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2009–10 FC Twente season

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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)

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

Season summary

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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

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Eredivisie

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League table

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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

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UEFA Champions League

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UEFA Europa League

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Qualifying rounds

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Group stage

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

Round of 32

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Kit

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

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[3]

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

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

Left club during season

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

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

Reserves

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

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

References

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  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

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  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.