2009–10 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

QPR

2009–10 season
Chairman	Flavio Briatore (Until Feb 2010) Ishan Saksena (From Feb 2010)
Managers	Jim Magilton (Until Dec 2009) Paul Hart (Dec 2009 – Jan 2010) Mick Harford (Jan 2010 – Feb 2010) Neil Warnock (From Mar 2010)
The Championship	13th
FA Cup	Eliminated 3rd Round (v Sheffield Utd)
League Cup	Eliminated 3rd Round (v Chelsea)
Top goalscorer	League: Jay Simpson (12) All: Jay Simpson (13)
Highest home attendance	17,082 (v Leicester City)
Lowest home attendance	5,203 (v Accrington Stanley)
Average home league attendance	12,720
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

During the 2009–10 season, Queens Park Rangers played in the Football League Championship, their sixth season of their spell at this level.

Season review

New managerial team

Jim Magilton was announced as the replacement for Paulo Sousa as manager on 3 June 2009.^[1] John Gorman was named Magilton's assistant on 17 June, reprising his former role with Magilton at Ipswich Town.^[2]

Friendlies

Queens Park Rangers played their first pre-season friendly against Aldershot Town at The Recreation Ground. Rangers won the game 4–0 with goals from Ákos Buzsáky, Heiðar Helguson, Patrick Agyemang and Dexter Blackstock.^[3] Former Sunderland striker David Connolly featured in the game for the R's.^[4] The players then headed out to Slovenia for a game against NK Celje. The game ended 2–2, Angelo Balanta getting both goals for Rangers.^[5] They then went on to Croatia to play a game at NK Karlovac. The game ended 3–1 to the Croats, the R's goal coming through Rowan Vine.^[6] After returning to England Rangers beat Forest Green Rovers 2–0, with goals from Damion Stewart and Alessandro Pellicori,^[7] they then played Oxford United at The Kassam Stadium. The game ended 2–2 with goals from Gavin Mahon and Wayne Routledge.^[8]

After beating Wycombe Wanderers 2–1, with goals from Gavin Mahon and Patrick Agyemang,^[9] Rangers sent a team to Kettering Town and won the game 2–0 with goals coming from Heiðar Helguson and Alessandro Pellicori.^[10] In their last pre-season game, the R's beat Southampton 3–0 thanks to Kaspars Gorkss, Angelo Balanta and Adel Taarabt.^[11]

Season

QPR begun their season as hosts to Blackpool. The game ended 1–1, with defender Peter Ramage scoring on the 88th minute. Their streak continued with another 1–1 draw to Plymouth Argyle, with both QPR players on the scoreline. Helguson scored on the 43rd minute, with Gorkss making the game level deep into stoppage time.

The first loss of the season was away to Bristol, with Maynard scoring to break QPR's unbeaten streak. Next was a tricky home game to Nottingham Forest. The game ended 1–1, with Mikele Leigertwood scoring for the Hoops. They then went on to win the next game to Scunthorpe, with new loan signing Adel Taarabt scoring the winner in the 4th minute. QPR continued their streak with a draw to Peterborough, and beating promotion contenders Cardiff City 2–0. Their confidence shot in the next game against Barnsley, with 5 goals scored, including a brace from Buzsáky.

Players

As of the end of the season.^[12]

