| Club: | Sevilla |
| Season: | 2010–11 |
| Manager: | Antonio Álvarez (until 27 September) Gregorio Manzano (from 27 September) |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | José María del Nido |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| League: | La Liga |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | Copa del Rey |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | Supercopa de España |
| Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup3: | UEFA Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Play-off round |
| Cup4: | UEFA Europa League |
| Cup4 Result: | Round of 32 |
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| League Topscorer: | Álvaro Negredo (20) |
| Season Topscorer: | Álvaro Negredo (26) |
| Prevseason: | 2009–10 |
| Nextseason: | 2011–12 |
The 2010–11 Spanish football season is Sevilla Fútbol Club's tenth consecutive season in La Liga. The team manager for the previous season, Antonio Álvarez, continued on the role[1] until the 2–0 defeat against Hércules on 26 September 2010. After the match, Gregorio Manzano was appointed manager,[2] assisted by former player Javier Navarro.[3]
| Category | Trophy | Started round | First match | Result | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Trophy | 16th Trofeo de la Sal | Final | 23 July 2010 | Winner | 23 July 2010 |
| Achille & Cesare Bortolotti Trophy | Final | 30 July 2010 | Winner | 30 July 2010 | |
| 56th Ramón de Carranza Trophy | Semi-finals | 7 August 2010 | Third Place | 8 August 2010 | |
| 3rd Antonio Puerta Trophy | Final | 24 November 2010 | Runners-up | 24 November 2010 | |
| Competitive | Liga BBVA | — | 28 August 2010 | 5th | 21 May 2011 |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | 27 October 2010 | Third Place[4] | 2 February 2011 | |
| Supercopa de España | Final | 14 August 2010 | Runners-up | 21 August 2010 | |
| UEFA Champions League | Fourth Qualifying Round | 18 August 2010 | Fourth Qualifying Round[5] | ||
| UEFA Europa League | Group Stage | Round of 32 | 23 February 2011 | ||
| Biggest win | ||||||||||
| Home | Away | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liga BBVA | 22 January 2011 | Matchday 20 | v. Levante | 4–1 | 28 August 2010 | Matchday 1 | v. Levante | 1–4 | ||
| 1 March 2011 | Matchday 26 | v. Sporting de Gijón | 3–0 | |||||||
| Copa del Rey | 10 November 2010 | Round of 32, 2nd leg | v. Real Unión | 6–1 | 27 October 2010 | Round of 32, 1st leg | v. Real Unión | 0–4 | ||
| Champions League | None due to the elimination in the fourth qualifying round | |||||||||
| Europa League | 4 November 2010 | GS, Matchday 4 | v.  Karpaty Lviv | 4–0 | 30 September 2010 | GS, Matchday 2 | v. Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | ||
| 21 October 2010 | GS, Matchday 3 | v. Karpaty Lviv | ||||||||
| 23 February 2011 | Round of 32, 2nd leg | v. Porto | ||||||||
| Biggest loss | ||||||||||
| Home | Away | |||||||||
| Liga BBVA | 21 November 2010 | Matchday 35 | v. Real Madrid | 2–6 | 31 October 2010 | Matchday 9 | v. Barcelona | 5–0 | ||
| Copa del Rey | 26 January 2011 | Semifinals, 1st leg | v. Real Madrid | 0–1 | 2 February 2011 | Semifinals, 2nd leg | v. Real Madrid | 2–0 | ||
| Champions League | 24 August 2010 | QR 4, 2nd leg | v. Braga | 3–4 | 18 August 2010 | QR 4, 1st leg | v. Braga | 1–0 | ||
| Europa League | 16 September 2010 | GS, Matchday 1 | v.  Paris-Saint Germain | 0–1 | 2 December 2010 | GS, Matchday 5 | v. Paris Saint-Germain | 4–2 | ||
| 17 February 2011 | Round of 32, 1st leg | v. Porto | 1–2 | |||||||
| In (5 players) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | From | Fee |
| Mouhamadou Dabo | Saint-Étienne | Free[6] |
| Tiberio Guarente | Atalanta | €5,500,000[7] |
| Luis Alberto | Sevilla Atlético | Free |
| Dani Jiménez | Sevilla C[8] | Free[9] |
| Alexis | Valencia | €5,000,000[10] |
| Cala[11] | Sevilla Atlético | Free[12] |
| Out (7 players) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | New Team | Fee |
| Adriano | Barcelona | €9,500,000[13] |
| José Ángel Crespo | Padova | Free[14] |
| José Manuel Casado | Rayo Vallecano | Free[15] |
| Javier Chevantón | Lecce | Free[16] |
| Sébastien Squillaci | Arsenal | €6,500,000[17] |
| Lolo | Osasuna | Free[18] |
| Aldo Duscher | Espanyol | Free[19] |
| Loan in (2 players) | |
|---|---|
| Player | From |
| Luca Cigarini[20] | Napoli[21] |
| Martín Cáceres | Barcelona |
| Loan out (4 players) | |
|---|---|
| Player | Team |
| Emiliano Armenteros | Rayo Vallecano[22] |
| David Prieto | Tenerife[23] |
| Tom De Mul | Standard Liège[24] |
| Cala | Cartagena[25] |
| Loan return (2 players) | |
|---|---|
| Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season | |
| Player | From |
| Alejandro Alfaro[26] | Tenerife |
| Arouna Koné | Hannover 96 |
| José Ángel Crespo | Racing Santander |
| Emiliano Armenteros | Xerez |
| José Manuel Casado | Xerez |
| David Prieto | Xerez |
| Javier Chevantón | Atalanta |
| In (2 players) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | From | Fee |
 Gary Medel[28] | Universidad Católica He was playing on loan at  Boca Juniors | €3,000,000 |
| Ivan Rakitić | Schalke 04 | €1,500,000 |
| Out (2 players) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | New Team | Fee |
| Abdoulay Konko |  Genoa[29] | €6,000,000 |
 Luís Fabiano | São Paulo[30] | €7,600,000 |
| Loan out (2 players) | |
|---|---|
| Player | Team |
 Antonio Luna[31] | Almería |
| José Carlos | Cartagena |
Out between: January–December 2010On 1 January 2010, Sevilla's medical services detected some cardiac pathology in Sergio Sánchez's heart and they recommended to him to stop his activity with the team. In May 2010, he was surgical operated in Hamburg, Germany, and received orders of resting during six or seven months, when there will be valued (beginning of 2011) the possibility of returning to play football.[32] On 27 December 2010, doctors at Vall d'Hebrón Hospital in Barcelona had officially told Sevilla that Sánchez has passed the latest tests about his recovery because of the surgical operation, so he can play football again from 2011.[33]
Out between: 16–30 September 2010 ; October 2010 – January 2011On 16 September 2010, in the Europa League match against Paris Saint-Germain, Jesús Navas twisted his left ankle. He had to be replaced during that match because he couldn't walk as usual. His injury didn't appear serious, and he was considered recovered and fit to play in the pre-game Europa League against Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion. He had to be replaced on 76' because of a strong relapse. He was replaced by Julien Escudé. During October, it was thought that he needed surgery. He submitted it on 1 November in Vitoria-Gasteiz. He was operated by Dr. Mikel Sánchez and could return to play after Christmas, on 2 January against Osasuna.
Out between: November 2010 – Following seasonOn 6 November 2010, Sevilla's medical services discovered a strange injury in Tiberio Guarente's leg that required treatment, ultimately sidelining him for six months.[34]
Out between: April 2011 – Following season
In a training session prior to a match against Mallorca, Jesús Navas had discomfort in his left ankle, which had been twisted in the beginning of the session in a Europa League match against Paris Saint-Germain. He was not called to that match and medical tests were made. It was discovered that he suffered from a relapse of that injury, a stress fracture in his ankle that will keep him out of play for six weeks. It is believed he will not play more in the remainder of the season.
| List of players nominated by their national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Federico Fazio | v. (26 March 2011) v. (29 March 2011) | |
| 4 | Martín Cáceres | v. (8 October 2010) v. (12 October 2010) v. (17 November 2010) v. (25 March 2011) v. (29 March 2011) v. (29 May 2011) | |
| 6 | Romaric | v. (10 August 2010) v. (4 September 2010) v. (8 October 2010) v. (17 November 2010) v. (8 February 2011) v. (25 March 2011) | |
| 7 | Jesús Navas | v. (11 August 2010) v. (3 September 2010) v. (7 September 2010) v. (9 February 2011) v. (25 March 2011) v. (29 March 2011) | |
| 8 | Didier Zokora | v. (10 August 2010) v. (4 September 2010) v. (8 October 2010) v. (17 November 2010) v. (8 February 2011) v. (25 March 2011) | |
| 16 | Diego Capel | Spain U21 | v. (11 August 2010) v. (3 September 2010) v. (7 September 2010) v. (9 October 2010) v. (12 October 2010) v. (8 February 2011) v. (28 March 2011) |
| 19 | Luca Cigarini | v. (3 September 2010) v. (7 September 2010) | |
| 24 | Gary Medel | v. (26 March 2011) v. (29 March 2011) | |
| 25 | Ivan Rakitić | v. (9 February 2011) v. (26 March 2011) v. (29 March 2011) | |
| 26 | Luis Alberto | Spain U19 | v. (19 April 2011) v. (20 April 2011) v. (2broadcast 2011) |
| 31 | Rodri | Spain U21 | v. (24 March 2011) |
| No. | Pos. | Player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Liga | Cup | SCE | UCL | UEL | Liga | Cup | SCE | UCL | UEL | Liga | Cup | SCE | UCL | UEL | Liga | Cup | SCE | UCL | UEL | ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Andrés Palop | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Federico Fazio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Martín Cáceres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Fernando Navarro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Romaric | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Jesús Navas (LTI) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Didier Zokora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | MF | Diego Perotti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | Luís Fabiano (Out) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | Renato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | Frédéric Kanouté | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | GK | Javi Varas | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | < | --Only goals scored--> | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | DF | Julien Escudé | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | Alejandro Alfaro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | Diego Capel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | DF | Sergio Sánchez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | MF | Luca Cigarini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | DF | Mouhamadou Dabo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | MF | Lautaro Acosta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | DF | Alexis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | DF | Abdoulay Konko (Out) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MF | Gary Medel | No. 40 | No. 40 | No. 40 | No. 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | MF | Tiberio Guarente (LTI) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MF | Ivan Rakitić | No. 41 | No. 41 | No. 41 | No. 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | DF | Antonio Luna (Out) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | FW | José Carlos (Out) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | FW | Rodri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | DF |  Bernardo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Man of the Match: Frédéric Kanouté (Sevilla)
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| Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
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| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | |
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| Against | LEV | DEP | MGA | RAC | HÉR | ATM | SPG | ATH | FCB | VAL | ZAR | MLL | GET | VIL | ALM | RMA | OSA | RSO | ESP | LEV | DEP | MGA | RAC | HÉR | ATM | SPG | ATH | FCB | VAL | ZAR | MLL | GET | VIL | ALM | RMA | OSA | RSO | ESP | |
| Venue | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Goal Average (useful in case of tie)[35] | Won | Won | Won | Lost | Lost | Won | Won | Lost | Lost | Won | Won | Lost | Lost | Lost | Lost | Lost | Won | Won | Won | ||||||||||||||||||||
Win Draw Lost
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| Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Dif. | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Dif. | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Dif. | ||
| 5 | Sevilla FC | 58 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | -7 |
Liga BBVA Winner (also qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage)
2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2011–12 UEFA Champions League 4th Qualifying Round
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 4th Qualifying Round (From 3 February: 5th and 6th Liga BBVA qualified teams because of the 2011 Copa del Rey Final)
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round (From 3 February: 7th Liga BBVA qualified team because of the 2011 Copa del Rey Final)
Relegation to Liga Adelante
See main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.
See main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | |
| Sevilla | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 1 |
Sevilla 2–2 Porto on aggregate. Porto won on away goals.
Sevilla won 10–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 8–3 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 6–3 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
After the successful end of the 2009–10 season, during which the team could qualify for the qualifying round 4 of the UEFA Champions League thanks to a goal from Rodri in Almería in the 95th minute, and the achievement of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey, won the fifth time in club's history, Antonio Álvarez was renowned as the team coach. After an uncertain pre-season with signings that did not seem to provide a good performance, as well as a hesitant start in Champions League and disastrous at Europe League, the directive issued an ultimatum to Álvarez: His team could not lose in Alicante against Hércules. Sevilla, however, fell precipitously; Trezeguet scored twice on 26 September at the Estadio José Rico Perez. After an impromptu meeting of the directive in Seville, on the morning from 26 to 27 September, Álvarez was sacked, with Gregorio Manzano announced as his replacement for the remainder of the season.
Álvarez's matches balance:
| Álvarez matches balance | |||
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| Match against | Result | Category | Notes |
| v. Chiclana | 1–5 | Preseason | |
| v. Rota XI | 0–6 | ||
| v. San Fernando | 1–4 | ||
| v. Atalanta | 1–2 | ||
| v. RCD Espanyol | 1–1 | 1–4 (p) | |
| v. Cádiz | 2–3 | ||
| v. Barcelona | 3–1 | Supercopa de España | |
| v. Braga | 1–0 | Champions League, QR4 | |
| v. Barcelona | 4–0 | Supercopa de España | 3–5 (on aggregate) |
| v. Braga | 3–4 | Champions League, QR4 | 3–5 (on aggregate) |
| v. Levante | 1–4 | Liga BBVA | |
| v. Conil | 1–4 | Friendly | |
| v. Deportivo La Coruña | 0–0 | Liga BBVA | |
| v. Paris Saint-Germain | 0–1 | Europe League, GS M1 | |
| v. Málaga | 1–2 | Liga BBVA | |
| v. Racing Santander | 1–1 | ||
| v. Hércules | 2–0 | ||
Three years ago, on 2008 Christmas, Frédéric Kanouté and his own foundation organized a special Christmas match with Unicef trying to help African kids about their education with the ticket's prices and the anonymous donations. The first edition was held in Seville at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, with a smaller support than in 2009 when the match was organized in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu, with three-quarters of the stadium full of fans. Both matches have been broadcast in some foreign countries, like United Kingdom and Mali. This year, with more help for the Fundación Kanouté, the match will be held at the Vicente Calderón, the home of Atlético Madrid, on 29 December. Africa United coach José Mourinho starred the funniest anecdotes of the match, taking with him his sons, who threw the ball to one of the goalkeepers of his father's team at half-time, Andrés Palop. In addition, Mourinho plated the linesman in the second-half due to the many marked offsides against his team and took with him to an amateur teen who jumped into the Vicente Calderón to greet a player of the Liga BBVA XI.
After completing the game between Sevilla and Levante (4–1 home win), the stadium lights went out suddenly after the referees and Levante players retired from the pitch. In the video scoreboard it was shown a video with Andrés Palop's voice background encouraging Sevilla fans to go to the stadium on 26 January to watch the first leg of Copa del Rey Semifinals against Real Madrid CF. The video ended with an image of the Copa del Rey and the phrases "¿Quieres otra Copa?" [Do you want another Cup?] and "Que ningún madridista te quite el asiento" ("Try to avoid that any Real Madrid fan steals your seat") and "Vamos Deixar-te Sem o Título" ("We will leave you without the title"). The press in Madrid, akin to Real Madrid, slammed this initiative, considering it disrespectful.
They identified the "We will leave you without the title" as an offensive reference to Real Madrid's José Mourinho. Sevilla also distributed leaflets with the same image and the same phrases. Sevilla coach Gregorio Manzano said at the news conference that he had not seen them. When a reporter gave him one, he just said that "it was an original initiative".
On 11 February 2011, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) officially announced a planned strike for La Liga matchday 30 (1, 2 and 3 April 2011) if the Spanish government did not forbid a new TV law regarding La Liga broadcasting. and if it does not give the league a sufficient part of the earnings from La Quiniela, a football pool run by the state lottery. Following Spanish law, at least one match of each La Liga matchday must be broadcast by common TV (laSexta, on the Spanish TDT). The LFP wanted to force pay TV channels and radio stations to broadcast entire matches or summaries too. On 22 March, the LFP announced that nothing had changed to that moment and the strike was official. Seven La Liga teams (Villarreal, Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, Espanyol, Zaragoza, Sevilla and Málaga) had made official their decision about playing that matchday as usual, presenting an interim measure before a court of Madrid. LFP Vice-president (and Sevilla FC vice-president) stepped down, citing disagreement with the decision taken by the LFP in February, calling it coercion.
After weeks of discussions without reaching any conclusion, the judge presiding over the case, Ms. Purificación Pujol, announced on 30 March that the seven La Liga clubs, along with Real Madrid and Barcelona, which joined days after, were right. Therefore, the same morning, the LFP had to organize on the fly the schedule of matchdays 30 in La Liga and 32 in the Liga Adelante.