2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
On 27 August, Barcelona reached an agreement with English club Liverpool for the services of Argentine international Javier Mascherano. The deal was worth €24 million and was reached "after considerable effort from the club [Barcelona] over the last few hours and the willingness and desire of the player to make the move". On the same day, Barcelona's executive committee of the board of directors publicly "denounced the conduct over the last few days of the agent of our player Zlatan Ibrahimović, Mino Raiola, whose declarations have put into question the honour and moral integrity of our coach Pep Guardiola".


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
The club's legal department considered the possibility of rescinding the contract and the cessation of the annual payment Raiola's company receives from the club as part of their agreement. The next day, Barcelona and Italian club Milan agreed to a one-year loan for the Swedish international, with Milan paying all his earnings for the 2010–11 season and including in the agreement the option for Milan to make the move permanent next summer for a fee of €24 million.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
Coach Guardiola stated, "It will cost us a lot. We expect a difficult year in which things have to be won by ourselves. Right now, the team is not at full strength at this point in the season."


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 19 September, Lionel Messi suffered an ankle injury due to an ill-advised tackle by Atlético Madrid defender Tomáš Ujfaluši in the 92nd minute of their Round Three match at the Vicente Calderón Stadium. At first sight, it was feared that Messi suffered a broken ankle that could have kept the star player away from the pitch for a minimum of six months, but MRIs performed the next day in Barcelona showed he suffered a sprain in the internal and external ligaments of his right ankle.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
Teammate David Villa stated "the tackle on Messi was brutal" after watching the video of the play and also added that he believed the Atlético defender "didn't go into the tackle to hurt". The incident caused widespread media attention because of Messi's high profile in the football world and brought up the debate of equality in protecting all players in the game. Debates whether the fact that Messi's status prompted the intensive media and fans scrutiny of Ujfaluši and subsequent two match ban by the Competition Committeeappeared all over the internet, television, and print in the days following the incident.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October
Due to the findings of the audit, Barcelona compromisarios (commissioners) voted to enforce the social action of responsibility against the club's previous board with 468 in favour, 439 against and 113 abstaining. Ex-president Laporta's board will be called upon to respond in court due to €48.7 million that went missing during his presidency.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October
On 18 October, Laporta defended his presidency in front of the media by stating that, "We just want them to give us the documentation regarding the biased and demagogic statement made by the representative of KPMG." He also stated, "The board has not had the courage to explain things", and, "We have nothing to hide, everything has its explanation and justification." Laporta did not hold back and branded the new president "envious, resentful and jealous" and "I have a very clear conscience and the truth on my side".


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October
He continue to berate the new board by stating, "My greatest desire after spending a few years of my life at Barça and the results we got was to become a socio, go back to my seat, go to football games with my kids and enjoy this club. They do not let me. And not only do they not let me, but I see some attempts to ridicule, dishonor the reputation we have. No way I'm left alone. After the assembly of delegates, I understand that there was an indecent maneuver with the exposure of the 'due diligence'... It was sectarian, demagogic and an interest to scorn against me and create an alarm among the social mass."


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
On 29 November, one of the most eagerly-awaited Clásico in recent times was scheduled on a Monday due to the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, which was held on the day before. The match featured 13 of the 23 winning players on Spain's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad and currently the two most successful managers in football, with Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid's José Mourinho. The match itself was a complete domination by Barcelona, with an emphatic 5–0 trashing of their eternal rival.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
The game showcased Barça's mastering of the tiki-taka in combination with the Total Football philosophy and the superb team-work of whom many consider the top three players in the world: Messi, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta. The international press hailed Barcelona's impressive win and their football as currently the best in the game, while some questioned whether the Real Madrid squad was "ready" for the magnitude of this match.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
Guardiola stated, "it was a spectacle" and "how we did it – that makes us proud. Now just let us sit back and enjoy that win – we'll reflect and look at the whole game, but now it would be wrong not to revel in the win. Games like that happen very rarely indeed". In regards to Madrid, Pep stated, "This match isn't representative of the difference between the two teams. They are a very good team, they came here unbeaten and as league leaders. Today all of our players played well and that was the difference."


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
After the victory, Barcelona took over first place in La Liga's table, ahead of Madrid by two points with 25 rounds left to play.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
On 6 December, the finalists for the FIFA Ballon d'Or were announced. Barcelona players (Messi, Xavi and Iniesta) took all three spots, with the results to be declared on 10 January in Zürich. This was a monumental moment for Barcelona, as the three best players in the world were not only from the club, but all three came from Barcelona's youth system at La Masia.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
On 13 December, president Rosell made final the signing of a five-and-a-half-year, €170 million shirt sponsorship with the Qatar Foundation, thus ending Barça's tradition of not having paid sponsors on their shirt. The deal made it the highest paid shirt sponsorship in the world, beating both Manchester United's deal with Aon and Liverpool's deal with Standard Chartered reached the prior year.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
On 10 January, Lionel Messi was crowned the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner. His teammates Andrés Iniesta and Xavi finished second and third respectively. Messi became the first player to win the new prize after the FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or merged to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or. He also became the first player since Marco van Basten to win the Ballon d'Or and Ronaldinho the FIFA World Player of the Year in consecutive years after an impressive year in which he tallied 60 goals in 64 games.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
On 19 January, Barça's team record of 28 matches unbeaten was ended after being defeated 3–1 by Real Betis of the Segunda División in the second leg of their quarter-finals tie of the Copa del Rey. Barcelona, however, advanced to the semi-finals on a 6–3 aggregate score after winning the first leg at the Camp Nou 5–0.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
On 29 January, Barça defeated Hércules 0–3 to match the record for most consecutive league wins in a La Liga season, at 15. The record was previously set by Real Madrid during the 1960–61 season.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February
On 2 February, both Barcelona and Real Madrid advanced to the Final of the Copa del Rey by defeating Almería (8–0 on aggregate) and Sevilla (0–3 on aggregate), respectively. This was the first final between the Spanish giants after 21 years in the making when the clubs last faced in 1990 with Barça winning 2–0 at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February
On 5 February, Barcelona broke the record for most consecutive league wins with 16 victories after they defeated Atlético Madrid 3–0 at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to ensure the victory for his side and after the match stated, "It's an honor to be able to pass a record set by a great like Di Stéfano" and, "If the record has been around for so long is because it's very complicated to achieve and we have reached it by defeating a very difficult team who's going through a bad situation, which makes it even more difficult."


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 2 March, Adriano assisted Lionel Messi to score a late goal and give Barcelona a 0–1 away win against Valencia. Messi now tallied 27 goals in La Liga for the season, keeping him in the running for the Pichichi Trophy as top scorer.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 8 March, Barça eliminated Arsenal from the Champions League in a 3–1 win at the Camp Nou with a 4–3 aggregate score. Barcelona dominated all offensive categories and limited Arsenal to zero shots for the whole match, with their lone goal coming off an own goal by Sergio Busquets.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
But the match was not without controversy after Arsenal forward Robin van Persie was sent off for a second yellow card for what referee Massimo Busacca interpreted as "time wasting" after the player kicked the ball towards goal after the referee had blown the whistle on him for being called offside by the linesman.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 14 March, Spanish radio station Cadena COPE reported that Real Madrid would request for the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to tighten its control on doping in the league. According to the report, Real Madrid was suspicious to why Eufemiano Fuentes was allowed to work for Valencia when they won the league in the early 2000s and why are doctors with "doubtful reputation" are working at Barcelona.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
Barcelona, in defence, released a statement "publicly expressing its total indignation at these unfounded references which link the club to doping practices and to condemn such attitudes, which have nothing to do with fair play and gravely affect the image of sporting competition". It also stated "its legal department is studying possible legal action to defend the club's honour, alongside that of its coaching staff, players and medical staff and is prepared to take such action to its final consequences". COPE later issued an apology, stating, "our objective is to inform. In no case, did we participate in a campaign to defame or bring doubts to Spanish clubs or athletes."


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 15 March, Barcelona's secretary and spokesperson Toni Freixa appeared in a press conference to make public that Barcelona would sue Cadena COPE after the reports implicating Barcelona in doping. He stated that "yesterday [14 March], FC Barcelona released a statement and, paralleled, sent a fax to Cadena COPE requesting the rectification and the origin of the grave report of defamation. The rest of the day it waited for the express and convincing rectification of the report."