First team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
24	Radek Černý		GK	2008	18 February 1974 (aged 36)	Slavia Prague
32	Elvijs Putninš		GK	2009	12 June 1991 (aged 18)	Queens Park Rangers Academy
37	Shane McWeeney		GK	2009	14 October 1989 (aged 20)	Queens Park Rangers Academy
Defenders
2	Peter Ramage		CB	2008	22 November 1983 (aged 26)	Newcastle United
3	Damion Stewart		CB	2006	18 August 1980 (aged 29)	Harbour View
13	Kaspars Gorkšs		CB	2008	6 November 1981 (aged 28)	Blackpool
16	Matthew Connolly		CB	2008	24 September 1987 (aged 22)	Arsenal
20	Matt Hill		LB	2010	26 March 1981 (aged 29)	On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers
26	Duško Tošić		LB	2010	19 January 1985 (aged 25)	On loan from Portsmouth
27	Lee Brown		LB	2008	10 August 1990 (aged 19)	Queens Park Rangers Academy
28	Joe Oastler		RB	2008	3 July 1990 (aged 19)	Bognor Regis Town
35	Josh Parker		RB	2009	1 December 1990 (aged 19)	Queens Park Rangers Academy
Midfielders
4	Gavin Mahon		DM	2008	2 January 1977 (aged 33)	Watford
6	Mikele Leigertwood		DM	2007	12 November 1982 (aged 27)	Sheffield United
10	Ákos Buzsáky		CM	2007	7 May 1982 (aged 28)	Plymouth Argyle
14	Martin Rowlands		CM	2003	8 February 1979 (aged 31)	Brentford
15	Nigel Quashie		CM	2010	20 July 1978 (aged 31)	West Ham United
17	Lee Cook		LM	2004	3 July 1982 (aged 27)	Watford
18	Alejandro Faurlín		CM	2009	9 August 1986 (aged 23)	Instituto Atlético
21	Matteo Alberti		RM	2008	4 August 1988 (aged 21)	Chievo Verona Primavera
25	Hogan Ephraim		RM / LM	2007	31 March 1988 (aged 22)	West Ham United
30	Romone Rose		AM	2008	19 January 1990 (aged 20)	Queens Park Rangers Academy
39	Adel Taarabt		AM	2009	24 May 1989 (aged 20)	On loan from Tottenham Hotspur
Forwards
7	Marcus Bent		CF	2010	19 May 1978 (aged 31)	On loan from Birmingham City
8	Rowan Vine		ST	2007	21 September 1982 (aged 27)	Birmingham City
19	Ángelo Balanta		CF / LW	2007	1 July 1990 (aged 19)	Queens Park Rangers Academy
23	Jay Simpson		CF	2009	1 December 1988 (aged 21)	On loan from Arsenal
33	Antonio German		ST	2009	26 December 1991 (aged 18)	Queens Park Rangers Academy
36	Tamás Priskin		ST	2010	27 September 1986 (aged 23)	On loan from Ipswich Town

Transfers

In

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Source(s)
30 July 2009	12	CF	Alessandro Pellicori	U.S. Avellino 1912	Free	[13]
22 January 2010	15	CM	Nigel Quashie	West Ham United	Free	[14]

Out

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Source(s)
19 June 2009	–	CB	Zesh Rehman	Bradford City	Free	[15]
2 July 2009	2	CB	Damien Delaney	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[16]
3 July 2009	1	GK	Lee Camp	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[17]
22 July 2009	9	CF	Dexter Blackstock	West Ham United	Undisclosed	[18]
26 January 2010	7	LW	Wayne Routledge	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	[19]

Loaned in

Start	No.	Pos.	Name	From	Expiry	Source(s)
23 July 2009	39	LW	Adel Taarabt	Tottenham Hotspur	30 June 2010	[20]
15 August 2009	22	GK	Tom Heaton	Manchester United	8 November 2009	[21]
27 August 2009	23	CF	Jay Simpson	Arsenal	30 June 2010	[22]
1 September 2009	15	CM	Ben Watson	Wigan Athletic	1 December 2009	[23]
9 November 2009	20	LB	Tom Williams	Peterborough United	1 December 2009
19 November 2009	36	RB	Steven Reid	Blackburn Rovers	1 December 2009	[24]
20 November 2009	–	GK	Rhys Taylor	Chelsea	4 January 2010	[25]
6 January 2010	22	GK	Carl Ikeme	Wolverhampton	1 May 2010	[26]
25 January 2010	20	LB	Matt Hill	Wolverhampton	1 May 2010	[27]
1 February 2010	7	CF	Marcus Bent	Birmingham City	1 May 2010	[28]

Loaned out

Start	No.	Pos.	Name	To	Expiry	Source(s)
6 August 2009	30	AM	Romone Rose	Northampton Town	1 September 2009	[29]
15 September 2009	9	CF	Heiðar Helguson	Watford	1 January 2010	[30]
5 October 2009	33	CF	Antonio German	Aldershot Town	1 November 2009	[31]
8 October 2009	30	AM	Romone Rose	Cheltenham Town	1 November 2009	[32]
20 November 2009	26	RM	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers	1 December 2009	[33]
26 November 2009	25	LM	Hogan Ephraim	Leeds United	2 January 2010	[34]
25 January 2010	11	CF	Patrick Agyemang	Bristol City	1 May 2010	[35]
29 January 2010	5	CB	Fitz Hall	Newcastle United	1 June 2010	[36]

Results

• QPR scores given first

Football League Championship

Game	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Points	Position	Notes
1	8 August 2009	Home	Blackpool	1–1	Ramage 86	14,013	1	13th	Report
2	15 August 2009	Away	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Helguson 43	11,588	2	16th	Report
3	18 August 2009	Away	Bristol City	0–1		14,571	2	18th	Report
4	22 August 2009	Home	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Leigertwood 25	13,058	3	16th	Report
5	31 August 2009	Away	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Taarabt 3	5,866	6	15th	Report
6	12 September 2009	Home	Peterborough United	1–1	Routledge 34	11,814	7	13th	Report
P	15 September 2009	Home	Crystal Palace	P–P			7	14th	Postponed [37]
7	19 September 2009	Away	Cardiff City	2–0	Simpson 19, 40	20,121	10	12th	Report
8	26 September 2009	Home	Barnsley	5–2	Leigertwood 7, Buzsáky 15, 39, Watson 67, Simpson 79	12,025	13	8th	Report
9	30 September 2009	Away	Newcastle United	1–1	Watson 7	38,923	14	11th	Report
10	3 October 2009	Away	Swansea City	0–2		14,444	14	13th	Report
11	17 October 2009	Home	Preston North End	4–0	Taarabt 11, Buzsáky 63(p), Simpson 74, Routledge 85	12,810	17	10th	Report
12	20 October 2009	Home	Reading	4–1	Buzsáky 31, Simpson 39, Vine 71, Agyemang 83	11,900	20	10th	Report
13	24 October 2009	Away	Derby County	4–2	Taarabt 40, Mahon 47, Simpson 59, Buzsáky 90+1 (p)	30,135	23	7th	Live on BBC Report
14	30 October 2009	Home	Leicester City	1–2	Taarabt 33	17,082	23	7th	Live on Sky Sports Report
15	3 November 2009	Home	Crystal Palace	1–1	Buzsáky 19 (p)	14,377	24	6th	Report
16	7 November 2009	Away	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Simpson 10, Gorkšs 82	19,491	27	4th	Report
17	21 November 2009	Away	Doncaster Rovers	0–2		10,821	27	6th	Report
18	28 November 2009	Home	Coventry City	2–2	Simpson 35, Buzsáky 69	13,712	28	5th	Report
19	5 December 2009	Home	Middlesbrough	1–5	Agyemang 53	13,949	28	9th	Report
20	7 December 2009	Away	Watford	1–3	Agyemang 33	15,058	28	10th	Live on Sky Sports Report
21	14 December 2009	Away	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Olsson(og) 56, Gorkšs 62	21,565	29	12th	Live on Sky Sports Report
22	19 December 2009	Home	Sheffield United	1–1	Leigertwood 2	12,639	30	10th	Report
23	26 December 2009	Home	Bristol City	2–1	Simpson 31, Leigertwood 40	13,534	33	8th	Report
24	28 December 2009	Away	Ipswich Town	0–3		25,349	33	10th	Report
P	9 January 2010	Home	Plymouth Argyle	P–P			33	10th	Postponed [38]
25	16 January 2010	Away	Blackpool	2–2	Taarabt 55(p), Connolly 84	7,600	34	11th	Report
26	26 January 2010	Away	Nottingham Forest	0–5		23,293	34	12th	Report
27	30 January 2010	Home	Scunthorpe United	0–1		13,105	34	12th	Report
28	6 February 2010	Away	Peterborough United	0–1		8,933	34	14th	Report
29	9 February 2010	Home	Ipswich Town	1–2	Simpson 66	10,940	34	17th	Report
30	13 February 2010	Away	Coventry City	0–1		15,247	34	17th	Report
P	16 February 2010	Home	Watford	P–P			34	18th	Postponed [39]
31	20 February 2010	Home	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	German 25, Simpson 76	11,178	37	17th	Report
32	27 February 2010	Away	Middlesbrough	0–2		17,568	37	20th	Report
33	6 March 2010	Home	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Simpson 13, Connolly 18, Buzsáky 67	14,578	40	16th	Report
34	9 March 2010	Home	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Taarabt 36(p), Stewart 49	12,013	43	15th	Report
35	13 March 2010	Away	Sheffield United	1–1	Taarabt 49	23,456	44	15th	Report
36	16 March 2010	Away	Reading	0–1		16,886	44	16th	Report
37	20 March 2010	Home	Swansea City	1–1	German 76	15,502	45	17th	Report
38	23 March 2010	Home	Derby County	1–1	Cook 45+2	12,569	46	17th	Report
39	27 March 2010	Away	Preston North End	2–2	Ramage 57, Priskin 66	12,080	47	18th	Report
40	3 April 2010	Home	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Faurlín 23	13,405	48	18th	Report
41	5 April 2010	Away	Leicester City	0–4		22,079	48	18th	Report
42	10 April 2010	Away	Crystal Palace	2–0	Buzsáky 11, Gorkšs 60	20,430	51	18th	Report
43	17 April 2010	Home	Cardiff City	0–1		12,832	51	18th	Report
44	20 April 2010	Home	Watford	1–0	Buzsáky 38(p)	13,171	54	14th	Report
45	24 April 2010	Away	Barnsley	1–0	Leigertwood 27	11,944	57	13th	Report
46	2 May 2010	Home	Newcastle United	0–1		16,819	57	13th	Report

