2009–10 Real Valladolid season

Real Valladolid
2009–10 season
President	Carlos Suárez Sureda
Head coach	José Luis Mendilibar (until 1 February); Onésimo Sánchez ; (from 1 February until 5 April); Javier Clemente (from 5 April)
Stadium	José Zorrilla
La Liga	18th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Diego Costa (8); All: ; Diego Costa (9)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is Real Valladolid's third consecutive season in La Liga. José Luis Mendilibar began the season as team's coach, but he was sacked on 1 February 2010 after the draw against Almería. Onésimo Sánchez became the new team coach and, after the defeat against Villarreal in Nuevo José Zorrilla, he was also sacked on 5 April. The directive discovered on 6 April the new team coach, Javier Clemente.

Trophies balance

Category	Trophy	Started round	First match	Result	Last match
Friendly Trophy	14th Quinocho Memorial Trophy	Final	13 August 2009	Runner-up	13 August 2009
	2009 Teresa Rivero Trophy	Final	19 August 2009	Winner	19 August 2009
	37th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy	Final	23 August 2009	Winner	23 August 2009
	Copa Castilla y León 2009–10	Semi-finals	8 September 2009	Runner-up	16 November 2010
Competitive	Liga BBVA	—	30 August 2009	18th	16 May 2010
Competitive	Copa del Rey	Round of 32	27 October 2009	Round of 32	11 November 2009

Summer transfers

In

Player	From	Fee
Héctor Font	Osasuna	Free
Antonio Barragán	Deportivo
Fabricio	Deportivo
Manucho	Manchester United (was on loan at Hull City)
Sisi	Recreativo
Nauzet Alemán	Las Palmas
Nivaldo	Umm-Salal
César Arzo	Villarreal
Marquitos	Villarreal
Alberto Bueno	Real Madrid (was playing with its reserve team)	€3M

Out

Player	New Team	Fee
Ángel Vivar Dorado	Albacete	Free
Sergio Asenjo	Atlético Madrid	€5.5M
Víctor	Cartagena	Free
Pedro León	Getafe	€4M
Iñaki Bea	Real Murcia	Free
Óscar Sánchez	Real Murcia
Kike	Salamanca

Loan in

Player	From
Pelé	Porto (was on loan at Portsmouth)
Diego Costa	Atlético Madrid (was on loan at Albacete)

Loan return

Player	From
Álvaro Antón¹	Numancia
Jacobo Sanz	Getafe
Asier	Xerez

Loan end

Player	Returns to
Marcos Aguirre	Lanús
Pedro Oldoni	Paranaense
Nano	Real Betis
Henok Goitom	Real Murcia
Damián Escudero	Villarreal

Loan out

Player	Team
Bartholomew Ogbeche	Cádiz
Álvaro Antón¹	Recreativo
Jesús Rueda	Córdoba

Winter transfers

In

Player	Team	Fee
Henrique Sereno	Vitória de Guimarães	Free

Out

Player	Team	Fee
Asier	Numancia	Free

Loan in

Player	From
Keko	Atlético Madrid
Asier del Horno	Valencia

Youth system

No	Player	Position	Called for first time
26	Yuri Berchiche	DF	v Almería (30 August 2009)
TBA	Quique	MF	v Sevilla (5 December 2009)
27	Carlos Lázaro	MF	v Racing de Santander (17 January 2010)
32	Raúl Navas	DF	v Osasuna (21 February 2010)
31	Javi Jiménez	GK	v Villarreal (4 April 2010)
29	Sergio García	MF	v Villarreal (4 April 2010)

Current squad

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	PAR	Justo Villar
2	DF	ESP	Antonio Barragán
3	DF	ESP	Alberto Marcos (captain)
4	DF	BRA	Nivaldo
5	MF	BIH	Haris Medunjanin
6	MF	POR	Pelé (on loan from Porto)⁵
7	FW	ESP	Nauzet Alemán
8	DF	ESP	Javier Baraja
9	FW	ANG	Manucho
10	MF	ESP	Borja
11	FW	ESP	Alberto Bueno
12	DF	POR	Henrique Sereno
13	GK	ESP	Fabricio
14	FW	ESP	Héctor Font
15	DF	ESP	Asier del Horno (on loan from Valencia)
16	DF	ESP	Pedro López


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ESP	Luis Prieto
18	MF	ESP	Álvaro Rubio
19	FW	ESP	Jonathan Sesma
20	FW	URU	Fabián Canobbio
21	MF	ESP	Sisi
22	MF	BRA	Diego Costa (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
23	MF	ESP	Marquitos
24	DF	ESP	César Arzo
25	GK	ESP	Jacobo Sanz
26	DF	ESP	Yuri Berchiche (promoted from youth system)
27	MF	ESP	Carlos Lázaro (promoted from youth system)
29	MF	ESP	Sergio García (promoted from youth system)
31	GK	ESP	Javi Jiménez (promoted from youth system)
32	DF	ESP	Raúl Navas (promoted from youth system)
33	MF	ESP	Keko (on loan from Atlético Madrid; April Out)
—	MF	ESP	Quique (promoted from youth system)

CAN 2010 called players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	ANG	Manucho (Out between 10 and 24 Jan.)

U-19 national team called players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	MF	ESP	Keko (Out between 13 and 21 Apr.)⁶

Match results

All times are in CET/CEST

Pre-season and friendly tournaments

Friendly matches

24 July 2009	Los Gatos de Íscar	2 – 5	Real Valladolid	Municipal de San Miguel, Íscar (Valladolid)
19:45	Agustín 19' Viti 23'	(Report)	8', 43' Bueno 37' Quique 81' Asier 83' Font	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Víctor Gijón Peñas

28 July 2009	Real Valladolid	1 – 2	Zamora	Municipal Ground, Medina de Rioseco (Valladolid)²
19:30	Marquitos 28' Medunjanin Arzo	(Report)	17' (pen.) Alegre 85' Aguado A. Villar Manu Arias	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: José Ignacio Hernández Cifuentes

31 July 2009	Ipswich Town	3 – 1	Real Valladolid	Portman Road, Ipswich
20:30 (Spain time) 19:30 (Local time)	Balkestein 62' Wickham 76' Prieto 84' (o.g.)	(Report)	31' (pen.) Baraja	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dean Whitestone

2 August 2009	Leicester City	1 – 0	Real Valladolid	Walkers Stadium, Leicester
16:00 (Spain time) 15:00 (Local time)	Fryatt 84' Morrison Howard	(Report)	Barragán Sesma	Attendance: 6,141 Referee: Lee Mason

4 August 2009	Stockport County	1 – 3	Real Valladolid	Edgeley Park, Stockport
20:30 (Spain time) 19:30 (Local time)	Havern 20'	(Report)	32' Nivaldo 64' Sesma 82' Manucho Prieto	Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Phil Dowd

7 August 2009	Stoke City	2 – 2	Real Valladolid	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 (Spain time) 19:00 (Local time)	Whitehead 2' Kitson 31' (pen.)	(Report)	51' Borja 71' Bueno Nivaldo	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alan Wiley

8 August 2009	Wolves	0 – 2	Real Valladolid	Molineux, Wolverhampton
16:00 (Spain time) 15:00 (Local time)		(Report)	29' Medunjanin 89' Asier Manucho	Attendance: 10,513 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

16 August 2009	Racing de Santander	1 – 0	Real Valladolid	La Veigona, Luarca (Asturias)²
18:00	Juanjo 46' Pinillos Serrano	(Report)	Borja	Attendance: 500 Referee: José Ramón Piñeiro Crespo

14th Quinocho Memorial Trophy

13 August 2009 Final	Celta	1 – 0	Real Valladolid	Balaídos, Vigo (Pontevedra)
21:00	Saulo 84' Ortega	(Report)	Pelé Arzo Marcos	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Julio Amoedo Chas

2009 Teresa Rivero Trophy

19 August 2009 Final	Rayo Vallecano	1 – 3	Real Valladolid	Teresa Rivero, Vallecas (Madrid)
21:00	Quero 22' Jofre	(Report)	56' Sesma 62' Borja 81' Bueno Arzo	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Luis Lesma López

37th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy

23 August 2009 Final	Real Valladolid	1 – 0	Villarreal	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
19:00	Nivaldo 30' Canobbio Prieto Barragán	(Report)	Oriol	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Copa Castilla y León 2009–10

Semi-finals		Final

16 September 2009– Aranda de Duero

Arandina	0
		16 November 2010– Salamanca
UD Salamanca	5
		UD Salamanca	2
8 September 2009– Palencia
		Real Valladolid	1
Palencia	0

Real Valladolid	5

8 September 2009 Semifinal	Palencia	0 – 5	Real Valladolid	Nueva Balastera, Palencia
20:30 CET	Agostinho	(Report)	9', 24' Costa 46', 72' Bueno 87' Canobbio	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jorge Valdés Aller

The final of this tournament had to be played on April 23, 2010, the Castilla y León's day, but as both finalists had some problems in their leagues (Real Valladolid in Liga BBVA, finally relegated, and UD Salamanca in Liga Adelante), the final was postponed to the 2010–11 season.

16 November 2010 Final	UD Salamanca	2 – 1	Real Valladolid	El Helmántico, Salamanca
20:30 CET	Martín 42' De la Nava 51' García 60' Ramos 83'		21', 87' Raúl Navas 33' Lázaro	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Rubén Gómez González

Liga BBVA

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result against	ALM	VAL	ZAR	OSA	MLL	ATH	RMA	DEP	ESP	XER	VIL	TEN	SEV	MGA	SPG	GET	ATM	RAC	FCB	ALM	VAL	ZAR	OSA	MLL	ATH	RMA	DEP	ESP	XER	VIL	TEN	SEV	MGA	SPG	GET	ATM	RAC	FCB
Venue	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Position	11	16	8	13	16	16	17	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	11	13	16	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	18
Goal Average (useful in case of tie)⁴																				Lost	Lost	Won	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Won	Won	Lost	Lost	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Lost	Won	Lost

		All							Home					Away
		Pts	W	D	L	F	A	Dif.	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
18	Real Valladolid (R)	36	7	15	16	37	62	−25	4	8	7	23	32	3	7	9	14	30

Liga del Juego Limpio
Position	Team	Supporters' Behavior Overall Between 0 and 5 stars
7	Real Valladolid	(3.02)

With José Luis Mendilibar

30 August 2009	Almería	0 – 0	Real Valladolid	Juegos del Mediterráneo, Almería
21:00	Míchel 74' Bernardello 86'	(Report)	12' Nivaldo 16' Yuri 88' Borja 89' Jacobo	Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

13 September 2009	Real Valladolid	2 – 4	Valencia	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
19:00	Nauzet 30' Arzo 53' Manucho 65'	(Report)	10' Silva 19' Marchena 34', 55' Villa 44' Mata 89' Bruno	Attendance: 18,200 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

20 September 2009	Real Zaragoza	1 – 2	Real Valladolid	La Romareda, Zaragoza
17:00	López 26'	(Report)	3' Marquitos 48' Arzo 56' Sisi 89' Costa	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

23 September 2009	Real Valladolid	1 – 2	Osasuna	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
20:00	Medunjanin 7' Manucho 32' Prieto 40' Costa 48' Arzo 57', 81' Font 60'	(Report)	24' Pandiani 37' Monreal 66' Flaño 68' Rúper 71' Galán 86' Ricardo	Attendance: 14,494 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

27 September 2009	Mallorca	3 – 0	Real Valladolid	ONO Estadi, Mallorca
17:00	Nunes 3' Aduriz 69' Valero 72'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

4 October 2009	Real Valladolid	2 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Nivaldo 11' Borja 30' Prieto 44' Costa 60' Marcos 64' 70' Nivaldo 75', 79' Rubio 81'	(Report)	9' Susaeta 22' Ustaritz 25' Yeste 33' Etxeita 41' Koikili 74' Ocio 77' Muniain	Attendance: 19,845 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

17 October 2009	Real Madrid	4 – 2	Real Valladolid	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
20:00	Raúl 13', 18' Ramos 43' Marcelo 44' Alonso 54' Higuaín 77'	(Report)	20' Arzo 29' Nauzet 53' Marquitos 88' Pelé	Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

25 October 2009	Real Valladolid	4 – 0	Deportivo	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Costa 8' 75' Nauzet 18', 46' Pelé 82' Medunjanin 83', 83'	(Report)	60' Colotto	Attendance: 17,479 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

1 November 2009	Espanyol	1 – 1	Real Valladolid	Nou Estadi Cornellà-El Prat, Barcelona
17:00	Marqués 31' García 50' Roncaglia 52' Forlín 84'	(Report)	29' Costa 44' Nivaldo 56' Nauzet 73' López 90+2' Medunjanin	Attendance: 27,130 Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

