2009–10 Cardiff City F.C. season

Events

• 26 June 2009 – Cardiff City pen a five-year kit manufacturing deal with Puma.
• 4 July 2009 – Cardiff City break their record transfer fee with the £3 million signing of Michael Chopra from Sunderland.
• 22 July 2009 – Cardiff City Stadium is officially opened with a 0–0 draw against with Celtic.
• 7 August 2009 – Mark Hudson is named club captain.
• 11 September 2009 – Cardiff City agree a one-year shirt sponsorship deal with 777ball.com.
• 28 September 2009 – SBOBET are announced as replacement sponsors following the withdrawal of 777ball.com due to licensing problems.
• 7 November 2009 – Dave Jones receives Championship Manager of the Month for October.
• 14 November 2009 – Peter Whittingham receives Player of the Month for October.
• 20 November 2009 – Midfielder Stephen McPhail is diagnosed with stage one lymphoma, a rare form of cancer.
• 25 November 2009 – Datuk Chan Tien Ghee is appointed on the Board of Directors.
• 28 November 2009 – Goalkeeper Peter Enckelman is involved in a car crash but made a "luck escape" playing 45 mins the following day.
• 4 December 2009 – Club secretary, Jason Turner is suspended.
• 11 December 2009 – Cardiff City agree a settlement with Langston Corporation, over taking any more legal action over the clubs debt.
• 17 December 2009 – Riccardo Scimeca is forced to retire at the age of 34 due to injury.
• 29 January 2010 – Captain Mark Hudson is ruled out for 10–12 weeks with a split ankle tendon.
• 9 April 2010 – Gavin Rae is confirmed to be out for the season with a ruptured tendon in his ankle.

  Football League Championship

Standings">2009–10 Football League Championship#League table">Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Kit

Squad

No.

Name

Nat.

Place of Birth

Date of Birth

Club Apps.

Club Goals

Int. Caps

Int. Goals

Previous Club

Date Joined

Fee

Contract End

1

David Marshall

Glasgow

5 March 1985

–

–

5

0

Norwich City

12 May 2009

£500,000

2012

2

Kevin McNaughton

Dundee

28 August 1982

131

2

4

0

Aberdeen

26 May 2006

Free

2011

3

Mark Kennedy

Dublin

15 May 1976

40

0

34

4

Crystal Palace

10 July 2008

Free

2011

4

Gavin Rae

Aberdeen

28 November 1977

101

5

14

0

Rangers

7 October 2007

Free

2011

5

Mark Hudson

Guildford

30 March 1982

–

–

–

–

Charlton Athletic

2 July 2009

£1,075,000

2012

6

Gábor Gyepes

Budapest

26 June 1981

29

1

22

1

Northampton Town

19 August 2008

£200,000

2013

7

Peter Whittingham

Nuneaton

8 September 1984

108

17

–

–

Aston Villa

11 January 2007

£350,000

2011

8

Michael Chopra

Newcastle upon Tyne

23 December 1983

71

31

–

–

Sunderland

1 July 2009

£3,000,000

2012

9

Jay Bothroyd

London

5 May 1982

44

12

–

–

Wolverhampton Wanderers

4 August 2008

£350,000

2011

10

Stephen McPhail

London

9 December 1979

107

3

10

1

Barnsley

13 June 2006

Free

2011

11

Chris Burke

Glasgow

2 December 1983

16

1

1

0

Rangers

9 January 2009

Free

2011

12

Tony Capaldi

Porsgrunn

12 August 1981

60

0

22

0

Plymouth Argyle

25 May 2007

Free

2010

14

Paul Quinn

Wishaw

21 July 1985

–

–

–

–

Motherwell

4 June 2009

£300,000

2012

15

Anthony Gerrard

Liverpool

6 February 1986

–

–

–

–

Walsall

2 July 2009

£200,000

2013

16

Joe Ledley

Cardiff

23 January 1987

220

26

12

1

N/A

1 June 2004

Trainee

2010

17

Kelvin Etuhu

Kano

30 May 1988

–

–

–

–

Manchester City

22 August 2009

Loan

2010

18

Solomon Taiwo

Lagos

29 April 1985

–

–

–

–

Dagenham & Redbridge

25 August 2009

£250,000

2012

20

Peter Enckelman

Turku

10 March 1977

35

0

11

0

Blackburn Rovers

18 July 2008

Free

2010

23

Darcy Blake

New Tredegar

13 December 1988

36

0

–

–

N/A

1 June 2005

Trainee

2011

24

Miguel Comminges

Les Abymes

16 March 1982

33

0

15

0

Swindon Town

1 June 2008

Free

2010

26

Warren Feeney

Belfast

17 January 1981

12

0

27

5

Luton Town

22 March 2007

Free

2011

27

Adam Matthews

Swansea

13 January 1992

–

–

–

–

N/A

14 January 2009

Trainee

2011

28

Aaron Wildig

Hereford

15 April 1992

–

–

–

–

N/A

15 April 2009

Trainee

2012

29

Josh Magennis

Bangor

15 August 1990

–

–

–

–

N/A

1 June 2009

Trainee

2010

32

Aaron Morris

Cardiff

30 December 1989

3

0

–

–

N/A

1 June 2007

Trainee

2010

44

Ross McCormack

Glasgow

18 August 1984

44

23

1

0

Motherwell

28 June 2008

Free

2014

Statistics

Captains

Disciplinary record

Contracts

Transfers

In

• Total spent: ~ £5,250,750

  Loans In

Out

• Total income: ~ £5,300,000

  Loans out

Fixtures & results

Pre-season friendlies

League

Play-offs

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Overall summary

Summary

Aggregate Scores

Backroom staff

Awards

Team

• Football League Championship Play-Offs: Runners-Up

  Individual

• October Championship manager of the month: Dave Jones
• October Championship player of the month: Peter Whittingham
• Football League Championship Apprentice of the Year: Adam Matthews
• PFA Team of the Year: Peter Whittingham, Michael Chopra
• Football League Championship top-goalscorer: Peter Whittingham