| Club: | West Ham United |
| Season: | 2010–11 |
| Manager: | Avram Grant (until 15 May) Kevin Keen (caretaker, from 15 May to end of season) |
| Chairman: | David Gold David Sullivan |
| Chrtitle: | Co-chairmen |
| Stdtitle: | Ground |
| Stadium: | Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 20th (relegated) |
| Cup1: | League Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals (3–4 on aggregate vs. Birmingham City, a.e.t.) |
| Cup2: | FA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Sixth round (1–2 vs. Stoke City) |
| League Topscorer: | Demba Ba (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Carlton Cole (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 34,941 (vs. Liverpool, 27 February 2011) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 20,902 (vs. Oxford United, 24 August 2010) |
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| Prevseason: | 2009–10 |
| Nextseason: | 2011–12 |
The 2010–11 season was West Ham United's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. After finishing in 17th place in the previous season, the team finished 20th and was relegated to the Football League Championship.
The club appointed Avram Grant as their new manager on 3 June 2010,[1] following the sacking of Gianfranco Zola at the end of a disappointing 2009–10 season.[2] On 15 May 2011, West Ham were relegated to the Championship after a comeback from Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium. With West Ham leading 2–0 at half-time by two Demba Ba goals, Wigan battled back to win 3–2 thanks to an added-time strike from Charles N'Zogbia.[3] Following the loss, West Ham announced the sacking of manager Avram Grant just one season into his tenure.[4]
See main article: 2010–11 Premier League.
West Ham scheduled six friendly games away from home, both within the UK as well as two tour matches in Germany and Austria, in preparation for the 2010–11 Premier League season.[5] [6] They also played host to Spanish La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña at the Boleyn Ground.[7]
See also: 2010–11 Premier League.
See also: 2010–11 Football League Cup.
See also: 2010–11 FA Cup.
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | ||||||||
| FA Cup | ||||||||
| League Cup | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ST | 9 | data-sort-value="Cole, Carlton" | Carlton Cole | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2 | ST | 30 |  | data-sort-value="Piquionne, Frederic" | Frederic Piquionne | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | ST | 33 | data-sort-value="Obinna, Victor" | Victor Obinna | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | MF | 8 | data-sort-value="Parker, Scott" | Scott Parker | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| ST | 21 |  | data-sort-value="Ba, Demba" | Demba Ba | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 6 | MF | 16 | data-sort-value="Noble, Mark" | Mark Noble | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | DF | 18 |  | data-sort-value="Spector, Jonathan" | Jonathan Spector | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | data-sort-value="Hitzlsperger, Thomas" | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | ST | 19 | data-sort-value="Sears, Freddie" | Freddie Sears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 21 | data-sort-value="Behrami, Valon" | Valon Behrami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| DF | 22 | data-sort-value="da Costa, Manuel" | Manuel da Costa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| ST | 34 | data-sort-value="Keane, Robbie" | Robbie Keane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 14 | DF | 2 |  | data-sort-value="Reid, Winston" | Winston Reid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 5 | data-sort-value="Tomkins, James" | James Tomkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 25 | data-sort-value="Stanislas, Junior" | Junior Stanislas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 43 | 11 | 13 | 67 | |||||
|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|}
See main article: List of English football transfers summer 2010.
| Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | MF | Free | 1 July 2010 | [8] | ||||
| 12 | FW |  UNAM | £4M | 16 July 2010 | [9] | |||
| - | 30 | FW | Lyon | Undisclosed | 16 July 2010 | |||
| - | 3 | DF | Portsmouth | Loan | 3 August 2010 | [10] | ||
| - | 2 | DF | Midtjylland | Undisclosed | 5 August 2010 | [11] | ||
| - | 33 | FW |  Internazionale | Loan | 27 August 2010 | [12] | ||
| - | 37 | DF | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 31 August 2010 | [13] | ||
| - | 31 | GK | MVV | Nominal | 31 August 2010 |
| Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Bondz N'Gala | Free | 30 June 2010 | [14] | ||
| MF | Free | 30 June 2010 | [15] | |||
| FW | Guillermo Franco | Free | 30 June 2010 | |||
| FW |  Ilan | Free | 30 June 2010 | |||
| FW | Alessandro Diamanti | €2.2M | 24 August 2010 | [16] | ||
| DF | Fabio Daprelà | Undisclosed | 31 August 2010 | [17] |
See main article: List of English football transfers winter 2010–11.
| Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | DF | Loan | 12 January 2011 | [18] | |||
| 32 | MF | Undisclosed | 24 January 2011 | [19] | |||
| 21 | FW | Undisclosed | 28 January 2011 | [20] | |||
| 34 | FW | Loan | 30 January 2011 | [21] |
| Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Frank Nouble | Loan | 17 September 2010 | [22] | ||
| FW | Freddie Sears | Loan | 19 October 2010 | [23] | ||
| MF | Valon Behrami | Undisclosed | 25 January 2011 | [24] | ||
| MF | Kieron Dyer | Loan | 11 March 2011 | [25] | ||
| FW |  Benni McCarthy | Orlando Pirates | Contract terminated / Undisclosed | 12 April 2011 | [26] |