2011–12 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2011–12 season is Manchester City Football Club's 110th season of football, its tenth consecutive season in the Premier League, and its fifteenth season in the Premier League since it was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. The club will also play in the UEFA Champions League for only the second time, and the first time since its rebranding from being the European Cup, after finishing 3rd in the 2010–11 Premier League. Manchester City's U19 squad will play in the inaugural tournament of the NextGen series.

1 Team kit
2 Friendlies
- 2.1 Pre-season games
  - 2.1.1 World Football Challenge
  - 2.1.2 Dublin Super Cup
    - 2.1.2.1 Table
    - 2.1.2.2 Fixtures
- 2.2 Mid-season
3 Competitive games
4 Playing statistics
- 4.1 Goalscorers
5 Awards
6 Transfers and loans
7 See also
8 References

Team kit

As for the previous two seasons, this season's team kits are produced by Umbro with Etihad Airways as the shirt sponsor. Only the away team kit was retained from the previous season, becoming the new third kit for the up-coming season. Replacing it as official away kit is a return to the red-and-black-striped away kit of the Joe Mercer era, when the AC Milan-styled shirts inspired the Manchester City team of a generation back through the club's most successful era.^[2]

The front of City's new home kit features a subtle graphic representation of a sound wave generated by fans singing "Blue Moon", the club's unofficial theme song.

The goalkeeper change strip for the new season was announced to be a black kit with sky blue trim reminiscent of the sky blue sponsor logo on the 2011–12 third kit.

Home

Home alternate

Away

Third

Goalkeeper strip 1

Goalkeeper strip 2

Friendlies

Pre-season games

World Football Challenge

Team	Pld	W	WPk	LPk	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	3	3	0	0	0	9	2	+7	17
Manchester United	3	3	0	0	0	9	3	+6	17
Manchester City	3	2	1	0	0	5	2	+3	13
Juventus	3	2	0	0	1	3	2	+1	9
Barcelona	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−3	7
Guadalajara	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	6
MLS Western Conference²	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−5	4
MLS Eastern Conference¹	3	0	0	0	3	3	9	−6	3
Club América	3	0	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

¹MLS Eastern Conference is composed of one game by the New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, and Chicago Fire
²MLS Western Conference is composed of one game by the Vancouver Whitecaps and two games by the Los Angeles Galaxy
Points awarded on the following basis: Winning in normal time – 3; Winning on penalties – 2; Losing on penalties – 1; Points per goal – 1 (max per game: 3)
Sporting CP plays only one game and will not accrue points.

16 July 2011	América	0–2	Manchester City	San Francisco, California, United States
17:00 PST			McGivern 17' Wright-Phillips 27'	Stadium: AT&T Park Attendance: 11,250 Referee: Grajeda

18 July 2011	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–2	Manchester City	Vancouver, Canada
19:00 PST	Sanvezzo 30'		Guidetti 68' Wright-Phillips 84'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 24,074 Referee: Navarro

24 July 2011	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1 (6–7 pen)	Manchester City	Carson, California, United States
13:00 PST	Magee 53'		Balotelli 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,897 Referee: Salazar
		Penalties
	Keat Birchall Juninho Dunivant Stephens McBean Gonzalez McCarty DeLaGarza		Milner Weiss Suarez Kolarov Guidetti Lescott de Jong Wright-Phillips Hart

Dublin Super Cup

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester City	2	2	0	6	0	+6	12
Celtic	2	1	1	5	2	+3	8
Internazionale	2	1	1	2	3	−1	5
League of Ireland XI	2	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Additional points awarded on the basis of one per goal scored

Fixtures

30 July 2011	Manchester City	3–0	League of Ireland XI	Dublin, Ireland
14:00 BST	Wright-Phillips 52' A. Johnson 61' Scapuzzi 84'			Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 5,114 Referee: Clare

31 July 2011	Internazionale	0–3	Manchester City	Dublin, Ireland
16:30 BST			Balotelli 45+1' Džeko 46' A. Johnson 90+3'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium

Mid-season

TBA	Genoa-Sampdoria XI	–	Manchester City	Genoa, Italy

Competitive games

FA Community Shield

Main article: 2011 FA Community Shield

7 August 2011	Manchester City	2–3	Manchester United	London
14:30 BST	Lescott 38' Džeko 45+1'	Report	Smalling 52' Nani 58', 90+4'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 77,169 Referee: Phil Dowd

Premier League

Main article: 2011–12 Premier League

Matches

1 15 August 2011	Manchester City	4–0	Swansea City	Manchester
20:00	Džeko 57' Agüero 68', 90+1' Silva 71'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,802 Referee: Mike Dean

2 21 August 2011	Bolton Wanderers	2–3	Manchester City	Bolton
16:00 BST	Klasnić 39' K. Davies 63'	Report	Silva 26' Barry 37' Džeko 47'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 24,273 Referee: Mike Jones

3 28 August 2011	Tottenham Hotspur	1–5	Manchester City	London
13:30 BST	Kaboul 68'	Report	Džeko 34', 41', 55', 90+3' Agüero 60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,150 Referee: Phil Dowd

4 10 September 2011	Manchester City	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
15:00 BST	Agüero 13', 63', 69'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,509 Referee: Martin Atkinson

5 18 September 2011	Fulham	2–2	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST	Zamora 55' Kompany 75' (o.g.)^[3]	Report	Agüero 18', 46'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,750 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

6 24 September 2011	Manchester City	2–0	Everton	Manchester
12:45 BST	Balotelli 68' Milner 89'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,293 Referee: Howard Webb

7 1 October 2011	Blackburn Rovers	0–4	Manchester City	Blackburn
15:00 BST		Report	A. Johnson 56' Balotelli 59' Nasri 73' Savić 87'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 24,760 Referee: Phil Dowd

8 15 October 2011	Manchester City	4–1	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 BST	Balotelli 28' A. Johnson 47' Kompany 52' Milner 71'	Report	Warnock 65'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,019 Referee: Anthony Taylor

9 23 October 2011	Manchester United	1–7	Manchester City	Manchester
13:30 BST	Fletcher 81'	Report	Balotelli 22', 60' Agüero 69' Džeko 90', 90+3' Silva 90+1'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,487 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

10 29 October 2011	Manchester City	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 BST	Džeko 52' Kolarov 67' A. Johnson 90+1'	Report	Hunt 75' (pen.)	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,142 Referee: Stuart Attwell

11 5 November 2011	Queens Park Rangers	2–3	Manchester City	London
17:30 GMT	Bothroyd 28' Helguson 69'	Report	Džeko 43' Silva 52' Y. Touré 74'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,076 Referee: Martin Atkinson

12 19 November 2011	Manchester City	3–1	Newcastle United	Manchester
15:00 BST	Balotelli 41' (pen.) Richards 44' Agüero 72' (pen.)	Report	Gosling 89'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,408 Referee: Chris Foy

13 27 November 2011	Liverpool	1–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	Lescott 33' (o.g.)	Report	Kompany 31'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,071 Referee: Martin Atkinson

14 3 December 2011	Manchester City	5–1	Norwich City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Agüero 32' Nasri 51' Y. Touré 68' Balotelli 88' A. Johnson 90+1'	Report	Morison 81'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,201 Referee: Howard Webb

15 12 December 2011	Chelsea	2–1	Manchester City	London
20:00 GMT	Meireles 34' Lampard 82' (pen.)	Report	Balotelli 2'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Referee: Mark Clattenburg

16 18 December 2011	Manchester City	1–0	Arsenal	Manchester
16:10 GMT	Silva 53'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,303 Referee: Phil Dowd

17 21 December 2011	Manchester City	3–0	Stoke City	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Agüero 29', 54' A. Johnson 36'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,321 Referee: Mike Dean

18 26 December 2011	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Manchester City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,938 Referee: Lee Mason

19 1 January 2012	Sunderland	1–0	Manchester City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Dong-Won 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40.625 Referee: Kevin Friend

20 4 January 2012	Manchester City	3 – 0	Liverpool	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Agüero 10' Y. Touré 33' Milner 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,131 Referee: Mike Jones

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City	20	15	3	2	56	16	+40	48	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	20	14	3	3	49	20	+29	45
3	Tottenham Hotspur	19	13	3	3	36	20	+16	42
4	Chelsea	20	11	4	5	39	25	+14	37	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Arsenal	20	11	3	6	36	28	+8	36	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round

Updated to games played on 4 January 2012
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W
Position	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 3 January 2012.
Source: Premier League results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

Main article: 2011–12 FA Cup

Third Round 8 January 2012	Manchester City	v	Manchester United	Manchester
13:00 GMT				Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Football League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Cup

Third Round 21 September 2011	Manchester City	2 – 0	Birmingham City	Manchester
19:45	Hargreaves 17' Balotelli 38'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,070 Referee: Kevin Friend

Fourth Round 26 October 2011	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 5	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
19:45	Milijaš 18' O'Hara 65'	Report	A. Johnson 37' Nasri 39' Džeko 40', 64' de Vries 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 12,436 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Quarter Final 29 November 2011	Arsenal	0 – 1	Manchester City	London
20:00 GMT		Report	Agüero 83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,028 Referee: Lee Probert

Semi Final ^{1st Leg} 11 January 2012	Manchester City	v	Liverpool	Manchester
19:45 GMT				Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium

Semi Final ^{2nd Leg} 25 January 2012	Liverpool	v	Manchester City	Liverpool
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Anfield

Europe

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group A

Key to colours in group table
Group winner and runner-up advance to the round of 16
Third-placed teams enter the UEFA Europa League at the round of 32

Group A
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13
Napoli	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
Manchester City	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Villarreal	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Matchday 1 14 September 2011	Manchester City	1–1	Napoli	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST	Kolarov 75'	Report	Cavani 69'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 44,026 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Matchday 2 27 September 2011	Bayern Munich	2–0	Manchester City	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST	Gómez 38', 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Matchday 3 18 October 2011	Manchester City	2–1	Villarreal	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Marchena 43' (o.g.) Agüero 90+3'	Report	Cani 4'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,236 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Matchday 4 2 November 2011	Villarreal	0–3	Manchester City	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CET		Report	Y. Touré 30', 71' Balotelli 45+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 24,235 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Matchday 5 22 November 2011	Napoli	2–1	Manchester City	Naples, Italy
20:45 CET	Cavani 17', 49'	Report	Balotelli 33'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Matchday 6 7 December 2011	Manchester City	2–0	Bayern Munich	Manchester, England
20:45 CET	Silva 36' Y. Touré 52'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,002 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

1st Leg 16 February 2012	Porto	v	Manchester City	Porto, Portugal
20:45 CET				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

2nd Leg 22 February 2012	Manchester City	v	Porto	Manchester, England
18:00 CET				Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
2	RB	ENG	Richards, MicahMicah Richards	23	EU	2005.0 !2005	189	9	2015	Youth system
3	LB	ENG	Bridge, WayneWayne Bridge	31	EU	2009.0 !2009 (Winter)	58	0	2013	!B9976974149070 £10M
4	CB	BEL	Kompany, VincentVincent Kompany (captain)	25	EU	2008.0 !2008	140	4	2014	!B9982082405307 £6M
5	RB	ARG	Zabaleta, PabloPablo Zabaleta	27	Non-EU	2008.0 !2008	103	3	2015	!B9982082405307 £6M
6	CB	ENG	Lescott, JoleonJoleon Lescott	29	EU	2009.0 !2009	62	5	2014	!B9969089575466 £22M
7	AM	ENG	Milner, JamesJames Milner	26	EU	2010.0 !2010	39	2	2015	!B9968219461696 £24M
10	FW	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Džeko, EdinEdin Džeko	26	Non-EU	2011.0 !2011 (Winter)	33	18	2015	!B9967041631339 £27M
11	AM	ENG	Johnson, AdamAdam Johnson	24	EU	2010.0 !2010 (Winter)	68	11	2016	!B9980540898509 £7M
12	GK	ENG	Taylor, StuartStuart Taylor	31	EU	2009.0 !2009	0	0	2012	Free
13	LB	SER	Kolarov, AleksandarAleksandar Kolarov	26	Non-EU	2010.0 !2010	47	5	2015	!B9972274112777 £16M
15	CB	Montenegro	Savić, StefanStefan Savić	21	Non-EU	2011.0 !2011	6	1	2015	!B9982082405307 £6M
16	FW	ARG	Agüero, SergioSergio Agüero	23	Non-EU	2011.0 !2011	12	13	2016	!B9964446519385 £35M
18	CM	ENG	Barry, GarethGareth Barry	31	EU	2009.0 !2009	94	6	2014	!B9975150933502 £12M
19	AM	FRA	Nasri, SamirSamir Nasri	24	EU	2011.0 !2011	10	2	2015	!B9967811241751 £25M
20	CM	ENG	Hargreaves, OwenOwen Hargreaves	31	EU	2011.0 !2011	2	1	2012	Free
21	AM	ESP	Silva, DavidDavid Silva	26	EU	2010.0 !2010	67	9	2014	!B9968219461696 £24M
22	LB	FRA	Clichy, GaëlGaël Clichy	26	EU	2011.0 !2011	6	0	2015	!B9980540898509 £7M
24	CB	ENG	Onuoha, NedumNedum Onuoha	25	EU	2004.0 !2004	94	3	2014	Youth system
25	GK	ENG	Hart, JoeJoe Hart	24	EU	2006.0 !2006	126	0	2016	!B9995945348918 £1.5M
28	CB	Côte d'Ivoire	Touré, KoloKolo Touré	30	Non-EU	2009.0 !2009	57	3	2013	!B9972274112777 £16M
30	GK	ROM	Pantilimon, CostelCostel Pantilimon	25	EU	2011.0 !2011	3	0	2012	Loan
32	FW	ARG	Tévez, CarlosCarlos Tévez	28	Non-EU	2009.0 !2009	84	52	2014	!B9967613215478 £25.5
34	CM	NED	de Jong, NigelNigel de Jong	27	EU	2009.0 !2009 (Winter)	99	1	2013	!B9971096282421 £18M
42	CM	Côte d'Ivoire	Touré, YayaYaya Touré	28	Non-EU	2010.0 !2010	62	10	2015	!B9968219461696 £24M
45	FW	ITA	Balotelli, MarioMario Balotelli	21	EU	2010.0 !2010	36	16	2015	!B9968864846907 £22.5M

Last updated: 29 October 2011
Source: [1], Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals), [2] (for contracts)
Ordered by squad number.

