2009–10 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2009–10 season
Chairman	Niall Quinn
Manager	Steve Bruce; (from 3 June)
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Darren Bent (24); All: Darren Bent (25)
Highest home attendance	47,641, Manchester United, Premier League, 2 May 2010
Lowest home attendance	20,576, Birmingham City, League Cup, 22 September 2009
Average home league attendance	40,355
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is Sunderland's third consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

ChairmanNiall Quinn

ManagerSteve Bruce
(from 3 June)

Premier League13th

FA CupFourth round

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Ricky Sbragia was replaced by Steve Bruce in the close season. His aim is to improve on the club's 16th position the previous season.

Darren Bent was the top scorer in the Premier League with 24 goals. Andy Reid was the top scorer in the League Cup with two goals. Fraizer Campbell was the top scorer in the FA Cup with two goals. Darren Bent was the top scorer in all competitions with 25 goals.

At the end of the season, Darren Bent won both the club's official Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association awards. Jordan Henderson won both the club's official Young Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association Young Player of the Season awards.

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 July 2009	FW	ENG	Fraizer Campbell	Manchester United	£3,500,000	^[1]
13 July 2009	DF	PAR	Paulo da Silva	Deportivo Toluca	Undisclosed	^[2]
24 July 2009	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana	Marseille	£5,000,000	^[3]
5 August 2009	FW	ENG	Darren Bent	Tottenham Hotspur	£10,000,000 (rising to £16,000,000)	^[4]
12 August 2009	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	Wigan Athletic	£6,000,000	^[5]
31 August 2009	DF	ENG	Michael Turner	Hull City	£4,000,000	^[6]
16 October 2009	MF	NED	Bolo Zenden	Marseille	Free	^[7]
21 January 2010	DF	ENG	Matthew Kilgallon	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[8]

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Length	Ref.
28 August 2009	DF	GHA	John Mensah	Lyon	Season-long loan	^[9]
1 February 2010	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	Tottenham Hotspur	Season-long loan	^[10]
2 February 2010	FW	ZIM	Benjani Mwaruwari	Manchester City	Season-long loan	^[11]

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2009	FW	TRI	Dwight Yorke	Retired	Released	^[12]
30 June 2009	FW	IRL	David Connolly	(Southampton)	Released	^[12]^[13]
30 June 2009	MF	ESP	Arnau Riera		Released	^[12]
30 June 2009	GK	WAL	Darren Ward		Released	^[12]
30 June 2009	GK	IRL	Nick Colgan	(Grimsby Town)	Released	^[12]^[14]
30 June 2009	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley	(Hartlepool United)	Released	^[12]^[15]
30 June 2009	DF	IRL	Niall McArdle		Released	^[12]
3 July 2009	DF	ENG	Greg Halford	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£2,000,000	^[16]
4 July 2009	FW	ENG	Michael Chopra	Cardiff City	£4,000,000	^[17]
24 July 2009	MF	ENG	Dean Whitehead	Stoke City	£5,000,000	^[18]
21 August 2009	FW	IRL	Anthony Stokes	Hibernian	£500,000	^[19]
30 August 2009	DF	IRL	Paul McShane	Hull City	£1,500,000	^[20]
1 September 2009	DF	WAL	Danny Collins	Stoke City	£2,275,000	^[21]
1 September 2009	MF	ENG	Grant Leadbitter	Ipswich Town	£2,600,000	^[22]
1 September 2009	MF	TRI	Carlos Edwards	Ipswich Town	£1,400,000	^[22]
14 January 2010	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson	Derby County	Free	^[23]

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	To	Length	Ref.
1 September 2009	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio	Birmingham City	Season-long loan	^[24]
17 September 2009	FW	IRE	Roy O'Donovan	Southend United	One month	^[25]
1 February 2010	DF	JAM	Nyron Nosworthy	Sheffield United	Season-long loan	^[26]^[27]
1 February 2010	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	Season-long loan	^[28]
1 February 2010	FW	NIR	David Healy	Ipswich Town	Season-long loan	^[28]
23 February 2010	FW	IRE	Roy O'Donovan	Hartlepool United	Season-long loan	^[29]
27 April 2010	GK	HUN	Márton Fülöp	Manchester City	Season-long loan	^[30]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Stoke City	38	11	14	13	34	48	−14	47
12	Fulham	38	12	10	16	39	46	−7	46
13	Sunderland	38	11	11	16	48	56	−8	44
14	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	9	19	42	67	−25	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	32	56	−24	38

2009–10 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Season summary

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

First-team squad

Left club during season

Results

Premier League

Football League Cup

FA Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	League position	Ref.
15 August 2009	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	1–0	Bent 5'	22,247	8th	^[32]
18 August 2009	Chelsea	Stadium of Light	1–3	Bent 18'	41,179	10th	^[33]
22 August 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium of Light	2–1	Jones (2) 31', 53'	37,106	6th	^[34]
29 August 2009	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	0–1		27,091	8th	^[35]
12 September 2009	Hull City	Stadium of Light	4–1	Bent (2) 12' (pen), 66', Reid 49', Zayatte 75' (o.g.)	38,997	6th	^[36]
19 September 2009	Burnley	Turf Moor	1–3	Bent 38'	20,196	8th	^[37]
27 September 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	5–2	Bent 8' (pen), Jones (2) 47' (pen), 69', Turner 73', Mancienne 90' (o.g.)	37,566	8th	^[38]
3 October 2009	Manchester United	Old Trafford	2–2	Bent 7', Jones 58'	75,114	8th	^[39]
17 October 2009	Liverpool	Stadium of Light	1–0	Bent 5'	47,327	7th	^[40]
24 October 2009	Birmingham City	St. Andrew's	1–2	Turner 82'	21,732	7th	^[41]
31 October 2009	West Ham United	Stadium of Light	2–2	Reid 38', Richardson 76'	39,033	8th	^[42]
7 November 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	0–2		35,955	8th	^[43]
21 November 2009	Arsenal	Stadium of Light	1–0	Bent 70'	44,918	8th	^[44]
28 November 2009	Wigan Athletic	DW Stadium	0–1		20,447	8th	^[45]
6 December 2009	Fulham	Craven Cottage	0–1		23,168	10th	^[46]
12 December 2009	Portsmouth	Stadium of Light	1–1	Bent 22'	37,578	10th	^[47]
15 December 2009	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	0–2		34,821	10th	^[48]
19 December 2009	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium	3–4	Mensah 15', Henderson 24', Jones 62'	44,735	10th	^[49]
26 December 2009	Everton	Stadium of Light	1–1	Bent 17'	46,990	10th	^[50]
28 December 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	2–2	Bent (2) 52', 65'	25,656	10th	^[51]
16 January 2010	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	2–7	Zenden 56', Bent 90'	41,776	12th	^[52]
27 January 2010	Everton	Goodison Park	0–2		32,163	13th	^[53]
1 February 2010	Stoke City	Stadium of Light	0–0		35,078	13th	^[54]
6 February 2010	Wigan Athletic	Stadium of Light	1–1	Jones 64'	38,350	13th	^[55]
9 February 2010	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	1–1	Bent 11' (pen)	16,242	13th	^[56]
20 February 2010	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	0–2		60,083	14th	^[57]
28 February 2010	Fulham	Stadium of Light	0–0		40,192	14th	^[58]
9 March 2010	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	4–0	Campbell 1', Bent (3) 63', 74' (pen), 87'	36,087	13th	^[59]
14 March 2010	Manchester City	Stadium of Light	1–1	Jones 8'	41,398	14th	^[60]
20 March 2010	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light	3–1	Bent (2) 5', 11', Campbell 88'	37,962	12th	^[61]
24 March 2010	Aston Villa	Villa Park	1–1	Campbell 22'	37,473	13th	^[62]
28 March 2010	Liverpool	Anfield	0–3		43,121	13th	^[63]
3 April 2010	Tottenham Hotspur	Stadium of Light	3–1	Bent (2) 1', 29' (pen), Zenden 85'	43,184	13th	^[64]
10 April 2010	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0–1		34,685	13th	^[65]
17 April 2010	Burnley	Stadium of Light	2–1	Campbell 24', Bent 40'	41,341	13th	^[66]
24 April 2010	Hull City	KC Stadium	1–0	Bent 6'	25,012	10th	^[67]
2 May 2010	Manchester United	Stadium of Light	0–1		47,641	11th	^[68]
9 May 2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux	1–2	Jones 7'	28,971	13th	^[69]

Date	Round	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
24 August 2009	Round 2	Norwich City	Carrow Road	4–1	Tainio 26', Reid (2) 29', 35', Tudur Jones 67' (o.g.)	12,345	^[70]
22 September 2009	Round 3	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light	2–0	Henderson 4', Campbell 22'	20,576	^[71]
27 October 2009	Round 4	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	0–0 (1–3 on pens)		27,666	^[72]

Date	Round	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
3 January 2010	Round 3	Barrow	Stadium of Light	3–0	Malbranque 17', Campbell (2) 52', 58'	25,190	^[73]
23 January 2010	Round 4	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	1–2	Bent 15'	10,315	^[74]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Craig Gordon	30	0	26	0	1	0	3	0
32	GK	HUN	Márton Fülöp	14	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Phil Bardsley	28	0	18+8	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	NIR	George McCartney	28	0	20+5	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Michael Turner	32	2	29	2	1	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Anton Ferdinand	25	0	19+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	GHA	John Mensah	17	1	14+2	1	0	0	1	0
22	DF	PAR	Paulo da Silva	21	0	12+4	0	2	0	3	0
27	DF	ENG	Matt Kilgallon	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ENG	Michael Liddle	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	NED	Boudewijn Zenden	21	2	1+19	2	1	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque	35	1	30+1	0	1	1	1+2	0
10	MF	ENG	Kieran Richardson	32	1	28+1	1	1	0	2	0
16	MF	ENG	Jordan Henderson	38	2	23+10	1	2	0	3	1
18	MF	IRL	David Meyler	12	0	9+1	0	2	0	0	0
19	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana	35	0	29+2	0	2	0	2	0
20	MF	IRL	Andy Reid	25	4	18+3	2	0+1	0	2+1	2
29	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	22	0	19+3	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Fraizer Campbell	36	7	19+12	4	1+1	2	3	1
11	FW	ENG	Darren Bent	40	25	38	24	2	1	0	0
14	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	7	0	2+1	0	1	0	1+2	0
17	FW	TTO	Kenwyne Jones	36	9	24+8	9	1	0	3	0
23	FW	NIR	David Healy	7	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
28	FW	ZIM	Benjani Mwaruwari	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Ryan Noble	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
6	DF	JAM	Nyron Nosworthy	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	TTO	Carlos Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	WAL	Danny Collins	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Grant Leadbitter	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0