The 2009–10 season was the inaugural season of North Queensland Fury. It began on 1 May 2009 and concluded on 30 April 2010, with competitive matches played in the A-League between August and February. The club finished the 2009–10 A-League in seventh place, with eight wins, eight draws and eleven losses, narrowly missing qualification for the finals series.

The Fury signed former Scottish international Ian Ferguson to be their inaugural manager, while former Liverpool and England forward Robbie Fowler was the team's marquee player.

A slow start to the A-League season saw the team fail to win any of its first five games, and record only one win in their first eleven matches. The Fury's form improved in the second half of the season, winning seven of their remaining sixteen games.

27 players represented the club in the A-League and there were 10 different goalscorers. The team's top scorer was Fowler, who scored 9 goals in 26 games.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Paul Henderson 2 DF  AUS Robbie Middleby 3 DF  AUS Chris Tadrosse 4 DF  SCO Scott Wilson 5 DF  AUS Jacob Timpano 6 MF  AUS Ufuk Talay 7 MF  AUS Jason Spagnuolo 8 DF  AUS Shane Stefanutto 9 FW  ENG Robbie Fowler 10 FW  NZL Jeremy Brockie 11 FW  AUS David Williams 12 DF  SRI Jack Hingert (Youth) 13 DF  AUS Beau Busch 14 MF  AUS Chris Grossman

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  AUS Fred Agius 16 MF  AUS Paul Kohler 17 MF  AUS Osama Malik (Youth) 18 FW  ENG James Robinson 19 MF  AUS James Downey 20 GK  AUS Justin Pasfield 21 DF  AUS John Tambouras 22 DF  AUS Karl Dodd 23 MF  AUS Rostyn Griffiths (Youth) 24 FW  ANT Dyron Daal (Injury replacement player*) 25 DF  JPN Kojiro Kaimoto 26 DF  AUS Matt Smith (Injury replacement player**) 27 MF  ENG Terry Cooke (Injury replacement player***)

• * Injury replacement player for Scott Wilson.
• ** Injury replacement player for Shane Stefanutto.
• *** Injury replacement player for James Robinson.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Qualification for Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

The Fury used a total of 27 players during the 2009–10 season and there were 10 different goalscorers. There were also two squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. Fowler featured in 26 matches – the most of any Fury player in the campaign, only missing one game.

The team scored a total of 29 goals. The highest scorer was Fowler, with 9 goals, followed by Daal who scored 5 goals. Two Fury players were sent off during the season: Kohler and Talay.

Key

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Paul Henderson	14	0	1	0
2	DF	AUS	Robbie Middleby	21	0	2	0
3	DF	AUS	Chris Tadrosse	23	1	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Scott Wilson	3(1)	0	1	0
5	DF	AUS	Jacob Timpano	0	0	0	0
6	MF	AUS	Ufuk Talay	11	0	4	1
7	MF	AUS	Jason Spagnuolo	8(11)	0	2	0
8	DF	AUS	Shane Stefanutto	7	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Robbie Fowler	26	9	3	0
10	FW	NZL	Jeremy Brockie	9(5)	1	1	0
11	FW	AUS	David Williams	14(7)	3	1	0
12	DF	SRI	Jack Hingert	6(1)	0	1	0
13	DF	AUS	Beau Busch	8	0	2	0
14	MF	AUS	Chris Grossman	13(8)	2	1	0
15	MF	AUS	Fred Agius	2(3)	0	0	0
16	MF	AUS	Paul Kohler	10(11)	0	5	1
17	DF	AUS	Osama Malik	4(2)	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	James Robinson	12(1)	0	0	0
19	DF	AUS	Jimmy Downey	4	0	0	0
19	FW	AUS	Daniel McBreen	16(5)	3	4	0
20	GK	AUS	Justin Pasfield	13	0	0	0
21	DF	AUS	John Tambouras	24	1	1	0
22	DF	AUS	Karl Dodd	8	0	1	0
23	MF	AUS	Rostyn Griffiths	21(2)	2	6	0
24	FW	ANT	Dyron Daal	7(14)	5	4	0
25	DF	JPN	Kojiro Kaimoto	1(1)	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Matt Smith	11	0	1	0
27	MF	ENG	Terry Cooke	4(6)	2	0	0

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