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2010–11 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City
2010–11 season
Chairman Huw Jenkins
Manager Brendan Rodgers
Stadium Liberty Stadium
Football League Championship 3rd (promoted via play-off)
FA Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Fourth Round
Top goalscorer League:
Scott Sinclair (19)

All:
Scott Sinclair (24)
Highest home attendance 19,309 (26 February 2011 vs Leeds United)
Lowest home attendance 12,411 (14 September 2010 vs Coventry City)
Average home league attendance 15,507

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. It was their first return to top-flight football since 1983.

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, and then later succeeded Nigel Pearson as the new Leicester City manager on 7 July.Brendan Rodgers was appointed as the new manager of Swansea on 16 July, on a 12-month rolling contract.

Last updated: 13 January


Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.


Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.


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