2009–10 Austrian Cup, Quarterfinals
This round involved the eight winners from the previous round. These matches were played on 30 and 31 March 2010.


2009–10 Austrian Cup, Semifinals
This round involved the four winners from the previous round. These matches took place on 20 and 21 April 2010.


2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 98th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season began on the weekend of 18 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010. RB Salzburg claimed the championship on the last matchday, their second consecutive title.


2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Team changes from last season
SC Rheindorf Altach were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in 10th and last place. They were replaced by First League champions SC Wiener Neustadt.


2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Results
Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.


2009–10 Austrian Football First League
The 2009–10 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as ADEG Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 36th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2009 and ended on 28 May 2010.


2009–10 Austrian Football First League
The season is the last one played with twelve teams, as league size will be reduced to ten for 2010–11. The reserve teams of Austrian Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna will be demoted to the Regionalliga after the season regardless of their final position. The last-placed of the remaining ten teams will also be relegated, while the team ranked ninth will compete with the Regionalliga champions for another spot in the 2010–11 season.


2009–10 Austrian Football First League, Team movements, Movement between Bundesliga and Erste Liga
SC Wiener Neustadt as 2008–09 champions were promoted to the Bundesliga. They were replaced by SC Rheindorf Altach, who finished the 2008–09 Bundesliga season in last place.


2009–10 Austrian Football First League, Team movements, Movement between Erste Liga and Regionalliga
SV Grödig, DSV Leoben and 1. FC Vöcklabruck finished the 2008–09 season in the bottom three places and were relegated to their appropriate Regionalliga division. The three relegated teams were replaced by Regionalliga division champions First Vienna (East), TSV Hartberg (Central) and FC Dornbirn 1913 (West).


2009–10 Austrian Hockey League season
The 2009–10 Austrian Hockey League was a season of the Austrian Hockey League (known as Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (or EBEL league) for sponsorship reasons).


2009–10 Austrian National League season
The 2009-10 Austrian National League season was contested by seven teams, and saw EC Dornbirn win the championship. The top six teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. HC Innsbruck and EC Dornbirn received byes to the semifinals.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season
The 2009–10 season was the 100th season of competitive football by Ayr United.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Summary, Season
In the 2009–10 season, Ayr United celebrated their centennial year by gaining promotion to The First Division after the play-off victory at The Excelsior Stadium against Airdrie United. Ayr were promoted after a five-year stint in the Second Division. Airdrie United were later rewarded First Division status after Livingston were double-relegated to the Fourth Tier of Scottish football for financial reasons.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Summary, Season
Ayr were promoted along with Fife side Raith Rovers; the other club joining the First Division after being absent for half a decade are Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who were relegated from the SPL at the end of the 2008–09 season. Ayr United were relegated at the end of the season when they finished bottom of the league.


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


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Goalscorers, Players in on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Goalscorers, Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Goalscorers, Departed players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Goalscorers, Squad changes
Boss Brian Reid made many changes to the squad during the Close-Season, bringing in Kevin James from St Johnstone, Kevin Cawley from Celtic, Craig Samson from Hereford United, Andy Aitken from Queen of the South, Billy Gibson from Clyde and David O'Brien from Dundee (Who only played one game before joining Stirling Albion) and departing were Scott Walker to join Alloa Athletic, Murray Henderson who went to sign for Stranraer, Alex Williams moving to Irish Club Dundalk, Allan Dempsie re-joining Elgin City and goalkeeper Fraser Stewart.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Goalscorers, Squad changes
There were many changes to the squad throughout the course of the season bringing several loan signings such as Australian Ryan McGowan a defensive-midfielder from Hearts, Stephen Reynolds a 20-year-old striker from St Johnstone brought in for one month as an emergency loan signing, Rocky Visconte another Australian from Hearts, Chris Mitchell a Scotland Under-21 defender, Daniel McKay from local-rivals Kilmarnock and Daniel Lafferty from Celtic.


2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season, Goalscorers, Squad changes
Brian Reid also David Mitchell out on loan to Stranraer to the end of the season, another player to leave the club on a temporary basis was Scott Agnew who joined Alloa Athletic until January then signed for Stranraer for the duration of the season. Players leaving the club on a permanent basis were Bryan Prunty and David Gormley who both joined Alloa, Chris Aitken who re-joined previous club Stirling Albion, Neil McGowan who signed for Clyde and fans-favourite Ryan Stevenson who joined SPL club Hearts for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £10k. players joining the club included Steve Bowey from English side Bedlington Terriers, Tam McManus from Derry City and Montserrat international Junior Mendes.


2009–10 Azadegan League
The 2009–10 Azadegan League was the 19th season of the Azadegan League and ninth as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2008–09 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup: Payam Mashhad, Damash and Bargh Shiraz and four new teams promoted from the 2008–09 2nd Division: Sanati Kaveh, Foolad Novin, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Naft Tehran. Gostaresh Foulad replaced Niroye Zamini while Iranjavan replaced Moghavemat Mersad. Aluminium Arak changed their name into Shensa Arak. The league started on 10 August 2009 and ended on 27 June 2010. Shahrdari Tabriz and Naft Tehran won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Shahrdari Tabriz, Naft Tehran and Sanat Naft promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.


2009–10 Azadegan League, Attendance, Average home attendance
Updated to games played on 27 June 2010Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesBargh Shiraz, Damash and Payam Mashhad played last season in Persian Gulf CupFoolad Novin, Mes Sarcheshmeh, Naft Tehran and Sanati Kaveh played last season in Iran 2nd Division  Gostaresh Foulad replaced Niroye Zamini  Iranjavan replaced Moghavemat Mersad  Aluminium Arak changed their name into Shensa Arak


2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup 2009–10 was the 18th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. It started on 17 September 2009 with four games of the Preliminary Round and ended on 22 May 2009 with the Final held at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku. FK Karabakh were the defending champions. Twenty teams competed in this year's competition.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup, Preliminary round
Eight lower division teams qualified for this competition played against each other over two legs and the winners of these legs joined the twelve teams of the Azerbaijan Premier League 2009–10 in the next round. The first legs were played on 17 September 2009 and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 September 2009.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup, First round
The four winners from the Preliminary Round joined the 12 teams of the Azerbaijan Premier League 2009–10 in this round. The first legs took place on 4 and 5 November 2009 and the second legs took take place on 11 and 12 November 2009.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarterfinals
The eight winners from the First Round matched up in this round. The first legs took place on 6 and 7 March 2010 and the second legs took place on 17 and 18 March 2010.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup, Semifinals
The four winners from the Quarterfinals matched up in this round. The first legs took place on 27 April 2010 and the second legs took place on 5 and 6 May 2010.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup, Final
The two winners from the Semifinals matched up in this match.


2009–10 Azerbaijan First Division
The 2009–10 Azerbaijan First Division, also known as the Birinci Dästä, is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. There will be twelve teams participating in Azerbaijani First Division this year. The season began on 5 September 2009 and finished on 16 May 2010.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League was the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. It began on 14 August 2009 and finished in May 2010. FK Baku were the defending champions.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League
The league was competed in two stages. The first stage consisted of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition then split into two halves. However, each team took over to the respective group only records earned against the remaining 5 teams in their second round group. The teams ranked first through sixth played out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams had to avoid one of the two relegation places.


2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams
MOIK Baku and Bakili Baku were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. Since the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan did not grant a Premier League license to any of the teams in the Azerbaijan First Division, the league size was reduced to twelve teams.


2009–10 B Group
The 2009–10 B Group was the 55th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 8 August 2009 and finished on 23 May 2010 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.


2009–10 B Group, East B PFG, Teams
1Only 15 teams will compete in the East B PFG this season due to no team from the Bulgarian North-East V AFG being promoted. Both the champions FC Orlovets Pobeda and runners-up FC Benkovski Bjala refused to participate in the Second Division and chose instead to continue to compete in the Third Division.


2009–10 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados season
The 2009–10 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados season is the 22nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In the Philippine Cup, they were known as the Purefoods TJ Giants.


2009–10 BAI Basket
The 2009–10 Season of BAI Basket (32nd edition) ran from November 13, 2009 to June 15, 2010, with 12 teams playing in three different stages: in stage one (regular season) teams played a double round robin system. In stage two, the six best teams played a single round robin tournament in serie A and the last six did the same for the consolation group, serie B. Finally, in stage three (final four) the best four teams from serie A played in a round robin at four rounds for the title. The winners of the regular season and of the serie A are awarded a bonus point for the serie A and the final four, respectively.


2009–10 BAI Basket, Regular Season (November 13, 2009 - March 30, 2010
As the regular season winner, Primeiro de Agosto is awarded a bonus point for the group stage.


2009–10 BAI Basket, Group Stage (April 20–30, 2010)
As the group stage winner, Primeiro de Agosto is awarded a bonus point for the final four.


2009–10 BFA Senior League
The 2009–10 BFA Senior League is the third season of the league playing under its present format, which involves the top teams from the Grand Bahama and New Providence Soccer Leagues. Previously, the league was a tournament between the top teams of each island, but is now the top flight of Bahamian football.


2009–10 BFA Senior League
The competition features the winners of the New Providence Football League and the Grand Bahamas Football League to determine the top club in The Bahamas, as well as the nation's qualifier for the CFU Club Championship.


2009–10 BFA Senior League
IM Bears FC won the championship, failing to win only one match in the process.


2009–10 BIBL season
In the second season of the Balkan International Basketball League are competing ten participants from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.


2009–10 BIBL season, Format, Regular season
In the regular season the teams will be divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the playoffs. Games will be played from October 10, 2009 to March 3, 2010.


2009–10 BIBL season, Format, Quarterfinals
The top four teams in each group advance for the quarterfinals. The winner of Group A/Group B will play with the fourth placed team in Group B/Group A and the second placed team in Group A/Group B will play with the third in Group B/Group A.


2009–10 BIBL season, Format, Final four
The four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff.


2009–10 BIBL season, Quarterfinals
First legs were held on March 18; second legs were on March 24 and March 25


2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
The 2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's fifth season at BYU. The Cougars were members of the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at the Marriott Center. They finished the season 30–6, 13–3 in MWC play. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to UNLV. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 7 seed in the West Region. They beat 10 seed Florida in double overtime in the first round before losing to 2 seed and AP #7 Kansas State in the second round.


2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Pre-Season
In the Mountain West preseason polls, released October 6 at The Mtn. studios in Denver, Colorado, BYU was selected to finish first in the media poll. Jr. Jimmer Fredette was selected as the preseason conference player of the year along with being selected to the preseason MWC first team. Sr . Jonathan Tavernari was also selected to the preseason first team.


2009–10 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.


2009–10 Bahrain First Division League
The 2009–10 Bahrain First Division League was the 53rd season of top-level football in Bahrain.


2009–10 Bahrain First Division League
Muharraq Club had been the defending champions for the previous four seasons, but lost this championship on the final day to Al-Ahli (Manama).


2009–10 Bahrain First Division League, Structure Changes
The league was reduced from the previous season's 19 to 10 clubs.


2009–10 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Ball State Cardinals basketball team represented Ball State University in the college basketball season of 2009–10. The team was coached by Billy Taylor and played their homes game in the John E. Worthen Arena.


2009–10 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Before the season, Roster changes
The Cardinals lost three starters from last year's squad due to graduation. Of those three seniors, Brandon Lampley was the only one with a double digit Points-per-game statistic, with 10.0 points per game. Along with him were two other guards from the team, Laron Frazier and Rob Giles. Along with these three players, Ball State also lost three other players, one of those being Anthony Newell. Newell was only five points away from breaking 1,000 points within Ball State's men's basketball team when he broke his leg in a 46–42 victory over Eastern Michigan. Junior Eric Wormely also left the team when he transferred to another college for more playing time. Sophomore KeAundre Peak, who was a key contributor, also transferred and chose Indiana State.


2009–10 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Before the season, Roster changes
No transfers came in to Ball State for the 2009–2010 season. All four recruits are new freshmen.


2009–10 Baltic League
The 2009–2010 Baltic League (known as the Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) is a 16-team football tournament held in the Baltic states. Five top teams from each participating country – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – along with the winner of the 2008 season will play a 4 round and 2 legged (excluding final) play-off style knockout tournament. It is held from Autumn 2009 through Summer 2010.


2009–10 Baltic League, Round of 16
The second leg match was scratched and Vėtra advanced to the next round as Dinaburg was ejected from the competition for match-fixing.


2009–10 Bangladesh League
The 2009–10 Citycell Bangladesh League started on 25 October 2009. 13 teams will compete with each other on a home and away basis.


2009–10 Bangladesh League
The third edition of Bangladeshi football in the professional era was renamed from B League to Bangladesh League in order to combat suggestions that it is a second-tier league.


2009–10 Bangladesh League, Final standings, Goalscorers
There have been 391 goals scored in 156 matches, for an average of 2.51 goals per match (as of June 2010).


2009–10 Bangladeshi cricket season
The 2009–10 Bangladeshi cricket season featured Test series between Bangladesh and India, and between Bangladesh and England. There was also a limited overs international series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Rajshahi Division retained the National Cricket League championship title won the previous season.


2009–10 Bangladeshi cricket season, International cricket
India played two Test matches in Bangladesh in January 2010, winning them both. England visited in February/March to play two Tests and three limited overs internationals, winning all five matches. Zimbabwe played five limited overs internationals, but no Tests, in October/November 2009, Bangladesh winning the series 4–1 after losing the opening match.


2009–10 Barako Energy Coffee Masters season
The 2009–10 Barako Energy Coffee Masters season is the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In the Philippine Cup, they were known as the Barako Bull Energy Masters.


2009–10 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
The 2009–10 Barangay Ginebra Kings season is the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2009–10 Barnet F.C. season
This article documents the 2009–10 season for North London football club Barnet.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season
The 2009–10 season was Barnsley's 101st season in the Football League since joining in 1898.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Kit and sponsorship
Barnsley's kits continue to be designed by Lotto and the main shirt sponsor stays as Barnsley Building Society.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League
Barnsley started the league with a 2–2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. This was followed by defeats by Coventry City and Preston North End, this kept Barnsley in the relegation zone with just one point. Then a 3–1 defeat to Reading put Barnsley to the bottom of the table and subsequently saw manager Simon Davey relieved of his duties. Their first win of the season came when they beat Derby County 3–2. This was followed by a draw against Swansea City, then a 5–2 loss to Queens Park Rangers.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League
They bounced back with a shocking scoreline as they beat West Bromwich Albion 3–1. Ipswich Town and Doncaster Rovers both suffered defeats against the Tykes. This was followed by a defeat against Nottingham Forest and then the Tykes lost 3–2 against Bristol City. They bounced back with a 2–1 win over Peterborough United at London Road this was followed with a 2–2 draw with Sheffield United. They Tykes then beat Cardiff City with Dickinson grabbing an injury time winner.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League
On 28 November the Tykes took on Plymouth Argyle at Home Park, the Tykes were winning 4–1 before referee Gavin Ward called off the game in the 58th minute. Following this unfortunate event the Tykes took on play-off contenders Blackpool who they beat 2–1, becoming the first side to take all three points from Bloomfield Road. This was followed by three consecutive draws against Scunthorpe United, Newcastle United and Crystal Palace.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League
After their boxing day clash with Preston North End was postponed due to a frozen pitch at Deepdale, the Tykes took on Middlesbrough, who they beat 2–1, with two second half goals. Coventry City beat Barnsley 3–1 on the first league game of the New Year and then a 2–1 loss to Sheffield Wednesday but quickly bouncing back to back Leicester City.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Barnsley were knocked out of the cup by Scunthorpe United when they were beaten 1–0.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
Round One – Lincoln City 0–1 Barnsley: The Reds travelled to Sincil Bank to face Lincoln City, where Daniel Bogdanovic netted the only goal in a 1–0 win.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
Round Two – Reading 1–2 Barnsley: The Reds faced Reading away and two more goals from Bogdanovic either side of Rob Kozluk's own goal put them into the third round.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
Round Three – Barnsley 3–2 Burnley: Barnsley entertained Premier League side Burnley. The away side took the lead through Steven Fletcher before Jon Macken's immediate equaliser. Anderson de Silva then drilled in a piledriver to make it 2–1 and Chris Eagles equalised. Hugo Colace headed the winner.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
Round Four – Barnsley 0–2 Manchester United: Daniel Welbeck opened the score for Manchester United, Gary Neville was then sent off. Michael Owen put the visitors 2–0 up.


2009–10 Barnsley F.C. 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 Barys Astana season
The 2009–10 Barys Astana season was the Kontinental Hockey League franchise's 2nd season of play. The 2009–10 season saw Barys have a very similar season than the previous. Veteran Jozef Stümpel finished top scorer of the team, with 13 goals and 39 assists (52 points), two better than Maxim Spiridonov, who was the best goal scorer of the team with 24. Fan favourite Kevin Dallman also was a major contributor, with 14 goals and 27 assists.


2009–10 Barys Astana season
Newcomer Jeff Glass did a fine job between the pipes, with 19 wins and a 2.87 goals against average, helping the team finish fourteenth overall of the KHL, a one place improvement from 2008–09. Barys was however once again swept in three games by Ak Bars Kazan in the first round of the playoffs.


2009–10 Barys Astana season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Win (3 points)  Overtime/shootout win (2 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)  Loss (0 points)


2009–10 Barys Astana season, Draft picks
Barys Astana's picks at the 2009 KHL Junior Draft in Moscow, Russia, on 1 June 2009.


2009–10 Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10 was the 44th season of the Basketball Bundesliga. Ten days before the start of the season, Beko was presented as the new main sponsor of the BBL. The sponsorship agreement was made for a period of six years and included a rebranding of the league name to Beko BBL. After topsy-turvy playoffs that saw all of the top four teams in the regular season defeated in the first round, Brose Baskets Bamberg won the title after a 5-game final series against the Skyliners Frankfurt, who had defeated another higher seed in the semifinals. It was the 3rd title for Bamberg, who were also the only higher-seeded team to win a playoff series this season.


2009–10 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams
Giants Nördlingen have decided to withdraw from the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and play in the Pro A this season. This resulted in a wild card to be issued by the BBL. The wild card was granted to LTi Giessen 46ers. LTi Giessen 46ers finished on a relegation position the previous season. Mitteldeutscher BC and Phoenix Hagen of the Pro A division have qualified by sportive means to play in Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10. Both received a licence for this season.


2009–10 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams
Phoenix Hagen still has to meet a deadline by 30 July 2009 regarding their arena to maintain the licence, however the BBL expects them to meet the requirements. On 10 July 2009  Köln 99ers have filed for insolvency. On Monday 20 July 2009 he BBL intended to decide and announce its reaction to this insolvency. However, on Friday 17 July 2009 Köln 99ers declared to renounce their BBL licence. The created free space resulted in a second wild card being issued to Eisbären Bremerhaven. Eisbären Bremerhaven finished last in the previous season and originally were to be relegated.


2009–10 Basketball League Belgium Division I
The 2009–10 Basketball League Belgium Division I, for sponsorship reasons named 2009–10 Ethias League, was the 82nd season of the Basketball League Belgium, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium. Spirou Charleroi won the national title, their third straight and ninth total title.


2009–10 Basketball League of Serbia
The 2009–10 Basketball League of Serbia season was the 4th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It was also 66th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The 2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season happened between 31 July 2009 and 8 May 2010. Bayer Leverkusen participated in the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, August
Bayer Leverkusen started the 2009–10 season on 31 July 2009 in the DFB-Pokal. Bayer Leverkusen defeated SV Babelsberg 1–0 in the first round on 31 July 2009. Eren Derdiyok scored the only goal of the match. Bayer Leverkusen's opening match of the Bundesliga happened on 8 August 2009 against 1. FSV Mainz 05. The match finished in a 2–2 draw. Eren Derdiyok and Stefan Kießling scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Tim Hoogland and Daniel Gunkel scored for Mainz. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday one tied for eighth place. Matchday two happened on 15 August 2009 against 1899 Hoffenheim.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, August
Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Stefan Kießling. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday two in sixth place. Matchday three happened on 22 August 2009 against SC Freiburg. Bayer Leverkusen won the match 5–0. Eren Derdiyok scored two goals, Tranquillo Barnetta scored two goals, and Stefan Kießling scored a goal. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday three in first place. Matchday four happened on 29 August 2009 against VfL Bochum. Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1. Manuel Friedrich and Stefan Kießling scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Bochum's goal came from an own goal from Manuel Friedrich. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday four in second place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, September
Matchday five happened on 12 September 2009 against VfL Wolfsburg. Bayer Leverkusen won 3–2. Simon Rolfes and Stefan Kießling scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Rolfes scored two goals, including one from the penalty spot. Wolfsburg got goals from Zvjezdan Misimović and Grafite, who scored from the penalty spot. Bayer Leverkusen striker Eren Derdiyok and Wolfsburg goalkeeper Diego Benaglio were sent-off. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday five in second place. Matchday six happened on 20 September 2009 against Werder Bremen. The match finished in a 0–0 draw. After matchday six, Bayer Leverkusen were in second place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, September
On 23 September 2009, Bayer Leverkusen were defeated 2–1 by 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the second round of the DFB-Pokal. Kaiserslautern took a 2–0 lead with goals from Sidney Sam and Erik Jendrišek. Theofanis Gekas scored late in the match to pull a goal back for Bayer Leverkusen. Matchday seven happened on 26 September 2009 against 1. FC Köln. Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Simon Rolfes. Köln midfielder Maniche was sent-off during the match. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday seven in second place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, October
Matchday eight happened on 3 October 2009 against 1. FC Nürnberg. Bayer Leverkusen won 4–0 with goals from Toni Kroos, Simon Rolfes, Eren Derdiyok, and Stefan Kießling. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday eight in first place. Matchday nine happened on 17 October 2009 against Hamburger SV. The match finished in a 0–0 draw. After matchday nine, Bayer Leverkusen were in first place. Matchday 10 happened on 23 October 2009 against Borussia Dortmund. The match finished 1–1. Manuel Friedrich scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Lucas Barrios scored for Borussia Dortmund. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 10 in first place. Matchday 11 happened on 31 October 2009 against FC Schalke. The match finished in a 2–2 draw. Toni Kroos and Stefan Kießling scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Kevin Kuranyi and Vicente Sánchez scored for Schalke. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 11 in first place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, November
Matchday 12 happened on 6 November 2009 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayer Leverkusen won 4–0 with goals from Stefan Kießling, Stefan Reinartz, Toni Kroos, and Lars Bender. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 12 in first place. Matchday 13 happened on 22 November 2009 against Bayern Munich. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. Stefan Kießling scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Mario Gómez scored for Bayern Munich. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 13 in first place. Matchday 14 happened on 29 November 2009 against VfB Stuttgart. Bayer Leverkusen won 4–0 with three goals from Stefan Kießling and a goal from Eren Derdiyok. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 14 in first place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, December and January
Matchday 15 happened on 5 December 2009 against Hannover 96. The match finished in a 0–0 draw. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 15 in first place. Matchday 16 happened on 11 December 2009 against Hertha BSC. The match finished in a 2–2 draw. Toni Kroos and Burak Kaplan scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Adrián Ramos scored two goals for Hertha BSC. Gojko Kacar was sent-off during the match. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 16 in first place. Matchday 17 happened on 19 December 2009 against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayer Leverkusen won the match 3–2.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, December and January
Bayer Leverkusen got two goals from Toni Kroos and a goal from Eren Derdiyok. Roel Brouwers and Dante scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 17 in first place. Matchday 18 happened on 16 January 2010 against Mainz. Bayer Leverkusen won 4–2. Michal Kadlec, Tranquillo Barnetta, Toni Kroos, and Eren Derdiyok scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Tim Hoogland and Niko Bungert scored for Mainz. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 18 in first place. Matchday 19 happened on 24 January 2010 against 1899 Hoffenheim. Bayer Leverkusen won 3–0 with goals from Sami Hyypiä, Toni Kroos, and Tranquillo Barnetta. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 19 in first place. Matchday 20 happened on 31 January 2010 against Freiburg. Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1. Stefan Kießling, Eren Derdiyok, and Sami Hyypiä scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Felix Bastians scored for Freiburg. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 20 in first place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, February
Matchday 21 happened on 6 February 2010 against Bochum. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. Eren Derdiyok scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Zlatko Dedić scored for Bochum. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 21 in first place. Matchday 22 happened on 13 February 2010 against Wolfsburg. Bayer Leverkusen 2–1. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 22 in first place. Matchday 23 happened on 21 February 2010 against Werder Bremen. The match finished in a 2–2 draw. Eren Derdiyok and Toni Kroos scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Claudio Pizarro and Per Mertesacker scored for Werder Bremen. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 23 in first place. Matchday 24 happened on 27 February 2010 against Köln. The match finished in a 0–0 draw. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 24 in second place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, March
Matchday 25 happened on 7 March 2010 against Nürnberg. Bayer Leverkusen lost the match 3–2. This was Bayer Leverkusen's first loss of the season. Stefan Kießling and Patrick Helmes scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Nürnberg got two goals from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and a goal from Mickaël Tavares. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 25 in third place. Matchday 26 happened on 14 March 2010 against Hamburg. Bayer Leverkusen won the match 4–2. Bayer Leverkusen got two goals from Stefan Kießling, a goal from Eren Derdiyok, and a goal from Gonzalo Castro. Zé Roberto and David Rozehnal scored for Hamburg.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, March
Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 26 in third place. Matchday 27 happened on 20 March 2010 against Borussia Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund won the match 3–0 with two goals from Lucas Barrios and a goal from Dimitar Rangelov. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 27 in third place. Matchday 28 happened on 27 March 2010 against Schalke. Schalke won 2–0 with two goals by Kevin Kuranyi. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 28 in third place.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, April and May
Matchday 29 happened on 3 April 2010 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayer Leverkusen lost 3–2. Stefan Kießling scored twice for Bayer Leverkusen. Eintracht Frankfurt got goals from Selim Teber, who scored from the penalty spot; Caio; and Maik Franz. Daniel Schwaab was sent-off during the match. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 29 in third place. Matchday 30 happened on 10 April 2010 against Bayern Munich. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. Arturo Vidal scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Arjen Robben scored for Bayern Munich. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 30 in third place. Matchday 31 happened on 17 April 2010 against Stuttgart.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, April and May
Bayer Leverkusen lost the match 2–1. Stefan Kießling scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Cacau scored two goals for Stuttgart. Tranquillo Barnetta was sent-off during the match. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 31 in fourth place. Matchday 32 happened on 24 April 2010 against Hannover. Bayer Leverkusen won the match 3–0 with two goals from Stefan Kießling and a goal from Burak Kaplan. Bayer Leverkusen finished matchday 32 in fourth place. Matchday 33 happened on 1 May 2010 against Hertha BSC. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. Manuel Friedrich scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Raffael scored for Hertha BSC.


2009–10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season overview, April and May
Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday 33 in fourth place. Matchday 34, the final matchday, happened on 8 May 2010 against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. Patrick Helmes scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Roel Brouwers scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayer Leverkusen finished the league season in fourth place.


2009–10 Bayernliga
The 2009–10 season of the Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system in the state of Bavaria at the time, was the 65th season of the league.


2009–10 Bayernliga, Overview
The league champions, FC Memmingen, were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Süd. It was Memmingen's first-ever Bayernliga title, won after having played 43 seasons in the league.


2009–10 Bayernliga, Overview
The bottom four clubs were directly relegated from the league while 15th placed SpVgg Ansbach had to enter the relegation round with the Landesliga runners-up where it ultimately lost to 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and was relegated. Of the relegated clubs only VfL Frohnlach made an immediate return to the Bayernliga in the following season while SV Memmelsdorf returned to the league in 2012 when it was expanded from one to two divisions. 1. FC Bad Kötzting and SpVgg Ansbach won promotion back to the Bayernliga in 2014 while TSG Thannhausen was unable to make a return.


2009–10 Bayernliga, Overview
Christian Doll of TSV Aindling was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.


2009–10 Bayernliga, Table
The 2009–10 season saw five new clubs in the league, TSV 1860 Rosenheim, SV Schalding-Heining and SV Memmelsdorf, all promoted from the Landesliga Bayern, while SpVgg Unterhaching II and TSV Großbardorf had been relegated from the Regionalliga Süd to the league.


2009–10 Bayernliga, Table
For Schalding-Heining and Memmelsdorf it was their first-ever season in the league while Rosenheim had last played in the Bayernliga in 1998. The two clubs relegated to the league had both been promoted to the Regionalliga in 2008 during a league expansion but lasted for only one season at this level.


2009–10 Bayernliga, Bayernliga promotion round
The 15th placed Bayernliga team had to face the runners-up of the three Landesligas for one more place in the Bayernliga.


2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team
The 2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's seventh season at Baylor. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to Kansas State. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a #3 seed in the South Region.


2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team
Their first round win over #14 seed Sam Houston State was the school's first tournament win since 1950. They defeated #11 seed Old Dominion in second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. They extended their record breaking run by defeating #10 seed Saint Mary's to advance to the Elite Eight where they would fall to #1 seed and AP #3 Duke. They finished the season with a record of 28–8, the 28 wins is a school record.


2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team, Pre-Season
In the Big 12 preseason polls, released October 14, Baylor was selected to finish tenth in the Big 12 coaches poll.


2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team, All Conference
Lacedarius Dunn was named to the All-Big 12 2nd team. Ekpe Udoh and Tweety Carter were named to the All-Big 12 3rd team after the season.


2009–10 Baylor Bears basketball team, Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.


2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team
The 2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears women's basketball team were coached by Kim Mulkey. The Bears are a member of the Big 12 Conference and participated in the Final Four.


2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team, Regular season
Brittney Griner set numerous NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference and Baylor records. She set a new single-season block mark with 218 and broke the NCAA Tournament blocked shot record, rejecting 35 through four tournament games.


2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team, Postseason, NCAA Basketball Tournament
The Lady Bears advanced to the Women's Final Four by defeating Duke 51-48. In that game, Griner set a new NCAA Woman's tournament record by getting her 31st block, breaking the old record set by Alison Bales of Duke in 2006. She currently has 35 blocks.


2009–10 Belarusian Cup
2009–10 Belarusian Cup was the nineteenth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it was conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 12 July 2009. Winners of the Cup qualify for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.


2009–10 Belarusian Cup, First round
Into this round entered 32 teams from the Belarusian First League (second level) and lower. These matches were held on 12 and 15 July 2009.


2009–10 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32
Into this round entered the 16 winners from the First Round, two First Division clubs and the 14 clubs from the Belarusian Premier League. The winners from the First Round were drawn against those clubs that received a bye to this round. These matches took place on 7, 8 and 9 August 2009.


2009–10 Belarusian Cup, Quarterfinals
The first leg games were held on 13 and 14 March 2010 and the second leg games were held on 17 and 18 March 2010. Most of the games were played in Minsk on artificial grounds due to bad grass pitch conditions in March.


2009–10 Belarusian Cup, Semifinals
The first legs were held on 24 March 2010 and the second legs were held on 28 March 2010. All games were played in Minsk on artificial grounds due to bad grass pitch conditions in March.


2009–10 Belarusian Extraliga season
The 2009–10 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 18th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. 14 teams participated in the league, and Yunost Minsk won the championship.


2009–10 Belgian Cup
The 2009–10 Belgian Cup (also known as Cofidis Cup because of sponsoring purposes) was the 55th season of the main knockout football competition in Belgium. It commenced on 25 July 2009 with the first matches of Round 1 and concluded with the Final on 15 May 2010. Genk were the defending champions. The competition was won by Gent.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Competition format
The competition consists of ten rounds. The first seven rounds are held as single-match elimination rounds. If the match remains tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes is played followed by penalties if still necessary. The quarter- and semi-finals are played as Two-legged ties, where the team winning both matches on aggregate advances. The final is played as a single match at a neutral venue.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Competition format
Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2008–09 league affiliation. Teams from the fourth-level Promotion or lower begin in Round 1. Third Division teams enter in Round 3, with Second Division teams joining in the following round. Teams from the Belgian First Division enter in Round 6.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Starting Rounds
The starting five rounds feature only teams of lower divisions and all matches are played during the summer and early fall, mostly in July and August.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Starting Rounds, Round 1
The matches were played on 25 and 26 July 2009.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Starting Rounds, Round 3
The matches were played on 8 and 9 August 2009.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Final Stages, Round 6
The matches were played on 27 and 28 October 2009. All 16 Belgian First Division teams were supposed to enter in this round, however newly promoted Sint-Truiden had to start already in round 4 due to an error by the KBVB-URBSFA. The three teams relegated last season from the top division were also allowed to enter in this round. The top 16 teams of the Belgian First Division 2008–09 are seeded in this round and cannot meet each other. This means that newly promoted Sint-Truiden was not seeded, whereas relegated Dender is.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Final Stages, Round 7
The draw for the seventh round and the quarter finals was made on 4 November 2009. The match between Gent and Germinal Beerschot was originally scheduled one day earlier than the other matches for television broadcasting, but due to snow, the match was rescheduled to also be played on 23 December 2009. One day after this match had been rescheduled, the match between Zulte-Waregem and Cercle Brugge was postponed for the same reason. This match was originally scheduled to be played on 13 January 2010, but was postponed again to 14 January.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Final Stages, Round 7
On 14 January 2010 it was postponed a third time, which proved problematic as the ongoing bad weather had caused the calendar of most teams to be completely full. The next round of the cup was to be played on Wednesday 20 January and with league matches planned during the weekend a creative solution was necessary. This solution came from the Belgian FA who decided on their own to schedule the game on 20 January, with the two-legged quarter final, which was supposed to be played on this date and 27 January, becoming a single leg match. The winner of the rescheduled match was to play Anderlecht on 27 January, in Anderlecht. This decision was much discussed as it was against the rules of the Belgian Cup. After Cercle Brugge and Zulte-Waregem had discussed the case, they decided not to protest against the decision.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Final Stages, Quarterfinals
With the match between Zulte-Waregem and Cercle Brugge postponed three times and not many options remaining, the decision was made by the Belgian Football Association to play the Anderlecht versus Cercle Brugge in just one leg instead of two, with that match being played at Anderlecht. Cercle Brugge protested, insisting that the Belgian Football Association make the rules equal for all teams or they would take the Belgian FA to court. Thus either all matches in the quarter finals were played over one leg or all over two legs, not something in between. With the first legs of the other quarter finals already played, the Belgian FA decided to indeed change the matchup yet again and make the Anderlecht vs. Cercle Brugge match two legs after all.


2009–10 Belgian Cup, Final Stages, Semifinals
The semi finals are also two-legged. The draw was made on 1 February 2010.


2009–10 Belgian Elite League
In the 2009 – 10 season, the Belgian Elite League—the top tier of professional rugby union in Belgium—was won by Boitsfort Rugby Club.


2009–10 Belgian Hockey League season
The 2009–10 Belgian Hockey League season was the 90th season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Five teams participated in the league, and the Chiefs Leuven won the championship.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League
The 2009–10 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 31 July 2009 with the first matches of the regular season, and ended in May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round. Standard Liège were the defending champions.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League
The competition underwent a significant overhaul for this season by reducing the number of teams and, for the first time in the history of the league, introducing a playoff system to determine the Belgian champions.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League
On April 18, 2010, Anderlecht became champions as a result of a 1-2 victory in Bruges against one of their main rivals, Club Brugge.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Changes from 2008–09, Structural changes
The league size has been reduced from eighteen to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Changes from 2008–09, Structural changes
The participating clubs will first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches. After the conclusion of those matches, the team ranked 16th will be directly relegated to the Belgian Second Division, while every other team will play in a playoff round according to its league table position.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Changes from 2008–09, Structural changes
The first six teams will play in the Championship playoff. Points earned during the regular season are halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winner of this round has won the Belgian championship and will participate in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up will also play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, while the third-placed team will enter the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Finally, the fourth-placed team will have to compete in a single match (called Testmatch) against the winner of the Europa League playoff (see below) for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Changes from 2008–09, Structural changes
The teams finishing seventh through fourteenth will play in the Europa League playoff and start with zero points. The round will be played in two groups, with teams in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 comprising Group A, and the remaining teams comprising Group B. Each group will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winners of these groups will then compete in a two-legged series to earn the right to play against the fourth-placed team of the Championship playoff for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Changes from 2008–09, Structural changes
The 15th-placed team will participate in the Relegation playoff, along with the teams ranked second through fifth in the Belgian Second Division. The winners of the playoff will earn a place in the 2010–11 Belgian First Division.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Regular season, Financial troubles of Mouscron
During the season, Mouscron got into financial trouble. This caused months of debate and several law procedures, with the fate of Mouscron changing from week to week. The board of Mouscron finally accepted the bankruptcy of Mouscron on 28 December 2009. At that point, the last two matches of Mouscron had already been forfeited as many players refused to play due to wages from November and December not being paid; three forfeits in a row would have also caused immediate elimination and relegation to the Belgian Third Division.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Regular season, Financial troubles of Mouscron
As a result of the bankruptcy and relegation, Mouscron's record was expunged.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Regular season, Positions by round
Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings. The postponed matches are:


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Regular season, Positions by round
On top of that, the results of Mouscron were annulled between matchdays 20 and 21, causing many shifts between those matchdays. Also, for the rest of the season, there will be no point at which all teams have played the same number of matches, until at the end.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Regular season, Results
Note: All Mouscron results listed below were expunged after the club had to declare bankruptcy during the season. They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Mouscron's exemption have been shaded.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Championship playoff
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Anderlecht started with 35 points, Club Brugge with 29, Gent with 25, Kortrijk 23 and both Sint-Truiden and Zulte-Waregem started with 21.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Europa League playoff, Europa League playoff final
The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match. The winners on aggregate will compete in another match (called Testmatch) against a team from the championship playoff (see below). If both teams are tied after two matches, the away goals rule will be applied. Should both teams still be tied afterwards, thirty minutes of extra time will be played and, if necessary, a penalty shootout will be conducted.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Europa League playoff, Testmatches Europa League
The fourth-placed team from the championship playoff and the winners of the Europa League playoff competed for one spot in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Europa League playoff, Testmatches Europa League
Note: The spot in the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was taken by Cercle Brugge, who was the runners-up of the 2009–10 Belgian Cup to Champions League-qualified Gent.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Goalscorers
The list of goalscorers is split up: first there is the list of goalscorers during the regular competition, deciding the official title of league 'topscorer', which was won by Romelu Lukaku. After this, the goalscorers in the play-offs are listed below in a second list. Because not all teams get equal matches in the playoffs, the goals during the playoffs did not count to determine the top scorer and therefore there are two separate lists.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Season statistics
Regular competition records beaten or equalized during playoff games are listed as such.


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Season statistics, Scoring
Most goals in a match by one team: 5 Goals


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Season statistics, Scoring
Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals


2009–10 Belgian Pro League, Season statistics, Scoring
Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals


2009–10 Belgian Second Division
The 2009–10 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as EXQI League for sponsorship reasons) started on Wednesday 19 August and is the second tier football league in Belgium. The league was played by 19 teams, with 36 matchdays, so each team plays the 18 other teams twice. The season was divided into 2 periods. Each period winner qualifies for the Belgian Second Division Final Round.


2009–10 Belgian Second Division, Team changes
After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams remained in the league, with 6 other being replaced:


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League
The 2009-10 Belize Premier Football League is the highest competitive football league in Belize, which was founded in 1991. There are two seasons spread over two years, the opening and the closing.


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League, Closing season
The closing season started on 13 February 2010 and concluded on 30 May 2010.


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League, Closing season, Regular stage
The San Pedro Sea Dogs and Georgetown Ibayani game scheduled for 17 March 2010 was not played, therefore that is why only both teams played 13 games.


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League, Closing season, Playoff stage
Teams ranked 3-6 played a one off game to gain a place in the Semi-Finals, in order to play the top 2 ranked teams from the regular stage.


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League, Closing season, Playoff stage
Georgetown Ibayani and FC Belize advanced from the Quarter-Finals to play the top 2 ranked teams from the regular stage, Belize Defence Force and Hankook Verdes United.


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League, Closing season, Playoff stage
The winners of the Caribbean Motors Cup 2010 Spring Season was determined by a 2 legged match between Georgetown Ibayani and Belize Defence Force.


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League, Closing season, Playoff stage
Belize Defence Force win 4-1 on aggregate and subsequently win the league


2009–10 Belize Premier Football League, Closing season, Playoff stage
All stats from the Caribbean Motors Cup 2010 (Closing Season) were found here.


2009–10 Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey season
The Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey team represented Bemidji State University and participated in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. This was the Beavers final season in the John S. Glas Field House. For the 2010–11 season, the Beavers will move into the Bemidji Regional Events Center. Goaltender Zuzana Tomcikova represented her homeland of Slovakia in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Bemidji State doubled their win production compared to the 2008-09 season, when the Beavers claimed only six triumphs.


2009–10 Beta Ethniki
2009–10  was a season of Beta Ethniki (Greek: Β' Εθνική), the Greek professional football second division (see Greek football league system).


2009–10 Beta Ethniki, Final league table
Starting from this season,a play-off group will be held between the teams which finished in positions 3-6 for the last promotion spot, and a play-out group between the teams which finished in positions 13-16 for the last relegation spot.


2009–10 Beta Ethniki, Final league table
The same system which is used to the European play-off of First Division (see Super League Greece) will be applied. The play-off and play-out of Second Division (Football League). Teams play each other in a home and away round robin. However, they do not all start with 0 points. Instead, a weighting system applies to the teams' standing at the start of the play-off mini-league. The team finishing sixth in the Football League will start the play-off with 0 points.


2009–10 Beta Ethniki, Final league table
The sixth placed team's end of season tally of points is subtracted from the sum of the points that other teams have. The only difference with European play-off of Super League is that this number is then divided by four (instead to five in Super League), to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league. If necessary, points will be rounded.


2009–10 Beta Ethniki, Final league table
As a result, the teams will start the play-offs with the following number of points:


2009–10 Beta Ethniki, Final league table
Also, the teams will start the play-out with the following number of points:


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season
The 2009–10 season was the 106th year of Beşiktaş' existence, as well as its 50th season in the Süper Lig. The club also competed in the Turkish Cup and UEFA Champions League. Beşiktaş entered the season as the defending champion of the both the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup. During the pre-season, the club also participated in the Peace Cup, finishing second in their group behind Porto and ahead of Lyon.


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season
The first transfer of the January window was goalkeeper Ramazan Özcan.


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Team kit
The new season kits of Beşiktaş were introduced on 19 July on the season jersey and fall/winter fashion clothing show at Nevzat Demir Facilities. The kit supplier of jerseys is Adidas and the main jersey sponsor is Cola Turka for the season, as it is since 2004.


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Players, First team squad
According to official club website as of 31 July 2009:


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Peace Cup
Beşiktaş participated in the 2009 "Peace Cup". Beşiktaş was placed in group D, along with Porto (Portugal) and Lyon (France). Beşiktaş finished 2nd place missing the knockout round by 2 points.


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Turkish Super Cup
Beşiktaş played the 2008–09 Turkish Cup finalist Fenerbahçe for the Turkish Super Cup. Beşiktaş previously defeated Fenerbahçe 4–2 in the Turkish Cup final.


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Turkish Super League
As the defending Super League champions, Beşiktaş started the 2009–10 Turkish Super League season with a 1–1 draw with İstanbul B.B.


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Turkish Cup
Beşiktaş J.K. participated in the Turkish Super Cup as the defending champions. By finishing the Turkish Super League in 1st place last year, Beşiktaş automatically qualified to the group stages. After losing their first 3 games Beşiktaş was eliminated from the cup.


2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season, UEFA Champions League
Beşiktaş qualified for the UEFA Champions League by becoming the champion of the Turkish Super League last year. Beşiktaş was seeded in group D along with Manchester United (England), CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Wolfsburg (Germany).


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 2 December 2009 in Östersund, Sweden and ended 28 March 2010 with the  Mixed Relay World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Races of the season were broadcast in Europe on Eurosport channel.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar
Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2009–10 season.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup, Retirements
Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2009–10 season:


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men will start at Thursday December 3, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Thursday February 18, 2009 in Vancouver at the olympic Biathlon event. Defending titlist is Michael Greis of Germany.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men, Competition format
The 20 kilometres (12 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women will start at Wednesday December 2, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Thursday February 18, 2009 in Vancouver at the olympic Biathlon event. Defending titlist is Magdalena Neuner of Germany.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women, Competition format
The 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men will start at Sunday January 10, 2010 in Oberhof and will finish Saturday March 27, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Dominik Landertinger of Austria.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men, Competition format
In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 15.0 kilometres (9.3 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously).


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women will start at Sunday January 10, 2010 in Oberhof and will finish Saturday March 27, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Helena Jonsson of Sweden.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women, Competition format
In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously).


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men will start at Saturday December 13, 2009 in Hochfilzen and will finish Saturday March 20, 2010 in Oslo. Defending titlist is Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men, Competition format
This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race. The contestants ski a distance of 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men, Competition format
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men, Competition format
Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women will start at Saturday December 13, 2009 in Hochfilzen and will finish Saturday March 20, 2010 in Oslo. Defending titlist is Kati Wilhelm of Germany.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women, Competition format
This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race. The contestants ski a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women, Competition format
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women, Competition format
Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men will start at Sunday December 6, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Friday February 26, 2009 in Vancouver at the olympic Biathlon event. Defending titlist is Austrian team.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men, Competition format
The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men, Competition format
The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race. ), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five. ).


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women will start at Sunday December 6, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Tuesday February 23, 2009 in Vancouver at the olympic Biathlon event. Defending titlist is German team.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women, Competition format
The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women, Competition format
The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race. ), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five. ).


