


2009–10 GP2 Asia Series
Davide Valsecchi of iSport International won the drivers' championship title, clinching it with three races to spare, in Bahrain after a comprehensive performance in the first five races, winning a race at each of the first three meetings with two seconds before clinching the title. He added a fourth second place at the final round, to seal a 27-point championship-winning margin. Second place was settled by a tie-breaker between a pair of Italian drivers, MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com driver Luca Filippi and DPR's Giacomo Ricci.


2009–10 GP2 Asia Series
Despite not scoring in any of the sprint races to be held, a win and two second places in feature races for Filippi compared to six top-five finishes – including a first GP2 win at the final Bahrain race – for Ricci allowed Filippi to take the runner-up spot. Arden International drivers completed the top-five placings with Javier Villa fourth despite missing the first meeting at Abu Dhabi, and Charles Pic fifth, the only other driver to win a race during the campaign, winning at the first Bahrain meeting.


2009–10 GP2 Asia Series
In the teams' championship, iSport won the championship with two races to spare, after the points amassed by Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey put them out of reach of their rivals. Second place, 36 points behind iSport, were Arden due to the strong performances of Villa and Pic, while Ricci's DPR squad finished third, a point further back.


2009–10 GP2 Asia Series, Calendar
The season started with a two-day test over 23–24 October 2009 in Abu Dhabi at the new Yas Marina Circuit. The series returned there a week later for the opening championship rounds, in support of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.


2009–10 GP2 Asia Series, Calendar
A further round took place in Abu Dhabi, before the series moved to Bahrain.


2009–10 GP2 Asia Series, Results
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.


2009–10 Gabala FC season
The Gabala FC 2009-10 season was Gabala's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their fourth season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished the season in sixth place and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the last 16 stage by Olimpik-Shuvalan. Their kit was supplied by Erreà and their main sponsor was Hyundai.


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


2009–10 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 2009–10 season was Galatasaray's 106th in existence and the 52nd consecutive season in the Süper Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


2009–10 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season
Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2009–2010 season is the 2010–2010 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.


2009–10 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season, Squad changes for the 2009–2010 season
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season, Squad changes for the 2009–2010 season
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Gamma Ethniki
The 2009–10 Gamma Ethniki was the 27th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 11, 2009 and finished on May 16, 2010.


2009–10 Genoa C.F.C. season
Genoa C.F.C. had a mixed season, in which it struggled to replace world-class striker Diego Milito, who moved on to Internazionale, where he was key in it winning the treble in 2010. Such a player was difficult to find on the market, and his Argentinian replacements Hernán Crespo and Rodrigo Palacio lacked the final punch. Crespo had it in his younger years, of course, but despite four goals in the autumn, he was offloaded to Parma, as Genoa put its faith in David Suazo for the goalscoring.


2009–10 Genoa C.F.C. season
Sergio Floccari also departed, and the Lazio signing scored more goals for the Roman club in half the year than what any player did for Genoa the whole season, while Suazo became a flop. The defence did not perform at expected level either, and even though the team scored several goals by many players, the defensive holes ensured the team did not repeat the fifth position from the year before.


2009–10 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
The 2009–10 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. The Patriots, led by head coach Jim Larranaga, are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Patriot Center. They finished the season 17–15, 12–6 in CAA play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to VCU. They were invited to play in the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Fairfield.


2009–10 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team, Recruiting
The following is a list of players signed for the 2010-11 season:


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by John Thompson III and played their home games at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The Hoyas were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 10–8 in Big East play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to West Virginia. They received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 3 seed in the Midwest Region, where they were upset by 14 seed Ohio in the first round.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
The Hoyas′ previous season had been a disappointing one in which the relatively young and experienced Georgetown team had fallen from a Top Ten ranking in early January 2009 to a 16–15 finish in March that ended with the loss of 12 out of 16 games and first-round exits from both the 2009 Big East Tournament and the 2009 National Invitation Tournament.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
The Hoyas had lost starting forward DaJuan Summers after the end of the season when he chose to forego his senior year of college and enter the 2009 National Basketball Association draft, as well as starting guard Jessie Sapp, who graduated, and reserve guard/forward Omar Wattad, who transferred. But with freshman forwards Jerrelle Benimon and Hollis Thompson joining the team and sophomore starting center Greg Monroe, junior reserve center Henry Sims, junior starting guards Austin Freeman and Chris Wright, junior reserve forward Julian Vaughn, and sophomore reserve forward Jason Clark all returning, the Hoyas expected to bounce back in 2009–10. The preseason Associated Press Poll ranked them No. 20.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
The season began with six straight wins over unranked opponents. Greg Monroe had a double-double (18 points and 11 rebounds) in the season opener at Tulane and 11 points and nine rebounds in the low-scoring home opener against Temple, which saw Georgetown blow a 12-point lead in the second half before eking out a victory that broke Temple's streak of 68 straight wins when holding opponents to under 50 points. Against Savannah State, a team coached by former Georgetown player Horace Broadnax, Monroe had 13 points.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Austin Freeman scored 16 points at Tulane and 12 points at Savannah State, while Chris Wright scored 11 points each at Tulane and at Savannah State and 15 against Temple. Jason Clark came off the bench to score 13 points at Tulane and a game-high and career-high 14 at Savannah State, a game in which he connected on four three-pointers.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Clark started a week later in the first game of a three-game homestand, a rout of Lafayette – the first game between the schools since December 1979 – and had another game and career high, scoring 19 points, while Hollis Thompson had 16 points, Chris Wright finished with 14, Greg Monroe had 13 points, nine rebounds, and six assists, Austin Freeman added 12 points, and Julian Vaughn finished with 11 points in the first game since John Thompson III became head coach in 2004 in which six Hoyas scored in double figures.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Against Mount St. Mary's at the end of November, Greg Monroe had a double-double with a season-high 19 points and 11 rebounds, Chris Wright and Julian Vaughn had career highs in scoring – Wright with 18 points and Vaughn with 14 – and Jason Clark started again and added 12.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
In an easy win over American five days later, the Hoyas limited the Eagles to 27-percent shooting from the field and Chris Wright and Henry Sims each scored 12 points – the first time Sims scored in double figures in his college career – and Julian Vaughn contributed 11 points, while Greg Monroe had nine points, a career-high 13 rebounds, and four blocked shots.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
As the winning streak continued, the Hoyas rose in the national rankings, to No. 19 in the AP Poll by the time of the Temple game, to No. 18 when they met Lafayette, to No. 16 in time for the game against Mount St. Mary's, and to No. 15 after beating American. They then traveled to Madison Square Garden to make Georgetown's first appearance in the Jimmy V Classic and face their first ranked opponent of the season, No. 22 Butler.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Greg Monroe played an outstanding defensive game that contributed to Butler junior forward Matt Howard shooting only 1-for-9 from the field and scoring only nine points. Monroe also shot 9-for-20 (45 percent) from the field and had his third double-double of the season, with career highs in both points (24) and rebounds (15), while Austin Freeman went 4-for-5 in three-point attempts and scored 18 points. The Hoyas led 39–31 at halftime and stretched their lead to 52–35 after Freeman scored on two three-point shots and Hollis Thompson hit a third three-pointer with 13:35 to play.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
The Bulldogs scored the next seven points to close to 52–42 as the Hoyas failed to score during a 4:13 stretch, finally broken by a monster Monroe dunk that made it 54–42. Butler then scored five more unanswered points to close to 54–47 with 8:37 remaining, and the Bulldogs were behind only 68–62 in the final minute before Georgetown prevailed in an 82–65 win.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Georgetown outrebounded Butler 43–30 and outscored the Bulldogs 30–16 inside, and the loss was Butler's third in a row against ranked teams and eighth in its last nine games against the Top 25 – but the Bulldogs were destined to advance to the National Championship Game in the 2010 NCAA Tournament four months later.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Georgetown next went to Anaheim, California, to make its only appearance in the John R. Wooden Classic and face its second ranked opponent in a row, No. 17 Washington, led by sophomore forward Isaiah Thomas, in the first meeting of the schools. The game was tight through the first half, with the Hoyas clinging to a 30–29 lead at halftime.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
However, Georgetown scored the first 12 points of the second half before Thomas made a layup with 15:56 remaining in the game for Washington's first points since halftime, and the Hoyas then went on a 9–0 run to stretch their lead to 51–31 with less that 14 minutes remaining. Georgetown still led 60–40 with 6½ minutes to play, but the Huskies took advantage of a 23-point performance by senior forward Quincy Pondexter and 21 points – 15 of them in the second half – by Thomas to stage a late comeback try that included a 15–3 run.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Washington closed to 69–63 with 27 seconds remaining, but Chris Wright and Hollis Thompson hit key free throws that ensured the Hoyas a 74–66 victory that stretched their season-opening winning streak to eight. Julian Vaughn – the only Georgetown starter averaging fewer than 12 points per game – scored a career-high 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the field, Greg Monroe added 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and the Hoyas forced the Huskies to commit 25 turnovers.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Ranked No. 11, Georgetown returned to Washington, D.C., to play its last two non-conference games of the season, meeting Old Dominion and Harvard.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Three years earlier, Old Dominion had upset the Hoyas to become the first team to beat Georgetown in a game at McDonough Gymnasium since 1982, and in a return to McDonough on December 19 – the season's only game there, played on a day when Georgetown University was closed due to a snowstorm – the Monarchs took advantage of a slow start by the Hoyas to again upset Georgetown, dealing the Hoyas their first setback of the season and remaining the only team to defeat Georgetown at McDonough over the course of nearly 28 years.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Greg Monroe had a game-high 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Austin Freeman and Julian Vaughn each contributed 13 points, with Freeman pulling down six rebounds and Vaughn grabbing seven. Falling to No. 14 in the AP Poll after the loss, Georgetown had an easier time in a victory over Harvard at the Verizon Center four days later in which Chris Wright scored a career-high 34 points, Austin Freeman scored 21, and Greg Monroe had a double-double with 16 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule
Meanwhile, reserve forward Nikita Mescheriakov, averaging only five minutes per game, announced on December 22 that he would leave Georgetown at the end of the semester in search of greater playing time; he transferred to Wake Forest in January. Mescheriakov became the ninth player in five years to leave Georgetown before the end of his college eligibility: Jeff Green and DaJuan Summers both had left school after their junior year to enter the National Basketball Association draft, and Omar Wattad, Vernon Macklin, Jeremiah Rivers, Octavius Spann, Marc Egerson, and Josh Thornton all had transferred. Mescheriakov's departure left the Hoyas with only 11 players on their roster, two of them walk-ons.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Climbing to No. 13 in the AP Poll with a record of 9–1, the Hoyas opened their Big East Conference schedule on New Year's Eve 2009 by hosting St. John's, followed by visits in the new year of 2010 to DePaul and Marquette. The Hoyas pulled ahead of St. John's in the first half before the Red Storm took a narrow lead halfway through the second half, but the Hoyas ultimately prevailed with a balanced scoring attack that saw Chris Wright score 21 points and Austin Freeman and Greg Monroe contribute 15 each.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Another win followed against DePaul, the Hoyas′ ninth victory in a row against the Blue Demons and DePaul's 21st straight loss in a Big East Conference game, with Georgetown shooting 57 percent from the field and four Hoyas – Chris Wright with 18 points, Austin Freeman with 17, Jason Clark with 13, and Greg Monroe with 10 – scoring in double figures. Marquette, however, upset the by-then-No. 12 Hoyas on January 6, dealing them their first conference defeat of the season in a close game in which Austin Freeman scored 20 points, Julian Vaughn had 12, and Greg Monroe scored nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a losing cause.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Hoyas returned to the Verizon Center for a two-game homestand. In the first game, they hosted their first ranked conference opponent of the season, No. 13 Connecticut. The game was close at first, with the Huskies clinging to a 20–19 lead with 8:38 to play in the first half. Then the Georgetown offense went into a deep slump: While Connecticut scored 16 unanswered points, the Hoyas did not score again until Greg Monroe hit a pair of free throws with 4:30 left in the half, by which time Connecticut had built a 34–21 lead.