# 2009–10 FC Zürich season

The 2009–10 season was Fussballclub Zürich's 20th consecutive season in the Swiss Super League and 113th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Zürich participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and UEFA Champions League.

## Squad

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 | SUI | Johnny Leoni |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Ricardo Rodriguez |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Raphael Koch |
| 5 | MF | SUI | Xavier Margairaz |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Silvan Aegerter |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Johan Vonlanthen |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Onyekachi Okonkwo |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Adrian Nikçi |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Alphonse |
| 13 | DF | SUI | Florian Stahel |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Dusan Djuric |
| 16 | DF | SUI | Philippe Koch |
| 17 | MF | TUN | Yassine Chikhaoui |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | SUI | René Borkovic |
| 19 | DF | SUI | Alain Rochat |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Milan Gajić |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Heinz Barmettler |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Ludovic Magnin |
| 25 | FW | SUI | Admir Mehmedi |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Oliver Buff |
| 27 | FW | SUI | Marco Schönbächler |
| 28 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Eric Hassli |
| 30 | DF | FIN | Hannu Tihinen |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Andrea Guatelli |
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## 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 % |
| Swiss Super League | 14 July 2009 | 16 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Swiss Cup | 19 September 2009 | 20 November 2009 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 29 July 2009 | 8 December 2009 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 00 | 00 | +0 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 74 | 62 | +12 | 036.73 |
Source: Competitions

### Swiss Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Sion | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 51 | |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | Zürich | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 45 | |
| 8 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 41 | |
| 9 | Bellinzona (O) | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 42 | 92 | −50 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitions

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

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