# 2009 FK Ventspils season

The 2009 season was Futbola Klubs Ventspils's 12th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the Latvian Higher League, Ventspils participated in this season's editions of the Latvian Football Cup, the Baltic League, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa 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 | LVA | Māris Eltermanis |
| 2 | DF | LVA | Aleksejs Soleičuks |
| 3 | MF | LVA | Visvaldis Ignatāns |
| 4 | MF | LVA | Jurijs Žigajevs |
| 5 | MF | LVA | Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs |
| 6 | MF | LVA | Artis Lazdiņš |
| 7 | DF | SRB | Saša Cilinšek |
| 8 | DF | LVA | Deniss Kačanovs |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Vīts Rimkus |
| 11 | MF | LVA | Aleksejs Višņakovs |
| 12 | DF | LVA | Igors Savčenkovs |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Ivan Shpakov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Grigori Chirkin |
| 17 | DF | CMR | Jean-Paul Ndeki |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Mysikov |
| 20 | FW | MDA | Alexandru Dedu |
| 22 | MF | MDA | Igor Țîgîrlaș |
| 23 | DF | LVA | Vladimirs Bespalovs |
| 25 | FW | LVA | Ritvars Rugins |
| 30 | GK | LVA | Andrejs Pavlovs |
| 32 | FW | LVA | Andrejs Butriks |
| — | GK | LVA | Sergejs Digulevs |
| — | DF | SUI | Ronny Hodel |
Source:

## 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 % |
| Latvian Higher League | 15 March 2009 | 8 November 2009 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 89 | 21 | +68 | 071.88 |
| 2009–10 Latvian Football Cup | N/A | N/A | Third round | Progressed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| 2009–10 Baltic League | 8 October 2009 | 10 November 2009 | Round of 16 | Progressed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| 2009–10 UEFA Champions League | 15 July 2009 | 25 August 2009 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 050.00 |
| 2009–10 UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2009 | 16 December 2009 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 103 | 40 | +63 | 058.70 |
Source: Competitions

### Latvian Higher League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Liepājas Metalurgs (C) | 32 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 96 | 23 | +73 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Ventspils | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 89 | 21 | +68 | 74 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Skonto | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 98 | 30 | +68 | 73 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Jūrmala-VV | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 40 | |
| 5 | Olimps/RFS | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 38 | |

#### 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
### Latvian Football Cup

Third round took place during the 2010 season.

### Baltic League
#### Round of 16

Quarter-finals took place during the 2010 season.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCP | HER | HVN | VEN |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |