2009–10 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal

2009–10 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Stadium	Emirates Stadium
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Cesc Fàbregas (15) All: Cesc Fàbregas (19)
Highest home attendance	60,103 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 31 October 2009)
Lowest home attendance	56,592 (vs. West Bromwich Albion, 22 September 2009)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Arsenal Football Club's 18th season in the Premier League. Arsenal's this season began with a 1–6 victory away to Everton. Arsenal suffered back-to-back Premier League losses on four occasions this season, but finished the season third in the Premier League. Arsenal also advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, but were knocked out by reigning champions Barcelona in a two-legged tie, having first eliminating Scottish club Celtic 5–1 on aggregate in the play-off round, finishing top their group, which included Greek club Olympiacos, Belgian club Standard Liège, and Dutch club AZ, with 13 points during the group stage, and overcoming a first-leg deficit to beat Porto 6–2 on aggregate in the first knockout round.

The side's continuing sportsmanship was acknowledged at the end of the season with Arsenal winning the Barclays Fair Play Award.^[1]

Transfers

In

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Ref
5	DF	Thomas Vermaelen	Ajax	£10,000,000	19 June 2009	[2]
	MF	Samuel Galindo	Real América	Free transfer	15 January 2010	[3]
31	DF	Sol Campbell	Free agent	Free transfer	16 January 2010	[4]

Out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Ref
28	MF	Amaury Bischoff	Académica	Free transfer (Released)	30 June 2009	[5]
39	FW	Rui Fonte	Sporting CP	Free transfer (Released)	30 June 2009	[5]
49	DF	Paul Rodgers	Northampton Town	Free transfer (Released)	30 June 2009	[5]
25	FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	Manchester City	£25,000,000	20 July 2009	[6]
5	DF	Kolo Touré	Manchester City	£16,000,000	29 July 2009	[7]

Loan out

No.	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Ref
	DF	Pedro Botelho	Celta Vigo	23 July 2009	End of the season	[8]
	DF	Håvard Nordtveit	Nürnberg	7 August 2009	End of the season	[9]
38	MF	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	Blackpool	17 August 2009	17 November 2009	[10]
45	MF	Henri Lansbury	Watford	21 August 2009	End of the season	[11]
50	FW	Jay Simpson	Queens Park Rangers	27 August 2009	End of the season	[12]
44	DF	Gavin Hoyte	Brighton & Hove Albion	9 October 2009	End of the season	[13]
53	GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	Brentford	20 November 2009	End of the season	[14]
47	FW	Rhys Murphy	Brentford	24 November 2009	24 February 2010	[15]
48	MF	Mark Randall	Milton Keynes Dons	15 January 2010	End of the season	[16]
42	DF	Kerrea Gilbert	Peterborough United	15 January 2010	End of the season	[17]
6	DF	Philippe Senderos	Everton	25 January 2010	End of the season	[18]
19	MF	Jack Wilshere	Bolton Wanderers	29 January 2010	End of the season	[19]
54	MF	Sanchez Watt	Southend United	1 February 2010	28 February 2010	[20]
34	DF	Kyle Bartley	Sheffield United	9 February 2010	12 May 2010	[21]
51	FW	Gilles Sunu	Derby County	19 February 2010	End of the season	[22]
38	MF	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	Doncaster Rovers	27 February 2010	End of the season	[23]
46	DF	Luke Ayling	Yeovil Town	17 March 2010	End of the season	[24]
54	MF	Sanchez Watt	Leeds United	25 March 2010	End of the season	[25]

Pre-season

Barnet v Arsenal

18 July 2009	Barnet	2–2	Arsenal	Barnet
15:00 BST	Yakubu  45' Charles  83'	Report	43' Arshavin  51' Barazite	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 5,099

SC Columbia v Arsenal

21 July 2009	SC Columbia	1–7	Arsenal	Columbiaplatz
18:30 CEST	Lehner  35'	Report	36', 44' Bendtner  39', 83' Ramsey  56' (pen.), 73' Van Persie  77' Gallas	Stadium: Schwarzlackenau Stadium Attendance: 6,900

Szombathelyi Haladás v Arsenal

27 July 2009	Szombathelyi Haladás	0–5	Arsenal	Szombathely
19:00 CEST		Report	17', 43' Bendtner  24', 40' Eduardo  66' (pen.) Van Persie	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 12,500

Hannover 96 v Arsenal

29 July 2009	Hannover 96	0–1	Arsenal	Hanover
18:00 CEST	Balitsch Haggui	Report	8' Fàbregas Bendtner Van Persie Sagna	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 31,412

Arsenal v Atlético Madrid

1 August 2009 Emirates Cup	Arsenal	2–1	Atlético Madrid	London
16:15 BST	Arshavin  86', 90'	Report	29' Juanito  44' Ujfaluši  88' Pacheco	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 54,224 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Arsenal v Rangers

2 August 2009 Emirates Cup	Arsenal	3–0	Rangers	London
16:15 BST	Wilshere  2', 72' Eduardo  11'	Report	50' McCulloch	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 56,758 Referee: Mike Dean

Valencia v Arsenal

8 August 2009	Valencia	2–0	Arsenal	Valencia
21:30 CEST	Míchel  75' Villa  90'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 55,000

Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in the Premier League in the 2009–10 season. Each team played 38 matches; two against every other team and one match at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season the top three teams qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League; the team in fourth needed to play a qualifier.^[26]

The provisional fixture list was released on 17 June 2009, but was subject to change in the event of clashes with other competitions, inclement weather, or matches being selected for television coverage.^[27]

August–October

Robin van Persie scored his first league goal of the season against Manchester City.

The league campaign began for Arsenal with a trip to Goodison Park to face Everton on 15 August 2009. Denílson scored the opening goal four minutes before the half-hour and Vermaelen doubled Arsenal’s lead, heading the ball in from a Robin van Persie cross. Everton’s failure to mark Gallas brought about the visitors’ third just before the break. Fàbregas scored two goals in the second half, before substitute Eduardo added Arsenal’s sixth. They were unable to keep a cleansheet however; Saha scored for Everton in stoppage time. The game marked Vermaelen’s league debut and the player was described by The Guardian's match correspondent Andy Hunter as "comfortably the finest defender on display", having limited his counterpart Marouane Fellaini to so few chances while "anticipating danger expertly". The following week Abou Diaby scored two goals as Arsenal beat Portsmouth 4–1.^[28] Arsenal then travelled to play the incumbent champions Manchester United at Old Trafford. Arshavin’s goal in the 40th minute gave Arsenal a “deserved” lead, but the team conceded a penalty in the second half – Manuel Almunia was adjusted to have fouled striker Wayne Rooney in the penalty box. Rooney converted the spot kick to level the scoreline, before Diaby headed the ball into his own net, from a United free-kick. Wenger was sent to the stands by referee Mike Dean for having kicked a water bottle after Van Persie’s equaliser was correctly disallowed. He felt the defeat was an “undeserved” one, going further to criticise his opponents’ tactics: “I have seen a player make 20 fouls without getting a yellow card. If you have seen the game, you don't need me to tell you who but their player gets away without a yellow card. It's quite amazing.”^[29]

Arsenal did not play another game for a fortnight because of the international football break. On the resumption of club football, they faced Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. Arsenal lost for the second league match in succession, this time by four goals to two. Adebayor scored against his former club and caused controversy by running towards the Arsenal section and celebrating in front of them. Television replays also caught the striker attempting to stamp Van Persie’s face. At home Arsenal responded with a 4-0 win against Wigan Athletic and a single Van Persie’s goal was enough to beat Fulham away in the team’s final match of September. Vito Mannone's performance in the latter game was praised; he stood in for the injured Almunia. After six games, Arsenal garnered 12 points and stood in fifth position, having played a game less than each of the teams occupying the top four.

On 4 October 2009, Arsenal hosted Blackburn Rovers at the Emirates Stadium; the week marked the start of Wenger’s 14th year at the club. Six different players (Vermaelen, Van Persie, Arshavin, Fàbregas, Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner) scored for Arsenal, in the team's 6–2 win. Arsenal defeated Birmingham City 3-1 at home and then drew away to West Ham United on 25 October 2009, where they led 2–0 at one stage. Arsenal’s final game of October was a North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur. Van Persie scored the opening goal in the 42nd minute, before Fàbregas added a second immediately – he won the ball straight from the kick-off and went past Tottenham’s static defence, before shooting past Heurelho Gomes. Van Persie scored Arsenal’s third in the second half and the 3-0 win moved Arsenal into third position, five points behind Chelsea in first who played a game more.

November–February

Arsenal's first fixture of November was against Wolves at the Molineux Stadium. The team moved into second place as a result of a 4–1 win. Wenger was skeptical of whether his team could reach a century of goals in the league, but was overjoyed at Arsenal's goal tally of 36 in 11 league matches: "[It] shows that the way we play football, the way we are organised and the way we go forward suits our players." Following the international football break, Arsenal played Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Van Persie was absent after he injured himself whilst playing for the Netherlands and Eduardo stood in to deputise. Darren Bent's goal in the 71st minute won the match for Sunderland, who became the first team to prevent Arsenal from scoring in a league match. Manchester United's defeat of Everton moved Arsenal down into third position in the league table, three points in front. At home to league leaders Chelsea on 29 November 2009, Arsenal lost 3–0; striker Didier Drogba scored two goals in either interval of the game. When asked if Arsenal's title chances were over, Wenger replied, "It is not over and I believe, on what I have seen of Chelsea, that the team can drop points."

Matches

Everton v Arsenal

15 August 2009 1	Everton	1–6	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Saha  90'	Report	26' Denílson  37' Vermaelen  41' Gallas  48', 70' Fàbregas  89' Eduardo	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,309 Referee: Mark Halsey

Arsenal v Portsmouth

22 August 2009 2	Arsenal	4–1	Portsmouth	London
15:00 BST	Diaby  18', 22'  90' Gallas  51' Ramsey  69'	Report	37' Kaboul	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,049 Referee: Steve Bennett

Manchester United v Arsenal

29 August 2009 3	Manchester United	2–1	Arsenal	Manchester
17:15 BST	35' Evra  59' (pen.)  62' Rooney  62' Brown  64' (o.g.) Diaby	Report	23' Song  32' Gallas  40' Arshavin  45' Van Persie  58' Almunia  71' Eboué  75' Sagna	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,095 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Arsenal

12 September 2009 4	Manchester City	4–2	Arsenal	Manchester
15:00 BST	14' Lescott  20' (o.g.) Almunia  72' Bellamy  80'  81' Adebayor  84' Wright-Phillips	Report	19' Sagna  63' Van Persie  72' Song  88' Rosický	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,339 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Arsenal v Wigan Athletic

19 September 2009 5	Arsenal	4–0	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 BST	25', 49' Vermaelen  59'  23' Eboué  90' Fàbregas  40' Song	Report	53' Gómez  65' Scharner	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,103 Referee: Mike Jones

Fulham v Arsenal

26 September 2009 6	Fulham	0–1	Arsenal	London
17:30 BST	26' Murphy  45' Zamora  70' Pantsil  79' Konchesky	Report	52' Van Persie	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,700 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers

4 October 2009 7	Arsenal	6–2	Blackburn Rovers	London
13:30 BST	17' Vermaelen  33'  45' Van Persie  37' Arshavin  57' Fàbregas  75' Walcott  89' Bendtner	Report	4' N'Zonzi  30' Dunn  11' Di Santo	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,431 Referee: Peter Walton

Arsenal v Birmingham City

17 October 2009 8	Arsenal	3–1	Birmingham City	London
15:00 BST	16' Van Persie  18' Diaby  84' Arshavin  73' Song	Report	38' Bowyer  58' Hart  63' Ridgewell	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,082 Referee: Lee Probert

West Ham United v Arsenal

25 October 2009 9	West Ham United	2–2	Arsenal	London
16:15 GMT	74' Cole  80' (pen.) Diamanti  78', 85' Parker  71' Hines  78' Collison	Report	16' Van Persie  37' Gallas  77' Eboué  80' Mannone	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,442 Referee: Chris Foy

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

31 October 2009 10	Arsenal	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
12:45 GMT	42', 60' Van Persie  43' Fàbregas  78' Vermaelen	Report	62' Crouch	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,103 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal

7 November 2009 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–4	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
17:30 GMT	89' Craddock  27' Ebanks-Blake  60' Milijaš	Report	28' (o.g.) Zubar  36' (o.g.) Craddock  45' Fàbregas  66'  40' Arshavin  10' Gallas  59' Gibbs	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 28,937 Referee: Steve Bennett

Sunderland v Arsenal

21 November 2009 12	Sunderland	1–0	Arsenal	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	71' Bent  84' Bardsley  90' Richardson	Report	90' Traoré	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,918 Referee: Alan Wiley

Arsenal v Chelsea

29 November 2009 13	Arsenal	0–3	Chelsea	London
16:00 GMT	26' Traoré  90+5' Fàbregas	Report	41', 86'  37' Drogba  45' (o.g.) Vermaelen  70' Mikel	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,067 Referee: Andre Marriner

Arsenal v Stoke City

5 December 2009 14	Arsenal	2–0	Stoke City	London
15:00 GMT	26' Arshavin  79' Ramsey 20' Fàbregas	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,041 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Liverpool v Arsenal

13 December 2009 15	Liverpool	1–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	41' Kuyt  44' Aurélio  55' Mascherano  85' Lucas	Report	50' (o.g.) Johnson  58'  81' Arshavin  24' Denílson  82' Fàbregas	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,853 Referee: Howard Webb

Burnley v Arsenal

16 December 2009 16	Burnley	1–1	Arsenal	Lancashire
19:45 GMT	28' (pen.) Alexander  40' Eagles  88' Caldwell	Report	7' Fàbregas	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,309 Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal v Hull City

19 December 2009 17	Arsenal	3–0	Hull City	London
17:30 GMT	45+4' Denílson  59' Eduardo  80' Diaby  45' Nasri	Report	45' Barmby  45' Hunt  45+2' Zayatte  45+5' Boateng  90+3' Olofinjana	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,006 Referee: Steve Bennett

Arsenal v Aston Villa

27 December 2009 18	Arsenal	3–0	Aston Villa	London
13:30 GMT	65', 81' Fàbregas  90+1' Diaby  67' Song	Report	55' A. Young  76' Cuéllar  90+4' Delph	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,056 Referee: Phil Dowd

Portsmouth v Arsenal

30 December 2009 19	Portsmouth	1–4	Arsenal	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	74' Belhadj  45+2' Mokoena  86' Hughes	Report	28' Eduardo  42' Nasri  69' Ramsey  81' Song	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,404 Referee: Alan Wiley

Arsenal v Everton

9 January 2010 20	Arsenal	2–2	Everton	London
15:00 GMT	28' Denílson  90+2' Rosický  87' Sagna	Report	12' Osman  81'  90+1' Pienaar	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,053 Referee: Peter Walton

Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal

17 January 2010 21	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Arsenal	Bolton
16:00 GMT	35' Robinson	Report	28' Fàbregas  78' Mérida  37' Rosický  77' Vermaelen	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,893 Referee: Phil Dowd

Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers

20 January 2010 22	Arsenal	4–2	Bolton Wanderers	London
19:45 GMT	43' Rosický  52' Fàbregas  65' Vermaelen  85' Arshavin  87' Clichy	Report	7' Cahill  28' (pen.) Taylor  47' Muamba  68' McCann	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,084 Referee: Alan Wiley

Aston Villa v Arsenal

27 January 2010 23	Aston Villa	0–0	Arsenal	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	55' Heskey  90+3' Dunne	Report	13' Vermaelen  84' Clichy	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,601 Referee: Lee Probert

Arsenal v Manchester United

31 January 2010 24	Arsenal	1–3	Manchester United	London
16:00 GMT	80' Vermaelen  17' Song	Report	33' (o.g.) Almunia  37' Rooney  52' Park	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,091 Referee: Chris Foy

Chelsea v Arsenal

6 February 2010 25	Chelsea	2–0	Arsenal	London
16:00 GMT	8', 23' Drogba  88' Zhirkov  88' J. Cole	Report	83' Song  84' Fàbregas	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,794 Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal v Liverpool

10 February 2010 26	Arsenal	1–0	Liverpool	London
19:45 GMT	72' Diaby  40' Clichy  64' Bendtner  90+5' Fàbregas	Report	41' Rodríguez  62' Degen	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,045 Referee: Howard Webb

Arsenal v Sunderland

20 February 2010 27	Arsenal	2–0	Sunderland	London
15:00 GMT	27' Bendtner  90+3' (pen.) Fàbregas  50' Fàbregas	Report	34' Cana  44' Turner  58' Richardson  71' Mensah  90+2' Ferdinand	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,083 Referee: Steve Bennett

Stoke City v Arsenal

27 February 2010 28	Stoke City	1–3	Arsenal	Stoke-on-Trent
17:30 GMT	8' Pugh  66' Shawcross	Report	32' Bendtner  90+1' (pen.) Fàbregas  90+4' Vermaelen  62' Song	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,011 Referee: Peter Walton

Arsenal v Burnley

6 March 2010 29	Arsenal	3–1	Burnley	London
15:00 GMT	34' Fàbregas  60' Walcott  90+4' Arshavin	Report	50' Nugent  27' McDonald  48' Paterson  69' Carlisle  72' Elliott	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,043 Referee: Chris Foy

Hull City v Arsenal

13 March 2010 30	Hull City	1–2	Arsenal	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT	28' (pen.) Bullard  39' Dawson  41', 45+1'Boateng	Report	14' Arshavin  90+3'  40' Bendtner  28' Campbell	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 25,023 Referee: Andre Marriner

Arsenal v West Ham United

20 March 2010 31	Arsenal	2–0	West Ham United	London
17:30 GMT	5' Denílson  83' (pen.) Fàbregas  44' Vermaelen  39' Campbell	Report	38' 44' Diamanti  45+1' Kováč  62' Upson  90+1' Daprelà	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,077 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Birmingham City v Arsenal

27 March 2010 32	Birmingham City	1–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	90+2' Phillips  73' Ferguson  85' Gardner  89' Carr	Report	81' Nasri  16' Song  25' Clichy	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 27,039 Referee: Howard Webb

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers

3 April 2010 33	Arsenal	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	90+4' Bendtner	Report	66' Henry  64' Jarvis  79' Mancienne	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,067 Referee: Andre Marriner

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

14 April 2010 34	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Arsenal	London
20:00 BST	10' Rose  47' Bale  33' Modrić  36' Kaboul  83' Dawson	Report	85' Bendtner  36' Denílson	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,041 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Wigan Athletic v Arsenal

18 April 2010 35	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Arsenal	Wigan
13:30 BST	80' Watson  89'  68' Bramble  90+1' N'Zogbia  24' Diamé	Report	41' Walcott  48' Silvestre  37' Nasri	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 22,113 Referee: Lee Mason

Arsenal v Manchester City

24 April 2010 36	Arsenal	0–0	Manchester City	London
17:30 BST	42' Silvestre  51' Diaby  67' Song  82' Van Persie	Report	81' Bellamy  83' Zabaleta	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,086 Referee: Mike Dean

Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal

3 May 2010 37	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Arsenal	Blackburn
17:00 BST	Grella  25' Dunn  44' Pedersen  59' Samba  68'	Report	13' Van Persie  65' Silvestre  90' Campbell	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,138 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Arsenal v Fulham

9 May 2010 38	Arsenal	4–0	Fulham	London
16:00 BST	Arshavin  21' Van Persie  26' Baird  37' (o.g.) Eboué  68' Fabiański  69' Vela  84'	Report	65' Dempsey  90+3' Kelly	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,039 Referee: Mike Jones

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	38	27	5	6	103	32	+71	86	Group stage
2	Manchester United (Q)	38	27	4	7	86	28	+58	85
3	Arsenal (Q)	38	23	6	9	83	41	+42	75
4	Tottenham Hotspur (Q)	38	21	7	10	67	41	+26	70	Play-off round
5	Manchester City (Q)	38	18	13	7	73	45	+28	67	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round

Source: ^[30]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	23	6	9	83	41	+42	75	15	2	2	48	15	+33	8	4	7	35	26	+9

Source: ^[30]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W
Position	1	1	5	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: ^[31]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

West Ham United v Arsenal

3 January 2010 Third round	West Ham United	1–2	Arsenal	London
16:15 GMT	Diamanti  45+1' Daprelà  45'	Report	78' Ramsey  83' Eduardo  27' Song	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 25,549 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Stoke City v Arsenal

24 January 2010 Fourth round	Stoke City	3–1	Arsenal	Stoke-on-Trent
13:30 GMT	Fuller  2', 78' Whitehead  86'	Report	42' Denílson	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 19,735 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Football League Cup

Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion

22 September 2009 Third round	Arsenal	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	London
19:45 BST	Watt  68' Vela  76' Senderos  32' Ramsey  57'	Report	37' Thomas  38' Cox	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 56,592 Referee: Lee Mason

Arsenal v Liverpool

28 October 2009 Fourth round	Arsenal	2–1	Liverpool	London
19:45 GMT	Mérida  19' Bendtner  50'	Report	26' Insúa	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,004 Referee: Alan Wiley

Manchester City v Arsenal

2 December 2009 Fifth round	Manchester City	3–0	Arsenal	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Tevez  50' Wright-Phillips  69' Weiss  89' Kompany  82' Bellamy  83'	Report	38' Traoré  39' Eastmond  58' Silvestre  77' Wilshere  79' Song  82' Ramsey	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,015 Referee: Chris Foy

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Celtic v Arsenal

18 August 2009 First leg	Celtic	0–2	Arsenal	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	52' Fox  58' N'Guemo  86' Loovens	Report	43' Gallas  71' (o.g.) Caldwell  84' Clichy	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,165 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Arsenal v Celtic

26 August 2009 Second leg	Arsenal	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Celtic	London, England
19:45 BST	28' (pen.) Eduardo  53'  53' Eboué  74' Arshavin  83' Denílson	Report	90+2' Donati  33' Caldwell  56' McGeady  83' Brown	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Group stage

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10
Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
AZ	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4

Standard Liège v Arsenal

16 September 2009 1	Standard Liège	2–3	Arsenal	Liège, Belgium
20:45 CEST	Mangala  3' Jovanović  5' (pen.) Witsel  68' Nicaise  76'	Report	34' Clichy  45' Bendtner  78' Vermaelen  81' Eduardo	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 23,022 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Arsenal v Olympiacos

29 September 2009 2	Arsenal	2–0	Olympiacos	London, England
19:45 BST	Van Persie  52'  78' Arshavin  86' Fàbregas  90'	Report	52' Zewlakow  66' Dudu  80' Torosidis  89' Bravo	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,884 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

AZ v Arsenal

20 October 2009 3	AZ	1–1	Arsenal	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:45 CEST	90+3' Mendes Da Silva  89' Lens	Report	Fàbregas  36' Van Persie  48' Clichy  66' Vela  77'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16,666 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Arsenal v AZ

4 November 2009 4	Arsenal	4–1	AZ	London, England
19:45 GMT	Fàbregas  25', 52' Nasri  43' Diaby  72'	Report	66' Moisander  82' Lens	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,345 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Arsenal v Standard Liège

24 November 2009 5	Arsenal	2–0	Standard Liège	London, England
19:45 GMT	Nasri  35' Denílson  45+2' Fàbregas  87'	Report	68' Mulemo  70' Mangala  86' Carcela	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,941 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Olympiacos v Arsenal

9 December 2009 6	Olympiacos	1–0	Arsenal	Piraeus, Greece
21:45 EET	Leonardo  24'  47'	Report	40' Mérida	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,277 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Porto v Arsenal

17 February 2010 First leg	Porto	2–1	Arsenal	Porto, Portugal
19:45 WET	Fabiański  11' (o.g.) Falcao  51' Alves  34' Fucile  64' Pereira  78' Fernando  84'	Report	18' Campbell  31' Diaby	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,717 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Arsenal v Porto

9 March 2010 Second leg	Arsenal	5–0 (6–2 agg.)	Porto	London, England
19:45 GMT	Bendtner  10', 25', 90+1' (pen.)  44' Nasri  63' Eboué  66' Vermaelen  38'	Report	24' Falcao  59' Pereira	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,661 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Quarter-finals

Arsenal v Barcelona

31 March 2010 First leg	Arsenal	2–2	Barcelona	London, England
19:45 BST	Walcott  69' Fàbregas  85' (pen.)  44' Arshavin  21' Song  40' Eboué  74' Diaby  79'	Report	46', 59' Ibrahimović  84' Puyol  72' Piqué	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,572 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Barcelona v Arsenal

6 April 2010 Second leg	Barcelona	4–1 (6–3 agg.)	Arsenal	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST	Messi  21', 37', 42', 88'	Report	18' Bendtner  31' Denílson  45' Rosický  67' Eboué	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 93,330 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Squad statistics

Arsenal used a total of 41 players during the 2009–10 season and there were 20 different goalscorers. There were also four squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. This was the first season the team played in a 4–3–3 formation, utilised for the benefit of Fàbregas. Sagna featured in 44 matches – the most of any Arsenal player in the campaign. Vermaelen started in 33 league matches.

The team scored a total of 115 goals in all competitions. The highest scorer was Fàbregas, with 19 goals – 15 of which scored in the league. Vermaelen was the only Arsenal player to be sent off in the entire season.

Key

No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position Nat. = Nationality Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward

= Yellow cards = Red cards

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Manuel Almunia	29	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	36	0	1	0
2	MF	FRA	Abou Diaby	26 (3)	6	(1)	0	0	0	9 (1)	1	35 (5)	7	4	0
3	DF	FRA	Bacary Sagna	31 (4)	0	1	0	0	0	7 (1)	0	39 (5)	0	3	0
4	MF	ESP	Cesc Fàbregas	26 (1)	15	1	0	0	0	8	4	35 (1)	19	8	0
5	DF	BEL	Thomas Vermaelen	33	7	1	0	0	0	11	1	45	8	4	1
6	DF	SUI	Philippe Senderos	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF	CZE	Tomáš Rosický	14 (11)	3	0	0	1	0	5 (2)	0	20 (13)	3	2	0
8	MF	FRA	Samir Nasri	22 (4)	2	(1)	0	1	0	6	3	29 (5)	5	2	0
9	FW	CRO	Eduardo	13 (11)	2	1 (1)	1	1	0	2 (3)	2	17 (5)	5	0	0
10	DF	FRA	William Gallas	26	3	1	1	0	0	8	1	35	4	2	0
11	FW	NED	Robin van Persie	14 (2)	9	0	0	0	0	4	1	18 (2)	10	5	0
12	FW	MEX	Carlos Vela	1 (10)	1	2	0	1 (1)	1	2 (3)	0	6 (14)	2	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Theo Walcott	12 (11)	3	1	0	0	0	2 (4)	1	15 (15)	4	0	0
15	MF	BRA	Denílson	19 (1)	3	1	1	0	0	5 (2)	1	25 (3)	5	3	0
16	MF	WAL	Aaron Ramsey	7 (11)	3	1 (1)	1	3	0	1 (5)	0	12 (17)	4	2	0
17	MF	CMR	Alex Song	25 (1)	1	1	0	1	0	10	0	37 (1)	1	13	0
18	DF	FRA	Mikaël Silvestre	9 (3)	1	2	0	3	0	2 (1)	0	16 (4)	1	3	0
19	MF	ENG	Jack Wilshere	(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1 (2)	0	4 (3)	0	1	0
20	DF	SUI	Johan Djourou	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
21	GK	POL	Łukasz Fabiański	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	10	0	1	0
22	DF	FRA	Gaël Clichy	23 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	32 (1)	0	6	0
23	MF	RUS	Andrey Arshavin	25 (5)	10	(1)	0	0	0	7 (1)	2	32 (7)	12	3	0
24	GK	ITA	Vito Mannone	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	1	0
27	DF	CIV	Emmanuel Eboué	17 (8)	1	0	0	1	0	6 (4)	2	24 (12)	3	6	0
28	DF	ENG	Kieran Gibbs	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	7	0	1	0
30	DF	FRA	Armand Traoré	9	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	0	3	0
31	DF	ENG	Sol Campbell	10 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	13 (1)	1	3	0
32	MF	ESP	Fran Mérida	(4)	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	4 (4)	2	1	0
33	MF	NED	Nacer Barazite	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Kyle Bartley	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Thomas Cruise	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Craig Eastmond	2 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5 (2)	0	1	0
38	MF	ENG	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
42	DF	ENG	Kerrea Gilbert	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
45	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
48	MF	ENG	Mark Randall	0	0	0	0	(2)	0	0	0	(2)	0	0	0
51	FW	FRA	Gilles Sunu	0	0	0	0	1	0	(1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
52	FW	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	13 (10)	6	0	0	1	1	7	5	21 (10)	12	3	0
53	GK	POL	Wojciech Szczęsny	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
54	MF	ENG	Sanchez Watt	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	1	0	0	1 (2)	1	0	0

Source: ^[32][33]

See also

• 2009–10 in English football
• List of Arsenal F.C. seasons

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