2011–12 Premier League

Premier League
Season 2011–12
Matches played 196
Goals scored 556 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer Robin van Persie (17 goals)
Biggest home win Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal
Fulham 6–0 Queens Park Rangers
Biggest away win Bolton Wanderers 0–5 Manchester United
Fulham 0–5 Manchester United
Manchester United 1–6 Manchester City
Highest scoring Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal (10 goals)
Longest winning run 7 games[1]
Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run 14 games[1]
Manchester City
Longest winless run 9 games[1]
Wigan Athletic
Longest losing run 8 games[1]
Wigan Athletic
Highest attendance 75,627[1]
Manchester United 4–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lowest attendance 15,195[1]
Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Bolton Wanderers
Total attendance 5,753,655[1]
Average attendance 34,247[1]

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.

Contents

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

Team Location Stadium Capacity[5]
Arsenal London Emirates Stadium &1000000000006036100000060,361
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park &1000000000004278500000042,785
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park &1000000000003115400000031,154
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Reebok Stadium &1000000000002810000000028,100
Chelsea London Stamford Bridge &1000000000004244900000042,449
Everton Liverpool Goodison Park &1000000000004015700000040,157
Fulham London Craven Cottage &1000000000002570000000025,700
Liverpool Liverpool Anfield &1000000000004527600000045,276
Manchester City Manchester Etihad Stadium &1000000000004740500000047,405
Manchester United Trafford Old Trafford &1000000000007581100000075,811
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne Sports Direct Arena &1000000000005240900000052,409
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road &1000000000002701000000027,010
Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road &1000000000001843900000018,439
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium &1000000000002759800000027,598
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light &1000000000004870700000048,707
Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium &1000000000002052000000020,520
Tottenham Hotspur London White Hart Lane &1000000000003623000000036,230
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns &1000000000002636000000026,360
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium &1000000000002513300000025,133
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium &1000000000002782800000027,8281

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 188BET
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

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

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Chelsea Ancelotti, CarloCarlo Ancelotti Sacked 22 May 2011[12] Pre-season Villas-Boas, AndréAndré Villas-Boas 22 June 2011[13]
Aston Villa Houllier, GérardGérard Houllier Mutual consent 1 June 2011[14] McLeish, AlexAlex McLeish 17 June 2011[15]
Fulham Hughes, MarkMark Hughes Resigned 2 June 2011[16] Jol, MartinMartin Jol 7 June 2011[17]
Sunderland Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce Sacked 30 November 2011[18] 16th Martin O'Neill 3 December 2011[19]

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
6 Liverpool 20 9 7 4 24 18 +6 34
7 Newcastle United 20 9 6 5 29 25 +4 33
8 Stoke City 20 8 5 7 22 31 −9 29
9 Norwich City 20 6 7 7 30 35 −5 25
10 Sunderland 20 6 6 8 27 23 +4 24
11 Everton 19 7 3 9 20 22 −2 24
12 Swansea City 20 5 8 7 20 23 −3 23
13 Aston Villa 20 5 8 7 22 26 −4 23
14 Fulham 20 5 8 7 22 26 −4 23
15 West Bromwich Albion 20 6 4 10 19 28 −9 22
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 4 5 11 22 36 −14 17
17 Queens Park Rangers 20 4 5 11 19 35 −16 17
18 Bolton Wanderers 20 5 1 14 25 43 −18 16 Relegation to the 2012–13 Football League Championship
19 Wigan Athletic 20 3 6 11 18 41 −23 15
20 Blackburn Rovers 20 3 5 12 29 43 −14 14

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

Home \ Away1 ARS AST BLB BOL CHE EVE FUL LIV MNC MNU NEW NOR QPR STO SUN SWA TOT WBA WIG WOL
Arsenal 3–0 a 1–0 1–1 0–2 a 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 a 3–0 1–1
Aston Villa 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0
Blackburn Rovers 4–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
Bolton Wanderers 1–2 1–5 0–2 2–3 0–5 0–2 1–2 5–0 0–2 1–1
Chelsea 3–5 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 a 4–1 2–1 3–0
Everton 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1
Fulham 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 a 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–5 6–0 1–3
Liverpool 1–1 3–1 a 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Manchester City 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 a 3–1 5–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–1
Manchester United 8–2 2–3 3–1 a 1–6 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 5–0 4–1
Newcastle United 0–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 a 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–0
Norwich City 1–2 3–3 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–1
Queens Park Rangers 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 a 2–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–1
Stoke City 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–1 2–2
Sunderland 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–2 1–2
Swansea City 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–5 3–1 1–0 1–0
West Bromwich Albion 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–0
Wigan Athletic 0–4 3–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–2 a 3–1

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

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[20]
1 Robin van Persie Arsenal 17
2 Demba Ba Newcastle United 15
3 Sergio Agüero Manchester City 14
4 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 13
5 Yakubu Blackburn Rovers 12
6 Edin Džeko Manchester City 10
7 Emmanuel Adebayor Tottenham Hotspur 9
Daniel Sturridge Chelsea 9
9 Mario Balotelli Manchester City 8
Steven Fletcher Wolverhampton Wanderers 8
Frank Lampard Chelsea 8

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[21]
1 David Silva Manchester City 10
2 Samir Nasri Manchester City 7
Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur 7
Juan Mata Chelsea 7
Nani Manchester United 7
Antonio Valencia Manchester United 7
7 Emmanuel Adebayor Tottenham Hotspur 6
Ashley Cole Chelsea 6
Chris Brunt West Bromwich Albion 6
10 Gabriel Agbonlahor Aston Villa 5
Royston Drenthe Everton 5
Gervinho Arsenal 5
Ryan Giggs Manchester United 5
Mark Gower Swansea City 5
James Milner Manchester City 5
Micah Richards Manchester City 5
Alex Song Arsenal 5
Robin van Persie Arsenal 5
Stéphane Sessègnon Sunderland 5
Ashley Young Manchester United 5

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

Clean sheets

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

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Sir Alex Ferguson[25] Manchester United Edin Džeko[26] Manchester City
September Harry Redknapp[27] Tottenham Hotspur David Silva[28] Manchester City
October Roberto Mancini[29] Manchester City Robin van Persie[29] Arsenal
November Harry Redknapp[30] Tottenham Hotspur Scott Parker[30] Tottenham Hotspur

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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