2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season
Winners | ||||
UEFA Champions League | Quarter-finals | |||
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FA Community Shield | Runners-up | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Wayne Rooney (26) All: Wayne Rooney (34) | |||
Highest home attendance | 75,316 (vs. Stoke City, 9 May) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 51,160 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 23 September) | |||
Average home league attendance | 74,684 | |||
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The 2009–10 season was Manchester United's 18th season in the
On 3 January 2010, United were knocked out of the
Pre-season friendlies
Manchester United announced the first four fixtures of their 2009 pre-season schedule on 14 January 2009, with the team touring Asia for the seventh time since 1995.
They then flew to
En route from returning from East Asia, the United team travelled to
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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18 July 2009 | Malaysia XI | N
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3–2 | Rooney 8', Nani 28', Owen 85' | 85,000 |
20 July 2009 | Malaysia XI | N
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2–0 | Macheda 11', Owen 13' | 30,000 |
24 July 2009 | FC Seoul | A | 3–2 | Rooney 31', Macheda 58', Berbatov 65' | 64,000 |
26 July 2009 | Hangzhou Greentown
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A | 8–2 | Owen (2) 23', 39', Berbatov 30', Tošić 32', Nani 50', Giggs (3) 71', 81', 88' | 30,000 |
29 July 2009 | Boca Juniors | N | 2–1 | Anderson 23', Valencia 42' | 61,000 |
30 July 2009 | Bayern Munich | A | 0–0 (6–7 p )
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69,000 | |
5 August 2009 | Valencia | H | 2–0 | Rooney 52', Cleverley 73' | 74,311 |
FA Community Shield
As 2008–09 Premier League champions, United kicked off the 2009–10 season with the traditional annual curtain-raiser, the 2009 FA Community Shield, on 9 August 2009, when they played against 2008–09 FA Cup winners Chelsea. Portuguese international Nani opened the scoring for United in the 10th minute, but Chelsea equalised through his compatriot Ricardo Carvalho seven minutes into the second half. Chelsea then took the lead through a controversial Frank Lampard goal in the 70th minute; with Manchester United in possession, Michael Ballack body-checked Patrice Evra only for the referee to play advantage. With Evra still on the floor, possession then changed leaving United short-handed in defence, allowing Lampard to shoot past Ben Foster in the United goal. With Chelsea leading as the match went into injury time, Ryan Giggs played in Wayne Rooney, who lifted the ball over the onrushing Petr Čech to take the match to penalties. Lampard opened the scoring in the shootout, only for Ryan Giggs to have his kick down the middle of the goal saved by the feet of Čech. Ballack, Carrick and Drogba all converted before Evra's tame effort was held by Čech. That left Salomon Kalou with the opportunity to win the game for Chelsea, which he took with aplomb, smashing the ball into the top corner of the goal.[18] If Manchester United had won, it would have made them the first team to win the FA Community Shield outright three times in a row.[19]
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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9 August 2009 | Chelsea | N | 2–2 (1–4 p )
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Nani 10', Rooney 90+2' | 85,896 |
Premier League
The
Three days later, the Red Devils suffered their first defeat of the season, going down by a single goal at
After the mid-week setback, United returned to winning ways at the weekend, beating
United faced their first "big four" opposition of the season on 29 August, when they hosted
After a two-week break for internationals, United returned to Premier League action with an away match against
Five days after playing against Beşiktaş in Turkey, United returned to England for a home match against local rivals Manchester City, the first Manchester derby of the season. Despite having only just recovered from a knee injury, Carlos Tevez was picked to start against his former team by City manager Mark Hughes (himself a former Manchester United striker). United drew first blood, as Wayne Rooney, in the second minute, scored his sixth goal in as many league games, but Gareth Barry equalised for City less than 15 minutes later after Tevez had forced an error from Ben Foster in the United goal. The score remained at 1–1 going into half-time, but no sooner than Darren Fletcher had restored United's lead, heading in a Ryan Giggs cross four minutes after the break, Craig Bellamy drew City level again as Park Ji-sung was drawn away by the run of Tevez. After Berbatov had twice been denied by saves from Shay Given, the Bulgarian striker was withdrawn for Michael Owen with 13 minutes left to play. Giggs again provided a cross for Fletcher to head United 3–2 up three minutes later, but with 10 seconds of normal time left to play, Martin Petrov was gifted possession by Rio Ferdinand and played Bellamy in, who scored past the onrushing Foster. The fourth official had already indicated that a minimum of four minutes would be added onto the 90 to account for stoppages, but Bellamy's goal celebration and United's substitution of Carrick for Anderson meant that more would have to be played. Then, in the sixth minute of added time, Giggs played a through-ball for Owen, who clipped the ball over Shay Given to clinch a last-gasp 4–3 win that temporarily sent the home side to the top of the table.[27] Mark Hughes later expressed his aggravation at the fact that United's winning goal had come almost 90 seconds after the added time indicated by the fourth official had elapsed, and television analysis also showed that the referee should have signalled the end of the game one second before Owen's goal had crossed the line.[28]
