2009–10 FC Twente season

During the 2009–10 Dutch football season, FC Twente competed in the Eredivisie.

FC Twente
2009–10 season
ManagerEngland Steve McClaren
StadiumDe Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie1st
KNVB CupSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Bryan Ruiz (24)
All: Bryan Ruiz (28)

Season summary edit

Twente won their first ever Eredivise title.[1][2] Manager Steve McClaren departed for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and was replaced by Gent manager Michel Preud'homme.

Competitions edit

Eredivisie edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Twente (C) 34 27 5 2 63 23 +40 86 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 27 4 3 106 20 +86 85 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 PSV 34 23 9 2 72 29 +43 78 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Feyenoord 34 17 12 5 54 31 +23 63
5 AZ 34 19 5 10 64 34 +30 62 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
Source: eredivsie.nl (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

KNVB Cup edit

UEFA Champions League edit

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying rounds edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Fenerbahçe 6 5 0 1 8 3 +5 15 Advance to knockout phase
2   Twente 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
3   Sheriff Tiraspol 6 1 2 3 4 5 −1 5
4   Steaua București 6 0 4 2 3 6 −3 4
Source: [citation needed]

Round of 32 edit

Kit edit

Twente's kit was manufactured by Italian brand Diadora and sponsored by Arke.

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NED Sander Boschker
2 DF   AUS David Carney
3 DF   NED Nicky Kuiper
4 DF   NED Peter Wisgerhof
5 DF   SRB Slobodan Rajković (on loan from Chelsea)
6 MF   NED Wout Brama (captain)
7 FW   AZE Vagif Javadov
8 DF   NED Ronnie Stam
9 FW   SUI Blaise Nkufo[notes 1]
10 FW   DEN Kenneth Perez
13 GK   BUL Nikolay Mihaylov (on loan from Liverpool)
14 MF   RSA Bernard Parker
15 FW   SVK Miroslav Stoch (on loan from Chelsea)
16 GK   NED Cees Paauwe
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   BRA Wellington (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim)
18 MF   CIV Cheick Tioté
19 DF   BRA Douglas
20 FW   NED Luuk de Jong[notes 2]
22 MF   CRC Bryan Ruiz
23 MF   IRQ Nashat Akram
24 MF   NED Theo Janssen
25 FW   SVK Andrej Rendla
26 DF   NED Dwight Tiendalli[notes 3]
27 MF   CRO Dario Vujičević[notes 4]
28 FW   GHA Ransford Osei (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
33 MF   NED Alexander Bannink
34 MF   GER Thilo Leugers
36 DF   AUT Michael Schimpelsberger

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW   NED Romano Denneboom (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam)
11 FW   AUS Nikita Rukavytsya (on loan to Roeselare)
12 DF   NED Jeroen Heubach (on loan to NEC)
17 MF   NED Youssouf Hersi[notes 5] (to AEK Athens)
21 FW   AUT Marko Arnautović (on loan to Inter)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF   ISL Bjarni Viðarsson (to Roeselare)
29 MF   FIN Përparim Hetemaj[notes 6] (to Brescia)
31 FW   NED Lesley Nahrwold (on loan to RBC Roosendaal)
66 DF   CZE Martin Sus (to 1. FC Brno)

Reserves edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW   NOR Flamur Kastrati[notes 7]
35 DF   GER Sebastian Sumelka
37 DF   NED Mitch Stockentree
38 MF   GER Theo Vogelsang[notes 8]
39 DF   FIN Petteri Pennanen
40 DF   POL Bartek Pacuszka
42 DF   FIN Tuomas Rannankari
43 DF   GER Stefan Thesker
44 GK   NED Nick Hengelman
45 GK   NED Nick Marsman
46 DF   NED Sander van Aken
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 DF   NED Thijs Bouma
48 DF   GER Nils Röseler
49 FW   SVK Filip Oršula
50 FW   NED Ruud Bruns
52 DF   NED Leon van Dijk
53 FW   ANG Hermani de Andrade
54 FW   NED Steven Berghuis
55 MF   AFG Faysal Shayesteh
57 FW   NED Ola John[notes 9]
62 MF   GER Marcel Piesche
69 FW   NED Ninos Gouriye

References edit

  1. ^ Taylor, Louise (2010-05-02). "Steve McClaren goes from zero to hero as FC Twente win Dutch title". The Guardian. Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "First title for Twente". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. 2010-05-02. Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - FC Twente - 2009/10".

Notes edit

  1. ^ Nkufo was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 2000.
  2. ^ de Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in February 2011.
  3. ^ Tiendalli was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but was raised in the Netherlands and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in June 2013.
  4. ^ Vujičević was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-21 level.
  5. ^ Hersi was born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level.
  6. ^ Hetemaj was born in Srbica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Skenderaj, Kosovo), but was raised in Finland from the age of 5 and represented Finland at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Finland in February 2009.
  7. ^ Kastrati was born in Oslo, Norway, and represented Norway at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Albania and Kosovo internationally and made his international debut for Kosovo in 2014.
  8. ^ Vogelsang was born in Omsk, Soviet Union (now Russia), but also holds German citizenship.
  9. ^ John was born in Zwedru, Liberia, but was raised in the Netherlands from the age of 2 and represented the Netherlands at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in 2013.