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2009–10 in Scottish football
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Falkirk, Heart of Midlothian, Motherwell, Rangers
Scotland national team
2010 World Cup qualification

The 2009–10 season is the 113th season of competitive football in Scotland. The season commenced in August 2009.

Overview

• St. Johnstone are competing in the Scottish Premier League for the fifth time, their last season in the top-flight since the 2001–02 season, after being promoted as First Division champions last season.^[1]
• Raith Rovers are competing in the First Division after being promoted as Second Division champions.^[2]

Notable events

• 5 August - Livingston are demoted from the First Division to the Third Division in response to the club being deemed in breach of league rules after going into administration and, briefly, liquidation. As a result, Airdrie United are reassigned to the First Division and Cowdenbeath to the Second Division.

Transfer deals

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Livingston	John Murphy	Demoted to coach	31 July[3]	Gary Bollan[4]	31 July
Greenock Morton	Davie Irons	Sacked	21 September[5]	James Grady	31 October[6]
Clyde	John Brown	Sacked	22 November[7]	John McCormack	30 November[8]
Motherwell	Jim Gannon	Sacked	28 December	Craig Brown	29 December
Kilmarnock	Jim Jeffries	Mutual consent	10 January[9]	Jimmy Calderwood	14 January[10]
Hearts	Csaba László	Sacked	28 January	Jim Jefferies	28 January
Falkirk	Eddie May	Resigned	11 February	Steven Pressley	11 February
Dundee{{ {{flagicon|SCO{{ Jocky Scott League Competitions Scottish Premier League Main article: Scottish Premier League 2009–10 Scottish First Division Main article: Scottish First Division 2009–10 Scottish Second Division Main article: Scottish Second Division 2009–10 Scottish Third Division Main article: Scottish Third Division 2009–10 Honours Cup honours Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report Scottish Cup 2009–10 – League Cup 2009–10 – Challenge Cup 2009–10 Dundee 3 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle BBC Sport Junior Cup 2009–10 – Scottish clubs in Europe Summary Club Competition(s) Final round Coef. Rangers UEFA Champions League Group stage 6.0 Celtic UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Play-off round Group stage 6.0 Heart of Midlothian UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1.0 Aberdeen UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 0.0 Falkirk UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1.0 Motherwell UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 2.0 Total 16.0 Average 2.66 All teams are eliminated. Current UEFA coefficients: Teams and Country Rangers Date Venue Opponents Score[11] Rangers scorer(s) Report Champions League group stage 16 September 2009 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart (A) Stuttgart 1–1 Madjid Bougherra BBC Sport 29 September 2009 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Sevilla 1–4 Nacho Novo BBC Sport 20 October 2009 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Unirea Urziceni 1–4 Ricardo Gomes (o.g.) BBC Sport 4 November 2009 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest (A) Unirea Urziceni 1–1 Lee McCulloch BBC Sport 24 November 2009 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Stuttgart 0–2 BBC Sport 9 December 2009 Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville (A) Sevilla 0–1 BBC Sport Celtic Date Venue Opponents Score[11] Celtic scorer(s) Report Champions League third qualifying round 29 July 2009 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Dinamo Moscow 0–1 BBC Sport 4 August 2009 Arena Khimki, Khimki (A) Dinamo Moscow 2–0 Scott McDonald, Georgios Samaras BBC Sport Champions League play-off round 19 August 2009 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Arsenal 0–2 BBC Sport 26 August 2009 Emirates Stadium, London (A) Arsenal 1–3 Massimo Donati BBC Sport UEFA Europa League Group Stage 17 September 2009 Bloomfield Stadium, Jaffa (A) Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 Georgios Samaras BBC Sport 1 October 2009 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Rapid Vienna 1–1 Scott McDonald BBC Sport 22 October 2009 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Hamburg 0–1 BBC Sport 5 November 2009 HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg (A) Hamburg 0–0 BBC Sport 3 December 2009 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Scott McDonald, Barry Robson BBC Sport 17 December 2009 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna (A) Rapid Vienna 3–3 Marc-Antoine Fortune (2), Paul McGowan BBC Sport Heart of Midlothian Date Venue Opponents Score[11] Heart of Midlothian scorer(s) Report UEFA Europa League play-off round 20 August 2009 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb (A) Dinamo Zagreb 0–4 BBC Sport 27 August 2009 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 Michael Stewart, Marius Zaliukas BBC Sport Aberdeen Date Venue Opponents Score[11] Aberdeen scorer(s) Report UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 30 July 2009 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (H) Sigma Olomouc 1–5 Charlie Mulgrew BBC Sport 6 August 2009 Andrův stadion, Olomouc (A) Sigma Olomouc 0–3 BBC Sport Falkirk Date Venue Opponents Score[11] Falkirk scorer(s) Report UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 16 July 2009 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (H) Vaduz 1–0 Ryan Flynn BBC Sport 23 July 2009 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz (A) Vaduz 0–2 BBC Sport Motherwell Date Venue Opponents Score[11] Motherwell scorer(s) Report UEFA Europa League first qualifying round 2 July 2009 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie (H) Llanelli 0–1 BBC Sport 9 July 2009 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli (A) Llanelli 3–0 John Sutton (2), Jamie Murphy BBC Sport UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 