Premier League 2011/12

Premier League 2011/12
master	Manchester City
Champions League	Manchester City Manchester United Arsenal FC Chelsea FC
Europe League	Tottenham Hotspur
Europa League qualification	Newcastle United Liverpool FC
Cup winners	Chelsea FC
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers Blackburn Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,066  (ø 2.81 per game)
spectator	13,148,465  (ø 34,601 per game)
Top scorer	Robin van Persie (Arsenal FC)
← Premier League 2010/11 Premier League 2012/13 →
Football League Championship 2011/12 ↓

The 2011/12 Premier League was the 20th season of the English Premier League and also the 113th first division season in English football. It started on August 13, 2011 and ended on May 13, 2012. Defending champion from the previous season 2010/11 was Manchester United . With promoted Swansea City , a Welsh team took part in the Premier League for the first time.

With a 3-2 win against Queens Park Rangers on the last day of the game, Manchester City won their first championship title in the Premier League before their city rivals Manchester United with equal points .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester City (P)	38	28	5	5	093:290	+64	89
2.	Manchester United (M)	38	28	5	5	089:330	+56	89
3.	Arsenal FC	38	21st	7th	10	074:490	+25	70
4th	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20th	9	9	066:410	+25	69
5.	Newcastle United	38	19th	8th	11	056:510	+5	65
6th	Chelsea FC	38	18th	10	10	065:460	+19	64
7th	Everton FC	38	15th	11	12	050:400	+10	56
8th.	Liverpool FC	38	14th	10	14th	047:400	+7	52
9.	Fulham FC	38	14th	10	14th	048:510	−3	52
10.	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	8th	17th	045:520	−7	47
11.	Swansea City (N)	38	12	11	15th	044:510	−7	47
12.	Norwich City (N)	38	12	11	15th	052:660	−14	47
13.	Sunderland AFC	38	11	12	15th	045:460	−1	45
14th	Stoke City	38	11	12	15th	036:530	−17	45
15th	Wigan Athletic	38	11	10	17th	042:620	−20	43
16.	Aston Villa	38	7th	17th	14th	037:530	−16	38
17th	Queens Park Rangers (N)	38	10	7th	21st	043:660	−23	37
18th	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6th	22nd	046:770	−31	36
19th	Blackburn Rovers	38	8th	7th	23	048:780	−30	31
20th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	5	10	23	040:820	−42	25th

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

English champion and participation in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League : Manchester City

Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2012/13: Manchester United, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC (as Champions League winners)

Participation in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League : Tottenham Hotspur

Participation in qualifying for the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League: Newcastle United

League Cup winners 2011/12 and participation in qualifying for the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League: Liverpool FC

Relegation to Football League Championship 2012/13 : Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers

(M)	English champion 2010/11
(P)	FA Cup winner 2010/11
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Championship 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
Arsenal FC		3-0	7: 1	3-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	3: 3	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	5: 2	3-0	1: 2	1: 1
Aston Villa	1: 2		3: 1	1: 2	2: 4	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	0-0
Blackburn Rovers	4: 3	1: 1		1: 2	0: 1	0: 1	3: 1	2: 3	0: 4	0: 2	0: 2	2-0	3: 2	1: 2	2-0	4: 2	1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2
Bolton Wanderers	0-0	1: 2	2: 1		1: 5	0: 2	0: 3	3: 1	2: 3	0: 5	0: 2	1: 2	2: 1	5-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 4	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1
Chelsea FC	3: 5	1: 3	2: 1	3-0		3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	3: 3	0: 2	3: 1	6: 1	1-0	1-0	4: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	3-0
Everton FC	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	2-0		4-0	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	4-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	3: 1	2: 1
Fulham FC	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 3		1-0	2: 2	0: 5	5: 2	2: 1	6-0	2: 1	2: 1	0: 3	1: 3	1: 1	2: 1	5-0
Liverpool FC	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	4: 1	3-0	0: 1		1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1
Manchester City	1-0	4: 1	3-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0	3-0		1-0	3: 1	5: 1	3: 2	3-0	3: 3	4-0	3: 2	4-0	3-0	3: 1
Manchester United	8: 2	4-0	2: 3	3-0	3: 1	4: 4	1-0	2: 1	1: 6		1: 1	2-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	2-0	5-0	4: 1
Newcastle United	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	0: 3	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	3-0		1-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 3	1-0	2: 2
Norwich City	1: 2	2-0	3: 3	2-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 3	1: 6	1: 2	4: 2		2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1
Queens Park Rangers	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 4	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2	2: 3	0: 2	0-0	1: 2		1-0	2: 3	3-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2
Stoke City	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	2: 3		0: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	2: 1
Sunderland AFC	1: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	3-0	3: 1	4-0		2-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	0-0
Swansea City	3: 2	0-0	3-0	3: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	2: 3	1: 1	2-0	0-0		1: 1	3-0	0-0	4: 4
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 1	2-0	2-0	3-0	1: 1	2-0	2-0	4-0	1: 5	1: 3	5-0	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1		1-0	3: 1	1: 1
West Bromwich Albion	2: 3	0-0	3-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	0-0	1: 2	1: 3	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	4-0	1: 2	1: 3		1: 2	2-0
Wigan Athletic	0: 4	0-0	3: 3	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	1-0	4-0	1: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 4	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1		3: 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 3	2: 3	0: 2	2: 3	1: 2	0-0	2-0	0: 3	0: 2	0: 5	1: 2	2: 2	0: 3	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2	0: 2	1: 5	3: 1

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Robin van Persie	Arsenal FC	30th
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	27
3	Sergio Aguero	Manchester City	23
4th	Emmanuel Adebayor	Tottenham Hotspur	17th
	Clint Dempsey	Fulham FC	17th
	Yakubu	Blackburn Rovers	17th
7th	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	16
8th	Grant Holt	Norwich City	15th
9	Edin Džeko	Manchester City	14th
10	Mario Balotelli	Manchester City	13
	Papiss Cissé	Newcastle United	13

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2011	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Edin Džeko (Manchester City)
September 2011	Harry Redknapp (Tottenham Hotspur)	David Silva (Manchester City)
October 2011	Roberto Mancini (Manchester City)	Robin van Persie (Arsenal FC)
November 2011	Harry Redknapp (Tottenham Hotspur)	Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur)
December 2011	Martin O'Neill (Sunderland AFC)	Demba Ba (Newcastle United)
January 2012	Brendan Rodgers (Swansea City)	Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
February 2012	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Peter Odemwingie (West Bromwich Albion)
March 2012	Owen Coyle (Bolton Wanderers)	Gylfi Sigurðsson (Swansea City)
April 2012	Roberto Martínez (Wigan Athletic)	Nikica Jelavić (Everton FC)

Venues

Stadion society capacity Emirates Stadium Arsenal FC 60,355 Villa Park Aston Villa 42,788 Ewood Park Blackburn Rovers 31,367 Reebok Stadium Bolton Wanderers 28,723 Stamford Bridge Chelsea FC 42,055 Goodison Park Everton FC 40.157 Craven Cottage Fulham FC 26,500 Anfield Liverpool FC 45,362 Etihad Stadium Manchester City 47,726 Old Trafford Manchester United 75,957

Stadion society capacity Sports Direct Arena through November: St. James' Park Newcastle United 52,387 Carrow Road Norwich City 26,034 Loftus Road Queens Park Rangers 19,148 Britannia Stadium Stoke City 28,383 Liberty Stadium Swansea City 20,532 Stage of light Sunderland AFC 49,000 White Hart Lane Tottenham Hotspur 36,240 DW Stadium Wigan Athletic 25,138 The Hawthorns West Bromwich Albion 26,500 Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton Wanderers 29,303

The Manchester City championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club. With this in mind, only the following players count as English champions of the 2011/12 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Manchester City

Goal: Joe Hart (38 / -) Defense: Vincent Kompany (31/3); Joleon Lescott (31/2); Micah Richards (29/1); Gaël Clichy (28 / -); Pablo Zabaleta (21/1); Kolo Touré (14 / -); Aleksandar Kolarov (12/2); Stefan Savić (11/1) Midfield: David Silva (36/6); Gareth Barry (34/1); Yaya Touré (32/6); Samir Nasri (30/5); Adam Johnson (26/6); James Milner (26/3); Nigel de Jong (21 / -) Forward: Sergio Agüero (34/23); Edin Džeko (30/14); Mario Balotelli (23/13); Carlos Tévez (13/4) Coach: Roberto Mancini

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule and table. In: fussballdaten.de. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .