# 2009–10 SC Heerenveen season

The 2009–10 season was Sportclub Heerenveen's 17th consecutive season in the Eredivisie and 89th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Heerenveen participated in that season's editions of the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Kenny Steppe |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Kristian Bach Bak |
| 4 | DF | NED | Michel Breuer |
| 5 | DF | NED | Michael Dingsdag |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Igor Đurić |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Viktor Elm |
| 8 | FW | NED | Roy Beerens |
| 9 | MF | NED | Geert Arend Roorda |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Mika Väyrynen |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Michal Papadopulos |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić |
| 15 | MF | CZE | Michal Švec |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Philip Haglund |
| 19 | DF | NED | Daryl Janmaat |
| 20 | DF | MKD | Goran Popov |
| 22 | MF | MAR | Oussama Assaidi |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Hernán Losada (loaned from Anderlecht) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | CZE | Martin Lejsal (loaned from Brno) |
| 25 | GK | BEL | Brian Vandenbussche |
| 26 | GK | NED | Henk Timmer |
| 27 | GK | NED | Diederik Bangma |
| 28 | GK | IRN | Agil Etemadi |
| 29 | MF | ISL | Björn Jónsson |
| 30 | DF | NED | Bart de Groot |
| 31 | MF | ISL | Arnór Smárason |
| 32 | MF | NED | Richard Stolte |
| 33 | DF | NED | Johnny de Vries |
| 35 | FW | NED | Gerald Sibon |
| 37 | DF | NED | Gerry Koning |
| 38 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw |
| 39 | FW | MKD | Samir Fazli |
| 40 | DF | NED | Rico Wolven |
| 43 | MF | NED | Luciano Narsingh |
| 44 | MF | POL | Paweł Wojciechowski |
| 45 | MF | NED | Pele van Anholt |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 31 July 2009 | 2 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 032.35 |
| KNVB Cup | 23 September 2009 | 16 January 2010 | Second round | Fourth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Johan Cruyff Shield | 25 July 2009 | 25 July 2009 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 20 August 2009 | 16 December 2009 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 69 | 82 | −13 | 032.61 |
Source: Competitions

### Johan Cruyff Shield

Heerenveen, as KNVB Cup winners in the previous season, played against AZ in the 2009 Johan Cruyff Shield, who themselves won the Eredivisie.

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Roda JC | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 47 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 46 | |
| 11 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 37 | |
| 12 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 35 | |
| 13 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 33 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCP | HER | HVN | VEN |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |