2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response
Following the attack, all roads to and from Eilat were sealed off and operations at Ovda Airport were suspended. Roadblocks were set up at the entrance to the city of Eilat, and the area was locked down. Magen David Adom (Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service) raised its alert level and began preparing teams of paramedics and medical equipment. The Israeli Air Force sent in  Eilat police deployed a large number of security forces and a police war room was opened at the Yoseftal Medical Center.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response
Seven of the 29 injured people who were brought to the Yoseftal Medical Center were later transferred to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. The police asked the public to expect roadblocks at the entrance to Eilat amidst a heavy police presence in the city; however later in the day they added that no security incidents were under way in either Eilat or Beersheba despite calling for public vigilance and for the public-at-large to contact police in case of any suspicious individuals or items.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response
The private car in which four civilians were killed by militants


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response
The charred remains of the Egged bus hit by suicide bomber


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response, Fatalities
Two of the victims, Flora Gez and Shula Karlinski, were sisters.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response, Responsibility
According to SITE a group calling itself Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the attack. Nevertheless, Israel stated that it possesses evidence that indicate that the attacks were orchestrated by the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) in Gaza.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response, Responsibility
The (PRC) denied any involvement in the attack, though they praised it. According to PRC spokesman, "The occupation wants to pin this operation on us in order to escape its own internal problems". According to Haaretz, there is doubt in Gaza, that members of the Popular Resistance Committees were behind the attack. The Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm reported that Egyptian security forces identified three of those responsible for the attack as Egyptians.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response, Responsibility
Hamas, which governs Gaza, also denied involvement. Sky News quoted Hamas spokesman Taher al-Nunu as saying: "The Palestinian government denies the accusations made by Barak about the operation in Eilat and affirms that there is no relation between the Gaza Strip and what happened near Eilat." Hamas did, however, "praise" the attack.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, August 18 cross-border attacks and immediate Israeli response, Responsibility
The Washington Times reported that US intelligence agencies linked Al Qaeda to the attack, claiming that either the PRC or the Gaza-based Jaish al Islam carried out the attacks.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Israeli response in the Gaza Strip
At 18.00 the Israeli Air Force, working with Shin Bet, bombed a building used by Popular Resistance Committees' members in Rafah. Five PRC members were killed. Among the dead was the PRC's commander Kamal al-Nairab and military chief Immad Hammad, who was suspected by Shin Bet of having planned the attacks. Of the remaining three, two were top members. The two-year-old son of one of the militants, who was in the building when it was attacked, was also killed. The airstrike occurred in the southern Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Israeli response in the Gaza Strip
The PRC responded to the attack in saying that it vows "double" revenge. Later, the Israeli Air Force launched a wave of attacks against targets in Gaza. A home near the former Palestinian intelligence headquarters was hit, reportedly killing one and wounding seventeen, and starting a large fire in the area. Israeli aircraft fired three missiles at a building used by Hamas security forces, and bombed a Hamas outpost in Khan Yunis. A missile was also fired at an open area in the southern Gaza Strip.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Israeli response in the Gaza Strip
Several targets were bombed in the northern Gaza Strip, including a building used by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Several targets were hit around the Philadelphi Route, believed to have been smuggling tunnels. Numerous rocket-launching cells were attacked during the airstrikes. Three Palestinian militants were killed as they participated in the firing of rockets, and senior PRC member Samed Abdul Mu'ty Abed was killed while riding a motorcycle in northern Gaza. Another man was injured in the attack that killed Abed.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Israeli response in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli Air Force bombed two tunnels and one warehouse used for manufacturing weapons in southern Gaza and one site used for militant activities. The tunnels had been used to allow assailants to infiltrate Israel and carry out attacks according to a statement released by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. The IAF identified direct hits, and all aircraft returned to Israel safely. An airstrike in central Gaza targeting a car killed a Palestinian militant, his five-year-old son, and his brother.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Israeli response in the Gaza Strip
On March 9, 2012, Israel Air Force, in a strike on Palestinian targets in Gaza, killed Zuhir al-Qaisi, the secretary-general of the Popular Resistance Committees, whom Israel considers as "one of the masterminds" of the August 18, 2011 attacks, and his collaborator, Mahmoud Hanani.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
After the Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the Gaza Strip, at least 10 rockets were fired into southern Israel, hitting the cities of Ashkelon and Beersheba, causing no injuries. Two additional rockets landed in a courtyard of a Yeshiva in Ashdod, wounding 10 people and lightly damaging the buildings. The Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade, a radical Islamic group affiliated with Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
Over 80 rockets launched from Gaza hit cities in Israel, killing one Israeli and wounding over a dozen. Seven rockets were fired almost simultaneously at Beersheba. The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted five of them, but one hit a residential area and killed Israeli Yossi Shushan. The Lachish subdistrict was hit by 28 rockets and the Negev subdistrict was hit by nine rockets. Four Israelis from the Bnei Shimon Regional Council were injured while running for shelter in Beersheba. Three Palestinians working in Israel were injured by Grad rockets after they exploded in a field in southern Ashdod. Vehicles and homes were damaged by rockets in Israeli cities near Gaza.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
A Grad rocket exploded near the coastal city of Ashkelon in the night, though no injuries or damage were reported. It was unknown whether the rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome, though it was confirmed that a second rocket was intercepted. On August 21, an additional 12 rockets were fired at Israel. Three were intercepted by the Iron Dome in Ashkelon. One of the rockets hit an empty high school building in Beersheba. No one was in the school because "the city had canceled educational activities in light of the missile attacks that Palestinians in Gaza have been launching against the south in the last few days" according to Beersheba deputy mayor Heftziba Zohar. Later that night, a rocket killed a dog.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
Barrages of rockets were fired at Beersheba and Ashkelon. Half of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome. Mortar shells fired at farmland in the Eshkol Regional Council contained phosphorus, which is designed to create a more intense fire after detonation. 40 rockets were fired on Sunday. Several structures were damaged and a car caught fire after two rockets were fired at Ashkelon. A three-month-old infant was injured by glass splinters.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy, Mahmoud Abu Samra, was killed during the rocket attacks when a Palestinian Grad rocket fell short and landed in Gaza.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
An informal ceasefire was agreed upon between Israel and Hamas after the Arab League held an "urgent meeting" in Cairo on August 21, 2011. Some 20 minutes after the ceasefire came into effect, a barrage of Qassam rockets and mortar shells was fired at Israel. The Iron Dome intercepted two rockets fired at Ashkelon. The Israeli Air Force attacked a militant cell in the northern Gaza Strip, wounding several people. The Islamic Jihad Movement and the Popular Resistance Committees said that they would not accept a ceasefire.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
On August 23, four Qassam rockets were fired at Israel in breach of the ceasefire. The rockets landed in open areas and caused no casualties, but one caused a brushfire which spread to an area near two civilian communities and threatened local greenhouses. Firefighters managed to contain the blaze before it did any damage.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
On August 24, more than 20 rockets were fired at Israeli communities. Grad rockets targeted the cities of Beersheba, Ashkelon, and Ofakim, injuring a nine-month-old baby. In Gaza, a senior Islamic Jihad member who funded the cross-border attacks was killed and two others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a car. Israeli jets also fired at two militants after they were seen preparing to fire rockets. Several hours after the strike, two mortar shells landed in the western Negev, causing no casualties. Seven rockets were fired at Southern Israel, causing no damage or casualties.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
The Israeli Air Force attacked an Islamic Jihad rocket-launching cell, killing one militant. According to Palestinian media, the IDF fired shells at a militant squad in eastern Gaza after a rocket attack, but the cell escaped the strike. On August 25, the Islamic Jihad Movement announced that it would abide by the ceasefire. The same day, 15 rockets and mortar shells hit Southern Israel, hitting open areas near Ashkelon and in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. A mortar shell heavily damaged the Erez Crossing Terminal. Israel responded with airstrikes on several targets in the Gaza Strip.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Palestinian militant response to Israeli air strikes
The two Islamic Jihad militants who had launched the mortar attack on the Erez Crossing were killed by an airstrike as traveled on their motorbike in northern Gaza. On August 26, two Qassam rockets hit open areas in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, and a Grad rocket exploded near Ashkelon. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Egyptian protests
On August 21, 2011, media reported that the Egyptian authorities were recalling the Egyptian ambassador in Israel in response to the killing of five Egyptian security officers by Israeli soldiers after the attacks near Eilat. Egypt's foreign minister later stated that "at no point was there any intention on our part to recall our ambassador to Tel Aviv."


