# 2010–11 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Kilmarnock's twelfth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Kilmarnock finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League with 49 points. They reached the Quarter-Final of the League Cup, losing to Rangers and the fourth round of the 2010–11 Scottish Cup, also losing to Rangers.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Pre-season

Kilmarnock spent their pre-season in Devon, competing in the South West Challenge Cup with friendly matches against Bideford and Blackpool, followed by a record 16–0 win over local side Torrington F.C.

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of 15 May 2011
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SPL | SPL | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Tim Clancy | 25 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 24 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | James Fowler | 27 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Frazer Wright | 31 | 2 | 27+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko | 31 | 1 | 26+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Craig Bryson | 36 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SCO | Jamie Hamill | 35 | 10 | 31+1 | 8 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Rui Miguel | 22 | 2 | 8+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Taouil | 27 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Cammy Bell | 35 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CPV | David Silva | 33 | 1 | 17+12 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Billy Berntsson | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Kieran Agard | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Ryan O'Leary | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko | 34 | 4 | 31+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | WAL | Kyle Letheren | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Liam Kelly | 36 | 8 | 30+2 | 7 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | James Dayton | 11 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | WAL | Scott Evans | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Gavin Brown | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Alex Pursehouse | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Laurant | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | William Gros | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Manuel Pascali | 39 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Gary Fisher | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Reid Brown | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Rory McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Ross Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | SCO | Callum McCluskey | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | SCO | Joe Slattery | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | SCO | Matthew Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | FIN | Anssi Jaakkola | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | GAB | 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 | SCO | Alan Combe | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Danny Invincible | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NZL | Steven Old | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Ben Gordon | 21 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Graeme Owens | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRL | Conor Sammon | 27 | 18 | 19+4 | 15 | 3+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Harry Forrester | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Michael Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Daniel McKay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 15 May 2011
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | SPL | SPL | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 6 |

## Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.

### Division summary

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |