2011–12 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2011–12 season is the 115th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the 13th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier League in which Hearts have competed since its inauguration in 1998–99. Hearts will also compete in the Europa League , Scottish Cup & the Scottish League Cup.

Heart of Midlothian
2011–12 season
Chairman Roman Romanov
Manager Jim Jefferies (Until 1 August 2011)
Paulo Sérgio (From 2 August 2011)
Stadium Tynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League 4th (on going)
Europa League Play Off Round, lost to Tottenham Hotspur
Scottish Cup Fourth Round vs Auchinleck Talbot (On going)
League Cup Third Round, lost to
Ayr United
Top goalscorer League: Rudi Skácel (5)
All: Rudi Skácel (6)
Highest home attendance 16,279 v Tottenham Hotspur Europa League 18 August 2011
Lowest home attendance 11,988 v Dunfermline Athletic SPL 17 December 2011
Average home attendance 13,702
Home colours
Away colours

Contents

Pre-season

Hearts returned for pre-season training on the 22 June,[1] before travelling to Il Ciocco in Tuscany for a week at their pre-season camp.[2] Hearts returned to Scotland to play East Fife before travelling to Berlin to take on Ludwigsfelder and Union Berlin.[3] Once back in Scotland they completed their pre-season taking on Cowdenbeath and Livingston before a glamour friendly at Tynecastle against Royal Antwerp,[4] to contest for the Tynecastle 125th anniversary trophy.[5]

Fixtures

Scottish Premier League

The fixture list for the first 33 SPL matches in the 2011–12 season was announced on 17 June.[6] Hearts were given a tough away game to start the season against Rangers.

Fixtures

Upcoming Scottish Premier League fixtures are the intellectual property of the Scottish Premier League. For upcoming Scottish Premier League fixtures, see the official Heart of Midlothian FC website

UEFA Europa League

Hearts will enter the Europa League during the third qualifying round[7] having qualified after finishing third in the SPL During season 2010–11.[8] Hearts would have entered at the 2nd qualification round but thanks to Celtic wining the Scottish cup[9] and gaining a higher qualification place there place went to Hearts. Hearts have been seeded for the third qualifying round.[10] Hearts drew Paksi[11] and travelled to Hungary playing out a 1–1 draw. In the second leg goals from Ryan Stevenson, Andy Driver and Rudi Skácel were enough to win the tie 4–1 and progress to the play-off round with a 5–2 aggregate.[12] Unseeded for the Play Off round Hearts drew English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur[13] in a game dubbed by the press as a Battle of Britain fixture.[14] In the home leg at Tynecastle Hearts were outclassed[15] and Humiliated[16] by Spurs who won the first leg 0–5. Hearts were much improved in the second leg but weren't able to claw back the tie earning a 0 – 0 draw. Hearts were eliminated on aggregate.[17]

Fixtures

Scottish Cup

Hearts enter the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage. The draw was conducted on 22 November[18] and drew Hearts against Junior side Auchinleck Talbot.[19]

Fixtures

League Cup

Having qualified for the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League the previous season, Hearts entered the Scottish League Cup at the third round stage.[20] The third round draw was held on the 29th of August where Hearts were paired with Scottish First Division side Ayr United.[21] Hearts lost to Ayr United on penalties after a 1 – 1 draw after extra time.[22] After the match Hearts asked the SFA to clarify the decision by refferee Iain Brines[23] to disallow a Eggert Jonsson goal for handball[24] after appearing to give the goal on three separate occasions. [25]

Fixtures

Players

Captains

No. P Name Country No. Games Notes
26 DF Žaliūkas LIT 27 Club captain

Last updated: 2 January 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Only competitive matches.
Only starts as captain.
Ordered by player who has been captain the most number of times.
Country: 1st flag=country of birth, 2nd flag=country that plays for internationally (if different); No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); No. Games = The number of games the player has been captain.

Squad information

This section includes all players who have been part of the first team during the season. They may not have made an appearance.

Last updated 2 January 2012[26]
No. Nat Pos Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK János Balogh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 MF Jamie Hamill 22 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
3 DF Danny Grainger 18 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
4 DF Eggert Jónsson 20 1 16 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
5 DF Darren Barr 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 DF Andy Webster 19 3 17 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF Suso Santana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Ian Black 19 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 FW Kevin Kyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Stephen Elliott 18 3 15 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 MF Andrew Driver 11 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
12 MF David Templeton 26 1 21 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
13 MF David Obua 17 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 FW Calum Elliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW John Sutton 16 2 12 2 0 0 1 0 3 0
16 MF Ryan Stevenson 22 4 19 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
17 DF Ryan McGowan 17 1 13 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
18 MF Arvydas Novikovas 13 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
19 MF Rudi Skácel 20 6 16 5 0 0 1 0 3 1
20 DF Jason Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Mehdi Taouil 17 2 15 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 FW Gordon Smith 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 FW Gary Glen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK Marián Kello 21 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 DF Marius Žaliūkas 27 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
27 FW Scott Robinson 11 1 9 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
30 GK Jamie MacDonald 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 MF Adrian Mrowiec 26 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
34 MF Johnny Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Denis Prychynenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Colin Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF Jason Holt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 FW David Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Brad McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Chris Kane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 DF Kevin McHattie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 GK Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 FW Billy King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Robert Ogleby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 23 July 2011
Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Heart of Midlothian, Sky Sports
Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The SPL, Scottish Cup, League Cup and the UEFA Europa League.
1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.
Squad only includes players currently registered with the club and those with professional contracts only.

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 2 January 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League Total
1 GK János Balogh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 MF Jamie Hamill 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 DF Danny Grainger 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
4 DF Eggert Jónsson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF Darren Barr 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF Andy Webster 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 MF Suso Santana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Ian Black 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
9 FW Kevin Kyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Stephen Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Andrew Driver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF David Templeton 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
13 MF David Obua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Calum Elliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW John Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Ryan Stevenson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 DF Ryan McGowan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF Arvydas Novikovas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Rudi Skácel 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
20 DF Jason Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Mehdi Taouil 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 FW Gordon Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Gary Glen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK Marián Kello 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Marius Žaliūkas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
27 FW Scott Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 GK Jamie MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
31 MF Adrian Mrowiec 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Johnny Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW Denis Prychynenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Colin Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF Jason Holt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 FW David Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Brad McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW Chris Kane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 DF Kevin McHattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 GK Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 FW Billy King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Robert Ogleby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: BBC Sport

Top Scorers

Last updated on 2 January 2012
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League Total
MF 19 Rudi Skácel 5 1 6
MF 16 Ryan Stevenson 2 2 4
FW 10 Stephen Elliott 3 3
DF 6 Andy Webster 3 3
FW 15 John Sutton 2 2
MF 2 Jamie Hamill 1 1 2
MF 21 Mehdi Taouil 2 2
MF 18 Arvydas Novikovas 1 1
MF 13 David Obua 1 1
MF 11 Andy Driver 1 1
FW 27 Scott Robinson 1 1
MF 4 Eggert Jónsson 1 1
MF 12 David Templeton 1 1
MF 8 Ian Black 1 1
DF 17 McGowan 1 1

Own goals

Last updated on 2 January 2012
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League Total
DF 26 Žaliūkas 1 1

Transfers

Hearts first transfer activity over the summer came on the 25 May with the announcement that Jamie Hamill, John Sutton and Danny Grainger had all signed three year contracts.[27] The following day they announced the departure of three first team players, Jamie Mole, Dawid Kucharski and Paul Mulrooney. Along with six youth players who were not offered new contracts.[28] Mehdi Taouil became Hearts fourth signing of the new season with Jonathan Brown, Rubén Palazuelos and Ismael Bouzid also leaving on freedom of contract. After featuring during pre-season and with only two days remaining before the season started Hearts accepted a bid of £1.5 Million for Lee Wallace from Rangers. Hearts had refused previous bids from Rangers for the player.[29] That completed the transfer activity under Jim Jefferies. New manager Sergio made one transfer deal before the close of the summer transfer window with Callum Tapping joining Hearts from Tottenham.[30]

Players In

Dates Player From Fee
17 May 2011 Ryan Logan Raith Rovers Free[31]
25 May 2011 Jamie Hamill Kilmarnock Free[32]
25 May 2011 John Sutton Motherwell Free[33]
25 May 2011 Danny Grainger St Johnstone Free[34]
14 June 2011 Mehdi Taouil Kilmarnock Free[35]
31 August 2011 Callum Tapping Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed[36]

