2009–10 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Season Overview

Hearts first four SPL games of the 2009–10 season were announced as Dundee United away, Rangers at home, newly promoted St Johnstone away and Kilmarnock at home.

On 13 August 2009, Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo announced the appointment of midfielder Michael Stewart to the role of club captain, replacing Robbie Neilson after his move to Leicester City. Central defender Marius Zaliukas was appointed vice-captain. On 17 August 2009, Stewart was sent off against Dundee United in a 2–0 reverse at Tannadice.

Despite a poor start to the season Hearts recorded a 1–0 win over Celtic in the League Cup at Parkhead with a Michael Stewart penalty.

Jim Jefferies first game in charge was against St Mirren in the League Cup. He did not enjoy a successful start as Hearts crashed out of the League Cup, losing 1–0 to St Mirren, with Billy Mehmet the only scorer. Jefferies' first league game in charge saw his team lose 2–0 to Celtic.

Shortly after the Celtic away defeat, Hearts some form under Jefferies. Three wins in a row against Falkirk, Hamilton and Aberdeen saw Hearts move to 6th place in the league. Although, the winning streak ended at Dundee Utd away, losing 1–0, which saw them only 7 points ahead of 7th placed Aberdeen, with Aberdeen having a game in hand.

Hearts' win over Kilmarnock on 10 April 2010 confirmed their place in the top six for the SPL late-season split.

Remember Shirts

On 21 October 2009, Umbro released a limited edition Hearts shirt for the weekend game against Falkirk. The shirts had a poppy sewn into the left side of the shirt and a picture of the Hearts memorial statue sewn into the right. The memorial statue commemorates when the whole Hearts team enlisted themselves into the Great War, the first team in Britain to do so.

Bosnian Fundraising

On 23 October 2009, Hearts supporter Gary Gray gave over £4,500 to two Bosnian children's charities after raising the money himself.

Results and fixtures

Pre-season / Friendlies

Stewart Lehmann Auer Burkhardt Oussale Jónsson Rasiak

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Premier League

Thomson Boyd Hardie Obua Loovens Santana Dargo Johansson Nadé Mensing Bouzid Mackie Young Fortuné Suso Black Pelé Templeton Sutton O'Brien Glen Miller Naismith Miller Žaliūkas Obua Zhi

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish League Cup

Stewart

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup

Miller

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: UEFA Europa League 2009–10

Papadopoulos Vrdoljak Bišćan Žaliūkas

First team player statistics

Squad information

:Last updated 9 May 2010 During the 2009–10 campaign, Hearts used thirty-three players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Team statistics

League table

Management statistics

Csaba László was sacked on 29 January after a 3–0 home loss to Aberdeen. Jim Jefferies was appointed shortly afterwards to the job, for a return to Tynecastle. :Last updated 9 May 2010

Transfers

Heart of Midlothian made five signings over the summer break: Ian Black, Dawid Kucharski, Ismaël Bouzid, Suso Santana and David Witteveen. Before the January transfer window was closed, Jim Jefferies signed Ryan Stevenson from Ayr United for a five figure undisclosed fee.

Players in

Players out

Loans in

Loans out

Notes

References

• Hearts FC Official Website – First Team Fixtures and Results 2009–10
• Edinburgh Evening News – Heart of Midlothian FC

References

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13. (27 April 2009). "Karipidis seals Hearts departure". BBC Sport.
14. (22 May 2009). "Hearts' Neilson joins Leicester". BBC Sport.
15. (2 June 2009). "Banks joins up at Dundee United". BBC Sport.
16. (11 June 2009). "Hearts' Aguiar makes Cyprus move". BBC Sport.
17. (21 July 2009). "Three more added to Clyde squad". BBC Sport.
18. (30 August 2009). "Sons sign Vojacek and McLaughlin". BBC Sport.
19. (1 February 2010). "Campbell heads Blackpool signings". BBC Sport.
20. (28 August 2009). "Hearts snap up Kaunas midfielder". BBC Sport.
21. (25 July 2009). "Hearts' McLaughlin back at Sons". BBC Sport.
22. (16 October 2009). "Not even said hello yet – McGowan". heartsfc.co.uk.
23. (7 November 2009). "East Fife borrow keeper Ridgers". BBC Sport.
24. (30 March 2010). "Striker Jamie Mole joins Raith Rovers on loan". BBC Sport.
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