2010–11 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock F.C.

2010–11 season
Chairman	Michael Johnston
Manager	Mixu Paatelainen Kenny Shiels (from 31 March 2011)
Stadium	Rugby Park
Scottish Premier League	5th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Quarter Final
Top goalscorer	League: Conor Sammon (15) All: Conor Sammon (18)
Home colours Away colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Kilmarnock F.C. will compete in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup during the 2010–11 season.

Matches

Scottish Premier League

SPL	Rangers		2 – 1		Kilmarnock	Ibrox	14 August 2010
Miller  16' Steven Naismith  60' (pen.)					Hamill  54'	Referee: W Collum Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		0 – 1		Motherwell	Rugby Park	22 August 2010
					Blackman  37'	Referee: M Tumilty Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Aberdeen		0 – 1		Kilmarnock	Pittodrie	28 August 2010
					Hamill  90+2'	Referee: B Winter Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		2 – 1		St Mirren	Rugby Park	11 September 2011
Dayton  29' Eremenko  56'					Thomson  48' McGowan	Referee: S Mclean Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 2		Celtic	Rugby Park	19 September 2011
Sammon  7'					Murphy  41' (pen.) Stokes  52'	Referee: C Thomson Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hamilton		2 – 2		Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park	25 September 2010
F Paixao  15' Hasselbaink  38'					Hamill  83' (pen.) Sammon  89'	Referee: C Allan Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 2		Dundee United	Rugby Park	2 October 2010
Sammon  90+4' Wright					Goodwillie  15' Daly  69'	Referee: J McKendrick Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hibs		2 – 1		Kilmarnock	Easter Road	16 October 2010
Hogg  38' (45)					Silva  3'	Referee: I Brines Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 2		Inverness	Rugby Park	23 October 2010
Rui Miguel  74'					Rooney  42' (pen.) Hayes  66'	Referee: E Norris Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hearts		0 – 3		Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium	31 October 2010
					Wright  45+2' Sammon  80' Eremenko  82'	Referee: S O'Reilly Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	St Johnstone		0 – 3		Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park	6 November 2010
					Duberry  37' (Og.) Sammon  83' Kelly  90+4'	Referee: I Brines Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		3 – 0		Hamilton	Rugby Park	10 November 2010
Gordon  34' Sammon  46' (52)						Referee: W Collum Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Dundee United		1 – 1		Kilmarnock	Tannadice	13 November 2010
Russell  23'					Sammon  22'	Referee: A Muir Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		2 – 3		Rangers	Rugby Park	20 November 2010
Sammon  21' (59)					Miller  42' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 64'	Referee: E Norris Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		2 – 0		Aberdeen	Rugby Park	27 November 2010
Sammon  18' Hamill  51' (pen.)						Referee: E Hacmon Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		2 – 1		Hibs	Rugby Park	18 December 2010
Kelly  9' (43)					Riordan  55'	Referee: C Thomson Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Celtic		1 – 1		Kilmarnock	Celtic Park	21 December 2010
Rogne  84'					Sammon  53'	Referee: W Collum Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness		1 – 3		Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium	29 December 2010
Foran  71'					Bryson  26' Kelly  68' Hamill  78'	Referee: W Collum Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	St Mirren		0 – 2		Kilmarnock	St Mirren Park	3 January 2011
					Kelly  64' Bryson  79'	Referee: B Winter Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 1		St Johnstone	Rugby Park	15 January 2011
Sammon  16'					Taylor  86'	Referee: S McLean Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 2		Hearts	Rugby Park	18 January 2011
Miguel  19'					Elliott  73' (86)	Referee: S Conroy Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 1		Dundee United	Rugby Park	22 January 2011
Sammon  41'					Kenneth  90'	Referee: G Salmond Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hamilton		1 – 1		Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park	29 January 2011
Antoine-Curier  79'					Sammon  15' Hamill	Referee: B Winter Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Motherwell		0 – 1		Kilmarnock	Fir Park	2 February 2011
					Silva  81'	Referee: S O'Reilly Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hibs		2 – 1		Kilmarnock	Easter Road	12 February 2011
Sodje  52' Dickoh Palsson  74' (pen.)					Hamill  71' (pen.)	Referee: S Conroy Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Aberdeen		5 – 0		Kilmarnock	Pittodrie	19 February 2011
Venron  14' Aluko  25' Maguire  59' (pen.) McArdle  70' Josh Magennis  82'						Referee: G Salmond Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		2 – 0		St Mirren	Rugby Park	26 February 2011
Gros  13' Eremenko  29'						Referee: C Murray Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hearts		0 – 2		Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium	5 March 2011
					Gros  13' Silva  50' Eremenko	Referee: S McLean Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Rangers		2 – 1		Kilmarnock	Ibrox	13 March 2011
Diouf  38' Clancy  87' (Og.)					Hamill  61' (pen.)	Referee: A Muir Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		3 – 1		Motherwell	Rugby Park	19 March 2011
Pascali  24' Jamie Hamill  44' (pen.) Kelly  51'					Sutton  15'	Referee: M Tumilty Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	St Johnstone		0–0		Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park	2 April 2011
						Attendance: 3,083 Referee: Finnie Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1–1		Inverness	Rugby Park	9 April 2011
Kelly  13'					Hayes  10'	Attendance: 4,518 Referee: McKendrick Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		0–4		Celtic	Rugby Park	20 April 2011
					Commons  4', 34' Hooper  41' Stokes  58'	Attendance: 9,117 Referee: Muir Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Dundee United		4–2		Kilmarnock	Tannadice	23 April 2011
Severin  25' Goodwillie  38', 47' Conway  49'					Silva  70' Pascali  87'	Attendance: 5,225 Referee: Winter Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		2–2		Hearts	Rugby Park	30 April 2011
Fowler  55' Agard  86'					Skácel  67' Pascali  76' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,006 Referee: Norris Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		0–2		Celtic	Rugby Park	8 May 2011
					Brown  45' Commons  68'	Attendance: 9,720 Referee: Collum Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Motherwell		1–1		Kilmarnock	Fir Park	11 May 2011
Jones  8'					Aubameyang  49'	Attendance: 4,101 Referee: Allan Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Kilmarnock		1–5		Rangers	Rugby Park	15 May 2011
Dayton  65'					Lafferty  1', 7', 53' Naismith  5' Jelavić  49'	Attendance: 16,173 Referee: Thomson Report: BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup Round 4	Rangers		3 – 0		Kilmarnock	Ibrox	10 January 2011
					McCulloch  20' Lafferty  37' Whittaker  71' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,215 Referee: O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

