2010–11 Sevilla FC season

Sevilla

2010–11 season
President	José María del Nido
Head coach	Antonio Álvarez (until 27 September) Gregorio Manzano (from 27 September)
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Supercopa de España	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Álvaro Negredo (20) All: Álvaro Negredo (26)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 until the 2–0 defeat against Hércules on 26 September 2010. After the match, Gregorio Manzano was appointed manager, assisted by former player Javier Navarro.

Trophies balance

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	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	24 August 2010
	UEFA Europa League	Group Stage	16 September 2010	Round of 32	23 February 2011

Competitive balance

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

Summer transfers

In

In (5 players)
Player	From	Fee
Mouhamadou Dabo	Saint-Étienne	Free
Tiberio Guarente	Atalanta	€5,500,000
Luis Alberto	Sevilla Atlético	Free
Dani Jiménez	Sevilla C	Free
Alexis	Valencia	€5,000,000
Cala	Sevilla Atlético	Free

Out

Out (7 players)
Player	New Team	Fee
Adriano	Barcelona	€9,500,000
José Ángel Crespo	Padova	Free
José Manuel Casado	Rayo Vallecano	Free
Javier Chevantón	Lecce	Free
Sébastien Squillaci	Arsenal	€6,500,000
Lolo	Osasuna	Free
Aldo Duscher	Espanyol	Free

Loan in

Loan in (2 players)
Player	From
Luca Cigarini	Napoli
Martín Cáceres	Barcelona

Loan return

Loan return (2 players)
Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season
Player	From
Alejandro Alfaro	Tenerife
Arouna Koné	Hannover 96
José Ángel Crespo	Racing Santander
Emiliano Armenteros	Xerez
José Manuel Casado	Xerez
David Prieto	Xerez
Javier Chevantón	Atalanta

Loan end

Loan end (1 players)
Player	Returns to
Marius Stankevičius	Sampdoria After the return to Genoa, Sampdoria loan him again, this time to Valencia

Winter transfers

In

In (2 players)
Player	From	Fee
Gary Medel	Universidad Católica He was playing on loan at Boca Juniors	€3,000,000
Ivan Rakitić	Schalke 04	€1,500,000

Out

Out (2 players)
Player	New Team	Fee
Abdoulay Konko	Genoa	€6,000,000
Luís Fabiano	São Paulo	€7,600,000

Loan out

Loan out (2 players)
Player	Team
Antonio Luna	Almería
José Carlos	Cartagena

Current squad

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Andrés Palop (captain)
2	DF	ARG	Federico Fazio
3	DF	SRB	Ivica Dragutinović
4	DF	URU	Martín Cáceres (On loan from Barcelona)
5	DF	ESP	Fernando Navarro
6	MF	CIV	Romaric
7	MF	ESP	Jesús Navas (Long-term injured)
8	MF	CIV	Didier Zokora
9	MF	ARG	Diego Perotti
11	MF	BRA	Renato
12	FW	MLI	Frédéric Kanouté
13	GK	ESP	Javi Varas
14	DF	FRA	Julien Escudé
15	MF	ESP	Alejandro Alfaro

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ESP	Diego Capel
17	DF	ESP	Sergio Sánchez
18	FW	ESP	Álvaro Negredo
19	MF	ITA	Luca Cigarini (On loan from Napoli)
20	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo
21	MF	ARG	Lautaro Acosta
22	FW	CIV	Arouna Koné
23	DF	ESP	Alexis
24	MF	CHI	Gary Medel (No. 41 in UEL)
25	MF	CRO	Ivan Rakitić (No. 40 in UEL)
26	FW	ESP	Luis Alberto
29	GK	ESP	Dani Jiménez
31	FW	ESP	Rodri
–	MF	ITA	Tiberio Guarente (Long-term injured)

Youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	GK	ESP	Julián Cuesta
34	DF	COL	Bernardo Espinosa

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	José Campaña
—	DF	ESP	Deivid

Long-term injuries

Sergio Sánchez's cardiac pathology

Out between: January–December 2010

On 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. 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.

Jesús Navas' left ankle (I)

Out between: 16–30 September 2010 ; October 2010 – January 2011

On 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.

Tiberio Guarente's injured leg

Out between: November 2010 – Following season

On 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.

Jesús Navas' left ankle (II)

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.

Nominated by their national football team

List of players nominated by their national team
2	Federico Fazio	Argentina	v. United States (26 March 2011) v. Costa Rica (29 March 2011)
4	Martín Cáceres	Uruguay	v. Indonesia (8 October 2010) v. China (12 October 2010) v. Chile (17 November 2010) v. Estonia (25 March 2011) v. Republic of Ireland (29 March 2011) v. Germany (29 May 2011)
6	Romaric	Ivory Coast	v. Italy (10 August 2010) v. Rwanda (4 September 2010) v. Burundi (8 October 2010) v. Poland (17 November 2010) v. Mali (8 February 2011) v. Benin (25 March 2011)
7	Jesús Navas	Spain	v. Mexico (11 August 2010) v. Liechtenstein (3 September 2010) v. Argentina (7 September 2010) v. Colombia (9 February 2011) v. Czech Republic (25 March 2011) v. Lithuania (29 March 2011)
8	Didier Zokora	Ivory Coast	v. Italy (10 August 2010) v. Rwanda (4 September 2010) v. Burundi (8 October 2010) v. Poland (17 November 2010) v. Mali (8 February 2011) v. Benin (25 March 2011)
16	Diego Capel	Spain U21	v. Finland (11 August 2010) v. Netherlands (3 September 2010) v. Poland (7 September 2010) v. Croatia (9 October 2010) v. Croatia (12 October 2010) v. Denmark (8 February 2011) v. Belarus (28 March 2011)
19	Luca Cigarini	Italy	v. Estonia (3 September 2010) v. Faroe Islands (7 September 2010)
24	Gary Medel	Chile	v. Portugal (26 March 2011) v. Colombia (29 March 2011)
25	Ivan Rakitić	Croatia	v. Czech Republic (9 February 2011) v. Georgia (26 March 2011) v. France (29 March 2011)
26	Luis Alberto	Spain U19	v. Portugal (19 April 2011) v. France (20 April 2011) v. Russia (2broadcast 2011)
31	Rodri	Spain U21	v. France (24 March 2011)

Match stats

No.	Pos.	Player
			Liga	Cup	SCE	UCL	UEL	Liga	Cup	SCE	UCL	UEL	Liga	Cup	SCE	UCL	UEL	Liga	Cup	SCE	UCL	UEL
1	GK	Andrés Palop						2				1						1
2	DF	Federico Fazio	1					3
4	DF	Martín Cáceres	1					6	1			1
5	DF	Fernando Navarro						8	4		1	4	1					1
6	MF	Romaric	1	3			1	5	1	1		1
7	MF	Jesús Navas (LTI)	1			1		3
8	MF	Didier Zokora						10	3	1	1	2
9	MF	Diego Perotti	3	1				5			1	2
10	FW	Luís Fabiano (Out)	10	1	1	1	1	2	1			1
11	MF	Renato	2	1				1
12	FW	Frédéric Kanouté	12	1	2	1	5	6	1			1
13	GK	Javi Varas						3
14	DF	Julien Escudé	2					6			2	1
15	MF	Alejandro Alfaro	2	3			2	1
16	MF	Diego Capel		1				2	1		1
17	DF	Sergio Sánchez						3	1					1
18	FW	Álvaro Negredo	20	5			1	4
19	MF	Luca Cigarini		1			2	2		2
20	DF	Mouhamadou Dabo						6	1	1								1
21	MF	Lautaro Acosta		1				3
23	DF	Alexis		2				8	3			2	1				1
24	DF	Abdoulay Konko (Out)	2					3					1
	MF	Gary Medel				No. 40		7			No. 40		1			No. 40					No. 40
25	MF	Tiberio Guarente (LTI)						1				2
	MF	Ivan Rakitić	5			No. 41		1			No. 41					No. 41					No. 41
27	DF	Antonio Luna (Out)						1	1
30	FW	José Carlos (Out)		2
31	FW	Rodri		1				2
34	DF	Bernardo		1

Match results

Pre-season

Friendly matches

Chiclana v Sevilla

16 July 2010	Chiclana	1–5	Sevilla	Chiclana de la Frontera (Cádiz)
21:30 CEST	Romero 88'	(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión	14' Rodri 32' Perotti 45' Kanouté 69' Escudé 84' Negredo	Stadium: Municipal de Chiclana

Rota XI v Sevilla

17 July 2010	Rota XI	0–6	Sevilla	Rota (Cádiz)
21:30 CEST		(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión	12' Rodri 23' Perotti 51' Negredo 75' Kanouté 76', 89' Alfaro	Stadium: Alcalde Navarro Flores

Conil v Sevilla

8 September 2010	Conil	1–4	Sevilla	Conil de la Frontera (Cádiz)
19:00 CEST	Moncho 66'	(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión Note:	4' Perotti 51' Acosta 65' Negredo 77' Rodri	Stadium: Municipal José Antonio Pérez Ureba

16th Trofeo de la Sal

San Fernando v Sevilla

23 July 2010 Final	San Fernando	1–4	Sevilla	San Fernando (Cádiz)
21:30 CEST	Prince 89'	(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión	13' Alfaro 35', 43' Negredo 69' Capel	Stadium: Bahía Sur Attendance: 600 Referee: Fernández Cano

Achille & Cesare Bortolotti Trophy

Atalanta v Sevilla

31 July 2010 Final	Atalanta	1–2	Sevilla	Bergamo
19:00 CEST	Tiribocchi 16'	Live TV: SFC Televisión	26' (pen.) Luís Fabiano 69' Kanouté	Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

56th Ramón de Carranza Trophy

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 August – Cádiz
	Cádiz	1 (5)
					8 August – Cádiz
	Atlético Madrid (p)	1 (6)
					Atlético Madrid	1 (3)
	7 August – Cádiz
					Espanyol (p)	1 (4)
	Sevilla	1 (1)
	Espanyol (p)	1 (4)
					Third place
					8 August – Cádiz
					Cádiz	2
					Sevilla	3

Sevilla v Espanyol

7 August 2010 Semifinal	Sevilla	1–1 (1–4 p)	Espanyol	Cádiz
22:00 CEST	Kanouté 45' (pen.) Zokora	(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión	41' López Galán	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Referee: Ayza Gámez
	Penalties
	Kanouté Romaric Perotti		Coro Amat Fonte Vázquez

Cádiz v Sevilla

8 August 2010 3rd Place Play-off	Cádiz	2–3	Sevilla	Cádiz
18:30 CEST	Caballero 1' Bueno 65' (pen.) Pecci Moke Germán Cifuentes   90'	(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión	9' Fazio 63', 75' Negredo Romaric Guarente Navas	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Figueroa Vázquez

3rd Antonio Puerta Trophy

Sevilla v Granada

24 November 2010 Final	Sevilla	1–1 (2–4 p)	Granada	Sevilla
22:00 CET	José Carlos 58' Cigarini  79'	(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión Note:	9' Calvo	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mariscal Sánchez
	Penalties
	Renato Campaña José Carlos Rodri		Siqueira Pérez Abel Lucena

Supercopa de España

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	3–5	Barcelona	3–1	0–4

First leg

14 August 2010

21:30 CEST

Sevilla	3–1	Barcelona
Luís Fabiano 62' Kanouté 73', 83'	(Report) Live TV:	21' Ibrahimović

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Sevilla

Barcelona

SEVILLA GK 1 Andrés Palop (c) DF 24 Abdoulay Konko DF 14 Julien Escudé DF 2 Federico Fazio DF 20 Mouhamadou Dabo  70' MF 6 Romaric  45' MF 8 Didier Zokora  58' MF 11 Renato  64' FW 7 Jesús Navas FW 10 Luís Fabiano 62'  73' FW 9 Diego Perotti Substitutes: GK 13 Javi Varas DF 4 Sébastien Squillaci MF 19 Luca Cigarini  72'  45' MF 15 Alejandro Alfaro MF 16 Diego Capel FW 18 Álvaro Negredo  73' FW 12 Frédéric Kanouté 73', 83'  64' Manager: Antonio Álvarez Giráldez

