2009–10 FC Twente season
# 2009–10 FC Twente season

During the 2009–10 Dutch football season, FC Twente competed in the Eredivisie.

## Season summary

Twente won their first ever Eredivise title. Manager Steve McClaren departed for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and was replaced by Gent manager Michel Preud'homme.

## Competitions

### Eredivisie

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Twente (C) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 106 | 20 | +86 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 78 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |

### UEFA Europa League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Twente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |

## Kit

Twente's kit was manufactured by Italian brand Diadora and sponsored by Arke.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

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 | NED | Sander Boschker |
| 2 | DF | AUS | David Carney |
| 3 | DF | NED | Nicky Kuiper |
| 4 | DF | NED | Peter Wisgerhof |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Slobodan Rajković (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama (captain) |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Vagif Javadov |
| 8 | DF | NED | Ronnie Stam |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Blaise Nkufo |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Kenneth Perez |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 14 | MF | RSA | Bernard Parker |
| 15 | FW | SVK | Miroslav Stoch (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 16 | GK | NED | Cees Paauwe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Wellington (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 18 | MF | CIV | Cheick Tioté |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Douglas |
| 20 | FW | NED | Luuk de Jong |
| 22 | MF | CRC | Bryan Ruiz |
| 23 | MF | IRQ | Nashat Akram |
| 24 | MF | NED | Theo Janssen |
| 25 | FW | SVK | Andrej Rendla |
| 26 | DF | NED | Dwight Tiendalli |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Dario Vujičević |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Ransford Osei (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 33 | MF | NED | Alexander Bannink |
| 34 | MF | GER | Thilo Leugers |
| 36 | DF | AUT | Michael Schimpelsberger |

### Left club during season

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | FW | NED | Romano Denneboom (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Nikita Rukavytsya (on loan to Roeselare) |
| 12 | DF | NED | Jeroen Heubach (on loan to NEC) |
| 17 | MF | NED | Youssouf Hersi (to AEK Athens) |
| 21 | FW | AUT | Marko Arnautović (on loan to Inter) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | ISL | Bjarni Viðarsson (to Roeselare) |
| 29 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj (to Brescia) |
| 31 | FW | NED | Lesley Nahrwold (on loan to RBC Roosendaal) |
| 66 | DF | CZE | Martin Sus (to 1. FC Brno) |

### Reserves

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Flamur Kastrati |
| 35 | DF | GER | Sebastian Sumelka |
| 37 | DF | NED | Mitch Stockentree |
| 38 | MF | GER | Theo Vogelsang |
| 39 | DF | FIN | Petteri Pennanen |
| 40 | DF | POL | Bartek Pacuszka |
| 42 | DF | FIN | Tuomas Rannankari |
| 43 | DF | GER | Stefan Thesker |
| 44 | GK | NED | Nick Hengelman |
| 45 | GK | NED | Nick Marsman |
| 46 | DF | NED | Sander van Aken |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | DF | NED | Thijs Bouma |
| 48 | DF | GER | Nils Röseler |
| 49 | FW | SVK | Filip Oršula |
| 50 | FW | NED | Ruud Bruns |
| 52 | DF | NED | Leon van Dijk |
| 53 | FW | ANG | Hermani de Andrade |
| 54 | FW | NED | Steven Berghuis |
| 55 | MF | AFG | Faysal Shayesteh |
| 57 | FW | NED | Ola John |
| 62 | MF | GER | Marcel Piesche |
| 69 | FW | NED | Ninos Gouriye |