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men will start at Saturday December 5, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Friday February 26, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men, Competition format
The 10 kilometres (6,23 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women Started on Saturday December 5, 2009 in Östersund and finished Thursday March 25, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Helena Jonsson of Sweden.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women, Competition format
The 10 kilometres (6,23 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and has been held in Östersund, Sweden, from 2 December until  6 December 2009


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 2 is the second event of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria from Friday December 11 until Sunday  December 13, 2009.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 3
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 3 is the third event of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia from Thursday December 17 until Sunday  December 20, 2009.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4 was the fourth event of the season and was held in Oberhof, Germany from Wednesday, January 6 until Sunday, January 10, 2010.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5 was the fifth event of the season and was held in Ruhpolding, Germany from Wednesday, January 13 until Sunday, January 17, 2010.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 6
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 6 was the sixth event of the season and was held in Antholz, Italy from Wednesday, January 20 until Sunday, January 24, 2010.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 7
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 7 was the seventh event of the season and was held in Kontiolahti, Finland from Friday, March 12 until Sunday, March 14, 2010.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was the eighth event of the season and was held in Oslo, Norway from Thursday, March 18 until Sunday, March 21, 2010.


2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9
The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9 was the ninth event of the season and was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from Thursday, March 25 until Sunday, March 28, 2010.


2009–10 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2009–10 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season marks the 14th season of Big 12 Conference basketball.


2009–10 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, In-season honors
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big 12 offices name a player of the week each Monday.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season
The 2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 31st in conference history, and involved its 16 full-time member schools. Syracuse captured the regular season title, its eighth overall, and second outright. However, West Virginia won the 2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, their first.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
At Big East media day in October, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Big East teams.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason All-Big East teams
Big East Preseason Player of the Year: Luke Harangody, F., Notre Dame Big East Preseason Rookie of the Year: Lance Stephenson, G., Cincinnati


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Watchlists
On August 19, the Wooden Award preseason watch list included eleven Big East players. The watchlist was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medical redshirts. On October 29, the Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist of 50 players was announced, which included nine Big East names.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Midseason watchlists
On January 4, the Wooden Award midseason watchlist was released, and included six Big East players—more than any other conference. The list was composed of 31 players, reduced from the preseason list of 50. Newcomers included junior forward Wesley Johnson of Syracuse. In addition, six Big East players who were on the preseason list did not appear at midseason: Devin Ebanks, Corey Fisher, Jeremy Hazell, Samardo Samuels, Deonta Vaughn, and Kemba Walker. The list was reduced to a final national ballot of about 20 players in March. On February 24, the Naismith Top 30 was announced, and included newcomers Johnson and South Florida guard Dominique Jones.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Statistical leaders
The regular season team, individual, and attendance figures include all conference and non-conference games played from November 9, 2009 through March 6, 2010.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, Big East Tournament
For the second straight year, all 16 teams in the conference participated in the Big East Tournament. Under this format, the teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received a bye to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received a bye to the quarterfinals. The five-round tournament spanned five consecutive days, from Tuesday, March 9, through Saturday, March 13, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, Big East Tournament
In the finals, West Virginia held of a last-minute rally by Georgetown to win the title, 60–58. Da'Sean Butler of the first-time champion Mountaineers was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Butler hit the tournament-winning field goal, and led West Virginia in a series of dramatic games, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in the Quarterfinals to advance the team over Cincinnati.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament
The Big East secured eight bids into the NCAA tournament, tying its own Division I record, achieved in both 2006 and 2008. As the Big East Tournament champion, West Virginia received an automatic bid into the tournament, while the remaining seven teams all received at-large bids. Syracuse achieved its first #1 seed since 1980, when it lost to #5 seed Iowa in the Sweet Sixteen. These teams combined for 8 wins and eight losses, as two teams reached the Sweet Sixteen, and West Virginia reached the Final Four.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament
The Big East received five bids into the National Invitation Tournament, combining for 2 wins and 5 losses. Only two teams, Cincinnati and Connecticut, advanced to the second round, both losing in their respective matchups.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, Conference awards and teams
The following individuals received postseason honors after having been chosen by the Big East Conference coaches:


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, Conference awards and teams
Awardees are chosen by a simple ballot, in which coaches are not allowed to vote for their players or themselves (in the case of the Big East Coach of the Year). Coaches voted for Big East Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year from the first team and all-rookie lists, respectively.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, Conference awards and teams
Notable members of the first team include Notre Dame senior forward Luke Harangody, who was named to the team for the third-straight year, Villanova senior guard Scottie Reynolds, who was the only player to receive a unanimous selection. Also of note was Syracuse junior forward Wesley Johnson, who was given no all-conference consideration prior to the start of the season, yet helped lead the Orange to a surprising eighth regular season conference title, and received both first team and Big East Player of the Year honors. Notably absent from all lists was preseason first-team pick Deonta Vaughn, a senior guard from Cincinnati, who led the team in assists and finished second in points.


