# 2009–10 Real Madrid CF season

The 2009–10 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 79th season in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2009–10 season.
The newly constructed Second Galácticos of President Pérez looked to reverse the misfortunes of past years. The 2009-10 season, however, despite it being the debut season of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Kaká was a transitional one as Madrid again finished second in the league, although this time amassing 96 points, the club's record at the time, and went out of the Champions League at the hands of Lyon. The season was marred by Ronaldo's injury, that sidelined him for seven weeks, although he still topped the goalscoring charts with 33 goals, and Madrid became the highest scoring team in La Liga, with 102 goals. Real Madrid also had the misfortune to become the runners-up with the highest points total in the history of Europe's top five leagues, until surpassed by Liverpool's 97 points in the 2018–19 Premier League.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Manuel Pellegrini |
| Assistant coach | Rubén Cousillas |
| Fitness coach | José Cabello |
| Goalkeepers coach | Pedro Luis Jaro |
Source: Realmadrid.com and realmadridfans

### Kit

Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): bwin.com
| Home | Domestic away | European away |
Source: "The new shirt of Real Madrid 2009/10 unveiled". Real Madrid C.F. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009. "Real Madrid's current kit". Adidas.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.

### Other information

| President | Florentino Pérez |
| Honorary Life President | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| 1st Vice-president | Fernando Fernández Tapias |
| 2nd Vice-president | Eduardo Fernández de Blas |
| Secretary of the Board | Enrique Sánchez González |
| Director General | Jorge Valdano |
| Director General of the President's Office | Manuel Redondo |
| Director of Institutional Relations | Emilio Butragueño |
| Advisor to the President | Zinedine Zidane |
| Sporting Director | Miguel Pardeza |
| Director of the Social Area | José Luis Sánchez |
| Director of the Legal Advisory Board | Javier López Farre |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Santiago Bernabéu (80,354 / 105x68m) |
| Training ground | Ciudad Real Madrid |
Source: Board of Directors (Realmadrid), El club más laureado del mundo

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas (VC) | 29 | EU | 1999 | 518 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 2 | RB | Álvaro Arbeloa | 27 | EU | 2009 | 38 | 2 | 2014 | €4.5M | |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | 27 | EU | 2007 | 68 | 1 | 2012 | €30M | Second nationality: Brazil |
| 4 | RB | Sergio Ramos (VC) | 24 | EU | 2005 | 211 | 28 | 2013 | €28M | |
| 5 | DM | Fernando Gago | 24 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 114 | 1 | 2013 | €20M | Second nationality: Italy |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | 29 | EU | 2006 | 77 | 3 | 2011 | €26M | |
| 7 | SS | Raúl (captain) | 32 | EU | 1994 | 744 | 323 | 2011 | Youth system | |
| 8 | AM | Kaká | 28 | EU | 2009 | 33 | 9 | 2015 | €65M | Second nationality: Italy |
| 9 | ST | Cristiano Ronaldo | 25 | EU | 2009 | 35 | 33 | 2015 | €94M | |
| 10 | DM | Lassana Diarra | 25 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 63 | 1 | 2013 | €20M | Second nationality: Mali |
| 11 | ST | Karim Benzema | 21 | EU | 2009 | 33 | 9 | 2015 | €35M | Second nationality: Algeria |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo | 22 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 113 | 8 | 2015 | €6.5M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 13 | GK | Jerzy Dudek | 37 | EU | 2007 | 10 | 0 | 2010 | Free | |
| 14 | AM | Guti (VC) | 33 | EU | 1995 | 535 | 77 | 2011 | Youth system | |
| 15 | LW | Royston Drenthe | 23 | EU | 2007 | 61 | 3 | 2012 | €13M | |
| 18 | CB | Raúl Albiol | 24 | EU | 2009 | 43 | 1 | 2014 | €15M | |
| 19 | CB | Ezequiel Garay | 23 | EU | 2008 | 23 | 1 | 2014 | €10M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 20 | ST | Gonzalo Higuaín | 22 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 139 | 64 | 2013 | €13M | Second nationality: France |
| 21 | CB | Christoph Metzelder | 29 | EU | 2007 | 31 | 1 | 2010 | Free | |
| 22 | DM | Xabi Alonso | 28 | EU | 2009 | 41 | 3 | 2014 | €30M | |
| 23 | AM | Rafael van der Vaart | 27 | EU | 2008 | 71 | 12 | 2013 | €13M | |
| 24 | CM | Esteban Granero | 22 | EU | 2009 | 36 | 3 | 2013 | €4.5M | |
| 26 | GK | Antonio Adán | 23 | EU | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 2014 | Youth system | |
| 28 | LB | Marcos Alonso | 19 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | |
| 30 | MF | Pedro Mosquera | 22 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | |
| 36 | FW | Juanfran | 21 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 16 May 2010
* Source: Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals), realmadrid.com (for players' numbers) and soccer-spain.com, sportec.es (for EU passport)
* Ordered by position on pitch.

### Players in / out
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 19 | DF | Ezequiel Garay | 21 | EU | Racing Santander | Loan Return | Summer | 2013 | Free | Realmadrid, realracingclub |
| 2 | DF | Álvaro Arbeloa | 26 | EU | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | €4.5M | Realmadrid, liverpoolfc |
| 8 | MF | Kaká | 27 | EU | Milan | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €67M | Realmadrid, AC Milan |
| 9 | FW | Cristiano Ronaldo | 24 | EU | Manchester United | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €94M | Realmadrid, manutd |
| 22 | MF | Xabi Alonso | 27 | EU | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | €35M + €5M in variables | Realmadrid, liverpoolfc, TheGuardian |
| 17 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | 23 | EU | Almería | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | €5M | Realmadrid |
| 18 | DF | Raúl Albiol | 23 | EU | Valencia | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | €15M | Realmadrid, valenciacf |
| 11 | FW | Karim Benzema | 21 | EU | Lyon | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €35M | Realmadrid, olweb.fr |
| 24 | MF | Esteban Granero | 21 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | €4.5M | Realmadrid, LFP |
| 26 | GK | Antonio Adán | 22 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2012 | Youth system | Realmadrid |
Total spending: €261 million

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 18 | MF | Julien Faubert | 25 | EU | West Ham United | Loan Return | Summer | n/a | Realmadrid, West Ham |
| 5 | DF | Fabio Cannavaro | 35 | EU | Juventus | End of contract | Summer | Free | Realmadrid, Juventus |
| 9 | FW | Javier Saviola | 27 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | €5M | Realmadrid, Benfica |
| 18 | MF | Rubén de la Red | 24 | EU | | Retirement | Summer | n/a | Realmadrid |
| 13 | GK | Jordi Codina | 27 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | Free | Getafecf |
| 24 | DM | Javi García | 22 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | €7M | Realmadrid, Benfica |
| 17 | DM | Dani Parejo | 20 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | €3M | Realmadrid, Getafecf |
| 16 | LB | Gabriel Heinze | 31 | EU | Marseille | Transfer | Summer | €1.5M | Realmadrid, Marseille |
| 2 | RB | Míchel Salgado | 33 | EU | Blackburn Rovers | Contract cancellation | Summer | Free | Realmadrid, Blackburn |
| 19 | FW | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 25 | EU | Milan | Transfer | Summer | €15M | Realmadrid, AC Milan |
| 17 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | 23 | EU | Sevilla | Transfer | Summer | €15M | Realmadrid, Sevilla |
| 10 | MF | Wesley Sneijder | 25 | EU | Internazionale | Transfer | Summer | €15M | Realmadrid, Inter |
| 11 | MF | Arjen Robben | 25 | EU | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | €25M | Realmadrid, FCBayern |
| 22 | LB | Miguel Torres | 23 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | €2M | Realmadrid, Getafecf |
| 17 | FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 33 | EU | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Winter | Free | Realmadrid, Hamburger |
Total income: €88.5 million Last updated: 23 January 2010

### Squad stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas | | 46 | 46 | | 4326 | 38 | | 8 | | | | |
| 2 | RB | Álvaro Arbeloa | | 38 | 38 | 2 | 3473 | 30 | 2 | 6 | | 2 | | |
| 18 | CB | Raúl Albiol | | 42 | 43 | 1 | 3914 | 33 | | 8 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 4 | CB | Sergio Ramos | | 40 | 40 | 4 | 3661 | 33 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo | | 40 | 43 | 4 | 3690 | 35 | 4 | 6 | | 2 | | |
| 22 | CM | Xabi Alonso | | 41 | 41 | 3 | 3638 | 34 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| 24 | CM | Esteban Granero | | 25 | 35 | 3 | 2228 | 30 | 3 | 4 | | 1 | | |
| 8 | AM | Kaká | | 29 | 33 | 9 | 2588 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 9 | LW | Cristiano Ronaldo | | 33 | 35 | 33 | 3040 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 7 | | | |
| 20 | FW | Gonzalo Higuaín | | 35 | 40 | 29 | 3046 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 11 | FW | Karim Benzema | | 18 | 33 | 9 | 1785 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 13 | GK | Jerzy Dudek | | 2 | 2 | | 189 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 26 | GK | Antonio Adán | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | LB | Royston Drenthe | | 5 | 11 | 1 | 523 | 8 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1556 | 10 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | | |
| 19 | CB | Ezequiel Garay | | 20 | 23 | 1 | 1922 | 20 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| 21 | CB | Christoph Metzelder | | 3 | 3 | | 279 | 2 | | | | 1 | | |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | | 7 | 20 | | 767 | 15 | | 3 | | 2 | | |
| 10 | DM | Lassana Diarra | | 26 | 30 | 1 | 2378 | 23 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | | |
| 5 | DM | Fernando Gago | | 16 | 22 | | 1493 | 18 | | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 7 | SS | Raúl | | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1623 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | |
| 14 | AM | Guti | | 13 | 30 | 3 | 1572 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 23 | AM | Rafael van der Vaart | | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1536 | 26 | 6 | 3 | | 2 | 1 | |
| 28 | LB | Marcos Alonso | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 30 | LM | Pedro Mosquera | | | 1 | | 5 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 36 | FW | Juanfran | | | 1 | | 9 | 1 | | | | | | |

### Goals

| R | Player | Position | League | Champions League | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | WF | 26 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Higuaín | ST | 27 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 3 | Kaká | AM | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Karim Benzema | ST | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Rafael van der Vaart | AM | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Raúl | SS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Marcelo | LB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Sergio Ramos | RB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Guti | AM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Esteban Granero | CM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Xabi Alonso | CM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Álvaro Arbeloa | RB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Raúl Albiol | CB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ezequiel Garay | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Lassana Diarra | DM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Pepe | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | ST | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Royston Drenthe | LB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | | |
| 9 | FW | Cristiano Ronaldo | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Sergio Ramos | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | CB | Raúl Albiol | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DM | Lassana Diarra | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | CM | Xabi Alonso | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB | Álvaro Arbeloa | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | AM | Guti | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | CB | Ezequiel Garay | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CM | Fernando Gago | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | AM | Kaká | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | ST | Gonzalo Higuaín | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | CM | Esteban Granero | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | LB | Royston Drenthe | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | AM | Rafael van der Vaart | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | SS | Raúl | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 May 2010 Source: Competitive matches and LFP.com, sportec.es Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card..

### Overall

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 48 | 24 | 24 |
| Games won | 36 | 21 | 15 |
| Games drawn | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Games lost | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Biggest win | 6–0 vs Zaragoza | 6–0 vs Zaragoza | 5–1 vs Tenerife |
| Biggest loss | 0–4 vs Alcorcón | 0–2 vs Barcelona | 0–4 vs Alcorcón |
| Biggest win (League) | 6–0 vs Zaragoza | 6–0 vs Zaragoza | 5–1 vs Tenerife |
| Biggest win (Cup) | 1–0 vs Alcorcón | 1–0 vs Alcorcón | – |
| Biggest win (Europe) | 5–2 vs Zürich | 3–0 vs Marseille | 5–2 vs Zürich |
| Biggest loss (League) | 0–2 vs Barcelona | 0–2 vs Barcelona | 1–2 vs Sevilla |
| Biggest loss (Cup) | 0–4 vs Alcorcón | – | 0–4 vs Alcorcón |
| Biggest loss (Europe) | 2–3 vs Milan | 2–3 vs Milan | 0–1 vs Lyon |
| Clean sheets | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| Goals scored | 119 | 68 | 51 |
| Goals conceded | 48 | 22 | 26 |
| Goal difference | +71 | +46 | +25 |
| Average GF per game | 2.48 | 2.83 | 2.13 |
| Average GA per game | 1 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Yellow cards | 118 | 46 | 72 |
| Red cards | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Most appearances | Iker Casillas (46) | – | – |
| Most minutes played | Iker Casillas (4326) | – | – |
| Top scorer | Cristiano Ronaldo (33) | – | – |
| Top assistor | Guti (10) | – | – |
| Points | 113/144 (78.47%) | 64/72 (88.89%) | 49/72 (68.06%) |
| Winning rate | 75% | 87.5% | 62.5% |
Last updated: 16 May 2010 Source: Competitive matches

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 98 | 24 | +74 | 99 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 102 | 35 | +67 | 96 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Mallorca | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 62 | |
* ↑ Mallorca could not qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League due to being immersed in a creditor contest, a situation against UEFA criteria. Then, Villarreal was invited to replace this spot.

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

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Milan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Marseille | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Zürich | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 20 January 2010. Source: Pre-season 2009/10, Pre-season Schedule and Peace Cup