2009–10 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2009–10 season is the 113th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian.

Heart of Midlothian
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
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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]

Contents

September

Bosnian Fundraising

On the 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 the 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

October

Matches

Pre-Season Friendlies

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2009–10
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

Main article: UEFA Europa League 2009–10
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

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup

Captains

No. P Name Country No. Games Notes
26 MF Žaliūkas LIT 5 Vice-captain
23 MF Stewart SCO 8 Club captain

Last updated: 6 Oct 2009
Source: Competitive match reports.
Only competitive matches.
Only starts as captain.
Ordered by player who has been captain the most number of times.
Country: 1st flag=country of birth, 2nd flag=country that plays for internationally (if different); No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); No. Games = The number of games the player has been captain.

Most frequent starting line-up

János Balogh|Balogh
C Thomson
Bouzid
Gonçalves
Wallace
Suso
Stewart
Palazuelos
Driver
Witteveen
Obua

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Notes

  1. ^ [1] "Csaba Laszlo leaves hearts"
  2. ^ [2] Top Six for Hearts! – The Offside

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