8 November 2009	Real Valladolid	0 – 0	Xerez	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00		(Report)	53' 90+2' Prieto 76' Aythami 86' Renan 88' Keita	Attendance: 16,231 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

22 November 2009	Villarreal	3 – 1	Real Valladolid	El Madrigal, Villarreal (Castellón)
17:00	Nilmar 6', 47' Rossi 22' 56'	(Report)	40' Baraja 60' Costa 72' Borja	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alfonso J. Álvarez Izquierdo

29 November 2009	Real Valladolid	3 – 3	Tenerife	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Costa 28', 50' Manucho 29' Canobbio 35' Marcos 69'	(Report)	18' Ricardo 37' Bellvís 62' Nino 70' Ángel 83' 88' 88' Luna	Attendance: 12,801 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

5 December 2009	Sevilla	1 – 1	Real Valladolid	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
18:00	Fabiano 44' 86' Navas 50' Dragutinović 55' Romaric 86'	(Report)	7' Costa 20' Nivaldo 33' Manucho 38' Borja 42' Pelé 81' Villar	Attendance: 38,500 Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

13 December 2009	Real Valladolid	1 – 1	Málaga	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Marcos 15' Nivaldo 69' Nauzet 85' Prieto 88'	(Report)	34' Duda 35' Obinna 59' Iván 77' Gaspar	Attendance: 13,345 Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez

20 December 2009	Real Valladolid	2 – 1	Sporting de Gijón	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Pelé 11' Nivaldo 29' 35' Medunjanin 88' Costa 88'	(Report)	13' Morán 55' Botía 78' Rivera	Attendance: 16,765 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

3 January 2010	Getafe	1 – 0	Real Valladolid	El Coliseum, Getafe (Madrid)
17:00	Casquero 83' Soldado 83'	(Report)	15' Arzo 62' Nauzet 64' Barragán	Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

9 January 2010	Real Valladolid	0 – 4	Atlético Madrid	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
18:00	López 52' Canobbio 64' Nivaldo 70' Marquitos 72' Pelé 83'	(Report)	17' Jurado 32' Forlán 59' Reyes 66' Perea 89' Agüero	Attendance: 16,246 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

17 January 2010	Racing de Santander	1 – 1	Real Valladolid	El Sardinero, Santander
17:00	Canales 60' Torrejón 66'	(Report)	19' (o.g.) Pinillos 31' Baraja 40' Borja	Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

23 January 2010	Real Valladolid	0 – 3	Barcelona	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
20:00	Marcos 80' Borja 85'	(Report)	21' Xavi 22' Alves 42' Piqué 50' Keita 56' Messi	Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

31 January 2010	Real Valladolid	1 – 1	Almería	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Manucho 26', 37' Prieto 44' Canobbio 66' Medunjanin³ 80' Costa 90'	(Report)	12' Crusat 22' Soriano 32' Pellerano	Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

With Onésimo Sánchez

6 February 2010	Valencia	2 – 0	Real Valladolid	Mestalla, Valencia
18:00	Banega 8' Villa 29'	(Report)	59' Costa 88' Pelé	Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

14 February 2010	Real Valladolid	1 – 1	Real Zaragoza	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Costa 23' Pelé 29' Del Horno 35' Borja 72' Arzo 81'	(Report)	9' Jarošík 14', 39' Suazo 30' Diogo 51' Contini 64' Herrera	Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

21 February 2010	Osasuna	1 – 1	Real Valladolid	Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona
17:00	Juanfran 69' Monreal 76' Camuñas 86'	(Report)	80' Medunjanin 88' Borja	Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

28 February 2010	Real Valladolid	1 – 2	Mallorca	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Bueno 49' López 71' Costa 73'	(Report)	18' Ayoze 69' Rubén 73' Josemi 81' Castro 83' Julio	Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

7 March 2010	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 0	Real Valladolid	San Mamés, Bilbao
19:00	Toquero 27', 37'	(Report)		Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

14 March 2010	Real Valladolid	1 – 4	Real Madrid	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
21:00	Del Horno 13' Lázaro 23' Medunjanin 28' Nauzet 53' Albiol 58' (o.g.) Pelé 88'	(Report)	20' Ramos 28' Ronaldo 30' Alonso 36' Granero 44', 51', 64' Higuaín	Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

20 March 2010	Deportivo	0 – 2	Real Valladolid	Riazor, A Coruña
18:00		(Report)	39' Nauzet 90' Medunjanin	Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

24 March 2010	Real Valladolid	0 – 0	Espanyol	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
20:00	Del Horno 36' Costa 36' Borja 43' Pelé 44' López 62'	(Report)	30' Baena 38' 90+1' Ruiz 54' Osvaldo	Attendance: 16,062 Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

28 March 2010	Xerez	3 – 0	Real Valladolid	Chapín, Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)
17:00	Sánchez 1' Míchel 36' Bermejo 38', 72' (pen.) Redondo 43'	(Report)	29' Pelé 32' Sereno 60' Arzo 61' Nauzet 71' Villar	Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

4 April 2010	Real Valladolid	0 – 2	Villarreal	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
17:00	Font 55' Sisi 70' Del Horno 79'	(Report)	9' 9' Ángel 22' Llorente 34' Cani 58' Nilmar 70' Bruno	Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

With Javier Clemente

10 April 2010	Tenerife	0 – 0	Real Valladolid	Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Tenerife
20:00 (Spain time) 19:00 (Local time)	Ricardo 44' Bertrán 82'	(Report)	52' Manucho 75' Baraja 78' Jacobo 86' Borja	Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

13 April 2010	Real Valladolid	2 – 1	Sevilla FC	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
20:00	Sereno 4' Barragán 14' Costa 41' Del Horno 49' Manucho 53' Nauzet 58' Baraja 88'	(Report)	39' Palop 82' Cala	Attendance: 18,961 Referee: Alfonso J. Álvarez Izquierdo

18 April 2010	Málaga	0 – 0	Real Valladolid	La Rosaleda, Málaga
17:00	Juanito 10' Gámez 24'	(Report)	16' Nivaldo 25' Borja	Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

25 April 2010	Sporting de Gijón	0 – 2	Real Valladolid	El Molinón, Gijón
17:00	Botía 12' Maldonado 85' Mateo 87'	(Report)	12' Costa 14' Nivaldo 29' 85' Del Horno 73' López 79' Manucho 90+3' Baraja	Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

1 May 2010	Real Valladolid	0 – 0	Getafe	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
18:00	Prieto 43' Nauzet 60'	(Report)	34' 57' Cortés 38' Adrián 71' Díaz 77' Rafa	Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

5 May 2010	Atlético Madrid	3 – 1	Real Valladolid	Vicente Calderón, Madrid
20:00	Juanito 43' Jurado 66' Forlán 72'	(Report)	76', 87' Sesma 87' Nauzet	Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

8 May 2010	Real Valladolid	2 – 1	Racing de Santander	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid
21:00	Barragán 36' Baraja 57' Nauzet 76' (pen.) Borja 77' 81'	(Report)	28' Christian 68' Canales 78' 86' Moratón 84' Bolado	Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

16 May 2010	Barcelona	4 – 0	Real Valladolid	Camp Nou, Barcelona
19:00	Prieto 27' (o.g.) Pedro 31' Messi 61', 74' Alves 67'	(Report)	44' Barragán 48' Manucho 54' Baraja	Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

Home				Away
Biggest win
October 25, 2009	Matchday 8	v. Deportivo	4 – 0	March 20, 2010	Matchday 27	v. Deportivo	0 – 2
October 25, 2009	Matchday 8	v. Deportivo	4 – 0	April 25, 2010	Matchday 34	v. Sporting Gijón	0 – 2
Biggest loss
Home				Away
January 9, 2010	Matchday 17	v. Atlético Madrid	0 – 4	May 16, 2010	Matchday 38	v. Barcelona	4 – 0

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

First leg

29 October 2009

21:00

Real Valladolid	2 – 1	RCD Mallorca
Arzo 2' Marquitos 68' Costa 78'	(Report)	45' Tuni 60' Mattioni 68' Varela 68' Valero 72' Martí

Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Second leg

11 November 2009

21:00

RCD Mallorca	1 – 0	Real Valladolid
Nunes 24' Víctor 32' Keita 39'	(Report)	23' Asier 32' Font

ONO Estadi, Mallorca

Attendance: 9,300

Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

Real Valladolid 2–2 RCD Mallorca on aggregate. RCD Mallorca won on away goals.