League Cup Round 2	Kilmarnock		6 – 2		Airdrie Utd	Rugby Park	25 August 2010
Sammon  4' (55), 90+3' Wright  32' Kelly  64' Sissoko  77'					McCord  17' Grant  87'	Attendance: 3,066 Referee: Salmond Report: BBC Sport

League Cup Round 3	Kilmarnock		3 – 1		Hibs	Rugby Park	22 September 2010
Hamill  29' (71), pen.' Silva  74'					Grounds  8'	Attendance: 4,074 Referee: Collum Report: BBC Sport

League Cup Quarter Final	Kilmarnock		0 – 2		Rangers	Rugby Park	27 October 2010
					Little  25' Naismith  61'	Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Tumilty Report: BBC Sport

Squad

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Tim Clancy 3 DF Garry Hay (vice-captain) 4 MF James Fowler 5 DF Frazer Wright 6 DF Mohamadou Sissoko (on loan from Udinese) 7 MF Craig Bryson (captain) 8 MF Jamie Hamill 9 FW Rui Miguel 10 MF Mehdi Taouil 12 DF Steven Old 13 GK Cameron Bell 14 MF David Silva 15 DF Billy Berntsson 17 FW Kieran Agard (on loan from Everton) 20 MF Alexei Eremenko (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv) 21 GK Kyle Letheren

No. Position Player 22 MF Liam Kelly 23 MF James Dayton 24 MF Scott Evans 25 FW Daniel McKay (on loan to Brechin City) 27 MF Benjamin Laurant 28 FW William Gros 29 MF Manuel Pascali 35 DF Gary Fisher 37 MF Reid Brown 38 FW Rory McKenzie 39 MF Ross Davidson 41 MF Callum McCluskey 42 DF Joe Slattery 50 FW Matthew Kennedy 53 GK Anssi Jaakkola 87 MF Willy Aubameyang

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
7	FW	Bryson			Club captain
3	DF	Hay			Vice captain

Last updated: 25 March 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Top Scorers

Squad No	Pos	PLayer	SPL	SC	LC	Total
18	FW	Conor Sammon	15	0	3	18
8	MF	Jamie Hamill	8	0	2	10
22	MF	Liam Kelly	6	0	1	7
20	MF	Alexei Eremenko	4	0	0	4
14	MF	David Silva	3	0	1	4
7	MF	Craig Bryson	2	0	0	2
9	FW	Rui Miguel	2	0	0	2
5	DF	Frazer Wright	1	0	1	2
23	MF	James Dayton	1	0	0	1
	DF	Ben Gordon	1	0	0	1
28	FW	William Gros	1	0	0	1
29	MF	Manuel Pascali	1	0	0	1
6	DF	Mohamadou Sissoko	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary records

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
2	DF		Tim Clancy	3	0	0
3	DF		Garry Hay	3	0	1
4	MF		James Fowler	4	0	0
5	DF		Frazer Wright	5	0	1
6	DF		Mohamadou Sissoko	7	0	1
7	MF		Craig Bryson	1	0	0
8	MF		Jamie Hamill	11	0	1
9	FW		Rui Miguel	1	0	0
10	MF		Mehdi Taouil	0	0	0
12	MF		Steven Old	0	0	0
13	GK		Cameron Bell	1	0	0
14	MF		David Silva	1	0	0
15	DF		Billy Berntsson	0	0	0
17	FW		Kieran Agard	0	0	0
18	FW		Conor Sammon	3	0	0
20	MF		Alexei Eremenko	4	0	2
21	GK		Kyle Letheren	0	0	0
22	MF		Liam Kelly	4	0	0
23	MF		James Dayton	1	0	0
24	MF		Scott Evans	0	0	0
25	FW		Daniel McKay	0	0	0
27	MF		Benjamin Laurant	0	0	0
28	FW		William Gros	0	0	0
29	MF		Manuel Pascali	16	0	0
35	DF		Gary Fisher	0	0	0
37	MF		Reid Brown	0	0	0
38	FW		Rory McKenzie	0	0	0
39	MF		Ross Davidson	0	0	0
41	MF		Callum McCluskey	0	0	0
42	DF		Joe Slattery	0	0	0
50	FW		Matthew Kennedy	0	0	0
53	GK		Anssi Jaakkola	0	0	0
87	MF		Willy Aubameyang	1	0	0
	DF		Ben Gordon	1	0	0

Transfers

Summer Transfer Window (1 July – 1 September 2010)

For a list of Scottish football transfers in 2010-11, see transfers in season 2010-11

In Permanent

Date	Player	From	Fee	Contract length
1 August 2010	David Silva	CSKA Sofia	Free	Two years
10 August 2010	Kyle Letheren	Motherwell	Free	One year
11 August 2010	James Dayton	Glenn Hoddle Academy	Free	Three years
11 September 2010	Rui Miguel	CSKA Sofia	Free	One year

Loans in

Date	Player	From	Loan Length
5 August 2010	Ben Gordon	Chelsea	Six months
18 August 2010	Mahamadou Sissoko	Udinese	One year
26 August 2010	Harry Forrester	Aston Villa	Six months
31 August 2010	Alexei Eremenko	Metalist Kharkiv	One year

Loans out

Date	Player	To	Loan Length

Out Permanent

Date	Player	To	Fee	Note
25 May 2010	Gavin Skelton	Hamilton	Free
27 May 2010	David Fernandez	Free Agent
1 June 2010	Mark Burchill	Free Agent
1 June 2010	Allan Russell	Free Agent
1 June 2010	Chris Maguire	Aberdeen		Loan return
1 June 2010	Scott Severin	Watford		Loan return
1 June 2010	Rob Kiernan	Watford		Loan return
3 June 2010	Kevin Kyle	Hearts	Free
21 June 2010	Simon Ford	Chesterfield	Free

Winter Transfer Window (1 January – 1 February 2011)

In Permanent

Date	Player	From	Fee	Contract length
1 January 2011	William Gros	Free Agent	Free	Two-and-a-half years
5 January 2011	Anssi Jaakkola	Slavia Prague	Free	Two-and-a-half years
13 January 2011	Benjamin Laurant	Le Havre	Free	Two-and-a-half years
13 January 2011	Billy Berntsson	GIF	Free	Two-and-a-half years
26 January 2011	Willy Aubameyang	AC Milan	Free	Six months
31 January 2011	Scott Evans	Llanelli	Free	Two-and-a-half years

Loans in

Date	Player	From	Loan Length
31 January 2011	Kieran Agard	Everton	Six months

Loans out

Date	Player	To	Loan Length

Out Permanent

Date	Player	To	Fee	Note
3 January 2011	Ben Gordon	Chelsea		Loan return
3 January 2011	Harry Forrrester	Aston Villa		Loan return
31 January 2011	Danny Invincible	Free Agent
31 January 2011	Alan Combe	Free Agent
31 January 2011	Graeme Owens	Free Agent
1 February 2011	Conor Sammon	Wigan	Undisclosed

Notes and references

External links

• Kilmarnock F.C. website
• BBC My Club page