2009–10 La Liga
Managerial changes
Columns: Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table
Málaga | Antonio Tapia | Mutual consent | 1 June 2009 | Juan R. López Muñiz | 13 June 2009 | 8th ( 2008–09 ) | Real Madrid | Juande Ramos | End of contract | 1 June 2009 | Manuel Pellegrini | 2 June 2009 | 2nd ( 2008–09 ) | Villarreal | Manuel Pellegrini | Real Madrid purchased rights for €4m | 2 June 2009 | Ernesto Valverde | 2 June 2009 | 5th ( 2008–09 ) | Racing Santander | Juan R. López Muñiz | Mutual consent | 13 June 2009 | Juan Carlos Mandiá | 26 June 2009 | 12th ( 2008–09 ) | Xerez | Esteban Vigo | Mutual consent | 28 June 2009 | José Ángel Ziganda | 8 July 2009 | 1st in Segunda División ( 2008–09 ) | Atlético Madrid | Abel Resino | Sacked | 23 October 2009 | Quique Sánchez | 23 October 2009 | 15th | Racing Santander | Juan Carlos Mandiá | Sacked | 9 November 2009 | Miguel Ángel Portugal | 19 November 2009 | 17th | Zaragoza | Marcelino García Toral | Sacked | 12 December 2009 | José Aurelio Gay | 23 December 2009 | 17th | Almería | Hugo Sánchez | Sacked | 20 December 2009 | Juan Manuel Lillo | 23 December 2009 | 17th | Xerez | José Ángel Ziganda | Sacked | 12 January 2010 | Néstor Gorosito | 19 January 2010 | 20th | Villarreal | Ernesto Valverde | Sacked | 31 January 2010 | Juan Carlos Garrido | 1 February 2010 | 9th | Valladolid | José Luis Mendilibar | Sacked | 1 February 2010 | Onésimo Sánchez | 1 February 2010 | 17th | Sevilla | Manolo Jiménez | Sacked | 23 March 2010 | Antonio Álvarez | 26 March 2010 | 5th