Season | 2010–11 |
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Champions | Rangers 7th Premier League title 54th Scottish title overall |
Relegated | Hamilton Academical |
Champions League | Rangers |
Europa League | Celtic Heart of Midlothian Dundee United |
Matches played | 228 |
Goals scored | 584 (2.56 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kenny Miller (21) |
Biggest home win | Celtic 9–0 Aberdeen (6 November 2010) |
Biggest away win | Motherwell 0–5 Rangers (30 April 2011) |
Highest scoring | Celtic 9–0 Aberdeen (6 November 2010) |
Longest winning run | 9 games Rangers |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 games Celtic |
Longest winless run | 22 games Hamilton Academical |
Longest losing run | 7 games Aberdeen |
Highest attendance | 58,874 Celtic v Rangers (24 October 2010) |
Lowest attendance | 2,019 Hamilton Academical v Inverness Caledonian Thistle (13 November 2010) |
Average attendance | 13,677 |
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2011–12 →
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The 2010–11 Scottish Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football. It commenced on 14 August 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011. The defending champions were Rangers, who retained their championship with a 5–1 win at Kilmarnock on the final day of the season.[1][2]
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Twelve teams participated in the 2010–11 season, eleven of which competed in the 2009–10 season. Inverness Caledonian Thistle was promoted from the 2009–10 First Division.
Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Team | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor | Notes |
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Aberdeen | Nike | Team Recruitment | New home and away kits |
Celtic | Nike | Tennent's Lager | Tennent's replaced Carling as shirt sponsors New home and away kits |
Dundee United | Nike | Calor Gas | Calor Gas replaced Cabrini as shirt sponsors |
Hamilton Academical | Nike | Reid Furniture | |
Heart of Midlothian | Umbro | Ūkio bankas | New home and away kits |
Hibernian | Puma | McEwan Fraser | Puma replaced Le Coq Sportif as kit manufacturer New home and away kits |
Inverness CT | Errea | Orion Group | New home and away kits |
Kilmarnock | 1869 | Verve.net | New home and away kits |
Motherwell | Puma[3] | Commsworld | Puma replaced Canterbury as kit manufacturer New home and away kits |
Rangers | Umbro | Tennent's Lager | Tennent's replaced Carling as shirt sponsors New home, away and third kits |
St. Johnstone | Joma | Taylor Wimpey | Joma replaced Surridge as kit manufacturer New home and away kits |
St. Mirren | Hummel | Braehead Shopping Centre | New home and away kits |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Total | Highest | Lowest | Average |
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Aberdeen | Pittodrie Stadium | 22,199 | 23,292 | 12,005 | 11,287 | 11,646 |
Celtic | Celtic Park | 60,832 | 55,835 | 58,874 | 46,812 | 47,918 |
Dundee United | Tannadice Park | 14,209 | 16,368 | 9,793 | 6,575 | 8,184 |
Hamilton Academical | New Douglas Park | 6,096 | 8,255 | 5,356 | 2,899 | 4,128 |
Heart of Midlothian | Tynecastle Stadium | 17,420 | 27,460 | 14,562 | 12,898 | 13,730 |
Hibernian | Easter Road[note 1] | 20,250 | 27,503 | 17,145 | 10,358 | 13,752 |
Inverness CT | Caledonian Stadium | 7,500 | 11,398 | 7,547 | 3,851 | 5,699 |
Kilmarnock | Rugby Park | 18,128 | 11,463 | 6,064 | 5,399 | 5,732 |
Motherwell | Fir Park | 13,742 | 14,379 | 9,207 | 5,172 | 7,190 |
Rangers | Ibrox Stadium | 51,082 | 51,048 | 46,109 | 45,739 | 45,924 |
St. Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 10,673 | 9,777 | 6,523 | 3,254 | 4,889 |
St. Mirren | St. Mirren Park | 8,016 | 10,098 | 5,618 | 4,480 | 5,049 |
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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1 | Rangers (C) | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 88 | 29 | +59 | 93 | 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
2 | Celtic | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 85 | 22 | +63 | 92 | 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1 |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 63 | 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round |
4 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 61 | 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1 |
5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 49 | |
6 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 46 | |
7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 53 | |
8 | St. Johnstone | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 44 | |
9 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 38 | |
10 | Hibernian | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 37 | |
11 | St. Mirren | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 33 | |
12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 26 | Relegation to the 2011–12 Scottish First Division |
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Celtic will enter the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian are also moved up to the third qualification round, with fourth-placed team Dundee United receiving the second qualification round spot.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away
Home \ Away1 | ABE | CEL | DUN | HAM | HOM | HIB | INV | KIL | MOT | RAN | STJ | STM |
Aberdeen | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
Celtic | 9–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
Dundee United | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Hibernian | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
Kilmarnock | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
Motherwell | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
Rangers | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
St. Johnstone | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
St. Mirren | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
Updated to games played on 20:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away)
Home \ Away1 | ABE | CEL | DUN | HAM | HOM | HIB | INV | KIL | MOT | RAN | STJ | STM |
Aberdeen | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
Celtic | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
Dundee United | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||||||
Hamilton Academical | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||||||
Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||||||
Hibernian | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |||||||
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
Kilmarnock | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
Motherwell | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | ||||||
Rangers | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | |||||||
St. Johnstone | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
St. Mirren | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
Updated to games played on 19:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
After 33 matches, the league split into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split.
Top six
Source: BBC Sport 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match. |
Bottom six
Source: BBC Sport 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |