# 2009–10 Leeds United F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Leeds United's third consecutive season in the third tier of English football, which saw them finish second, winning promotion to the Championship.

## Season summary

Simon Grayson became the first manager in four years to complete a full season as Leeds boss and celebrated it by winning the club's first promotion in twenty years. For the third season in a row, Jermaine Beckford was the club's top goalscorer with 31 goals in all competitions; Beckford was again named the League One Player of the Year, however lost out on the club's Player of the Year to Patrick Kisnorbo.

## Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 15 May 2009 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2009–10 season). This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

### May

* 15 May: The eight new academy scholars for the 2009–10 season are revealed to be: James Baxendale, Jonathan Birbeck, James Booker, Alex Cairns, Joe McCann, Sanchez Payne, Lewis Turner and Nathan Turner.
* 26 May: The club's top goalscorer in the 2008–09 season, Jermaine Beckford, rejects a three-year contract offer from the club. As a result, the club put the player on the transfer list.

### June

* 17 June: The League One fixtures for the 2009–10 season are released with Leeds' first match against Exeter City at Elland Road. The final game of the season will be against Bristol Rovers at home.

### July

* 2 July: The players return to Thorp Arch for pre-season training.
* 8 July: The club state that they will be investigating the circumstances surrounding academy product Luke Garbutt's move to Everton.
* 9 July: The club announce that they have rejected bids from two Premier League clubs for starlet Fabian Delph. They also reveal that they have rejected unacceptable bids for Jermaine Beckford.
* 17 July: Jermaine Beckford is taken off the transfer list.
* 24 July: The squad numbers for the new season are announced. Richard Naylor is given the number 6 shirt replacing Ľubomír Michalík who moves to number 17. Paul Huntington swaps to number 24 with Patrick Kisnorbo taking his number 3 shirt. Meanwhile, new recruits Jason Crowe and Shane Higgs take the number 2 and 12 jerseys respectively.
* 31 July: Richard Naylor is appointed the new club captain.

### August

* 4 August: Chairman, Ken Bates revealed that the club had agreed a fee with Manchester City for Fabian Delph; however City needed to have the bid approved by their owners in the Gulf and required a week to do so. As a result, Leeds rejected City's bid and accepted another bid from Aston Villa. Delph later agreed terms with Villa and was transferred for a fee worth up to £8 million.
* 6 August: Jonny Howson is announced as the new club vice-captain.

### September

* 5 September: The 2–0 home win against Stockport County sees the club record their best ever start to a season with eight successive victories; the previous best start to a season was in 1973 – the season in which Don Revie won his second First Division title as manager of Leeds. Another club record is beaten with the victory the club's fourteenth successive home league win.
* 17 September: Leeds City Council offer to re-purchase the club's training ground, Thorp Arch, which was sold by the club to businessman Jacob Adler in 2004. The deal would see the Council renting Thorp Arch to the club with an option for the club to purchase the facility at the end of the lease.

### October

* 16 October: The club announce that they chose not to exercise the option of re-purchasing Thorp Arch from Barnaway Ltd. before the 23:59 deadline on 15 October.

### December

* 16 December: The club's stadium, Elland Road is chosen as one of the fourteen venues for the 2018 World Cup should England be successful in being chosen as the host country.

### January

* 3 January: Leeds United make FA Cup history by becoming the first team outside the Premier League to eliminate Manchester United in Alex Ferguson's managerial career. In doing so, Leeds ended a 29-year streak without a win at Old Trafford.
* 6 January: The club confirm that Jermaine Beckford handed in a transfer request on 30 December and that the request was accepted.
* 17 January: Jermaine Beckford withdraws his transfer request, committing himself to the club until the end of his contract at the end of the current season.

### February

* 9 February: Three Leeds players are punched by opposition fans after the club lose to Carlisle United on penalties in the Football League Trophy area final second leg.

### March

* 13 March: The club's youth team finish the Emirates Airlines Dubai Sevens tournament as runners-up having beaten Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers and Celtic in previous rounds. The team lost 2–0 to Olympiacos in the final.

### April

* 3 April: Striker Trésor Kandol is fined by the club after being sent off for violent conduct just twenty seconds after coming on the field of play as a substitute in the 1–0 defeat to Norwich City. The red card is the second Kandol has received this season having been sent-off after the final whistle for violent conduct earlier on in the season.
* 17 April: The club qualify for the League One 2009–10 play-offs after 7th place Colchester United lose to Hartlepool United. Even if Colchester win all of their three remaining games and Leeds lose all of theirs, Colchester would still be three points adrift of Leeds in the final league table.