BARCELONA GK 31 Rubén Miño DF 2 Dani Alves  90+1' DF 18 Gabriel Milito (c)  82' DF 22 Eric Abidal DF 19 Maxwell DF 33 Sergi Gómez MF 15 Seydou Keita MF 37 Oriol Romeu MF 34 Jonathan dos Santos  66' FW 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović 21'  53' FW 11 Bojan Substitutes: GK 38 Oier DF 35 Marc Muniesa DF 21 Adriano  82' DF 30 Thiago  66' MF 28 Sergi Roberto MF 20 Jeffrén FW 10 Lionel Messi  53' Manager: Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match: Frédéric Kanouté (Sevilla) Assistant referees: José Manuel Fernández Miranda Javier Hugo Novoa Robles Fourth official: Pablo Fernández Pérez

Second leg

21 August 2010

20:30 CEST

Barcelona	4–0	Sevilla
Konko 14' (o.g.) Messi 24', 44', 90+1'	(Report) Live TV:

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 67,414

Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

FC Barcelona

Sevilla FC

FC BARCELONA GK 1 Víctor Valdés DF 2 Dani Alves DF 3 Gerard Piqué  79' DF 22 Eric Abidal DF 19 Maxwell MF 16 Sergio Busquets MF 6 Xavi (c)  88' MF 15 Seydou Keita FW 10 Lionel Messi 24', 44', 90+1' FW 11 Bojan  57' FW 17 Pedro  57' Substitutes: GK 13 José Manuel Pinto DF 5 Carles Puyol DF 18 Gabriel Milito MF 8 Andrés Iniesta  57' MF 21 Adriano  88' FW 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović FW 7 David Villa  57' Manager: Pep Guardiola

SEVILLA FC GK 1 Andrés Palop (c) DF 5 Fernando Navarro DF 14 Julien Escudé DF 24 Abdoulay Konko 14' (o.g.) DF 20 Mouhamadou Dabo MF 6 Romaric  33'  61' MF 7 Jesús Navas MF 8 Didier Zokora MF 15 Alejandro Alfaro  61' MF 16 Diego Capel  61' FW 18 Álvaro Negredo Substitutes: GK 13 Javi Varas DF 2 Federico Fazio MF 9 Diego Perotti  61' FW 10 Luís Fabiano  61' MF 11 Renato MF 19 Luca Cigarini  89'  61' FW 31 Rodri Manager: Antonio Álvarez Giráldez

Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Assistant referees: Victoriano Díaz Casado Manuel Ángel Torre Cimiano Fourth official: Alberto Díaz Arias

La Liga

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
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)																				Won	Won	Won	Lost	Lost	Won	Won	Lost	Lost	Won	Won	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Won	Won	Won

  Win    Draw    Lost

		All							Home							Away
		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

• With Antonio Álvarez

Levante v Sevilla

28 August 2010 1	Levante	1–4	Sevilla	Valencia
22:00 CEST	Rubén 9' (pen.) Cerrajería  27' Rodas  56' Ballesteros  87' Jordà  89'	(Report) Live TV: GolT &	9' Cigarini 12', 62' Konko 27' (pen.) Negredo  59' Perotti  70' Navas  73' Dabo 87' Renato	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

Sevilla v Deportivo La Coruña

12 September 2010 2	Sevilla	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
21:00 CEST	Zokora  16' Escudé  66' Cáceres  73'	(Report) Live TV:	25' Tomás  78' Guardado  86' Lopo	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Turienzo Alvarez

Málaga v Sevilla

19 September 2010 3	Málaga	1–2	Sevilla	Málaga
21:00 CEST	Rondón 13' Gámez  50' Eliseu  75'	(Report) Live TV:	19' Alfaro  30' Cigarini 45+1' Cáceres  47' Escudé  58' Dabo  69' Perotti  76' Acosta  85' Romaric	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

Sevilla v Racing Santander

23 September 2010 4	Sevilla	1–1	Racing Santander	Seville
22:00 CEST	Negredo 13' (pen.)	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	11' Toño  22' Tziolis 54' Pinillos	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez

Hércules v Sevilla

26 September 2010 5	Hércules	2–0	Sevilla	Alicante
19:00 CEST	Trezeguet 20' (pen.), 37',  27' Aguilar  86'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	64' Dabo	Stadium: Rico Pérez Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

• With Gregorio Manzano

Sevilla v Atlético Madrid

3 October 2010 6	Sevilla	3–1	Atlético Madrid	Seville
17:00 CEST	Capel  23' Negredo 28',  37' Perotti 35',  45' Kanouté 51' Konko  81'	(Report) Live TV:	16' Tiago  17' López  26' Simão 58' Costa	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Sporting de Gijón v Sevilla

17 October 2010 7	Sporting de Gijón	2–0	Sevilla	Gijón
21:00 CEST	Sangoy 5',  12' Hernández  36' Castro 50',  82' Rivera  61' José Ángel  74' Novo  84'	(Report) Live TV:	36' Alexis  61' Guarente	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: José González González

Sevilla v Athletic Bilbao

24 October 2010 8	Sevilla	4–3	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
19:00 CEST	Navarro  5'  63' Luís Fabiano  27', 35', 62' Alexis  36' Kanouté 44' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Konko  76' Palop  82'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	33' Gurpegui  39', 73', 76' Llorente  79' Iraizoz  80' Ustaritz  89' Koikili 90+3' Gabilondo	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Clos Gómez

Barcelona v Sevilla

31 October 2010 9	Barcelona	5–0	Sevilla	Barcelona
22:00 CEST	Messi 3', 63' Villa 23', 89' Puyol  28' Alves 52'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta, Canal Nou Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	21' Kanouté  28' Alexis  40'  45' Konko	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Sevilla v Valencia

8 November 2010 10	Sevilla	2–0	Valencia	Seville
21:30 CET	Dabo  44' Negredo 53' Alfaro 76'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta, Canal Nou Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	26' Topal	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Real Zaragoza v Sevilla

14 November 2010 11	Real Zaragoza	1–2	Sevilla	Zaragoza
17:00 CET	Contini  12' Bertolo 53' Braulio  58' Diogo  61' Obradović  69'	(Report) Live TV:	28',  68' Luís Fabiano  41' Alexis  65' Kanouté  70' Navarro 90+2' Negredo  90+4' Varas	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Sevilla v Mallorca

21 November 2010 12	Sevilla	1–2	Mallorca	Seville
19:00 CET	Alfaro  28' Luna  79' Luís Fabiano 87'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	26' Nunes 35' Pereira 88' Webó	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Sevilla v Getafe

27 November 2010 13	Sevilla	1–3	Getafe	Seville
20:00 CET	Kanouté 29',  78' Alexis  73' Rodri  90'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	11' Marcano 56' (pen.) Manu 58' Miku 77' Ríos  85' Codina	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: José González González

Villarreal v Sevilla

5 December 2010 14	Villarreal	1–0	Sevilla	Villarreal
19:00 CET	Nilmar 29' Musacchio  40' Rossi  63' Bruno  82'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	22' Zokora  41' Kanouté  75' Cáceres	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Sevilla v Almería

11 December 2010 15	Sevilla	1–3	Almería	Seville
20:00 CET	Zokora  7' Palop  30' Alexis  41'  88' Kanouté 82'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	19', 47' Vargas  62' Ortiz  73' Jakobsen 80', 90+1' Piatti	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

Real Madrid v Sevilla

19 December 2010 16	Real Madrid	1–0	Sevilla	Madrid
21:00 CET	Carvalho  45'  63' Di María  60', 78' Casillas  63' L. Diarra  70' Pepe  70' Özil  78' Pedro León  87' Ramos  89'	(Report) Live TV:	80' Zokora  86' Cáceres  89' Acosta  90+1' Dabo	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Sevilla v Osasuna

2 January 2011 17	Sevilla	1–0	Osasuna	Seville
20:00 CET	Zokora  33' Kanouté 35'	(Report) Live TV: GolT &	33' Soriano  58' Oier  60' Vadócz  65' Puñal  84' Nélson	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Sociedad v Sevilla

8 January 2011 18	Real Sociedad	2–3	Sevilla	San Sebastián
20:00 CET	Rivas 22',  46' Llorente 43' González  56'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	25', 65' Kanouté 63' Luís Fabiano  69' Navarro  90+1' Varas	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Sevilla v Espanyol

15 January 2011 19	Sevilla	1–2	Espanyol	Seville
22:00 CET	Alexis  87' Negredo 90+2'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	32' Forlín 41', 78' Callejón  77' García	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Sevilla v Levante

22 January 2011 20	Sevilla	4–1	Levante	Seville
18:00 CET	Luís Fabiano 27', 42' (pen.), 67' Zokora  32' Escudé 38' Kanouté  84'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	35' Rodas 57' Xisco  88' Del Horno	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Deportivo La Coruña v Sevilla FC

29 January 2011 21	Deportivo La Coruña	3–3	Sevilla FC	A Coruña
22:00 CET	Lassad 15', 61' Castro  65' Laure 84'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	57' Palop 63', 79' Negredo  65' Cáceres  71' Dabo 74' Escudé  85' Varas	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez

Sevilla v Málaga

6 February 2011 22	Sevilla	0–0	Málaga	Seville
17:00 CET	Zokora  18' Sánchez  37' Romaric 44' Navarro  90+1'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	40' Gaspar  84' Silva  88' Arnau  90+2' Eliseu	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Racing Santander v Sevilla

12 February 2011 23	Racing Santander	3–2	Sevilla	Santander
22:00 CET	Christian 12',  38' Rakitić 19' (o.g.) Munitis  23' Nahuelpán  45+1' Bakircioglu  77' Pinillos  84' Arana 90+2'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	39',  90+1' Fazio  66' Negredo 83' (pen.) Luís Fabiano  84' Acosta	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Sevilla v Hércules

20 February 2011 24	Sevilla	1–0	Hércules	Seville
19:00 CET	Rakitić 21' Navas  71' Escudé  86'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	25' Aguilar  36' Rodri  42' Cortés	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Atlético Madrid v Sevilla

26 February 2011 25	Atlético Madrid	2–2	Sevilla	Madrid
18:00 CET	Agüero  44' Koke 47' Ujfaluši  52' Reyes 76'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	39' Medel 41' Negredo  60' Navarro 65' Rakitić	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Sevilla v Sporting de Gijón

1 March 2011 26	Sevilla	3–0	Sporting de Gijón	Seville
22:00 CET	Luís Fabiano 28' (pen.) Perotti 35' Negredo 65',  90' Escudé  80'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	24' Sastre  26' Eguren	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Athletic Bilbao v Sevilla

6 March 2011 27	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Sevilla	Bilbao
19:00 CET	Gurpegui  44' Fazio 66' (o.g.) Iraola 87' (pen.)	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	25' Navarro  57' Escudé  66' Medel  74' Perotti	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Sevilla v Barcelona

13 March 2011 28	Sevilla	1–1	Barcelona	Seville
21:00 CET	Cáceres  23' Zokora  27' Navas 48' Medel  61' Navarro  62' Capel  69'	(Report) Live TV:	30' Bojan  40' Adriano  61' Xavi	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

Valencia v Sevilla

20 March 2011 29	Valencia	0–1	Sevilla	Valencia
21:00 CET	Bruno  48' Joaquín  89'	(Report) Live TV:	20' Alexis 70' Rakitić	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,500 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Sevilla v Real Zaragoza

3 April 2011 30	Sevilla	3–1	Real Zaragoza	Sevilla
19:00 CEST	Perotti 42' Kanouté 55' (pen.) Navas  86' Negredo 90+2' (pen.)	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	46',  80' Jarošík  54' Ponzio  82' Paredes  90+1' Da Silva	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

Mallorca v Sevilla

9 April 2011 31	Mallorca	2–2	Sevilla	Palma
22:00 CEST	Castro  8' Akihiro 15' De Guzmán  35', 42' Nunes  75'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	30' (pen.) Negredo  36' Medel  42' Perotti 67' Rakitić  76' Fazio  78' Navarro	Stadium: Iberostar Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Getafe v Sevilla

16 April 2011 32	Getafe	1–0	Sevilla	Getafe
18:00 CEST	Parejo  39' Miku 75' Mané  78' Sánchez  90+1'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	17' Medel  19' Rodri  32' Fazio  85' Navarro	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

Sevilla v Villarreal

24 April 2011 33	Sevilla	3–2	Villarreal	Seville
21:00 CEST	Rakitić 8',  65' Negredo 14' Zokora  15' Romaric 62',  75'	(Report) Live TV:	7' Musacchio  18' Mario 56',  75'  85' Marchena 73' Rossi  86' Wakaso	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Almería v Sevilla

