# 2010–11 Real Madrid CF season

The 2010–11 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 80th season in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2010–11 season.
The rebuilt Madrid under star manager José Mourinho successfully fought on all fronts, going toe to toe with a brilliant Barcelona side which some regard as the greatest team in football history. Ultimately, Madrid finished second in the league, with 92 points and four behind their perennial rivals, defeated them in the Copa del Rey final, and lost to Barça in the Champions League semi-finals, where Real progressed to for the first time since 2002–03. Moreover, from 16 April through 3 May, a rare occurrence happened when, for the first time ever, four Clásicos were to be played in a span of just 18 days. The first fixture was in the league campaign on 16 April (which ended 1–1 with penalty goals for both sides), the second one was in the Copa del Rey final (which was won by Madrid 1–0 a.e.t., bringing them their first trophy in the second Galáctico era) on 20 April and the third and fourth ones in the two-legged Champions League semi-finals on 27 April and 3 May (Barcelona won on aggregate with a 2–0 away victory and a 1–1 home draw). The matches in the Champions League proved the most controversial, as multiple refereeing decisions were harshly criticized by Mourinho and Madrid players who accused UEFA of favoring the Catalan side. Namely, Pepe's red card in the 61st minute of the first leg was questioned, after which Barcelona scored two goals, with Mourinho being ejected and subsequently banned for the second leg for protesting, and several controversial offside calls were made, as well as Real having a goal disallowed in the second leg, when the score was tied 0–0. Madrid again became the highest scoring team in La Liga, with 102 goals, repeating its output from the previous season, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a record 40 and winning the European Golden Shoe.
This season was the first since 1993–94 without Raúl, who departed to join Schalke 04 after his contract was terminated, having stayed at the club for sixteen years and the first since 1994–95 without Guti who departed to join Beşiktaş.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | José Mourinho |
| Assistant Coach | Aitor Karanka |
| Fitness Trainer | Rui Faria |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Silvino Louro |
| Technical Assistant | José Morais |
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### Kit

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| Home | Away | Third |
Source: "The new shirt of Real Madrid 2010/11". Real Madrid C.F. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010. "Real Madrid Home Jersey". Adidas.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010. "Real Madrid UEFA Champions League Away Shirt 2010/11". Realmadridshop.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

### Other information

| President | Florentino Pérez |
| Honorary Life President | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| 1st Vice-president | Fernando Fernández Tapias |
| 2nd Vice-president | Eduardo Fernández de Blas |
| Secretary of the Board | Enrique Sánchez González |
| Director General | Jorge Valdano |
| Director General of the President's Office | Manuel Redondo |
| Director of Institutional Relations | Emilio Butragueño |
| Advisor to the President | Zinedine Zidane |
| Sporting Director | Miguel Pardeza |
| Director of the Social Area | José Luis Sánchez |
| Director of the Legal Advisory Board | Javier López Farre |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Santiago Bernabéu (80,354 / 105x68m) |
| Training ground | Ciudad Real Madrid |
Source: Board of Directors (Realmadrid), El club más laureado del mundo

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas (captain) | 30 | EU | 1999 | 572 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 2 | CB | Ricardo Carvalho | 33 | EU | 2010 | 48 | 3 | 2012 | €8M | |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | 28 | EU | 2007 | 112 | 2 | 2012 | €30M | Second nationality: Brazil |
| 4 | RB | Sergio Ramos (VC) | 25 | EU | 2005 | 262 | 32 | 2016 | €28M | |
| 5 | CM | Fernando Gago | 25 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 121 | 1 | 2013 | €20M | |
| 6 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | 27 | EU | 2011 (Winter) | 22 | 8 | 2011 | N/A | #28 in UCL |
| 7 | LW | Cristiano Ronaldo | 26 | EU | 2009 | 89 | 87 | 2015 | €94M | |
| 8 | AM | Kaká | 29 | EU | 2009 | 53 | 16 | 2015 | €65M | Second nationality: Italy |
| 9 | ST | Karim Benzema | 23 | EU | 2009 | 81 | 35 | 2015 | €35M + €6M in variables | Second nationality: Algeria |
| 10 | DM | Lassana Diarra | 26 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 90 | 1 | 2013 | €20M | |
| 11 | CM | Esteban Granero | 23 | EU | 2009 | 68 | 5 | 2013 | €4.5M | Originally from Youth system |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo (VC) | 23 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 165 | 13 | 2015 | €6.5M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 13 | GK | Antonio Adán | 24 | EU | 2009 | 5 | 0 | 2014 | Youth system | |
| 14 | CM | Xabi Alonso | 29 | EU | 2009 | 93 | 4 | 2014 | €30M | |
| 16 | AM | Sergio Canales | 20 | EU | 2010 | 15 | 0 | 2016 | €4.5M | |
| 17 | RB | Álvaro Arbeloa | 28 | EU | 2009 | 85 | 3 | 2014 | €4.5M | Originally from Youth system |
| 18 | CB | Raúl Albiol | 25 | EU | 2009 | 75 | 1 | 2014 | €15M | |
| 19 | CB | Ezequiel Garay | 24 | Non-EU | 2008 | 31 | 1 | 2014 | €10M | |
| 20 | ST | Gonzalo Higuaín (VC) | 23 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 166 | 77 | 2016 | €13M | Second nationality: France |
| 21 | RW | Pedro León | 24 | EU | 2010 | 14 | 2 | 2016 | €10M | |
| 22 | RW | Ángel Di María | 23 | EU | 2010 | 53 | 9 | 2016 | €25M + €11M in variables | |
| 23 | AM | Mesut Özil | 22 | EU | 2010 | 53 | 10 | 2016 | €15M | Second nationality: Turkey |
| 24 | DM | Sami Khedira | 24 | EU | 2010 | 40 | 0 | 2016 | €12M | Second nationality: Tunisia |
| 25 | GK | Jerzy Dudek | 38 | EU | 2007 | 12 | 0 | 2011 | Free | |
| 26 | LW | Juan Carlos | 21 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | |
| 27 | RB | Juanfran | 22 | EU | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| 28 | GK | Jesús | 23 | EU | 2011 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | |
| 29 | ST | Álvaro Morata | 18 | EU | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2014 | Youth system | |
| 30 | CM | Álex | 18 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | #30 in UCL |
| 33 | LW | Pablo Sarabia | 19 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 2013 | Youth system | |
| 35 | LB | Nacho | 21 | EU | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 39 | ST | Joselu | 21 | EU | 2011 | 1 | 1 | | Youth system | |
| 40 | GK | Tomás Mejías | 22 | EU | 2011 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 1 July 2011
* Source: realmadrid.com, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals), realmadrid.com (for players' numbers) and soccer-spain.com, sportec.es, footballdatabase (for EU passport)
* Ordered by position on pitch.

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 16 | AM | Sergio Canales | 19 | EU | Racing Santander | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €4.5M | Realmadrid.com |
| 22 | RW | Ángel Di María | 22 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €25M | Realmadrid.com |
| 21 | RW | Pedro León | 23 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €10M | Realmadrid.com |
| 24 | DM | Sami Khedira | 23 | EU | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €12M | Realmadrid.com |
| 2 | CB | Ricardo Carvalho | 32 | EU | Chelsea | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | €8M | Realmadrid.com |
| 23 | AM | Mesut Özil | 21 | EU | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €15M | Realmadrid.com |
| 15 | CB | David Mateos | 23 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2011 | Youth system | Realmadrid.com |
| 6 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | 26 | EU | Manchester City | Loan | Winter | 2011 | N/A | Realmadrid.com |
Total spending: €74.5 million

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 21 | DF | Christoph Metzelder | 29 | EU | Schalke 04 | End of contract | Summer | Free | Schalke04.de |
| 14 | MF | Guti | 33 | EU | Beşiktaş | Contract cancellation | Summer | Free | BeşiktaşJK.com |
| 7 | SS | Raúl | 33 | EU | Schalke 04 | Contract cancellation | Summer | Free | Schalke04.de |
| 15 | LM | Royston Drenthe | 23 | EU | Hércules | Loan | Summer | N/A | Realmadrid.com |
| 23 | AM | Rafael van der Vaart | 27 | EU | Tottenham Hotspur | Transfer | Summer | €11M | tottenhamhotspur.com |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | 29 | EU | Monaco | Transfer | Winter | Free | Realmadrid.com |
| 15 | CB | David Mateos | 23 | EU | AEK Athens | Loan | Winter | N/A | Realmadrid.com |
Total income: €16 million, (€5M from Antonio Cassano to Milan transfer)

### Long-term injury list

| Date | Player | Injury | Estimated date of return |
Last updated: 1 April 2011 Source: Realmadrid.com

## Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 24 May 2011 Source: Preseason, US Tour, US & European Tour, Santiago Bernabéu Trophy, Real Madrid in support of Murcia and Lorca

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 95 | 21 | +74 | 96 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 102 | 33 | +69 | 92 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
* ↑ SEV: 7 pts; ATH: 6 pts; ATM: 4 pts

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
Last updated: 21 May 2011 Source: realmadrid.com, LFP, La Liga Schedule, La Liga

### Copa del Rey
#### Final

Last updated: 20 April 2011 Source: Sorteo deciseisavos Copa del Rey

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Milan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Auxerre | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Semi-finals

Last updated: 3 May 2011 Source: realmadrid.com, Draws, Matches

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas | | 54 | 54 | | 5029 | 35 | | 11 | | 8 | | |
| 4 | RB | Sergio Ramos | | 45 | 46 | 4 | 4242 | 31 | 3 | 8 | | 7 | 1 | |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | | 36 | 38 | 1 | 3387 | 26 | 1 | 8 | | 4 | | |
| 2 | CB | Ricardo Carvalho | | 46 | 48 | 3 | 4295 | 33 | 3 | 9 | | 6 | | |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo | | 47 | 50 | 5 | 4436 | 32 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | | |
| 24 | DM | Sami Khedira | | 34 | 40 | | 3228 | 25 | | 8 | | 7 | | |
| 14 | CM | Xabi Alonso | | 46 | 52 | 1 | 4438 | 34 | | 11 | | 7 | 1 | |
| 22 | RW | Ángel Di María | | 42 | 53 | 9 | 3700 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 8 | | |
| 23 | AM | Mesut Özil | | 45 | 53 | 10 | 3975 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 7 | LW | Cristiano Ronaldo | | 51 | 54 | 53 | 4829 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |
| 9 | ST | Karim Benzema | | 31 | 48 | 26 | 2880 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |
| 17 | RB | Álvaro Arbeloa | | 37 | 43 | 1 | 3564 | 26 | | 9 | 1 | 8 | | |
| 10 | DM | Lassana Diarra | | 26 | 39 | | 2488 | 26 | | 10 | | 3 | | |
| 18 | CB | Raúl Albiol | | 24 | 32 | | 2241 | 20 | | 6 | | 6 | | |
| 20 | ST | Gonzalo Higuaín | | 22 | 25 | 13 | 1850 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 11 | CM | Esteban Granero | | 13 | 32 | 2 | 1359 | 19 | 1 | 4 | | 9 | 1 | |
| 6 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | | 9 | 22 | 8 | 1180 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | On Loan in Winter TW |
| 8 | AM | Kaká | | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1043 | 14 | 7 | 3 | | 3 | | |
| 21 | RW | Pedro León | | 5 | 14 | 2 | 619 | 6 | | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 16 | AM | Sergio Canales | | 6 | 15 | | 554 | 10 | | 2 | | 3 | | |
| 19 | CB | Ezequiel Garay | | 5 | 8 | | 468 | 5 | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 13 | GK | Antonio Adán | | 3 | 5 | | 411 | 3 | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 5 | CM | Fernando Gago | | 2 | 7 | | 210 | 4 | | | | 3 | | |
| 25 | GK | Jerzy Dudek | | 2 | 2 | | 127 | 1 | | 1 | | | | |
| 35 | LB | Nacho | | 2 | 2 | | 148 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 27 | RB | Juanfran | | | 1 | | 22 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 33 | LW | Pablo Sarabia | | | 1 | | 20 | | | 1 | | | | |
| 29 | ST | Álvaro Morata | | | 2 | | 17 | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 26 | LW | Juan Carlos | | | 1 | | 12 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 28 | GK | Jesús | | | 1 | | 12 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 40 | GK | Tomás Mejías | | | 1 | | 9 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 39 | ST | Joselu | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 15 | CB | David Mateos | | 1 | 2 | | 83 | | | 1 | | 1 | | Out in Winter TW |
| 30 | CM | Álex | | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | | 3 | 8 | | 336 | 3 | | 2 | | 3 | | Out in Winter TW |

