2011–12 Premier League
The 2011–12 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the twentieth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2011–12 fixtures were announced on 17 June 2011 at 9:00 BST.[2] The season began on 13 August 2011 and is due to end on 13 May 2012. Manchester United are the defending champions, having won their 19th league title the previous season.
A total of 20 teams are contesting the league, seventeen returning from the 2010–11 season and three promoted from the Football League Championship. Championship winners Queens Park Rangers and runners-up Norwich City gained automatic promotion whilst Swansea City gained promotion through the Football League Championship play-offs beating Reading 4–2 in May 2011.
Teams
The teams ending the 2010–11 season in the bottom three places of the table were relegated to the 2011–12 Football League Championship. West Ham United finished in last place, ending the East London side's six-year tenure in the league. Blackpool and Birmingham City both joined them in relegation, following dramatic games on the last day of the season.
Queens Park Rangers as 2010–11 Football League Championship winners and runners-up Norwich City were directly promoted at the end of the season. Queens Park Rangers are appearing in the Premier League for the first time in fifteen years, while Norwich City return after a six-year absence and two successive promotions, becoming the first team since Manchester City to do so in eleven years. The last team to be promoted was decided by the Championship play-off final on 30 May 2011, where Swansea City defeated Reading 4–2[3] to become the first Welsh-based team to enter the Premier League.[4]
Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2011–12 Premier League teams
Team |
Location |
Stadium |
Capacity[5] |
Arsenal |
London |
Emirates Stadium |
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Aston Villa |
Birmingham |
Villa Park |
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Blackburn Rovers |
Blackburn |
Ewood Park |
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Bolton Wanderers |
Bolton |
Reebok Stadium |
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Chelsea |
London |
Stamford Bridge |
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Everton |
Liverpool |
Goodison Park |
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Fulham |
London |
Craven Cottage |
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Liverpool |
Liverpool |
Anfield |
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Manchester City |
Manchester |
Etihad Stadium |
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Manchester United |
Trafford |
Old Trafford |
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Newcastle United |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Sports Direct Arena |
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Norwich City |
Norwich |
Carrow Road |
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Queens Park Rangers |
London |
Loftus Road |
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Stoke City |
Stoke-on-Trent |
Britannia Stadium |
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Sunderland |
Sunderland |
Stadium of Light |
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Swansea City |
Swansea |
Liberty Stadium |
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Tottenham Hotspur |
London |
White Hart Lane |
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West Bromwich Albion |
West Bromwich |
The Hawthorns |
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Wigan Athletic |
Wigan |
DW Stadium |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Wolverhampton |
Molineux Stadium |
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- 1Molineux is currently undergoing redevelopment. The season began with capacity limited to 24,259, but increased with the opening of the bottom of a two-tier new stand during September 2011.[6]
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team |
Manager1 |
Captain[7] |
Kit manufacturer[5] |
Shirt sponsor[5] |
Arsenal |
Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger |
Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie |
Nike |
Emirates |
Aston Villa |
McLeish, AlexAlex McLeish |
Petrov, StiliyanStiliyan Petrov |
Nike |
Genting Casinos |
Blackburn Rovers |
Kean, SteveSteve Kean |
Samba, ChristopherChristopher Samba |
Umbro |
The Prince's Trust[8] |
Bolton Wanderers |
Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle |
Davies, KevinKevin Davies |
Reebok |
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Chelsea |
Villas-Boas, AndreAndré Villas-Boas |
Terry, JohnJohn Terry |
adidas |
Samsung |
Everton |
Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes |
Neville, PhilPhil Neville |
Le Coq Sportif |
Chang Beer |
Fulham |
Jol, MartinMartin Jol |
Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy |
Kappa |
FxPro |
Liverpool |
Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish |
Gerrard, StevenSteven Gerrard |
adidas |
Standard Chartered |
Manchester City |
Mancini, RobertoRoberto Mancini |
Kompany, VincentVincent Kompany |
Umbro |
Etihad Airways |
Manchester United |
Ferguson, Sir AlexSir Alex Ferguson |
Vidić, NemanjaNemanja Vidić |
Nike |
Aon |
Newcastle United |
Pardew, AlanAlan Pardew |
Coloccini, FabricioFabricio Coloccini |
Puma |
Northern Rock/Virgin Money2 |
Norwich City |
Lambert, PaulPaul Lambert |
Holt, GrantGrant Holt |
Erreà |
Aviva |
Queens Park Rangers |
Warnock, NeilNeil Warnock |
Barton, JoeyJoey Barton |
Lotto |
Malaysia Airlines/Air Asia3 |
Stoke City |
Pulis, TonyTony Pulis |
Shawcross, RyanRyan Shawcross |
adidas |
Britannia |
Sunderland |
O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill |
Cattermole, LeeLee Cattermole |
Umbro |
Tombola |
Swansea City |
Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers |
Monk, GarryGarry Monk |
adidas |
32Red |
Tottenham Hotspur |
Redknapp, HarryHarry Redknapp |
King, LedleyLedley King |
Puma |
Aurasma4 |
West Bromwich Albion |
Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson |
Brunt, ChrisChris Brunt |
adidas |
Bodog |
Wigan Athletic |
Martinez, RobertoRoberto Martínez |
Caldwell, GaryGary Caldwell |
MiFit |
12BET |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy |
Johnson, RogerRoger Johnson |
BURRDA |
Sportingbet |
- 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
- 2 Following Virgin Money's acquisition of Northern Rock on 1 January 2012, Virgin Money will appear on the team's kits from 4 January 2012.[9]
- 3 Malaysia Airlines will appear on Queens Park Rangers' home kit, with Air Asia appearing on their two away kits.[10]
- 4 Aurasma is a subsidiary of Autonomy
In addition, Nike will have a new design for their match ball (white from August to October and March to May; high-visibility yellow from November through February) called Seitiro, featuring a modified flame design.[11]
Managerial changes
League table
2011–12 Premier League Table
Updated to games played on 4 January 2012
Source: Barclays 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
Updated to games played on 4 January 2012
Source: Premier League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Season statistics
Hat-tricks
Player |
For |
Against |
Result |
Date |
Džeko, EdinEdin Džeko4 |
Manchester City |
Tottenham Hotspur |
5–1 |
02011-08-28 28 August 2011 |
Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney |
Manchester United |
Arsenal |
8–2 |
02011-08-28 28 August 2011 |
Agüero, SergioSergio Agüero |
Manchester City |
Wigan Athletic |
3–0 |
02011-09-10 10 September 2011 |
Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney |
Manchester United |
Bolton Wanderers |
5–0 |
02011-09-10 10 September 2011 |
Ba, DembaDemba Ba |
Newcastle United |
Blackburn Rovers |
3–1 |
02011-09-24 24 September 2011 |
Lampard, FrankFrank Lampard |
Chelsea |
Bolton Wanderers |
5–1 |
02011-10-02 2 October 2011 |
Johnson, AndrewAndrew Johnson |
Fulham |
Queens Park Rangers |
6–0 |
02011-10-02 2 October 2011 |
van Persie, RobinRobin van Persie |
Arsenal |
Chelsea |
5–3 |
02011-10-29 29 October 2011 |
Ba, DembaDemba Ba |
Newcastle United |
Stoke City |
3–1 |
02011-10-31 31 October 2011 |
, YakubuYakubu 4 |
Blackburn Rovers |
Swansea City |
4–2 |
02011-12-03 3 December 2011 |
Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov |
Manchester United |
Wigan Athletic |
5–0 |
02011-12-26 26 December 2011 |
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Luis Suárez for Liverpool against Sunderland (13 August 2011)[22]
- Fastest goal of the season: 26 seconds – Robin van Persie for Arsenal against Sunderland (16 October 2011)[23]
- Largest winning margin: 6 goals[1]
- Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal (28 August 2011)
- Fulham 6–0 Queens Park Rangers (2 October 2011)
- Highest scoring game: 10 goals[1]
- Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal (28 August 2011)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals[1]
- Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal (28 August 2011)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals[1]
- Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Arsenal (17 September 2011)
- Chelsea 3–5 Arsenal (29 October 2011)
Clean sheets
- Fewest clean sheets: 0[1]
- Blackburn Rovers
- Norwich City
20,000th goal
Marc Albrighton of Aston Villa was officially credited with the 20,000th goal scored since the formation of the Premier League in 1992 on 21 December in a 2–1 loss to Arsenal at Villa Park. He was given £20,000 from the FA to donate to a charity of the player's choice.[24]
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
Barclays Premier League Fair Play Award
The Fair Play Award is an honour given to the team deemed to be the most sporting. As of 20 December 2011, Tottenham Hotspur top the fair play table, with Aston Villa in last place.[31]
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