2009–10 Leeds United F.C. season


The 2009–10 season was Leeds United A.F.C.s third consecutive season in the third tier of English football which saw them finish second in League One, thus winning promotion to The Championship.
In other competitions, the club played a number of Premier League sides including a historic victory over rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup. The club's run in the FA Cup was the longest since 2003. Leeds also secured a place in the Football League Trophy area final, but lost to Carlisle United on penalties.
Simon Grayson became the first manager in four years to complete a full season as Leeds boss and celebrated it by winning the club's first promotion in twenty years. For the third season in a row, Jermaine Beckford was the club's top goalscorer with 31 goals in all competitions; Beckford was again named the League One Player of the Year, however lost out on the club's Player of the Year to Patrick Kisnorbo.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order ''. This list does not include [|transfers] or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the [|matches] section.

May

Squad information

Appearances and goals include those in The Championship, League One, FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.

2Player joined the club in 2008 as a scholar. He is presently a 2nd year scholar and is not currently signed to the club on professional terms.

Squad includes players registered with the club on the last day of the season only.

Squad stats

Most frequent starting line-up



Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains

Assists

Last updated:10 May 2010

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Disciplinary record

Suspensions

No.PNameNo. Matches
Banned		Reason for SuspensionNotes
4MFDoyle1Five yellow cards
20FWKandol3Violent conductIncident happened on the field of play after the final whistle of a match.
Suspension handed after match.
23MFSnodgrass1Five yellow cards
26DFBromby1Five yellow cards
20FWKandol4Red card
16MFJohnson2Ten yellow cards
28MFGradel3Red card Suspension to start at the beginning of the 2010–11 season.
4MFDoyle2Ten yellow cardsSuspension to start at the beginning of the 2010–11 season.

Transfers

In

1Transfer fee was officially undisclosed, however it was reported by The Times that the fee was £250,000.

2The club has the option of extending the player's contact by an additional year.

Loans In

Loans Out

Out

1The Professional Football Compensation Committee decided that Everton should pay Leeds an initial compensation fee of £600,000 followed by £200,000 upon Garbutt's first full international appearance and £150,000 after the player has made 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 appearances. It was also ruled that Leeds should receive 20% of any profit that Everton makes from future sale of the player.

2Transfer fee was officially undisclosed, however it was reported by The Guardian that the fee was approximately an upfront £6 million with an additional £2 million in variables.

3The total compensation fee for the two academy players was reported by the Mail Online to be £800,000.

New Contracts

Club

Kit

Club officials

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other staff

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other information

Competitions

Overall summary

Detailed overall summary

League One

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Pre-season

League One

League Cup

Football League Trophy

FA Cup

Awards

Internal Awards

Official Player of the Year Awards

The results of the 2009–10 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 8 May 2010 at Elland Road.

League One Team of the Week

The following Leeds players have been selected in the official League One team of the week.