The 2010–11 Spanish football season is Real Valladolid's first season in the second level in Spanish football since the historical 2006–07 season, in which the team promoted to La Liga with 88 points. After the salvation attempt of the previous season, Javier Clemente was sacked on 23 June 2010, before the pre-season. Antonio Gómez, Rafael Benítez's former assistant and the former coach of Albacete B, was the new team coach for the 2010–11 season but he was sacked on 29 November 2010 after the defeat against Cartagena in Nuevo José Zorrilla. Javier Torres Gómez was the provisional manager between 29 November and 5 December, earning a point at Barcelona Atlètic's Mini Estadi. After that, Abel Resino was named new team coach in the afternoon of 5 December.