Others

Polemic game against Real Madrid

14 March 2010

21:00

Real Valladolid	1 – 4	Real Madrid
del Horno 13' Lázaro 23' Medunjanin 28' Nauzet 53' Albiol 58' (o.g.) Pelé 88'	(Report)	20' Ramos 28' Ronaldo 30' Alonso 36' Granero 44', 51', 64' Higuaín

Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid

Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

From the end of this match, the national press was fed by Real Valladolid. They accused it of violent and aggressive because of the badly referee's performance and the unfortunate foul committed by Nivaldo on Cristiano Ronaldo. Onésimo Sánchez, the press of Valladolid, Carlos Suárez and some Real Valladolid players were defending themselves saying that the match was not violent and that the referee's performance was wrong because of the non-signposting of two penalties (both of them committed by Sergio Ramos, booked at the 20th minute) to its favour and not by not send off any Valladolid player. A sector of Valladolid press assured to have seen Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid's general manager, to take to Mejuto González and his assistants at the half time of the match two black sport bags which content could not be revealed.

Llanes deal

It's a supposed deal emerged because of the speculation between the supporters of Sporting Gijón and Racing Santander, twinned from some years ago. It consists in tampering Liga BBVA's last matchday with a double target: if Sporting Gijón loses (mathematically saved for the relegation), Racing Santander will win 3 points which will save the Miguel Ángel Portugal's team, harming and making more difficult the non-relegation for one of the most hated teams in Gijón: Real Valladolid. Obviously, presidents, coaches and players from both teams gradually denied this speculation, but the Spanish press continues speculating and encouraging this rumor. The name was invented by a sportswriter who noticed the table situation. Called Llanes deal because Llanes is a village between Asturias and Cantabria, autonomous communities in which Gijón and Santander are located.

Situation after the matchday 37:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona (Q)	37	30	6	1	94	24	+70	96	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Real Madrid (Q)	37	31	2	4	101	34	+67	95
3	Valencia (Q)	37	20	8	9	58	40	+18	68

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Espanyol	37	11	11	15	29	44	−15	44
12	Almería	37	10	12	15	41	52	−11	42
13	Osasuna	37	11	9	17	36	45	−9	42
14	Sporting Gijón	37	9	13	15	36	49	−13	40
15	Zaragoza	37	10	10	17	43	61	−18	40
16	Valladolid	37	7	15	15	37	58	−21	36
17	Racing Santander	37	8	12	17	40	59	−19	36
18	Málaga	37	7	15	15	41	47	−6	36	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Tenerife	37	9	9	19	40	73	−33	36
20	Xerez	37	8	9	20	37	65	−28	33

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matchday 38:

Matchday 38
May 16 2010	19:00 CEST	Barcelona	4 – 0	Valladolid
		Málaga	1 – 1	Real Madrid
		Valencia	1 – 0	Tenerife
		Racing Santander	2 – 0	Sporting Gijón
		Osasuna	1 – 1	Xerez

Battle for the non-relegation

According to the course of the season, the calculations indicate that with 40 points or more, the teams will not be relegated to Liga Adelante, so that, assuming Sporting Gijón and UD Almería are now saved (both with 37 points in the 30th matchday), the teams involved in the fight for non-relegation, waiting yet for several face-to-face between the teams involved, are the follows, including Real Valladolid:

Xerez
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	20th	XER	23
31	20th	v. GET	23
32	20th	v. ATM	26
33	20th	v. RAC	27
34	20th	v. FCB	27
35	20th	v. ALM	30
36	20th	v. VAL	30
37	20th	v. ZAR	33
38	20th	v. OSA	34
Relegated
20th		XER	34

Tenerife
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	18th	TEN	25
31	18th	v. VAD	26
32	18th	v. SPG	29
33	18th	v. GET	32
34	18th	v. ATM	32
35	18th	v. RAC	35
36	18th	v. FCB	35
37	19th	v. ALM	36
38	19th	v. VAL	36
Relegated
19th		TEN	36

Real Valladolid
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	19th	VAD	24
31	19th	v. TEN	25
32	19th	v. SEV	28
33	19th	v. MGA	29
34	19th	v. SPG	32
35	19th	v. GET	33
36	19th	v. ATM	33
37	16th	v. RAC	36
38	18th	v. FCB	36
Relegated
18th		VAD	36

Málaga
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	16th	MGA	31
31	17th	v. SEV	31
32	17th	v. OSA	32
33	17th	v. VAD	33
34	17th	v. MLL	34
35	17th	v. SPG	35
36	16th	v. ATH	36
37	18th	v. GET	36
38	17th	v. RMA	37
Saved
17th		MGA	37

Racing Santander
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	17th	RAC	31
31	15th	v. DEP	32
32	15th	v. ESP	35
33	15th	v. XER	36
34	15th	v. VIL	36
35	16th	v. TEN	36
36	17th	v. SEV	36
37	17th	v. VAD	36
38	16th	v. SPG	39
Saved
16th		RAC	39

Real Zaragoza
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	15th	ZAR	32
31	16th	v. OSA	32
32	16th	v. MLL	33
33	16th	v. ATH	34
34	16th	v. RMA	34
35	15th	v. DEP	37
36	14th	v. ESP	40
37	15th	v. XER	40
Saved
38	14th	v. VIL	41
14th		ZAR	41

CA Osasuna
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	13th	OSA	34
31	12th	v. ZAR	37
32	11th	v. MGA	38
33	11th	v. MLL	38
34	12th	v. ATH	39
35	12th	v. RMA	39
36	11th	v. DEP	42
Saved
37	13th	v. ESP	42
38	12th	v. XER	43
12th		OSA	43

RCD Espanyol
	Pos.	Team	Points
30	14th	ESP	34
31	14th	v. ATM	37
32	14th	v. RAC	37
33	13th	v. FCB	38
34	11th	v. ALM	41
35	11th	v. VAL	41
36	12th	v. ZAR	41
37	11th	v. OSA	44
Saved
38	11th	v. MLL	44
11th		ESP	44

ATH	ATM	OSA	DEP	FCB	GET	MGA	RAC	ESP	MLL	RMA	VAD	ZAR	SEV	SPG	TEN	ALM	VAL	VIL	XER
Athletic	Atlético	Osasuna	Deportivo	Barcelona	Getafe	Málaga	Racing	Espanyol	Mallorca	R. Madrid	Valladolid	Zaragoza	Sevilla	Sporting	Tenerife	Almería	Valencia	Villarreal	Xerez

	Victory (+ 3)
	Draw (+ 1)
	Defeat (0)

Real Valladolid's goal averages

Real Valladolid's goal averages
Against	Goal Average	First match	Second match
Xerez	Lost	0 – 0	3 – 0
Tenerife	Lost	3 – 3	0 – 0
Racing Santander	Won	1 – 1	2 – 1
Málaga	Lost	1 – 1	0 – 0
Real Zaragoza	Won	1 – 2	1 – 1
RCD Espanyol	Won	1 – 1	0 – 0
CA Osasuna	Lost	1 – 2	1 – 1
Sporting Gijón	Won	2 – 1	0 – 2
UD Almería	Lost	0 – 0	1 – 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Racing Santander	38	9	12	17	42	59	−17	39
17	Málaga	38	7	16	15	42	48	−6	37
18	Valladolid (R)	38	7	15	16	37	62	−25	36^[a]	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Tenerife (R)	38	9	9	20	40	74	−34	36^[a]
20	Xerez (R)	38	8	10	20	38	66	−28	34

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b VLD 3–3 TEN; TEN 0–0 VLD. As the aggregate score is a draw (3–3), the team with the higher goal difference between these two teams qualifies first and over the other one (Valladolid 18th, with −25; Tenerife 19th with −34)

References

^ 1: Álvaro Antón returned to the club as a loan return from Numancia, but the management decided to loan him again to Recreativo Huelva.
^ 2: Neutral venue.
^ 3: César Arzo scored the goal, but the referee César Muñiz Fernández notified in the report that the author had been Haris Medunjanin, so, in the Liga BBVA's official account, the goal was scored by Medunjanin.
^ 4: The team that wins this variable will be qualified ahead of another with the same points but lost on goal average. If the goal average is drawn between two or more teams and, at the end of the season these teams have the same points, the overall Liga BBVA's goal average prevails over this goal average.
^ 5: Separated of the team and made a file by the directive because of have been seen in some night clubs in Salamanca after team's defeats from April 1, 2010 to the end of the season.
^ 6: Returns on April 21 because of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

[table_hth_VLD0.65765461309704-1] VLD 3–3 TEN; TEN 0–0 VLD. As the aggregate score is a draw (3–3), the team with the higher goal difference between these two teams qualifies first and over the other one (Valladolid 18th, with −25; Tenerife 19th with −34)

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