The 2009–10 Sevilla FC season is the club's ninth consecutive season in La Liga. Manolo Jiménez was the team coach until 24 March 2010. On 19 May 2010, Sevilla won the Copa del Rey for the fifth time.[1]
On 1 January 2010, Sevilla's medical services detected some cardiac pathology in Sergio Sánchez's heart and they recommended to him to stop his activity with the team.
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During 23 March's midnight, Sevilla's directive accorded to sack Manolo Jiménez after the draw obtained against Xerez, as Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo (also known as Monchi) assured to press.[5]
Among the most significant causes include:
The number of 3 points out of 15 between matchdays 24 and 28.
The image given by the players from the 12th matchday against Málaga (on 28 November 2009).
The loss of a style of play that took the team under the leadership of another managers (mainly between 2005–2007).
The constants injuries suffered by important players such as Luís Fabiano, Jesús Navas or Diego Capel.
The dialectical clash between Jiménez and (Sevilla FC's physical preparer) during a training season in January.
The directive was searching a new team manager for the last part of the season in foreign countries, but Antonio Álvarez will lead the team from 24 March to the end of the season. On the directive's search, Luis Aragonés and Laurent Blanc had many chances to become the new manager of Sevilla, but for the disagreement with the contract offered by , none of them had taken the job except Álvarez.
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^ 1: UEFA doesn't allow the incorporation of sponsors' names in the stadia's names.
^ 2: Neutral venue.
^ 3: The team that wins this variable will be qualified ahead of another with the same points but lost on goal average. If the goal average is drawn between two or more teams and, at the end of the season these teams have the same points, the overall Liga BBVA's goal average prevails over this goal average.
^ 4: Only if the Copa del Rey winners and runners-up end the season in Champions or Europa League positions.