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West Ham United
2009–10 season
Co-chairmenDavid Gold
David Sullivan
ManagerGianfranco Zola
GroundBoleyn Ground (Upton Park)
Premier League17th
League CupThird round
FA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Carlton Cole (10)

All:
Carlton Cole (10)
Highest home attendance34,989 (vs. Manchester City, 9 May)
Lowest home attendance24,492 (vs. Millwall, 25 August)

The 2009–10 Premier League was West Ham United's fifth consecutive season in the Premier League, following a ninth-placed finish in the 2008–09 Premier League. They were managed by Gianfranco Zola - in his second season after replacing Alan Curbishley in September 2008. This was his first and only full season as manager.

The Hammers managed to win their first Premier League game of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux,[1] but failed to win another until early November after an injury time winner from Zavon Hines sealed an upset win against Aston Villa.[2]

The Upton Park riots took place in West Ham's first Football League Cup game on 25 August against fierce rivals Millwall. The club was fined £115,000 after pitch invasions and brawling, resulting in a Millwall fan being stabbed.[3] West Ham won the game 3-1 after extra time.

On 19 January 2010, former Birmingham City owners David Gold and David Sullivan completed a joint takeover of West Ham United from cash-strapped Icelandic owner Björgólfur Guðmundsson.[4]

Mid-season form was up and down, but after a loss at Old Trafford,[5] West Ham had a string of six consecutive losses to put them in major relegation danger. A late equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Everton,[6] followed by a 1-0 win at home against Sunderland,[7] restored the faith. Another poor game at Anfield[8] was a minor hiccup in West Ham's quest for survival, and, after being given a golden opportunity to stay up, West Ham earned three points against Wigan Athletic in a hard-fought 3-2 win.[9] Simultaneously, Hull City blew an opportunity against Sunderland, losing 0-1. West Ham's Premier League status was confirmed on 3 May with Hull City's 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic leaving Hull five points behind West Ham with one game left to play.[10] West Ham's away record of only one away win all season equalled their lowest number of away wins for a season, last achieved in 1960-61.[11] On 11 May 2010, two days after the end of the season, West Ham announced the termination of manager Gianfranco Zola's contract with immediate effect.[12]

First-team squad

As of 9 April 2010.[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Robert Green
4 DF Wales WAL Danny Gabbidon
7 MF England ENG Kieron Dyer
8 MF England ENG Scott Parker (vice-captain)
9 FW Brazil BRA Ilan
11 FW Egypt EGY Mido (on loan from Middlesbrough)
12 FW England ENG Carlton Cole
13 MF Portugal POR Luís Boa Morte
14 MF Czech Republic CZE Radoslav Kováč
15 DF England ENG Matthew Upson (captain)
16 MF England ENG Mark Noble
17 FW South Africa RSA Benni McCarthy
18 DF United States USA Jonathan Spector
20 MF France FRA Julien Faubert
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Switzerland SUI Valon Behrami
22 DF Portugal POR Manuel da Costa
23 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Hérita Ilunga
28 GK Hungary HUN Péter Kurucz
29 GK Czech Republic CZE Marek Štěch
30 DF England ENG James Tomkins
31 MF Wales WAL Jack Collison
32 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Diamanti
33 DF Switzerland SUI Fabio Daprelà
35 MF England ENG Josh Payne
36 MF England ENG Anthony Edgar
41 FW England ENG Zavon Hines
45 DF England ENG Jordan Spence
46 MF England ENG Junior Stanislas

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW England ENG Freddie Sears (on loan to Coventry City)
24 FW England ENG Frank Nouble (on loan to Swindon Town)
44 DF England ENG Bondz Ngala (on loan to Plymouth Argyle)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Iceland ISL Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (on loan to Roeselare)
DF England ENG Matt Fry (on loan to Charlton Athletic)

Reserves and Academy

Results

Pre season

West Ham took part in a two week foreign pre-season training camp in Austria, and had scheduled four pre-season games; however, the game against Bundesliga side Werder Bremen was called off due to wet weather.[14] West Ham also took place in the 2009 Barclays Asia Trophy, where they finished third. A second "West Ham United XI" team largely comprising academy prospects and out-of-favour senior players also played a series of matches in England during this period.

15 July 2009 Austria SVL Flavia Solva 1 – 1 West Ham United Roman Stadium, Wagna, Austria
Ploschnik 16' Report Collison 30' (pen.)
22 July 2009 Turkey Bursaspor 1 – 1 West Ham United Thermenarena, Bad Radkersburg, Austria
Bahadır 54' Report Dyer 3'

"West Ham United XI" pre season results (all away): 2–1 (W) v Grays Athletic (12 July), 1–1 (D) v Cambridge United (18 July), 3–2 (W) v Thurrock (24 July), 3–0 (W) v Kingstonian (31 July)

Asia Trophy

Semi-final
29 July 2009
West Ham United 0 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur Workers Stadium, Beijing
Report Defoe 74' Attendance: 10,005
Referee: Andre Marriner
Third place playoff
31 July 2009
West Ham United 2 – 0 China Beijing Guoan Workers Stadium, Beijing
Gabbidon 80'
Hines 90'
Report Attendance: 7,501
Referee: China Sun Baojie

Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in the Premier League in the 2009–10 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 17 June 2009, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage.

29 August 2009 3 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 0 West Ham United Ewood Park
Report Attendance: 23,421
Referee: Phil Dowd
12 September 2009 4 Wigan Athletic 1 – 0 West Ham United DW Stadium
Rodallega 55' Report Attendance: 17,142
Referee: Alan Wiley
19 September 2009 5 West Ham United 2 – 3 Liverpool Boleyn Ground
Diamanti 29' (pen.)
C. Cole 45'
Report Torres 20', 75'
Kuyt 41'
Attendance: 34,658
Referee: Andre Marriner
28 September 2009 6 Manchester City 3 – 1 West Ham United City of Manchester Stadium
Tevez 5', 61'
Petrov 32'
Report Cole 24' Attendance: 42,745
Referee: Chris Foy
4 October 2009 7 West Ham United 2 – 2 Fulham Boleyn Ground
C. Cole 16'
Stanislas 90+2'
Report Murphy 47' (pen.)
Gera 57'
Attendance: 32,612
Referee: Phil Dowd
17 October 2009 8 Stoke City 2 – 1 West Ham United Britannia Stadium
Beattie 11' (pen.), 69' Report Upson 34' Attendance: 27,026
Referee: Martin Atkinson
25 October 2009 9 West Ham United 2 – 2 Arsenal Boleyn Ground
C. Cole 74'
Diamanti 80' (pen.)
Report Van Persie 16'
Gallas 37'
Attendance: 34,442
Referee: Chris Foy
31 October 2009 10 Sunderland 2 – 2 West Ham United Stadium of Light
Reid 39'
Richardson 76'
Report Franco 30'
Cole 36'
Attendance: 39,033
Referee: Andre Marriner
4 November 2009 11 West Ham United 2 – 1 Aston Villa Boleyn Ground
Noble 45+3' (pen.)
Hines 90+3'
Report A. Young 52' Attendance: 30,024
Referee: Steve Bennett
8 November 2009 12 West Ham United 1 – 2 Everton Boleyn Ground
Stanislas 65' Report Saha 27'
Gosling 64'
Attendance: 32,466
Referee: Alan Wiley
21 November 2009 13 Hull City 3 – 3 West Ham United KC Stadium
Bullard 27', 45+1' (pen.)
Zayatte 44'
Mendy Red card 54'
Report Franco 5'
Collison 11'
Da Costa 69'
Attendance: 24,909
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
28 November 2009 14 West Ham United 5 – 3 Burnley Boleyn Ground
Collison 18'
Stanislas 33'
Cole 43' (pen.)
Franco 51'
Jiménez 64' (pen.)
Report Fletcher 68', 74'
Eagles 90+5'
Attendance: 34,003
Referee: Chris Foy
12 December 2009 16 Birmingham City 1 – 0 West Ham United St Andrew's
Bowyer 52' Report Attendance: 28,203
Referee: Lee Mason
15 December 2009 17 Bolton Wanderers 3 – 1 West Ham United Reebok Stadium
Lee 64'
Klasnić 77'
Cahill 88'
Report Diamanti 69' Attendance: 17,849
Referee: Andre Marriner
20 December 2009 18 West Ham United 1 – 1 Chelsea Boleyn Ground
Diamanti 45' (pen.) Report Lampard 61' (pen.) Attendance: 33,338
Referee: Mike Dean
26 December 2009 19 West Ham United 2 – 0 Portsmouth Boleyn Ground
Diamanti 23' (pen.)
Kováč 89'
Report Attendance: 33,686
Referee: Lee Probert
28 December 2009 20 Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 0 West Ham United White Hart Lane
Modrić 11'
Defoe 81'
Report Attendance: 35,994
Referee: Chris Foy
17 January 2010 21 Aston Villa 0 – 0 West Ham United Villa Park
Report Attendance: 35,646
Referee: Mike Jones
26 January 2010 22 Portsmouth 1 – 1 West Ham United Fratton Park
Webber 76' Report Upson 52' Attendance: 18,322
Referee: Andre Marriner
30 January 2010 23 West Ham United 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Boleyn Ground
Report Attendance: 33,093
Referee: Peter Walton
6 February 2010 24 Burnley 2 – 1 West Ham United Turf Moor
Nugent 14'
Fox 55'
Report Ilan 81' Attendance: 21,001
Referee: Howard Webb
10 February 2010 25 West Ham United 2 – 0 Birmingham City Boleyn Ground
Diamanti 45+2'
Cole 67'
Report Attendance: 34,458
Referee: Mike Dean
20 February 2010 26 West Ham United 3 – 0 Hull City Boleyn Ground
Behrami 3'
Cole 59'
Faubert 90+3'
Report Attendance: 33,971
Referee: Martin Atkinson
23 February 2010 27 Manchester United 3 – 0 West Ham United Old Trafford
Rooney 38', 55'
Owen 80'
Report Attendance: 73,797
Referee: Alan Wiley
6 March 2010 28 West Ham United 1 – 2 Bolton Wanderers Boleyn Ground
Diamanti 88' Report K. Davies 10'
Wilshere 16'
Cohen Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 71'
Attendance: 33,824
Referee: Lee Probert
13 March 2010 29 Chelsea 4 – 1 West Ham United Stamford Bridge
Alex 16'
Drogba 56', 90'
Malouda 77'
Report Parker 30' Attendance: 41,755
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
20 March 2010 30 Arsenal 2 – 0 West Ham United Emirates Stadium
Denílson 5'
Fàbregas 83' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 60,077
Referee: Martin Atkinson
27 March 2010 32 West Ham United 0 – 1 Stoke City Boleyn Ground
Report Fuller 69' Attendance: 34,564
Referee: Andre Marriner
4 April 2010 33 Everton 2 – 2 West Ham United Goodison Park
Bilyaletdinov 24'
Yakubu 85'
Report Da Costa 60'
Ilan 87'
Attendance: 37,451
Referee: Howard Webb
10 April 2010 34 West Ham United 1 – 0 Sunderland Boleyn Ground
Ilan 51' Report Attendance: 34,685
Referee: Mike Jones
19 April 2010 35 Liverpool 3 – 0 West Ham United Anfield
Benayoun 19'
N'Gog 29'
Green 59' (o.g)
Report Attendance: 37,697
Referee: Peter Walton
24 April 2010 36 West Ham United 3 – 2 Wigan Athletic Boleyn Ground
Ilan 31'
Kováč 45+5'
Parker 77'
Report Spector 4' (o.g.)
Rodallega 52'
Attendance: 33,057
Referee: Alan Wiley
2 May 2010 37 Fulham 3 – 2 West Ham United Craven Cottage
Dempsey 45+1'
Cole 58' (o.g.)
Okaka 79'
Report Cole 61'
Franco 90+2'
Attendance: 24,201
Referee: Andre Marriner

League Cup

25 August 2009 Second round West Ham United 3 – 1 (AET) Millwall Boleyn Ground
Stanislas 87', 98' (pen.)
Hines 100'
Report Harris 26' Attendance: 24,492
Referee: Paul Taylor
22 September 2009 Third round Bolton Wanderers 3 – 1 (AET) West Ham United Reebok Stadium
K. Davies 86'
Cahill 96'
Elmander 119'
Report Ilunga 59' Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Howard Webb

FA Cup

3 January 2010 Third round West Ham United 1 – 2 Arsenal Boleyn Ground
Diamanti 45+1' Report Ramsey 78'
Eduardo 83'
Attendance: 25,549
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Statistics

Goal scorers

[15]

Position Nation Name Premier League League Cup FA Cup Total
1 England Carlton Cole
10
10
2 Italy Alessandro Diamanti
7
1
8
3 Mexico Guillermo Franco
5
5
4 England Junior Stanislas
2
2
4
5 Brazil Ilan
4
4
6 England Matthew Upson
3
3
7 Wales Jack Collison
2
2
8 England Mark Noble
2
2
9 Portugal Manuel da Costa
2
2
10 Czech Republic Radoslav Kováč
2
2
11 England Scott Parker
2
2
12 England Zavon Hines
1
1
2
13 Switzerland Valon Behrami
1
1
14 France Julien Faubert
1
1
15 Chile Luis Jiménez
1
1
16 Portugal Luís Boa Morte
1
1
17 Democratic Republic of the Congo Hérita Ilunga
1
1
18 Own Goals
1
1
TOTAL
47
4
1
52

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date Notes
17
FW
Chile Luis Jiménez Italy Inter Milan Loan 23 June 2009
[16]
24
FW
England Frank Nouble England Chelsea Undisclosed 21 July 2009
[17]
33
DF
Switzerland Fabio Daprelà Switzerland Grasshoppers Undisclosed 31 July 2009
[18]
14
MF
Czech Republic Radoslav Kováč Russia Spartak Moscow Free 14 August 2009
[19]
32
MF
Italy Alessandro Diamanti Italy Livorno Undisclosed 28 August 2009
[20]
22
DF
Portugal Manuel da Costa Italy Fiorentina Trade for Savio 31 August 2009
[21]
10
FW
Mexico Guillermo Franco Spain Villarreal Undisclosed 17 September 2009
[22]
17
FW
South Africa Benni McCarthy England Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed 1 February 2010
[23]
11
FW
Egypt Mido England Middlesbrough Loan 1 February 2010
[24]
9
FW
Brazil Ilan France Saint-Étienne Free 1 February 2010
[25]

Out

Pos Player To Fee Date Notes
DF
Australia Lucas Neill England Everton Released 4 June 2009
[26]
FW
England Freddie Sears England Crystal Palace Loan 26 June 2009
[27]
MF
England Kyel Reid England Sheffield United Free 1 July 2009
[28]
GK
England Jimmy Walker England Tottenham Hotspur Released 3 July 2009
[29]
MF
England Lee Bowyer England Birmingham City Free 8 July 2009
[30]
FW
Germany Savio Nsereko Italy Fiorentina Trade for da Costa 31 August 2009
[21]
DF
Wales James Collins England Aston Villa Undisclosed 1 September 2009
[31]
MF
England Anthony Edgar England Bournemouth FC Loan 1 October 2009
[32]
DF
Iceland Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson England Cheltenham Town Loan 1 October 2009
[33]
DF
England Matt Fry England Gillingham Loan 15 October 2009
[34]
MF
England Josh Payne England Colchester United Loan 22 October 2009
[35]
MF
Scotland Nigel Quashie England MK Dons Loan 24 November 2009
[36]
GK
Czech Republic Marek Štěch England Bournemouth FC Loan 11 December 2009
[37]
FW
England Dean Ashton Unattached Retired 11 December 2009
[38]
MF
England Josh Payne England Wycombe Wanderers Loan 22 January 2010
[39]
MF
Scotland Nigel Quashie England Queens Park Rangers Free 22 January 2010
[40]
FW
England Frank Nouble England West Bromwich Albion Loan 8 February 2010
[41]
FW
England Freddie Sears England Coventry City Loan 12 February 2010
[42]
DF
England Bondz N'Gala England Plymouth Argyle Loan 16 March 2010
[42]
DF
England Calum Davenport Unattached Released 17 March 2010
[43]
FW
England Frank Nouble England Swindon Town Loan 19 March 2010
[44]
DF
England Matt Fry England Charlton Athletic Loan 25 March 2010
[45]

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