### Goals

| R | Player | Position | League | Champions League | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | LW | 40 | 6 | 7 | 53 |
| 2 | Karim Benzema | ST | 15 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 | Gonzalo Higuaín | ST | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Mesut Özil | AM | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Ángel Di María | RW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Adebayor | ST | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Kaká | AM | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Marcelo | LB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Sergio Ramos | RB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Ricardo Carvalho | CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Esteban Granero | CM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Pedro León | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Pepe | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Joselu | ST | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Álvaro Arbeloa | RB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Xabi Alonso | CM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 21 May 2011 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | | |
| 4 | RB | Sergio Ramos | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | CB | Raúl Albiol | 7 | | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas | 4 | | 1 |
| 2 | CB | Ricardo Carvalho | 13 | 2 | |
| 17 | RB | Álvaro Arbeloa | 8 | 2 | |
| 14 | CM | Xabi Alonso | 17 | 1 | |
| 22 | RW | Ángel Di María | 10 | 1 | |
| 10 | DM | Lassana Diarra | 14 | | |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo | 9 | | |
| 24 | DM | Sami Khedira | 8 | | |
| 11 | CM | Esteban Granero | 8 | | |
| 7 | LW | Cristiano Ronaldo | 7 | | |
| 16 | AM | Sergio Canales | 4 | | |
| 6 | ST | Emmanuel Adebayor | 4 | | |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | 3 | | |
| 9 | ST | Karim Benzema | 3 | | |
| 23 | AM | Mesut Özil | 2 | | |
| 5 | DM | Fernando Gago | 2 | | |
| 20 | ST | Gonzalo Higuaín | 1 | | |
| 21 | RW | Pedro León | 1 | | |
Last updated: 21 May 2011 Source: Competitive matches and LFP.com, sportec.es Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card..

### Start formations

| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |
| 44 | 4–2–3–1 | 2–6, 8, 10–15, 17–20, 23–32, 34–44, 47, 49, 54–58 |
| 10 | 4–3–3 | 1, 7, 21–22, 45–46, 48, 50–51, 53 |
| 3 | 4–4–2 | 9, 52, 59 |
| 1 | 4–2–2–2 | 16 |
| 1 | 4–3–1–2 | 33 |

### Overall

| | Total | Home | Away | Neutral |
| Games played | 59 | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Games won | 44 | 25 | 18 | 1 |
| Games drawn | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Games lost | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Biggest win | 8–0 vs Levante | 8–0 vs Levante | 4–0 vs Ajax 6–2 vs Sevilla | 1–0 vs Barcelona |
| Biggest loss | 0–5 vs Barcelona | 0–2 vs Barcelona | 0–5 vs Barcelona | |
| Biggest win (League) | 7–0 vs Málaga 8–1 vs Almería | 7–0 vs Málaga 8–1 vs Almería | 6–2 vs Sevilla | |
| Biggest win (Cup) | 8–0 vs Levante | 8–0 vs Levante | 1–0 vs Atlético Madrid 1–0 vs Sevilla | 1–0 vs Barcelona |
| Biggest win (Europe) | 4–0 vs Ajax 4–0 vs Auxerre 4–0 vs Tottenham Hotspur | 4–0 vs Auxerre 4–0 vs Tottenham Hotspur | 4–0 vs Ajax | |
| Biggest loss (League) | 0–5 vs Barcelona | 0–1 vs Sporting Gijón 2–3 vs Real Zaragoza | 0–5 vs Barcelona | |
| Biggest loss (Cup) | 0–2 vs Levante | | 0–2 vs Levante | |
| Biggest loss (Europe) | 0–2 vs Barcelona | 0–2 vs Barcelona | | |
| Clean sheets | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 |
| Goals scored | 148 | 94 | 53 | 1 |
| Goals conceded | 43 | 16 | 27 | 0 |
| Goal difference | +105 | +78 | +26 | +1 |
| Average GF per game | 2.51 | 3.24 | 1.83 | 1 |
| Average GA per game | 0.73 | 0.55 | 0.93 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 152 | 65 | 84 | 3 |
| Red cards | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Most appearances | Iker Casillas (54) | – | – | – |
| Most minutes played | Iker Casillas (5029) | – | – | – |
| Top scorer | Cristiano Ronaldo (53) | – | – | – |
| Top assistor | Mesut Özil (25) | – | – | – |
| Points | 138/174 (79.31%) | 73/84 (86.9%) | 62/87 (71.26%) | 3/3 (100%) |
| Winning rate | 74.58% | 86.21% | 62.07% | 100% |
Last updated: 21 May 2011 Source: Competitive matches