# 2009–10 FC Metalist Kharkiv season

The 2009–10 season was FC Metalist Kharkiv's 65th season in existence and the club's 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Metalist Kharkiv participated in that season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Selin |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Andriy Berezovchuk |
| 5 | MF | UKR | Oleh Shelayev |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Valyayev |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Edmar |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Valentyn Slyusar |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Volodymyr Lysenko |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Fininho |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Pshenychnykh |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Barilko |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Anton Postupalenko |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Milan Obradović |
| 23 | GK | UKR | Ihor Bazhan |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Rykun |
| 29 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Horyainov |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević |
| 37 | DF | MDA | Vitalie Bordian |
| 44 | MF | UKR | Ivan Voytenko |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Jajá |
| 65 | MF | UKR | Yevheniy Lozovyi |
| 69 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Artem Putivtsev |
| — | GK | UKR | Vladyslav Leonidov |
| — | GK | UKR | Dmytro Zhdankov |
| — | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Lytvyak |
| — | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Pidkopay |
| — | DF | UKR | Dmytro Pohrebnyak |
| — | DF | UKR | Maksym Yakhno |
| — | FW | UKR | Yevhen Budnik |
| — | FW | UKR | Andriy Haydash |
| — | FW | UKR | Serhiy Zahynaylov |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | POL | Seweryn Gancarczyk (to Lech Poznań) |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Maidana (loan to Banfield) |
| — | MF | POL | Marcin Burkhardt (loan to Jagiellonia Białystok) |
| — | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko (loan to Jaro) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Hernán Fredes (loan return to Independiente) |
| 88 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Trišović (loan to Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) |
| — | FW | GEO | Vakhtang Pantskhava (loan return to Le Mans) |
| 26 | FW | CIV | Venance Zézé (loan to Jaro) |

## Competitions
### Ukrainian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 16 | +45 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |