was appointed as caretaker manager until the winter break. November On 4 November, Hajduk played the second game in group stage against Zenit St. Petersburg on Poljud. Zenit led 3–0 with Jurica Buljat guilty for two penalties, but Marin Ljubičić and Ante Vukušić managed to score for a comforting 3–2 loss. After bad results in Europa League and Croatian Cup, Hajduk won the match against NK Zagreb 4–1 with two goals from Anas Sharbini and goals from Dinko Trebotić and Senijad Ibričić. In the 15th round of Prva HNL they defeated Lokomotiva 1–0 with goal from Mirko Oremuš. A week later they suffered a second defeat by Istra 1961, this time being beaten 2–0. Goalkeeper Danijel Subašić was ruled out for the rest of the year after he underwent knee surgery. The final game of November was a 2–1 win against Osijek, which saw a late own goal by Dino Gavrić. December Hajduk opened December with a 3–1 defeat by AEK Athens, which ended their hope for qualifying to knockout stage. They missed some good opportunities in the first half which ended goalless, but AEK triumphed thanks to goals from Nacho Scocco, Kostas Manolas and substitute Ismael Blanco. Jurica Buljat scored a late consolation goal. Last league game of the year was a 3–1 away win against Šibenik, with goals from Tomasov, Ibričić and captain Srđan Andrić who recovered from injury. A 2–0 defeat by Anderlecht followed, which meant Hajduk finished last in their group in Europa League with Zenit and Anderlecht progressing to knockout phase. At the end of 2010 calendar year Hajduk was five points behind Dinamo Zagreb in domestic league and was eliminated from Cup and Europe. Chairman Joško Svaguša was relieved from duty on 19 December, with Josip Grbić stepping in as a temporary replacement. On 28 December, Goran Vučević signed a two-and-a-half-year contract and was officially appointed as Hajduk's manager after his role as caretaker. January and February On 13 January, it was announced that Senijad Ibričić was transferred out to Lokomotiv Moscow for 5,000,000 € and 20% of his next transfer fee. Mario Tičinović and Mario Sačer returned from their loan spells in Karlovac and Varaždin. Hajduk approached to sign Ivica Križanac after being released from Zenit earlier this month, but the deal fell through and Križanac joined city rivals RNK Split. Near the end of the month another player left Hajduk, Ivan Strinić