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Connecticut then went on a 6–0 run to take a 40–21 lead before Chris Wright connected on a two-point jumper with 45 seconds left until halftime – ending a 9½-minute stretch in which the Hoyas missed 11 consecutive shots from the field and saw their shooting effort for the game drop to 6-for-25 (24 percent) – to allow Georgetown to close to 40–23.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Hoyas went into the locker room at the break down 41–25, but Austin Freeman – who scored 28 of his career-high and game-high 33 points in the second half and also pulled down seven rebounds – led a Hoya comeback. With Connecticut leading 45–34 with 16:44 left to play, Freeman scored on a three-point jumper that sparked a 10–0 Georgetown run in which he scored eight points, allowing the Hoyas to close to 45–41 with 14:57 remaining.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Huskies managed to pull ahead to a lead of as many as seven points, but the Hoyas again closed the gap, and a Freeman three-pointer put Georgetown ahead 66–65 with 3:09 remaining. The game stayed tight, but Connecticut did not score a field goal during the final 3½ minutes, and a Julian Vaughn two-pointer put Georgetown ahead for good at 70–69 with 44 seconds left. In the end the Hoyas pulled off a 72–69 come-from-behind victory to avoid an upset. Greg Monroe had a double-double (15 points and 10 rebounds), and Chris Wright scored 14 points.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Ranked No. 11 by the time they met Seton Hall five days later, the Hoyas put heavy defensive pressure on the Pirates's highest-scoring player, Jeremy Hazell, and won easily, with Chris Wright scoring 21 points, Jason Clark rebounding from a scoreless outing against Connecticut to score a career-high 20 points, Austin Freeman adding 16 points, and Julian Vaughn contributing 13, while Greg Monroe had an eight-point, nine-rebound game. The win gave Georgetown a perfect 8–0 record at the Verizon Center for the season.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Georgetown next went on the road as the underdog to face No. 4 Villanova, which had won six straight games. The Hoyas led 15–14 in the first half when the Wildcats went on a 14–0 run to take a 28–15 lead, and at halftime Villanova led 46–31. In the second half, Austin Freeman scored 10 points in the first 3:38 of play as the Hoyas began to eat into Villanova's lead.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
An offensive lull in the middle of the second half in which the two teams combined to miss 20 straight shots over a 6-minute-12-second stretch ended with a Greg Monroe field goal that tied the game at 67–67 with 4:36 left in the game. After Villanova pulled ahead 69–67 with 4:15 remaining, Monroe again tied the game, at 69–69, with 4:01 left.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Shooting only 39.3 percent from the field for the game, the Hoyas made only one more field goal the rest of the way, and a field goal by Villanova senior guard Scottie Reynolds – who led the Wildcats with a game-high 27 points – put the Wildcats ahead for good at 71–69.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Georgetown's final score, another Monroe field goal, closed the gap to 80–77 with 9.6 seconds left, but two Villanova free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining – part of an 8-for-8 Villanova performance from the free throw line in the final 36 seconds – clinched an 82–77 win for the Wildcats, breaking a five-game losing streak against Georgetown. In a losing cause, Greg Monroe had a double-double (29 points and 16 rebounds), while Austin Freeman had 22 points and Jason Clark scored 16.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Falling to No. 12 in the AP Poll, Georgetown next faced another ranked opponent, No. 9 Pittsburgh, in another road game. The Panthers were tough at home – they had compiled a 125–10 record on their home court at the Petersen Events Center since the venue opened in 2002, and Georgetown had beaten them there only once, in January 2005 – and they entered the game having won 31 straight games at home and with an eight-game winning streak overall.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Georgetown made its first five three-pointers of the game and led by 19–11 and 25–17, but much of the game was close, with the score tied at 31–31 at halftime and Pittsburgh clinging to a 56–54 lead in the second half with 7:48 left to play. But Georgetown, playing tough defense that largely contained Pittsburgh's top-scoring players during the game, then went on a decisive 9–0 run during which Chris Wright put the Hoyas ahead for good at 59–56 with a three-pointer. By the time the run was over, the Hoyas led 63–56.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Pittsburgh cut the Georgetown lead to 63–58 with 3:48 remaining, but the Hoyas hung on to upset the Panthers 74–66. The Panthers suffered only their third loss in 13 games against ranked opponents at the Petersen Events Center, and Georgetown became the only team other than Louisville to defeat Pittsburgh twice there. Chris Wright had 27 points, Greg Monroe had 13 points and nine rebounds, Austin Freeman also scored 13, and Julian Vaughn contributed 11.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
An easy win over Rutgers followed in which Greg Monroe shot 10-for-12 (83.3 percent) from the floor had another double-double (21 points and 10 rebounds), while Chris Wright went 4-for-5 from three-point range and scored 16 points and Austin Freeman scored 14. The victory extended the Hoyas′ winning streak against the Scarlet Knights to eight. Climbing to No.7 in the AP Poll, Georgetown went on the road again to face another ranked opponent, No. 4 Syracuse the winners of seven straight games.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
It was the first time since March 1990 that the two teams met while both were ranked in the Top Ten. The Hoyas began the game with a 14–0 run over the first three minutes, hitting their first four three-pointers, but the Orange battled back to only a two-point deficit with 8:19 left in the first half time, and Syracuse had a 34–29 lead at halftime. Syracuse began the second half with a decisive 18–8 run that saw the Orange build a lead of 43–33 with 16:10 left to play and culminate. in a 52–37 Syracuse lead with 12:37 remaining.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Austin Freeman led the Hoyas with 23 points, and Jason Clark scored 15, but Syracuse won 73–56, giving head coach Jim Boeheim his 819th career victory, making him sixth all-time in victories among NCAA Division I college basketball coaches. In improving to 20–1, the Orange also clinched Boeheim's 32nd season with at least 20 victories in his 34 years as head coach at Syracuse. The loss extended Georgetown's losing streak to Syracuse in games played at the Carrier Dome to six.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Hoyas returned to the Verizon Center to begin a three-game homestand by meeting No. 8 Duke in a nonconference game five days later with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the audience. Shooting 77 percent from the floor in the first half, the Hoyas used an 18–3 run in which they held the Blue Devils without a field goal for nearly four minutes to jump out to what turned out to be a decisive 34–20 lead.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
With Georgetown leading 46–33 at the beginning of the second half, Duke made two three-pointers to cut the lead to seven, but the Hoyas responded with a 6–0 run to stretch the lead back to 13. Duke closed again to 52–45, but Georgetown again extended the lead and went on to win 89–77. Chris Wright shot 8-for-9 from the floor and scored 21 points; Greg Monroe also scored 21, and Austin Freeman added 20 points.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Hoyas shot 71.7 percent from the floor for the game, the third-best team shooting performance in Georgetown history and the best since Georgetown shot 71.9 percent against St. John's in 1980; it was also the second-highest shooting percentage ever against Duke, exceeded only by a 73.3 percent shooting performance against the Blue Devils by UCLA in 1965. The victory was John Thompson III's 200th career win as a college head coach.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Unfortunately for Georgetown, a shocking upset followed the win over Duke, as the No. 7 Hoyas resumed conference play by losing to South Florida, a team which three days earlier also had upset No. 17 Pittsburgh. The Hoyas blew a first-half 13-point lead, their offense going cold in the second half, resulting in arguably the biggest win in the history of Bulls basketball. Greg Monroe and Austin Freeman each scored 21 points and Monroe grabbed eight rebounds in the loss.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Hoyas then faced No. 2 Villanova – a team that had beaten them in January, had not yet lost a conference game during the season, and was riding an 11-game winning streak – on February 6.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Although about two feet (61 cm) of snow had fallen in Washington, D.C., that day, 10,387 fans – including Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and former National Football League commissioner and Georgetown basketball player Paul Tagliabue – showed up at the Verizon Center for the game, some of the students in attendance having walked three miles (4.8 km) from the Georgetown campus. During the first half, the Hoyas forced 16 Villanova turnovers and limited the Wildcats to 12 field goals.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
A 15–2 Georgetown run gave the Hoyas a 34–20 lead, and a 16–4 Georgetown run followed to stretch the lead to 50–27, which Villanova cut to 50–31 at halftime. In the second half, Villanova scored 59 points and committed only two turnovers, and early in the half twice closed to a 13-point deficit, but the Hoyas then stretched their lead to 76–55 with 9:13 left to play.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Wildcats followed that with a 13–3 run of their own to close to 79–68 and later got as close as 81–71, but the Hoyas added to their lead again and ultimately upset Villanova 103–90. Georgetown went 39-for-50 (78 percent) from the foul line during the game, and making half of those free throws in the second half helped the Hoyas protect their lead against Villanova's second-half offensive surge. Austin Freeman scored a game-high 25 points and Jason Clark had 24, while Greg Monroe shot 11-for-14 (78.6 percent) from the field, scoring 19 points, pulling down eight rebounds, and making six assists. Julian Vaughn contributed 13 points and Hollis Thompson came off the bench to add 12.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Still ranked No. 7 and sporting records of 17–5 overall and 7–5 in the Big East, the Hoyas next went on a two-game road trip that yielded mixed results – a win at Providence followed by an upset loss at Rutgers that was the Scarlet Knights′ first victory over a Top Ten team in seven years.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