2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, National awards and teams, Players
Two Big East players, Wesley Johnson of Syracuse and Scottie Reynolds of Villanova were named to the 2010 Consensus All-America First Team, while Luke Harangody of Notre Dame was named to the Second Team. Both Johnson and Reynolds were also named to the AP, USBWA, and NABC First Team All-America selections. Reynolds was also named to the TSN First-Team, while Johnson was named to its Second-Team.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
The 2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season marked the continuation of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members that began in 1904. On October 16, 2009 five schools celebrated Midnight Madness to mark the beginning of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue ended the season tied for the conference championship with win–loss records of 14–4, followed by Wisconsin at 13–5. In the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Ohio State defeated Minnesota for the championship, and the conference named Evan Turner as the tournament's most outstanding player. The conference earned five bids to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by the Co-Champions, runner-up and tournament runner-up. Big Ten teams posted a 9–5 overall record including three Sweet Sixteen appearances and one Final Four appearance. Two members of the conference received invitations to play in the 2010 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), in which they posted a 2–2 record.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Evan Turner received multiple first team 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans and National Player of the Year recognitions. Trévon Hughes, E'Twaun Moore, Kalin Lucas and Robbie Hummel also received various All-American recognitions. Moore was also recognized as an Academic All-American.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
On October 16, 2009 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan, and Minnesota celebrated Midnight Madness, and several other schools celebrated it in the subsequent days. Michigan State, Purdue and Michigan were ranked in the top 25 by all preseason polls. The entire 2008–09 All-Big Ten Conference first-team returned: Manny Harris MICH; Kalin Lucas MSU; Evan Turner OSU; Talor Battle PSU; and JaJuan Johnson PUR. The 24-member Big Ten media panel selected Lucas as the preseason conference player of the year, and he was joined on the first team preseason All-Big Ten team by Harris, Turner, Battle and Robbie Hummel PUR. The same media panel selected Michigan State as the preseason conference favorite followed by Purdue and Ohio State.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
Various publications released their preseason predictions for conference standings and All-Big Ten teams.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason watch lists
On August 19, 2009, the Wooden Award preseason watch list included eight Big Ten players. The watch list was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medical redshirts. The list will be reduced to a 30-player mid-season watch list in December and a final national ballot of about 20 players in March. On October 29, the Naismith College Player of the Year watch list of 50 players was announced. In late February, a shorter list of the Top 30 was compiled in preparation for a March vote to narrow the list to the four finalists.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Player of the week, In season honors
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named a player of the week each Monday.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season
The season opened with the Big Ten Conference holding the leadership with six teams ranked among the preseason top 25 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll, setting a new conference record for the most teams ranked to open a season. The season also opened with the entire 2008–09 first team All-Big Ten players returning. Both Manny Harris (November 14) and Evan Turner (November 9) recorded triple doubles in the opening week of the season marking the first times a Big Ten player has accomplished the feat since January 13, 2001.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season
Six of the eleven conference teams started at least one freshman. The following week, three schools (Michigan State, Illinois and Iowa) participated in ESPN's Tuesday, November 17 24-hour hoops marathon across its family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPN360). Michigan State's Magic Johnson and Jud Heathcote were inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on November 22. With his 341st victory, Tom Izzo became Michigan State's all-time leader in basketball coaching victories. Turner became the second player in conference history to be named conference player of the week three weeks in a row. On November 28, both Ohio State and Michigan State scored 100 points, marking the first time two conference teams have done so since December 22, 1997.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season
For the second time in the season, two teams scored 100 points on the same night on December 5. For the first time in eleven attempts, the Big Ten won the ACC – Big Ten Challenge. In his 275th game, Bo Ryan reached the 200-win milestone with Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball. In the same week, Tom Crean raised his record to 200-–125. The Big Ten entered intraconference play tied with the Big East Conference by having five ranked teams. Northwestern entered conference play on its longest winning streak in 16 years (9), and Purdue reached the 11–0 mark for the second time and had a perfect record at the end of December for the first time since the 1936–37 season.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season
Purdue ran its record to 14–0 to start the season, which tied the Glenn Robinson-led 1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers for the best start in school history. Four Big Ten athletes (Talor Battle, Harris, Trevon Hughes and Lucas) were named as finalists for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award to lead all conferences. Harris, Lucas, Robbie Hummel and Turner were also selected Midseason Top 30 finalists for the 2010 John Wooden Award. On January 12, Hummel and Turner became only the third pair of opposing Big Ten players to post 30 points against each other in one night. Michigan State established a new school record by winning its first eight conference games and extended the streak to nine by the end of the month.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season
On February 8 Turner recorded his fifth Conference Player of the Week award and eighth of his career surpassing the former conference record held by Glenn Robinson and Jim Jackson, who each had seven career and tied Robinson's single-season record with five. Two weeks later he set the single-season record with his sixth recognition when he averaged 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists against two ranked opponents (No. 4 Purdue and at No. 11 Michigan State). Three Big Ten players made the February Top 30 midseason Naismith College Player of the Year watch list: Hummel, Lucas and Turner. Hummel and Turner were selected among the 16 finalists for the 2010 Oscar Robertson Trophy.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season
Turner was selected as one of six finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. Lucas, Hummel and Turner were included on the final 26-man ballot for the Wooden Award.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Rankings
During the season, seven of the Big Ten teams received enough votes to be ranked and an eight team received voted during several weekly polls. Michigan State and Purdue were ranked during every weekly poll during the season.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preconference, Tournaments
*Although these tournaments include more teams, only 4 play for the championship.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preconference, ACC–Big Ten Challenge
The Big Ten Conference won the 11th annual ACC – Big Ten Challenge for the first time in the challenge's history.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference play
The 2009–10 season marked the third consecutive year that every Big Ten men's basketball conference regular-season and tournament game was nationally televised. In excess of 100 games appeared nationally on CBS, ESPN, ESPN2 or the Big Ten Network every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday during conference play beginning on December 29. All ten games of the March 11 – 14, 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament were nationally televised.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference play
With an eighteen-game in-conference schedule, each team met eight teams twice (home and away) and the two other teams only once. The following were the one-time meetings for this season.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors
Two sets of conference award winners were recognized by the Big Ten - one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors, All-Big Ten Academic team
The Big Ten Conference had 33 men's basketball letterwinners who were in at least their second academic year at their institution and who maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher during the winter semester to earn Big Ten Academic All-Conference honors. Purdue's Mark Wohlford who was a senior economics major had a perfect Winter GPA. These student-athletes were eligible to be named Distinguished Scholar Awardees if they maintained a 3.7 GPA for the entire academic year.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, National awards & honors, National awards
Turner was named the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy by the United States Basketball Writers Association as the consensus choice by voters in all nine geographical districts. Fox and Sporting News selected Turner as National Player of the Year. He was also recognized the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Division I Player of the Year and was honored as the Naismith Award recipient. In addition to his basketball honors, Turner was selected as the male Big Ten Athlete of the Year for all sports.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, National awards & honors, NABC
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 16, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selection on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams announced at the 2009 NABC Convention in Detroit. The following list represented the Big Ten players chosen to the list. (All Big Ten schools are within District 7 for the 2009–10 season.)


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, National awards & honors, USBWA
On March 9, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2009–10 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, National awards & honors, Academic honors, CoSIDA
On February 4, 2010, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN the Magazine selected their Academic All-Americans from throughout college basketball. CoSIDA has selected Academic All American teams since 1952. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution. Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable).


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, National awards & honors, Academic honors, CoSIDA
No student-athlete is eligible until he has completed one full calendar year at his current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility. In the cases of transfers, graduate students and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible. Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better both as an undergrad and in grad school. Michigan's Zack Novak was a District 4 first-team 2009 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team selection and Purdue's E'Twaun Moore was a District 5 selection, making them 2 of the 40 finalists for the 15-man Academic All-American team. On February 22, Moore was selected as a second-team Academic All-American.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, National awards & honors, Academic honors, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
Purdue's senior economics major Mark Wohlford was the conference's only men's basketball distinguished scholar by achieving the minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, National awards & honors, All-American
Sporting News selected Evan Turner as a first-team All-American and Trevon Hughes as a fifth-team All-American. Turner was also a first team selection by Associated Press (AP), Fox Sports, United States Basketball Writers Association, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! recognized E'Twaun Moore as a third-team selection and both Trevon Hughes and Kalin Lucas as honorable mentions. Fox recognized Robbie Hummel as a third-team selection, while the NABC recognized him as a second team selection. The AP recognized Moore, Hummel and Lucas as honorable mentions. As top 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, Chris Kramer (1st team) and Raymar Morgan (2nd team) were regarded as Senior All-Americans.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament
Evan Turner of the champion Buckeyes was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. He was joined on the All-Tournament team by Ohio State teammates William Buford and David Lighty, former high school teammate Demetri McCamey of Illinois and Devoe Joseph of Minnesota. Turner led Ohio State with late game heroics in the first two games and a championship game record total number of points in the finals.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament
In the NCAA tournament, the Big Ten Conference earned 5 invitations. These teams combined for 9 wins, and three teams reached the sweet sixteen round and Michigan State reached the final four.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament
The Big Ten earned two postseason National Invitation Tournament invitations. Its teams combined for 2 wins and 2 losses, with Illinois earning both wins.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, Other tournaments
The Big Ten did not have any entrants in the other post season tournaments.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2010 NBA Draft
Turner was the only Big Ten player selected in the 2010 Draft. The following All-Big Ten performers were listed as seniors: Trévon Hughes, Jason Bohannon, and DeShawn Sims. The following were All-Big Ten underclassmen, who declared early with the intent to hire agents: Evan Turner and Manny Harris. Neither withdrew his name from the draft-eligible list before the May 8 deadline. The following were All-Big Ten underclassmen who entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college: Talor Battle, Mike Davis, JaJuan Johnson, Demetri McCamey, and E'Twaun Moore.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
The 2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members.


2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, In season honors
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named a player of the week each Monday.


2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 2009–10 season was Birmingham City Football Club's sixth season in the Premier League and their 56th in the first tier of English football. The side was managed by former Scotland manager Alex McLeish, who successfully guided the side to promotion from the Championship the previous season.


2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season, Review, Carson Yeung takeover
Following his unsuccessful attempt to purchase the club during the 2007–08 season, Carson Yeung returned to complete a deal to purchase Birmingham City.


2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season, Review, Carson Yeung takeover
On 20 August, Carson Yeung's Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed Grandtop International placed a deposit of £3 million ahead of a new proposed takeover bid. This was quickly followed by Yeung's decision to donate £5 million to the club for the purchase of Middlesbrough's Tuncay, but such a gift would have broken HKSE rules, and the player signed for Stoke City instead.


2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season, Review, Carson Yeung takeover
The takeover date was put back from October to mid-November, because of a delay to the EGM required to approve the issue of an additional 50% shares, following his capture of a £57m bridging loan to cover the purchase of the club.


2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season, Review, Carson Yeung takeover
Formal documents outlining Yeung's £1-per-share offer were sent out to club shareholders in mid-September. By 24 September, he had acceptances on 81.7% of the shares, including the holdings of former owners David Sullivan, David Gold and Ralph Gold, and by the closing date of 6 October, the takeover was complete, with acceptances in respect of 94% of the shares, a level allowing a compulsory purchase of the remainder.