2011–12 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, Transfers
On 23 November 2011, a Europe-wide arrest warrant was issued for Portsmouth owner, Vladimir Antonov, by Lithuanian prosecutors as part of an investigation into alleged asset stripping at Lithuanian bank Bankas Snoras, which is 68% owned by Antonov and went into temporary administration the previous week. Operations in another of Antonov's banks, Latvijas Krajbanka were suspended by Latvian authorities on 22 November 2011 for similar reasons. Antonov was subsequently arrested at his offices in London on 24 November and has been bailed.


2011–12 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, Transfers
CSI released a statement which said "In the light of the recent events at Snoras Bank, Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI) would like to reassure its companies, staff, and the fans of its teams and events, that it remains very much business as usual." The statement added that "CSI has been solely financed through the private wealth of its owners. Snoras Bank has never provided funding for the purchase of a CSI organisation, nor has it lent any money to these businesses after they have been acquired." However, Lithuanian prosecutors added that they would be taking "all the necessary steps" to freeze assets belonging to Mr Antonov and his business partner. On 29 November, Antonov resigned as chairman of Portsmouth after parent company Convers Sports Initiatives entered administration.


2011–12 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, Transfers
On 24 January Portsmouth FC were issued with a winding up petition by HMRC for over 1.6 million in unpaid taxes, this petition will be heard on 20 February 2012. The lack of potential suitors has led to the fear that the club could fold becoming a reality. Those previously linked with investing in the club including Irishman Tony McSweeney and Peter Storrie have so far not submitted any interest and the other potential investor Joseph Cala has withdrawn his interest.


2011–12 Powerade Tigers season
The 2011–12 Powerade Tigers season is the 10th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2011–12 Premier Academy League
The 2011–12 Premier Academy League Under–18 season is the fifteenth edition since the establishment of The Premier Academy League, and the eighth under the current make-up.


2011–12 Premier Academy League
All teams played the other teams in their group twice and play 10 inter-group fixtures, producing 28 games a season. Winners of each group qualify for the play-offs.


2011–12 Premier Academy League, League tables, Academy Group D
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scoredPos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsQ = Qualified for playoffs; C = Champions


2011–12 Premier Arena Soccer League season
The 2011–12 Premier Arena Soccer League season consisted of 35 teams grouped into 6 divisions across the US. The Premier Arena Soccer League continues to serve as the developmental league to the Professional Arena Soccer League.


2011–12 Premier Arena Soccer League season, Standings
As of March 10, 2012  2011-12 League Championship  2011-12 National Finals Entrant  2011-12 Division Playoff Qualifier(Bold Division Winner, automatic National Finals Qualifier)


2011–12 Premier Arena Soccer League season, 2011-12 PASL-Premier Finals
The finals were played at San Diego, California, on March 9–10, 2012.


2011–12 Premier League
The 2011–12 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 13 August 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012 with Manchester City sealing their first league title since 1968 with victory over Queens Park Rangers on the final day. The title was City's first Premier League success, making them the fifth club to win the Premier League in its 20-year history. City finished level on 89 points with Manchester United, but their goal difference was eight better than their local rivals', making it the only time the Premier League had been won on goal difference.


2011–12 Premier League
The league was contested by 20 teams, 17 returning from the 2010–11 season and three promoted from the Football League Championship. Championship winners Queens Park Rangers and runners-up Norwich City gained automatic promotion whilst Swansea City gained promotion through the Football League Championship play-offs beating Reading 4–2 in May 2011, becoming the first non-English team to play in the Premier League. All three promoted clubs avoided relegation for the first time since the 2001–02 campaign. The season was voted as the greatest Premier League season in the Premier League 20 Seasons Awards.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
Manchester City won the title in a tense finale, their first championship since 1968. City's local rivals Manchester United were the early pace-setters, leading the table until October when they drew at Liverpool allowing Manchester City to overtake them. The following week, City increased their lead to five points with a shock 6–1 away victory at Old Trafford, which they maintained until December, when they dropped points and their lead narrowed, but City remained in front until March, when a defeat at Swansea City saw them drop behind United.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
City's bad form continued for the next month while United went on a winning run, so that with six matches remaining United were eight points ahead of City and the title seemingly decided. However, United then faltered with a defeat and a draw in their next three games, while City won all three to narrow the gap to three points. City then beat United 1–0 at the City of Manchester Stadium to move back ahead of United on goal difference. Both sides won their penultimate matches to maintain the status quo.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
Going into the final matches, which were played simultaneously, City were top of the league, ahead of Manchester United on goal difference. However, a Wayne Rooney goal away to Sunderland gave United the advantage. A 39th-minute goal from Pablo Zabaleta, his first of the season, put City back on top at half time. In a dramatic second half Djibril Cissé equalised for Queens Park Rangers in the 48th minute.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
Shortly after, Joey Barton of QPR was sent off for elbowing Carlos Tevez; on his way off the pitch, he kicked Sergio Agüero, attempted to headbutt Vincent Kompany and squared up to Mario Balotelli. Despite the numerical advantage, City went behind after Jamie Mackie gave QPR the lead in the 66th minute. As time wound down in both matches, it appeared that Manchester United would win the title with their victory over Sunderland. But Edin Džeko equalised for City in the 92nd minute.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
While United players waited on the field at Sunderland for a possible trophy presentation, Manchester City's Sergio Agüero scored the game winner in the 94th minute to clinch the title on goal difference. The 6–1 loss was even more important than it seemed at the time, because if the score had been 2–1 then both teams would have ended with identical records (points, goal difference, goals scored, win record, etc.) which by Premier League rules would have meant a play-off game at a neutral ground to decide the title.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
For most of the season, Tottenham Hotspur were in third place, a couple of points behind the Manchester clubs, and there was much speculation as to whether Tottenham could mount a title challenge.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
However, from late February onward their season collapsed, starting with a 5–2 defeat to local rivals Arsenal, whom they had been 10 points ahead of before the game, and just four wins in their last 13 games condemned Tottenham to finishing a point below Arsenal, who finished third to join Manchester City and Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League, Arsenal completed a strong recovery from a disastrous start to the season including their 8–2 defeat at Manchester United in August.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
Tottenham finished in the fourth and final Champions League slot but missed out on qualification for the competition because Chelsea's victory in the 2012 Champions League Final automatically entitled them to defend their title in the 2012–13 tournament at the expense of the lowest ranked team that would otherwise qualify for the competition through league position. This was the first time that this rule had been implemented in the Premier League, having been introduced by UEFA after Liverpool's controversial qualification for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
This consequently marked the first time that the club finishing fourth in the Premier League had not qualified for the tournament since the fourth qualifying spot was introduced in the 2001–02 season. Newcastle United finished fifth and qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Everton finished 7th, just above local rivals Liverpool. Despite finishing above them for the first time in seven years, it was Liverpool who claimed the final Europa League slot, by virtue of winning the 2011–12 Football League Cup.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
Elsewhere in the league, QPR avoided relegation, despite losing to Manchester City; Bolton Wanderers could only draw at Stoke City, failing to overtake QPR, and therefore joining Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers in being relegated to the Championship. For the second time in the Premier League's history, none of the three clubs promoted from the Championship in the previous season were relegated at the end of the season with the other two teams, Swansea City and Norwich City, finishing 11th and 12th respectively. The last time all three newly promoted teams stayed up (2001–02), Blackburn and Bolton were two of those teams.


2011–12 Premier League, Season summary
Liverpool's Luis Suárez was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra and was given an eight-match ban.


2011–12 Premier League, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City and Swansea City, returning to the top flight after absences of fifteen, six and twenty-eight years respectively. This was also Swansea City's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Birmingham City, Blackpool and West Ham United, ending their top-flight spells of two, one and six years respectively. This was the first season in the Premier League era where a Welsh team competed and the first season where a Welsh team competed in the top flight of English football since the 1982–83 season.


2011–12 Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits
In addition, Nike had a new design for their match ball (white from August to October and March to May; high-visibility yellow from November through February) called Seitiro, featuring a modified flame design.


2011–12 Premier League, Season statistics, Scoring, 20,000th goal
On 21 December in a 2–1 loss to Arsenal at Villa Park, Marc Albrighton of Aston Villa was officially credited with the 20,000th goal scored since the formation of the Premier League in 1992. He was given £20,000 from league sponsor Barclays to donate to a charity of his choice. He chose Acorns Children's Hospice, who used to sponsor Aston Villa.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Manager of the Season
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew, 50, received the Premier League Manager of the Season. Pardew was the first Newcastle manager to receive the award, and only the second Englishman after Harry Redknapp to do so.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Player of the Season
The Premier League Player of the Season award was won by Vincent Kompany of Manchester City.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Goal of the season
The Goal of the Season award was given to Papiss Cissé of Newcastle United for his second goal in their 2–0 victory against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 28 April, becoming the first player for the club to win the award since its inception.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year
The PFA Players' Player of the Year was awarded to Robin van Persie.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Young Player of the Year
The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to Kyle Walker.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, FWA Footballer of the Year
The FWA Footballer of the Year was also awarded to Robin van Persie.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Golden Boot
The Premier League Golden Boot award went to Robin van Persie, who scored 30 goals.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Golden Glove
The Premier League Golden Glove award was won by Joe Hart of Manchester City, who achieved 17 clean sheets.


2011–12 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Fair Play Award
Swansea City won the Premier League Fair Play Award after finishing the 2011–12 Premier League top of the Fair Play Table. The award for best behaved fans went to Norwich.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the twelfth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 2011–12 fixtures were announced on 5 July 2011. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012. A winter break with no matches was scheduled between 28 November and 3 March, but was extended for a week due to heavy snowfalls. Borac lost their title from the previous season to Željezničar, which secured the first position after round 27, with 3 matches left to play.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sixteen clubs participated in the season, including fourteen returning from the 2010–11 season and one promoted club from each second-level league.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams
Budućnost Banovići and Drina Zvornik were relegated to their respective second-level league at the end of the 2010–11 season. Both clubs returned to the second tier after just one year each at the Premijer Liga.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams
The relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the two second-level leagues, GOŠK Gabela from the Prva Liga FBiH and Kozara Gradiška from the Prva Liga RS. Kozara returned to the top league after eight years in second level and GOŠK debuted in the top level.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams, Stadiums and locations
1 GOŠK played their first home game (round 2) in Čitluk, Bare Stadium, on 14 August 2011 against Sarajevo as their stadium, Podavala, still was under renovation.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams, Stadiums and locations
2 Olimpic played their first three home matches (round 2, 5 and 7) on Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium as their stadium was under reconstruction and renovation. They returned on Otoka Stadium after more than 2 years in round 9 on 2 October 2011 against GOŠK. They also played their first home game in the second half-season, on 10 March 2012, in round 16, against Rudar, at Bare Stadium in Čitluk, as heavy snowfalls during winter in Sarajevo disabled Otoka Stadium for any football games.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Season events, Incident in Travnik–Borac game
The match between Travnik and Borac was abandoned during halftime after the main referee of the match was attacked by a member of Travnik. The disciplinary commission fined Travnik €2500 and pronounced that the team would play their next two home matches without spectators, though this was later reduced to a single match.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Season events, Away fans ban
The ban on away fans commenced on 8 October 2011 by the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina after a pair of incidents caused by Ultras groups. Intended to end in 2011, the ban was extended to the start of the 2012–13 season.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Season events, Away fans ban
The ban was lifted on 31 July 2012, before the start of the 2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Season statistics, Champion squad
Defenders: Jadranko Bogičević (28/3); Benjamin Čolić (26); Josip Kvesić (25/1); Velibor Vasilić (22); Elvir Čolić (11); Semir Kerla (5); Josip Ćutuk (4);  Goran Marković (3).


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Season statistics, Champion squad
Midfielders: Zajko Zeba (28/7); Muamer Svraka (27/10);  Patrick Nyema Gerhardt (24/1); Mirsad Bešlija (22/1); Nermin Jamak (21/3); Srđan Stanić (17); Samir Bekrić (13/5); Sulejman Smajić (13/2); Nermin Zolotić (11);  Perica Stančeski (5); Haris Hajradinović (1).


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Season statistics, Champion squad
Forwards: Eldin Adilović (29/20); Vernes Selimović (26/9); Mirsad Ramić (11/1).


2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Season statistics, Champion squad
Transferred out during the season: Srđan Savić (6/1, released); Dejan Drakul (2, released); Edin Višća (1, to Istanbul BB).


2011–12 Premier Reserve League
The 2011–12 Premier Reserve League (officially known as the 2011–12 Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season since the establishment of the Premier Reserve League.


2011–12 Premier Reserve League
The events in the senior leagues during the 2010–11 season saw Blackpool and West Ham United relegated and replaced by the promoted sides Norwich City & Swansea City. While Birmingham City were relegated from the Premier League and Queens Park Rangers were promoted to the Premier League, neither side decided to participate in the reserve league.


2011–12 Premier Reserve League
The geographical split of the 16 participating teams meant it was possible to drop the overcomplicated 2010–11 structure and revert to a simpler North & South structure. The Northern league now consists of Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sunderland and Wigan Athletic. Manchester City chose not to participate this season. The Southern League consists of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Fulham (who have chosen to participate this season), Norwich City, Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion & Wolverhampton Wanderers


2011–12 Premier Reserve League
Each team played the teams in their own league home and away. They also played each team in the other league once (home and away games split evenly). This resulted in 22 league games (14 + 8).


2011–12 Premier Reserve League
At the conclusion of the league season, the two league winners played the final in the home ground of the Northern league winner. The venue alternates between North & South each year. Last year it was held at Stamford Bridge, the home of eventual champions Chelsea.


2011–12 Premier Reserve League
On 10 May 2012, Manchester United Reserves won the Play-off Final.


2011–12 Premier Reserve League, Tables, Premier Reserve League South
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scoredPos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions


2011–12 Premier Reserve League, Play-off Final
At the conclusion of the league season, the two league winners played the final in the home ground of the Northern league winner.


2011–12 Premier Reserve League, Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:


2011–12 Premier Reserve League, Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted to the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:


2011–12 Premier Reserve League, External links, Match reports
Match reports can be found at each club's official website:


2011–12 Premier Soccer League
South Africa's 2011–12 Premier Soccer League season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth since its establishment. Orlando Pirates were the defending champions, having won their third PSL title, and in the process ended SuperSport United's 3 year grip on the championship. The season kicked off on 12 August 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League
16 teams contested the season, including two newly promoted teams – yo-yo club Jomo Cosmos – who were promoted for the second time in 3 seasons after winning the 2010-11 National First Division champions' playoff 5–4 on penalties against Bay United, and Black Leopards who came through a four-way promotion playoff, defeating Bay United 2–0 over a two-legged final. Orlando Pirates secured the title with a 4–2 win against Golden Arrows on 19 May 2012. This was their fourth PSL title overall and the second in succession. At the bottom, Jomo Cosmos was automatically relegated to the First Division while Santos was relegated via the PSL Playoff Tournament.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, TV rights
The PSL announced that current digital broadcaster SuperSport had won the rights to continue broadcasting the PSL after their current contract expired at the end of the 2011–12 season. The new broadcasting deal will commence at the start of the 2012–13 season and is said to be worth R2 billion over 5 years. As with their outgoing contract, SuperSport will continue to lease a select number of matches to free-to-air public broadcaster SABC.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Teams
The team finishing 16th and last during the 2010–11 PSL season – Mpumalanga Black Aces – was automatically relegated from the PSL while the team finishing 15th – Vasco da Gama – was entered into a four-way relegation/promotion playoff with 3 teams from the 2010–11 National First Division season, where they were comfortably beaten 4–2 on aggregate by Black Leopards in the semi-finals and thus relegated from the PSL. As it was, both Black Aces and Vasco had been promoted in the previous season, so they each spent a single season in the top flight before going straight back down.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Teams
Jomo Cosmos and Black Leopards had finished first and second in the Inland Stream of the 2010–11 National First Division season. Cosmos, as champions of the Inland Stream, faced off against the champions of the Coastal Stream – Bay United – and beat them 5–4 on penalties after two goalless draws, thus securing promotion to the PSL. In the next phase of the relegation/promotion playoffs Black Leopards had taken on and defeated Vasco da Gama of the PSL over two legs and proceeded to reach the final of the playoffs, where they met Bay United. Leopards continued Bay United's heartbreaking end to their season by defeating them over two legs to earn a return to the PSL after two seasons out of the top flight.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Teams, Stadiums and locations
Football teams in South Africa tend to use multiple stadiums over the course of a season for their home games. The following table will only indicate the stadium used most often by the club for their home games


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards
The 2011–12 PSL Awards ceremony was held on 27 May 2012.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards, PSL Footballer of the Year
The PSL Footballer of the Year was awarded to Siyabonga Nomvethe.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards, PSL Footballer of the Year
Palesa ShabalalaThe PSL Player of the Season was also awarded to Siyabonga Nomvethe.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards, PSL Players' Player of the Season
The PSL Players' Player of the Season was also awarded to Siyabonga Nomvethe.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards, PSL Red Hot Young Player of the Season
The PSL Red Hot Young Player of the Season was awarded to Ronwen Williams.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards, PSL Coach of the Season
The PSL Coach of the Season was awarded to Gordon Igesund.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards, PSL Goalkeeper of the Season
The PSL Goalkeeper of the Season award went to Wayne Sandilands.


2011–12 Premier Soccer League, Awards, PSL Absa-lutely Awesome Goal of the Season
The PSL Absa-lutely Awesome Goal of the Season award went to Benni McCarthy.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby
The 2011–12 Aviva Premiership was the 25th season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the second one to be sponsored by Aviva. The reigning champions entering the season were Saracens, who had claimed their first title after defeating Leicester Tigers in the 2011 final. Worcester Warriors had been promoted as champions from the 2010–11 RFU Championship at the first attempt.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Summary
Harlequins won their first title after defeating Leicester Tigers in the final at Twickenham having also topped the regular season table. Newcastle Falcons were relegated on the last day of the season. It was the second time that Newcastle have been relegated from the top flight since the leagues began and the first time since the 1993–94 Premiership Rugby season.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Summary
As usual, round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham, the eighth instance since its inception in 2004.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Rule changes
This season saw the first major change in the Premiership's salary cap, which at the time stood at £4 million per team. In what is now a permanent feature of the cap system, academy credits were introduced. Each team receives a £30,000 credit for every home-grown player in their senior squad, with a maximum of eight such credits. In addition, a standard provision of the cap system that applies only in seasons that run up against the Rugby World Cup provided each team with a credit of £30,000 for each senior squad player that participated in the World Cup.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Teams
Twelve teams compete in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season and Worcester Warriors who were promoted from the 2010–11 RFU Championship after a top flight absence of one year. They replaced Leeds Carnege who were relegated after two years in the top flight.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Pre-Season
The 2011 edition of the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series began on 15 July 2011 at The Recreation Ground, continued on 22 July at Franklin's Gardens and 29 July at Edgeley Park. This was the first opportunity of the season for any of the teams competing in the Premiership to win a trophy. The finals were held on 5 August 2011 at The Stoop and the Series was won by Newcastle Falcons.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Table
(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (R) RelegatedStarting table — source:


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Table
Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Play-offs
As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premiership Final at Twickenham on 26 May 2012.


2011–12 Premiership Rugby, Leading scorers
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2011–12 Preston North End F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Preston North End's 123rd year in The Football League and their first outside the second tier of English football in a decade, after they were relegated from the Championship the previous season.


2011–12 Preston North End F.C. season, League One data, Results summary
Last updated: 5 May 2012. Source: PNEFC League One Results


2011–12 Primeira Liga
The 2011–12 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 14 August 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. A total of 16 teams contested the league, 14 of which already took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Liga de Honra. Porto were the defending champions and secured their 26th and second consecutive league title. Óscar Cardozo and Lima, respectively Benfica's and Braga's strikers, were the joint top scorers with 20 goals.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Teams
Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which already contested in the 2010–11 season and two of which were promoted from the 2010–11 Liga de Honra. The two teams relegated following the 2010–11 season were Portimonense, which returned to the Liga de Honra just a year after promotion, and Naval, returning to the second tier after a six-year stay. Replacing them in the top flight were Liga de Honra champions Gil Vicente, competing in their 14th Liga season after returning from a five-year absence, and Feirense, who were in the top division for the fourth time and the first since the 1989–90 season.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, Portuguese Golden Ball
The Portuguese Golden Ball was given to James Rodríguez, the youngest player (21) to ever receive the award.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year
The LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year was awarded to Hulk. He became the first player to win the award twice.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year
The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year was awarded to James Rodríguez.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, LPFP Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year
The LPFP Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year was awarded to Rui Patrício.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year
The LPFP Primeira Liga Coach of the Year was awarded to Vítor Pereira.


2011–12 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, LPFP Primeira Liga Fairplay Award
The LPFP Primeira Liga Fairplay Award was awarded to Rio Ave.


2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana
The 2011–12 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana is the season of third division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 21 teams will compete; the champion will be promoted to Argentine Primera B Nacional.


2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana, Torneo Reducido
The quarterfinals will be played as single elimination, at the stadium of the higher-placed team. Seeding for the semifinals and final is determined by the team standings in the regular season.


2011–12 Primera B Nacional
The 2011–12 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 26th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.


2011–12 Primera B Nacional, Promotion/Relegation Playoff Legs Primera División-Primera B Nacional
The 3rd and 4th placed of the table played with the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2011–12 Primera División.


2011–12 Primera B Nacional, Relegation
Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Rosario Central, Newell's Old Boys, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe. The bottom two teams of this table face relegation regardless of their affiliation status. Apart from them, the bottom teams of each affiliation face promotion/relegation playoffs against Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Metropolitana's "Reducido" (reduced tournaments) champions. The Reducidos are played after those leagues' champions are known.


2011–12 Primera C Metropolitana
The 2011–12 Argentine Primera C is the season of professional fourth division of Argentine football league system. With a total of 20 teams competing there, the champion is promoted to the upper level, Primera B Metropolitana.


2011–12 Primera D Metropolitana
The 2011–12 Argentine Primera D Metropolitana was the season of fifth division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 18 teams competed; the champion was promoted to Primera C Metropolitana.


2011–12 Primera Divisió
The 2011–12 Primera Divisió was the seventeenth season of top-tier football in Andorra. It began on 18 September 2011 and ended on 22 April 2012. The defending champions FC Santa Coloma placed second, while FC Lusitanos won their first championship.


2011–12 Primera Divisió, Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" (in actuality, the designation of home and away was purely arbitrary as the clubs did not have their own grounds) for a total of 14 games. The league was then split up in two groups of four teams with each of them playing teams within their group in a home-and-away cycle of games. The top four teams competed for the championship. The bottom four clubs played for one direct relegation spot and one relegation play-off spot. Records earned in the First Round were taken over to the respective Second Rounds.