At Providence, Chris Wright scored 21 points, Julian Vaughn had a career-high 19 points, Austin Freeman added 17, and Greg Monroe had a double-double (12 points and 12 assists) and seven rebounds, while at Rutgers Monroe had 19 points, eight rebounds, and six assists and Austin Freeman scored 17 points. Dropping to No. 10 in the AP Poll, they then returned to the Verizon Center to face No. 5 Syracuse.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Syracuse started out with a dominating performance, making five of six shots from the field to start the game and take a 13–2 lead in the first 3 minutes 51 seconds. Georgetown closed to 15–6, but five straight points by Syracuse senior guard Andy Rautins – who had a season-high 26 points in the game – put the Orange ahead 20–6. The Hoyas followed with a 12–2 run to close to 22–18, but Syracuse responded with a 9–2 run of its own to take a 31–20 lead.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Syracuse's final nine points of the first half stretched the Orange's lead to 16 points, and the teams went to the locker room at the half with Syracuse ahead 44–31. In the second half, Syracuse stretched its lead to 60–37 with 12:37 remaining to play, but made only three more field goals during the last 12 minutes of the game. Meanwhile, the Hoyas began a comeback upset bid that started with a 10–0 run. After Rautins finally answered with a three-pointer, the Hoyas scored twice more to close to 63–51 with 7½ minutes left in the game.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Rautins sank two free throws to make it 65–51, but Georgetown then scored nine straight points to close to 65–60, and after Austin Freeman scored five straight points Georgetown only trailed 67–65 with 3:12 left in the game. By the time 1:10 was left to play, Syracuse was clinging to a 71–70 lead, but the Orange held on to win 75–71, the first time Georgetown had lost two games in a row during the season. Austin Freeman led the Hoyas with 21 points and six rebounds, while Chris Wright and Greg Monroe each scored 20 and Monroe also pulled down nine rebounds.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Falling to No. 11 in the AP Poll, the Hoyas broke their two-game losing streak by coming from behind with a second-half offensive surge to beat Louisville in a game in which Austin Freeman scored 29 points – 24 of them in the second half – and Greg Monroe had a double-double (16 points and 14 rebounds. Four days later, however, Notre Dame upset them at the Verizon Center – Notre Dame's second straight win over a Top 25 team – dropping the Hoyas to 19–7 overall and 9–7 in the Big East. Against the Fighting Irish, Greg Monroe scored 15 points and Jason Clark and Hollis Thompson each scored 12, but Georgetown's leading scorer Austin Freeman, averaging 17.7 points per game, was suffering from what at the time was thought to be gastroenteritis and Notre Dame held him to only five points.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Having lost three of their last four games, the Hoyas had dropped to No. 19 in the AP Poll by the time they met No. 10 West Virginia on March 1 with Austin Freeman missing the game to go to a hospital, where he was found not to be suffering from gastroenteritis, but rather from diabetes.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
The Hoyas missed his offense and, although Greg Monroe had 22 points and nine rebounds and Chris Wright scored 21 points, the Mountaineers never trailed after the game's first four minutes and led by as many as 27 points in the first half, by 43–26 at halftime, and by 53–26 with 16:51 left to play in the game. Georgetown managed to close to 62–53 with 5:55 left, but for the final 3:37 of the game West Virginia never led by less than double digits. Although West Virginia shot only 43 percent from the field, the Mountaineers scored 24 points off 20 Georgetown turnovers and outscored the Hoyas 27–14 in free throws.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule
Losers of four of their last five, the Hoyas finished their regular season with an easy win over Cincinnati at the Verizon Center in which Austin Freeman – monitored closely by the team physician – returned to action to score 24 points, Greg Monroe had a double-double (19 points and 15 rebounds), and Chris Wright scored 16. Georgetown finished the regular season with a record of 20–9 overall, a conference record of 10–8 that tied them with Notre Dame for seventh place in the Big East, and a ranking of No. 19 in the AP Poll.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
Losing four of the final six games of the regular season caused Georgetown – ranked No. 7 in mid-February – to fall to No. 22 in the AP Poll by the time the 2010 Big East Tournament began in the second week of March. Tiebreaking criteria gave Notre Dame the seventh seed in the tournament and relegated Georgetown to the eighth seed, but that was high enough for the Hoyas to receive a bye in the tournament's first round. In the second round they met the No. 9 seed, South Florida, which had beaten Georgetown in their only regular-season meeting.


2009–10 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
The Hoyas defense clamped down on the Bulls, holding them to 29.1 percent shooting from the field, a season low for South Florida. Meanwhile, Jason Clark and Greg Monroe each scored 16 points and Chris Wright added 15 as Georgetown cruised to a 69–49 victory, the Hoyas′ first win in a postseason tournament since 2008.