Football League Championship 2011/12

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Football League Championship 2011/12
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master Reading FC
Climbers Reading
FC, Southampton FC ,
West Ham United
Relegated Portsmouth FC ,
Coventry City ,
Doncaster Rovers
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,386  (ø 2.57 per game)
Top scorer Rickie Lambert (Southampton FC)
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^ Premier League 2011/12

The Football League Championship 2011/12 was the eighth season of the English Football League Championship and at the same time the 20th season of the top division of the Football League - after the introduction of the Premier League - as only the second highest English league. The season began on August 5, 2011 with the opening game between Hull City and Blackpool FC (final score: 0: 1), the last matchday took place on April 28, 2012. As a climber came Brighton & Hove Albion , the FC Southampton and Peterborough United this. Last year West Ham United , Blackpool FC and Birmingham City , who complete the field of 24 teams , were relegated from the Premier League .

Teams

society city Stadion capacity
Barnsley FC Barnsley Oakwell Stadium 23.009
Birmingham City Birmingham St. Andrew's Stadium 30,079
Blackpool FC Blackpool Bloomfield Road 16,220
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton Falmer Stadium 22,500
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium 21,497
Burnley FC Burnley Turf Moor 22,546
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 26,828
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 25,404
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 39,460
Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,500
Middlesbrough FC Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,988
Millwall FC London The Den 20,146
Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,576
Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 15,460
Portsmouth FC Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,224
Reading FC Reading Madejski Stadium 24,224
Southampton FC Southampton St. Mary's Stadium 32,689
Watford FC Watford Vicarage Road 23,500
West Ham United London Upton Park 35,303

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Reading FC  46  27  8th  11 069:410 +28 89
 2. Southampton FC (N)  46  26th  10  10 085:460 +39 88
 3. West Ham United (A)  46  24  14th  8th 081:480 +33 86
 4th Birmingham City (A, L)  46  20th  16  10 078:510 +27 76
 5. Blackpool FC  46  20th  15th  11 079:590 +20 75
 6th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  46  19th  18th  9 066:530 +13 75
 7th Middlesbrough FC  46  18th  16  12 052:510  +1 70
 8th. Hull City  46  19th  11  16 047:440  +3 68
 9. Leicester City  46  18th  12  16 066:550 +11 66
10. Brighton & Hove Albion (N)  46  17th  15th  14th 052:520  ± 0 66
11. Watford FC  46  16  16  14th 056:640  −8 64
12. Derby County  46  18th  10  18th 050:580  −8 64
13. Burnley FC  46  17th  11  18th 061:580  +3 62
14th Leeds United  46  17th  10  19th 065:680  −3 61
15th Ipswich Town  46  17th  10  19th 069:770  −8 61
16. Millwall FC  46  15th  12  19th 055:570  −2 57
17th Crystal Palace  46  13  17th  16 046:510  −5 56
18th Peterborough United (N)  46  13  11  22nd 067:770 −10 50
19th Nottingham Forest  46  14th  8th  24 048:630 −15 50
20th Bristol City  46  12  13  21st 044:680 −24 49
21st Barnsley FC  46  13  9  24 049:740 −25 48
22nd Portsmouth FC 1  46  13  11  22nd 050:590  −9 40
23. Coventry City  46  9  13  24 041:650 −24 40
24. Doncaster Rovers  46  8th  12  26th 043:800 −37 36

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

1 Portsmouth FC were deducted ten points on February 17, 2012 due to financial irregularities.
  • Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League 2012/13
  • Promoted to the Premier League 2012/13
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League 2012/13
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Relegation to Football League One 2012/13
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 2010/11
    (L) League Cup Winner 2010/11
    (N) Newcomers from Football League One 2010/11

    Crosstab

    The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

    2011/12 Birmingham City Blackpool FC West Ham United Cardiff City Reading FC Nottingham Forest Leeds United Burnley FC Millwall FC Leicester City HUL Middlesbrough FC Ipswich Town Watford FC Bristol City Portsmouth FC BAR Coventry City Derby County Crystal Palace Doncaster Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton FC Peterborough United
    Birmingham City 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 3-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1
    Blackpool FC 2: 2 1: 4 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1-0 4-0 1-0 3: 3 1: 1 3-0 2-0 0-0 5-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 2: 1
    West Ham United 3: 3 4-0 0: 1 2: 4 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 3 1-0 1-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 6-0 1: 1 1-0
    Cardiff City 1-0 1: 3 0: 2 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0: 3 2: 3 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 3: 2 5: 3 2: 2 2-0 2-0 2-0 1: 3 2: 1 3: 1
    Reading FC 1-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 2 1-0 2-0 1-0 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0 2: 2 2: 2 2-0 3-0 1: 1 3: 2
    Nottingham Forest 1: 3 0-0 1: 4 0: 1 1-0 0: 4 0: 2 3: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 0-0 2-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1
    Leeds United 1: 4 0: 5 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3: 7 2: 1 2-0 1: 2 4: 1 0: 1 3: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2 3: 2 1: 2 0: 1 4: 1
    Burnley FC 1: 3 3: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 5: 1 1: 2 1: 3 1: 3 1-0 0: 2 4-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 3-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1
    Millwall FC 0: 6 2: 2 0-0 0-0 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 4: 1 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 3 2: 2
    Leicester City 3: 1 2-0 1: 2 2: 1 0: 2 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 3 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 4-0 3-0 4-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 1
    Hull City 2: 1 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 0-0 2: 3 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3: 2 3-0 1-0 3: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 0-0 0: 2 1-0
    Middlesbrough FC 3: 1 2: 2 0: 2 0: 2 0: 2 2: 1 0: 2 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1
    Ipswich Town 1: 1 2: 2 5: 1 3-0 2: 3 1: 3 2: 1 1-0 0: 3 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 3-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 0: 1 2: 3 3: 1 2: 5 3: 2
    Watford FC 2: 2 0: 2 0: 4 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 2 4: 1 1-0 0: 3 3: 2
    Bristol City 0: 2 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 2: 3 0-0 0: 3 3: 1 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 3 0: 2 0-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 2
    Portsmouth FC 4: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 0-0 1: 5 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 3 0: 1 2-0 0-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3
    Barnsley FC 1: 3 1: 3 0: 4 0: 1 0: 4 1: 1 4: 1 2-0 1: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 3 3: 5 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2-0 3: 2 2: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 1 1-0
    Coventry City 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 3: 1 2: 3 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 2-0 2: 4 2: 2
    Derby County 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 3 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 3-0 0: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 3: 2 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1
    Crystal Palace 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 4-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1-0
    Doncaster Rovers 1: 3 1: 3 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 2: 3 0-0 1: 1 3: 4 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 3: 3 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 2 2-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 2: 1 3-0 2-0
    Southampton FC 4: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 3: 2 3: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 2 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 2: 2 2-0 4-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 2: 1
    Peterborough United 1: 1 3: 1 0: 2 4: 3 3: 1 0: 1 2: 3 2: 1 0: 3 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 7: 1 2: 2 3-0 0: 3 3: 4 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 3

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    6th  Cardiff City 0 0 0    
    3  West Ham United 2 3 5  
    3  West Ham United 2
      5  Blackpool FC 1
    5  Blackpool FC 1 2 3
    4th  Birmingham City 0 2 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1. EnglandEngland Rickie Lambert Southampton FC 27
    2. PortugalPortugal Ricardo Vaz Tê Barnsley FC / West Ham United 20th
    3. EnglandEngland Billy Sharp Doncaster Rovers / Southampton FC 19th
    4th ScotlandScotland Ross McCormack Leeds United 18th
    5. EnglandEngland Charlie Austin Burnley FC 16
    = EnglandEngland Matty Fryatt Hull City =
    = JamaicaJamaica Marlon King Birmingham City =
    = EnglandEngland Kevin Phillips Blackpool FC =
    9. EnglandEngland Darius Henderson Millwall FC 15th
    = EnglandEngland David Nugent Leicester City =
    = EnglandEngland Jay Rodriguez Burnley FC =

    Awards during the season

    month Trainer of the month Player of the month
    August 2011 UruguayUruguay Gus Poyet (Brighton & Hove Albion) NetherlandsNetherlands Marvin Emnes (Middlesbrough FC)
    September 2011 EnglandEngland Tony Mowbray (Middlesbrough FC) EnglandEngland Matthew Bates (Middlesbrough FC)
    October 2011 IrelandIreland Chris Hughton (Birmingham City) EnglandEngland Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace)
    November 2011 ScotlandScotland Malky Mackay (Cardiff City) EnglandEngland Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers)
    December 2011 EnglandEngland Tony Mowbray (Middlesbrough FC) ScotlandScotland Alex Pearce (Reading FC)
    January 2012 IrelandIreland Chris Hughton (Birmingham City) EnglandEngland Curtis Davies (Birmingham City)
    February 2012 EnglandEngland Brian McDermott (Reading FC) AustraliaAustralia Adam Federici (Reading FC)
    March 2012 EnglandEngland Brian McDermott (Reading FC) EnglandEngland Garath McCleary (Nottingham Forest)
    April 2012 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kenny jacket (Milwall FC) PortugalPortugal Ricardo Vaz Tê (West Ham United)

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 2011/12 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
    2. ↑ List of goalscorers (The Football League)
    3. ↑ Manager of the Month ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (The Football League)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.football-league.co.uk
    4. ↑ Player of the Month ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (The Football League)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.football-league.co.uk