1 May 2011 34	Almería	0–1	Sevilla	Almería
17:00 CEST	Bernardello  27' Jakobsen  51' Piatti  75'	(Report) Live TV:	11' Romaric  42', 58' Renato  75' Medel	Stadium: Juegos del Mediterráneo Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Sevilla v Real Madrid

7 May 2011 35	Sevilla	2–6	Real Madrid	Seville
22:00 CEST	Sánchez  43' Negredo 61', 84' Romaric 81'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	21',  41' Ramos 31', 65', 70', 75' Ronaldo 42' Kaká  88' L. Diarra	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Osasuna v Sevilla

11 May 2011 36	Osasuna	3–2	Sevilla	Pamplona
22:00 CEST	Sola 65', 86' Cejudo  85' Lekić 90' Pandiani  90+1'	(Report) Live TV: laSexta Telemadrid TV3, IB3 TPA7	24' Dabo 25', 27' Negredo  37' Sánchez  81'  86' Medel  89' Zokora	Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 17,921 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Sevilla v Real Sociedad

15 May 2011 37	Sevilla	3–1	Real Sociedad	Seville
21:00 CEST	Escudé  44' Kanouté  51', 53', 58' Negredo  81', 85'	(Report) Live TV:	12' Elustondo  70' Bergara 71' Agirretxe  80' Labaka	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Espanyol v Sevilla

21 May 2011 38	Espanyol	2–3	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
22:00 CEST	Osvaldo 54' Verdú 73'	(Report) Live TV:	2', 61' Negredo 44' Kanouté  46' Cáceres	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Braga v Sevilla

18 August 2010 First leg	Braga	1–0	Sevilla	Braga, Portugal
20:45 CEST 19:45 Local time	Garcia  24' Paulo César  54' Matheus 62'	Report Live TV: Canal Nou, TV3, IB3 Aragón Televisión Telemadrid Canal Sur, TVG TV Canaria, CLMTV TPA7, 7RM Extremadura, CyL7	60' Capel  64' Escudé  67' Navarro	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,646 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Sevilla v Braga

24 August 2010 Second leg	Sevilla	3–4 (3–5 agg.)	Braga	Seville, Spain
20:45 CEST	Zokora  43' Luís Fabiano 60' Navas 84' Escudé  86' Perotti  87' Kanouté 90+1'	Report Live TV:	15' Echiéjilé  18' Salino 31' Matheus  43' Aguiar 58', 85', 90' Lima	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 31,350 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group J

Group J

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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 v Paris Saint-Germain

16 September 2010 1	Sevilla	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Seville, Spain
21:05 CEST		(Report) Live TV:	47' Tiéné 75' Nenê	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Borussia Dortmund v Sevilla

30 September 2010 2	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Sevilla	Dortmund, Germany
19:00 CEST	Schmelzer  45+1'  49' Großkreutz  52' Hummels  70'	(Report) Live TV:	45+1' Cigarini  52' Guarente  58' Kanouté  66' Navarro	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 49,100 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Karpaty Lviv v Sevilla

21 October 2010 3	Karpaty Lviv	0–1	Sevilla	Lviv, Ukraine
19:00 CEST 20:00 Local time	Checher  71'  88' Holodyuk  79'	(Report) Live TV: Telecinco	9' Guarente 34' Kanouté  61' Navarro  90' Escudé	Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 27,925 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Sevilla v Karpaty Lviv

4 November 2010 4	Sevilla	4–0	Karpaty Lviv	Seville, Spain
21:05 CET	Alfaro 9', 42' Cigarini 31' Negredo 51'	(Report) Live TV:	26' Fedetskiy	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

Paris Saint-Germain v Sevilla

2 December 2010 5	Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Sevilla	Paris, France
19:00 CET	Bodmer 17' Hoarau 20', 47' Nenê 45' Chantôme  48' Jallet  90+1'	(Report) Live TV: & C+ Liga	11' Zokora 32', 36' Kanouté  33' Navarro  70' Negredo  90+1' Perotti	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 18,783 Referee: Luca Banti