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
He also added, "since this correction has not occurred satisfactorily and whether they can finally be produced, for the serious attack on the reputation and good name of FC Barcelona, for their athletes and doctors, a fact that we cannot leave unpunished, FC Barcelona announced to act with firmness and force that the gravity of the offense deserves. In the coming days it will request at first instance with the Barcelona's courts an order of protection of their right to honor claims for damages caused by those responsible for defamation."


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On the same day, Barcelona announced that French international defender Eric Abidal was diagnosed with a tumour on his liver which would be operated on the Friday of the same week. Citing privacy concerns as wished by the player, the club did not release additional information in regards to his condition. In response to the announcement, players and fans from all over the world alike dedicated well wishes for the ill player on multiple social networking sites and sports websites. Before their Round of 16 match in the Champions League, both Real Madrid and Lyon players exited the pitch wearing "Ánimo Abidal" ("Strength Abidal") written on T-shirts, along with the same message on the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium's scoreboards in show of support and solidarity.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 2 April, Barcelona defeated Villarreal 1–0 at El Madrigal with five missing starters due to injuries and rest with a goal in the 66th minute from Centre back Gerard Piqué. With the victory, they increased their league lead to eight points after Real Madrid's 1–0 shock loss to Sporting de Gijón at the Santiago Bernabéu.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 12 April, Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk to reach their fourth consecutive semi-finals appearance in the Champions League with a 6–1 aggregate score. Lionel Messi assured the victory with a goal in the 43rd minute to take his season tally to 48 goals in all competitions, breaking the club's mark of 47 goals set by himself last season and Ronaldo in the 1996–97 season.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 16 April, the first of four Clásicos was disputed at the Santiago Bernabéu, ending in 1–1 with penalty goals respectively by Messi (53rd minute) and Cristiano Ronaldo (82nd minute). The draw ended Barcelona's Clásico winning streak at five since manager Pep Guardiola took over the side for the 2008–09 season. The match was the start of four Clásicos between the two Spanish giants, including the league, Copa del Rey Final and the semi-finals of the Champions League.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 20 April, Barcelona lost the final of the Copa del Rey to Real Madrid 0–1 after extra time, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the winning goal in the 103rd minute. The defeat was a first for Guardiola in a finals match and ended his unbeaten streak against Real Madrid since he became first team coach.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 27 April, Barcelona and Real Madrid met at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie. Although Barcelona enjoyed most of the possession throughout the first half of the game, it was not until the sending off of Real Madrid's Pepe that the game swung to Barcelona's favour, with Lionel Messi scoring twice in the closing minutes to give Barcelona a 2−0 first-leg victory. With these two goals, Lionel Messi now has 11 goals in 11 Champions League games and is threatening to set the all-time Champions League record of 14 goals.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
The match was not without controversy, however, as both teams exhibited what most consider to be the "dark arts" of football. Real Madrid manager José Mourinho accused UEFA of playing favorites to Barcelona after he was ejected for mocking the fourth official after Pepe's red card. At the press conference following the match, Mourinho stated that UEFA's referees have been assisting Barcelona for the past three years. Barcelona's back-up goalkeeper José Manuel Pinto saw a red card at half-time for a scuffle with Real Madrid's defender Álvaro Arbeloa when both teams went to the locker rooms. The match was marred by more incidents of diving, play-acting and violence in what many consider to be one of the worst Clásicos in recent times.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
UEFA officials released a statement stating they have opened disciplinary cases against the clubs to be heard by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body on Friday 6 May.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 30 April, Barcelona's 32-games unbeaten run came to an end after a 2–1 loss to Real Sociedad at Anoeta Stadium.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 3 May, Barcelona booked a trip to Wembley Stadium for the UEFA Champions League Final after a 1–1 draw  (3–1 aggregate) with Real Madrid at Camp Nou. Pedro sealed it with a 54th-minute goal.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 11 May, Barcelona clinched its third consecutive La Liga title with a 1–1 draw against Levante at the Estadi Ciutat de València. The result gave Barcelona a six-point lead with two matches remaining which, combined with their superior head-to-head record with Real Madrid, ensured that they finished top of the table. Barcelona led the table since defeating Madrid 5–0 back in November and since then, they have only lost one match en route to winning the title. It was the third straight title for manager Guardiola, who became the first manager to do so in his first three seasons managing in La Liga.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 21 May, Barcelona finish its league season with a win 1–3 over Málaga at La Rosaleda Stadium while playing most of its back-up and canterano players. Goals from Bojan, Ibrahim Afellay and Marc Bartra assured the victory and a club record of 14 away victories.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 28 May, Barcelona clinched its fourth Champions League trophy with a 3–1 victory over Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. The Barcelona attack, spearheaded by its three forwards of Messi, David Villa and Pedro, of whom all scored a goal, dominated United. The all-Spanish midfield three of Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets assisted a goal each as well. Messi was awarded Man of the Match and with his goal he matches Ruud van Nistelrooy as the all-time top season scorer with 12 goals in this year's version.


2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Players, From youth system
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2010–11 FC Barcelona season, Competitions, Overall
Barcelona was present in all major competitions: La Liga, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa del Rey.


2010–11 FC Basel season
The Swiss football club FC Basel began their 2010–11 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Ligue 1 clubs. The goals for FC Basel during the 2010–11 season were to take back the league and cup titles as well as to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.


2010–11 FC Basel season, Overall season
FC Basel entered the 2010–11 Swiss Super League as the reigning champions, having edged Young Boys on the final day of the 2009–10 Swiss Super League. They began the 2010 season on 20 July against FC Zurich. The first half of the domestic season ends on 12 December as Basel heads to Zurich to face Grasshopper. FC Basel's positioning in the 2009–10 Swiss Super League also enters them into 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualification. They entered in the third qualifying round for champions kicked their European campaign off on 28 July against the Hungarian champion, Debrecen. In the play-off round, FC Basel drew the Moldovan champions, FC Sheriff Tiraspol. The winning side will then be entered into the 2010–11 Champions League Group Stage while the defeated side will be entered into the 2010–11 Europa League Group Stage.


2010–11 FC Basel season, Overall season
FC Basel will also defend the Swiss Cup, having won the 2009–10 Swiss Cup, completing the domestic double.


2010–11 FC Basel season, Club, First team
As of 23 July 2010Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FC Basel season, Competitions, Overall
At the start of the season, Basel was entered into 3 competitions — the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. Upon elimination from the group stage of the Champions League, Basel dropped into the UEFA Europa League.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season
The 2010–11 season of FC Bayern Munich began on 21 June with their first training session.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Off-season
Bayern already made a few squad changes. They released the previously loaned out Luca Toni from his contract and sold Christian Lell to Hertha BSC. The contracts of multiple players expired and were not extended: Michael Rensing eventually ended up at 1. FC Köln, while Andreas Görlitz joined FC Ingolstadt. Meanwhile, José Sosa was sold to Napoli.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Off-season
Breno and Andreas Ottl both returned from 1. FC Nürnberg, where they had been on loan since the winter break; Toni Kroos came back from an 18-month loan to Leverkusen; and Edson Braafheid returned from a six-month spell at Celtic. Save for Rouven Sattelmaier, Bayern opted in the end to make no new signings in the summer transfer window ending at 31 August.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Pre-season
Head coach Louis van Gaal divided the pre-season into two phases, as many of his players participated in the World Cup and were only later available for the club. The initial phase began with the first training on 21 June. In this phase, which lasted until 4 July, the first squad trained with the second team and a friendly at the fanclub "Lohner Bayern Union" was held. On 30 June, the club announced that 18-year-old David Alaba had signed his first professional contract at Bayern.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Pre-season
The second phase began on 15 July. As 13 players participated in the 2010 World Cup, Van Gaal had only 11 first teamers at his disposal. His training squad was thus complemented with the second team. Franck Ribéry and Martín Demichelis were the first players from World Cup squads that resumed training, but only after the training camp in Riva del Garda from 19–24 July. The remaining nine players from the German and Dutch squads returned on 2 August.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Pre-season
While Van Gaal was proud to have the most players of any club in the final games of the World Cup, he lamented that "this is not a good pre-season." But he was even more displeased with the FIFA scheduling an international matchday on 11 August, in between the Super Cup and the first round of the DFB-Pokal. The coach actually advised his players to ask the German Football Association (DFB) to be excused for the game: "If eight Bayern players said they'd withdraw, the DFB would listen, I believe."


