# 2009–10 1. FC Union Berlin season

For the 2009–10 season, 1. FC Union Berlin competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

## Transfers
### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | GER | Dominic Peitz (from VfL Osnabrück) |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Bernd Rauw (from Kickers Emden) |
| 9 | FW | COL | John Mosquera (on loan from SV Werder Bremen) |
| 13 | GK | GER | Christoph Haker (from 1. FC Union Berlin Youth) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Björn Brunnemann (from FC St. Pauli) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Mischa Welm (to SpVgg Weiden) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Ludwig Lippold (released) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Dustin Heun (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern II) |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Erdal Bastürk (to Tennis Borussia Berlin) |
| 13 | GK | GER | Eric Niendorf (to 1. FC Union Berlin II) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Sebastian Bönig (to FC Erding) |
| 19 | FW | GER | Nico Patschinski (to BFC Dynamo) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Kevin Maek (to Werder Bremen II) |

### Winter transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | GER | Paul Thomik (free agent) |
| -- | FW | GER | Chinedu Ede (from MSV Duisburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Players
### Appearances and goals

Appearance and goalscoring records for all the players who are in the Union Berlin first team squad during the 2009–10 season.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Jan Glinker | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | GER | Dominic Peitz | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Christian Stuff | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Bernd Rauw | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | IRL | Patrick Kohlmann | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CGO | Macchambes Younga-Mouhani | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | John Jairo Mosquera | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Hüzeyfe Dogan | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Kenan Şahin | 18 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Christoph Haker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Paul Thomik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Daniel Göhlert | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Christoph Menz | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Torsten Mattuschka | 19 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Daniel Schulz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Chinedu Ede | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | David Hollwitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Steven Jahn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GER | Karim Benyamina | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Björn Brunnemann | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Michael Bemben | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | CRO | Adrian Antunović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GER | Carsten Busch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | GER | Shergo Biran | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Michael Parensen | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Match details
### 2. Bundesliga

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with Union Berlin score listed first.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Union Berlin goalscorers |
| 1 | 7 August 2009 | A | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 3–0 | 5,895 | Mosquera 42', Benyamina 65', Mattuschka 67' |
| 2 | 15 August 2009 | H | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | 12,344 | Şahin 76' |
| 3 | 21 August 2009 | H | Hansa Rostock | 1–0 | 17,500 | Mosquera 33' |
| 4 | 30 August 2009 | A | FC Augsburg | 1–1 | 19,037 | Şahin 59' |
| 5 | 13 September 2009 | H | SC Paderborn | 5–4 | 13,162 | Mosquera (2) 9', 24', Benyamina (2) 13', 47', Şahin 89' |
| 6 | 18 September 2009 | A | TuS Koblenz | 1–1 | 7,041 | Mattuschka 78' |
| 7 | 25 September 2009 | H | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 2–1 | 12,212 | Mattuschka 24', Benyamina 42' |
| 8 | 2 October 2009 | A | MSV Duisburg | 1–3 | 12,017 | Biran 82' |
| 9 | 19 October 2009 | H | Greuther Fürth | 1–2 | 14,150 | Şahin 57' |
| 10 | 25 October 2009 | A | Alemannia Aachen | 4–1 | 26,050 | Mattuschka 34', Mosquera (2) 44', 90', Stuff 79' |
| 11 | 30 October 2009 | H | FSV Frankfurt | 1–0 | 13,519 | Dogan 37' |
| 12 | 8 November 2009 | A | Karlsruher SC | 2–3 | 17,235 | Mattuschka 49' (pen.), Şahin 71' |
| 13 | 22 November 2009 | H | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–2 | 19,000 | |
| 14 | 29 November 2009 | A | St. Pauli | 0–3 | 19,901 | |
| 15 | 4 December 2009 | H | Energie Cottbus | 1–1 | 18,212 | Mattuschka 25' |
| 16 | 13 December 2009 | A | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | 16,900 | Peitz 76' |
| 17 | 20 December 2009 | H | 1860 Munich | 1–1 | 15,467 | Brunnemann 11' |
| 18 | 15 January 2010 | H | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1–0 | 9,118 | Mosquera 60' |
| 19 | 22 January 2010 | A | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–1 | 25,300 | |
| 21 | 6 February 2010 | H | FC Augsburg | 0–0 | 12,168 | |
| 22 | 12 February 2010 | A | SC Paderborn | 0–3 | 5,237 | |
| 23 | 19 February 2010 | H | TuS Koblenz | 3–2 | 10,046 | Doğan (2) 10', 28', Stuff 59' |
| 20 | 24 February 2010 | A | Hansa Rostock | 0–0 | 17,000 | |
| 24 | 28 February 2010 | A | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 2–3 | 3,820 | Mattuschka 45+3' (pen.), Doğan 90+1' |
| 25 | 7 March 2010 | H | MSV Duisburg | 0–1 | 13,357 | |
| 26 | 12 March 2010 | A | Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | 5,450 | |
| 27 | 21 March 2010 | H | Alemannia Aachen | 0–0 | 12,057 | |
| 28 | 28 March 2010 | A | FSV Frankfurt | 1–2 | 3,542 | Benyamina 3' |
| 29 | 3 April 2010 | H | Karlsruher SC | 1–1 | 12,670 | Mattuschka 10' (pen.) |
| 30 | 10 April 2010 | A | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | 41,144 | Lakić 80' (o.g.) |
| 31 | 17 April 2010 | H | St. Pauli | 2–1 | 19,000 | Mattuschka 10', Benyamina 87' |
| 32 | 26 April 2010 | A | Energie Cottbus | 2–4 | 15,140 | Peitz 35', Mattuschka 86' (pen.) |
| 33 | 2 May 2010 | H | Arminia Bielefeld | 3–0 | 17,024 | Brunnemann 16', 58', Doğan 90+1' |
| 34 | 9 May 2010 | A | 1860 Munich | 0–2 | 26,000 | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 |
| 11 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 44 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 44 |
| 13 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 43 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 41 |

### DFB-Pokal

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with Union Berlin score listed first.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Union Berlin goalscorers | Ref. |
| 1 | 2 August 2009 | H | Werder Bremen | 0–5 | 18,955 | | |