# 2009–10 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2009–10 season was the 120th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions, and the UEFA Champions League.

## Season summary

Bordeaux made a good run in the Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Lyon. Bordeaux's poor league form saw them drop down to 6th, ensuring that there would be no repeat of European adventure next season.
Manager Laurent Blanc resigned at the end of the season, on 16 May, after 3 years in charge. This was controversial, as Blanc immediately made an inquiry about the position as manager of the national team, prompting chairman Jean-Louis Triaud to demand compensation from the French Football Federation.

## 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 | FRA | Cédric Carrasso |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Michaël Ciani |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Henrique |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Alou Diarra |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Fernando Menegazzo |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Franck Jurietti |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Yoan Gouffran |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Fernando Cavenaghi |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Jussiê |
| 11 | FW | FRA | David Bellion |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Diego Placente |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Ulrich Ramé |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Wendel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Henri Saivet |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Chalmé |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Grégory Sertic |
| 24 | MF | MLI | Abdou Traoré |
| 25 | MF | SEN | Ludovic Sané |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Marc Planus |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Benoît Trémoulinas |
| 29 | FW | MAR | Marouane Chamakh |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Abdoulaye Keita |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Johan Blonbou |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Guillaume Insou |
| 33 | GK | FRA | Fabien Farnolle |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Christopher Glombard |

### Left club during 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 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Paul Lasne (on loan to La Berrichonne) |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Pierre Ducasse (on loan to Lorient) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Saunier (on loan to Rodez) |

## 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 9 August 2009 | 15 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 067.86 |
| Coupe de France | 9 January 2010 | 10 February 2010 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 26 January 2010 | 27 March 2010 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 25 July 2009 | 25 July 2009 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 15 September 2009 | 7 April 2010 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 89 | 55 | +34 | 071.74 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Lille | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 70 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Montpellier | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 69 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 64 | |
| 7 | Lorient | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 58 | |
| 8 | Monaco | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 55 | |
* ↑ Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ Coupe de la Ligue winners Marseille finished as champions, fulfilling a finish of at least 4th place, thus their Europa League Third qualifying round berth will go to the 5th placed team in the league.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bordeaux | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |