# 2009–10 Sevilla FC season

The 2009–10 Sevilla FC season is the club's ninth consecutive season in La Liga. Manolo Jiménez was the team coach until 24 March 2010. On 19 May 2010, Sevilla won the Copa del Rey for the fifth time.

## Trophies balance

| Category | Trophy | Started round | First match | Result | Last match |
| Friendly Trophy | 2009 Peace Cup | Group Stage | 24 July 2009 | Group Stage | 26 July 2009 |
| Friendly Trophy | 55th Ramón de Carranza Trophy | Semi-final | 14 August 2009 | Winner | 15 August 2009 |
| Friendly Trophy | 2nd Antonio Puerta Trophy | Final | 21 August 2009 | Winner | 21 August 2009 |
| Competitive | Liga BBVA | — | 30 August 2009 | 4th | 15 May 2010 |
| Competitive | Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | 27 October 2009 | Winner | 19 May 2010 |
| Competitive | UEFA Champions League | Group Stage | 16 September 2009 | Round of 16 | 16 March 2010 |

### Competitive balance

Biggest win :
| | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| La Liga | 12 September 2009 | Matchday 2 | v. Real Zaragoza | 4–1 | 26 September 2009 | Matchday 5 | v. Athletic Bilbao | 0–4 |
| La Liga | 3 April 2010 | Matchday 30 | v. Tenerife | 3–0 | 5 May 2010 | Matchday 36 | v. Racing Santander | 1–5 |
| La Liga | 17 April 2010 | Matchday 33 | v. Sporting Gijón | 3–0 | 5 May 2010 | Matchday 36 | v. Racing Santander | 1–5 |
| Copa del Rey | 10 November 2009 | Round of 32, 2nd leg | v. Atlético Ciudad | 5–1 | 20 January 2010 | Quarter-finals, 1st leg | v. Deportivo | 0–3 |
| Champions League | 16 September 2009 | Group Stage, Matchday 1 | v. Unirea Urziceni | 2–0 | 29 September 2009 | Group Stage, Matchday 2 | v. Rangers | 1–4 |
| Biggest loss |||||||||||
| | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Liga BBVA | 19 December 2009 | Matchday 15 | v. Getafe | 1–2 | 16 January 2010 | Matchday 18 | v. Barcelona | 4–0 |
| Liga BBVA | 9 January 2010 | Matchday 17 | v. Racing Santander | 1–2 | 16 January 2010 | Matchday 18 | v. Barcelona | 4–0 |
| Liga BBVA | 8 May 2010 | Matchday 37 | v. Barcelona | 2–3 | 16 January 2010 | Matchday 18 | v. Barcelona | 4–0 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 January 2010 | Round of 16, 2nd leg | v. Barcelona | 0–1 | 10 February 2010 | Semifinals, 2nd leg | v. Getafe | 1–0 |
| Copa del Rey | 27 January 2010 | Quarterfinals, 2nd leg | v. Deportivo | 0–1 | 10 February 2010 | Semifinals, 2nd leg | v. Getafe | 1–0 |
| Champions League | 16 March 2010 | Round of 16, 2nd leg | v. CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | 24 November 2009 | Group Stage, Matchday 5 | v. Unirea Urziceni | 1–0 |

## Summer transfers
### In

| Player | From | Fee |
| Sergio Sánchez | Espanyol | €3,000,000 |
| Álvaro Negredo | Real Madrid (was on loan at Almería) | €14,000,000 |
| Didier Zokora | Tottenham Hotspur | €10,000,000 |

### Out

| Player | New Team | Fee |
| Aquivaldo Mosquera | América | €4,200,000 |
| Pablo Ruiz | Cartagena (he was playing on loan in Córdoba) | Free |
| Duda | Málaga | €400,000 |
| Enzo Maresca | Olympiacos | €1,200,000 |
| Morgan De Sanctis | Napoli (he was playing on loan in Galatasaray) | €1,700,000 |

### Loan return

| Player | From |
| Tom De Mul | Genk |
| Lolo | Málaga |

### Loan out

| Player | Team |
| José Ángel Crespo | Racing Santander |
| Alejandro Alfaro | Tenerife |
| Emiliano Armenteros | Xerez |
| José Manuel Casado | Xerez |
| David Prieto | Xerez |

## Winter transfers
### Loan in

| Player | From |
| Marius Stankevičius | Sampdoria |

### Loan out

| Player | Team |
| Javier Chevantón | Atalanta |
| Arouna Koné | Hannover 96 |

## Youth system

Players called during season from Sevilla Atlético and Sevilla C.
| No | Player | Position | Called For First Time |
| 30 | José Carlos | MF | v Athletic Bilbao (26 September 2009) |
| 34 | Marc Valiente | DF | v Atlético Ciudad (10 November 2009) |
| 33 | Manuel Redondo | DF | v Tenerife (21 November 2009) |
| 28 | Cala | DF | v Sporting Gijón (13 December 2009) |
| 26 | Dani Jiménez | GK | v Atlético Madrid (2 January 2010) |
| 27 | Enrique Carreño | FW | v Racing Santander (9 January 2010) |
| 31 | Rodri | FW | v CSKA Moscow (24 February 2010) |
| 42 | Luis Alberto | FW | v Xerez (23 March 2010) |
| 37 | Antonio Luna | DF | v Almería (15 May 2010) |

## 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 | ESP | Andrés Palop (captain) |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Federico Fazio |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Ivica Dragutinović |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Squillaci |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Aldo Duscher |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Adriano |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Jesús Navas |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Didier Zokora |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Luís Fabiano |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Renato |
| 12 | FW | MLI | Frédéric Kanouté |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Javi Varas |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Julien Escudé |
| 15 | DF | LTU | Marius Stankevičius (On loan from Sampdoria; No. 35 in UCL) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Diego Capel |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Fernando Navarro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Tom De Mul |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Lautaro Acosta |
| 22 | MF | CIV | Romaric |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Lolo |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Abdoulay Konko |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Diego Perotti |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Dani Jiménez |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Enrique Carreño |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Cala |
| 30 | MF | ESP | José Carlos |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Rodri |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Manuel Redondo |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Marc Valiente |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Antonio Luna |
| 42 | FW | ESP | Luis Alberto |

### Long-term injuries

On 1 January 2010, Sevilla's medical services detected some cardiac pathology in Sergio Sánchez's heart and they recommended to him to stop his activity with the team.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez |

### CAN 2010 called players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | MLI | Frédéric Kanouté (Out between 11 Jan and 20 Jan) |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Didier Zokora (Out between 11 Jan and 24 Jan) |

## Players' statistics
### Liga BBVA

Updated to 4 April 2010
| No. | Player | Pos. | Status | Played | | | | Minutes | Sanctioned against | Sanctioned against |
| 1 | Andrés Palop | GK | | 25 | −31 | 1 | 0 | 2378 | None yet | None yet |
| 2 | Federico Fazio | DF | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 630 | None yet | None yet |
| 3 | Ivica Dragutinović | DF | | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1604 | x5 | v. Valencia (31 Jan) |
| 4 | Sébastien Squillaci | DF | | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1031 | None yet | None yet |
| 5 | Aldo Duscher | MF | | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 636 | | v. Racing Santander (9 Jan) |
| 6 | Gatão | MF | | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1681 | x5 | v. Málaga (10 Apr) |
| 7 | Jesús Navas | MF | | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2109 | None yet | None yet |
| 8 | Didier Zokora | MF | | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1729 | x5 | v. Real Valladolid (5 Dec) |
| 8 | Didier Zokora | MF | | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1729 | | v. Athletic Bilbao (28 Feb) |
| 9 | Arouna Koné | FW | Out | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 371 | None yet | None yet |
| 10 | Luís Fabiano | FW | | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1246 | x5 | v. Sporting Gijón (13 Dec) |
| 11 | Renato | MF | | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2120 | None yet | None yet |
| 12 | Frédéric Kanouté | FW | | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1312 | | v. Real Zaragoza (12 Sep) |
| 13 | Javi Varas | GK | | 5 | –4 | 0 | 0 | 477 | None yet | None yet |
| 14 | Julien Escudé | DF | | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1599 | None yet | None yet |
| 15 | Marius Stankevičius | DF | | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1101 | | v. Osasuna (14 Feb) |
| 15 | Javier Chevantón | FW | Out | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | None yet | None yet |
| 16 | Diego Capel | MF | | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1027 | None yet | None yet |
| 17 | Sergio Sánchez | DF | | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 559 | None yet | None yet |
| 18 | Fernando Navarro | DF | | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2078 | x5 | v. Real Zaragoza (7 Feb) |
| 19 | Álvaro Negredo | FW | | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1772 | | v. Osasuna (14 Feb) |
| 19 | Álvaro Negredo | FW | | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1772 | | v. Athletic Bilbao (28 Feb) |
| 20 | Tom De Mul | MF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None yet | None yet |
| 21 | Lautaro Acosta | MF | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | None yet | None yet |
| 22 | Romaric | MF | | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 785 | | v. Real Madrid (6 Mar) |
| 23 | Lolo | DF | | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 711 | None yet | None yet |
| 24 | Abdoulay Konko | DF | | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1175 | None yet | None yet |
| 25 | Diego Perotti | MF | | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1742 | None yet | None yet |
| 26 | Dani Jiménez | GK | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None yet | None yet |
| 27 | Enrique Carreño | FW | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | None yet | None yet |
| 28 | Cala | DF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | None yet | None yet |
| 30 | José Carlos | MF | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 235 | None yet | None yet |
| 31 | Rodri | FW | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | None yet | None yet |
| 33 | Manuel Redondo | DF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None yet | None yet |
| 34 | Marc Valiente | DF | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 183 | None yet | None yet |
| 36 | Luis Alberto | FW | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None yet | None yet |
| | Yellow cards |
| | Red cards |
| | Goals scored Received, if the number is negative (only for GK) |
| x5 | Sanctioned by the accumulation of 5 yellow cards Every 5 yellow cards, the player misses next match |
| | Sanctioned by double yellow card |
| | Sanctioned by sent off |
| | Ready to play |
| | Injured |
| Out | Out on loan From winter transfers to the end of the season |
| € | Sold during winter transfers |
| | Leader in this statistic |

## Match results

* All times are in GMT

### Pre-season
#### 2009 Peace Cup

| GROUP A | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Juventus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Sevilla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |

#### 55th Ramón de Carranza Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 August – Cádiz | 13 August – Cádiz |
| Cádiz | 1 |
| Cádiz | 1 | 15 August – Cádiz | 15 August – Cádiz |
| Deportivo | 3 | 15 August – Cádiz | 15 August – Cádiz |
| Deportivo | 3 | Deportivo | 0 |
| 14 August – Cádiz | 14 August – Cádiz | | Deportivo | 0 |
| 14 August – Cádiz | 14 August – Cádiz | Sevilla FC | 1 |
| Sevilla | 2 | Sevilla FC | 1 |
| Valencia | 0 | | |
| Valencia | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 August – Cádiz | 15 August – Cádiz |
| | | Cádiz | 2 |
| | | Valencia | 1 |

#### 2nd Antonio Puerta Trophy
### La Liga

| Matchday | 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 |
| Result against | VAL | ZAR | OSA | MLL | ATH | RMA | DEP | ESP | XER | VIL | TEN | MGA | VAD | SPG | GET | ATM | RAC | FCB | ALM | VAL | ZAR | OSA | MLL | ATH | RMA | DEP | ESP | XER | VIL | TEN | MGA | VAD | SPG | GET | ATM | RAC | FCB | ALM |
| Venue | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Position | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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| | | All | All | All | All | All | All | All | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| | | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Dif. | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A |
| 4 | Sevilla | 63 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 65 | 49 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 31 |
* With Antonio Álvarez

### Copa del Rey
#### Matches
##### Round of 32

* Sevilla won 9–3 on aggregate.

##### Round of 16

* Sevilla 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate. Sevilla won on away goals.

##### Quarter-finals

* Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.

##### Semi-finals

* Sevilla won 2–1 on aggregate.

##### Final

SEVILLA FC :
| GK | 1 | Andrés Palop | 86' |
| DF | 24 | Abdoulay Konko | |
| DF | 4 | Sébastien Squillaci | 62' |
| DF | 14 | Julien Escudé | |
| DF | 37 | Antonio Luna | 36' |
| MF | 7 | Jesús Navas | 90+1' |
| MF | 8 | Didier Zokora | |
| MF | 11 | Renato | 7' | 90+2' |
| MF | 16 | Diego Capel | 5' | 88' |
| FW | 12 | Frédéric Kanouté | 84' |
| FW | 19 | Álvaro Negredo | | 68' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 22 | Romaric | 68' |
| MF | 25 | Diego Perotti | 88' |
| DF | 23 | Lolo | 90+2' |
| GK | 13 | Javi Varas | |
| DF | 18 | Fernando Navarro | |
| DF | 15 | Marius Stankevičius | |
| FW | 35 | Rodri | |
| Manager: |||
| Antonio Álvarez ||||
ATLÉTICO DE MADRID :
| GK | 13 | David de Gea | |
| DF | 17 | Tomáš Ujfaluši | 70' |
| DF | 21 | Luis Perea | |
| DF | 18 | Álvaro Domínguez | |
| DF | 3 | Antonio López | |
| MF | 19 | José Antonio Reyes | |
| MF | 12 | Paulo Assunção | | 61' |
| MF | 5 | Tiago | |
| MF | 20 | Simão | | 61' |
| FW | 7 | Diego Forlán | |
| FW | 10 | Sergio Agüero | |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 8 | Raúl García | 61' |
| MF | 9 | José Manuel Jurado | 61' |
| GK | 42 | Joel Robles | |
| DF | 16 | Juanito | |
| DF | 2 | Juan Valera | |
| MF | 6 | Ignacio Camacho | |
| FW | 14 | Eduardo Salvio | |
| Quique Sánchez Flores ||||
* Man of the Match:
* Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
* Assistant referees:
* José Manuel Fernández Miranda
* Raúl Cabañero Martínez
* Fourth official:
* Carlos Clos Gómez
* Fifth official:
* Xavier Aguilar Rodríguez

## Others
### Jiménez, sacked during the season

During 23 March's midnight, Sevilla's directive accorded to sack Manolo Jiménez after the draw obtained against Xerez, as Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo (also known as Monchi) assured to press.
Among the most significant causes include:
* The aggregate defeat playing in Round of 16 in Champions League against CSKA Moscow.
* The number of 3 points out of 15 between matchdays 24 and 28.
* The image given by the players from the 12th matchday against Málaga (on 28 November 2009).
* The loss of a style of play that took the team under the leadership of another managers (mainly between 2005–2007).
* The constants injuries suffered by important players such as Luís Fabiano, Jesús Navas or Diego Capel.
* The dialectical clash between Jiménez and Ramón Orellana (Sevilla FC's physical preparer) during a training season in January.
The directive was searching a new team manager for the last part of the season in foreign countries, but Antonio Álvarez will lead the team from 24 March to the end of the season. On the directive's search, Luis Aragonés and Laurent Blanc had many chances to become the new manager of Sevilla, but for the disagreement with the contract offered by José María del Nido, none of them had taken the job except Álvarez.