FA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
3	3 January 2010	Away	Sheffield United	1–1	Simpson 39	11,461	Report
3 (Replay)	12 January 2010	Home	Sheffield United	2–3	Buzsáky 71(p), Stewart 88	5,780	Report

League Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1	12 August 2009	Away	Exeter City	5–0	Routledge 53, 61, 66(p), Pellicori 85, Ephraim 89	4,614	Report
2	25 August 2009	Home	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Ephraim 68, Routledge 90+1	5,203	Report
3	23 September 2009	Away	Chelsea	0–1		37,781	Report

Statistics

Goalscorers ^[40]

Pos.	Nat.	Player	FLC	FAC	LC	Total
1		Jay Simpson	12	1	0	13
2		Ákos Buzsáky	10	1	0	11
3		Adel Taarabt	7	0	0	7
4		Wayne Routledge	2	0	4	6
5		Mikele Leigertwood	5	0	0	5
6		Kaspars Gorkšs	3	0	0	3
=		Patrick Agyemang	3	0	0	3
8		Peter Ramage	2	0	0	2
=		Antonio German	2	0	0	2
=		Matthew Connolly	2	0	0	2
=		Ben Watson	2	0	0	2
=		Damion Stewart	1	1	0	2
=		Hogan Ephraim	0	0	2	2
14		Alejandro Faurlín	1	0	0	1
=		Tamás Priskin	1	0	0	1
=		Lee Cook	1	0	0	1
=		Gavin Mahon	1	0	0	1
=		Rowan Vine	1	0	0	1
=		Heiðar Helguson	1	0	0	1
=		Alessandro Pellicori	0	0	1	1
TOTAL			57	3	7	67^a

^a 1 own-goal was also scored for QPR

Appearances ^[41]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
				Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Start	Sub
2	DF		Peter Ramage	29	4	2	0	1	0	32	4
3	DF		Damion Stewart	30	0	2	0	3	0	35	0
4	MF		Gavin Mahon	5	2	0	0	1	1	6	3
5	DF		Fitz Hall^2	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
6	MF		Mikele Leigertwood[42]	39	1	2	0	3	0	44	1
7	FW		Marcus Bent^3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
7	MF		Wayne Routledge^1	25	0	2	0	2	1	29	1
8	FW		Rowan Vine	8	23	0	0	3	0	11	23
9	FW		Heiðar Helguson^2	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	3
10	MF		Ákos Buzsáky	29	10	2	0	3	0	34	10
11	FW		Patrick Agyemang^2[43]	5	12	2	0	2	0	9	12
12	FW		Alessandro Pellicori^2	1	7	0	0	0	2	1	9
13	DF		Kaspars Gorkšs	40	1	2	0	3	0	45	1
14	MF		Martin Rowlands[44]	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
15	MF		Nigel Quashie[45]	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
15	MF		Ben Watson^1	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
16	DF		Matthew Connolly	16	2	0	0	2	0	18	2
17	MF		Lee Cook	8	8	0	0	0	0	8	8
18	MF		Alejandro Faurlín	36	5	2	0	1	0	39	5
19	FW		Angelo Balanta	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
20	DF		Matt Hill^3	15	1	0	0	0	0	15	1
20	DF		Tom Williams^1[46]	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
22	GK		Carl Ikeme^1[47]	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
22	GK		Tom Heaton^1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
23	FW		Jay Simpson^3	34	5	2	0	1	0	37	5
24	GK		Radek Černý	29	0	2	0	1	0	32	0
25	MF		Hogan Ephraim	16	6	0	1	2	1	18	8
26	DF		Duško Tošić^3	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
26	MF		Gareth Ainsworth^1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	DF		Lee Brown	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
28	DF		Joe Oastler	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
29	DF		Gary Borrowdale^2	18	3	2	0	2	1	22	4
30	MF		Romone Rose	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	FW		Antonio German	5	8	0	1	0	0	5	9
35	DF		Josh Parker	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
36	FW		Tamas Priskin^3	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
36	DF		Steven Reid^1[48]	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
39	MF		Adel Taarabt^3	32	9	0	1	0	2	32	12

¹ Player left the club before the end of the season.
² Player was out on loan for all or part of the season.
³ Player was on loan from another club for all or part of the season.

Clean Sheets

As of 22 August 2015

Rank	Player	Position	Premier League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Radek Černý	GK	6	0	1	7
2	Carl Ikeme	GK	1	0	0	1
Total			7	0	1	8

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