Players Out

Dates Player To Fee
24 May 2011 Rubén Palazuelos Deportivo Alavés[37] Free[38]
26 May 2011 Jamie Mole Blyth Spartans[39] Free[28]
26 May 2011 Paul Mulrooney Free[28]
26 May 2011 Dean Lyness Kidderminster Harriers[40] Free[28]
26 May 2011 Connor Fairley Airdrie United[41] Free[28]
26 May 2011 Jamie McCormack Wigan Atheltic[42] Free[28]
26 May 2011 Murray Christie Cowdenbeath[43] Free[28]
26 May 2011 Michael Deland Berwick Rangers[44] Free[28]
26 May 2011 Shaun Hill Free[28]
3 June 2011 Ismael Bouzid PAS Giannina[45] Free[46]
19 June 2011 Dawid Kucharski Pogoń Szczecin Free[47]
8 July 2011 Jonathan Brown Livingston Free[48]
21 July 2011 Lee Wallace Rangers £1.5 Million[49]
22 July 2011 Deividas Kapustas Kaunas[50] Free[51]
7 December 2011 János Balogh Free[52]
7 December 2011 Dale O'Hara Free[53]
1 January 2012 Calum Elliot Free[54]
1 January 2012 Eggert Jónsson Wolves[55] £250,000[56]

Loans In

Loans Out

Dates Player To Fee
13 June 2011 McGowan, DylanDylan McGowan Gold Coast United Loan[57]
5 July 2011 Ogleby, RobertRobert Ogleby East Fife Loan[58]
5 July 2011 Park, MatthewMatthew Park East Fife Loan[58]
7 July 2011 Thomson, JasonJason Thomson Dunfemline Loan[59]
13 July 2011 Balatoni, ConradConrad Balatoni Partick Thistle Loan[60]
15 July 2011 Morton, JordanJordan Morton Cowdenbeath Loan[61]
22 July 2011 Thomson, DannyDanny Thomson Raith Rovers Loan[62]
22 July 2011 Ridgers, MarkMark Ridgers East Fife Loan[51]
22 July 2011 Razulis, EvaldasEvaldas Razulis Kaunas Loan[51]
31 July 2011 Craig Thomson Kaunas Loan[63]
24 September 2011 Hamilton, ColinColin Hamilton Stenhousemuir Loan[64]
3 November 2011 Prychynenko, DenisDenis Prychynenko Raith Rovers Loan[65]
4 November 2011 Elliot, CalumCalum Elliot Dundee Loan[66]
21 November 2011 Smith, DavidDavid Smith Raith Rovers Loan[67]
21 November 2011 Walker, JamieJamie Walker Raith Rovers Loan[67]
21 November 2011 Holt, JasonJason Holt Raith Rovers Loan[67]
7 December 2011 Smith, GordonGordon Smith Hamilton Academical Loan[68]
7 December 2011 McHattie‎, KevinKevin McHattie‎ Alloa Athletic Loan[69]

Club

Coaching staff

Hearts started the season under the stewardship of Jim Jefferies but after only three games on 1 August 2011 he was removed from his post as manager by owner Vladimir Romanov.[70] Jefferies was offered a new role at Hearts of Director of football which he turned down next day,[71] marking his departure along with coach Billy Brown for the second time. Paulo Sergio was appointed as the new manager the same day.[72][73]

Position Staff
Manager Paulo Sérgio
Assistant Manager Sergio Cruz
Assistant Manager Alberto Cabral
First-team coach Gary Locke
Goalkeepers coach Allan Carswell
Under 19 Coach Darren Murray
Academy Director John Murray
Stadium Announcer Scott Wilson
Manager Jim Jefferies (Until 1 August 2011)
Assistant Manager Billy Brown (Until 1 August 2011)

Source: Heartsfc.co.uk

Playing Kit

Hearts continue with Umbro as their kit manufacture for the 5th consecutive season with Wonga.com[74] replacing Ukio Bankas as sponsor having signed a two year deal with Hearts.

External links

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