16 July 2009 Stadiumi Flamurtari, Vlorë (A) Flamurtari Vlorë 0–1 BBC Sport 23 July 2009 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie (H) Flamurtari Vlorë 8–1 Jamie Murphy (3), Paul Slane, Ross Forbes (2), Shaun Hutchinson, Robert McHugh BBC Sport UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 30 July 2009 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest (A) Steaua Bucureşti 0–3 BBC Sport 6 August 2009 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie (H) Steaua Bucureşti 1–3 Ross Forbes BBC Sport National teams Scotland national team Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures Date Venue Opponents Score[12] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report 12 August 2009 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Norway 0–4 WCQ(9) BBC Sport 5 September 2009 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Macedonia 2–0 WCQ(9) Scott Brown, James McFadden BBC Sport 9 September 2009 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Netherlands 0–1 WCQ(9) BBC Sport 10 October 2009 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama[13]  Japan 0–2 Friendly BBC Sport 14 November 2009 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff  Wales 0–3 Friendy BBC Sport Scotland Under-21 team Date Venue Opponents Score[12] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report 5 September 2009 Bundesstadion Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Austria 0–1 ECQ(10) BBC Sport Scotland Under-19 team Date Venue Opponents Score[12] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report – Scotland Under-17 team Date Venue Opponents Score[12] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report – Scotland Under-16 team Date Venue Opponents Score[12] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report – Deaths 2009 26 July – Graham Potter, 30, Goalkeeper with Cumnock Juniors, previously with Ayr United, and Hamilton Academical[14] 29 July – Paul McGrillen, 37, Striker for Motherwell, Falkirk, Partick Thistle and Airdrieonians[15] 12 August – Brian McLaughlin, 54, Winger for Celtic, Ayr United, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Falkirk[16] 25 September – David Will, 72, Former Brechin City Chairman, SFA President, and FIFA Vice-President[17] 8 October – Alex McCrae, 89, Defender for Heart of Midlothian, manager of Heart of Midlothian and Falkirk[18] 19 November – Frank Beattie, 76, Defender for Kilmarnock, manager of Albion Rovers and Stirling Albion, captain of the 1965 title winning Kilmarnock side[19] 2010 7 January – Alex Parker, 74, Defender for Falkirk and Everton, won 15 caps for Scotland[20] 13 January – Tommy Sloan, 84, Right winger for Heart of Midlothian and Motherwell[21] 1 February – Bobby Kirk, 82, Defender for Dunfermline Athletic, Raith Rovers and Heart of Midlothian[22] 7 February – Bobby Dougan, 83, Defender for Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock[23] Notes and references ^ "St Johnstone 3-1 Morton". BBC Sport. 2 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8028043.stm. Retrieved 2 May 2009.  ^ "Queen's Park 0-1 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 2 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8028052.stm. Retrieved 2 May 2009.  ^ "Bollan to be named Livi manager". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8179036.stm. Retrieved 29 January 2010.  ^ "Bollan to be named Livi manager". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8179036.stm. Retrieved 29 January 2010.  ^ "Irons dismissed from Morton job". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/8266914.stm. Retrieved 21 September 2009.  ^ "Grady and McManus get Ton job". Greenock Telegraph. 31 October 2009. http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2009/10/31/393546-grady-and-mcmanus-get-ton-job/. Retrieved 31 October 2009.  ^ "Manager Brown departs Bully Wee". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/clyde/8372900.stm. Retrieved 22 November 2009.  ^ "Clyde announce John McCormack as their new manager". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/clyde/8387604.stm. Retrieved 30 November 2009.  ^ "Killie part with boss Jefferies". BBC Sport. 11 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8453200.stm. Retrieved 11 January 2010.  ^ "Jimmy Calderwood is unveiled as Kilmarnock manager". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8456757.stm. Retrieved 14 January 2010.  ^ a b c d e f The score of the Scottish team is shown first. ^ a b c d e Scotland's score is shown first. ^ Kirin ^ "Teammates find Cumnock Juniors goalkeeper dead in his hotel room during pre-season tour". Daily Record. 27 July 2009. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/07/27/teammates-find-cumnock-juniors-goalkeeper-dead-in-his-hotel-room-during-pre-season-tour-86908-21550697/. Retrieved 28 August 2009.  ^ "Former Motherwell footballer Paul McGrillen found dead". The Scotsman. 30 July 2009. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Former-Motherwell-footballer-Paul-McGrillen.5508774.jp. Retrieved 30 July 2009.  ^ "Morton - Match Preview, Stats and Trivia". Ayr United. 21 August 2009. http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/news.asp?int_news_id=1669. Retrieved 28 August 2009.  ^ "Football mourns the death of Will". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8274443.stm. Retrieved 2 October 2009.  ^ Alex McCrae - Former Hearts Star Dies Aged 89 Jambos Mad, 10 October 2009 ^ Kilmarnock mourn Beattie The Scotsman ^ http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2010/01/08/everton-legend-of-the-sixties-alex-parker-passes-away-100252-25552059/ ^ http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20100116/tommy-sloan-passes-away_2241384_1934392 ^ http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Classy-Kirk-was-in-the.6037009.jp ^ http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Hearts--hero-Dougan-dies.6053823.jp

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