2009–10 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
The 2009–10 season was the 113th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 27th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League.
| 2009–10 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Roman Romanov |
| Manager |  Csaba László  Jim Jefferies (from 29 January 2010) |
| Stadium | Tynecastle Stadium |
| Scottish Premier League | 6th |
| Europa League | Play-off Round |
| Scottish Cup | Round 4 |
| League Cup | Semi Final |
| Top goalscorer | League:  Suso Santana (6)All: Michael Stewart (8) |
| Highest home attendance | 17,126 vs. Hibs Scottish Premier League 20 March 2010 |
| Lowest home attendance | 6,126 vs. Dunfermline Scottish League Cup 23 September 2009 |
Hearts first four SPL games of the 2009–10 season were announced as Dundee United away, Rangers at home, newly promoted St Johnstone away and Kilmarnock at home. Heart of Midlothian made five signings over the summer break: Ian Black, Dawid Kucharski, Ismael Bouzid, Suso Santana and David Witteveen.
On 13 August 2009, Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo announced the appointment of midfielder Michael Stewart to the role of club captain, replacing Robbie Neilson after his move to Leicester City. Central defender Marius Zaliukas was appointed vice-captain. On 17 August 2009, Stewart was sent off against Dundee United in a 2–0 reverse at Tannadice.
Despite a poor start to the season Hearts recorded a 1–0 win over Celtic in the League Cup at Parkhead with a Michael Stewart penalty.
Laszlo was sacked on 29 January,[1] after a 3–0 home loss to Aberdeen. Jim Jefferies was appointed shortly afterwards to the job, for a return to Tynecastle.
Before the January transfer window was closed, Jim Jefferies signed Ryan Stevenson from Ayr United for a five figure undisclosed fee. Jefferies first game in charge was against St Mirren in the League Cup. He did not enjoy a successful start as Hearts crashed out of the League Cup, losing 1 – 0 to St Mirren, with Billy Mehmet the only scorer. Jefferies' first league game in charge saw his team lose 2 – 0 to Celtic.
Shortly after the Celtic away defeat, Hearts some form under Jefferies. Three wins in a row against Falkirk, Hamilton and Aberdeen saw Hearts move to 6th place in the league. Although, the winning streak ended at Dundee Utd away, losing 1 – 0, which saw them only 7 points ahead of 7th placed Aberdeen, with Aberdeen having a game in hand.
Hearts' win over Kilmarnock on 10 April 2010 confirmed their place in the top six for the SPL late-season split.[2]
September
Bosnian Fundraising
On 23 October 2009, Hearts supporter Gary Gray gave over £4,500 to two Bosnian children's charities after raising the money himself. Original Article
"Remember" Shirts
On 21 October 2009, Umbro released a limited edition Hearts shirt for the weekend game against Falkirk. The shirts had a poppy sewn into the left side of the shirt and a picture of the Hearts memorial statue sewn into the right. The memorial statue commemorates when the whole Hearts team enlisted themselves into the Great War, the first team in Britain to do so.Hearts News – Commemorative Shirt
Matches
Pre-Season Friendlies
| 7 July 2009 Friendly | Goslarer 08 | 1–2 | Hearts | Osterfeldstadion |
Podoksak  23' |
Obua 29' Stewart 36' |
Attendance: 200 |
| 8 July 2009 Friendly | Śląsk Wrocław | 1–0 | Hearts | RUDOLF-KALWEIT-STADION |
| Szewczuk 70' |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Robert Schroder |
| 10 July 2009 Friendly | St. Pauli | 2–0 | Hearts | Millerntor-Stadion |
| Florian Bruns 29' (pen.) Lehmann 85' |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 12 July 2009 Friendly | Alemannia Aachen | 4–2 | Hearts | Sportpark |
| Ozgen 24' Auer 43'Burkhardt 53'Oussale 72' |
Palazuelos 5' Jonsson 56' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marcus Schuller |
| 25 July 2009 Friendly | Southampton | 3–0 | Hearts | St Mary's Stadium |
| Lallana 13' Rasiak 65' (78) |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Steve Tanner |
| 29 July 2009 Friendly | Plymouth Argyle | 0–0 | Hearts | Home Park |
| Attendance: 4,177 |
| 4 August 2009 Friendly | Hearts | 1–1 | Bolton Wanderers | Tynecastle Stadium |
| Nade 57' |
Muamba 53' |
Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 8 August 2009 Friendly | Hearts | 1–1 | Sunderland | Tynecastle Stadium |
| Obua 30' |
Bent 40' |
Referee: Mike Tumilty |
Scottish Premier League
| Kick off Round | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 17 August 2009 SPL 1 | Dundee United | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Tannadice Park |
| Cadamarteri 4' 85' (pen.) |
BBC Sport | Stewart  51'  |
Attendance: 8,253 Referee: S Conroy |