Playing statistics

As of 4 January (am) 2012

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only.
Apps. numbers denote: "No. of games started (No. of games subbed on)"
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards." Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Pos.	Squad status	Player name	Premier League				Champions League			Europa League	FA Cup	League Cup			Community Shield			TOTALS All competitions
No.	Pos.	Squad status	Player name	Apps.				Apps.			Apps.	Apps.	Apps.			Apps.			Apps.
2	DF	ACG	Micah Richards	15(2)	1	2		1								1		1	17(2)	1	3
3	DF	HGP	Wayne Bridge										1						1
4	DF	FOR	Vincent Kompany (c)	19	2	3	1	6		1						1			26	2	4	1
5	DF	FOR	Pablo Zabaleta	6(2)		2		4		1			3						13(2)		3
6	DF	HGP	Joleon Lescott	16(1)				4								1	1		21(1)	1
7	MF	HGP	James Milner	11(4)	3	1		2(2)					0(2)			1		1	14(8)	3	2
10	FW	FOR	Edin Džeko	10(6)	10	1		5					2	2		1	1	1	18(6)	13	2
11	MF	HGP	Adam Johnson	6(8)	5	1		1(4)					2	1		0(1)			9(13)	6	1
13	DF	FOR	Aleksandar Kolarov	5(1)	1			3(2)	1	1			3			1		1	12(3)	2	2
15	DF	YTH	Stefan Savić	1(6)	1	1		2					3		1				6(6)	1	2
16	FW	FOR	Sergio Agüero	17(2)	14	1		3(3)	1	1			0(1)	1					20(6)	16	2
18	MF	HGP	Gareth Barry	16(2)	1	6	1	3(1)								0(1)			19(4)	1	6	1
19	MF	FOR	Samir Nasri	11(3)	2			5(1)					2	1					18(4)	3
20	MF	FOR	Owen Hargreaves	0(1)									2	1	1				2(1)	1	1
21	MF	FOR	David Silva	17(3)	5			6	1	1						1			24(3)	6	1
22	DF	HGP	Gaël Clichy	14			1	3(1)		1						0(1)			17(2)		1	1
24	DF	ACG	Nedum Onouha										2						2
25	GK	HGP	Joe Hart	20				6								1			27
28	DF	FOR	Kolo Touré (vc)	4(4)				1		1			3						8(4)		1
30	GK	FOR	Costel Pantilimon										3						3
32	FW	FOR	Carlos Tévez	1(2)				0(1)					1						2(3)
34	MF	FOR	Nigel de Jong (vc)	4(3)		1		3(2)					2			1			10(5)		1
36	MF	YTH	Denis Suárez										0(1)						0(1)
42	MF	FOR	Yaya Touré	20	3	3		6	3	1						1		1	26	6	5
44	DF	ACG	Karim Rekik										0(2)						0(2)
45	FW	YTH	Mario Balotelli	7(7)	8	2	1	2(1)	2	2			1	1		1			11(8)	11	4	1
49	FW	ACG	Luca Scapuzzi										1(1)	1					1(1)	1
62	MF	YTH	Abdul Razak	0(1)									2(1)						2(2)
			OWN GOAL						1											1
TOTALS					56	24	4		9	10				8	2		2	5		75	41	4
TOTALS

Table statistics current for games played up until the end of 3 January 2012

Last updated: 4 January 2012 (am)
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2011–12 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2011–12 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goalscorers

Player	Premier League	Champions League	League Cup	Community Shield	Total
Sergio Agüero	14	1	1	0	16
Edin Džeko	10	0	2	1	13
Mario Balotelli	8	2	1	0	11
David Silva	5	1	0	0	6
Adam Johnson	5	0	1	0	6
Yaya Touré	3	3	0	0	6
James Milner	3	0	0	0	3
Samir Nasri	2	0	1	0	3
Vincent Kompany	2	0	0	0	2
Aleksandar Kolarov	1	1	0	0	2
Gareth Barry	1	0	0	0	1
Micah Richards	1	0	0	0	1
Stefan Savić	1	0	0	0	1
Owen Hargreaves	0	0	1	0	1
Luca Scapuzzi	0	0	1	0	1
Joleon Lescott	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goal	0	1	0	0	1
Total	56	9	8	2	75

Awards

Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month	Player
October^[4]	Roberto Mancini

Premier League Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month	Player
August^[5]	Edin Džeko
September^[6]	David Silva

LMA Performance of the Week award

Awarded on a weekly basis to the Premier League or Football League team that a five-man LMA adjudication panel deems to have performed in some outstanding manner

Week ending	Awarded to	For performance in
30 October 2011^[7]	Manchester City	Manchester United 1 – 6 Manchester City

Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month	Player
August^[8]	Edin Džeko
September^[9]	David Silva
October^[10]	Mario Balotelli
November^[11]	James Milner

2011 CAF African Player of the Year award

Awarded every calendar year from a shortlist of three based on a vote of the 53 CAF national team managers

Year	Player
2011^[12]	Yaya Touré

2011 FSS Serbian Player of the Year award

Awarded every calendar year in conjunction with the FSS Coach of the Year award

Year	Player
2011^[13]	Aleksandar Kolarov

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team
Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
4 July 2011	DF	22	Gaël Clichy	Arsenal	£7 million^[14]
6 July 2011	DF	15	Stefan Savić	Partizan	£6 million^[15]
28 July 2011	FW	16	Sergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid	£38 million^[16]
24 August 2011	MF	19	Samir Nasri	Arsenal	£23 million^[17]
31 August 2011	MF	20	Owen Hargreaves	Free agent^[18]

