The 2009–10 season was

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's fifth consecutive season in the

Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the Scottish football league system, top-level league competition for professional Association football, football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Foo ...

. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup,

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

. Falkirk finished the season in twelfth place and were relegated to the

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after five years in the SPL.

Summary

Falkirk finished as runners-up in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final and qualified for the

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. They entered the second qualifying round of the competition, losing 2–1 on aggregate, after extra-time, to

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, becoming the first British club to lose a European tie to a club from

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. Falkirk were relegated to the

for the first time since 2005 after a 0–0 draw with

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on the final day of the season. Kilmarnock were also at threat of being relegated and the winner of the match at

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would have remained in the SPL. Falkirk also reached the third round of the League Cup, the fourth round of the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Eddie May who had been appointed in June 2009 after several years of coaching in the youth set-up at the club. On 11 February 2010, May stepped down from his position, with the club sitting bottom of the SPL. He was succeeded by

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, player-coach at the club and was appointed until the end of the season.

Results

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

UEFA Europa League

Squad statistics

Player statistics

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Summary

Results

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

UEFA Europa League

Squad statistics

Player statistics

Team statistics

League table

Transfers

Players in

Players out

References