2009–10 FC Twente season

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

FC Twente
2009–10 season
Manager 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

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

Eredivisie
Main article: 2009–10 Eredivisie

League table
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) Champion

KNVB Cup
Main article: 2009–10 KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Group stage
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage
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:

Kit

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

First-team squad
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

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

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
  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. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. "FootballSquads - FC Twente - 2009/10".

Notes
  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.


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