### May

* 8 May: The club come second in the league and thus finally secure automatic promotion to The Championship after a nailbiting season finale against Bristol Rovers. With Max Gradel sent off in the first half and the club conceding a goal early in the second half, the Leeds fans feared that they would have to settle for a play-off place; but Jonathan Howson and Jermaine Beckford each scored within four minutes to make the score 2–1 to Leeds and secure their promotion.

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Norwich City (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 89 | 47 | +42 | 95 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
| 2 | Leeds United (P) | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 44 | +33 | 86 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
| 3 | Millwall (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 76 | 44 | +32 | 85 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 84 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 73 | 57 | +16 | 82 | Qualification for League One 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: 3 May 2009. 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Football League Trophy
## First-team squad
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Casper Ankergren | 30 | 2007 | 143 | 0 | 2010 | £200k |
| 2 | DF | Jason Crowe | 31 | 2009 | 27 | 2 | 2011 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Patrick Kisnorbo | 29 | 2009 | 35 | 1 | 2011 | Free |
| 4 | MF | Michael Doyle | 28 | 2009 | 52 | 0 | 2010 | Loan |
| 5 | DF | Rui Marques | 32 | 2005 | 100 | 4 | 2010 | Free |
| 6 | DF | Richard Naylor (captain) | 33 | 2009 | 61 | 3 | 2011 | Free |
| 7 | FW | Paul Dickov | 37 | 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2010 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | 24 | 2008 | 105 | 9 | 2011 | £150k |
| 9 | FW | Jermaine Beckford | 26 | 2006 | 152 | 85 | 2010 | £ 45k |
| 10 | FW | Luciano Becchio | 26 | 2008 | 103 | 36 | 2011 | £300k |
| 11 | DF | Alan Sheehan | 23 | 2008 | 24 | 2 | 2011 | Undisclosed |
| 12 | GK | Shane Higgs | 32 | 2009 | 22 | 0 | 2011 | Free |
| 13 | FW | Mike Grella | 23 | 2009 | 40 | 5 | 2012 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Jonathan Howson (VC) | 21 | 2006 | 153 | 17 | 2011 | Youth system |
| 15 | FW | Gary McSheffrey | 27 | 2010 | 11 | 1 | 2010 | Loan |
| 16 | MF | Bradley Johnson | 23 | 2008 | 91 | 11 | 2011 | £250k |
| 17 | DF | Ľubomír Michalík$^1$ | 26 | 2007 | 76 | 2 | 2011 | £200k |
| 18 | MF | Andy Robinson | 30 | 2008 | 50 | 7 | 2011 | Free |
| 19 | DF | Ben Parker | 22 | 2007 | 50 | 1 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 20 | FW | Trésor Kandol | 28 | 2006 | 79 | 16 | 2011 | £200k |
| 21 | DF | Shane Lowry | 20 | 2010 | 12 | 0 | 2010 | Loan |
| 22 | MF | Andrew Hughes | 32 | 2007 | 126 | 1 | 2010 | £300k |
| 23 | FW | Robert Snodgrass | 22 | 2008 | 108 | 21 | 2013 | £ 35k |
| 24 | MF | Sanchez Watt | 19 | 2010 | 6 | 0 | 2010 | Loan |
| 25 | GK | Alan Martin | 21 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | Undisclosed |
| 26 | DF | Leigh Bromby | 29 | 2009 | 37 | 1 | 2013 | £250k |
| 27 | FW | Davide Somma | 25 | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 2011 | Free |
| 28 | MF | Max Gradel$^1$ | 22 | 2009 | 35 | 6 | 2012 | £250k |
| 29 | FW | Tom Elliott | 20 | 2007 | 4 | 0 | 2011 | Youth system |
| 30 | MF | Will Hatfield | 18 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system |
| 32 | DF | Aidan White | 18 | 2008 | 23 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 33 | DF | Neill Collins | 26 | 2010 | 9 | 0 | 2010 | Loan |
| 34 | GK | Ryan Jones | 18 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^2$ | Youth system |
* Last updated: 10 May 2010
* Source:
* Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. $^1$Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year. $^2$Player joined the club in 2008 as a scholar. He is presently a 2nd year scholar and is not currently signed to the club on professional terms. Squad includes players registered with the club on the last day of the season (8 May 2010) only.

### Squad stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FL Cup | FL Cup | Football League Trophy | Football League Trophy | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Ankergren | | 36 | 38 | | 3461 | 28 | | 6 | | | | 4 | | |
| 2 | RB | Crowe | | 25 | 27 | 2 | 2099 | 17 | | 4 | | 3 | | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | CB | Kisnorbo | | 33 | 34 | 1 | 3021 | 28 | 1 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| 4 | CM | Doyle | | 49 | 50 | | 4436 | 40 | | 6 | | 3 | | 1 | | |
| 5 | CB | Rui Marques | | 6 | 6 | | 567 | 5 | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 6 | CB | Naylor | | 35 | 36 | 2 | 3275 | 28 | 2 | 3 | | | | 5 | | |
| 7 | CM | Prutton | | 3 | 9 | | 329 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 7 | FW | Dickov | | 1 | 7 | | 124 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 8 | CM | Kilkenny | | 32 | 47 | 4 | 3241 | 34 | 2 | 5 | | 3 | | 5 | 2 | |
| 9 | FW | Beckford | | 46 | 50 | 31 | 4274 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Becchio | | 37 | 46 | 17 | 3189 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | | |
| 11 | LB | Sheehan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | GK | Higgs | | 22 | 22 | | 1909 | 19 | | | | 3 | | | | |
| 13 | FW | Grella | | 9 | 27 | 5 | 917 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | 4 | 1 | |
| 14 | CM | Howson | | 49 | 56 | 4 | 4566 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | | 2 | | Also played RM |
| 15 | FW | Vokes | | 9 | 10 | 1 | 714 | 8 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 15 | LW | McSheffrey | | 9 | 10 | 1 | 845 | 9 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 16 | LM | Johnson | | 34 | 46 | 7 | 3217 | 35 | 7 | 4 | | 3 | | 4 | | Also played CM |
| 17 | CB | Michalík | | 16 | 23 | 1 | 1704 | 13 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | | 4 | | |
| 18 | LW | Robinson | | 1 | 9 | 1 | 244 | 6 | | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | Also played RW |
| 19 | LB | Parker | | 2 | 4 | | 152 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | FW | Kandol | | 2 | 13 | 4 | 261 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | |
| 21 | FW | Showunmi | | 1 | 12 | 1 | 256 | 7 | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 21 | LB | Lowry | | 11 | 11 | | 1025 | 10 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 22 | LB | Hughes | | 49 | 50 | | 4309 | 38 | | 5 | | 3 | | 4 | | Also played RB |
| 23 | RW | Snodgrass | | 53 | 56 | 9 | 4517 | 43 | 6 | 6 | | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Also played LW |
| 24 | CB | Huntington | | 1 | 1 | | 90 | | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 24 | LW | Watt | | 1 | 7 | | 121 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 25 | GK | A. Martin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | RB | Bromby | | 38 | 39 | 1 | 3416 | 32 | 1 | 5 | | | | 2 | | Also played CB |
| 27 | FW | Somma | | | 1 | | 20 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 28 | RW | Gradel | | 13 | 34 | 6 | 1522 | 31 | 6 | | | | | 3 | | Also played FW |
| 29 | FW | Elliott | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | GK | Fielding | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | LB | Capaldi | | 4 | 5 | | 424 | 3 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 30 | CM | Will Hatfield | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | CB | Webb | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | LB | White | | 7 | 14 | | 679 | 8 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | Also played LM |
| 33 | CM | Josh Falkingham | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | CB | Collins | | 9 | 9 | | 810 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | GK | Ryan Jones | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | RW | Ephraim | | 2 | 4 | 1 | 183 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | GK | D. Martin | | 1 | 1 | | 90 | | | | | | | 1 | | |

### Assists

| R | Player | Position | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Football League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | Snodgrass | RW | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Gradel | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Howson | CM | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Beckford | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Johnson | LM | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Becchio | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Kilkenny | CM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | McSheffrey | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Doyle | CM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Kisnorbo | CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Bromby | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Kandol | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Hughes | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Crowe | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Parker | LB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Prutton | CM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Robinson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Rui Marques | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Watt | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Vokes | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | White | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Grella | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ephraim | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated:10 May 2010 Source:

### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | |
| 16 | MF | Johnson | 12 | |
| 4 | MF | Doyle | 10 | |
| 23 | MF | Snodgrass | 9 | |
| 26 | DF | Bromby | 8 | |
| 6 | DF | Naylor | 8 | |
| 28 | MF | Gradel | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Beckford | 6 | |
| 2 | DF | Crowe | 6 | |
| 10 | FW | Becchio | 5 | |
| 8 | MF | Kilkenny | 5 | |
| 3 | DF | Kisnorbo | 5 | |
| 14 | MF | Howson | 5 | |
| 21 | DF | Lowry | 4 | |
| 33 | DF | Collins | 3 | |
| 22 | DF | Hughes | 3 | |
| 20 | FW | Kandol | | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Ankergren | 2 | |
| 30 | DF | Capaldi | 2 | |
| 17 | DF | Michalík | 2 | |
| 21 | FW | Showunmi | 1 | |
Last updated: 10 May 2010 Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

#### Suspensions

| No. | P | Name | No. Matches Banned | Reason for Suspension | Notes |
| 4 | MF | Doyle | 1 | Five yellow cards | |
| 20 | FW | Kandol | 3 | Violent conduct | Incident happened on the field of play after the final whistle of a match. Suspension handed after match. |
| 23 | MF | Snodgrass | 1 | Five yellow cards | |
| 26 | DF | Bromby | 1 | Five yellow cards | |
| 20 | FW | Kandol | 4 | Red card (violent conduct) | |
| 16 | MF | Johnson | 2 | Ten yellow cards | |
| 28 | MF | Gradel | 3 | Red card (violent conduct) | Suspension to start at the beginning of the 2010–11 season. |
| 4 | MF | Doyle | 2 | Ten yellow cards | Suspension to start at the beginning of the 2010–11 season. |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 2 | DF | Jason Crowe | 30 | EU | Northampton Town | Free Agent | Summer | 2011 | Free |
| 12 | GK | Shane Higgs | 32 | EU | Cheltenham Town | Transferred | Summer | 2010 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Patrick Kisnorbo | 28 | Non-EU | Leicester City | Free Agent | Summer | 2011 | Free |
| 26 | DF | Leigh Bromby | 29 | EU | Sheffield United | Transferred | Summer | 2013 | £250k$^1$ |
| 27 | FW | Davide Somma | 24 | Non-EU | San Jose Earthquakes | Transferred | Summer | 2010$^2$ | Free |
| 28 | MF | Max Gradel | 22 | Non-EU | Leicester City | Transferred | Winter | 2012 | £250k |
| 7 | FW | Paul Dickov | 37 | EU | Leicester City | Free Agent | Winter | 2010 | Free |
$^1$Transfer fee was officially undisclosed, however it was reported by The Times that the fee was £250,000. $^2$The club has the option of extending the player's contact by an additional year.

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended |
| 4 | MF | Michael Doyle | 28 | Coventry City | 6 Aug | 8 May |
| 30 | GK | Frank Fielding | 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 Sep | 26 Oct |
| 15 | FW | Sam Vokes | 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 Oct | 1 Jan |
| 28 | MF | Max Gradel | 22 | Leicester City | 19 Oct | 19 Jan |
| 35 | MF | Hogan Ephraim | 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 Nov | 1 Jan |
| 36 | GK | David Martin | 24 | Liverpool | 26 Nov | 10 Feb |
| 30 | DF | Tony Capaldi | 28 | Cardiff City | 26 Nov | 4 Jan |
| 15 | FW | Gary McSheffrey | 27 | Birmingham City | 29 Jan | 8 May |
| 21 | DF | Shane Lowry | 20 | Aston Villa | 29 Jan | 8 May |
| 33 | DF | Neill Collins | 26 | Preston North End | 23 Mar | 8 May |
| 25 | MF | Sanchez Watt | 19 | Arsenal | 25 Mar | 8 May |

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended |
| 24 | GK | Alan Martin | 20 | Accrington Stanley | 30 Jul | 26 Oct |
| — | DF | Tom Lees | 19 | Accrington Stanley | 1 Sep | 8 May |
| 11 | DF | Alan Sheehan | 23 | Oldham Athletic | 2 Sep | 2 Nov |
| 24 | DF | Paul Huntington | 22 | Stockport County | 10 Sep | 12 Nov |
| 29 | FW | Tom Elliott | 19 | Bury | 16 Sep | 8 May |
| — | MF | Ollie Hotchkiss | 20 | Mansfield Town | 16 Oct | 13 Jan |
| — | DF | Andrew Milne | 19 | Darlington | 26 Nov | 14 Dec |
| 11 | DF | Alan Sheehan | 38 | Swindon Town | 26 Nov | |
| 27 | FW | Davide Somma | 24 | Chesterfield | 26 Nov | 5 Jan |
| 7 | MF | David Prutton | 28 | Colchester United | 26 Jan | 1 Feb |
| 27 | FW | Davide Somma | 25 | Lincoln City | 27 Feb | 8 May |
| 18 | MF | Andy Robinson | 30 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 Mar | 8 May |
| — | DF | Liam Darville | 34 | Rotherham United | 25 Mar | |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals |
| 4 | MF | Jonathan Douglas | 27 | Out of Contract | Swindon Town | Summer | n/a | 166 | 11 |
| 12 | GK | David Lucas | 31 | Out of Contract | Swindon Town | Summer | n/a | 23 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Frazer Richardson | 26 | Out of Contract | Charlton Athletic | Summer | n/a | 173 | 5 |
| 24 | MF | Peter Sweeney | 24 | Released | Grimsby Town | Summer | n/a | 9 | 0 |
| — | DF | Luke Garbutt | 16 | Transferred | Everton | Summer | £1.55m$^1$ | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Fabian Delph | 19 | Transferred | Aston Villa | Summer | £8m$^2$ | 54 | 6 |
| — | DF | Louis Hutton | 14 | Transferred | Manchester City | Summer | £ 400k$^3$ | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | George Swann | 14 | Transferred | Manchester City | Summer | £ 400k$^3$ | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Jonathan Webb | 20 | Out of Contract | | Winter | n/a | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Josh Falkingham | 19 | Out of Contract | St Johnstone | Winter | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Ollie Hotchkiss | 20 | Released | Mansfield Town | Winter | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Enoch Showunmi | 27 | Released | Falkirk | Winter | n/a | 28 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | David Prutton | 28 | Released | Colchester United | Winter | n/a | 78 | 4 |
| 24 | DF | Paul Huntington | 22 | Released | Stockport County | Winter | n/a | 32 | 2 |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable. $^1$The Professional Football Compensation Committee decided that Everton should pay Leeds an initial compensation fee of £600,000 followed by £200,000 upon Garbutt's first full international appearance and £150,000 after the player has made 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 appearances (thus totalling £750,000 from this final clause). It was also ruled that Leeds should receive 20% of any profit that Everton makes from future sale of the player. $^2$Transfer fee was officially undisclosed, however it was reported by The Guardian that the fee was approximately an upfront £6 million with an additional £2 million in variables. $^3$The total compensation fee for the two academy players was reported to be £800,000.

### New Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 31 | DF | Webb | 19 | Signed | 6 months | Nov 2009 |
| 33 | MF | Falkingham | 18 | Signed | 6 months | Nov 2009 |
| 4 | MF | Douglas | 27 | Rejected | Unknown | n/a |
| 9 | FW | Beckford | 25 | Rejected | 3 years | n/a |
| 19 | DF | Parker | 22 | Signed | 3 years | July 2012 |
| 23 | MF | Snodgrass | 21 | Signed | 4 years | August 2013 |
| 13 | FW | Grella | 22 | Signed | 3 years | August 2012 |
| 12 | GK | Higgs | 32 | Signed | 1 year | July 2011 |
| — | DF | Lees | 19 | Signed | 2 years | February 2012 |
| 27 | FW | Somma | 25 | Signed | 1 year | April 2011 |

## Awards
### Internal Awards
#### Official Player of the Year Awards

The results of the 2009–10 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 8 May 2010 at Elland Road.
* Player of the Year: Patrick Kisnorbo
* Young Player of the Year: Aidan White
* Players' Player of the Year: Patrick Kisnorbo
* Goal of the Season: Jermaine Beckford (vs Manchester United, 3 January)
* Best Contribution to Community: Leigh Bromby, Jonathan Howson and Ben Parker
* Chairman's Special Award: Ben Parker

### External Awards
#### League One Team of the Week

The following Leeds players have been selected in the official League One team of the week.
* 10 August: Jermaine Beckford, Michael Doyle
* 17 August: Shane Higgs, Andy Hughes
* 24 August: Jason Crowe, Bradley Johnson
* 31 August: Jermaine Beckford, Bradley Johnson
* 7 September: Jason Crowe
* 21 September: Jonny Howson, Bradley Johnson
* 28 September: Patrick Kisnorbo
* 2 November: Richard Naylor
* 23 November: Jermaine Beckford, Neil Kilkenny, Robert Snodgrass
* 7 December: Robert Snodgrass
* 21 December: Leigh Bromby, Robert Snodgrass
* 1 February: Jermaine Beckford, Richard Naylor
* 8 February: Luciano Becchio
* 6 April: Richard Naylor
* 26 April: Luciano Becchio

#### Other Awards

* PFA Team of the Year (League One): Patrick Kisnorbo, Robert Snodgrass
* PFA Fans' Player of the Month (League One): Robert Snodgrass (August/September), Jermaine Beckford (October, December)
* League One Player of the Year: Jermaine Beckford
* LMA Performance of the Week Award: vs Manchester United (3 January, 1–0, FA Cup)
* Johnstone's Paint Trophy Ultimate Finish Award: Neil Kilkenny (vs Accrington Stanley, 15 December)
* Yorkshire Evening Post Player of the Year (Leeds United): Patrick Kisnorbo