2009–10 Manchester City F.C. season


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The 2009–10 season is Manchester City Football Club's eighth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its thirteenth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it is the team's 118th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. The club started the season under the management of Mark Hughes who was sacked in mid-December after the team drew seven consecutive matches in the Premier League.[1] He was replaced by the Italian manager Roberto Mancini.

Manchester City
2009–10 season
OwnerAbu Dhabi United Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerMark Hughes
(until 19 December)
Roberto Mancini
(from 19 December)
StadiumCity of Manchester Stadium
Premier League5th
FA CupFifth round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Carlos Tevez (23)
All:
Carlos Tevez (29)
Highest home attendance45,356 vs Tottenham Hotspur (5 May 2010)
Lowest home attendance37,876 vs Fulham (23 September 2009)
Average home league attendance44,870

New manager Roberto Mancini began the season with only five months in the job at Eastlands.

With a prolific 29 goals in his first season at the club, Carlos Tevez was widely regarded as the club's best and most important player this season.[2][3] The previous season's fan's favourite and top scorer, Robinho, was less successful, and in January he was loaned out to Brazilian club Santos for the remainder of the season[4] only serving to emphasise the magnitude of his failure to deliver on the pitch anything remotely comparable to what he had already received in his bank account.

The team lost its last home game of the season to fellow rivals for landing one of the Premier League's "Top Four" elite slots, Tottenham Hotspur, in what had been dubbed by the media beforehand as the "Champions League play-off" game. Breaking the established stranglehold of the "Big Four" had been one of the ambitions of the club's new wealthy owners. However, one of the positives of the season's campaign was that the club reached its first major semi-final since 1981 before finally succumbing to the eventual trophy winners, Manchester United.[5][6] The City team also notched up some highly noteworthy victories over the other "Top Four" incumbents, Chelsea[7][8] and Arsenal.[9][10]

In fact, Manchester City earned itself the distinction of being the only team to do the "league double" over the team that ultimately achieved the "league and cup double" this season.

Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways

Home

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Away

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Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

For the 2009–10 season, the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits was Etihad Airways, which replaced the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook. There was also a change in the supplier of those kits for this season, with Nike-owned Umbro replacing the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. As a result of the switch from its prior French kit supplier to the Greater Manchester-based Umbro, all of the club's previous season's team and goalkeeper kits were essentially replaced with new ones for this season.

The overall sky blue colour of the first team kit was retained but the style and trim of this strip was significantly changed. Completely new away and third team kits were introduced, while a new all-green goalkeeper strip replaced the previous season's gold and black strip as the primary one for use by the goalkeepers, with a newly styled and trimmed variant of the old gold and black strip which became the secondary strip for use by the goalkeepers in away fixtures.

The new all-black away team kit came with gold vertical shoulder trim on the front that enabled the kit to be colour-coordinated with the gold and black goalkeeper strip, although it was sometimes also used with the all-green goalkeeper strip. This gold and black colour scheme was, according to its designer David Blanch,[11] intended to be symbolic of the globe covered with bees (representing the world, to all parts of which the goods of the city were exported) that was featured on the city of Manchester coat of arms. That was because the Manchester City teams in the past have established the unique tradition of always wearing this crest on their shirts when playing at Wembley (or in a major cup final elsewhere) as a symbol of their pride in representing the city of Manchester at a major sporting event. In heraldic terms, the bee was symbolic of a hive of industry, and even today the Manchester bee was often used all by itself as a shorthand emblem for the city of Manchester.

The red and black diagonal sash across the white shirts of the new third team kit was intended as a nostalgic re-mastering of the original sashed strip worn by the City team in the 1970s,[12] while that original design had, in its turn, been a nod back at the classic red and black striped shirts with black shorts that had originally been introduced by coach Malcolm Allison in imitation of Milan's strip, and which was frequently worn in its cup ties by the successful trophy-winning City team of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Historical league performance

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Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Premier LeagueFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League Division OneFootball League Division TwoFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League First Division

Emirates Foundation Cup

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Position in final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Arsenal 38 23 6 9 83 41 +42 75 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 21 7 10 67 41 +26 70 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Manchester City 38 18 13 7 73 45 +28 67 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
6 Aston Villa 38 17 13 8 52 39 +13 64
7 Liverpool 38 18 9 11 61 35 +26 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
  1. ^ Since Manchester United won the League Cup and then qualified for the Champions League, their spot in the Europa League was passed down to the 6th-placed team. The 6th-placed Aston Villa was coincidentally also the League Cup runners-up.
  2. ^ Originally Portsmouth qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League as the FA Cup runners-up, replacing the winners, Champions League-qualified Chelsea. However, they failed to apply for a UEFA licence. Therefore, Liverpool as the best placed team not qualified for the European competitions took their place.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 18 13 7 73 45  +28 67 12 4 3 41 20  +21 6 9 4 32 25  +7

Points at home: 40
Points away from home: 27

Points against "Big Four" teams: 12
Points against promoted teams: 14

6 points: Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers
4 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley,
0Fulham, Stoke City, Sunderland, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic
2 points: Liverpool
1 point: 0Hull City
0 points: Everton, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest home win: 5–1 vs. Birmingham City, 11 April 2010
Biggest home defeat: 0–2 vs. Everton, 24 March 2010
Biggest away win: 1–6 vs. Burnley, 3 April 2010
Biggest away defeat: 3–0 vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 16 December 2009

Biggest home attendance: 47,370 vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 5 May 2010
Smallest home attendance: 40,292 vs. Blackburn Rovers, 11 January 2010
Biggest away attendance: 75,066 vs. Manchester United, 20 September 2009
Smallest away attendance: 17,826 vs. Portsmouth, 30 August 2009

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAAHHAHHAHHA
ResultWWWWLWDDDDDDDWDLWWWWLWLWDDWDWLWWWLDWLD
Position25434545646666686654566544455554445555

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2010 (end of season). Source: 2009–10 Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Source:[14]

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No. Nat. Player Pos. Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps       Apps       Apps       Apps      
1   Shay Given GK 35 2 3 6 44 2
2   Micah Richards DF 23 2 2 2 1 4 1 29 2 4
3   Wayne Bridge DF 23 2 2 3 28 2
4   Nedum Onuoha DF 10 1 2 1 1 13 1
5   Pablo Zabaleta DF 27 9 1 4 1 4 2 35 12 1
6   Michael Johnson MF 1 1 1 2 1
7   Stephen Ireland MF 22 2 3 5 1 30 3
8   Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 30 4 2 2 1 6 2 38 7 2
10   Robinho FW 10 1 1 1 1 12 1 1
11   Adam Johnson MF 16 1 1 16 1 1
12   Stuart Taylor GK 1 1
14   Roque Santa Cruz FW 19 3 1 2 1 1 22 4 1
15   Javier Garrido DF 9 1 1 1 1 2 12 1 2
16   Sylvinho DF 10 2 3 1 1 2 15 1 3
17   Martin Petrov MF 16 4 3 1 1 20 5
18   Gareth Barry MF 34 2 4 3 1 6 1 43 3 5
19   Joleon Lescott DF 18 1 1 2 4 1 24 2 1
22   Richard Dunne DF 2 2
24   Patrick Vieira MF 13 1 2 1 14 1 2
25   Emmanuel Adebayor FW 26 14 1 2 1 3 31 14 1 1
27   Benjani FW 2 2 1 2 6 1
28   Kolo Touré DF 31 1 1 1 3 1 35 2 1
32   Carlos Tevez FW 35 23 6 1 6 6 1 42 29 7
33   Vincent Kompany DF 25 2 2 3 4 1 32 2 3
34   Nigel de Jong MF 34 7 3 5 2 42 9
37   Gunnar Nielsen GK 1 1
38   Márton Fülöp GK 3 3
39   Craig Bellamy FW 32 10 5 1 3 1 1 5 1 40 11 7
40   Vladimír Weiss MF 1 3 1 4 1
44   Dedryck Boyata DF 3 1 2 2 7 1
45   Greg Cunningham DF 2 1 1 3 1
48   Abdisalam Ibrahim MF 1 1 2
52   Alex Nimely FW 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 73 52 2 7 8 1 15 9 0 95 69 3

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No. Player Pos. Premier League FA Cup League Cup TOTAL
32 Carlos Tevez FW 23 0 6 29
25 Emmanuel Adebayor FW 14 0 0 14
39 Craig Bellamy FW 10 1 0 11
8 Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 4 1 2 7
17 Martin Petrov MF 4 1 0 5
14 Roque Santa Cruz FW 3 0 1 4
18 Gareth Barry MF 2 0 1 3
7 Stephen Ireland MF 2 0 1 3
2 Micah Richards DF 3 0 0 3
19 Joleon Lescott DF 1 0 1 2
33 Vincent Kompany DF 2 0 0 2
4 Nedum Onuoha DF 1 1 0 2
28 Kolo Touré DF 1 0 1 2
15 Javier Garrido DF 1 0 0 1
11 Adam Johnson MF 1 0 0 1
6 Michael Johnson MF 0 0 1 1
27 Benjani FW 0 1 0 1
10 Robinho FW 0 1 0 1
16 Sylvinho DF 0 1 0 1
24 Patrick Vieira DF 1 0 0 1
40 Vladimír Weiss MF 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 73 7 15 95

Premier League Player of the Month award

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Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month Player Club
December[15]   Carlos Tevez Manchester City

PFA Fans' Player of the Month award

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Awarded monthly to four players – one in each of the Premier League plus the three divisions of the Football League – those players being the ones that receive the most votes cast for that league in a poll conducted each month on the PFA's OWS (http://www.givemefootball.com) [permanent dead link]

Month Player Club
March[16]   Carlos Tevez Manchester City

LMA Performance of the Week award

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Awarded on a weekly basis to the Premier League or Football League team that a five-man LMA adjudication panel deems to have performed in some outstanding manner

Week ending Awarded to For performance in
5 March 2010[17] Manchester City Chelsea 2 – 4 Manchester City

Etihad Player of the Month awards

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Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month First Team Reserve Team Academy
August/September[18]   Craig Bellamy   David Ball   Tom Smith
October[19]   Martin Petrov   Donal McDermott   Omar Elabdellaoui
November[20]   Shay Given   James Poole   Sean Tse
December[21]   Carlos Tevez N/A
January[22]   Carlos Tevez N/A
February[23]   Vincent Kompany N/A
March[24]   Adam Johnson N/A
April[25]   Carlos Tevez N/A

Etihad / OSC Player of the Year awards

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Player Season 2009–10 awards[26] Notes
  Carlos Tevez OSC Player of the Year OSC = Official Supporters Club
  Dedryck Boyata OSC Young Player of the Year
  Carlos Tevez Players' Player of the Year
  Adam Johnson Goal of the Season Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Sunderland 1 – 1 Manchester City
14 March 2010
  Craig Bellamy Performance of the Season Archived 23 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Manchester United 4 – 3 Manchester City
20 September 2009
  Shaun Wright-Phillips Community Player of the Year
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee
1 July 2009 MF   Gareth Barry   Aston Villa £12,000,000[27][28]
1 July 2009 FW   Roque Santa Cruz   Blackburn Rovers £18,000,000[29][30]
1 July 2009 GK   Stuart Taylor   Aston Villa Free[31][32]
13 July 2009 FW   Carlos Tevez   Manchester United £25,500,000[33][34]
18 July 2009 FW   Emmanuel Adebayor   Arsenal £25,000,000[35][36]
29 July 2009 DF   Kolo Touré   Arsenal £16,000,000[37][38]
24 Aug 2009 DF   Sylvinho   Barcelona Free[39][40]
25 Aug 2009 DF   Joleon Lescott   Everton £22,000,000[41][42]
8 Jan 2010 MF   Patrick Vieira   Internazionale Free[43][44]
1 Feb 2010 MF   Adam Johnson   Middlesbrough Undisc.[45][46]
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee
1 July 2009 GK   Loris Karius   VfB Stuttgart Undisc.[47]
1 July 2009 DF   Nils Zander   Schalke 04 Undisc.[48]
29 Aug 2009 MF   Joan Ángel Román   Espanyol Undisc.[49]
Sep. 2009 GK   David González   Huracán Trial[50]
Jan. 2010 GK   David González   Huracán Free[50][51]
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