2010–11 Swansea City A.F.C. season explained

Club:Swansea City
Season:2010–11
Manager:Brendan Rodgers
Chairman:Huw Jenkins
Stadium:Liberty Stadium
League:Football League Championship
League Result:3rd (promoted via play-off)
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:Fourth round
Cup2:League Cup
Cup2 Result:Fourth round
League Topscorer:
Scott Sinclair (19)
Season Topscorer:
Scott Sinclair (24)
Highest Attendance:19,309 (26 February 2011 vs Leeds United)[1]
Lowest Attendance:12,411 (14 September 2010 vs Coventry City)[2]
Average Attendance:15,507
Prevseason:2009–10
Nextseason:2011–12
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The 2010–11 season was Swansea City's 82nd season in the Football League. They finished in 3rd place, and won the Championship playoff, to win promotion to the Premier League.[3] It was their first return to top-flight football since 1983.[4] [5]

The season was their third consecutive season in the second tier following a 7th-placed finish in the previous campaign, narrowly missing out on a play-off place.

During pre-season, Paulo Sousa left the club by mutual consent,[6] and then later succeeded Nigel Pearson as the new Leicester City manager on 7 July.[7] Brendan Rodgers was appointed as the new manager of Swansea on 16 July, on a 12-month rolling contract.[8]

Players

Transfers in / out

Out

Loans in / out

Out

Squad statistics

No longer at the club

Scorers

League Cup

Championship stats

Results by round

Results

Football League Championship

See main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship.

Play-offs

Final

See main article: 2011 Football League Championship play-off Final.

FA Cup

See main article: 2010–11 FA Cup.

League Cup

See main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup.

Footnotes

  1. Fee could rise to £1M depending on Sinclair's future success at the club.
  2. Britton had two spells with the club previously, making 295 appearances and scoring ten goals.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swansea 3–0 Leeds. 26 February 2011. BBC Sport.
  2. Web site: Swansea 2–1 Coventry. 14 September 2010. BBC Sport.
  3. Web site: Reading 2 – 4 Swansea. 30 May 2011. ESPN Soccernet. 30 May 2011. 21 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100721195910/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=316717&cc=5739. dead.
  4. Web site: Swansea reach Premier League thanks to Scott Sinclair hat-trick. 30 May 2011. The Guardian. 30 May 2011.
  5. Web site: Reading 2 Swansea City 4: match report. 30 May 2011. The Daily Telegraph. 30 May 2011.
  6. Web site: Sousa departs as Swansea manager. 5 July 2010. BBC Sport.
  7. Web site: Sousa confirmed as Leicester boss. 7 July 2010. BBC Sport.
  8. Web site: Swans appoint Brendan Rodgers. 16 July 2010. 18 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100718134143/http://www.swanseacity.net/page/Latest/0,,10354~2094165,00.html. dead.