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Pre-season
The warning ended in a healthy compromise, where most of the players with substantial playing time at the World Cup were not picked by German coach Joachim Löw. For Bayern, this meant losing only Toni Kroos and Mario Gómez to the international date. The pre-season ended on 16 August with the first round of the DFB-Pokal, where Bayern played Germania Windeck and advanced to the second round.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Pre-season
There was unfortunate news at the return of the last internationals for Bayern, after medical tests confirmed that Arjen Robben's sustained injury in a pre-World cup friendly had not properly healed and that he would be out for a further two months. Bayern Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated, "Of course, Bayern Munich are very angry" with the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), and would be seeking compensation from them, continuing, "Once again we must pay the bill as a club after a player is seriously injured playing for a national team." At the end of August, new tests showed slower than anticipated healing in Robben's muscle, leading to fears that Robben might not play again before 2011.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Season
Bayern were involved during the winter transfer, with Bayern adding Luiz Gustavo from 1899 Hoffenheim and David Alaba moving the other way in a loan deal. Martín Demichelis was sold to Málaga and one week before the end of the winter transfer period, captain Mark van Bommel requested to be released from his contract and moved to Milan. Edson Braafheid also signed for 1899 Hoffenheim on a permanent basis, while Maximilian Haas also left the club, signing for English team Middlesbrough on the last day of the winter transfer window.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Bundesliga
The Bundesliga campaign began on 20 August when Bayern played in the opening game of the season against VfL Wolfsburg.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Bundesliga, League table
Last updated: 14 May 2011Source: 1Bayern Munich goals come first. Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Bayern Munich. Pos . = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich qualified for the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League by winning the Bundesliga in 2009–10. There they were drawn into Group E with Italian runners-up Roma, Swiss double champions Basel and Romanian champions CFR Cluj. Bayern finished the group in first place with a club record of 15 points. In the Round of 16 they were drawn against their opponent from the previous Champions League final, Internazionale.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, DFL-Supercup
Bayern faced Schalke 04 in the first official DFL-Supercup in 14 years. Normally, the league champions would play the cup winners, but as Bayern won both titles, they faced the league's runners-up, Schalke 04.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Friendlies, LIGA total! Cup 2010
Bayern played in the 2010 LIGA total! Cup. The tournament was held in the Veltins-Arena and organized by Bayern's prime sponsor, Deutsche Telekom. In this tournament matches consisted of two 30 minutes halves each. The Reds faced Köln in the first game and Schalke 04 in the second game.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Friendlies, Other friendlies
The fanclub "Fanclub Lohner Bayern Union" won the right to host the annual Dream Game, a game Bayern contests against one of its fanclubs with the earnings going to charity.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Friendlies, Other friendlies
On the final day of their training camp in Riva del Garda Bayern faced a selection of players from Trentino in a friendly.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Friendlies, Other friendlies
Bayern hosted a team selected by their sponsor, the Fitness First company, on 8 August. The Fitness First Winterstars team consisted of several Winter Olympic Games gold medal winners and four fans. The money raised in the match will be used to support Munich's candidacy for the 2018 Winter Olympics.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Friendlies, Other friendlies
In the final friendly of the 2010 pre-season, Bayern hosted Real Madrid. The game has been called the Beckenbauer testimonial match as Franz Beckenbauer did not receive a proper farewell game when he left the club in 1977 for New York Cosmos. Incidentally, José Mourinho, the coach who bested Bayern in the previous Champions League final with Internazionale, led Madrid.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Competitions, Friendlies, Other friendlies
On 17 November, Bayern arranged a friendly against Unterhaching on short notice with several of the players were away with their national sides. The primary aim was to give previously injured players Franck Ribéry, Breno and Diego Contento some match practice.


2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season, Management and coaching staff
Since the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Louis van Gaal is the manager of Bayern Munich. He brought some personnel of his own to the club.


2010–11 FC Brașov season
The 2010–11 season was FC Brașov's third season in Liga I since their return to top-flight football in 2008.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Overview
On June 16 the players returned from holiday to training. Only 9 from the 27 players squad in the previous season were present and few others from the reserve/junior teams, after many of the key players had left the club, having finished their contracts with Braşov. Few days later 2 other players joined the training, Cristian Ionescu and Mihai Roman, the first extending his contract for another year. Later on Mincă also returned to training. Previous season' main coach Viorel Moldovan finished his contrant with Braşov, while Robert Ilyes was named player/assistant manager, alongside Daniel Isăilă, the other assistant manager. The executive director Dinu Gheorghe left Braşov for Rapid București.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Overview
The club reached this season for the second consecutive time into the semifinals of the Romanian Cup. They missed by little the chance to play the final on their home ground, being eliminated on away goals by Steaua București after an 86-minute equaliser by Nicolae Dică, in the second leg match.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Manager
Although it was almost certain that the Bosnian Blaž Slišković would be the new manager, on June 27 it was announced that the Italian Giuseppe Materazzi would take onto the team in the next season, with the goal of qualifying for the Europa League. He was sacked only three days later without any official reason. In the evening of July 8 the club announced that Rapid assistant manager Marian Rada would take charge at Braşov. That started unrest among the fans, publicly stated on the Internet, causing him to give up on taking the job.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Manager
Next day the club finally announced that players' and fans' favorite Daniel Isăilă would be the main coach. Isăilă had been the assistant manager of Braşov in the last two seasons, under Răzvan Lucescu and Viorel Moldovan, and a former Braşov player from the UEFA Cup period of 2001. He has been at the club all years since then, as a player or assistant manager, except for one half of a season in 2007 when he managed local neighbor club FC Săcele, spectacularly succeeding to avoid relegation and even achieving a 3–2 victory against Braşov in a season ending match.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Manager
On December 18, unexpectedly, António Conceição was presented as the new manager of the team, while Daniel Isăilă remained however in the technical staff as the assistant manager. The Portuguese manager had been in the previous season the manager of CFR Cluj for an eight-month period, achieving to win the Liga I and the Romanian Cup. The deal was signed for the remaining half of the season, with an extension clause included. Iosif Kovacs was also returning to the club after six years to take the chairman job.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
The squad was filled with several players from the reserves team or from the under 21 team who had been loaned to regional lower division clubs the previous season. That included: Alexandru Târziu (previous season at Unirea Tărlungeni), Alexandru David (previous season at Snagov), Ciprian Pricop (previous season Arieşul Turda) and the junior players Florin Iacob, Vlad Potecu, Darius Drăgan, Manuel Creţulescu, Bogdan Liţă.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
On June 27 it has been announced that other two key players of the previous season, Mihai Roman and Sabrin Sburlea had been transferred to Rapid București for an unofficial fee of €800,000 or €1.5 million by other sources.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
On 2 July two foreign players signed with Braşov: the Brazilian aged 26, José Williams da Silva Mendonça (referred to as Williams), who had played the previous season for Portuguese Second League side Trofense, and the Slovak aged 31, Peter Majerník, last time at Slovak Superliga team MFK Ružomberok. Both of them came as free agents. A total of eight players were registered at the PFL ahead of the first game of the season. The only player to join the squad few days before the first league game was Cosmin Năstăsie, who came on a one-year loan from Argeş Piteşti.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
Dănuţ Coman, once the goalkeeper of the Romanian national football team, and the club mutually agreed to end their contract on August 7, so that he was released on free transfer. Only eleven days later he returned at Rapid București, his previous team before playing for Braşov. At this time he had been injured since early April and was lacking training, so that he was not the first choice for goalkeeper at Rapid after being signed. Still it has been stated that his salary was far too high for the club's budget. He was the sixteenth player to leave the club this season.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
Nuno Viveiros was signed by Braşov on August 25, after he ended his contract with Politehnica Iaşi by mutual agreement. His former club was relegated from Liga I the last season, but was neither able to meet conditions for playing in Liga II in the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
Transfers continued at Braşov during the season break in the start of September, consisting in two other signings: Daniel Bălaşa (previously at Argeş Piteşti), and the Ivorian striker Lamine Diarrassouba (previously at Politehnica Iaşi).


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
The middle of the season saw somehow important changes in the squad, the new manager bringing four fresh new South American players: Diego Gaúcho, David Distéfano, Josías Paulo Cardoso and Juan Toloza. At the same time, the first option for the goalkeeper position until the winter break, Mihai Mincă was leaving to CFR Cluj, and three other players, Daniel Bălaşa, Laurenţiu Dumitru and Valentin Bădoi were terminating their contracts. Also during January, strikers Lamine Diarrassouba and Valentin Badea ended their contracts with the club by mutual agreement. With 9 foreign players, this season's squad was most probably the one with the most in club's history.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
The last transfer of the mid-season completed under the new coach was French-born Portuguese Filipe Teixeira, landed on loan until the end of the season from Ukrainian side Metalurh Donetsk on February 21, 2011. Also junior player Darius Drăgan was being loaned out to fellow local club SCM Braşov.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
It was announced near the end of the season, on May 14, that Braşov had reached an agreement with Chilean club Unión San Felipe for the transfer of Argentine midfielder Miguel Ángel González, known as El Mágico. Also the loans of the other two players from the Chilean club, Juan Toloza and David Distéfano, were extended for one more season. Wearing the number 10 in San Felipe's squad, the Argentine is supposed to be the replacement of 37 years old captain player Robert Ilyes, after rumors regarding his eventual departure to the Liga I club Târgu Mureş were finally confirmed on May 15.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Players
Cristian Oroş settled a transfer to Rapid București for the next season, while coach António Conceição stated he would continue at Braşov only if the club aimed at being one of the strongest in the country. The objective set for the next season would be a top five finish.


2010–11 FC Brașov season, Squad
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2010–11 FC Costuleni season
2010–11 season is the first Moldovan National Division season in the history of Costuleni.


2010–11 FC Costuleni season, Squad
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2010–11 FC Dinamo București season
The 2010–11 season was FC Dinamo București's 62nd consecutive season in Liga I. Dinamo sought to win their first trophy in four seasons, but this once again proved unsuccessful. The team started well the season in Liga I, leading until the seventh day, but a run of five matches without win ended their challenge. The team came closest to silverware in the Romanian Cup, reaching the final, only to lose against its biggest rival, FC Steaua București.


2010–11 FC Dinamo București season, Season review
Dinamo started the season with a new manager, Ioan Andone, brought back in charge after five years. The first official game was in the UEFA Europa League, against Moldavian side FC Olimpia Bălţi. Dinamo won both legs with 7–1 on aggregate. In the third preliminary round, Dinamo was beaten 4–3 on aggregate by HNK Hajduk Split from Croatia.


2010–11 FC Dinamo București season, Season review
In the championship, Dinamo started with four wins in the first five games. But in the next five, Dinamo managed only one point, a draw against FC Brașov and could not get back on track. The team won both games against its biggest rivals, Steaua, gained four points in the games against the other rivals from Bucharest, Rapid, but failed to win against smaller teams like Astra Ploieşti, Universitatea Cluj and Pandurii Târgu Jiu. The defence was the weakest link. Dinamo ended the season with 54 goals conceded, more than 1.5 per game. They finished the season sixth thereby qualifying for the next season of Europa League.


2010–11 FC Dinamo București season, Season review
In the Romanian Cup, Dinamo reached the final for the first time in six years. Its opponents were Steaua, and after winning both games in the championship, Dinamo failed to win the final after an own-goal from Ştefan Bărboianu.


2010–11 FC Dinamo București season, Players, Player statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 25 MaySource: Competitive matchesOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2010–11 FC Dinamo București season, Competitions, Overall
FC Dinamo played in three competitions: Liga I, UEFA Europa League and Cupa României.


2010–11 FC Inter Baku season
The Inter Baku 2010–11 season was Inter Baku's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season under manager Kakhaber Tskhadadze. Inter Baku were reigning champions of the Azerbaijan Premier League, but failed to defend their title finishing 5th and missing out on European qualification. Inter also participated in the Azerbaijan Cup, where they lost in the Final to Khazar Lankaran on penalties, and the UEFA Champions League where they were knocked out on penalties in the Second Qualifying Round by Lech Poznań of Poland.


2010–11 FC Inter Baku season, Squad
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2010–11 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2010–11 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2010–11 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2010–11 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2010–11 FC Karpaty Lviv season
The 2010–11 FC Karpaty Lviv season was the 48th season in club history.


2010–11 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Review and events
On 2 June 2010 FC Karpaty gathered at club's base for medical inspection after vacations. The club went to two-week training camp in Austria on 21 June 2010 with three friendly matches scheduled.


2010–11 FC NSA Sofia season
In 2010-11 season NSA Sofia won their 7th consecutive league trophy and participate for 6th time in row in UEFA Women's Champions League.


2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season
The 2010–11 season was Oțelul Galați's 19th consecutive season in the Liga I, and its 22nd overall season in the top-flight of Romanian football. It was the first season with new shirt supplier Masita.


2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season
Oțelul's primary objective will be to obtain a qualifying spot for the 2011–2012 season of Europa League.


2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season, Overview
The previous season of Liga I ended on May 22 and the players went on vacation. On June 10 the team returned from holiday, with two new faces: Laurenţiu Buş, which returned from a 6-month loan from Arieşul Turda, team from which he was initially bought in January 2010 but loaned back to finish the season there, and Georgian Butoi – a youth player signed up from Farul Constanţa.


2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season, Overview
The team trained in Galați for a few days and on June 13 they left for a training camp in Poiana Braşov. During the time spent there Csaba Borbély was signed while N'Kongue, Goločevac, Siminic and Nikolić left the team. Due to the ongoing economical crisis Oțelul tried to talk some players into cutting down their wages, with players like Paraschiv, Viglianti and Perendija accepting. The mountain training-camp ended on June 26.


2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season, Overview
The team reunited again in Galați on June 28 where they started training again. The following day, club president Marius Stan announced that ticket prices went up because the club needs money to continue or start new investments – especially the floodlights system, feature without which the team will not be able to play Liga I matches on home ground.


2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season, Overview
The team was set for another training camp, this time in Germany, between 2 and 15 July.


2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season, Players, Transfers, Out
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2010–11 FC Oțelul Galați season, Player statistics, Disciplinary records
Last updated: 22 May 2011Source: MatchesOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2010–11 FC Porto season
The 2010–11 season is Futebol Clube do Porto's 77th season in the Primeira Liga, officially known as the Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons. Porto captured their 25th league title with their 3 April defeat of rivals Benfica and won the Europa League. The team also won the Taça de Portugal, completing a treble. Manager Jesualdo Ferreira left Porto by mutual agreement after four years in charge, replaced by André Villas-Boas on 2 July.


2010–11 FC Porto season, Team kits
The team kits for the 2010–11 season were produced by Nike. The home kit was revealed on 24 July 2011. This kit is a reinterpretation of the traditional blue and white stripes in order to guarantee a 3D effect. The away kit is orange for the first time since the 2005–06 season, and was revealed on 18 July 2011. Both kits were made entirely from polyester. This environmentally-friendly move see each shirt made from up to eight recycled plastic bottles.


2010–11 FC Porto season, Statistics, Appearances and goals
Last updated: 16 May 2011Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2010–11 FC Porto season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2010–11 FC Porto season, Statistics, Top scorers
Last updated: 16 May 2011Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2010–11 FC Porto season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2010–11 FC Porto season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 16 May 2011Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season
The 2010–11 season of Schalke 04 began on 16 August 2010 with a DFB Pokal match against Aalen, and ended on 21 May 2011, the final of the DFB-Pokal, played against MSV Duisburg.


2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season, Competitions, Bundesliga, Matches
Note: Results are given with Schalke 04 score listed first.


2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season, Competitions, Bundesliga, Matches
The match on 1 April against St. Pauli was suspended in the 87th minute after an assistant referee was hit by a beer cup thrown from the stands with the score at 2–0 for Schalke. The DFB Sports Court awarded the match to Schalke maintaining the 2–0 scoreline as well as the goalscorers and disciplinary records.


2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Matches
Note: Results are given with FC Schalke 04 score listed first.


2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season, Competitions, DFB-Pokal, Matches
Note: Results are given with FC Schalke 04 score listed first.


2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season
The 2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season saw the club complete a domestic treble, winning their sixth Ukrainian Premier League, seventh Ukrainian Cup and third Ukrainian Super Cup. Shakhtar also competed in the UEFA Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Barcelona.


2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Squad
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2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Squad, Out on loan
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2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Summer
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2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Summer
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2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Winter
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2010–11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Winter
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2010–11 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season
The 2010–11 season was FC Sheriff Tiraspol's 14th season, and their 13th in the Divizia Naţională, the top-flight of Moldovan football.


2010–11 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season, Squad, Out on loan
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2010–11 FC Steaua București season
The 2010–11 season was the 63rd season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României and the UEFA Europa League.


2010–11 FC Steaua București season, UEFA Club rankings
This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2009–10.


2010–11 FC Timișoara season
The 2010–11 season saw FC Timișoara participate in Liga I, the Romanian Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.


2010–11 FC Timișoara season
In November 2010, a Romanian Court of Appeal returned the name, the colors and the record of AEK Politehnica Timișoara to FC Timișoara. Due to rules that forbid changes of team names during a season, the team used the name FC Timișoara until the end of 2010–11 season.


2010–11 FC Timișoara season, Team kit
The team kit is produced by Lotto and the shirt sponsor is Balkan Petroleum.


2010–11 FC Timișoara season, Players, Starting 11
Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2010–11 FC Timișoara season, Competitions, Liga I, Results summary
Last updated: 09:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC). Source:  (in Romanian)


2010–11 FC Vaslui season
The 2010–11 season was the ninth season in FC Vaslui's existence, and its sixth in a row in Liga I. Having finished third last season, FC Vaslui is qualified for the play-off round in Europa League.


2010–11 FC Viktoria Plzeň season
The 2010–11 season was Viktoria Plzeň's sixth consecutive season in the Czech First League. Having won the Czech Cup, they entered the competition as defending champions. They also took part in the inaugural Czech Supercup and played in the UEFA Europa League for the first time in their history.


2010–11 FC Viktoria Plzeň season
Plzeň started the season by losing to AC Sparta Prague by a 1–0 scoreline in the first ever Czech Supercup. Later in July the club played its first ever fixture in the Europa League, drawing 1–1 with Turkish side Beşiktaş in the third qualifying round of the competition. Their European run was to be short-lived as the Turkish club won 3–0 in the return leg, sending Plzeň out of the competition, 4–1 on aggregate.


2010–11 FC Viktoria Plzeň season
Despite being the defending champions of the Czech Cup, the club could only reach the quarter final stage, where they suffered a 4–2 aggregate loss to fellow Gambrinus liga side Mladá Boleslav. In the Czech First League, the club celebrated their first title as they won the league by a single point from second-placed Sparta Prague.


2010–11 FC Viktoria Plzeň season, Czech Cup
As a Gambrinus liga team, Plzeň entered the Czech Cup at the second round stage. In the second round, they comfortably overcame home side Baník Most by a 4–1 scoreline. The third round match at Vlašim was another comfortable game, with Plzeň emerging 2–0 winners. Over two legs, Plzeň defeated Opava by a 6–3 aggregate scoreline in the fourth round; having won the home leg 3–0, a 3–3 draw was enough for the team to progress to the next round. In the quarter finals, up against Gambrinus liga competition for the first time in the form of Mladá Boleslav, Plzeň lost both matches 2–1 and therefore went out of the competition 4–2 on aggregate.


2010–11 FC Viktoria Plzeň season, Czech Supercup
As winners of the previous season's Czech Cup, Plzeň played defending league champions Sparta Prague in the Czech Supercup on 8 July. It was the first edition of the competition. Both teams had a player sent off in the match; Sparta won the match by a single goal.


2010–11 FC Viktoria Plzeň season, UEFA Europa League
Plzeň entered the UEFA Europa League in the third qualifying round, due to having won the 2009–10 Czech Cup. In their first match, they faced Turkish opponents Beşiktaş, drawing 1–1 in the Czech Republic but subsequently losing 3–0 in Turkey, thus losing 4–1 on aggregate.


2010–11 FFHG Division 1 season
The 2010-11 FFHG Division 1 season was contested by 14 teams, and saw the Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne win the championship. They were promoted to the Ligue Magnus as result. The Castors d’Avignon and the Chiefs de Deuil-Garges were relegated to FFHG Division 2.


2010–11 FHL season
The 2010–11 Federal Hockey League season was the inaugural season of the Federal Hockey League. The Akwesasne Warriors won the season championship.


2010–11 FHL season, Regular season
On December 17, the Broome County Barons announced that they would leave Chenango, New York. The team relocated to Cape Cod and resumed play on January 18. The league truncated the original 60-game schedule to less than 50 games in early February. The Rome Frenzy suspended operations shortly thereafter.


2010–11 FIBA Americas League
The 2010–11 FIBA Americas League was the fourth edition of the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, with the winner of the competition being crowned as the best team and champion of all of those regions. It was played between December 9, 2010 and March 6, 2011. The Argentine League club Peñarol de Mar del Plata, was the defending champion. Regatas Corrientes, also from Argentina, won the title.


2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge
2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge was the eighth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball FIBA EuroChallenge Tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. The Final Four was awarded to Oostende and was held from April 29 to May 1, 2011.


2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.


2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 45th World Cup season began on 23 October 2010, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.


2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Being an odd-numbered year, the biennial World Championships took place in February. The 2011 World Championships were held between 8–20 February at Garmisch Classic in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.


2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Cup, the city event. The race in parallel giant slalom took place in Munich, Germany.


2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The overall titles were won by Maria Riesch of Germany and Ivica Kostelić of Croatia; both skiers winning their first overall crowns. Kostelić secured his overall victory several races before the end of the season while Riesch and Lindsey Vonn of the United States were close together before the finals at Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Riesch had a significant lead after the World Championship but Vonn caught up and took the lead before the last slalom race. Slovenia's Tina Maze won her first slalom in that race, Riesch's fourth place compared to Vonn's thirteenth gave her a three-point advantage. The cancellation of the last race – one of four to be cancelled at Lenzerheide – meant that Riesch won the title.


2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 30th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began on 20 November 2010 in Gällivare, Sweden and ended on 20 March 2011 in Falun, Sweden. The World Cup was organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.


2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar
Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period.


2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar
The Tour de Ski was a series of events which count towards the World Cup. This started with the meet at Oberhof and concluded at Val di Fiemme.


2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Points distribution
The table shows the number of points won in the 2010–11 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.


2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Points distribution
A skier's best results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.


2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Points distribution
All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.


2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Points distribution
The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.


2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
The 2010/11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the thirty-second World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 11 December 2010 and lasted until 20 March 2011. This season included four disciplines: moguls, aerials, ski cross and halfpipe.


2010–11 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
The 2010/11 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 28th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. It started on 26 November 2010 in Kuusamo, Finland and ended on 12 March 2011 in Lahti, Finland.


2010–11 FIS Ski Flying World Cup
The 2010/11 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 14th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.


2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
The 2010/11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 20th in a row (18th official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men and the 6th for ladies. This was also the 9th summer continental cup season for men and the 3rd for ladies.


2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
Lower competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.


2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup
Last two seasons of Europa Cup in 1991/92 and 1992/93 are recognized as first two Continental Cup seasons by International Ski Federation, although Continental Cup under this name officially started first season in 1993/94 season.


2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 32nd World Cup season in ski jumping and the 14th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began on 28 November 2010 at the Rukatunturi ski jumping hill in Kuusamo, Finland, and finished on 20 March 2011 at Planica, Slovenia.


2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The defending champion was Simon Ammann. The overall World Cup was won by Thomas Morgenstern. It was his second triumph after the 2007–08 season. Ammann placed second, and Adam Małysz placed third. It was also Adam Małysz's last season before retirement. The ski flying World Cup was won by Gregor Schlierenzauer for the second time. The nations cup and the FIS Team Tour were won by Austria. The Nordic Tournament was not held due to the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, Norway.


2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
All 17 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. Events in Harrachov were canceled. Oberstdorf hosted FIS Team Tour and four hills tournament.


2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
Four Hills Tournament FIS Team Tour (Oberstdorf ski flying events included)


2010–11 FIS Snowboard World Cup
The 2010–11 FIS Snowboard World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season started on 10 October 2010 and ended on 27 March 2011. The World Cup was organised by the FIS which also run world cups and championships in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing. The snowboarding world cup consisted of the parallel slalom, snowboard cross and the halfpipe. The men's side of the world cup also consisted of a big air competition.


2010–11 FK Baku season
The 2010-11 FK Baku season was the club's thirteenth season in the Azerbaijan Premier League. They started the season under German manager Winfried Schäfer, however he was sacked and replaced by Latvian Aleksandrs Starkovs in January 2011. FK Baku finished the season in sixth place. They also took part in the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup, getting knocked out by Khazar Lankaran in the semi-final stage.


2010–11 FK Baku season
Baku entered the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League at the First Qualifying Round stage, and got knocked out in this round by Budućnost Podgorica, from Montenegro, after fielding a suspended player in the first leg in which Budućnost Podgorica were awarded a 3–0 win after the original match had ended in a 2–1 win for Baku.


2010–11 FK Baku season, Squad
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2010–11 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2010–11 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2010–11 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2010–11 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2010–11 FK Dinamo Tirana season
During the 2010-11 football season, Dinamo will play its 60th Kategoria Superiore season in the club's existence.


2010–11 FK Dinamo Tirana season, Squad, First team
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2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season
The 2010-11 season was Dukla Prague's fourth consecutive season in the Czech 2. Liga. The club finished the season in first place, winning promotion to the Gambrinus liga. Dukla reached the top of the table after thirteen games, and stayed there for the rest of the season, maintaining an unbeaten record at home for the whole season.


2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, In
Over the summer, Dukla signed Radim Nečas from Mladá Boleslav and brought back Ondřej Vrzal on a year-long loan from Viktoria Plzeň.


2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, In
In the winter transfer window, sixteen-year-old striker Patrik Svoboda joined from Kladno with six players going the other way on loan. Also joining Dukla at this time were two forwards: AC Sparta Prague's Martin Jirouš, who signed on a loan deal until 31 January 2012, and Jan Pázler from Slavia Prague. Goalkeeper Tomáš Kučera also arrived to provide backup for Rada. Martin Bayer left to join third league side Ovčáry and Robert Kokoška departed for Bohemians 1905.


2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, Out
In the summer, former national team striker Michal Kolomazník retired at the age of 33 with a career-ending knee problem. Veteran goalkeeper Martin Svoboda left after two seasons at the club. Striker Tomáš Kulvajt was released. Martin Macháček went out on loan to Sezimovo Ústí for the first half of the season.


2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, Out
In the winter, Dukla sent six players out on loan to SK Kladno as part of the deal for Patrik Svoboda. These players were Jakub Sklenář, Jakub Jakubov, Martin Macháček, Donát Laczkovich, David Radosta and Jaroslav Kmoch. Striker Pavel Vrána went out on loan to Karviná. Ukrainian forward Vadym Antipov, who had only managed one league appearance in the first 15 matches, transferred to FK Mažeikiai in Lithuania.


2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season, Cup
Dukla reached the third round of the cup competition. This was the same progress as the club made in the previous season.


2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season, Cup
As a 2. Liga team, Dukla entered the Cup in the first round. After easing past amateur side Česká Lípa in their first match, Dukla travelled to fellow 2. Liga side Sezimovo Ústí. Despite conceding the first goal, Dukla ran out 3–2 winners.


2010–11 FK Dukla Prague season, Cup
In the third round Dukla faced Gambrinus liga outfit Jablonec. Despite opening the scoring through Dani Chigou, Jablonec managed to equalise and the match went to a penalty shoot-out. Even after the regular five attempts each, both teams missed the sixth penalty. Goalkeeper Filip Rada took the seventh and missed, but Jablonec striker Tomáš Pekhart made no mistake from the spot to put Jablonec in the next round and send Dukla out of the competition.


2010–11 FK Khazar Lankaran season
The Khazar Lankaran 2010–11 season is Khazar Lankaran's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season. It was Khazar's first season under Mircea Rednic. Khazar finished the season in 2nd place and also competed in and won the Azerbaijan Cup. Due to their 3rd-placed finish the previous season, Khazar entered the Europa League at the first qualifying round stage where they were knocked out by FC Olimpia of Moldova.


2010–11 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Squad
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2010–11 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer
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2010–11 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Partizan season
The 2010–11 season was FK Partizan's 5th season in Serbian SuperLiga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club had and who played during the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 FK Partizan season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Partizan season, Players, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2010–11 FK Partizan season, Competitions, Serbian Cup, Final
1 The match was abandoned in the 83rd minute with Partizan leading 2-1 when Vojvodina walked off to protest the quality of the officiating. Originally, this was declared the final score and the Cup was awarded to Partizan, but on May 16, 2011, after further investigation from Serbian FA concerning the match, the result was officially registered as a 3–0 win to Partizan.


2010–11 FK Qarabağ season
The Qarabağ 2010-11 season was Qarabağ's eighteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under Gurban Gurbanov. They finished the season in 3rd place, and were knocked out of the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup at the Last 16 stage by Turan Tovuz. They also participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, entering at the First Qualifying Round stage. They beat Metalurg Skopje of Macedonia, before beating Portadown of Northern Ireland in the Second Qualifying Round. Next they beat Wisła Kraków of Poland in the Second Qualifying Round to make them the first Azerbaijani team to reach the Play-off Round of the Europa League. In this round they were defeated by Borussia Dortmund of Germany 5-0 on aggregate.


2010–11 FK Qarabağ season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Qarabağ season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Qarabağ season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Qarabağ season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Qarabağ season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK Sarajevo season
The 2010–2011 season was Sarajevo's 65th season in existence, and their 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian footbal, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team competed in the National Cup. The season covers the period from 25 June 2010 to 24 June 2011.


2010–11 FK Sarajevo season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 FK-League
The 2010–11 FK-League was the second season of the FK-League. The season began on 3 December 2010, and ended on 5 March 2011. All matches were played at Yongin Gymnasium, Yongin.


2010–11 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team represented Fairfield University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Stags, led by 5th year head coach Ed Cooley, played their home games at Webster Bank Arena and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Stags finished the season 25–8, 15–3 in MAAC play and were MAAC regular season champions for the first time since 1986. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament to Saint Peter's. As regular season champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they earned an automatic bid to the 2011 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Colorado State in the first round before falling in the second round to Kent State.


2010–11 Falkirk F.C. season
The 2010–11 season was Falkirk's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10. Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2010–11 Falkirk F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Fencing World Cup
The 40th FIE Fencing World Cup began on October 2010 and concluded on August 2011 at the 2011 World Fencing Championships held in Catania, Italy.


2010–11 Fenerbahçe S.K. season
The 2010–11 Fenerbahçe S.K. season was the club's 53rd consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 103rd year in existence. They also competed for a short while in the UEFA Champions League, eliminated in the third qualifying round. On 22 May, 2011, Fenerbahçe won 18th Turkish league title, but refused entry to next season's UEFA Champions League due to match-fixing.


2010–11 Fenerbahçe S.K. season, News
On 20 May, 2010, started sales for combined cards. On 10 June, 2010, Miroslav Stoch joined the club from Chelsea. On 25 June, Christoph Daum was fired as head coach; Aykut Kocaman was named his replacement. On 21 July, Fenerbahçe played rivals Galatasaray in the Spor Toto Dostluk Kupası, hosted at the Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach, Germany, with Fenerbahçe winning 1–9. Also on 21 July, Senagalese winger Issiar Dia joined the club from French side Nancy.


2010–11 Fenerbahçe S.K. season, Kits
Fenerbahçe's 2010–11 kits, manufactured by Adidas, were introduced on 23 July, 2010, at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. The home kit was named "Çubuklu Forma", or "Barred Kit" in English; the away kit was named "Kanarya Forma", meaning "Canary Kit"; the third kit was named "Fenerbahçe Güneşi", meaning "Sun of Fenerbahçe"; and the fourth kit was named "Palamut Forma", meaning "Acorn Kit".


2010–11 Fenerbahçe S.K. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Fenerbahçe S.K. season, First-team squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Ferencvárosi TC season
The 2010–11 season will be Ferencvárosi TC's 108th competitive season, 2nd consecutive season in the Soproni Liga and 111th year in existence as a football club.


2010–11 Ferencvárosi TC season, Team kit and logo
The team kits for the 2010-11 season are produced by Nike and the shirt sponsor is Fantastic League. The home kit is green and white colour and the away kit is white colour. The third kit is green colour.


2010–11 Ferencvárosi TC season, Squad, First team squad
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2010–11 Ferencvárosi TC season, Squad, League cup squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Ferencvárosi TC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2010–11 Ferencvárosi TC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2010–11 Feyenoord season
The 2010–11 season is Feyenoord's fifty-fifth consecutive season in the Dutch Eredivisie. This season, Feyenoord competes in three competitions; the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the Europa League.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Competitions, Friendlies, Guadiana Trophy
As part of the pre-season preparations, Feyenoord participated in the Guadiana Trophy. All matches were played at the Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal. As there were only three teams in this year's edition of the Guadiana Trophy, a penalty shootout was carried out at the end of each fixture to make sure that a clear winner could be selected. Feyenoord lost both matches against Aston Villa and Benfica and finished on the last third place in the tournament.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Players, First team squad
Feyenoord's first team squad for the season 2010–11 consists of three goalkeepers and 23 field players. In total, eleven academy graduates are part of the first team squad.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Transfers, Summer transfer window
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Transfers, Summer transfer window
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Transfers, Winter transfer window
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Transfers, Winter transfer window
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Feyenoord season, Transfers, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2010-11 season is the 16th edition of the second level football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2010–11 First League of the Republika Srpska
The First League of the Republika Srpska 2010–11 was the 16th since its establishment.


2010–11 First Vienna FC season
The 2010–11 First Vienna FC season was the second consecutive season in the second highest professional division in Austria after the promotion in 2009. The coach Frenkie Schinkels was sacked on 29 August 2010 and former First Vienna player Alfred Tatar took over.


2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2010–11 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.


2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The Gators were the SEC regular season champions with a 13–3 conference record, but lost to Kentucky in the championship game of the 2011 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. Small forward Chandler Parsons earned SEC Player of the Year honors, and head coach Billy Donovan won the SEC Coach of the Year award. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed in southeast region where they advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Butler in overtime.


2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Previous season
The Gators finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in SEC play and lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to BYU.


2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Team statistics
As of March 16, 2011. Indicates team leader in specific category.


2010–11 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Schedule and results
The game on Dec. 28 against Fairfield University was canceled due to a heavy snowstorm that prevented Fairfield (Connecticut) from traveling to Gainesville.


2010–11 Florida Panthers season
The 2010–11 Florida Panthers season was the team's 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Off-season
On May 18, 2010, the Panthers introduced Dale Tallon as their new executive vice-president and general manager, replacing Randy Sexton. Sexton's contract expired June 30, 2010, and was thought to be retained in some other capacity with the club, but on July 3, 2010, Sexton was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins to be the assistant director of amateur scouting.


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Off-season
On May 20, 2010, the Panthers announced that they would reduce seating capacity at the BankAtlantic Center to 17,040 by covering over 2,000 seats with tarpaulins. For select games, the team would remove the tarpaulins to increase capacity.


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Regular season
The Panthers finished in last place in both the Southeast Division and the Eastern Conference. On April 10, 2011, the Panthers fired head coach Peter DeBoer.


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Regular season
The Panthers' power play struggled during the regular season, as they finished 30th overall in power play percentage at just 13.11% (35 for 267).


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs
The Panthers failed to make the playoffs, for the 11th consecutive year.


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Standings, Conference standings
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division) AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Schedule and results, Game log
Legend:   Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals ; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Panthers. Stats reflect time with Panthers only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Transactions
The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Draft picks
Florida's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.


2010–11 Florida Panthers season, Farm teams
The Florida Panthers maintain affiliations with two minor league teams, the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League and the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL.


2010–11 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles, led by 9th year head coach Leonard Hamilton, played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2010–11 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team
The Seminoles finished the season 23–11, 11–5 in ACC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament to Virginia Tech. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Texas A&M in the second round and Notre Dame in the third round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by Virginia Commonwealth.


2010–11 Fogo Island League
The 2010–11 Fogo Island League season began on 13 November and finished on 24 April. Vulcânicos won their 09th title and qualified into the 2011 Cape Verdean Football Championships. The championship was organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol do Fogo, ARFF).


2010–11 Fogo Island League
Botafogo for the last time was the defending team of the title. A total of 18 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division and 8 in the Second.


2010–11 Fogo Island League
Baxada and Juventude were winners of the Second Division while Desportivo de Cova Figueira and Nova Era were relegated into the Second Division for the following season. Cova Figueira has been playing in the Second Division since 2012 but Nova Era did not return until October 2017 into the Premier Division.


2010–11 Foolad F.C. season, Transfers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Foolad F.C. season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Foolad F.C. season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Football Conference
The 2010–11 Football Conference season was the seventh season with the Conference consisting of three divisions and the thirty-second season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the National division were promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four were relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions were promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.


2010–11 Football Conference
For sponsorship reasons, the Conference Premier is referred to as the Blue Square Bet Premier.


2010–11 Football Conference, Conference Premier
A total of 24 teams will contest the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.


2010–11 Football Conference, Conference North
A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, one transferred from the Conference South and three promoted from the lower leagues.


2010–11 Football Conference, Conference North, Play-offs, Semifinals
Guiseley 3–3 Boston United on aggregate. Guiseley won 3–2 on penalties.


2010–11 Football Conference, Conference South
A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 18 previously competing sides, one relegated from the Conference Premier and three promoted from the lower leagues.


2010–11 Football League
The 2010–11 Football League (known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 112th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2010 and concluded in May 2011, with the promotion play-off finals.


2010–11 Football League
The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they are joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the Conference Premier.


2010–11 Football League
This was the first season that npower sponsored the league, after Coca-Cola's contract expired at the end of the 2009–10 season.


2010–11 Football League, Championship, Results
The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2010. The season kick-off was announced for 6 August 2010 and it concluded on 7 May 2011.


2010–11 Football League (Greece)
The 2010–11 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the first season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its regular season began on 12 September 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011; the promotion play-offs, originally scheduled to take place immediately afterwards, were postponed to late July 2011 in wake of the Koriopolis scandal.


2010–11 Football League (Greece), Teams
A total of three teams gained promotion to the 2010–11 Super League after the 2009–10 Beta Ethniki season. Champions Olympiacos Volos and runners-up Kerkyra were directly promoted, while the remaining spot was taken by promotion playoff group winners Panserraikos. The three promoted teams were replaced by Levadiakos, PAS Giannina and Panthrakikos, who finished in the bottom three places of the 2009–10 Super League.


2010–11 Football League (Greece), Teams
On the bottom end of the table, Rodos, Kalamata and Egaleo were relegated to the 2010–11 Football League 2, the former Gamma Ethniki. Kalamata and Egaleo were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the table, while Rodos finished bottom in the relegation playoff group. The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Gamma Ethniki South champions Kallithea, North champions Veria and promotion playoff match winners Trikala.


2010–11 Football League (Greece), Playoffs
A number of teams were scheduled to take part in two different double round-robin tournaments after the conclusion of the regular season, with four teams to compete for the third available promotion spot and four teams to avoid relegation. However, the relegation play-offs were cancelled after several teams were demoted because of financial irregularities.


2010–11 Football League (Greece), Playoffs
Each play-off participant was assigned a number of bonus points in relation to their result of the regular season. The worst-placed team of each group started the play-off with 0 points. The number of points earned during the regular season by these teams was then subtracted from the points of each other team of the respective group; the result was divided by four and rounded to the nearest whole number of points, if necessary.


2010–11 Football League (Greece), Playoffs, Promotion playoffs
The promotion playoffs initially comprised the teams ranked 3rd through 6th during the regular season, OFI, Trikala, Levadiakos and Doxa Drama and were scheduled to take place in late May, immediately after the conclusion of the regular season. However, the round was postponed due to the investigations in the Koriopolis scandal. Trikala were eventually found guilty of forgery and demoted to the amateur leagues; their spot in the promotion play-off was taken by 7th-placed Diagoras.


2010–11 Football League (Greece), Playoffs, Promotion playoffs
As outlined above, Diagoras' earned total of 52 points during the regular season were taken as a base for the calculation of bonus points for the other play-off participants. OFI had collected 69 points, 17 more than Diagoras Rodos, and hence were assigned a four-point bonus. Similarly, Levadiakos (60 points) were awarded two bonus points and Doxa Drama (56 points) were given a one-point bonus. OFI won the play-off and were promoted to 2011–12 Super League Greece. Levadiakos and Doxa Drama were also promoted because Olympiakos Volou and Kavala F.C. were relegated because of Koriopolis.


2010–11 Football League (Greece), Playoffs, Relegation playoffs
The relegation playoffs initially comprised the teams ranked 13th through 16th during the regular season, Ionikos, Ilioupoli, Thrasyvoulos and Ethnikos Piraeus and were scheduled to take place in late May, immediately after the conclusion of the regular season. However, the round was eventually cancelled after Trikala, Anagennisi Karditsa, Ionikos and Asteras Piraeus were all found guilty of forgery and demoted from the league.


2010–11 Football League 2 (Greece)
The 2010–11 Football League 2 was the 28th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 12, 2010.


2010–11 Football League 2 (Greece)
It's the first season with championship's new name, after its change from Gamma Ethniki to Football League 2.


2010–11 Football League 2 (Greece), Group 1 (South), Teams
In the South Group participate teams from Attica, Peloponnese, West Greece, Crete, South Aegean and Ionian Islands. Teams which participate are:Agia Paraskevi, Aias Salaminas, Apollon Smyrni, Aspropyrgos, Vyzas, Iraklis Psachna, Keravnos Keratea, Korinthos, Olympiakos Hersonissos, Panegialios, Panachaiki, Paniliakos, Platanias, Rodos, PAO Rouf, Chania.


2010–11 Football League 2 (Greece), Group 2 (North), Teams
In the North Group participate teams from West Macedonia, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia and Thrace, Epirus, Central Greece and Thessaly. Because the number of teams in the South Group was bigger Zakynthos and Kalloni will participate in the North Group and not in the South after both teams submitted a request. So the teams that participate in this group are: Aetos Skydra, Anagennisi Epanomi, Anagennisi Giannitsa, Doxa Kranoula, Eordaikos 2007, Ethnikos Filippiada, Fokikos, Kalloni, Kozani, Makedonikos, Megas Alexandros Irakleia, Nafpaktiakos, Niki Volos, Odysseas Anagennisi, Pontioi Katerini, Tyrnavos, Zakynthos.


2010–11 Football League Championship
The 2010–11 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 6 August 2010 and concluded on 7 May 2011, with the resultant play-offs concluding with the final on 30 May.


2010–11 Football League Championship
Queens Park Rangers secured the Championship title on 30 April 2011, ending their 15-year hiatus from the Premier League, while Norwich City secured the second automatic promotion spot two days later, ending a six-year absence from the top flight. Swansea City won the play-off final to take the final promotion place.


2010–11 Football League Championship
Preston North End, Scunthorpe United and Sheffield United were relegated to League One.


2010–11 Football League Championship, Changes from last season, Sponsorship changes
After Coca-Cola's sponsorship contract expired and was not renewed, Npower signed a three-year contract to become the Football League's official partner. The Coca-Cola Player of the Month and Coca-Cola Manager of the Month awards are therefore now known as the Npower Player of the Month and the Npower Manager of the Month award respectively.


2010–11 Football League Championship, Team overview, Personnel and sponsoring
1Middlesbrough's sponsors include: Deepdale Solutions (7 – 30 August), Wiring Services (1–30 September), Ramsdens (1 October – 5 March), Marie Curie Cancer Care (6–8 March)


2010–11 Football League Championship, Results
The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2010. The season kick-off was announced for 6 August 2010 and it concluded on 7 May 2011.


2010–11 Football League Cup
The 2010–11 Football League Cup (known as the Carling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 51st season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for the top 92 football clubs played in English football league system.


2010–11 Football League Cup
The winners were granted a place in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. However, in cases where a team had already gained a place in European competition via their league position or progress in other cup competitions, their place in the Europa League was deferred to the next best-placed league side not already qualified for European competitions.


2010–11 Football League Cup
Manchester United were the defending champions for the second successive season, but were knocked out in the fifth round by West Ham United.


2010–11 Football League Cup
The final was contested on 27 February 2011 between Arsenal and Birmingham City. Birmingham were the surprise 2–1 winners in the final to win just the second major trophy in their history. Birmingham City also won their first major trophy since 1963 (also a League Cup) and earned a place in European competition for the first time since 1961.


2010–11 Football League Cup, First round
The draw for the First Round took place on 16 June 2010, with matches played two months later on 10 August 2010.


2010–11 Football League Cup, First round
Burnley and Hull City received a First Round bye as the highest ranked teams from the previous season's league placings. The other 70 of the 72 Football League clubs competed in the First Round, divided into North and South sections. Each section was divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 2009–10 season.


2010–11 Football League Cup, Second round
The 13 Premier League teams not involved in European competitions entered at this stage along with the winners from the First Round plus Burnley and Hull City, who had received a First Round bye. If there is a draw at full-time there will be extra time followed by a penalty shootout if the scores are still level. From the Second Round onwards, the teams are no longer split geographically. The draw for the Second Round took place on the evening of 11 August 2010, after the First Round matches had been completed, and the matches were played in the week beginning 23 August 2010.


2010–11 Football League Cup, Third round
The seven Premier League teams involved in European competition entered at this stage, along with the winners from the Second Round. The draw for the Third Round took place on 28 August 2010, after the Second Round games had been played. The matches were played in the week beginning 20 September 2010. Northampton Town were the only League Two side to reach this round of the tournament.


2010–11 Football League Cup, Fourth round
The Fourth Round draw took place on 25 September 2010, and the matches were played on the week commencing 25 October 2010. For the second consecutive round, Northampton Town was the lowest ranked remaining side, being the lone representative from League Two. All four leagues involved in this competition had representation in the Fourth Round for the first time since the 2006–07 competition.


2010–11 Football League Cup, Quarter-finals
Ipswich Town was the lowest ranked remaining side left in the competition, and the sole remaining representative of the Championship in the quarter-final draw, which took place on 30 October 2010. Matches were played in the week commencing 29 November 2010.


2010–11 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw took place on 1 December 2010, after the completion of the Fifth Round matches. The first leg matches were played the week commencing 10 January 2011, with the second legs a fortnight later.


2010–11 Football League Cup, Final
The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London, on Sunday, 27 February 2011.


2010–11 Football League Cup, Prize money
The prize money was awarded by the Football League. The winners of the League Cup won £100,000 and the runners-up won £50,000. The losing semi-finalists each took home £25,000.


2010–11 Football League One
The 2010–11 Football League One (known as Npower League One for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 7 August 2010.


2010–11 Football League One, Changes from 2009–10, Sponsorship changes
Npower will be the Football League's new sponsor after Coca-Cola's contract ran out and was not renewed. The "Player of the Month" and "Manager of the Month" awards will now been known as the "Npower Player of the Month" and the "Npower Manager of the Month" award respectively. Coca-Cola signed a three-year contract to become the Football League's official partner.


2010–11 Football League One, League table
A total of 24 teams contest the division, including 17 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Championship, and four promoted from League Two.


2010–11 Football League One, Play-offs, Semifinals
Huddersfield Town 4–4 Bournemouth on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–2 on penalties.


2010–11 Football League Trophy
The 2010–11 Football League Trophy, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season in the history of the competition. It is a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two, the third and fourth tiers of the English football.