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Egyptian protests
Following the media reports about the killing of the Egyptian security officers, demonstrations against Israel erupted in Cairo outside the Israeli embassy. The demonstrators threw fire crackers at the building, unfurled a Palestinian flag, and called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador in response to the killings. Eventually a young Egyptian, Ahmad Al-Shahhat, climbed to the roof of the apartment building which houses the Israeli embassy and removed the Israeli flag, replacing it with an Egyptian flag he had carried with him, becoming an instant folk hero in Egypt.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Egyptian protests
The Israeli flag he had taken down was burned by protesters. During the demonstrations which continued for several days, thousands of protesters, shouting anti Israel slogans, called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador, the recalling of Egyptian ambassador to Israel, a review of the Camp David Accords and the opening of the border with the Gaza Strip. On Friday, August 26, 2011, a demonstration announced as "Million-man demonstration to expel the Israeli ambassador" took place in Cairo outside the Israeli embassy, drawing a few hundred protesters according to Haaretz.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Subsequent events, Israeli apology to Egypt
In October 2011, The New York Times reported that Israel had sent a letter of apology to Egypt for the killing of the Egyptian security officers by Israeli forces.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Official reactions
Tawheed and Jihad, an al-Qaeda-linked group in the Gaza Strip, praised the attacks and said the "Jewish state should expect more." Over the internet, the group said "We in the Tawheed and Jihad group bless these blessed arms that pounded the fortifications of the vendetta-filled Jewish enemy in the so-called Eilat area in southern occupied Palestine."


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Impact
Following the attacks on Highway 12, Israel is reportedly to soon allow Egypt to deploy thousands of troops in the Sinai Peninsula in violation of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, in which both countries agreed that the Sinai Peninsula will be a military-free zone.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Investigation
According to Haaretz, the IDF General Staff's investigation into the attack “was a source of great frustration”. An intelligence alert from the Shin Bet had led to a massive deployment of IDF troops in the area, but the forces' alertness had eroded, allowing the militants to track the IDF and choose their infiltration route.


2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks, Investigation
The decision not to close the road on the morning of the attack in spite of warnings from the Shin Beth is characterised as “understandable error of judgment, and definitely not a manifestation of carelessness”, whereas the appearance of the defense minister and the chief of staff at the scene of the incident while terrorists were still in the area is considered a serious security blunder that nearly culminated in another disaster.


2011 submarine cable disruption
2011 submarine cable disruption refers to two incidents of submarine communications cables cut off on 25 December 2011. The first cut off occurred to SEA-ME-WE 3 at Suez canal, Egypt and the second cut off occurred to i2i which took place between Chennai, India and Singapore line. Both the incidents had caused the internet disruptions and slowdowns for users in the South Asia and Middle East in particular UAE.


2011 submarine cable disruption, References List
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2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia
Scalia closed his opinion with a general note of criticism regarding the Ninth Circuit: "It is a regrettable reality that some federal judges like to second-guess state courts. The only way this Court can ensure observance of Congress's abridgement of their habeas power is to perform the unaccustomed task of reviewing utterly fact-bound decisions that present no disputed issues of law. We have often not shrunk from that task, which we have found particularly needful with regard to decisions of the Ninth Circuit... Today we have shrunk, letting stand a judgment that once again deprives California courts of that control over the State's administration of criminal justice which federal law assures."


2011 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
The 2011 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 3, 2011, and concluded September 30, 2012. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.


2011 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2011 term membership and statistics
This was the seventh term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure and the second term with the same membership.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down thirteen per curiam opinions during its 2011 term, which began October 3, 2011 and concluded September 30, 2012.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Court membership
Associate Justices: Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Cavazos v. Smith
565 U.S. 1 Decided October 31, 2011. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Cavazos v. Smith
The Court reversed, for the third time, a judgment of the Ninth Circuit that had set aside the conviction of a woman for the death of her infant grandson attributed to shaken baby syndrome (SBS). The Court ruled that the Ninth Circuit's judgment, which had questioned the sufficiency of the expert testimony supporting SBS as the victim's cause of death, was contrary to the deferential standard of review established by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 for such petitions.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Cavazos v. Smith
Smith's sentence was subsequently commuted by California Governor Jerry Brown to time served, releasing her after a decade in prison.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, KPMG LLP v. Cocchi
565 U.S. 18 Decided November 7, 2011. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, vacated and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, KPMG LLP v. Cocchi
The Court vacated a Florida state court judgment refusing to compel arbitration in a lawsuit involving claims brought against auditor KPMG LLP by investors who were defrauded by Bernie Madoff. The Court ruled that the state court erred in determining only that some, but not all, of the claims in the lawsuit were not subject to arbitration, because the Federal Arbitration Act does not permit courts to issue a blanket refusal to compel arbitration simply because some of the claims could be resolved by the court without arbitration.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Bobby v. Dixon
565 U.S. 23 Decided November 7, 2011. Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Bobby v. Dixon
The Court ruled that the Sixth Circuit erred in setting aside a murder conviction in Ohio state court, because although the defendant's initial confession was given without the warnings required by Miranda v. Arizona, his subsequent confession was voluntary and therefore admissible against him.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hardy v. Cross
565 U.S. 65 Decided December 12, 2011. Seventh Circuit reversed.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hardy v. Cross
The Court reversed the Seventh Circuit's setting aside of a state court criminal conviction for sexual assault, where the alleged victim had been declared an unavailable witness and her testimony from a previous mistrial was admitted. Because the state court's decision to admit the testimony was not an unreasonable application of the Court's Confrontation Clause jurisprudence, the Seventh Circuit's decision failed to give the state court the benefit of the doubt as required by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hardy v. Cross
Though she had testified willingly and was cross-examined at the first trial, which was declared a mistrial, the witness subsequently claimed to fear for her safety and went into hiding, failing to appear for the second trial. The prosecution made numerous and repeated attempts to locate her through her family and friends, and the state trial court, characterizing such efforts as "superhuman," consequently granted its motion to have her declared unavailable and her testimony from the first trial admitted. The defendant was convicted of one of the charges and after losing an appeal in state court, filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hardy v. Cross
The Seventh Circuit ruled that the prosecution had not made the requisite good faith effort to locate the witness, describing particular steps that had not been taken. The Court considered these efforts unlikely to have made a difference, and "the Sixth Amendment does not require the prosecution to exhaust every avenue of inquiry, no matter how unpromising."


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Perry v. Perez
565 U.S. 388 Decided January 20, 2012. District Court for the Western District of Texas vacated and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Perry v. Perez
The Court vacated and remanded a federal court's interim legislative redistricting in Texas, a state covered by section 5 of the Voting Rights Act for which preclearance of redistricting by the state is required. Due to a significant increase in the state's population recorded in the 2010 census, the state had to redistrict, but in the District Court's view, could not obtain preclearance of its proposed plan in time for the 2012 elections. The District Court accordingly drew an interim district map itself. The Supreme Court found that the District Court's map was not deferential enough to the state's plan and policies, altering it without regard to whether those particular elements of the state's plan were legally flawed or had a reasonable probability of failing preclearance.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Perry v. Perez
Thomas filed a concurrence, stating that he believed Texas could implement its redistricting plan regardless of its failure to obtain preclearance in time, because in his view, §5 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ryburn v. Huff
565 U.S. 469 Decided January 23, 2012. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ryburn v. Huff
The Court reversed the Ninth Circuit's judgment that police officers were not entitled to qualified immunity for entering a private home without a warrant, finding that their belief that violence was imminent, and that a warrantless entry was appropriate, was reasonable under the circumstances.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ryburn v. Huff
The police officers were questioning the mother of a student who had been rumored to be planning to shoot other students at school. The mother initially failed to answer the phone, hung up after she did, and after coming outside to speak to the officers, failed to ask them what the questioning was about, and immediately ran back inside when she was asked if there were any guns inside. Finding this behavior alarming, the officers followed her in. No guns were found, and the rumors about the student's intentions turned out to be false.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ryburn v. Huff
The family sued the police, alleging under 42 U.S.C. that their warrantless entry violated the Fourth Amendment. The District Court entered judgment for the officers, finding that their account of the incident was accurate and ruling that they were entitled to qualified immunity because they reasonably believed that violence was imminent. A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed. Though it accepted the District Court's findings of fact, it instead found that the officers were objectively unreasonable in believing that anyone's safety was at risk, because in their view the mother merely exercised her legal right to end the questioning.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ryburn v. Huff
In reversing, the Court criticized the Ninth Circuit for basing its ruling upon a changed version of the facts, as well as for apparently assuming that lawful conduct could not give rise to a legitimate concern that violence was imminent. The Court also stated that the Ninth Circuit failed to look at the totality of the officers' encounter with the mother, instead incorrectly analyzing each step in isolation. Finally, the Ninth Circuit failed to give proper consideration to the perspective of the officers at the scene as events were unfolding, instead viewing the case "with the 20/20 vision of hindsight."


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Wetzel v. Lambert
565 U.S. 520 Decided February 24, 2012. Third Circuit vacated and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Wetzel v. Lambert
Convicted in 1984 and sentenced to death for a robbery, James Lambert filed for habeas corpus due to the discovery of unreleased evidence that the prosecution had failed to disclose to the defense in violation of the decision in Betts v. Brady. A federal appeals court agreed, vacated Lambert's conviction and ordered him released unless the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania retried him within 120 days.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Wetzel v. Lambert
The Supreme Court vacated this order and remanded the case for further review, finding that a burden of a retrial three decades after the crime "should not be imposed unless each ground supporting the state court decision is examined and found to be unreasonable under [the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996]."


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Marmet Health Care Center, Inc. v. Brown
565 U.S. 530 Decided February 21, 2012. Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia vacated and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Coleman v. Johnson
566 U.S. 650 Decided May 29, 2012. Third Circuit reversed and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Parker v. Matthews
567 U.S. 37 Decided June 11, 2012. Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock
567 U.S. 516 Decided June 25, 2012. Supreme Court of Montana reversed.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock
In a case involving a state law prohibiting corporate expenditures that support or oppose a political candidate or party, the Supreme Court reversed the Montana Supreme Court's 2011 holding in Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Attorney General of Montana that the law did not violate the First Amendment. The Court's short opinion stated that "[t]here can be no serious doubt" that the issue had already been decided to the contrary by Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 50 (2010), which struck a similar federal law as unconstitutional. "Montana's arguments in support of the judgment below either were already rejected in Citizens United, or fail to meaningfully distinguish that case."


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock
Breyer filed a dissent, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, writing that he disagreed with the holding in Citizens United. Even accepting that decision, however, Breyer did not believe it precluded a finding that Montana had a compelling state interest in limiting corporate political expenditures in light of the particular "history and political landscape in Montana."


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Tennant v. Jefferson County
567 U.S. 758 Decided September 25, 2012. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia reversed and remanded.


2011 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Tennant v. Jefferson County
The Court ruled that the federal district court gave the state insufficient deference to its political judgment when it invalidated a legislative redistricting map as contrary to the constitutional principle of "one person, one vote."


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War
This is a 2011 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 3, 2011
TFG soldiers mutinied in Mogadishu near the presidential palace due to non-payment of wages. Witnesses say the mutiny caused 3 TFG soldier deaths and injured another seven.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 3, 2011
A bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Dharkenley District of Mogadishu, when Ahlu Sunna and TFG soldiers were searching the scene after the first explosion when a second bomb exploded. The blast killed one Ahlu Sunna militant and injured another two.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 5, 2011
Al-Shabab militants attacked TFG and AMISOM military bases in Mogadishu's Hodan District, killing 1 person and injuring 3 others.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 5, 2011
In Mogadishu's Banadir intersection, TFG soldiers in an armed government vehicle were attacked by a hand grenade.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 6, 2011
Fighting between TFG soldiers in Mogadishu's Wadajir district killed 4 civilians and injured 3.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 10, 2011
A Burundian soldier was ambushed by an Al-Shabab militant in Mogadishu. This was the first reported death among the AMISOM soldiers in 2011.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 13, 2011
A roadside bomb injured three people, including two TFG soldiers in Mogadishu. Witnesses said after the bombing TFG soldiers opened fired indiscriminately, and later temporarily detained everyone in the area.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 14, 2011
Al-Shabab clashed with AMISOM peacekeepers and TFG soldiers in Mogadishu, with most clashes occurring in the Hodan District. Al-Shabab started the clashes by launching hit and run attacks on AMISOM and TFG positions, causing both sides to later exchange artillery fire. Some initial reports suggested that stray mortars hit Bakaara market.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 18, 2011
In Mogadishu, 3 TFG soldiers were executed by the Somali government. Abdul Azeez for killing another soldier, Wowlid Mohammed for confessing to murdering a government civil servant in 2010, and Antob Arabow for murdering Hassan Mohammed, a civilian.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 18, 2011
Al-Shabab bombarded the TFG parliament building with mortars, which AMISOM responded to by continuously firing shells for several hours. During the engagement, Al-shabab and AMISOM exchanged mortar fire and heavy shelling in Mogadishu, mostly in Siiney and Bakaara market. Witnesses said over 30 people died and 60 were injured, most deaths being civilians.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 20, 2011
TFG and AMISOM troops clashed with Al-Shabab, killing 4 and injuring 8, according to locals and witnesses. Al-Shabab started the clashes by launching hit and run attacks on Somali military bases in the districts of Hodan, Howlawdag and Bondhere. In Mogadishu, heavy gun fire and artillery fire could be heard.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 20, 2011
TFG soldiers clashed among themselves in the Hiran region of central Somalia, leaving at least two soldiers dead and 3 injured. The confrontation is said to have broken out after some soldiers tried to take over a checkpoint at the Kalabeyrka junction outside Beledweyne.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, January, January 21, 2011
A raid launched by the South Korean army backed by a helicopter of the U.S. military to rescue a hijacked ship with its 21 crew members on board has resulted in 8 deaths among the pirates.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 9, 2011
A battle between a Somaliland militia backed by the Somaliland military fought against a Puntland militia leaving a confirmed 5 Somaliland soldiers dead and 12 Dhulbahante militia members dead. Estimates for total dead are 87.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 9, 2011
In Mogadishu, insurgents attacked a government military base killing 14 soldiers, four of them officers.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 16, 2011
13 government soldiers and four civilians were killed and 25 civilians were wounded in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 20, 2011
53 people were killed and 81 wounded, most of them civilians, in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 22, 2011
16 government soldiers, 12 civilians and 8 insurgents were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 23, 2011
70 government soldiers and 60 insurgents were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 25, 2011
Rebels attacked the Presidential palace in Mogadishu in a large-scale attack that left 10 Ugandan AU soldiers and 88 civilians dead.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, February, February 26, 2011
69 civilians were killed and over 100 wounded in a rebel artillery attack on the town of Balet Hawo. Also, 25 insurgents were killed and over 30 wounded when government troops took control of the rebel-held town of Wardhumadle.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 5, 2011
Soldiers of the Transitional Government and AMISOM reportedly captured the border town of Bulo Hawo from al-Shabaab after two years of rebel occupation. Casualties from al-Shabaab were reportedly in the "dozens" and the combined TFG/AMISOM forces reportedly lost about 50 soldiers in the battle; Ethiopian troops also are said to have taken part in the offensive. It was also reported that the combined UN/Government forces now control seven of Mogadishu's sixteen districts, with three currently contested with militia forces.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 5, 2011
In Mogadishu two suicide car bombers attacked two government military bases in Mogadishu. There were reports that up to 70 government soldiers were killed and 160 wounded in the attacks, but the government denied this.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 8, 2011
10 civilians were killed in clashes between government forces and insurgents in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 9, 2011
Five government soldiers were killed and four wounded when a bomb exploded near the Kuliyada military base in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 10, 2011
51 people were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu. Also, 20 combatants were killed in fighting between a pro-government militia and insurgents in villages in the Galgaduud region of central Somalia. At least 28 civilians were also wounded in the fighting.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 12, 2011
44 people were killed infighting in Diif between a pro-government militia and insurgents.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 13, 2011
23 government soldiers and insurgents, but mostly insurgents, were killed in fighting in Beledweyne.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 14, 2011
62 government soldiers and an unknown number of insurgents were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 16, 2011
13 government soldiers and nine civilians were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 17, 2011
Six AU soldiers and seven civilians were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu. At the same time the insurgents claimed they killed nine government soldiers in missile attacks on their bases.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 18, 2011
Inter-factional fighting between pro-government militiamen in Luuq left 29 militiamen and nine civilians dead.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 20, 2011
42 people, including 35 insurgents and four civilians, were killed in street fighting in the town of Dhobley.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 20, 2011
Also, 24 people were killed and 27 wounded in AU shelling of rebel-held districts of Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 23, 2011
61 people, including 11 government soldiers, were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, March, March 28, 2011
152 people, including: 58 government soldiers, 51 insurgents and 43 civilians, were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, April, April 1, 2011
21 insurgents and 17 government soldiers were killed in street fighting in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, April, April 3, 2011
178 people, including: 77 government soldiers, 57 civilians and 44 insurgents, were killed in fighting for the towns of Dhobley and Liboi. At the end of the day, government troops took control of the towns from insurgent forces.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, April, April 8, 2011
45 insurgents, 9 civilians and 6 AU soldiers were killed in street fighting and shelling in Mogadishu.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, April, April 9, 2011
15 Somali soldiers and 13 civilians were killed in street fighting in the town of Baladweyn.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, November, November 24, 2011
On Thursday morning Kenyan jets bombed the areas around Wamaitho and Kisima, located in southern Somalia. Kenya claimed the bombing killed 7 Al Shabaab and wounded 8. Kenyan and TFG troops attacked an Al Shabaab training camp in the town of Hawina, where Kenya claimed three Al Shabaab deaths and two AK-47's captured. Several Al Shabaab fighters escaped with injuries. The Kenyan army spokesperson claimed KDF air strikes destroyed 2 Al Shabaab camps.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, November, November 24, 2011
Five KDF soldiers were seriously wounded in a bomb attack against 13 KDF riding a military truck. The IED bombing occurred near the Kenyan border town of Mandera. A senior police officer said the attackers open fired after the bombing. One KDF soldier later died of their wounds.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, November, November 25, 2011
Around 8 pm two grenade attacks occurred in the eastern Kenyan city of Garissa. A grenade was hurled at the Holiday Inn, killing 2, while a blast on Ngamia road killed 1. 15 people received minor injuries while 12 people received serious injuries.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, November, November 30, 2011
A suicide bomber attacked Villa Baidoa, a government military compound in Mogadishu. The attack narrowly missed General Abdikarim Yusuf, who said the attacker took advantage when the compound guards were changing shifts at the main gate.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, November, November 30, 2011
A roadside bomb in Mogadishu's Dharkenley district exploded, killing 4 and injuring 39, according to a local police officer.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, December, December 20, 2011
An unidentified jet bombed the al-Shabab controlled town of Hosungow, located near the Kenyan border. Local residents said 12 to 14 civilians were killed. An Al-Shabab spokesperson confirmed that a group of Al-Shabab was targeted, but said 9 civilians were killed.


2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War, December, December 20, 2011
Kenya said it carried out 2 air raids, claiming more than a dozen Al-Shabab deaths. Kenya denied the 2 air raids killed any civilians.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt
During the Egyptian revolution of 2011, several female protestors at Tahrir Square were taken into military custody and subjected to torture and virginity tests.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt
Protestors were evacuated from Tahrir Square on March 9 and military police took at least 18 women into military custody, where they were beaten, electrocuted, and subjected to searches after being stripped, while male soldiers photographed them, and then subjected them to Virginity tests and threatened them with prostitution chargings.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt
In 2012, the court ruled the acquittal of Ahmed Adel, a recruited doctor in the Egyptian Army who conducted the operation to examine the activists' virginity.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Background
Tahrir Square witnessed clashes between supporters of the continuation of the sit-in in the square and those calling for its evacuation, and soldiers and men in civilian clothes destroyed the protesters camps in the middle of Tahrir Square, where people have been camping sporadically since January 28. Military officers arrested at least 20 women, in addition to at least 174 men, and took them all to the Egyptian Museum, where the army had set up a temporary base since the January protests, and tortured them.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Background
Human Rights Watch documented how the army beat, flogged, kicked men, hit women, chained them to an iron fence, and shocked them with electricity. Activists said that they were assaulted and beaten inside the Egyptian Museum, and they said that about 17 girls and more than 500 young men who were arrested were taken into custody, and some women activists were arrested and taken to a military zone called Q28 and virginity tests were conducted for them according to two of them and other witnesses.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
"They were electrocuting us, throwing water on us, cursing us with disgusting words, and there were people hitting you with boots, and they put us in a bus with a huge of women wearing black robes, they let them out in the museum between us, and the girls were cursing the army officers with very disgusting words, and they brought bottles of Molotov and began to photograph us with them as if we were girls of thuggery and prostitution. we stayed that night in the bus and they kept saying: "You ruined the country, what you do want?


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
", and we had four soldiers who kept beating us all night, and then we reached the military prison. I found a picture of the former President Hosni Mubarak, which was hanged in the military prison, one of the women of the army asked me to take off my clothes, and the room in which the women protesters stood was with opened doors and windows, and when they refused, she brought soldiers in, and one of them beat me.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
I had to take off and then the soldier at the window, standing, laughing and winking at us, and they were soldiers and officers. I wished to die every day, no matter what you say, I will not be able to tell however i tried to speak, and I wish they had enough and just left us, but they divided us into two groups, each group in a cell. we all have been humilated, and wished to die. And then she told me to take off so that he would reveal you, and then I took off my pants. And after the test he told me: "Come on, sign here that you are a virgin". Other charges were brought against us, including: attempting to assault army officers while they were working, carrying white weapons, breaking the curfew, and disrupting traffic. A prison sentence was issued against me and suspended."


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
"As soon as I arrived at the military prison, I saw a picture of the deposed President Hosni Mubarak inside the prison, and then a soldier named Ibrahim asked me if I was pregnant, and i denied, and told him that i'm a virgin, but he siad: "we will find that".


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
we were subjected to tests in a room, in which us he told me: "we will find there was a female soldier named Azza, who wore a black veil, and inspected the women by stripping their clothes, so that the girl must be completely naked, despite the presence of male soldiers in the prison, and even though the room's window was open. I felt and still feel insulted by being forced to strip in the midst of the soldiers, who were looking at and examining the features of my body, especially since I was also forced to bend and stretch.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
It was a terrible feeling, even today I am suffering from what happened, after that, the warden came and spoke to me, at a time when the girls were naked inside the room, and I told him this is not right, because men are not supposed to look at women's nakedness.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
Rather, it is forbidden for a woman to see a woman's nakedness in Islam, so his response was extremely severe: If you refused to be searched by Madame Azza, I would send a soldier to search you, and I had to let the woman to search me instead of a male soldier doing this, the woman searched us very carefully, to the point of She was loosening our hair, and she was wearing pants with a belt.


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
I was surprised that the woman "Azza" was calling for a soldier, and she asked him to enter the room, and she asked him: "Should I remove the belt or not? ", while the girls were completely naked. This situation was very difficult for us. After that, a doctor entered the room and asked us who were virgins and who were married, and we signed and fingerprinted a list containing our names. A soldier named Ibrahim entered, and threatened us, saying: “Who will say that she is a virgin while she is not, I will electrify her and hit her.”


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
And he said another term that means that he will rape her. But we were forced into submission, given that we received threats of beatings, electrification, and torture. The room in which the tests were conducted for us was carried out by a doctor, and the female soldier and the officer. I was terrified of what was happening, and I was wondering: Why all this, why are they doing this to us? After the doctor examined me and made sure that I am a virgin, and that the hymen exists, he wrote that In his report, and I signed it."


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
"After my arrest, I was taken to a military prison in Heikstep, and I was forced, along with other women, to remove all my clothes for inspection by guards who work in the prison and in a room with two open doors and windows, and while my search was going on Without clothes, the soldiers watched what was happening inside the room and took pictures of the naked women. Then the women were subjected to “virginity checks" in another room by a man in a white coat. He then threatened us that he would accuse prostitution of "those who would be found not to be virgins."


2011 virginity tests of protestors in Egypt, Victims' testimonies
"I was arrested from Tahrir Square, my hands were cuffed, beaten and insulted. After our arrest, 18 women were initially taken to the Egyptian Museum, where they were handcuffed, beaten with sticks and water hoses, and were given electric shocks to their breasts and legs, and they were described as “prostitutes", I was able to see and hear the other detained women being tortured with electric shocks throughout their detention in the museum. I was released after several hours along with four male journalists as well, but the other seventeen women were transferred to the military prison in Heikstep."


2011 Ålandic legislative election
Legislative elections were held in the Åland Islands for the Lagting, the regional parliament of Åland, on 16 October 2011. All 30 seats were up for election to four-year terms using proportional representation.


2011 Úrvalsdeild
The 2011 Úrvalsdeild (also known as the "Pepsi deild" for sponsorship reasons) is the 100th season of top-tier football in Iceland. The season began on 2 May 2011 and concluded on 1 October 2011. Breiðablik are the defending champions, having won their first league championship.


2011 Úrvalsdeild, Teams
A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including ten sides from the 2010 season and two promoted teams from the 1. deild karla.


2011 Úrvalsdeild, Teams
Haukar and Selfoss were relegated from 2010 Úrvalsdeild after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. Both teams were relegated having just achieved promotion the season before.


2011 Úrvalsdeild, Teams
2010 1. deild karla champions Víkingur R. and runners-up Þór Akureyri secured direct promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. Víkingur returned to the Úrvalsdeild after a three-year absence while Þór return to the top league after an eight-year absence.


2011 Úrvalsdeild, Results
Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.


2011 Ýokary Liga
The 2011 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season was the nineteenth season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It began on 2 April 2011 with the first round of games and will end in November.


2011 Ýokary Liga, Teams
Talyp Sporty Aşgabat were relegated. FC Gara Altyn as champions of the Turkmen second level of football were promoted. FC Balkan were renamed back to FC Nebitçi, then again back to FC Balkan within a week.


2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
The 2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 112th season in club history.


2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Season summary
Kaiserlautern finished the season in 18th place, and were relegated. Manager Marco Kurz had been sacked in March and replaced by Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov as a last roll of the dice, but to no avail. Balakov was sacked himself and replaced by former Sturm Graz manager Franco Foda.


