| 2010–11 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Michael Johnston | ||
| Manager | Mixu Paatelainen (until 31 March) Kenny Shiels | ||
| Stadium | Rugby Park | ||
| SPL | Fifth Place | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
| League Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:Conor Sammon (15) All: Conor Sammon (18) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 16,173 Rangers, SPL, 15 May 2011 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 4,216 vHibernian, SPL, 18 December 2010 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 6,427 | ||
The2010–11 season wasKilmarnock's twelfth consecutive season in theScottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in theScottish Cup and theLeague Cup.
Kilmarnock finished fifth in theScottish Premier League with 49 points.[1] They reached the Quarter-Final of theLeague Cup, losing toRangers[2] and the fourth round of the2010–11 Scottish Cup, also losing toRangers.[3]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Kilmarnock spent their pre-season in Devon, competing in the South West Challenge Cup with friendly matches againstBideford andBlackpool, followed by a record 16–0 win over local sideTorrington F.C.[4]
| 19 July 2010 | Bideford | 1 – 7 | Kilmarnock | The Sports Ground,Bideford |
| 20:00BST | Mudge | Report | Dayton Taouil Pascali Kelly McKay |
| 22 July 2010 | Blackpool | 2 – 2 (5–4p) | Kilmarnock | The Sports Ground,Bideford |
| 20:00BST | Euell Almond | Hamill Bryson | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Edwards Southern Evatt Ormerod Gilks | ||||
| 14 August 2010SPL | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Ibrox |
| 15:00 | Miller Naismith | BBC SPORT | Hamill | Attendance: 45,739 Referee:W Collum |
| 22 August 2010SPL | Kilmarnock | 0 – 1 | Motherwell | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | BBC SPORT | Blackman | Attendance: 5,399 Referee:M Tumilty |
| 28 August 2010SPL | Aberdeen | 0 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Pittodrie |
| 15:00 | BBC SPORT | Hamill | Attendance: 11,287 Referee:B Winter |
| 11 September 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 2 – 1 | St Mirren | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Dayton Eremenko | BBC SPORT | Thomson McGowan | Attendance: 6,064 Referee:S Mclean |
| 19 September 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 2 | Celtic | Rugby Park |
| 12:45 | Sammon | BBC SPORT | Murphy Stokes | Attendance: 8,645 Referee:C Thomson |
| 25 September 2010SPL | Hamilton Academical | 2 – 2 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Paixao Hasselbaink | BBC SPORT | Hamill Sammon | Attendance: 3,033 Referee:C Allan |
| 2 October 2010SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 2 | Dundee United | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Sammon Wright | BBC SPORT | Goodwillie Daly | Attendance: 4,833 Referee:J McKendrick |
| 16 October 2010SPL | Hibernian | 2 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Easter Road |
| 15:00 | Hogg | BBC SPORT | Silva | Attendance: 11,256 Referee:I Brines |
| 23 October 2010SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 2 | Inverness CT | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Miguel | BBC SPORT | Rooney Hayes | Attendance: 4,508 Referee:E Norris |
| 31 October 2010SPL | Heart of Midlothian | 0 – 3 | Kilmarnock | Tynecastle Stadium |
| 12:45 | BBC SPORT | Wright Sammon Eremenko | Attendance: 13,056 Referee:S O'Reilly |
| 6 November 2010SPL | St Johnstone | 0 – 3 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | BBC SPORT | Duberry Sammon Kelly | Attendance: 3,230 Referee:I Brines |
| 10 November 2010SPL | Kilmarnock | 3 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Rugby Park |
| 19:45 | Gordon Sammon | BBC SPORT | Attendance: 4,214 Referee:W Collum |
| 13 November 2010SPL | Dundee United | 1 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Tannadice |
| 15:00 | Russell | BBC SPORT | Sammon | Attendance: 6,597 Referee:A Muir |
| 20 November 2010SPL | Kilmarnock | 2 – 3 | Rangers | Rugby Park |
| 12:00 | Sammon | BBC SPORT | Miller | Attendance: 10,177 Referee:E Norris |
| 27 November 2010SPL | Kilmarnock | 2 – 0 | Aberdeen | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Sammon Hamill | BBC SPORT | Attendance: 5,013 Referee:E Hacmon |
| 18 December 2010SPL | Kilmarnock | 2 – 1 | Hibernian | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Kelly | BBC SPORT | Riordan | Attendance: 4,216 Referee:C Thomson |
| 21 December 2010SPL | Celtic | 1 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Celtic Park |
| 19:45 | Rogne | BBC SPORT | Sammon | Attendance: 44,522 Referee:W Collum |
| 29 December 2010SPL | Inverness CT | 1 – 3 | Kilmarnock | Caledonian Stadium |
| 19:45 | Foran | BBC SPORT | Bryson Kelly Hamill | Attendance: 3,735 Referee:W Collum |
| 3 January 2011SPL | St Mirren | 0 – 2 | Kilmarnock | St Mirren Park |
| 15:00 | BBC SPORT | Kelly Bryson | Attendance: 6,118 Referee:B Winter |
| 15 January 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 1 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Sammon | BBC SPORT | Taylor | Attendance: 4,885 Referee:S McLean |
| 18 January 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 2 | Heart of Midlothian | Rugby Park |
| 19:45 | Miguel | BBC SPORT | Elliott | Attendance: 4,996 Referee:S Conroy |
| 22 January 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 1 | Dundee United | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Sammon | BBC SPORT | Kenneth | Attendance: 5,120 Referee:G Salmond |
| 29 January 2011SPL | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 1 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Antoine-Curier | BBC SPORT | Sammon Hamill | Attendance: 2,680 Referee:B Winter |
| 2 February 2011SPL | Motherwell | 0 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Fir Park |
| 19:45 | BBC SPORT | Silva | Attendance: 3,640 Referee:S O'Reilly |
| 12 February 2011SPL | Hibernian | 2 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Easter Road |
| 15:00 | Sodje Dickoh Palsson | BBC SPORT | Hamill | Attendance: 11,082 Referee:S Conroy |
| 19 February 2011SPL | Aberdeen | 5 – 0 | Kilmarnock | Pittodrie |
| 15:00 | Vernon Aluko Maguire McArdle Josh Magennis | BBC SPORT | Attendance: 7,371 Referee:G Salmond |
| 26 February 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 2 – 0 | St Mirren | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Gros Eremenko | BBC SPORT | Attendance: 5,243 Referee:C Murray |
| 5 March 2011SPL | Heart of Midlothian | 0 – 2 | Kilmarnock | Tynecastle Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC SPORT | Silva Eremenko | Attendance: 13,836 Referee:S McLean |
| 13 March 2011SPL | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Ibrox |
| 15:00 | Diouf Clancy | BBC SPORT | Hamill | Attendance: 42,417 Referee:A Muir |
| 19 March 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 3 – 1 | Motherwell | Rugby Park |
| 12:00 | Pascali Hamill Kelly | BBC SPORT | Sutton | Attendance: 4,259 Referee:M Tumilty |
| 2 April 2011SPL | St Johnstone | 0 – 0 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | BBC SPORT | Attendance: 3,083 Referee:Finnie |
| 9 April 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 1 | Inverness CT | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Kelly | BBC SPORT | Hayes | Attendance: 4,518 Referee:McKendrick |
| 20 April 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 0 – 4 | Celtic | Rugby Park |
| 19:30 | BBC SPORT | Commons Hooper Stokes | Attendance: 9,117 Referee:Muir |
| 23 April 2011SPL | Dundee United | 4 – 2 | Kilmarnock | Tannadice |
| 12:15 | Severin Goodwillie Conway | BBC SPORT | Silva Pascali | Attendance: 5,225 Referee:Winter |
| 30 April 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 2 – 2 | Heart of Midlothian | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Fowler Agard | BBC SPORT | Skácel Pascali | Attendance: 5,006 Referee:Norris |
| 8 May 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 0 – 2 | Celtic | Rugby Park |
| 12:45 | BBC Sport | Brown Commons | Attendance: 9,720 Referee:Collum |
| 11 May 2011SPL | Motherwell | 1 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Fir Park |
| 19:45 | Jones | BBC Sport | Aubameyang | Attendance: 4,101 Referee:Allan |
| 15 May 2011SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 5 | Rangers | Rugby Park |
| 12:30 | Dayton | BBC Sport | Lafferty Naismith Jelavić | Attendance: 16,173 Referee:Thomson |
| 25 August 2010League Cup round 2 | Kilmarnock | 6 – 2 | Airdrie Utd | Rugby Park |
| Sammon Wright Kelly Sissoko | BBC Sport | McCord Grant | Attendance: 3,066 Referee:Salmond |
| 22 September 2010League Cup round 3 | Kilmarnock | 3 – 1 | Hibernian | Rugby Park |
| Hamill Silva | BBC Sport | Grounds | Attendance: 4,074 Referee:Collum |
| 27 October 2010League Cup Quarter Final | Kilmarnock | 0 – 2 | Rangers | Rugby Park |
| BBC Sport | Little Naismith | Attendance: 7,561 Referee:Tumilty |
| 10 January 2011Scottish Cup round 4 | Rangers | 3 – 0 | Kilmarnock | Ibrox |
| McCulloch Lafferty Whittaker | BBC Sport | Attendance: 13,215 Referee:O'Reilly |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | SPL | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 2 | DF | Tim Clancy | 25 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Garry Hay | 24 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | James Fowler | 27 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Wright | 31 | 2 | 27+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Mohamadou Sissoko | 31 | 1 | 26+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Craig Bryson | 36 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 8 | DF | Jamie Hamill | 35 | 10 | 31+1 | 8 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Rui Miguel | 22 | 2 | 8+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Mehdi Taouil | 27 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 13 | GK | Cammy Bell | 35 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | David Silva | 33 | 1 | 17+12 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Billy Berntsson | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Kieran Agard | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Ryan O'Leary | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Alexei Eremenko | 34 | 4 | 31+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | Kyle Letheren | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Liam Kelly | 36 | 8 | 30+2 | 7 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | James Dayton | 11 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Scott Evans | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Gavin Brown | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Alex Pursehouse | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | Benjamin Laurant | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | William Gros | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 29 | DF | Manuel Pascali | 39 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 35 | DF | Gary Fisher | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 37 | MF | Reid Brown | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 38 | MF | Rory McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 39 | MF | Ross Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 41 | MF | Callum McCluskey | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 42 | DF | Joe Slattery | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 50 | MF | Matthew Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 53 | GK | Anssi Jaakkola | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 87 | FW | Willy Aubameyang | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| Players who left the club during the 2010–11 season | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Alan Combe | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Danny Invincible | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Steven Old | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | Ben Gordon | 21 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Graeme Owens | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | Conor Sammon | 27 | 18 | 19+4 | 15 | 3+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Harry Forrester | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Michael Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | Daniel McKay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | SPL | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | Tim Clancy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Garry Hay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | James Fowler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Wright | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 6 | DF | Mohamadou Sissoko | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Craig Bryson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | DF | Jamie Hamill | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | Rui Miguel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | GK | Cammy Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | David Silva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | Ben Gordon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | Conor Sammon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Alexei Eremenko | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 22 | MF | Liam Kelly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 29 | DF | Manuel Pascali | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 87 | FW | Willy Aubameyang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 6 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 63 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 61 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 49 | |
| 6 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 46 | |
| 7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 53 |