The 2009–10 season was Real Valladolid's third consecutive season in La Liga.
José Luis Mendilibar began the season as team's coach, but was sacked on 1 February 2010 after the draw against Almería. Onésimo Sánchez became the new team coach and, after the defeat against Villarreal in Nuevo José Zorrilla, he was also sacked on 5 April. The directive discovered on 6 April the new team coach, Javier Clemente.
Trophies balance CategoryTrophyStarted roundFirst matchResultLast matchFriendly Trophy14th Quinocho Memorial Trophy Final13 August 2009 Runner-up 13 August 20092009 Teresa Rivero Trophy Final 19 August 2009 Winner 19 August 200937th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy Final 23 August 2009 Winner 23 August 2009Copa Castilla y León 2009–10 Semi-finals 8 September 2009 Runner-up 16 November 2010 Competitive Liga BBVA — 30 August 2009 18th 16 May 2010 Copa del Rey Round of 32 27 October 2009 Round of 32 11 November 2009
Summer transfers
In PlayerFromFee Héctor Font OsasunaFree Antonio Barragán Deportivo Fabricio Manucho Manchester United (was on loan at Hull City) Sisi Recreativo Nauzet Alemán Las Palmas Nivaldo Umm-Salal César Arzo Villarreal Marquitos Alberto Bueno Real Madrid (was playing with its reserve team)€3M
Out PlayerNew TeamFee Ángel Vivar Dorado AlbaceteFree Sergio Asenjo Atlético Madrid€5.5M Víctor CartagenaFree Pedro León Getafe€4M Iñaki Bea Real MurciaFree Óscar Sánchez Kike Salamanca
Loan in PlayerFrom Pelé Porto (was on loan at Portsmouth) Diego Costa Atlético Madrid (was on loan at Albacete)
Loan return PlayerFrom Álvaro Antón Numancia Jacobo Sanz Getafe Asier Xerez
Loan end PlayerReturns to Marcos Aguirre Lanús Pedro Oldoni Paranaense Nano Real Betis Henok Goitom Real Murcia Damián Escudero Villarreal
Loan out PlayerTeam Bartholomew Ogbeche Cádiz Álvaro Antón Recreativo Jesús Rueda Córdoba
Winter transfers
In PlayerTeamFee Henrique Sereno Vitória de GuimarãesFree
Out PlayerTeamFee Asier NumanciaFree
Loan in PlayerFrom Keko Atlético Madrid Asier del Horno Valencia
Youth system NoPlayerPositionCalled for first time26 Yuri BerchicheDFv Almería (30 August 2009)TBA QuiqueMFv Sevilla (5 December 2009)27 Carlos LázaroMFv Racing de Santander (17 January 2010)32 Raúl NavasDFv Osasuna (21 February 2010)31 Javi JiménezGKv Villarreal (4 April 2010)29 Sergio GarcíaMFv Villarreal (4 April 2010)
Players First-team squad
CAN 2010 called players
U-19 national team called players
Match results All times are in CET/CEST
Pre-season and friendly tournaments
Friendly matches
14th Quinocho Memorial Trophy
2009 Teresa Rivero Trophy
37th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy
Copa Castilla y León 2009–10
The final of this tournament had to be played on April 23, 2010, the Castilla y León's day, but as both finalists had some problems in their leagues (Real Valladolid in Liga BBVA, finally relegated, and UD Salamanca in Liga Adelante), the final was postponed to the 2010–11 season.
Liga BBVA Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738Result against ALM VAL ZAR OSA MLL ATH RMA DEP ESP XER VIL TEN SEV MGA SPG GET ATM RAC FCB ALM VAL ZAR OSA MLL ATH RMA DEP ESP XER VIL TEN SEV MGA SPG GET ATM RAC FCB Venue A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H APosition 11 16 8 13 16 16 17 14 14 14 15 15 15 13 11 13 16 17 17 17 18 19 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 16 18 Goal Average (useful in case of tie) Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Won Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost
All Home Away Pts W D L F A Dif. W D L F A W D L F A 18Real Valladolid (R)36715163762−2548723323791430 Liga del Juego Limpio PositionTeamSupporters' Behavior Overall Between 0 and 5 stars 7 Real Valladolid (3.02)
With José Luis Mendilibar
With Onésimo Sánchez
With Javier Clemente
Biggest win Home AwayOctober 25, 2009Matchday 8v. Deportivo4 – 0March 20, 2010Matchday 27v. Deportivo0 – 2April 25, 2010Matchday 34v. Sporting GijónBiggest loss Home AwayJanuary 9, 2010Matchday 17v. Atlético Madrid0 – 4May 16, 2010Matchday 38v. Barcelona4 – 0
Copa del Rey
Round of 32
First leg
Second leg
Real Valladolid 2–2 RCD Mallorca on aggregate. RCD Mallorca won on away goals.
Others
Polemic game against Real Madrid
From the end of this match, the national press was fed by Real Valladolid. They accused it of violent and aggressive because of the badly referee's performance and the unfortunate foul committed by Nivaldo on Cristiano Ronaldo. Onésimo Sánchez, the press of Valladolid, Carlos Suárez and some Real Valladolid players were defending themselves saying that the match was not violent and that the referee's performance was wrong because of the non-signposting of two penalties (both of them committed by Sergio Ramos, booked at the 20th minute) to its favour and not by not send off any Valladolid player. A sector of Valladolid press assured to have seen Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid's general manager, to take to Mejuto González and his assistants at the half time of the match two black sport bags which content could not be revealed.
Llanes deal It's a supposed deal emerged because of the speculation between the supporters of Sporting Gijón and Racing Santander, twinned from some years ago. It consists in tampering Liga BBVA's last matchday with a double target: if Sporting Gijón loses (mathematically saved for the relegation), Racing Santander will win 3 points which will save the Miguel Ángel Portugal's team, harming and making more difficult the non-relegation for one of the most hated teams in Gijón: Real Valladolid. Obviously, presidents, coaches and players from both teams gradually denied this speculation, but the Spanish press continues speculating and encouraging this rumor. The name was invented by a sportswriter who noticed the table situation. Called Llanes deal because Llanes is a village between Asturias and Cantabria, autonomous communities in which Gijón and Santander are located.
Situation after the matchday 37:
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Matchday 38: Matchday 38May 16201019:00CESTBarcelona4 – 0ValladolidMálaga 1 – 1Real MadridValencia1 – 0TenerifeRacing Santander2 – 0Sporting GijónOsasuna1 – 1Xerez
Battle for the non-relegation According to the course of the season, the calculations indicate that with 40 points or more, the teams will not be relegated to Liga Adelante, so that, assuming Sporting Gijón and UD Almería are now saved (both with 37 points in the 30th matchday), the teams involved in the fight for non-relegation, waiting yet for several face-to-face between the teams involved, are the follows, including Real Valladolid:
XerezPos.TeamPoints3020thXER233120th v. GET233220th v. ATM263320th v. RAC273420th v. FCB273520th v. ALM303620th v. VAL303720th v. ZAR333820th v. OSA34 Relegated20thXER34
TenerifePos.TeamPoints3018thTEN253118th v. VAD263218th v. SPG293318th v. GET323418th v. ATM323518th v. RAC353618th v. FCB353719th v. ALM363819th v. VAL36 Relegated19thTEN36
Real ValladolidPos.TeamPoints3019thVAD243119th v. TEN253219th v. SEV283319th v. MGA 293419th v. SPG323519th v. GET333619th v. ATM333716th v. RAC363818th v. FCB36 Relegated18thVAD36
MálagaPos.TeamPoints3016thMGA313117th v. SEV313217th v. OSA323317th v. VAD333417th v. MLL343517th v. SPG353616th v. ATH363718th v. GET363817th v. RMA37 Saved17thMGA37
Racing SantanderPos.TeamPoints3017thRAC313115th v. DEP323215th v. ESP353315th v. XER363415th v. VIL363516th v. TEN363617th v. SEV363717th v. VAD363816th v. SPG39 Saved16thRAC39
Real ZaragozaPos.TeamPoints3015thZAR323116th v. OSA323216th v. MLL333316th v. ATH 343416th v. RMA343515th v. DEP373614th v. ESP403715th v. XER40 Saved3814th v. VIL4114thZAR41
CA OsasunaPos.TeamPoints3013thOSA343112th v. ZAR373211th v. MGA383311thv. MLL383412th v. ATH393512th v. RMA393611th v. DEP42 Saved3713thv. ESP423812th v. XER4312thOSA43
RCD EspanyolPos.TeamPoints3014thESP343114th v. ATM373214th v. RAC373313th v. FCB383411th v. ALM413511th v. VAL413612th v. ZAR413711th v. OSA44 Saved3811th v. MLL4411thESP44
ATHATMOSADEPFCBGETMGARACESPMLLRMAVADZARSEVSPGTENALMVALVILXERAthleticAtléticoOsasunaDeportivoBarcelonaGetafeMálagaRacingEspanyolMallorcaR. MadridValladolidZaragozaSevillaSportingTenerifeAlmeríaValenciaVillarrealXerez Victory (+ 3)Draw (+ 1)Defeat (0)
Real Valladolid's goal averages Real Valladolid's goal averagesAgainstGoal AverageFirst matchSecond matchXerez Lost0 – 03 – 0Tenerife Lost3 – 30 – 0Racing Santander Won1 – 12 – 1Málaga Lost1 – 10 – 0Real Zaragoza Won1 – 21 – 1RCD Espanyol Won1 – 10 – 0CA Osasuna Lost1 – 21 – 1Sporting Gijón Won2 – 10 – 2UD Almería Lost0 – 01 – 1
League table
References 1: Álvaro Antón returned to the club as a loan return from Numancia, but the management decided to loan him again to Recreativo Huelva.
2: Neutral venue.
3: César Arzo scored the goal, but the referee César Muñiz Fernández notified in the report that the author had been Haris Medunjanin, so, in the Liga BBVA's official account, the goal was scored by Medunjanin.
4: The team that wins this variable will be qualified ahead of another with the same points but lost on goal average. If the goal average is drawn between two or more teams and, at the end of the season these teams have the same points, the overall Liga BBVA's goal average prevails over this goal average.
5: Separated of the team and made a file by the directive because of have been seen in some night clubs in Salamanca after team's defeats from April 1, 2010 to the end of the season.
6: Returns on April 21 because of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.