Sevilla v Borussia Dortmund

15 December 2010 6	Sevilla	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Seville, Spain
21:05 CET	Romaric  24', 31' Kanouté 35' Alexis  36' Zokora  83' Palop  90+4'	(Report) Live TV: Telecinco	4' Kagawa  36' Schmelzer 49',  89' Subotić  90' Weidenfeller	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Round of 32

Sevilla v Porto

17 February 2011 First leg	Sevilla	1–2	Porto	Seville, Spain
21:05 CET	Perotti  53' Cáceres  53' Kanouté 65'	(Report) Live TV: Cuatro	25' J. Rodríguez  53' Moutinho 58' Rolando 85',  88' Guarín	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Craig Thomson

Porto v Sevilla

23 February 2011 Second leg	Porto	0–1	Sevilla	Porto, Portugal
18:00 CET 17:00 Local time	Belluschi  50' Pereira  72'	(Report) Live TV:	14' Navarro  21'  77' Alexis     71',  86' Luís Fabiano	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Howard Webb

Sevilla 2–2 Porto on aggregate. Porto won on away goals.

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Real Unión v Sevilla

27 October 2010 First leg	Real Unión	0–4	Sevilla	Irún
20:00 CEST	Quero  21' Berchiche  50' García  54' Iglesias  67' Descarga  73'	(Report) Live TV:	45', 68' Negredo 87' Alfaro 90+2' José Carlos	Stadium: Stadium Gal Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Sevilla v Real Unión

10 November 2010 Second leg	Sevilla	6–1	Real Unión	Seville
21:00 CET	Alfaro 15' (pen.) Rodri 27' Bernardo 41' Cigarini 57' José Carlos 73' Zokora  76' Acosta 85'	(Report) Live TV: SFC Televisión	Romo 12',  28' Subiza  15'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez

Sevilla won 10–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Sevilla v Málaga

22 December 2010 First leg	Sevilla	5–3	Málaga	Seville
20:00 CET	Alfaro 11' Luna  24' Negredo 32' Alexis  49' Romaric 66', 80',  80' Capel 82'	(Report) Live TV:	12' Gaspar 19', 26' Rondón 41' Owusu-Abeyie  60' Malagueño  74' Weligton	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Málaga v Sevilla

5 January 2011 Second leg	Málaga	0–3	Sevilla	Málaga
18:00 CET	Weligton  50'  71' Demichelis  55' Gaspar  70' Eliseu  85'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	51' Romaric 64' Perotti  81' Navarro 89' Luís Fabiano	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Sevilla won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Villarreal v Sevilla

12 January 2011 First leg	Villarreal	3–3	Sevilla	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Cani 23' Rossi 28' Ruben 55',  82' Capdevila  77' Musacchio  87'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	38', 59' Negredo  51' Dabo  70' Capel  79' Kanouté  80', 88' Alexis	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Sevilla v Villarreal

18 January 2011 Second leg	Sevilla	3–0	Villarreal	Seville
22:00 CET	Renato 6' Navarro  24' Kanouté 46' Alexis 49'	(Report) Live TV: GolT & C+ Liga	66' Musacchio  83' Rossi	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

Sevilla won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Sevilla v Real Madrid

26 January 2011 First leg	Sevilla	0–1	Real Madrid	Seville
20:00 CET	Luís Fabiano  20' Zokora  46' Alexis  48' Navarro  83'	(Report) Live TV:	8' L. Diarra 17' Benzema  32' Arbeloa  58' Khedira  58' Ronaldo  90' Ramos	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Real Madrid v Sevilla

2 February 2011 Second leg	Real Madrid	2–0	Sevilla	Madrid
22:00 CET	Alonso  63' Özil 81' Ramos  88' Adebayor 90+4'	(Report) Live TV:	37' Navarro  40' Cáceres  48' Zokora  65'  84' Sánchez	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

Others

Antonio Álvarez sacked during the season

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
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

3rd Champions for Africa

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.

Liga BBVA XI v Africa United

29 December 2010	Liga BBVA XI	2–3	Africa United	Madrid
20:15 CET	Ramos 15' (pen.) Uche 38'	Live TV: laSexta	58' Wakaso 71' Quini 86' Bodipo	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Vamos Deixar-te Sem o Título

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" (in Portuguese) ("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".

LFP failed strike

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.

External links

• 2010–11 Sevilla FC season at ESPN Archived 27 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine