# 2009–10 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 83rd season in The Football League since joining in 1920. The season was also the club's first in the Cardiff City Stadium, replacing their former ground Ninian Park, which had been used by the club for 99 years. Cardiff had their most successful season in the Football League Championship finishing 4th making the play-offs for the Premier League. Cardiff narrowly missed out on promotion after losing 3–2 to Blackpool in the Final.

## Events

* 26 June 2009 – Cardiff City pen a five-year kit manufacturing deal with Puma.
* 4 July 2009 – Cardiff City break their record transfer fee with the £3 million signing of Michael Chopra from Sunderland.
* 22 July 2009 – Cardiff City Stadium is officially opened with a 0–0 draw against with Celtic.
* 7 August 2009 – Mark Hudson is named club captain.
* 11 September 2009 – Cardiff City agree a one-year shirt sponsorship deal with 777ball.com.
* 28 September 2009 – SBOBET are announced as replacement sponsors following the withdrawal of 777ball.com due to licensing problems.
* 7 November 2009 – Dave Jones receives Championship Manager of the Month for October.
* 14 November 2009 – Peter Whittingham receives Player of the Month for October.
* 20 November 2009 – Midfielder Stephen McPhail is diagnosed with stage one lymphoma, a rare form of cancer.
* 25 November 2009 – Datuk Chan Tien Ghee is appointed on the board of directors.
* 28 November 2009 – Goalkeeper Peter Enckelman is involved in a car crash but made a "luck escape" playing 45 mins the following day.
* 4 December 2009 – Club secretary, Jason Turner is suspended.
* 11 December 2009 – Cardiff City agree a settlement with Langston Corporation, over taking any more legal action over the clubs debt.
* 17 December 2009 – Riccardo Scimeca is forced to retire at the age of 34 due to injury.
* 29 January 2010 – Captain Mark Hudson is ruled out for 10–12 weeks with a split ankle tendon.
* 9 April 2010 – Gavin Rae is confirmed to be out for the season with a ruptured tendon in his ankle.

## Football League Championship
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 89 | 48 | +41 | 91 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 79 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 76 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Leicester City | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 76 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Blackpool (O, P) | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 74 | 58 | +16 | 70 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 May. Source:

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

## Kit

Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): 777.com (13 Sep) SBOBET (from 29 Sep)
| Home | Away | Away Alternate | GK Home | GK Away | GK Alternate |
Last updated: 18 September 2012. Source: Historical Football kits

## Squad

    As of 16 February 2010

### Statistics

    As of 22 May 2010
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | David Marshall | 50 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Kevin McNaughton | 26 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | IRL | Mark Kennedy | 36 | 0 | 25+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae | 42 | 2 | 28+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Mark Hudson | 33 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Gábor Gyepes | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Peter Whittingham | 51 | 25 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Michael Chopra | 51 | 21 | 36+5 | 16 | 3+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jay Bothroyd | 48 | 13 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | IRL | Stephen McPhail | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Chris Burke | 52 | 10 | 38+6 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NIR | Tony Capaldi | 18 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn | 27 | 0 | 16+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Anthony Gerrard | 47 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Joe Ledley | 36 | 4 | 27+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Kelvin Etuhu | 20 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NGA | Solomon Taiwo | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Riccardo Scimeca* | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | FIN | Peter Enckelman | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | WAL | Darcy Blake | 24 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GLP | Miguel Comminges | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NIR | Warren Feeney | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | WAL | Adam Matthews | 35 | 1 | 24+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Aaron Wildig | 17 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NIR | Josh Magennis | 10 | 1 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | WAL | Aaron Morris | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | Ross McCormack | 41 | 5 | 21+13 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | WAL | Jonathan Meades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | IRL | Darren Dennehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* * Indicates player left club during the season.

#### Captains

| Number | Pos | Player | Starts (as captain) |
| 5 | DF | Mark Hudson | 32 |
| 9 | FW | Jay Bothroyd | 17 |
| 10 | MF | Stephen McPhail | 4 |
| 16 | MF | Joe Ledley | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Michael Chopra | 1 |

#### Disciplinary record

| Number | Pos | Player | | |
| 9 | FW | Jay Bothroyd | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Michael Chopra | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Joe Ledley | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Paul Quinn | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Gábor Gyepes | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Stephen McPhail | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Anthony Gerrard | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Tony Capaldi | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | FW | Ross McCormack | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mark Hudson | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Chris Burke | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Warren Feeney | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | David Marshall | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kevin McNaughton | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Gavin Rae | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Peter Whittingham | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Darcy Blake | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kelvin Etuhu | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mark Kennedy | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Adam Matthews | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Solomon Taiwo | 1 | 0 |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 44 | FW | | McCormack | 22 | Y Signed | 4 years | June 2013 | BBC Sport |
| 16 | MF | | Ledley | 23 | N Rejected | 4 years | June 2013 | South Wales Echo |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Marshall | 24 | EU | Norwich City | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | £500,000 | Cardiff City |
| 5 | DF | Hudson | 27 | EU | Charlton Athletic | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | £1,075,000 | BBC Sport |
| 15 | DF | Gerrard | 23 | EU | Walsall | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | £200,000 | Cardiff City |
| 14 | DF | Quinn | 23 | EU | Motherwell | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | £300,000 | BBC Sport |
| 8 | FW | Chopra | 25 | EU | Sunderland | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | £3,000,000 | BBC Sport |
| 18 | MF | Taiwo | 24 | EU | Dagenham & Redbridge | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | £250,000 | BBC Sport |
* Total spent: ~ £5,250,750

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Country | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 17 | MF | Etuhu | | 23 | Manchester City | 23 August | 30 June | Cardiff City | Cardiff City |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 29 | MF | Brown | 19 | Free Transfer | Bryntirion Athletic | Summer | Free | 1 | 0 | South Wales Echo |
| 5 | DF | Purse | 32 | Free Transfer | Sheffield Wednesday | Summer | Free | 123 | 12 | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 12 | DF | Johnson | 26 | Transfer | Birmingham City | Summer | £5,000,000 | 136 | 14 | Birmingham City |
| 17 | MF | Parry | 28 | Transfer | Preston North End | Summer | £300,000 | 214 | 27 | BBC Sport |
| 25 | GK | Sak | 19 | Free Transfer | Wrexham | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | The Leader |
* Total income: ~ £5,300,000

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| — | DF | Dennehy | 21 | Hereford United | 2 July | 23 August | Hereford United | Hereford United |
| 23 | DF | Blake | 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 August | 1 January | Plymouth Argyle | Cardiff City |
| 29 | FW | Magennis | 19 | Grimsby Town | 15 October | 15 November | BBC Sport | Grimsby Town |
| 26 | FW | Feeney | 28 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 November | 28 December | Cardiff City | |
| 12 | DF | Capaldi | 28 | Leeds United | 26 November | 6 January | Leeds United | BBC Sport |
| 32 | DF | Morris | 20 | Newport County | 23 December | 28 February | South Wales Argus | |
| — | DF | Dennehy | 21 | Gillingham | 21 January | 29 April | BBC Sport | South Wales Echo |

## Fixtures & results
### Pre-season friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 10 Jul | Chasetown (Southern Football League Division One Midlands) | H | W 4 – 0 | – | Bothroyd, Chopra, Magennis, Matthews |
| 15 Jul | Fátima (Liga de Honra) | A | W 1 – 0 | – | Klimpl |
| 18 Jul | President's XI (Portugal) | N | W 3 – 0 | – | Bothroyd (2), Chopra |
| 22 Jul | Celtic (Scottish Premier League) | H | D 0 – 0 | 15,071 | |
| 25 Jul | Swindon Town (Football League One) | A | D 0 – 0 | – | |
| 1 Aug | Valencia (La Liga) | H | L 0 – 2 | 13,010 | |

### Football League Cup
## Overall summary
## Backroom staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Dave Jones |
| Assistant manager | Terry Burton |
| Reserve team manager | Paul Wilkinson |
| Club doctor | Dr Leonard Noakes |
| Club physio | Sean Connelly |
| Fitness coach | Alex Armstrong |
| Goalkeeping coach | Martyn Margetson |
| Kit manager | Ian Lanning |
| Performance analyst | Enda Barron |
| Masseur | Steffan Burnett |
| Academy manager | Neal Ardley |

## Awards
### Team

* Football League Championship Play-Offs: Runners-Up

### Individual

* October Championship manager of the month: Dave Jones
* October Championship player of the month: Peter Whittingham
* Football League Championship Apprentice of the Year: Adam Matthews
* PFA Team of the Year: Peter Whittingham, Michael Chopra
* Football League Championship top-goalscorer: Peter Whittingham (20 goals) (joint with Bristol City's Nicky Maynard)