The following weekend, United made the trip to
The league schedule took United back to Old Trafford for their next game against Sunderland on 3 October. United were one of four teams still protecting a 100% home record in 2009–10, but it was Sunderland who took the lead after seven minutes, as Darren Bent beat Ben Foster from outside the penalty area. It took United until five minutes into the second half to equalise: Dimitar Berbatov volleying John O'Shea's cross home with a bicycle kick. However, parity was short-lived as Kenwyne Jones scored for the Black Cats just seven minutes later. The Sunderland striker went up for a header with Foster, but the two collided and the ball came off the Trinidadian and trickled into the empty net. With six minutes remaining in normal time, Sunderland's former Manchester United winger Kieran Richardson was sent off for dissent, leading to a second yellow card. This allowed pressure from Manchester United to mount, and in the fourth minute of injury time, a shot across the face of goal from Patrice Evra was turned into the Sunderland goal by defender Anton Ferdinand – brother of United defender Rio. The 2–2 result maintained United's unbeaten home record for the season and gave them a one-point lead at the top of the table.[30] However, they dropped to second place after Chelsea beat Liverpool the following day.[31]
Another international break followed in the middle of October, from which Wayne Rooney returned with a calf strain, ruling him out of United's next fixture against
After returning from a trip to Moscow in the Champions League in mid-week, United travelled down the
Injuries to Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić kept them out of United's next league match against Blackburn Rovers on 31 October, meaning that Jonny Evans and Wes Brown would continue their defensive partnership from the League Cup game against Barnsley in mid-week. Dimitar Berbatov found the back of the net in the first half, set up by a square pass from Wayne Rooney, but the goal was ruled out as Rooney was found to have been offside when Nani played him the ball in the build-up. The first legitimate goal of the game came 10 minutes into the second half: Patrice Evra hit a shot from well outside the area, but it was going well wide; Berbatov controlled the ball with one touch before swivelling and shooting into the bottom corner of Paul Robinson's goal. Rooney secured a 2–0 win for United three minutes from the end of normal time, following some neat wing play by Gabriel Obertan – making his Premier League debut – and Anderson. The French winger made his way down the touchline before allowing the Brazilian to take over; Anderson hit a left-footed cross into the area, which Rooney met with a first-time shot.[39] A win for Arsenal in the North London derby earlier in the day had pushed United down to third place in the Premier League table,[40] but the victory over Blackburn returned the Red Devils to second place by the end of the day.
United then went to
Following the loss to Chelsea, United welcomed Everton to Old Trafford on 21 November. With Berbatov out injured, this gave Michael Owen a spot in the starting 11. Tomasz Kuszczak also started ahead of Ben Foster due to Van der Sar's injury. United had early chances but found it very difficult to put the ball in the back of the net. Everton created few chances and were saved by Leighton Baines and Joseph Yobo in the first 20 minutes as the Toffees held on. United turned possession into goals in the 35th minute when Evra's cross was laid off by the head of Antonio Valencia to Darren Fletcher, who emphatically drilled home a spectacular half-volley past the outstretched and former Red Tim Howard in goal for the Merseysiders. Michael Owen had a half chance to extend the lead for United shortly before half time when he timed his run perfectly to stay onside and latch onto Wayne Rooney's skilful flick. However, he would have done well to score from the tight angle as Howard quickly rushed out to block his shot. Carrick doubled the champions' lead with a low left-foot drive; Giggs' cross found a way back to him after a poor shot from Rooney and took a few touches before he picked out an unmarked Carrick at the edge of the box. Valencia made it 3–0 eight minutes later with a deflected shot off Baines that wrong-footed Howard. Scholes laid it off to him as the Ecuadorian made no mistake in wrapping up a comprehensive victory.
Still without their usual back four, the Red Devils then travelled south to a drenched Fratton Park to play rock-bottom Portsmouth. Both Berbatov and Owen were left on the bench, meaning that Giggs and Rooney would start up front together for the first time in the season. Ben Foster's status as Manchester United's third-choice goalkeeper was also underlined as Kuszczak was selected in place of the injured Edwin van der Sar. The Pole was quickly called into action as Portsmouth began brightly, denying Aruna Dindane before an excellent acrobatic save to deny Jamie O'Hara. It took nearly half an hour before United had found the net. Rooney won a penalty after he was fouled by Michael Brown inside the penalty area; he himself stepped up to slot the resulting penalty home despite Asmir Begović tipping the curling ball. Parity was short-lived as Kevin-Prince Boateng equalised for the hosts just eight minutes later via another penalty goal after Serbian international Nemanja Vidić clumsily fouled Frédéric Piquionne. Nevertheless, United put on a master-class during the second half, Wayne Rooney scoring his first hat-trick of the season with another penalty and a superb tap-in. Three minutes from time, Giggs bagged his 100th Premier League goal with a curling free kick on the eve of his 36th birthday.
Three days after a shock 1–0 home defeat by Aston Villa, United were visited by Wolverhampton Wanderers on 15 December. Wolves lasted 30 minutes before falling behind to a Wayne Rooney penalty which was awarded after Ronald Zubar handled Darron Gibson's corner kick. Two minutes before the interval, Nemanja Vidić – skipper for the day – headed United to a 2–0 lead despite Marcus Hahnemann making his best effort to stop the ball crossing the line. In the 66th minute, Antonio Valencia once again wrapped up another 3–0 victory, curling his effort from 16 yards into the top right-hand corner after neat play from Dimitar Berbatov.
United suffered their fifth loss of the season on 19 December, losing 3–0 to Fulham at Craven Cottage. This was their heaviest away league defeat for over three-and-a-half years, when Chelsea clinched the 2005–06 title by beating United by the same scoreline at Stamford Bridge on 29 April 2006.
United followed this with a visit to the
United ended 2009 in the league with their second 5–0 thrashing of Wigan of the season, with the goals scored by five different players. Wayne Rooney continued his fine run of form with the opening goal just before the half-hour mark, before Michael Carrick and Rafael scored before half-time. Five minutes into the second half Dimitar Berbatov scored and the rout was completed by Antonio Valencia with 15 minutes to go. The result helped United's goal difference column, but they remained second in the table behind Chelsea as the 2010 New Year came around.
Following the unexpected defeat by Leeds United in the third round of the FA Cup, United tried to return to winning ways away at Birmingham. However, United – despite playing well – went behind and only equalised just after an hour through an own goal by Scott Dann. Both teams tried to win the match, but despite late chances for both sides the game ended 1–1 in a match that could have seen United go top had they won.
United returned to winning ways in the league with an ultimately comfortable 3–0 win at home to Burnley. Burnley held out well until just after the hour mark before Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring from close range. Five minutes later, Wayne Rooney slotted home the second before Mame Biram Diouf scored his first United goal in injury time.
United took full advantage of playing their home game against Hull before Chelsea played to go top of the table (albeit having played two more games than their rivals), but for a long time the issue was in doubt. After Wayne Rooney scored after just eight minutes both teams missed a plethora of chances to score. Rio Ferdinand was very fortunate to avoid a red card and a penalty following an off-the-ball incident (for which he would later be retrospectively suspended for three games, increased to four after his appeal was turned down for being "frivolous"). With just eight minutes of normal time remaining, Rooney's early goal was still the only thing separating the two teams, but then three goals in quick succession – all from Wayne Rooney – gave United a 4–0 win. It was the first time that Rooney had scored four goals in a professional game and put United into first place until both Chelsea won one of two games in hand to drop them down to second again.
United celebrated victory in the
United returned (briefly) to the top of the table following a 5–0 thrashing of bottom club
United then travelled to
United's next game was at Goodison Park against Everton who had beaten Chelsea the previous week. United fared no better, ultimately losing 3–1, despite going in front through a Dimitar Berbatov goal after 16 minutes. However a Diniyar Bilyaletdinov goal three minutes later, followed by second-half goals from Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell gave United their sixth Premier League defeat of the season. A win would have returned United to the top of the table, since they played before Chelsea, but this defeat, coupled with Chelseas' victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers later in the day increased the gap at the top to four points.
Due to League Cup commitments, United had an early midweek fixture against West Ham United. The game saw the return of Ben Foster in goal but no change in goalscoring service as Wayne Rooney scored two headers and Michael Owen's first league goal since the Manchester derby saw United cruise to a 3–0 win.
United then went to Wolverhampton Wanderers where a tight, poor game was decided by a Paul Scholes goal around ten minutes from time.
United then played at home to Fulham where they exacted direct revenge for the 3–0 defeat at Craven Cottage earlier in the season after two goals from Wayne Rooney, from crosses by Nani and Berbatov and a late third from Dimitar Berbatov himself gave United a win as comfortable as the scoreline suggested.
Uniteds' next league game was at home against bitter rivals,
United then went to the
However, the top two swapped places after Chelsea defeated United 2–1 at Old Trafford in the next League game. Wayne Rooney was unable to play, having been injured at the end of the Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat by Bayern Munich and United clearly missed their main striker with a below-par performance. Joe Cole slipped a back-heel home midway through the first half and – despite a vastly improved performance in the second, Didier Drogba scored from an offside position after 79 minutes, the goal standing despite the offside. Federico Macheda scored from close range two minutes later (though this goal was also questionable, having appeared to be scored by Macheda's hands) and, although United threw themselves forward (even Edwin van der Sar ran upfield at a late corner) Chelsea held on to take control of the title race with just five games remaining.
Uniteds' next game was away to Blackburn Rovers and followed the 3–2 victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League, but which was not good enough to put the Reds into the semi-finals of that competition. Having suffered a miserable few days (including the first-leg defeat at Bayern and the previous League defeat by Chelsea), United were looking to bounce back against a team that had not lost a home game since the previous August. Wayne Rooney was out injured and so Federico Macheda was up front with Dimitar Berbatov. Although United pressed hard and played the better football, they could not find their way past a resolute Blackburn defence and the game ended 0–0.
United then went to the City of Manchester Stadium to face Manchester City in the fourth Manchester derby of the season. United needed to win to have any chance of the title, whilst City wanted to win to prevent United having any title aspirations and to boost their own hopes of being in the UEFA Champions League the following season. The game itself had few real chances. Carlos Tevez had a first-half free-kick well saved by Edwin van der Sar, whilst Wayne Rooney (passed fit for the game), Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher and Paul Scholes all passed up chances for United. Rooney made way for Dimitar Berbatov with 15 minutes to go. As the game entered added time, Patrick Vieira caused a scramble in the United penalty area, but the ball was eventually cleared. However, it looked as though the game would end goal-less until just 17 seconds from the scheduled end of injury time, Scholes headed in a cross from Patrice Evra to win the match for United. This, coupled with a 2–1 win for Tottenham Hotspur over Chelsea left United just 1 point off the top of the table with 3 games remaining.
Tottenham Hotspur were the next visitors to Old Trafford in a game both teams wanted to win – United to put pressure on Chelsea and Spurs to cement their fourth spot in the League. However, the first half was abysmal, and it was almost 30 minutes before either team had a shot on goal – let alone on target. At the start of the second half, Patrice Evra began vomiting on the pitch, but ultimately stayed on and won a penalty just before the hour mark, which Ryan Giggs scored (Wayne Rooney had picked up a groin injury in training and was ruled out of the match). Ledley King scored with twenty minutes to go to restore parity, but United went back in front ten minutes later after Nani lobbed Heurelho Gomes. Nani was then fouled in the box, giving Giggs his second penalty, which he also scored to give United a 3–1 lead. Nani also began to vomit as injury time came around, but United held on to go back to the top of the table for 24 hours, before Chelsea hammered Stoke City 7–0 to return to the summit.
By the time United played their penultimate game of the season – away to
United beat Stoke by a score of 4 goals to nil in the final game of the season. It took almost half an hour to break the Stoke defence down, before a rebound came to Darren Fletcher who shot home. Less than ten minutes later it was 2–0, Ryan Giggs shooting under the Stoke goalkeeper. Further goals in the second half – an own goal from former United player Danny Higginbotham and a late header from Park Ji-sung gave United a comfortable win, but one that was ultimately in vain as Chelsea hammered Wigan 8–0 to win the title.
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | League position |
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16 August 2009 | Birmingham City | H | 1–0 | Rooney 34' | 75,062 | 9th |
19 August 2009 | Burnley | A | 0–1 | 20,872 | 10th | |
22 August 2009 | Wigan Athletic | A | 5–0 | Rooney (2) 56', 65', Berbatov 58', Owen 85', Nani 90+2' | 18,164 | 3rd |
29 August 2009 | Arsenal | H | 2–1 | Rooney 59' (pen.), Diaby 64' (o.g.) | 75,095 | 3rd |
12 September 2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 3–1 | Giggs 25', Anderson 41', Rooney 78' | 35,785 | 2nd |
20 September 2009 | Manchester City | H | 4–3 | Rooney 2', Fletcher (2) 49', 80', Owen 90+6' | 75,066 | 2nd |
26 September 2009 | Stoke City | A | 2–0 | Berbatov 62', O'Shea 77' | 27,500 | 1st |
3 October 2009 | Sunderland | H | 2–2 | Berbatov 51', Ferdinand 90+4' (o.g.) | 75,114 | 1st |
17 October 2009 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 2–1 | Knight 5' (o.g.), Valencia 33' | 75,103 | 1st |
25 October 2009 | Liverpool | A | 0–2 | 44,188 | 2nd | |
31 October 2009 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2–0 | Berbatov 55', Rooney 87' | 74,658 | 2nd |
8 November 2009 | Chelsea | A | 0–1 | 41,836 | 3rd | |
21 November 2009 | Everton | H | 3–0 | Fletcher 35', Carrick 67', Valencia 76' | 75,169 | 2nd |
28 November 2009 | Portsmouth | A | 4–1 | Rooney (3) 25' (pen.), 48', 54' (pen.), Giggs 87' | 20,482 | 2nd |
5 December 2009 | West Ham United | A | 4–0 | Scholes 45+1', Gibson 61', Valencia 71', Rooney 72' | 34,980 | 2nd |
12 December 2009 | Aston Villa | H | 0–1 | 75,130 | 2nd | |
15 December 2009 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 3–0 | Rooney 30' (pen.), Vidić 43', Valencia 66' | 73,709 | 2nd |
19 December 2009 | Fulham | A | 0–3 | 25,700 | 2nd | |
27 December 2009 | Hull City | A | 3–1 | Rooney 45+2', Dawson 73' (o.g.), Berbatov 82' | 24,627 | 2nd |
30 December 2009 | Wigan Athletic | H | 5–0 | Rooney 28', Carrick 32', Rafael 45', Berbatov 50', Valencia 75' | 74,560 | 2nd |
9 January 2010 | Birmingham City | A | 1–1 | Dann 63' (o.g.) | 28,907 | 2nd |
16 January 2010 | Burnley | H | 3–0 | Berbatov 64', Rooney 69', Diouf 90+1' | 75,120 | 2nd |
23 January 2010 | Hull City | H | 4–0 | Rooney (4) 8', 82', 86', 90+3' | 73,933 | 1st |
31 January 2010 | Arsenal | A | 3–1 | Almunia 33' (o.g.), Rooney 37', Park 52' | 60,091 | 2nd |
6 February 2010 | Portsmouth | H | 5–0 | Wilson 69' (o.g. )
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74,684 | 1st |
10 February 2010 | Aston Villa | A | 1–1 | Collins 23' (o.g. )
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42,788 | 2nd |
20 February 2010 | Everton | A | 1–3 | Berbatov 16' | 39,448 | 2nd |
23 February 2010 | West Ham United | H | 3–0 | Rooney (2) 38', 55', Owen 80' | 73,797 | 2nd |
6 March 2010 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 1–0 | Scholes 73' | 28,883 | 1st |
14 March 2010 | Fulham | H | 3–0 | Rooney (2) 46', 84', Berbatov 89' | 75,207 | 1st |
21 March 2010 | Liverpool | H | 2–1 | Rooney 12', Park 60' | 75,216 | 1st |
27 March 2010 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 4–0 | Samuel 38' (o.g.), Berbatov (2) 69', 78', Gibson 82' | 25,370 | 1st |
3 April 2010 | Chelsea | H | 1–2 | Macheda 81' | 75,217 | 2nd |
11 April 2010 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–0 | 29,912 | 2nd | |
17 April 2010 | Manchester City | A | 1–0 | Scholes 90+3' | 47,019 | 2nd |
24 April 2010 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 3–1 | Giggs (2) 58' (pen.), 86' (pen.), Nani 81' | 75,268 | 1st |
2 May 2010 | Sunderland | A | 1–0 | Nani 28' | 47,641 | 2nd |
9 May 2010 | Stoke City | H | 4–0 | Fletcher 31', Giggs 38', Higginbotham 54' (o.g.), Park 84' | 75,316 | 2nd |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Chelsea (C) | 38 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 103 | 32 | +71 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Manchester United | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 85 | |
3 | Arsenal | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 75 | |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
5 | Manchester City | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 73 | 45 | +28 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a] |
- ^ Since Manchester United won the League Cup and then qualified for the Champions League, their spot in the Europa League was passed down to the 6th-placed team. The 6th-placed Aston Villa was coincidentally also the League Cup runners-up.
FA Cup
Manchester United entered the FA Cup at the Third Round, and were the last home team drawn on 29 November 2009. They welcomed
With a League Cup semi-final against
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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3 January 2010 | Round 3 | Leeds United
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H | 0–1 | 74,526 |
League Cup
As one of the seven Premier League sides involved in European competition in the 2009–10 season, Manchester United received a bye to the Third Round of the League Cup. The draw for the Third Round took place on 29 August 2009, and gave Manchester United a home tie against fellow Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.[44] The match was played at Old Trafford on 23 September 2009, and Alex Ferguson took the opportunity to give playing time to some of the club's fringe players, including back-up goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak, midfielder Darron Gibson and forwards Danny Welbeck and Federico Macheda, while derby hero Michael Owen was also given a position in the starting line-up. Ferguson also handed squad numbers to young Norwegian duo Joshua King and Magnus Eikrem. However, United were reduced to 10 men half-an-hour into the match as Fabio was sent off for a professional foul on Michael Kightly, who was through on goal; Ferguson responded by bringing Ritchie De Laet on in place of Macheda. Despite the numerical disadvantage, though, United went one-up in the 66th minute, as Welbeck played a one-two with Owen before firing past Wolves' goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. With ten minutes left in the game, Ferguson gave Joshua King his professional debut, coming on in place of Welbeck. Although King had two opportunities to add to United's lead, the match finished at 1–0 and Manchester United progressed to the Fourth Round of the competition.[45]
The draw for the Fourth Round was made on 26 September 2009, and handed Manchester United a trip to Oakwell to play against Barnsley, who are managed by former United striker Mark Robins.[46] The match was played on 27 October 2009,[47] and the lower-league opposition meant that Ferguson could afford to pick some of the less experienced members of his squad, while summer signing Gabriel Obertan was given his first senior start for the club. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring for United in the sixth minute, heading home Anderson's corner for the only goal of the first half. Michael Owen doubled United's lead with a coolly taken finish 14 minutes into the second half, shooting early past former Manchester United goalkeeper Luke Steele from just inside the penalty area after playing the ball through the defender's legs. Despite a controversial red card for Gary Neville – given more for his follow-through than the actual tackle on Adam Hammill – United held on for a 2–0 win that sent them into the last eight of the competition.[48]
In the draw for the Fifth Round of the competition, held on 31 October 2009, United were given a home tie against
The semi-final draw was made on 2 December 2009 and paired United with local rivals Manchester City. The two-legged tie was the first time in nearly six years that the two sides had met in a cup tie, and the first time in over 40 years that they had played in a semi-final.[50] The first leg was scheduled to take place at the City of Manchester Stadium on 6 January 2010, but although the pitch was playable, snow in the north of England the previous day caused the Greater Manchester Police to advise the postponement of the match for the safety of travelling supporters. The first leg was then scheduled for 19 January 2010 – the original date for the second leg, which was played on 27 January.[51]
United took the lead after 17 minutes of the first leg; Antonio Valencia was found in open space on the right wing and the Ecuadorian beat Craig Bellamy before putting in a low cross. Wayne Rooney reached the ball first, and although his shot was saved, the ball fell to Ryan Giggs, who was left with a simple finish from two yards out in the middle of the goal. City equalised shortly before half-time via a controversial penalty from Carlos Tevez; the penalty was awarded by referee Mike Dean for a pull on Bellamy by United right-back Rafael, but the Brazilian appeared to have let go of the City forward after the original foul had been committed outside the penalty area. City then took the lead halfway through the second half, Tevez again getting on the scoresheet after the United defence had failed to deal with a City corner. United pressed for an equaliser, but they were continually denied by reflex saves from City goalkeeper Shay Given, and City took a 2–1 lead into the second leg at Old Trafford.[52]
United set the pace at the start of the second leg, but it was City who made the better chances. Nevertheless, the first half passed without a goal, and United took the lead after seven minutes of the second half; City won a corner, which Craig Bellamy went across to take, but the Welsh forward was struck by missiles thrown from the United crowd. When the corner was eventually taken, the ball was cleared to Wayne Rooney, who beat his marker with a sharp turn before hitting a long diagonal ball to Ryan Giggs on the right wing. The Welshman played the ball into the box, where neither
In a repeat of the
United won the
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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23 September 2009 | Round 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 1–0 | Welbeck 66' | 51,160 |
27 October 2009 | Round 4 | Barnsley | A | 2–0 | Welbeck 6', Owen 59' | 20,019 |
1 December 2009 | Round 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–0 | Gibson (2) 16', 38' | 57,212 |
19 January 2010 | Semi-final First leg |
Manchester City | A | 1–2 | Giggs 17' | 46,067 |
27 January 2010 | Semi-final Second leg |
Manchester City | H | 3–1 | Scholes 52', Carrick 71', Rooney 90+2' | 74,576 |
28 February 2010 | Final
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Aston Villa | N | 2–1 | Owen 12', Rooney 74' | 88,596 |
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
The draw for the group stage of the Champions League took place in
United opened their Champions League campaign with a 1–0 away win over Beşiktaş on 15 September. Paul Scholes headed in the winning goal in the 77th minute after Nani's shot had been saved by Hakan Arıkan. The Portuguese winger cut inside off the left wing, hit a shot that was too hot for the Beşiktaş goalkeeper to handle and the ball rebounded into the path of Scholes, whose header went in off the post.[58]
For the next match, two weeks later, United played host to the German champions, Wolfsburg, at Old Trafford. Wolfsburg began the game strongly, imposing themselves physically on the pitch, but although United had the upper hand by the end of the half, the teams went into the half-time interval at 0–0. After the break, United continued to create chances, but it was Wolfsburg who got the opening goal through striker Edin Džeko. Michael Carrick committed a foul on the edge of his penalty area, but the referee allowed play to continue as Wolfsburg were still in possession. The ball was crossed in by Makoto Hasebe and Džeko rose above Patrice Evra at the far post to head past Tomasz Kuszczak. United responded immediately through a Ryan Giggs free-kick that took a large deflection off Christian Gentner in the Wolfsburg wall, wrong-footing goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, and found the bottom corner of the goal for Giggs' 150th for Manchester United. In the 78th minute, United won a throw-in on the left side, from which Evra found Wayne Rooney. Rooney played the ball in to Dimitar Berbatov in the Wolfsburg penalty area, but the Bulgarian was unable to make room for a shot and laid the ball off to Giggs. Likewise, Giggs could not find a shooting angle and chose to nudge the ball back to Carrick, who curled it into the far corner from outside the area. United protected their lead for the remaining 12 minutes, and the win took them to the top of their group.[59]
For the first of their two matches against CSKA Moscow, on 21 October, United travelled to the
The return match with CSKA Moscow was played at Old Trafford two weeks later, on 3 November. Following the birth of his first son, Wayne Rooney was dropped to the bench, and United had to continue without their first-choice centre-backs,
United lost their home game 1–0 to Beşiktaş but clinched first place in their group after beating Wolfsburg 3–1 away. Michael Owen scored all three goals, claiming his first Manchester United hat trick.
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Group position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 September 2009 | Beşiktaş | A | 1–0 | Scholes 77' | 26,448 | 2nd |
30 September 2009 | Wolfsburg | H | 2–1 | Giggs 59', Carrick 78' | 74,037 | 1st |
21 October 2009 | CSKA Moscow | A | 1–0 | Valencia 86' | 51,250 | 1st |
3 November 2009 | CSKA Moscow | H | 3–3 | Owen 29', Scholes 84', Valencia 90+2' | 73,718 | 1st |
25 November 2009 | Beşiktaş | H | 0–1 | 74,242 | 1st | |
8 December 2009 | Wolfsburg | A | 3–1 | Owen (3) 44', 83', 90+1' | 26,490 | 1st |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 |
Knockout phase
The draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League was made in
Beckham started the first leg on the right side of the Milan midfield and played a major part in the build-up to the first goal of the game; in the third minute,
The second leg was played three weeks later on 10 March. Wayne Rooney had missed United's previous match against Wolverhampton Wanderers with an injury, but he was passed fit for the Milan game. Meanwhile, David Beckham was left on the bench for Milan, and so he would have to wait to make his Old Trafford return. At the start of play, Milan needed to score at least two goals to stand a chance of going through to the quarter-finals, but United put the tie almost beyond doubt in the 13th minute; captain Gary Neville swung in a pin-point cross from deep on the right side and Rooney nodded the ball past Christian Abbiati for his ninth consecutive headed goal. The score remained at 1–0 going into half-time, but Rooney doubled the lead within a minute of the restart, sliding the ball under the advancing Abbiati after Nani had played him in with a perfectly weighted cross with the outside of his right foot. Park Ji-sung made it three on the night with a low shot to the far corner of the net after Scholes played him in with a disguised pass in the 59th minute. Beckham came on to rapturous applause five minutes later, and forced a save from Edwin van der Sar with a powerful volley from the edge of the area, but Darren Fletcher sealed a 4–0 win (7–2 on aggregate) with a header from Rafael's deep cross.[67]
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final took place in Nyon on 19 March 2010. Unlike the round of 16 draw, there was no seeding or country protection in this draw, meaning that United could be drawn against fellow English side
United got off to the perfect start as
However, the second leg saw Wayne Rooney get a surprise start after Sir Alex had claimed that he wouldn't risk making the injury any worse. The striker got involved early by setting up Darron Gibson's third-minute goal to give United the advantage. Four minutes later, Nani scored a second with a clever flick set up by Antonio Valencia. Nani netted again with a strike from range after Rooney had failed to control Rafael's cross. With a two-goal advantage on aggregate and an away goal from the first leg, United were in the driving seat but a close range goal from Olić before half time altered the mood, meaning that Bayern only needed one more goal to be heading through. In the second half, an early sending off for Rafael weakened the side and chances came few and far between, especially as Nani was left to play alone up front following Rooney being substituted for John O'Shea. The reds came close to perhaps sealing the game when Evra put Nani through on goal, but the winger was unable to beat the goalkeeper. With quarter of an hour to go, Arjen Robben volleyed into the low left hand corner and put Bayern Munich back in the driving seat, levelling the aggregate score. The score remained the same until the end and United were knocked out on away goals.
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 February 2010 | First knockout round First leg |
Milan
|
A | 3–2 | Scholes 36', Rooney (2) 66', 74' | 78,587 |
10 March 2010 | First knockout round Second leg |
Milan
|
H | 4–0 | Rooney (2) 13', 46', Park 59', Fletcher 88' | 74,595 |
30 March 2010 | Quarter-final First leg |
Bayern Munich | A | 1–2 | Rooney 2' | 66,000 |
7 April 2010 | Quarter-final Second leg |
Bayern Munich | H | 3–2 | Gibson 3', Nani (2) 7', 41' | 74,482 |
Squad statistics
No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | Discipline | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() |
![]() | |||
1 | GK | ![]() |
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
15(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(3) | 0 | 4 | 1 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
37(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48(3) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
12(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
18(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
7 | FW | ![]() |
5(14) | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(1) | 2 | 3(3) | 4 | 0(1) | 0 | 11(20) | 9 | 1 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
10(4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19(4) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
24(9) | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29(14) | 12 | 3 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
32 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 2 | 6(1) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 42(2) | 34 | 8 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
20(5) | 5 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1(2) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 23(9) | 7 | 0 | 0 |
12 | GK | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | MF | ![]() |
10(7) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18(8) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
22(8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 1 | 6(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33(11) | 5 | 3 | 1 |
17 | MF | ![]() |
19(4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30(4) | 6 | 2 | 1 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
24(4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 32(6) | 7 | 13 | 1 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
1(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(4) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
20 | DF | ![]() |
1(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(5) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
21 | DF | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(1) | 1 | 5 | 1 |
22 | DF | ![]() |
12(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() |
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
29(1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39(2) | 5 | 7 | 1 |
25 | MF | ![]() |
29(5) | 5 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 6(3) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 37(12) | 7 | 3 | 0 |
26 | FW | ![]() |
1(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
27 | FW | ![]() |
1(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(5) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
28 | MF | ![]() |
6(9) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 2 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12(11) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
29 | GK | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | DF | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | FW | ![]() |
0(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(6) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
33 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | DF | David Gray
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
– | – | Own goals | – | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 11 | – | – |
Statistics accurate as of match played 9 May 2010[69]
Transfers
United announced early in the transfer window that they had agreed a world record fee of £80 million to sell
After the departures of Ronaldo and Tevez, United sought a new striker, and
In the winter transfer window, Danny Simpson left for Newcastle United. Goalkeeper Ben Foster left in May, signing for Birmingham City. Both Simpson and Foster left for undisclosed fees.
In
Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
---|---|---|---|---|
30 June 2009 | MF | ![]() |
![]() |
Undisclosed[72] |
3 July 2009 | FW | ![]() |
Unattached | Free[73] |
8 July 2009 | FW | ![]() |
![]() |
Undisclosed[74] |
30 July 2009 | FW | ![]() |
![]() |
Undisclosed[75] |
Out
Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2009 | MF | ![]() |
Real Madrid
|
£80m[76] |
6 July 2009 | MF | ![]() |
![]() |
Undisclosed[77] |
11 July 2009 | FW | ![]() |
![]() |
£3.5m[78] |
15 July 2009 | DF | ![]() |
![]() |
Tribunal (£500k)[79][80] |
17 July 2009 | FW | ![]() |
![]() |
Undisclosed[81] |
20 January 2010 | DF | ![]() |
![]() |
Undisclosed[82] |
19 May 2010 | GK | ![]() |
![]() |
Undisclosed[83] |
Loan out
Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | Moving to |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | ![]() |
![]() |
5 August 2009 | 31 December 2009 | FW | ![]() |
![]() |
13 August 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | Daniel Drinkwater
|
Huddersfield Town[85]
|
14 August 2009 | 18 January 2010 | DF | ![]() |
![]() |
14 August 2009 | 14 November 2009 | GK | ![]() |
![]() |
17 August 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | ![]() |
![]() |
31 August 2009 | 30 September 2009 | DF | ![]() |
![]() |
15 September 2009 | 4 January 2010 | DF | ![]() |
![]() |
21 September 2009 | 19 December 2009 | DF | David Gray
|
![]() |
21 September 2009 | 19 December 2009 | DF | ![]() |
![]() |
29 October 2009 | 25 November 2009 | GK | ![]() |
![]() |
6 November 2009 | 16 January 2010 | FW | ![]() |
![]() |
13 November 2009 | 31 January 2010 | GK | ![]() |
![]() |
25 January 2010 | 30 June 2010 | FW | ![]() |
![]() |
27 January 2010 | 30 June 2010 | MF | ![]() |
![]() |
1 February 2010 | 8 May 2010 | MF | ![]() |
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9 February 2010 | 12 May 2010 | MF | ![]() |
![]() |
12 February 2010 | 8 May 2010 | GK | ![]() |
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15 March 2010 | 10 June 2010 | GK | ![]() |
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- Manchester United Season 2009–10 at StretfordEnd.co.uk