2010–11 in Scottish football

• Rangers won the SPL title, pipping rivals Celtic on the final day of the season, their third title in a row and their 54th Scottish league championship. It was Walter Smith's final season as manager of Rangers.
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle are competing in the Scottish Premier League for the sixth time, their last season in the top-flight since the 2008–09 season, after being promoted as First Division champions last season.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8633826.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Raith Rovers 1–0 Dundee|date=21 April 2010|access-date=21 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100424235738/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8633826.stm| archive-date= 24 April 2010 | url-status= live}}
• Stirling Albion are competing in the First Division after being promoted as Second Division champions.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8653115.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Ayr United go down, Stirling Albion secure title |date=1 May 2010|access-date=1 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100503160832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8653115.stm| archive-date= 3 May 2010 | url-status= live}}
• Arbroath won the Third Division, the first title in the club's 133-year history.

{{Main|Scottish football referee strike}}

{{main|List of Scottish football transfers 2010–11}}

{{main|2010–11 Scottish Premier League}}

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{{main|2010–11 Scottish First Division}}

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{{main|2010–11 Scottish Second Division}}

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{{main|2010–11 Scottish Third Division}}

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{{main|2010–11 Scottish Premier Under-19 League}}

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West Region

East Region

North Region

{{main|2010–11 UEFA Champions League|2010–11 UEFA Europa League}}

• All teams had been eliminated.
• Current UEFA coefficients: [http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html Ranking]

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

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|round = Group stage

|date = {{Nowrap|14 September 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Manchester United {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 0 – 0

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8994314.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Old Trafford, Manchester

|attendance = 74,408

|referee = Olegário Benquerença

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Group stage

|date = {{Nowrap|29 September 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Rangers {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 1 – 0

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/9038867.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Bursaspor

|goals1 = Naismith {{goal|18}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 41,905

|referee = Serge Gumienny

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Group stage

|date = {{Nowrap|20 October 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Rangers {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/9106798.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Valencia

|goals1 = Edu {{goal|34}}

|goals2 = Edu {{goal|34 o.g.}}

|stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 45,153

|referee = Nicola Rizzoli

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Group stage

|date = {{Nowrap|2 November 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Valencia {{flagicon|ESP}}

|score = 3 – 0

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/9147154.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers

|goals1 = Soldado {{goal|34||71}}
Costa {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Felix Brych

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Group stage

|date = {{Nowrap|24 November 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Rangers {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 0 – 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/9218239.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Rooney {{goal|87 pen.}}

|stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 49,764

|referee = Massimo Busacca

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Group stage

|date = {{Nowrap|7 December 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Bursaspor {{flagicon|TUR}}

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/9258285.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers

|goals1 = Yıldırım {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Miller {{goal|19}}

|stadium = Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Tony Chapron

|result = D

}}

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

{{football box collapsible

|round = Round of 32

|date = {{Nowrap|17 February 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Rangers {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/9397064.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Sporting CP

|goals1 = Whittaker {{goal|66}}

|goals2 = Fernández {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 34,095

|referee = Manuel Gräfe

|result = D

}}

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|round = Round of 32

|date = {{Nowrap|24 February 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Sporting CP {{flagicon|POR}}

|score = 2 – 2

|aggregatescore = 3 – 3

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/9404968.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers

|goals1 = Mendes {{goal|42}}
Djaló {{goal|83}}

|goals2 = Diouf {{goal|20}}
Edu {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

|attendance = 15,375

|referee = Paolo Tagliavento

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Round of 16

|date = {{Nowrap|10 March 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = PSV Eindhoven {{flagicon|NED}}

|score = 0 – 0

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/9417560.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Martin Hansson

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Round of 16

|date = {{Nowrap|17 March 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Rangers {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 0 – 1

|aggregatescore = 0 – 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/9426864.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Lens {{goal|13}}

|stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 35,373

|referee = Robert Schorgenhofer

|result = L

}}

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

{{football box collapsible

|round = Third qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|28 July 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|POR}} Braga

|score = 3 – 0

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8860029.stm BBC Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 = Alan {{goal|26 pen.}}
Echiéjilé {{goal|76}}
Nascimento {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

|attendance = 12,295

|referee = Serge Gumienny

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Third qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|4 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 2 – 1

|aggregatescore = 2 – 4

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8879233.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Braga

|goals1 = Hooper {{goal|57}}
Juárez {{goal|78}}

|goals2 = Paulo César {{goal|20}}

|stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 52,000

|referee = Ivan Bebek

|result = W

}}

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

{{football box collapsible

|round = Play-off round

|date = {{Nowrap|19 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 2 – 0

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8925667.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Utrecht

|goals1 = Juárez {{goal|19}}
Samaras {{goal|34}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 35,755

|referee = Svein Oddvar Moen

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Play-off round

|date = {{Nowrap|26 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|NED}} Utrecht

|score = 4 – 0

|aggregatescore = 4 – 2

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8943575.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}

|goals1 = van Wolfswinkel {{goal|12|pen|20|pen|47}}
Maguire {{goal|63}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

|attendance = 18,000

|referee = Carlos Velasco Carballo

|result = L

}}

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

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|round = Play-off round

|date = {{Nowrap|19 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Dundee United

|score = 0 – 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8926008.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = AEK Athens {{flagicon|GRE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Djebbour {{goal|11}}

|stadium = Tannadice Park, Dundee

|attendance = 12,116

|referee = Marijo Strahonja

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Play-off round

|date = {{Nowrap|26 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens

|score = 1 – 1

|aggregatescore = 2 – 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8944784.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = Dundee United {{flagicon|SCO}}

|goals1 = Diop {{goal|23}}

|goals2 = Daly {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Karaiskakis Stadium, Pireus

|attendance = 600

|referee = Libor Kovařík

|result = D

}}

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

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|round = Third qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|29 July 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Maribor {{flagicon|SVN}}

|score = 3–0

|report = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8864977.stm

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Hibernian

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Iličić {{goal|32||52}}
Tavares {{goal|60}}

|stadium = Ljudski vrt

|location = Maribor

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Martin Ingvarsson

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Third qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|5 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = Hibernian {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 2–3

|aggregatescore = 2–6

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8879246.stm BBC Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SVN}} Maribor

|goals1 = de Graaf {{goal|54||89}}

|goals2 = Tavares {{goal|19||73}}
Mezga {{goal|67|pen}}

|stadium = Easter Road

|location = Edinburgh

|attendance = 12,504

|referee = Clément Turpin

|result = L

}}

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

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|round = Second qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|15 July 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Motherwell

|score = 1 - 0

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8822386.stm BBC Report]

|team2 = Breiðablik {{flagicon|ISL}}

|goals1 = Forbes {{goal|63}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Fir Park, Motherwell

|attendance = 5,990

|referee = Richard Liesveld

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Second qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|22 July 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|ISL}} Breiðablik

|score = 0 - 1

|aggregatescore = 0 - 2

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8842400.stm BBC Report]

|team2 = Motherwell {{flagicon|SCO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Murphy {{goal|42}}

|stadium = Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

|attendance = 1,700

|referee = Carlos Miguel Taborda Xistra

|result = W

}}

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|round = Third qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|29 July 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|NOR}} Aalesunds

|score = 1 - 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8864880.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = Motherwell {{flagicon|SCO}}

|goals1 = Mathisen {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 = Murphy {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Color Line Stadion, Ålesund

|attendance = 8,450

|referee = Toussaint

|result = D

}}

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|round = Third qualifying round

|date = {{Nowrap|5 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Motherwell

|score = 3 - 0

|aggregatescore = 4 - 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8879281.stm BBC Report]

|team2 = Aalesunds {{flagicon|NOR}}

|goals1 = Murphy {{goal|4}}
Sutton {{goal|13}}
Page {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Fir Park, Motherwell

|attendance = 7,721

|referee = Richard Trutz

|result = W

}}

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|round = Play-off round

|date = {{Nowrap|19 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|DNK}} Odense

|score = 2 - 1

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8925896.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = Motherwell {{flagicon|SCO}}

|goals1 = Sørensen {{goal|31}}
Utaka {{goal|78}}

|goals2 = Hateley {{goal|90+4}}

|stadium = TRE-FOR Park, Odense

|attendance = 14,911

|referee = Zsolt Szabó

|result = L

}}

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|round = Play-off round

|date = {{Nowrap|26 August 2011}}

|time = 19:45 BST (UTC+01)

|team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Motherwell

|score = 0 - 1

|aggregatescore = 1 - 3

|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8944768.stm BBC Sport]

|team2 = Odense {{flagicon|DNK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Utaka {{goal|28}}

|stadium = Fir Park, Motherwell

|attendance = 9,105

|referee = Michael Koukoulakis

|result = L

}}

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• 29 July – Alex Wilson, 76, Portsmouth and Scotland defender.{{cite news |url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/dedicated-pompey-servant-alex-wilson-dies-aged-76-1-1255347 |title=Dedicated Pompey servant Alex Wilson dies aged 76 |work=The News |date=11 August 2010 |access-date=1 January 2015}}
• 2 September – Jackie Sinclair, 67, Dunfermline and Scotland winger.{{cite news|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/02/fairs-cup-legend-sinclair-loses-cancer-battle-72703-27186427/ |title=Fairs Cup legend Sinclair loses cancer battle |work=Newcastle Chronicle |date=3 September 2010 |access-date=1 January 2015 |first=Lee |last=Ryder |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404031859/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/02/fairs-cup-legend-sinclair-loses-cancer-battle-72703-27186427/ |archive-date=4 April 2012 }}
• 30 October – John Benson, 67, Manchester City, Torquay United, Bournemouth, Exeter City and Norwich City defender; Bournemouth, Manchester City, Burnley and Wigan Athletic manager.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/9142576.stm |title=Ex-Wigan & Man City manager John Benson dies aged 67 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=30 October 2010 |access-date=1 January 2015}}
• 10 November – Jim Farry, 56, Scottish Football League secretary (1979–1990) and Scottish Football Association chief executive (1990–1999).{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/former-sfa-chief-jim-farry-dies-at-56-1.1067426 |work=The Herald |last=Williams |first= Martin |title=Former SFA chief Jim Farry dies at 56 |date=11 November 2010 |access-date=1 January 2015}}
• 18 November – Jim Cruickshank, 69, Queen's Park, Hearts, Dumbarton and Scotland goalkeeper.{{cite news |url=http://www.football.co.uk/hearts/gordon_joins_cruickshank_tributes_rss1509719.shtml#TmbDkQshWfrIP8XP.97 |title=Gordon joins Cruickshank tributes |work=Football.co.uk (Scottish Premier Division News) |date=19 November 2010 |access-date=19 November 2010}}
• 28 December – Avi Cohen, 54, Rangers defender.{{cite web|url=http://news.stv.tv/west-central/217439-ex-rangers-star-avi-cohen-dies-following-motorbike-crash/ |title=Ex-Rangers star Avi Cohen dies following motorbike crash |date=28 December 2010|work=STV|access-date=1 January 2015}}
• 24 January – Alec Boden, 85, Celtic and Ayr United defender.
• 27 January – Svein Mathisen, 58, Norwegian player who made three appearances for Hibernian in 1978.{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=10037844 |title="Matta" var en av de største |work=VG |date=27 January 2011 |access-date=1 January 2015|language=no}}
• 10 March – Danny Paton, 75, Hearts forward.
• 4 April – John Niven, 89, East Fife and Kilmarnock goalkeeper.{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_john_niven_footballer_1_1573124|title=Obituary: John Niven, footballer|work=The Scotsman |date=5 April 2011 |access-date=1 January 2015}}
• 6 April – Jim Blair, 64, St Mirren and Hibs forward.
• 11 April – Jimmy Briggs, 74, Dundee United defender.{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-jimmy-briggs-footballer-1-1587912 |title=Obituary: Jimmy Briggs, footballer |work=The Scotsman |date=13 April 2011 |access-date=1 January 2015}}
• 12 April – Ronnie Coyle, 46, Raith Rovers, Celtic, Ayr United, Clyde, East Fife and Queen's Park defender.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/ronnie-coyle.13292065 |title=Ronnie Coyle|date=13 April 2011 |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |access-date=1 January 2015 |first=Matt |last=Vallance}}
• 20 April – Allan Brown, 84, East Fife and Scotland forward.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/allan-brown.13403146 |title=Allan Brown |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |date=22 April 2011 |access-date=1 January 2015 |first=Matt |last=Vallance}}
• 28 April – Willie O'Neill, 70, Celtic defender.{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Willie-O39Neill-member-of-legendary.6759665.jp |title=Willie O'Neill, member of legendary European Cup-winning squad, dies aged 70|work=The Scotsman |date=29 April 2011|access-date=1 January 2015 |first=Alan|last=Pattullo}}
• 30 April – Eddie Turnbull, 88, Hibernian and Scotland player; manager of Queen's Park, Aberdeen and Hibernian.
• 5 May – Dougie McCracken, 46, Ayr United, Dumbarton and East Fife player.
• 5 May – Tommy Wright, 83, Partick Thistle, East Fife and Scotland winger.{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-tommy-wright-footballer-1-1655224 |title=Obituary: Tommy Wright, footballer |date=24 May 2011 |access-date=1 January 2015 |work=The Scotsman }}
• 14 May – Ernie Walker, 83, Secretary of the Scottish Football Association from 1977 to 1990.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/13403952.stm|title=Former Scottish FA secretary Ernie Walker dies|access-date=1 January 2015 |date=15 May 2011|publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport}}
• 30 May – Eddie Morrison, 63, Kilmarnock and Morton forward; Kilmarnock manager.{{cite news |url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/eddie-morrison.13896768 |title=Eddie Morrison |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |access-date=1 January 2015 |date=31 May 2011 |first=Matt |last=Vallance}}

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