Reserves and Academy
Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 June 2011	MF	–	Denis Suárez	Celta Vigo	Undisclosed^[19]
16 June 2011	MF	–	Karim Rekik	Feyenoord	Undisclosed^[20]
28 June 2011	GK	–	Angus Gunn	Norwich City	Undisclosed
15 July 2011	FW	–	John Guidetti	Re-signed^[21]^[22]

Transfers out

First team
Exit Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 June 2011	FW	20	Felipe Caicedo	Lokomotiv Moscow	£7.5 Million^[23]
1 June 2011	MF	24	Patrick Vieira	Unattached	Retired^[24]
14 July 2011	DF	17	Jérôme Boateng	Bayern Munich	£12.5 million^[25]
18 July 2011	GK	1	Shay Given	Aston Villa	£3 million
20 July 2011	FW	27	Jô	Internacional	Free^[26]
31 August 2011	FW	39	Craig Bellamy	Liverpool	Free^[27]
31 August 2011	MF	8	Shaun Wright-Phillips	Queens Park Rangers	£4 million^[28]

Reserves and Academy
Exit Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 June 2011	DF	35	Scott Kay	Macclesfield Town	Free^[29]
1 June 2011	FW	47	James Poole	Hartlepool United	Free^[30]
1 June 2011	DF	30	Shaleum Logan	Brentford	Free^[31]
1 June 2011	DF	–	Kim Skogsrud	Rangers	Free^[32]
1 June 2011	DF	–	Tom Skogsrud	Rangers	Free^[32]
1 June 2011	MF	–	Andrew Tutte	Rochdale	Free^[33]
1 June 2011	DF	36	Javan Vidal	Yeovil Town	Free^[34]
1 July 2011	MF	49	Donal McDermott	Huddersfield Town	Free^[35]

Loans in

First team

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	From club
5 August 2011	31 May 2012	GK	Costel Pantilimon	Poli Timişoara^[36]

Reserves & Academy

Loans out

First team
Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club
1 July 2011	31 December 2011	GK	26	David González	Aberdeen^[37]
28 July 2011	31 May 2012	MF	6	Michael Johnson	Leicester City^[38]
25 August 2011	31 May 2012	FW	9	Emmanuel Adebayor	Tottenham Hotspur^[39]
26 August 2011	31 May 2012	DF	38	Dedryck Boyata	Bolton Wanderers^[40]
27 August 2011	31 May 2012	FW	14	Roque Santa Cruz	Real Betis^[41]
29 August 2011	31 May 2012	MF	40	Vladimír Weiss	Espanyol^[42]
16 September 2011	16 December 2011	FW	43	Alex Nimely	Middlesbrough^[43]
25 October 2011	31 December 2011	DF	33	Greg Cunningham	Nottingham Forest^[44]
28 October 2011	31 December 2011	MF	62	Abdul Razak	Portsmouth^[45]

Reserves and Academy
Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club
28 June 2011	1 January 2012	MF	–	Mohammed Abu	Strømsgodset IF^[46]
14 July 2011	31 May 2012	DF	41	Ben Mee	Burnley^[47]
26 July 2011	31 May 2012	DF	51	Kieran Trippier	Burnley^[48]
31 July 2011	31 May 2012	MF	50	Abdisalam Ibrahim	NEC Nijmegen^[49]
3 August 2011	3 September 2011	DF	48	Ryan McGivern	Crystal Palace^[50]
29 August 2011	December 2011	GK	46	Loris Karius	Mainz^[42]
31 August 2011	31 May 2012	DF	48	Ryan McGivern	Bristol City^[51]
31 August 2011	31 May 2012	MF		Ahmed Benali	Rochdale^[52]
31 August 2011	31 May 2012	FW	60	John Guidetti	Feyenoord^[53]
23 November 2011	2 January 2012	MF	53	Chris Chantler	Carlisle United^[54]

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