Season | 2010–11 |
---|---|
Dates | 14 August 2010 – 15 May 2011 |
Champions |
Rangers 7th Premier League title 54th Scottish title |
Relegated | Hamilton Academical |
Europa League |
Celtic Heart of Midlothian Dundee United |
Matches played | 228 |
Goals scored | 584 (2.56 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kenny Miller (21) |
Biggest home win |
Celtic
9–0
Aberdeen (6 November 2010) |
Biggest away win | Motherwell 0-5 Rangers |
Highest scoring |
Celtic 9–0
Aberdeen (6 November 2010) |
Longest winning run | 9 games |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 games Celtic |
Longest winless run | 22 games Hamilton Academical |
Longest losing run | 7 games Aberdeen |
Highest attendance | 58,874 Celtic |
Lowest attendance | 2,019 Hamilton Academical v Inverness Caledonian Thistle (13 November 2010) |
Average attendance | 13,677 |
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2009–10
2011–12 → |
The 2010–11 Scottish Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football. It commenced on 14 August 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011. The defending champions were Rangers who retained their championship with a 5–1 win at Kilmarnock on the final day of the season. [1]
Twelve teams participated in the 2010–11 season, eleven of which competed in the 2009–10 season. Inverness Caledonian Thistle was promoted from the 2009–10 First Division.
Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Team | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | Nike | Team Recruitment | New home and away kits |
Celtic | Nike | Tennent's Lager | Tennent's replaced
Carling as shirt sponsors New home and away kits |
Dundee United | Nike | Calor Gas | Calor Gas replaced Cabrini as shirt sponsors |
Hamilton Academical | Nike | Reid Furniture | |
Heart of Midlothian | Umbro | Ūkio bankas | New home and away kits |
Hibernian | Puma | McEwan Fraser | Puma replaced
Le Coq Sportif as kit manufacturer New home and away kits |
Inverness CT | Errea | Orion Group | New home and away kits |
Kilmarnock | 1869 | Verve.net | New home and away kits |
Motherwell | Puma [2] | Commsworld | Puma replaced
Canterbury as kit manufacturer New home and away kits |
Rangers | Umbro | Tennent's Lager | Tennent's replaced Carling as shirt sponsors New home, away and third kits |
St Johnstone | Joma | Taylor Wimpey |
Joma replaced
Surridge as kit manufacturer New home and away kits |
St Mirren | Hummel | Braehead Shopping Centre | New home and away kits |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Total | Highest | Lowest | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | Pittodrie Stadium | 22,199 | 173,460 | 15,307 | 5,955 | 9,129 |
Celtic | Celtic Park | 60,355 | 930,395 | 58,874 | 40,750 | 48,968 |
Dundee United | Tannadice Park | 14,209 | 140,391 | 11,790 | 4,918 | 7,389 |
Hamilton Academical | New Douglas Park | 6,096 | 55,056 | 5,356 | 2,011 | 2,898 |
Heart of Midlothian | Tynecastle Stadium | 17,420 | 269,506 | 17,420 | 12,009 | 14,185 |
Hibernian | Easter Road [note 1] | 20,250 | 223,360 | 17,793 | 7,238 | 11,756 |
Inverness CT | Caledonian Stadium | 7,500 | 85,998 | 7,547 | 3,241 | 4,526 |
Kilmarnock | Rugby Park | 18,128 | 122,106 | 16,173 | 4,214 | 6,427 |
Motherwell | Fir Park | 13,742 | 99,838 | 9,716 | 3,324 | 5,255 |
Rangers | Ibrox Stadium | 51,082 | 860,793 | 50,248 | 41,514 | 45,305 |
St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 10,673 | 72,982 | 6,866 | 2,253 | 3,841 |
St Mirren | St Mirren Park | 8,016 | 84,545 | 6,118 | 2,701 | 4,450 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rangers (C) | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 88 | 29 | +59 | 93 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Celtic | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 85 | 22 | +63 | 92 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round [a] |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [a] |
5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 49 | |
6 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 46 | |
7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 53 | |
8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 44 | |
9 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 38 | |
10 | Hibernian | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 37 | |
11 | St Mirren | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 33 | |
12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 26 | Relegation to the First Division |
Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away)
After 33 matches, the league split into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split.
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenny Miller [note 2] | Rangers | 21 |
2 | Gary Hooper | Celtic | 20 |
3 | David Goodwillie | Dundee United | 17 |
4 | Nikica Jelavić | Rangers | 16 |
5 | Adam Rooney | Inverness CT | 15 |
Conor Sammon [note 3] | Kilmarnock | ||
Anthony Stokes [note 4] | Celtic | ||
8 | Michael Higdon | St Mirren | 14 |
9 | Rudolf Skácel | Heart of Midlothian | 13 |
10 | Nick Blackman [note 5] | Aberdeen | 12 |
Scorer | For | Against | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Paul Hartley | Aberdeen | Hamilton Academical | 14 August 2010 [10] |
Kenny Miller | Rangers | Hibernian | 22 August 2010 [11] |
Rudi Skacel | Heart of Midlothian | St Mirren | 23 October 2010 [12] |
Anthony Stokes | Celtic | Aberdeen | 6 November 2010 [13] |
Gary Hooper | Celtic | Aberdeen | 6 November 2010 [13] |
Nick Blackman | Motherwell | St Johnstone | 10 November 2010 [14] |
Kenny Miller | Rangers | Kilmarnock | 20 November 2010 [15] |
Adam Rooney | Inverness CT | Hibernian | 20 November 2010 [16] |
Nikica Jelavić | Rangers | Motherwell | 12 February 2011 [17] |
Michael Higdon | St Mirren | Hamilton Academical | 2 April 2011 [18] |
Jon Daly | Dundee United | Motherwell | 7 May 2011 [19] |
Kyle Lafferty | Rangers | Kilmarnock | 15 May 2011 [20] |
Award | Recipient |
---|---|
Player of the Season | Emilio Izaguirre [43] |
Manager of the Season | Mixu Paatelainen [43] |
Young Player of the Season | David Goodwillie [43] |
Goal of the Season | Derek Riordan [43] |
Save of the Season | Marian Kello [43] |
Under-19 League Player of the Season | Jason Holt [43] |
Best Club Media Relations | Motherwell [43] |
SPL Family Champions | Rangers [43] |
Best Community Initiative | St Mirren [43] |