2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season
The 2011–12 1. FC Köln season began on 31 July 2011 against Wiedenbrück 2000 in a DFB-Pokal 1st round match. They club played its home matches at the RheinEnergieStadion.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season
For the season, the club hired Ståle Solbakken as its new head coach. The board of directors announced their resignation at the annual general meeting. Speculation concerning Lukas Podolski's future at 1. FC Köln has been written about a lot during the season. 1. FC Köln were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal in the 2nd Round. The club was in tenth place halfway through the season. The club went to Portimão, Portugal, during the winter break.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season
Unfortunately, the team had an alarming slump in form in the second half of the season, coinciding with news that their star player Lukas Podolski had signed for Arsenal on 30 April and would join the team on 1 July. They were officially relegated from the Bundesliga after their 4–1 home loss to second-placed Bayern Munich on 5 May on the final day of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Off-season
Prior to the last match of last season, 1. FC Köln hired Ståle Solbakken as their new head coach. He previously coached Copenhagen. Also on the last matchday of last season, Petit tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a match against Schalke 04 and has yet to debut this season.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Pre-season
Arsenal defeated 1. FC Köln 2–1. On 25 July, Solbakken named Pedro Geromel captain. Lukas Podolski was Geromel's predecessor.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
On 31 July, 1. FC Köln opened up their season with a 3–0 DFB-Pokal win against Wiedenbrück 2000.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
1. FC Köln were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal in the 2nd Round.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
On 13 November, Wolfgang Overath along with deputies Friedrich Neukirch and Jürgen Glowacz resigned from the board of directors. Overath stated how there was a "strain in recent months" for all of them and "frustration, inner conflict, and wear and tear". Overath also stated how the board was "not always a team" and how he "was reviled and insulted in a way, as I have never experienced before. ".


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
On 19 November, the match against Mainz 05 was canceled after the referee for the match, Babak Rafati, attempted suicide. The match was eventually rescheduled for 13 December.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
1. FC Köln stated that they would allow Sebastian Freis and Kevin Pezzoni to leave on free transfers.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
For the winter break, 1. FC Köln returned to practice on 2 January 2012 at 11:00 CET (UTC+01) and had a training camp in Portimão, Portugal, from 5 to 12 January.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
On 4 March 2012, a group 1. FC Köln supporters attacked a bus with Borussia Mönchengladbach supporters in it.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
On 10 March 2012, 1. FC Köln announced, that in mutual agreement, Volker Finke will be released from his position as Sporting Director.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
On 12 April 2012, 1. FC Köln dismissed Ståle Solbakken as head coach of the club and replaced him with Frank Schaefer. The club was in 16th place at the time of the firing. The club originally announced that he was "on leave". However, Solbakken confirmed that he was fired.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Season
1. FC Köln finished in 17th place and were relegated on the final day of the season. Hertha BSC would have been automatically been relegated if they had lost or drew against 1899 Hoffenheim.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski's future at 1. FC Köln has been speculated much during the first half of the season by the media. Turkish media announced how Podolski and Galatasaray S.K. had already agreed. These rumours were proved false when Podolski was still at 1. FC Köln when the transfer deadline passed. In August, Sports Director Volker Finke stated how the club absolutely must keep Podolski at all cost.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Lukas Podolski
Arsenal, Lokomotiv Moscow, Galatasaray S.K., Lazio and Schalke 04 are all known to be interested in Podolski and have been tracking him during the first half of season. However, it would be difficult for Schalke 04 to sign Podolski. Podolski stated that "a change in the Bundesliga is for me very difficult to imagine". Arsène Wenger has denied that he wants to purchase Podolski during the winter transfer period. Die Welt has reported that Wenger has no interest in Podolski at all.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Lukas Podolski
Finke stated on 11 December that, "Podolski would not be part of the squad for 2012–13, if he did not sign an extension," while Podolski responded by stating, "he would be willing to play for the amateurs or sit in the stands while his current deal expired". 1. FC Köln is about €25 million in debt and Finke doesn't believe that 1. FC Köln can afford a free transfer. Deutsche Welle stated that the "more logical decision" would be to sell Podolski during the winter transfer period because he is not cup-tied to any club in UEFA's European competitions and how their position to sell would be weaken if they wait for next summer.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Lukas Podolski
Jürgen Klopp came out and criticized Podolski. Klopp stated how Podolski only plays well every other week and is too expensive because of this. Podolski stated how he turned down Klopp twice and how Borussia Dortmund could not afford him because it does have any more UEFA Champions League revenue for the season.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Lukas Podolski
Arsenal F.C. defender Per Mertesacker stated how Podolski, along with former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, would be "perfect acquisitions". On 7 March, Mertesacker stated that Podolski has asked about "a potential move to the Emirates". Oliver Bierhoff stated that Podolski would be making a "great move" if he left 1. FC Köln for Arsenal F.C.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Lukas Podolski
There were reports that claimed 1. FC Köln sold Podolski to Arsenal F.C. for €13 million with Bayern Munich getting 10% of the amount over €10 million. However, Podolski himself denied that any deal has been finalized with Arsenal F.C. Reports doubted that the move will even happen after Podolski claimed that he could be tempted by Lazio.


2011–12 1. FC Köln season, Review and events, Lukas Podolski
Podolski finally decided to sign for Arsenal on 30 April.


2011–12 1. FC Nürnberg season
The 2011–12 1. FC Nürnberg season is the 112th year of existence.


2011–12 1. FC Tatran Prešov season
The 2011–12 Tatran Prešov season is the 13th straight season that the club will play in the Slovak First League, the highest tier of football in Slovakia.


2011–12 1. FC Tatran Prešov season, Squad
As of 20 May 2012Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 1. FC Tatran Prešov season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 20 May 2012.


2011–12 1. FC Tatran Prešov season, Player seasonal records, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season
The 2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the club's 106th year of existence. They participated in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.


2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season, Review and events
On 19 November, the match against Mainz 05 was cancelled after the referee for the match, Babak Rafati, attempted suicide. The match was eventually rescheduled for 13 December.


2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season, Review and events
Mainz 05 were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by Holstein Kiel.


2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season, Review and events
For the winter break, Mainz 05 returned to practice on 3 January 2012 at 10:00 CET (UTC+01) and had training camp in Llucmajor, Majorca, from 6 January to 12 January.


2011–12 2. Bundesliga
The 2011–12 2. Bundesliga was the 38th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, and  ended with the last games on 6 May 2012. The traditional winter break was to be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 4 February 2012. The league comprises eighteen teams.


2011–12 2. Bundesliga, Teams
At the end of the 2010–11 season, champions Hertha BSC and runners-up FC Augsburg were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Bundesliga. The Berlin side has directly returned to the highest German football league, while Augsburg ended a five-year tenure in the second level of German football. The two teams were replaced by Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli, who were directly relegated from the 2010–11 Bundesliga season. Frankfurt returned to the 2. Bundesliga after six years, while St. Pauli made a direct comeback to the league.


2011–12 2. Bundesliga, Teams
On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Arminia Bielefeld were directly relegated to the 2011–12 3. Liga, after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two spots of the table. Oberhausen was dropped to the third level after three years, while Bielefeld will leave the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 3. Liga champions Eintracht Braunschweig and runners-up Hansa Rostock. Braunschweig returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons at the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock immediately bounced back from their relegation twelve months earlier.


2011–12 2. Bundesliga, Teams
A further two places were given to VfL Bochum as losers of the Bundesliga relegation playoff and Dynamo Dresden as winners of the 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff. Dresden returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence after beating VfL Osnabrück 4–2 on aggregate; Osnabrück were thus immediately relegated back to the 3. Liga. In the Bundesliga playoff, Bochum retained its spot in the league after losing 2–1 on aggregate against Borussia Mönchengladbach.


2011–12 2. Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs
The 16th-placed team faced the third-placed 2011–12 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga.


2011–12 2. Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs
Dates and times of these matches were determined by the Deutsche Fußball-Liga as following:


2011–12 2. Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs
Tie ended 3–3 on aggregate; Jahn Regensburg promoted to 2012–13 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruhe relegated to 2012–13 3. Liga according to away goal rule.


2011–12 2. Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 season of the Women's 2nd Bundesliga was the eighth season of Germany's second-tier women's football league. It began on 28 August 2011 and the regular season ends on 20 May 2012.


2011–12 2. Frauen-Bundesliga
The play-off between 10th placed teams didn't take place because Hamburg went from the Bundesliga down to the Regionalliga and only 4 relegations were needed.


2011–12 2. Liga (Slovakia)
The 2011–12 season of the 2. Liga was the nineteenth season of the second-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began in late July 2011 and ended in May 2012.


2011–12 2. Liga (Slovakia), Results
The schedule consisted of three rounds. The two first rounds consisted of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule. The pairings of the third round were set according to the 2010–11 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team.


2011–12 2. Liga (Slovakia), Results, Third round
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in 2010–11 final standings):


2011–12 3. Liga
The 2011–12 3. Liga was the fourth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 22 July 2011, two weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season and one week after the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga season, and ended with the last games on 5 May 2012. The traditional winter break was held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 22 January 2012.


2011–12 3. Liga
The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2010–11 season, the last two teams from the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga, the losers of the promotion play-off between the 16th-placed 2. Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3. Liga team as well as the three champions of the three 2010–11 Regionalliga divisions.


2011–12 3. Liga, Teams
Eintracht Braunschweig as 2010–11 champions and runners-up Hansa Rostock were directly promoted to the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga. Braunschweig, who were a member of the league since the inaugural season, will return to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons in the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock only had a cameo appearance in the league.


2011–12 3. Liga, Teams
The two promoted teams will be replaced by the two worst-placed teams of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga season, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Arminia Bielefeld. Pending license approvals (see below), both clubs will make their debut in the league; Oberhausen will drop to the third level after three years, while Arminia will return to the third tier after sixteen seasons.


2011–12 3. Liga, Teams
On the other end of the table, Bayern Munich II were relegated to their respective 2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga divisions after finishing the 2010–11 season at the bottom of the table, thus ending a run which saw them being part of a German third-tier league since 1973. Wacker Burghausen and Werder Bremen II, who were originally going to be relegated as well, were eventually spared as Rot Weiss Ahlen and TuS Koblenz would not enter the league for the 2011–12 season. Ahlen were automatically demoted after the club had to file for administration after the completion of the 2010–11 season, while Koblenz voluntarily withdrew their participation following being unable to generate an adequate budget for the season.


2011–12 3. Liga, Teams
The three relegated teams will be replaced by the champions of the three 2010–11 Regionalliga divisions, Chemnitzer FC, SV Darmstadt 98 and SC Preußen Münster. All three clubs will make their debuts in the 3. Liga, but nevertheless have played in a third-tier league before. Both Regionalliga Nord champions Chemnitz and Regionalliga West winners Preußen Münster returned to this level after an absence of five seasons, while Darmstadt 98 completed a four-year tenure at the fourth tier.


2011–12 3. Liga, Teams
A further spot in the league was contested in a two-legged relegation/promotion playoff between the 16th-placed team of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga, VfL Osnabrück, and the third-placed team of the 2010–11 3. Liga, Dynamo Dresden. Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate and thus returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence, while Osnabrück, 3. Liga champions in 2009–10, immediately returned to the 3. Liga, having lost their second relegation/promotion playoff series in three years. This will be the first time a previous champion has played in the 3. Liga.


2011–12 3. Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations
Notes1 Stadion am Bieberer Berg is being rebuilt during the 2011–12 season, resulting in a significantly reduced capacity during this time.


2011–12 3. Liga, Player awards
The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season. Fabian Klos won the player of the year award after a poll.


2011–12 3. Liga (Slovakia)
The 2011–12 season of 3. Liga was the nineteenth season of the third-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993.


2011–12 3. Liga (Slovakia)
It will be divided into two groups: 3. liga západ and 3. liga východ.


2011–12 3. Liga (Slovakia)
The league will also be composed of 33 teams divided into two divisions of 16 teams each and 17 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically ( Western and Eastern). Teams will play only other teams in their own division.


2011–12 A Group
The 2011–12 A Group was the 88th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 64th of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012. Ludogorets Razgrad claimed their maiden title in their debut season, after winning the last round clash against CSKA, which were leading by 2 points prior to the match. Vidima-Rakovski, Kaliakra and Svetkavitsa were relegated, after finishing at the bottom three places.


2011–12 A Group, Team information
Akademik Sofia and Sliven were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the table at the end of season 2010/11. Akademik were relegated after one year in the top league of Bulgarian football, while Sliven ended a three-year tenure at the top flight. Furthermore, Pirin (Blagoevgrad) were excluded from A Group due to financial difficulties and demoted to V Group.


2011–12 A Group, Team information
The relegated teams were replaced by Botev Vratsa, champions of West B Group, Ludogorets Razgrad, champions of East B Group and promotion play-off winners Svetkavitsa. Botev returned to A Group after twenty-two years, while Ludogorets Razgrad and Svetkavitsa made their debut on the highest level of Bulgarian football.


2011–12 A Group, Team information
There was some controversy regarding the relegation/promotion play-offs at the end of season 2010/11. In the original match-up, 14th-placed Vidima-Rakovski lost 3-0 against B Group play-off winners Chernomorets (Pomorie). However, Chernomorets did not receive an A Group licence, so Vidima-Rakovski were spared from relegation. In order to fill the void, a second play-off match was scheduled between Svetkavitsa, 4th-placed team of East B Group, and Etar (Veliko Tarnovo), 3rd-placed team of West B Group. Svetkavitsa won this match by a score of 3-1.


2011–12 A Group, Team information, Stadia and locations
As in the previous year, the league comprises the best thirteen teams of season 2010/11, the champions of the two B Groups and the winners of the promotion play-offs.


2011–12 A Group, Team information, Managerial changes
Note: Georgi Ivanov subsequently stepped down and was replaced by Yasen Petrov as caretaker manager at the helm of Levski, with Ilian Iliev set to take over prior to the 2012/2013 season.


2011–12 A Group, Season statistics, Top goalscorers
Below is a list of the top goalscorers at the end of the competition.


2011–12 A-1 League
The 2011–12 A-1 League (Croatian: A-1 liga 2011./12.) was the 21st season of the A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. The first half of the season consisted of 11 teams and 110-game regular season (20 games for each of the 11 teams) began on Friday, October 8, 2011 and ended on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The second half of the season consisted of 3 teams from ABA League and the best 5 teams from first half of the season. Playoffs started on May 15, 2012 and ended on June 5.


2011–12 A-1 League, Relegation and Promotion Rounds, Relegation/Promotion play-offs
Relegation league 5th-placed team Dubrovnik faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side Crikvenica in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 A-1 League.


2011–12 A-League
The 2011–12 A-League was the 35th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons.


2011–12 A-League, Clubs, Foreign players
The following do not fill a Visa position:1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)


2011–12 A-League, Regular season, Home and away season
The 2011–12 season saw each team play 27 games, host 13 and play 1 regional game over 25 rounds. On 4 January, over 11 hours of soccer was broadcast with all matches aired back to back starting in Wellington and ending in Perth. The season began on 8 October 2011 and concluded on 22 April 2012. All times are local unless otherwise stated.


2011–12 A-League, Regular season, Positions by round
NOTE: Brisbane Roar were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1


2011–12 A-League, Season statistics, Attendances
These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.


2011–12 A-League, Season statistics, Attendances
Updated to the 25 March 2012 note: Adelaide United's lowest crowd was at Bathurst's Carrington Park(NSW) as part of the regional round fixtures.


2011–12 A-League, Season statistics, Discipline
Updated to end of Week 17, 2 February 2012The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play table at the conclusion of the home and away season.


2011–12 A-League, Awards, NAB Young footballer of the Year Award
The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest U-21 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2011–12 competition, based on a monthly nomination.


2011–12 A.C. Cesena season
The 2011–12 season was Cesena's second consecutive season in the top division of Italian football, the Serie A. The club finished the season in 20th position, leading to its relegation to Serie B for 2012–13.


2011–12 A.C. Cesena season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 A.C. Cesena season, Transfers, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = 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); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2011–12 A.C. ChievoVerona season
Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona (more commonly called ChievoVerona or simply Chievo) is currently competing in its 4th consecutive season in the Serie A.


2011–12 A.C. ChievoVerona season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season
The 2011–12 season was Associazione Calcio Milan's 78th season in Serie A, and their 29th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season
Milan were the defending Serie A champions, and were aiming for a second straight title. Despite a slow start, they had been able to build up a four-point lead in the table over Juventus by March. In the last nine games of the season, however, Milan picked up only five wins, with two draws and two losses, allowing Juventus (who themselves recorded ten wins and one draw over their last eleven games) to regain the lead and win the title by four points.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season
As the previous year's Serie A champions, Milan began their season contesting the Supercoppa Italiana against Coppa Italia holders Internazionale, winning the match 2–1. The Rossoneri also competed in the UEFA Champions League and reached the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by Barcelona. They took part in the Coppa Italia as well, being knocked out in the semi-finals against Juventus.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
Milan began their pre-season training at Milanello on Tuesday, 12 July 2011. The following week, on 20 July, they contested the first friendly, an away match against neighboring side Solbiatese Arno. The Rossoneri easily won with a score of 12–0.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
As part of the Audi Cup, Milan then played two friendlies against Bayern Munich and Internacional at the Allianz Arena in Munich on 26 and 27 July, respectively. The first game finished 1–1. Zlatan Ibrahimović opened the scoring only for Toni Kroos to equalize late in the first half. Milan subsequently lost 5–3 on penalties, with Alberto Paloschi committing the only, and eventually deciding, error. The second game was a 2–2 draw.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
Ibrahimović once again opened the scoring, before Leandro Damião equalized in the 20th minute, and then Milan took a new lead through Alexandre Pato in the 60th minute only for Andrés D'Alessandro to tie the game ten minutes from time. The Rossoneri were defeated 2–0 on penalties, being unable to convert any of their four attempts.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
After travelling to China, where they played their first competitive match of the season, a 2–1 win over city rivals Internazionale in the Supercoppa Italiana on 6 August, Milan resumed their pre-season schedule facing Malmö FF in Sweden on 14 August. The Rossoneri took the lead in 27th minute when Urby Emanuelson raced into the box and crossed the ball to Antonio Cassano, who easily headed it in. Malmö equalised nine minutes later through Jimmy Durmaz, who curled a shot from just outside the penalty area.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
Three minutes into the second half, Malmö took a 2–1 lead when Tobias Malm stole the ball in midfield, combined with Alexander Nilsson and finally beat Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Milan managed to equalise in the last minute of the game, as a cross by Cassano was headed in by youth team player Kingsley Boateng. With no extra time, the match was to be decided by a three-kick penalty shoot-out, which Milan won 3–2, as Abbiati pulled off a save on Malmö's third attempt.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
Four days later, Milan returned to Italy to contest the TIM Trophy. They took on Juventus in the second game of the evening, after the latter had lost the first game to Inter on penalties. Milan took the lead in the 13th minute through Antonio Cassano, but Juventus fought back, equalising eight minutes later with Arturo Vidal and scoring the winning goal in injury time through Alessandro Matri. The Rossoneri also lost the third and final game against Inter, with Diego Milito scoring the lone goal, thus allowing them to win the trophy.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
Milan concluded their pre-season with the annual Luigi Berlusconi Trophy, in which they played against Juventus at the San Siro on 21 August. Kevin-Prince Boateng opened the scoring for the Rossoneri in the ninth minute, volleying past Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon from a cross by Ignazio Abate. Fourteen minutes later, Milan doubled their lead, as Clarence Seedorf scored with a curled free-kick off the post. In the second half, Milan players looked more tired and Juventus managed to pull one back through Mirko Vučinić, but the Rossoneri held on to win the game 2–1.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
Following the players' strike that forced the postponement of the first weekend of league fixtures, however, Milan announced they would play another friendly match, away against Como, on 1 September. The Rossoneri took the lead in the 22nd minute through Massimo Ambrosini, who was set up by Stephan El Shaarawy, but the hosts equalised two minutes later with a goal from Umberto Miello. In the second half, Urby Emanuelson converted a penalty to give Milan the final lead.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Pre-season and friendlies
On 4 January 2012, Milan played their first game of the new year with a friendly against French side Paris Saint-Germain in Dubai for the Emirates Challenge. The game got off to a good start for Milan as Ibrahimović drew the goalkeeper out of his goal and passed to Alexandre Pato for the opener in the fourth minute. The game progressed with neither team looking much better than the other, but both could not convert any more chances and the game ended 1–0 in Milan's favour.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Supercoppa Italiana
As Serie A Champions, Milan kicked their season off with an appearance in the Supercoppa Italiana, facing Coppa Italia holders, Internazionale at the Beijing National Stadium on 6 August. Inter took the lead after 21 minutes with a 25-yard free kick by Wesley Sneijder. Later on, the Rossoneri nearly leveled the score when a header by Zlatan Ibrahimović struck the post. On the hour mark, Milan managed to equalise, as Ibrahimović headed into an empty net a cross by Clarence Seedorf.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Supercoppa Italiana
Ten minutes later, a shot by Alexandre Pato was deflected by Inter goalkeeper Júlio César on the post only for Kevin-Prince Boateng to convert from close range, setting the final score to 2–1. For Milan, it was the sixth time they won the trophy, making them the most successful club in the history of the competition.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
The fixtures for the 2011–12 Serie A season were announced by the Serie A on 27 July. Milan were to kick-off their schedule away at Cagliari on Saturday, 27 August, but following a strike declared by Serie A players over the lack of a collective bargaining agreement, the first day of the league season has been postponed to a future date.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Following another week off for an international break, Milan started their season, playing host to Lazio on Friday, 9 September. A few minutes into the game, newly signed Alberto Aquilani broke into the Lazio penalty area, but one on one with goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri, he fired straight at him. Instead, it was Lazio who took the lead, as in 12th minute Miroslav Klose took down Stefano Mauri's cross, turned inside Alessandro Nesta and beat goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Less than ten minutes later, Lazio scored again through Djibril Cissé, who headed in another cross by Mauri.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Milan pulled one back in the 29th minute, when Antonio Cassano, set up by Aquilani inside the box, passed the ball to Zlatan Ibrahimović for the tap-in. Four minutes later, Cassano himself tied the game with a header from a corner. Eighteen minutes into the second half, Cassano went close to find the winning goal, hitting the outside of the left post. Lazio had a chance of his own two minutes later, as Cissé nudged the ball past Abbiati and heading to the goal, before Nesta managed to touch it wide. The match finished in a 2–2 draw.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
For the next game, Milan travelled to Naples to take on Napoli in the evening of Sunday, 18 September. Both teams had played Champions League ties in midweek, Milan drawing 2–2 at Barcelona on Tuesday and Napoli drawing 1–1 at Manchester City on Wednesday. The Rossoneri were also in the midst of an injury crisis, with as many as seven players out, including the previous season's topscorer, Zlatan Ibrahimović. Nonetheless, Milan took the lead eleven minutes into the game through Alberto Aquilani, who scored his first goal for the club, heading Antonio Cassano's cross past Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
The hosts reaction came only two minutes later, as Edinson Cavani found the equaliser following a free-kick. Napoli started to press forward and in the 36th minute they went ahead with another goal by Cavani on a fast-paced counter-attack. Milan had a chance to pull level when Aquilani was once again set up inside the box by Cassano, but the effort was denied by De Sanctis' save. A few minutes after the break, Cavani completed his hat-trick, making it 3–1 after Milan's defence failed to clear the ball inside the area. The Rossoneri tried to fight back but produced no major threats until the final whistle.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Three days later, Milan took the field again, playing host to unbeaten Udinese at the San Siro. The Rossoneri lost Alexandre Pato to an injury in the 21st minute and eight minutes later they went down 1–0, as goalkeeper Christian Abbiati failed to control a cross by Gabriel Torje, fumbling the ball for an Antonio Di Natale empty net tap-in. Moments before the interval, Milan nearly leveled the score when a free-kick from just outside the penalty area by Clarence Seedorf struck the post to the left of goalkeeper Samir Handanović.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Eighteen minutes into the second half, the Rossoneri did tie the game: Antonio Cassano set up Stephan El Shaarawy inside the box for the Italian to fire home a low drive to the far post. Udinese later had three chances to win before the final whistle, hitting the woodwork once and then forcing Abbiati to make two crucial saves to preserve the 1–1 tie.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Pato's absence intensified Milan's already deep injury crisis, as he joined strikers Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robinho, midfielders Massimo Ambrosini, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Gennaro Gattuso and Mathieu Flamini and defenders Luca Antonini, Daniele Bonera and Philippe Mexès on the sidelines. Nonetheless, on Saturday, 24 September, Milan achieved their first league win of the season, beating Cesena 1–0 at the San Siro. Clarence Seedorf scored the lone goal, firing a 25-yard curled shot, following a corner kick.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
