2009–10 Real Valladolid season

Real Valladolid

2009–10 season
President	Carlos Suárez Sureda
Head coach	José Luis Mendilibar (until 1 February) Onésimo Sánchez (from 1 February until 5 April) Javier Clemente (from 5 April)
Stadium	José Zorrilla
La Liga	18th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Costa (8) All: Diego Costa (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2009–10 season is Real Valladolid's third consecutive season in La Liga. José Luis Mendilibar began the season as team's coach, but he was sacked on 1 February 2010 after the draw against Almería. Onésimo Sánchez became the new team coach 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 coach, Javier Clemente.

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

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

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

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

Player	From
Álvaro Antón1	Numancia
Jacobo Sanz	Getafe
Asier	Xerez

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

Player	Team
Bartholomew Ogbeche	Cádiz
Álvaro Antón1	Recreativo
Jesús Rueda	Córdoba

Player	Team	Fee
Henrique Sereno	Vitória de Guimarães	Free

Player	Team	Fee
Asier	Numancia	Free

Player	From
Keko	Atlético Madrid
Asier del Horno	Valencia

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)

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  PAR Justo Villar 2 DF  ESP Antonio Barragán 3 DF  ESP Alberto Marcos (captain) 4 DF  BRA Nivaldo 5 MF  BIH Haris Medunjanin 6 MF  POR Pelé (on loan from Porto)5 7 FW  ESP Nauzet Alemán 8 DF  ESP Javier Baraja 9 FW  ANG Manucho 10 MF  ESP Borja 11 FW  ESP Alberto Bueno 12 DF  POR Henrique Sereno 13 GK  ESP Fabricio 14 FW  ESP Héctor Font 15 DF  ESP Asier del Horno (on loan from Valencia) 16 DF  ESP Pedro López

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  ANG Manucho (Out between 10 and 24 Jan.)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 MF  ESP Keko (Out between 13 and 21 Apr.)6

• All times are in CET/CEST

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

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

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

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 favour and not by not send off any Valladolid player. 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.

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.