2009–10 Real Valladolid season

Real Valladolid

2009–10 season
Chairman	Carlos Suárez Sureda
Manager	José Luis Mendilibar (until 1 Feb.) Onésimo Sánchez (between 1 Feb. and 5 Apr.) Javier Clemente (from 5 Apr.)
Liga BBVA	18th (Relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Costa (8) All: Diego Costa (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is Real Valladolid's third consecutive season in La Liga. José Luis Mendilibar began the season as team's manager, but he was sacked on 1 February 2010 after the draw against Almería. Onésimo Sánchez became the new team manager and, after the defeat against Villarreal in Nuevo José Zorrilla, he was also sacked on 5 April. The directive discovered on 6 April the new team manager, Javier Clemente.

Trophies balance

Category	Trophy	Started round	First match	Result	Last match
Friendly Trophy	14th Quinocho Memorial Trophy	Final	13 August 2009	Runner-up	13 August 2009
	2009 Teresa Rivero Trophy	Final	19 August 2009	Winner	19 August 2009
	37th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy	Final	23 August 2009	Winner	23 August 2009
	Copa Castilla y León 2009–10	Semi-finals	8 September 2009	Runner-up	16 November 2010
Competitive	Liga BBVA	—	30 August 2009	18th	16 May 2010
	Copa del Rey	Round of 32	27 October 2009	Round of 32	11 November 2009

Summer transfers

In

Player	From	Fee
Héctor Font	Osasuna	Free
Antonio Barragán	Deportivo
Fabricio
Manucho	Manchester United (was on loan at Hull City)
Sisi	Recreativo
Nauzet Alemán	Las Palmas
Nivaldo	Umm-Salal
César Arzo	Villarreal
Marquitos
Alberto Bueno	Real Madrid (was playing with its reserve team)	€3M

Out

Player	New Team	Fee
Ángel Vivar Dorado	Albacete	Free
Sergio Asenjo	Atlético Madrid	€5.5M
Víctor	Cartagena	Free
Pedro León	Getafe	€4M
Iñaki Bea	Real Murcia	Free
Óscar Sánchez
Kike	Salamanca

Loan in

Player	From
Pelé	Porto (was on loan at Portsmouth)
Diego Costa	Atlético Madrid (was on loan at Albacete)

Loan return

Player	From
Álvaro Antón1	Numancia
Jacobo Sanz	Getafe
Asier	Xerez

Loan end

Player	Returns to
Marcos Aguirre	Lanús
Pedro Oldoni	Paranaense
Nano	Real Betis
Henok Goitom	Real Murcia
Damián Escudero	Villarreal

Loan out

Player	Team
Bartholomew Ogbeche	Cádiz
Álvaro Antón1	Recreativo
Jesús Rueda	Córdoba

Winter transfers

In

Player	Team	Fee
Henrique Sereno	Vitória de Guimarães	Free

Out

Player	Team	Fee
Asier	Numancia	Free

Loan in

Player	From
Keko	Atlético Madrid
Asier del Horno	Valencia

Youth system

No	Player	Position	Called for first time
26	Yuri Berchiche	DF	v Almería (30 August 2009)
TBA	Quique	MF	v Sevilla (5 December 2009)
27	Carlos Lázaro	MF	v Racing de Santander (17 January 2010)
32	Raúl Navas	DF	v Osasuna (21 February 2010)
31	Javi Jiménez	GK	v Villarreal (4 April 2010)
29	Sergio García	MF	v Villarreal (4 April 2010)

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Justo Villar 2 DF Antonio Barragán 3 DF Alberto Marcos (captain) 4 DF Nivaldo 5 MF Haris Medunjanin 6 MF Pelé (on loan from Porto)5 7 FW Nauzet Alemán 8 DF Javier Baraja 9 FW Manucho 10 MF Borja 11 FW Alberto Bueno 12 DF Henrique Sereno 13 GK Fabricio 14 FW Héctor Font 15 DF Asier del Horno (on loan from Valencia) 16 DF Pedro López

No. Position Player 17 DF Luis Prieto 18 MF Álvaro Rubio 19 FW Jonathan Sesma 20 FW Fabián Canobbio 21 MF Sisi 22 MF Diego Costa (on loan from Atlético de Madrid) 23 MF Marquitos 24 DF César Arzo 25 GK Jacobo Sanz 26 DF Yuri Berchiche (promoted from youth system) 27 MF Carlos Lázaro (promoted from youth system) 29 MF Sergio García (promoted from youth system) 31 GK Javi Jiménez (promoted from youth system) 32 DF Raúl Navas (promoted from youth system) 33 MF Keko (on loan from Atlético Madrid; April Out) MF Quique (promoted from youth system)

CAN 2010 called players

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

No. Position Player 9 FW Manucho (Out between 10 and 24 Jan.)

U-19 national team called players

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

No. Position Player 33 MF Keko (Out between 13 and 21 Apr.)6

Match results

• All times are in CET/CEST

Pre-season and friendly tournaments

Friendly matches

14th Quinocho Memorial Trophy

2009 Teresa Rivero Trophy

37th Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy

Copa Castilla y León 2009–10

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 September 2009– Aranda de Duero
	Arandina	0
	UD Salamanca	5
					16 November 2010– Salamanca
					UD Salamanca	2
					Real Valladolid	1
	8 September 2009– Palencia
	Palencia	0
	Real Valladolid	5

The final of this tournament had to be played on April 23, 2010, the Castilla y León's day, but as both finalists had some problems in their leagues (Real Valladolid in Liga BBVA, finally relegated, and UD Salamanca in Liga Adelante), the final was postponed to the 2010–11 season.

Liga BBVA

Matchday	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
Result against	ALM	VAL	ZAR	OSA	MLL	ATH	RMA	DEP	ESP	XER	VIL	TEN	SEV	MGA	SPG	GET	ATM	RAC	FCB	ALM	VAL	ZAR	OSA	MLL	ATH	RMA	DEP	ESP	XER	VIL	TEN	SEV	MGA	SPG	GET	ATM	RAC	FCB
Venue	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Position	11	16	8	13	16	16	17	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	11	13	16	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	18
Goal Average (useful in case of tie)4																				Lost	Lost	Won	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Won	Won	Lost	Lost	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Lost	Won	Lost

All Home Away Pts W D L F A Dif. W D L F A W D L F A 18 Real Valladolid (R) 36 7 15 16 37 62 −25 4 8 7 23 32 3 7 9 14 30

Liga del Juego Limpio Position Team Supporters' Behavior Overall Between 0 and 5 stars 7 Real Valladolid (3.02)

• With José Luis Mendilibar

• With Onésimo Sánchez

• With Javier Clemente

Biggest win
Home				Away
October 25, 2009	Matchday 8	v. Deportivo	4 – 0	March 20, 2010	Matchday 27	v. Deportivo	0 – 2
				April 25, 2010	Matchday 34	v. Sporting Gijón
Biggest loss
Home				Away
January 9, 2010	Matchday 17	v. Atlético Madrid	0 – 4	May 16, 2010	Matchday 38	v. Barcelona	4 – 0

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

First leg

Second leg

Real Valladolid 2–2 RCD Mallorca on aggregate. RCD Mallorca won on away goals.

Others

Polemic game against Real Madrid

From the end of this match, the national press was fed by Real Valladolid. They accused it of violent and aggressive because of the badly referee's performance and the unfortunate foul committed by Nivaldo on Cristiano Ronaldo. Onésimo Sánchez, the press of Valladolid, Carlos Suárez and some Real Valladolid players were defending themselves saying that the match was not violent and that the referee's performance was wrong because of the non-signposting of two penalties (both of them committed by Sergio Ramos, booked at the 20th minute) to its favor and not by not send off any player of Real Valladolid. A sector of Valladolid press assured to have seen Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid's general manager, to take to Mejuto González and his assistants at the half time of the match two black sport bags which content could not be revealed.

Llanes deal

It's a supposed deal emerged because of the speculation between the supporters of Sporting Gijón and Racing Santander, twinned from some years ago. It consists in tampering Liga BBVA's last matchday with a double target: if Sporting Gijón loses (mathematically saved for the relegation), Racing Santander will win 3 points which will save the Miguel Ángel Portugal's team, harming and making more difficult the non-relegation for one of the most hated teams in Gijón: Real Valladolid. Obviously, presidents, coaches and players from both teams gradually denied this speculation, but the Spanish press continues speculating and encouraging this rumor. The name was invented by a sportswriter who noticed the table situation. Called Llanes deal because Llanes is a village between Asturias and Cantabria, autonomous communities in which Gijón and Santander are located.

Situation after the matchday 37: Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Barcelona !Barcelona (Q) 37 30 6 1 94 24 +70 96 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage 2 Real Madrid !Real Madrid (Q) 37 31 2 4 101 34 +67 95 3 Valencia !Valencia (Q) 37 20 8 9 58 40 +18 68 ... Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 11 Espanyol !Espanyol 37 11 11 15 29 44 −15 44 12 Almería !Almería 37 10 12 15 41 52 −11 42 13 Osasuna !Osasuna 37 11 9 17 36 45 −9 42 14 Sporting Gijón !Sporting Gijón 37 9 13 15 36 49 −13 40 15 Zaragoza !Zaragoza 37 10 10 17 43 61 −18 40 16 Valladolid !Valladolid 37 7 15 15 37 58 −21 36 17 Racing Santander !Racing Santander 37 8 12 17 40 59 −19 36 18 Málaga !Málaga 37 7 15 15 41 47 −6 36 Relegation to Segunda División 19 Tenerife !Tenerife 37 9 9 19 40 73 −33 36 20 Xerez !Xerez 37 8 9 20 37 65 −28 33

Matchday 38: Matchday 38 May 16 2010 19:00 CEST Barcelona 4 – 0 Valladolid Málaga 1 – 1 Real Madrid Valencia 1 – 0 Tenerife Racing Santander 2 – 0 Sporting Gijón Osasuna 1 – 1 Xerez

Battle for the non-relegation

According to the course of the season, the calculations indicate that with 40 points or more, the teams will not be relegated to Liga Adelante, so that, assuming Sporting Gijón and UD Almería are now saved (both with 37 points in the 30th matchday), the teams involved in the fight for non-relegation, waiting yet for several face-to-face between the teams involved, are the follows, including Real Valladolid:

Xerez Pos. Team Points 30 20th XER 23 31 20th v. GET 23 32 20th v. ATM 26 33 20th v. RAC 27 34 20th v. FCB 27 35 20th v. ALM 30 36 20th v. VAL 30 37 20th v. ZAR 33 38 20th v. OSA 34 Relegated 20th XER 34

Tenerife Pos. Team Points 30 18th TEN 25 31 18th v. VAD 26 32 18th v. SPG 29 33 18th v. GET 32 34 18th v. ATM 32 35 18th v. RAC 35 36 18th v. FCB 35 37 19th v. ALM 36 38 19th v. VAL 36 Relegated 19th TEN 36

Real Valladolid Pos. Team Points 30 19th VAD 24 31 19th v. TEN 25 32 19th v. SEV 28 33 19th v. MGA 29 34 19th v. SPG 32 35 19th v. GET 33 36 19th v. ATM 33 37 16th v. RAC 36 38 18th v. FCB 36 Relegated 18th VAD 36

Málaga Pos. Team Points 30 16th MGA 31 31 17th v. SEV 31 32 17th v. OSA 32 33 17th v. VAD 33 34 17th v. MLL 34 35 17th v. SPG 35 36 16th v. ATH 36 37 18th v. GET 36 38 17th v. RMA 37 Saved 17th MGA 37

Racing Santander Pos. Team Points 30 17th RAC 31 31 15th v. DEP 32 32 15th v. ESP 35 33 15th v. XER 36 34 15th v. VIL 36 35 16th v. TEN 36 36 17th v. SEV 36 37 17th v. VAD 36 38 16th v. SPG 39 Saved 16th RAC 39

Real Zaragoza Pos. Team Points 30 15th ZAR 32 31 16th v. OSA 32 32 16th v. MLL 33 33 16th v. ATH 34 34 16th v. RMA 34 35 15th v. DEP 37 36 14th v. ESP 40 37 15th v. XER 40 Saved 38 14th v. VIL 41 14th ZAR 41

CA Osasuna Pos. Team Points 30 13th OSA 34 31 12th v. ZAR 37 32 11th v. MGA 38 33 11th v. MLL 38 34 12th v. ATH 39 35 12th v. RMA 39 36 11th v. DEP 42 Saved 37 13th v. ESP 42 38 12th v. XER 43 12th OSA 43

RCD Espanyol Pos. Team Points 30 14th ESP 34 31 14th v. ATM 37 32 14th v. RAC 37 33 13th v. FCB 38 34 11th v. ALM 41 35 11th v. VAL 41 36 12th v. ZAR 41 37 11th v. OSA 44 Saved 38 11th v. MLL 44 11th ESP 44

ATH	ATM	OSA	DEP	FCB	GET	MGA	RAC	ESP	MLL	RMA	VAD	ZAR	SEV	SPG	TEN	ALM	VAL	VIL	XER
Athletic	Atlético	Osasuna	Deportivo	Barcelona	Getafe	Málaga	Racing	Espanyol	Mallorca	R. Madrid	Valladolid	Zaragoza	Sevilla	Sporting	Tenerife	Almería	Valencia	Villarreal	Xerez

	Victory (+ 3)
	Draw (+ 1)
	Defeat (0)

Real Valladolid's goal averages Real Valladolid's goal averages Against Goal Average First match Second match Xerez Lost 0 – 0 3 – 0 Tenerife Lost 3 – 3 0 – 0 Racing Santander Won 1 – 1 2 – 1 Málaga Lost 1 – 1 0 – 0 Real Zaragoza Won 1 – 2 1 – 1 RCD Espanyol Won 1 – 1 0 – 0 CA Osasuna Lost 1 – 2 1 – 1 Sporting Gijón Won 2 – 1 0 – 2 UD Almería Lost 0 – 0 1 – 1

League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Head-to-head 11 Espanyol !Espanyol 38 11 11 16 29 46 −17 44 12 Osasuna !Osasuna 38 11 10 17 37 46 −9 43 13 Almería !Almería 38 10 12 16 43 55 −12 42 14 Zaragoza !Zaragoza 38 10 11 17 46 64 −18 41 15 Sporting Gijón !Sporting Gijón 38 9 13 16 36 51 −15 40 16 Racing Santander !Racing Santander 38 9 12 17 42 59 −17 39 17 Málaga !Málaga 38 7 16 15 42 48 −6 37 18 Valladolid !Valladolid (R) 38 7 15 16 37 62 −25 36 Relegation to Segunda División VLD 3–3 TEN TEN 0–0 VLD 19 Tenerife !Tenerife (R) 38 9 9 20 40 74 −34 36 20 Xerez !Xerez (R) 38 8 10 20 38 66 −28 34

Note: as the aggregate score between Real Valladolid and Tenerife is a draw (3–3), the team with the lower goal difference between these two teams qualifies first and over the other one (Valladolid 18th, with −25; Tenerife 19th with −34)

Tie break rules

If there are only two teams with the same points: 1) By goal averages between that teams 2) By goal difference (GD) 3) By goals scored (GF)

If there are more than two teams with the same points: 1) By the points scored between all that teams 2) By the points scored between the teams with the same points after the rule 1 subtracting the points against the team which has more points than the others. 3) By goal averages between that teams 4) By the goals scored only between that teams 5) By goal difference (GD) 6) By goals scored (GF) 7) By RFEF Fair-Play ranking

References

^ 1: Álvaro Antón returned to the club as a loan return from Numancia, but the management decided to loan him again to Recreativo Huelva.
^ 2: Neutral venue.
^ 3: César Arzo scored the goal, but the referee César Muñiz Fernández notified in the report that the author had been Haris Međunjanin, so, in the Liga BBVA's official account, the goal was scored by the Bosnian.
^ 4: The team that wins this variable will be qualified ahead of another with the same points but lost on goal average. If the goal average is drawn between two or more teams and, at the end of the season these teams have the same points, the overall Liga BBVA's goal average prevails over this goal average.
^ 5: Separated of the team and made a file by the directive because of have been seen in some night clubs in Salamanca after team's defeats from April 1, 2010 to the end of the season.
^ 6: Returns on April 21 because of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.