After defeating Viktoria Plzeň in their midweek Champions League game, Milan travelled to the Juventus Stadium in Turin to take on a still-unbeaten Juventus on Sunday, 2 October. The hosts created several scoring chances in the first half and came close to scoring in the 37th minute, as Mirko Vučinić hit the crossbar with a right-footed shot from the edge of the area. The home side came close to scoring again moments before the break, but Vučinić's drive went just wide of the far post.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Juventus kept pressing forward after the break and nearly scored with Leonardo Bonucci, who was palmed over the bar by Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Milan then had an opportunity of their own, but Kevin-Prince Boateng was denied by Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Three minutes from time, however, Juventus took the lead: Daniele Bonera's clearance deflected off Claudio Marchisio and into the net. Seconds later, the Rossoneri were left down to ten men with Boateng being sent off for second yellow card. In injury time, Marchisio set the final score to 2–0, as his volley from outside the box went in between Abbiati's legs.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
After an international break, Milan played host to Palermo on Saturday, 15 October. The Rossoneri were dangerous from the whistle, with Ibrahimović and Cassano forcing multiple saves from goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas. Tzorvas also denied Robinho in the 38th minute, parrying an initial shot straight back to the Brazilian and then deflecting the follow-up effort. Milan, however, took the lead one minute later when Ibrahimović provided a cross to Alberto Aquilani, who headed the ball to Antonio Nocerino for a close range tap-in. Ibrahimović also provided the assist for Milan's second goal in the 55th minute, delivering a pin-point pass to Robinho who beat Tzorvas one-on-one. Eight minutes later, Cassano set the final score to 3–0, firing home a pass from Ignazio Abate.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
After defeating BATE Borisov in their Champions League game, Milan traveled to the Stadio Via del Mare on Sunday, 23 October to take on Lecce, whom they had not beaten away from home in ten years. Guillermo Giacomazzi gave Lecce the lead in the fourth minute with a deft headed flick from Carlos Grossmüller's in-swinging free-kick, taking the ball past goalkeeper Christian Abbiati.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Milan had a couple of chances but could not convert them, and in the 30th minute Abbiati was called for a foul on Daniele Corvia after he spilled a caught ball from a corner, with the referee awarding a penalty, despite replays seeming to show that it was a dive by the player. Former Milan player Massimo Oddo converted to put Lecce up 2–0. Milan continued to make defensive mistakes when in the 37th minute Luca Antonini let his blocked ball slip to Grossmüller who fired hom to make it 3–0 for Lecce before halftime.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
The second half began with Kevin-Prince Boateng and Alberto Aquilani replacing Massimo Ambrosini and Robinho. These substitutions proved crucial, as Boateng scored a hat-trick within a span of 14 minutes to put Milan level at 3–3, before Mario Yepes converted a cross by Antonio Cassano with a header into the top right corner to complete Milan's comeback in the 83rd minute.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Three days later, Milan played host to Parma at the San Siro. Milan started the game with confidence, controlling much of the play and in the 30th minute Antonio Nocerino gave Milan the lead with a left-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the net after the ball rebounded off a Parma player. He doubled his tally two minutes later with a left-footed strike from outside the box, making the scoreline 2–0 for Milan.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
In the 73rd minute, Ibrahimović added to Milan's lead with a right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner, assisted by Antonio Cassano with a headed pass following a fast break. Five minutes later though, Sebastian Giovinco scored a consolation goal for Parma as he threaded the ball through Christian Abbiati's legs to make it 3–1. Yet, in the dying minutes of the game, Nocerino completed his hat-trick with a headed goal into the bottom left corner of Antonio Mirante's net to win it for Milan 4–1.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Milan completed a three-game week visiting the Stadio Olimpico to take on Roma on Saturday, 29 October. The Rossoneri started the game well, getting ahead in the 17th minute with Zlatan Ibrahimović, who got behind an Alberto Aquilani cross from the right and placed a headed shot into the right side of Roma goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's net. Roma struggled to break Milan's defence until the 28th minute when Nicolás Burdisso scored his first goal of the season by running into the six-yard box to meet Miralem Pjanić's cross with his head and beating Milan goalkeeper Abbiati.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Roma's joy was short-lived, however, as Milan went back in front two minutes later: Robinho's corner was met by Alessandro Nesta, who nodded past Stekelenburg. In the 65th minute, Boateng was sent off right after being substituted for saying something to the fourth official. Roma could not get back on terms, and Milan were soon back on the attack and celebrating their third goal as Ibrahimović headed in a cross by Aquilani into the bottom left-hand corner of the goal.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
The game had not concluded, however, and in the 87th minute Bojan struck the ball into the back of the net after Abbiati was unable to hold on to substitute Erik Lamela's strike. Shortly after, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri was sent off for protesting about a throw-in, but the game ended with Milan taking the victory by 3–2.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
After drawing 1–1 in their mid-week Champions League game against BATE Borisov, Milan played host to Catania on Sunday, 6 November. Seven minutes into the game, Robinho was brought down by Davide Lanzafame inside the box and Milan were awarded a penalty, which Ibrahimović converted for the 1–0 lead. The lead was doubled in the 24th minute through Robinho, who beat Catania's goalkeeper Mariano Andújar on the far post, following a pinpoint pass by Ibrahimović. In the second half, the Rossoneri added other two goals to their tally: in the 69th minute, when Catania's Francesco Lodi deflected Robinho's shot into his own net, and three minutes later through Gianluca Zambrotta, whose left-footed strike made it 4–0.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Following a two-week break for internationals, Milan resumed his league schedule in Florence to take on Fiorentina on Saturday, 19 November. The game ended in a scoreless draw, though Clarence Seedorf had a goal disallowed for offside in the first half, despite replays showing that he actually was in line. The following week, after losing to Barcelona in a mid–week Champions League game on Wednesday, the Rossoneri defeated Chievo 4–0 at home on Sunday, with first-half goals by Thiago Silva, Ibrahimović twice and Pato. Milan took the field again to face Genoa at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Friday, 2 December. After a goalless first half, Milan went ahead in the 56th minute thanks to a penalty earned and converted by Ibrahimović. Eleven minutes from time, Antonio Nocerino made it 2–0.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
After playing their last Champions League group stage game – an away draw against Viktoria Plzeň – on Tuesday, Milan travelled to the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara to face Bologna on Sunday, 11 December. The hosts took the lead in the 11th minute through their captain Marco Di Vaio, who beat Milan back-up goalkeeper Marco Amelia with a long-range lob following a counter-attack. Five minutes later, Boateng combined with Seedorf and the Dutch fired home the equaliser in the top corner from just outside the penalty box.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Milan went ahead in the 21st minute of the second half with a penalty earned and converted by Ibrahimović. Less than two minutes later, though, Alessandro Diamanti tied the game up again as his angled shot from outside the box was not held by Amelia, setting the final score to 2–2.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
The following week, Milan played host to Siena. The visitors almost went ahead in the 23rd minute, when Francesco Bolzoni tipped the ball past Milan goalkeeper Marco Amelia, but his shot went outside of the far post. Nine minutes into the second half, however, Seedorf's corner was laid back by Robinho to Antonio Nocerino, who fired home a low shot into the bottom corner to give Milan the lead. Eight minutes later, the Rossoneri were awarded a penalty as Boateng was apparently brought down by Siena goalkeeper Željko Brkić; Ibrahimović stepped up to score from the spot as Milan went on to win the game 2–0.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Milan played their last game before the winter break away against Cagliari on Tuesday, 20 December. They took the lead four minutes into the games with an own goal by Cagliari defender Francesco Pisano, who deflected Robinho's cross into his own net in an attempt to prevent Antonio Nocerino from reaching the ball. Albin Ekdal nearly leveled the score with a 30-yard shot ten minutes later, but his effort was denied by Abbiati. Abbiati pulled off another save on a header by Víctor Ibarbo in the early stages of the second half. On the hour mark, Milan doubled their lead, as Ibrahimović combined with Robinho and put the ball past Michael Agazzi.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
Milan resumed their league schedule on Sunday, 8 January, taking on Atalanta in Bergamo. The hosts had the first scoring opportunities of the game, first with Ezequiel Schelotto and then with Simone Padoin. However, Milan were awarded a penalty in the 22nd minute, as Pato was brought down by Thomas Manfredini. Ibrahimović converted to give the Rossoneri the lead. In the second half, Atalanta came close to tie the game as Germán Denis' header hit the woodwork, but with eight minutes left, Ibrahimović picked out Boateng in the centre of the penalty area and the Ghanaian struck it home, setting the final score to 2–0.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
The following week, Milan faced city rivals Internazionale. Five minutes into the game, Inter had a goal disallowed for offside. In the last minute of the first half, Mark van Bommel hit the crossbar with a shot from outside the box and Inter goalkeeper Júlio César then denied Urby Emanuelson's effort on the rebound. Inter opened the scoring in the 54th minute: Milan defender Ignazio Abate failed to intercept a crossfield pass and slipped, allowing Diego Milito to receive the ball and score. The game ended 1–0, as Milan did not manage to pose any major threat in the remaining part of the game.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
After defeating Novara in the Coppa Italia round of 16 in mid-week, Milan travelled to the Stadio Silvio Piola to take them on again in a league game on Sunday, 22 January. The Rossoneri claimed a 3–0 win with two second-half goals by Ibrahimović and one by Robinho.


2011–12 A.C. Milan season, Serie A
The following week, Milan defeated Lazio in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals on Thursday, before taking on Cagliari at home on Sunday. The Rossoneri took the lead in the 32nd minute, as Ibrahimović fired home a free kick from 25 yards. Seven minutes later, he provided an assist to Antonio Nocerino, who volleyed the ball for the 2–0 lead. Fifteen minutes from time, Massimo Ambrosini scored Milan's third and final goal after coming off the bench eight minutes earlier.