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]

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

October

Matches

Pre-Season Friendlies

Friendly	Goslarer 08		1–2		Hearts	Osterfeldstadion	7 July 2009
Podoksak  23'					Obua  29' Stewart  36'	Attendance: 200

Friendly	Śląsk Wrocław		1–0		Hearts	RUDOLF-KALWEIT-STADION	8 July 2009
Szewczuk  70'						Attendance: 200 Referee: Robert Schroder

Friendly	St. Pauli		2–0		Hearts	Millerntor-Stadion	10 July 2009
Florian Bruns  29' (pen.) Lehmann  85'						Attendance: 5,000

Friendly	Alemannia Aachen		4–2		Hearts	Sportpark	12 July 2009
Ozgen  24' Auer  43' Burkhardt  53' Oussale  72'					Palazuelos  5' Jonsson  56'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marcus Schuller

Friendly	Southampton		3–0		Hearts	St Mary's Stadium	25 July 2009
Lallana  13' Rasiak  65' (78)						Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Steve Tanner

Friendly	Plymouth Argyle		0–0		Hearts	Home Park	29 July 2009
						Attendance: 4,177

Friendly	Hearts		1–1		Bolton Wanderers	Tynecastle Stadium	4 August 2009
Nade  57'					Muamba  53'	Referee: Stephen Finnie

Friendly	Hearts		1–1		Sunderland	Tynecastle Stadium	8 August 2009
Obua  30'					Bent  40'	Referee: Mike Tumilty

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2009–10

Round

Home team

Score

Away team

Venue

Kick off

SPL 1	Dundee United		2–0		Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park	17 August 2009
Cadamarteri  4'  85' (pen.)					Stewart  51'	Attendance: 8,253 Referee: S Conroy Report: BBC Sport

SPL 2	Heart of Midlothian		1–2		Rangers	Tynecastle	23 August 2009
Witteveen  31'					McCulloch  63' Boyd  90' (pen.) Thomson  87'	Attendance: 16284 Referee: C Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL 3	St Johnstone		2–2		Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park	30 August 2009
Davidson  23' Hardie  90+3'					Gonçalves  59' Obua  86'	Attendance: 5825 Referee: M Tumilty Report: BBC Sport

SPL 4	Heart of Midlothian		1–0		Kilmarnock	Tynecastle	15 September 2009
Driver  31'						Attendance: 13328 Referee: W Collum Report: BBC Sport

SPL 5	Celtic		2–1		Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park	20 September 2009
Chris Killen  56' Loovens  90+3'					Santana  5'	Attendance: 58024 Referee: D McDonald Report: BBC Sport

SPL 6	Heart of Midlothian		2–1		Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle	26 September 2009
Stewart  56' (pen.) Santana  57'					Paixão  62'	Attendance: 13025 Referee: A Muir Report: BBC Sport

SPL 7	St Mirren		2–1		Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park	3 October 2009
Thomson  38' Dargo  65'					Gonçalves  31'	Attendance: 4652 Referee: B Winter Report: BBC Sport

SPL 8	Aberdeen		1–1		Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie	17 October 2009
Miller  42'					Driver  62'	Attendance: 11629 Referee: D McDonald Report: BBC Sport

SPL 9	Heart of Midlothian		0–0		Falkirk	Tynecastle	24 October 2009
						Attendance: 14127 Referee: C Boyle Report: BBC Sport

SPL 10	Motherwell		1–0		Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park	31 October 2009
Forbes  55'						Attendance: 4830 Referee: D Somers Report: BBC Sport

SPL 11	Heart of Midlothian		0–0		Hibs	Tynecastle	7 November 2009
						Attendance: 16762 Referee: S Conroy Report: BBC Sport

SPL 12	Heart of Midlothian		1–2		St Johnstone	Tynecastle	21 November 2009
Nadé  35'					Samuel  60' Johansson  87'	Attendance: 13416 Referee: S O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

SPL 13	Kilmarnock		1–2		Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park	28 November 2009
Bryson  90'					Jónsson  66' Nadé  76'	Attendance: 4707 Referee: S Nicholls Report: BBC Sport

SPL 14	Hamilton Academical		2–1		Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park	6 December 2009
McArthur  5' Mensing  24'					Jónsson  39'	Attendance: 2003 Referee: D Somers Report: BBC Sport

SPL 15	Heart of Midlothian		0–0		Dundee Utd	Tynecastle	12 December 2009
						Attendance: 14873 Referee: E Norris Report: BBC Sport

SPL 16	Heart of Midlothian		2–1		Celtic	Tynecastle	20 December 2009
Stewart  32' (pen.) Bouzid  76'					Samaras  21'	Attendance: 16,223 Referee: W Collum Report: BBC Sport

SPL 17	Falkirk		0–1		Heart of Midlothian	Falkirk Stadium	26 December 2009
					Stewart  42' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,082 Referee: C Murray Report: BBC Sport

SPL 18	Heart of Midlothian		1–0		Motherwell	Tynecastle	30 December 2009
Stewart 41'						Attendance: 14,411 Referee: C Allan Report: BBC Sport

SPL 19	Hibs		1–1		Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road	3 January 2010
Stokes  54'					Smith  45'	Attendance: 16,949 Referee: C Richmond Report: BBC Sport

SPL 20	Heart of Midlothian		1–0		St Mirren	Tynecastle	16 January 2010
Stewart  24' (pen.)						Attendance: 12,821 Referee: S O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

SPL 21	Rangers		1–1		Heart of Midlothian	Ibrox	23 January 2010
Little  90'					Robinson  75'	Attendance: 47,031 Referee: C Murray Report: BBC Sport

SPL 22	Heart of Midlothian		0–3		Aberdeen	Tynecastle	27 January 2010
					Fyvie  12' Mackie  50' Young  75'	Attendance: 14,219 Referee: M Tumilty Report: BBC Sport

SPL 23	St Johnstone		1–0		Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park	30 January 2010
Deuchar  51'						Attendance: 4,752 Referee: E Norris Report: BBC Sport

SPL 24	Celtic		2–0		Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park	10 February 2010
Loovens  49' Fortuné  50'						Attendance: 44,500 Referee: B Winter Report: BBC Sport

SPL 25	Heart of Midlothian		3–2		Falkirk	Tynecastle	13 February 2010
Wallace  5' Suso  61' Black  67'					Kucharski  45' (o.g.) Pelé  83'	Attendance: 14,078 Referee: D McDonald Report: BBC Sport

SPL 26	Heart of Midlothian		2–0		Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle	21 February 2010
Obua  64' Templeton  80'						Attendance: 13,496 Referee: S Conroy Report: BBC Sport

SPL 27	Aberdeen		0–1		Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie	27 February 2010
					Jónsson  64'	Attendance: 8,316 Referee: W Collum Report: BBC Sport

SPL 28	Dundee United		1–0		Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park	7 March 2010
Gomis  78'						Attendance: 6,683 Referee: M Tumilty Report: BBC Sport

SPL 29	Motherwell		3–1		Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park	13 March 2010
Reynolds  2' Sutton  13' O'Brien  68'					Templeton  69'	Attendance: 4,448 Referee: S Finnie Report: BBC Sport

SPL 30	Heart of Midlothian		2–1		Hibs	Tynecastle	20 March 2010
Driver  24' Glen  27'					Riordan  79'	Attendance: 17,126 Referee: W Collum Report: BBC Sport

SPL 31	Heart of Midlothian		1–4		Rangers	Tynecastle	27 March 2010
Suso  16'					Wilson  5' Miller  31' Naismith  49',  77'	Attendance: 16,832 Referee: C Murray Report: BBC Sport

SPL 32	St Mirren		1–1		Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park	3 April 2010
Carey  44'					Žaliūkas  47'	Attendance: 4,204 Referee: I Brines Report: BBC Sport

SPL 33	Heart of Midlothian		1–0		Kilmarnock	Tynecastle	10 April 2010
Suso  31'						Attendance: 14,015 Referee: E Norris Report: BBC Sport

SPL 34	Rangers		2–0		Heart of Midlothian	Ibrox Stadium	18 April 2010
Lafferty  54' Miller  84' (pen.)					Jónsson  82'	Attendance: 47,590 Referee: I Brines Report: BBC Sport

SPL 35	Heart of Midlothian		0–2		Motherwell	Tynecastle	24 April 2010
					Saunders  42' Žaliūkas  45' (o.g.)	Attendance: 13,447 Referee: B Winter Report: BBC Sport

SPL 36	Hibs		1–2		Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road	1 May 2010
Stokes  55' (pen.)					Suso  72' Obua  89'	Attendance: 11,277 Referee: D McDonald Report: BBC Sport

SPL 37	Heart of Midlothian		0–0		Dundee United	Tynecastle	5 May 2010
						Attendance: 12,325 Referee: S Finnie Report: BBC Sport

SPL 38	Heart of Midlothian		1–2		Celtic	Tynecastle	9 May 2010
Žaliūkas  36'					Keane  23' Zhi  61'	Attendance: 14,389 Referee: C Thomson Report: BBC Sport

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

Europa League Play-off Round	NK Dinamo Zagreb		4–0		Heart of Midlothian	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb	20 August 2009
Mandžukić  5' Papadopoulos  36' Vrdoljak  56' Bišćan  60'						Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivanov (Russia) Report: UEFA Report

Europa League Play-off Round	Heart of Midlothian		2–0		NK Dinamo Zagreb	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh	27 August 2009
M. Stewart  18' Žaliūkas  55'						Attendance: 11,769 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany) Report: UEFA Report

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

League Cup R3	Hearts		2–1		Dunfermline Athletic	Tynecastle	23 September 2009
Glen  56' Stewart  73' (pen.)					Bayne  15'	Attendance: 6126 Referee: B Winter Report: BBC Sport

League Cup QF	Celtic		0–1		Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park	28 October 2009
					Stewart  58' (pen.)	Attendance: 18675 Referee: C Thomson Report: BBC Sport

League Cup SF	Heart of Midlothian		0–1		St Mirren	Fir Park	2 February 2010
					Mehmet  51'	Attendance: 9,170 Referee: C Richmond Report: BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup R4	Aberdeen		2–0		Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie	9 January 2010
Mackie  60' Miller  76'						Attendance: 8,226 Referee: S Conroy Report: BBC Sport

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.

Most frequent starting line-up

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.

See also

• List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons

Notes

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

References

• Hearts FC Official Website – First Team Fixtures and Results 2009–10
• Edinburgh Evening News – Heart of Midlothian FC

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2009–10 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League Scottish Premier Under-19 League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Livingston Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10 2009–10 in Scottish reserve and youth football