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
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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 out

Loan out (4 players)
Player	Team
Emiliano Armenteros	Rayo Vallecano
David Prieto	Tenerife
Tom De Mul	Standard Liège
Cala	Cartagena

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

16th Trofeo de la Sal

Achille & Cesare Bortolotti Trophy

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

3rd Antonio Puerta Trophy

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

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

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

• With Gregorio Manzano

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

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

Round of 32

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

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Sevilla won 10–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Sevilla won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Sevilla won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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.

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.

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