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. John Gorman was named Magilton's assistant on 17 June, reprising his former role with Magilton at Ipswich Town.

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. Former Sunderland striker David Connolly featured in the game for the R's. 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. 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. After returning to England Rangers beat Forest Green Rovers 2–0, with goals from Damion Stewart and Alessandro Pellicori, they then played Oxford United at The Kassam Stadium. The game ended 2–2 with goals from Gavin Mahon and Wayne Routledge.

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

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.

First team squad

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 24 Radek Černý GK 2008 Slavia Prague 32 Elvijs Putninš GK 2009 Queens Park Rangers Academy 37 Shane McWeeney GK 2009 Queens Park Rangers Academy Defenders 2 Peter Ramage CB 2008 Newcastle United 3 Damion Stewart CB 2006 Harbour View 13 Kaspars Gorkšs CB 2008 Blackpool 16 Matthew Connolly CB 2008 Arsenal 20 Matt Hill LB 2010 On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 Duško Tošić LB 2010 On loan from Portsmouth 27 Lee Brown LB 2008 Queens Park Rangers Academy 28 Joe Oastler RB 2008 Bognor Regis Town 35 Josh Parker Parker was born in Slough, England, but also qualifies to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2010. RB 2009 Queens Park Rangers Academy Midfielders 4 Gavin Mahon DM 2008 Watford 6 Mikele Leigertwood Leigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and made his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008. DM 2007 Sheffield United 10 Ákos Buzsáky CM 2007 Plymouth Argyle 14 Martin Rowlands Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004. CM 2003 Brentford 15 Nigel Quashie Quashie was born in Southwark, England, and represented them at U-21 and B level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his father and Scotland through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2004. CM 2010 West Ham United 17 Lee Cook LM 2004 Watford 18 Alejandro Faurlín CM 2009 Instituto Atlético 21 Matteo Alberti RM 2008 Chievo Verona Primavera 25 Hogan Ephraim RM / LM 2007 West Ham United 30 Romone Rose AM 2008 Queens Park Rangers Academy 39 Adel Taarabt Taarabt was born in Fez, Morocco, but was raised in France and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level before making his international debut for Morocco in February 2009. AM 2009 On loan from Tottenham Hotspur Forwards 7 Marcus Bent CF 2010 On loan from Birmingham City 8 Rowan Vine ST 2007 Birmingham City 19 Ángelo Balanta CF / LW 2007 Queens Park Rangers Academy 23 Jay Simpson CF 2009 On loan from Arsenal 33 Antonio German ST 2009 Queens Park Rangers Academy 36 Tamás Priskin Priskin was born in Komárno, Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia), but also qualifies to represent Hungary internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Hungary in August 2005. ST 2010 On loan from Ipswich Town

Transfers

In Date Pos. Name From Fee Source(s)7 July 2009MFAlejandro FaurlínInstituto Córdoba£3,500,00030 July 2009FWAlessandro PellicoriAvellinoFree22 January 2010MFNigel QuashieWest Ham UnitedFree

Out Date Pos. Name To Fee Source(s)30 June 2009DFZesh Rehman(Bradford City)Released30 June 2009MFLiam Miller(Hibernian)Released30 June 2009GKJake Cole(Barnet)Released30 June 2009MFChris ArthurReleased30 June 2009MFDanny MaguireReleased2 July 2009DFDamien DelaneyIpswich TownUndisclosed3 July 2009GKLee CampNottingham ForestUndisclosed22 July 2009FWDexter BlackstockNottingham ForestUndisclosed26 January 2010MFWayne RoutledgeNewcastle UnitedUndisclosed1 February 2010MFGareth AinsworthWycombe WanderersFree

Loaned in Start Pos. Name From Expiry Source(s) 23 July 2009 MF Adel Taarabt Tottenham Hotspur 30 June 2010 15 August 2009 GK Tom Heaton Manchester United 8 November 2009 27 August 2009 FW Jay Simpson Arsenal 30 June 2010 1 September 2009 MF Ben Watson Wigan Athletic 1 December 2009 9 November 2009 DF Tom Williams Peterborough United 1 December 2009 19 November 2009 DF Steven Reid Blackburn Rovers 1 December 2009 20 November 2009 GK Rhys Taylor Chelsea 4 January 2010 6 January 2010 GK Carl Ikeme Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 May 2010 25 January 2010 DF Matt Hill Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 May 2010 1 February 2010 FW Marcus Bent Birmingham City 1 May 20101 February 2010FWTamás PriskinIpswich TownEnd of season25 March 2010DFDuško TošićPortsmouthEnd of season

Loaned out Start Pos. Name To Expiry Source(s) 6 August 2009 MF Romone Rose Northampton Town 1 September 2009 15 September 2009 FW Heiðar Helguson Watford 1 January 2010 5 October 2009 FW Antonio German Aldershot Town 1 November 2009 8 October 2009 MF Romone Rose Cheltenham Town 1 November 2009 20 November 2009 MF Gareth Ainsworth Wycombe Wanderers 1 December 2009 26 November 2009 MF Hogan Ephraim Leeds United 2 January 2010 25 January 2010 FW Patrick Agyemang Bristol City 1 May 2010 29 January 2010 DF Fitz Hall Newcastle United 1 June 2010 League table

