2009–10_Aston_Villa_F.C._season

2009–10 Aston Villa F.C. season

2009–10 Aston Villa F.C. season

135th season in existence of Aston Villa


The 2009–10 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 135th season in English football. It was the club's 99th season in the top-flight and their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They were managed by Martin O'Neill – in his fourth season since replacing David O'Leary. The 2009–10 season was Villa's second consecutive spell in European competition for the club, and the first in the newly formatted UEFA Europa League.

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Villa on 20 August 2009 in Vienna.

This term marked the first for the club without long-term player and former captain Gareth Barry following his £12million move to Manchester City on 2 June 2009. Barry had been at the club since 1997.

The Birmingham Derby made a return to the Premier League after local rivals Birmingham City were promoted to the top tier. Villa won the first of two fixtures 1–0 at St Andrew's on 13 September 2009 with Gabriel Agbonlahor scoring the winning goal. Villa also won the return fixture at Villa Park 1–0 on 25 April 2010, thanks to a James Milner penalty. Villa also played games against newly promoted Wolves from nearby Wolverhampton, resulting in a 1–1 draw at Molineux and a 2–2 draw at Villa Park.

The club progressed to the final of the League Cup during this season, eliminating Cardiff City, Sunderland, Portsmouth and Blackburn Rovers along the way. However, Aston Villa were beaten 2–1 by Manchester United in the final at Wembley Stadium on 28 February 2010. Villa's other domestic cup venture also took the club to Wembley in the FA Cup, where they were defeated 3–0 by Chelsea in the semi-final. Aston Villa finished 6th in the Premier League for the 3rd year in a row, with 2 points more than previous season, they also qualified for the Europa League for the 3rd year running.

Kit

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*Villa passed up sponsorship for the 2008-09 season and instead displayed the children's hospice charity, Acorns.

Transfers

Transferred in

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Loaned in

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Transferred out

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Loaned out

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Overall transfer activity

First team squad

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Left club during season

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Reserve squad

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Kit changes

The club once again dismissed sponsorship payments to allow Acorns as a charitable sponsor. A new away kit was unveiled on 24 May 2009 and inspired by the England national football team. It features a white and gray halved style with pinstripes and a navy accent, intended to pay tribute to the 67 Villa players that have appeared for the country while at the club.[1] The blue and black away kit of 2008–09 also became this season's third kit.[2] The new home kit was unveiled the day before the first clash of the Peace Cup 2009, which was against Málaga on Saturday 25 July.[3]

Premier League

Final league position

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Source: Premier League
Notes:
  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.

Results

Results by matchday

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Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
15 August 2009 1 Aston Villa 0–2 Wigan Athletic Birmingham
Rodallega 31'
Koumas 56'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,578
24 August 2009 2 Liverpool 1–3 Aston Villa Liverpool
Torres 72' Lucas 34' (o.g.)
Davies 44'
A. Young 75'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,667
30 August 2009 3 Aston Villa 2–0 Fulham Birmingham
Pantsil 3' (o.g.)
Agbonlahor 60'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 32,917
13 September 2009 4 Birmingham City 0–1 Aston Villa Birmingham
Agbonlahor 85' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 25,196
19 September 2009 5 Aston Villa 2–0 Portsmouth Birmingham
Milner 34' (pen.)
Agbonlahor 43'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,979
26 September 2009 6 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Aston Villa Blackburn
Samba 24'
Dunn 88' (pen.)
Agbonlahor 3' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 25,172
5 October 2009 7 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester City Birmingham
Dunne 15' Bellamy 67' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,924
17 October 2009 8 Aston Villa 2–1 Chelsea Birmingham
Dunne 32'
Collins 52'
Drogba 15' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,047
31 October 2009 10 Everton 1–1 Aston Villa Liverpool
Bilyaletdinov 44' Carew 46' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 36,648
4 November 2009 11 West Ham United 2–1 Aston Villa London
Noble 44' (pen.)
Hines 90'
A. Young 52' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 30,024
7 November 2009 12 Aston Villa 5–1 Bolton Wanderers Birmingham
A. Young 5'
Agbonlahor 43'
Carew 53'
Milner 72'
Cuéllar 76'
Elmander 44' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,101
21 November 2009 13 Burnley 1–1 Aston Villa Burnley
Caldwell 9' Heskey 86' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 21,179
28 November 2009 14 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Agbonlahor 10' Dawson 77' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,866
5 December 2009 15 Aston Villa 3–0 Hull City Birmingham
Dunne 13'
Milner 29'
Carew 88' (pen.)
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,748
12 December 2009 16 Manchester United 0–1 Aston Villa Manchester
Agbonlahor 21' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,130
15 December 2009 17 Sunderland 0–2 Aston Villa Sunderland
Heskey 24'
Milner 61'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 34,821
19 December 2009 18 Aston Villa 1–0 Stoke City Birmingham
Carew 61' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,852
27 December 2009 19 Arsenal 3–0 Aston Villa London
Fàbregas 65', 81'
Diaby 90'
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,056
29 December 2009 20 Aston Villa 0–1 Liverpool Birmingham
Torres 90+3' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,788
17 January 2010 21 Aston Villa 0–0 West Ham United Birmingham
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,646
27 January 2010 22 Aston Villa 0–0 Arsenal Birmingham
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,601
30 January 2010 23 Fulham 0–2 Aston Villa London
Agbonlahor 40', 44' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,408
6 February 2010 24 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,899
10 February 2010 25 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester United Birmingham
Cuéllar 19' Collins 23' (o.g.) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,788
21 February 2010 26 Aston Villa 5–2 Burnley Birmingham
A. Young 32'
Downing 56', 58'
Heskey 61'
Agbonlahor 68'
S. Fletcher 10'
Paterson 90'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,709
13 March 2010 27 Stoke City 0–0 Aston Villa Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 27,598
16 March 2010 28 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Aston Villa Wigan
Caldwell 27' McCarthy 25' (o.g.)
Milner 63'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 16,186
20 March 2010 29 Aston Villa 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham
Carew 16', 82' Craddock 23'
Milner 38' (o.g.)
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,562
24 March 2010 30 Aston Villa 1–1 Sunderland Birmingham
Carew 30' F. Campbell 22' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,473
27 March 2010 31 Chelsea 7–1 Aston Villa London
Lampard 15', 44' (pen.), 62' (pen.), 90+1'
Malouda 57', 68'
Kalou 83'
Carew 29' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,825
3 April 2010 32 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Aston Villa Bolton
A. Young 11' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
15 April 2010 33 Aston Villa 2–2 Everton Birmingham
Agbonlahor 72'
Jagielka 90' (o.g.)
T. Cahill 23', 74' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,729
18 April 2010 34 Portsmouth 1–2 Aston Villa Portsmouth
M. Brown 10' Carew 16'
Delfouneso 82'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,523
21 April 2010 35 Hull City 0–2 Aston Villa Kingston-upon-Hull
Agbonlahor 14'
Milner 76' (pen.)
Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 23,842
25 April 2010 36 Aston Villa 1–0 Birmingham City Birmingham
Milner 83' (pen.) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,788
9 May 2010 38 Aston Villa 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham
Dunne 84' (o.g.) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,799

Cup matches

FA Cup

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League Cup

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UEFA Europa League

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Friendly matches

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Peace Cup

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Goalscorers

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Appearances

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See also


References

  1. "The New Aston Villa Away Kit 2009/2010". Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  2. "2009/1010 Aston Villa Third Kit". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. "2009/2010 Aston Villa Home Kit". Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  4. Game postponed on 5 January due to bad weather

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