Season 2010–11 Location Scotland, United Kingdom Goals scored 584 | Dates 14 Aug 2010 – 15 May 2011 Matches played 228 | |
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The 2010–11 Scottish Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football. It commenced on 14 August 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011. The defending champions were Rangers who retained their championship with a 5–1 win at Kilmarnock on the final day of the season.
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Teams
Twelve teams participated in the 2010–11 season, eleven of which competed in the 2009–10 season. Inverness Caledonian Thistle was promoted from the 2009–10 First Division.
Team changes
Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Stadia and attendances
As of 15:08, 7 April 2012 (UTC)Events
Referee strike
League table
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Celtic 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Matches 1–22
Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away
Updated to games played on 20:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC).
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 23–33
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away)
Updated to games played on 19:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC).
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 34–38
After 33 matches, the league split into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split.