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 8614,013113thReport 2 15 August 2009 Away Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Helguson 4311,588216thReport 3 18 August 2009 Away Bristol City 0–114,571218thReport 4 22 August 2009 Home Nottingham Forest 1–1 Leigertwood 2513,058316thReport 5 31 August 2009 Away Scunthorpe United 1–0 Taarabt 35,866615thReport 6 12 September 2009 Home Peterborough United 1–1 Routledge 3411,814713thReport P 15 September 2009 Home Crystal Palace P–P 714thPostponed 7 19 September 2009 Away Cardiff City 2–0 Simpson 19, 4020,1211012thReport 8 26 September 2009 Home Barnsley 5–2 Leigertwood 7, Buzsáky 15, 39, Watson 67, Simpson 7912,025138thReport 9 30 September 2009 Away Newcastle United 1–1 Watson 738,9231411thReport 10 3 October 2009 Away Swansea City 0–2 14,4441413thReport 11 17 October 2009 Home Preston North End 4–0 Taarabt 11, Buzsáky 63(p), Simpson 74, Routledge 8512,8101710thReport 12 20 October 2009 Home Reading 4–1 Buzsáky 31, Simpson 39, Vine 71, Agyemang 8311,9002010thReport 13 24 October 2009 Away Derby County 4–2 Taarabt 40, Mahon 47, Simpson 59, Buzsáky 90+1 (p)30,135237thLive on BBCReport 14 30 October 2009 Home Leicester City 1–2 Taarabt 3317,082237thLive on Sky SportsReport 15 3 November 2009 Home Crystal Palace 1–1 Buzsáky 19 (p)14,377246thReport 16 7 November 2009 Away Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Simpson 10, Gorkšs 8219,491274thReport 17 21 November 2009 Away Doncaster Rovers 0–2 10,821276thReport 18 28 November 2009 Home Coventry City 2–2 Simpson 35, Buzsáky 6913,712285thReport 19 5 December 2009 Home Middlesbrough 1–5 Agyemang 5313,949289thReport 20 7 December 2009 Away Watford 1–3 Agyemang 3315,0582810thLive on Sky SportsReport 21 14 December 2009 Away West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Olsson(og) 56, Gorkšs 6221,5652912thLive on Sky SportsReport 22 19 December 2009 Home Sheffield United 1–1 Leigertwood 212,6393010thReport 23 26 December 2009 Home Bristol City 2–1 Simpson 31, Leigertwood 4013,534338thReport 24 28 December 2009 Away Ipswich Town 0–3 25,3493310thReport P 9 January 2010 Home Plymouth Argyle P–P 3310thPostponed 25 16 January 2010 Away Blackpool 2–2 Taarabt 55(p), Connolly 847,6003411thReport 26 26 January 2010 Away Nottingham Forest 0–5 23,2933412thReport 27 30 January 2010 Home Scunthorpe United 0–1 13,1053412thReport 28 6 February 2010 Away Peterborough United 0–1 8,9333414thReport 29 9 February 2010 Home Ipswich Town 1–2 Simpson 6610,9403417thReport 30 13 February 2010 Away Coventry City 0–1 15,2473417thReport P 16 February 2010 Home Watford P–P 3418thPostponed 31 20 February 2010 Home Doncaster Rovers 2–1 German 25, Simpson 7611,1783717thReport 32 27 February 2010 Away Middlesbrough 0–2 17,5683720thReport 33 6 March 2010 Home West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Simpson 13, Connolly 18, Buzsáky 6714,5784016thReport 34 9 March 2010 Home Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Taarabt 36(p), Stewart 4912,0134315thReport 35 13 March 2010 Away Sheffield United 1–1 Taarabt 4923,4564415thReport 36 16 March 2010 Away Reading 0–1 16,8864416thReport 37 20 March 2010 Home Swansea City 1–1 German 7615,5024517thReport 38 23 March 2010 Home Derby County 1–1 Cook 45+212,5694617thReport 39 27 March 2010 Away Preston North End 2–2 Ramage 57, Priskin 6612,0804718thReport 40 3 April 2010 Home Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Faurlín 2313,4054818thReport 41 5 April 2010 Away Leicester City 0–4 22,0794818thReport 42 10 April 2010 Away Crystal Palace 2–0 Buzsáky 11, Gorkšs 6020,4305118thReport 43 17 April 2010 Home Cardiff City 0–1 12,8325118thReport 44 20 April 2010 Home Watford 1–0 Buzsáky 38(p)13,1715414thReport 45 24 April 2010 Away Barnsley 1–0 Leigertwood 2711,9445713thReport 46 2 May 2010 Home Newcastle United 0–1 16,8195713thReport

FA Cup

Round Date Venue Opponents Score Scorers Attendance Notes 3 3 January 2010 Away Sheffield United 1–1 Simpson 3911,461Report 3 (Replay) 12 January 2010 Home Sheffield United 2–3 Buzsáky 71(p), Stewart 885,780Report

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 894,614Report 2 25 August 2009 Home Accrington Stanley 2–1 Ephraim 68, Routledge 90+15,203Report 3 23 September 2009 Away Chelsea 0–1 37,781Report

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