| 23 August 2009 SPL 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | Rangers | Tynecastle |
| Witteveen 31' |
BBC Sport | McCulloch 63' Boyd 90' (pen.)Thomson 87' |
Attendance: 16284 Referee: C Thomson |
| 30 August 2009 SPL 3 | St Johnstone | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park |
| Davidson 23' Hardie 90+3' |
BBC Sport | Gonçalves 59' Obua 86' |
Attendance: 5825 Referee: M Tumilty |
| 15 September 2009 SPL 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | Kilmarnock | Tynecastle |
| Driver 31' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 13328 Referee: W Collum |
| 20 September 2009 SPL 5 | Celtic | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
| Chris Killen 56' Loovens 90+3' |
BBC Sport | Santana 5' |
Attendance: 58024 Referee: D McDonald |
| 26 September 2009 SPL 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | Hamilton Academical | Tynecastle |
| Stewart 56' (pen.) Santana 57' |
BBC Sport | Paixão 62' |
Attendance: 13025 Referee: A Muir |
| 3 October 2009 SPL 7 | St Mirren | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | St Mirren Park |
| Thomson 38' Dargo 65' |
BBC Sport | Gonçalves 31' |
Attendance: 4652 Referee: B Winter |
| 17 October 2009 SPL 8 | Aberdeen | 1–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Pittodrie |
| Miller 42' |
BBC Sport | Driver 62' |
Attendance: 11629 Referee: D McDonald |
| 24 October 2009 SPL 9 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | Falkirk | Tynecastle |
| BBC Sport | Attendance: 14127 Referee: C Boyle |
| 31 October 2009 SPL 10 | Motherwell | 1–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Fir Park |
| Forbes 55' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 4830 Referee: D Somers |
| 7 November 2009 SPL 11 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | Hibs | Tynecastle |
| BBC Sport | Attendance: 16762 Referee: S Conroy |
| 21 November 2009 SPL 12 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle |
| Nadé 35' |
BBC Sport | Samuel 60' Johansson 87' |
Attendance: 13416 Referee: S O'Reilly |
| 28 November 2009 SPL 13 | Kilmarnock | 1–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Rugby Park |
| Bryson 90' |
BBC Sport | Jónsson 66' Nadé 76' |
Attendance: 4707 Referee: S Nicholls |
| 6 December 2009 SPL 14 | Hamilton Academical | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | New Douglas Park |
| McArthur 5' Mensing 24' |
BBC Sport | Jónsson 39' |
Attendance: 2003 Referee: D Somers |
| 12 December 2009 SPL 15 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | Dundee Utd | Tynecastle |
| BBC Sport | Attendance: 14873 Referee: E Norris |
| 20 December 2009 SPL 16 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | Celtic | Tynecastle |
| Stewart 32' (pen.) Bouzid 76' |
BBC Sport | Samaras 21' |
Attendance: 16,223 Referee: W Collum |
| 26 December 2009 SPL 17 | Falkirk | 0–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Falkirk Stadium |
| BBC Sport | Stewart 42' (pen.) |
Attendance: 6,082 Referee: C Murray |
| 30 December 2009 SPL 18 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | Motherwell | Tynecastle |
| Stewart 41' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 14,411 Referee: C Allan |
| 3 January 2010 SPL 19 | Hibs | 1–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Easter Road |
| Stokes 54' |
BBC Sport | Smith 45' |
Attendance: 16,949 Referee: C Richmond |
| 16 January 2010 SPL 20 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | St Mirren | Tynecastle |
| Stewart 24' (pen.) |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 12,821 Referee: S O'Reilly |
| 23 January 2010 SPL 21 | Rangers | 1–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Ibrox |
| Little 90' |
BBC Sport | Robinson 75' |
Attendance: 47,031 Referee: C Murray |
| 27 January 2010 SPL 22 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–3 | Aberdeen | Tynecastle |
| BBC Sport | Fyvie 12' Mackie 50'Young 75' |
Attendance: 14,219 Referee: M Tumilty |
| 30 January 2010 SPL 23 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park |
| Deuchar 51' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 4,752 Referee: E Norris |
| 10 February 2010 SPL 24 | Celtic | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
| Loovens 49' Fortuné 50' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 44,500 Referee: B Winter |
| 13 February 2010 SPL 25 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–2 | Falkirk | Tynecastle |
| Wallace 5' Suso 61'Black 67' |
BBC Sport | Kucharski 45' (o.g.) Pelé 83' |
Attendance: 14,078 Referee: D McDonald |
| 21 February 2010 SPL 26 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | Tynecastle |
| Obua 64' Templeton 80' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 13,496 Referee: S Conroy |
| 27 February 2010 SPL 27 | Aberdeen | 0–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Pittodrie |
| BBC Sport | Jónsson 64' |
Attendance: 8,316 Referee: W Collum |
| 7 March 2010 SPL 28 | Dundee United | 1–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Tannadice Park |
| Gomis 78' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 6,683 Referee: M Tumilty |
| 13 March 2010 SPL 29 | Motherwell | 3–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Fir Park |
| Reynolds 2' Sutton 13'O'Brien 68' |
BBC Sport | Templeton 69' |
Attendance: 4,448 Referee: S Finnie |
| 20 March 2010 SPL 30 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | Hibs | Tynecastle |
| Driver 24' Glen 27' |
BBC Sport | Riordan 79' |
Attendance: 17,126 Referee: W Collum |
| 27 March 2010 SPL 31 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–4 | Rangers | Tynecastle |
| Suso 16' |
BBC Sport | Wilson 5' Miller 31'Naismith 49', 77' |
Attendance: 16,832 Referee: C Murray |
| 3 April 2010 SPL 32 | St Mirren | 1–1 | Heart of Midlothian | St Mirren Park |
| Carey 44' |
BBC Sport | Žaliūkas 47' |
Attendance: 4,204 Referee: I Brines |
| 10 April 2010 SPL 33 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | Kilmarnock | Tynecastle |
| Suso 31' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 14,015 Referee: E Norris |
| 18 April 2010 SPL 34 | Rangers | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Ibrox Stadium |
| Lafferty 54' Miller 84' (pen.) |
BBC Sport | Jónsson 82' |
Attendance: 47,590 Referee: I Brines |
| 24 April 2010 SPL 35 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–2 | Motherwell | Tynecastle |
| BBC Sport | Saunders 42' Žaliūkas 45' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 13,447 Referee: B Winter |
| 1 May 2010 SPL 36 | Hibs | 1–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Easter Road |
| Stokes 55' (pen.) |
BBC Sport | Suso 72' Obua 89' |
Attendance: 11,277 Referee: D McDonald |
| 5 May 2010 SPL 37 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | Dundee United | Tynecastle |
| BBC Sport | Attendance: 12,325 Referee: S Finnie |
| 9 May 2010 SPL 38 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | Celtic | Tynecastle |
| Žaliūkas 36' |
BBC Sport | Keane 23' Zhi 61' |
Attendance: 14,389 Referee: C Thomson |
| Upcoming Scottish Premier League fixtures are the intellectual property of the Scottish Premier League. For upcoming Scottish Premier League fixtures, see the official Heart of Midlothian FC website |
UEFA Europa League
| 20 August 2009 Europa League Play-off Round | NK Dinamo Zagreb | 4–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb |
| Mandžukić 5' Papadopoulos 36'Vrdoljak 56'Bišćan 60' |
UEFA Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivanov (Russia) |
| 27 August 2009 Europa League Play-off Round | Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 | NK Dinamo Zagreb | Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh |
| M. Stewart 18' Žaliūkas 55' |
UEFA Report | Attendance: 11,769 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany) |
| Upcoming UEFA Europa League fixtures are the intellectual property of the UEFA Europa League. For upcoming UEFA Europa League fixtures, see the official UEFA Europa League website |
League Cup
| 23 September 2009 League Cup R3 | Hearts | 2–1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Tynecastle |
| Glen 56' Stewart 73' (pen.) |
BBC Sport | Bayne 15' |
Attendance: 6126 Referee: B Winter |
| 28 October 2009 League Cup QF | Celtic | 0–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
| BBC Sport | Stewart 58' (pen.) |
Attendance: 18675 Referee: C Thomson |
| 2 February 2010 League Cup SF | Heart of Midlothian | 0–1 | St Mirren | Fir Park |
| BBC Sport | Mehmet 51' |
Attendance: 9,170 Referee: C Richmond |
Scottish Cup
| 9 January 2010 Scottish Cup R4 | Aberdeen | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Pittodrie |
| Mackie 60' Miller 76' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 8,226 Referee: S Conroy |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 48 | |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 49 | |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 47 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Captains
| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | MF | Žaliūkas |  |
5 | Vice-captain |
| 23 | MF | Stewart | |
8 | Club captain |
Last updated: 6 October 2009
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.
Notes
- Archived 8 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine "Csaba Laszlo leaves hearts"
- Archived 13 July 2012 at Archive.today Top Six for Hearts! – The Offside