2011–12 Primera Divisió, Promotion and relegation from 2010–11
CE Benfica were relegated after last season due to finishing in 8th place. They were replaced by Segona Divisió runners-up FC Rànger's (the champions, Lusitanos B, were promotion ineligible).


2011–12 Primera Divisió, Promotion and relegation from 2010–11
Encamp, who finished last season in 7th place, and 3rd place Segona Divisió club Engordany played a two-legged relegation play-off. Engordany won the playoff, 5–1 on aggregate, and won promotion to this competition while Encamp were relegated.


2011–12 Primera Divisió, Relegation playoffs
The seventh-placed club in the league will compete in a two-legged relegation playoff against the runners-up of the Segona Divisió, for one spot in 2012–13 Primera Divisió.


2011–12 Primera División (women)
The 2011–12 Primera División (women) season will be the 24th since its establishment. Rayo Vallecano are the defending champions, having won their 3rd title in the previous season. The campaign will begin on 4 September 2011, and end on 27 May 2012.


2011–12 Primera División (women)
A total of 18 teams will contest the league, 16 of which already contested in the 2010–11 season and two of which were promoted from the Liga Nacional.


2011–12 Primera División (women)
With ten wins in a row at the start of the season, Barcelona broke the Spanish women's starting record of Levante's nine wins in 2008/09. This streak was broken on matchday 15, when Barcelona drew Espanyol 3–3.


2011–12 Primera División (women)
On the last match day, Barcelona secured their very first Spanish championship title.


2011–12 Primera División (women), Top scorers
Sonia of Barcelona won the top-scorer award with 38 goals.


2011–12 Primera División de Futsal
The 2011–12 season of the Primera División de Fútbol Sala was the 23rd season of top-tier futsal in Spain. It is the first under "Primera División" name. The regular season started on September 9, 2011 and finished on May 11, 2012. The championship playoffs began on May 19 with quarter-finals series and ended with the final series from  12 to 24 June.


2011–12 Primera División de Futsal
Barcelona Alusport won their 2nd title in a row by defeating ElPozo Murcia 3–2 in the Championship Final.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua
The 2011–12 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 59th and 60th champions in the history of the league. It will also provide the sole berth for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2011, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2012.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, Apertura
The 2011 Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began on 6 August 2011.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, Apertura, Regular season
The regular season began on 6 August 2011. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, Apertura, Finals round
The top two finishers in the Semi Finals Group will move on to the Final.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, Clausura
The 2012 Clausura was the second tournament of the season.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, Managerial Changes, Regular season
The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, Managerial Changes, Finals round
The top two finishers in the Semi Finals Group will move on to the Final.


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. The following players:


2011–12 Primera División de Nicaragua, List of foreign players in the league
A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if a player/s is released.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium and are members of the Ivy League. The team captains were seniors Douglas Davis and Patrick Saunders. They finished the season 20–12, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Evansville in the first round before falling in the quarterfinals to Pittsburgh. The season was highlighted by wins over a ranked Harvard team and the Florida State Seminoles. The team was led by unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection Ian Hummer and second team selection Douglas Davis.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Preview
Princeton entered the season having won the 2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season championship and having earned the resulting 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament invitation. The team entered the season having lost senior captains Dan Mavraides and Kareem Maddox. Maddox was the reigning Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection. Mavraides had been a second team All-Ivy selection. The team returned second team All-Ivy selection Hummer.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Preview
Entering the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season head coach Mitch Henderson began his tenure at Princeton, taking over for Sydney Johnson. With the move that resulted from Johnson taking a new coaching job, Princeton has six alumni who are active Division I head coaches, a total second only to eight by the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program. The Ivy League media poll selected Princeton to be tied with Yale for second place behind Harvard. Princeton had been the preseason favorite the year before.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule
With a new first-time head coach, the team got off to slow starts. It started the season with a 1–5 record, but won 18 of its final 24 games and started its conference schedule with a 2–3 record, but won 8 of its final 9 games. The recovery enabled the team to qualify for its 32nd post season appearance (24 NCAA, 5 NIT and 2 CBI).


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule
Princeton earned its first home win against a ranked opponent since the 1976–77 team's January 3, 1977, victory over Notre Dame by defeating Harvard (No. 21 Coaches/25 AP) on February 11, 2012. The win was also its first against a ranked opponent on any court since November 11, 1997, which is when the 1997–98 team opened its season with a victory over a ranked Texas team at Meadowlands Arena (now named Izod Center) in East Rutherford, New Jersey.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule
Princeton also defeated eventual 2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Champion Florida State five weeks after Harvard did as well as Big East Conference member and New Jersey rival Rutgers. In addition, the team's schedule included the ACC's NC State. Its results against Harvard, Florida State and NC State give the team a 2–2 record against teams in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule
For the 18th consecutive season, the Ivy League men's basketball schedule concluded with a Tuesday Penn–Princeton basketball rivalry game against the 2011–12 Quakers. Princeton's 62–52 victory enabled it to retain slim 26–25 and 24–23 leads in terms of Ivy League Championships and Ivy League team NCAA Tournament appearances, respectively.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule
In the first round of the 2012 CBI Tournament, senior Douglas Davis scored a career-high 31 points to lead Princeton to a 95–86 victory over Evansville. Although Davis posted another 20 points in the subsequent quarterfinal game against Pittsburgh to surpass Kit Mueller for second place on the Princeton scoring list, Princeton lost 82–61 to end the season. Davis' appearance in the March 19 contest also enabled him to surpass Ryan Wittman as the Ivy League's all-time leader in games played (122). Pittsburgh eventually went on to win the tournament.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule, Other
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All‐District District 13 team on March 14, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Ian Hummer was a second team selection.


2011–12 Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey season
The 2011–12 Princeton Tigers women's hockey team represented Princeton University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Tigers are a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference.


2011–12 Pro A season
The 2011–12 LNB Pro A season is the 90th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 25th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season starts on October 7, 2011 and ends on May 16, 2012. The play-offs are held from May 23, 2012 until  June 16, 2012.


2011–12 Pro A season, Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2010 to 2011 Pro B (French 2nd basketball division)


2011–12 Pro A season, Playoffs
This was the last season in which the championship final was contested as a one-off match. Starting in 2012–13, the final became a best-of-5 series.


2011–12 Pro12
The 2011–12 Pro12 League (also known as the RaboDirect Pro12 for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League, the second with its current 12-team format, and also the first with RaboDirect as title sponsor.


2011–12 Pro12
The twelve teams competing were the four Irish provinces, Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster; two Scottish regions, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors; four Welsh regions, Cardiff Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets; and two Italian clubs Aironi and Benetton Treviso.


2011–12 Pro12
The competition was won by Ospreys, who defeated Leinster in the final 31–30.


2011–12 Pro12, Table
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2011–12 Pro12, Leading scorers
Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-IRB nationalities.


2011–12 Pro12, Broadcasting rights
Setanta Sports Australia broadcasts live RaboDirect Pro12 matches in Australia. Setanta Sports Asia broadcast live RaboDirect Pro12 matches in Asia also.


2011–12 Pro50 Championship
The 2011–12 Pro50 Championship was the tenth edition of the Pro50 Championship, a List A cricket tournament in Zimbabwe. After a 40-over tournament in 2010/11, the tournament was again increased to a 50-overs a side format. The new sponsor of the tournament was cold drinks brand Coca-Cola. The competition began on 24 September 2011 and the final was played on 25 February 2012.


2011–12 Pro50 Championship
Mashonaland Eagles won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Mid West Rhinos by 63 runs in the final. Elton Chigumbura's all-round performance was the key for the Eagles, scoring an unbeaten 104 runs and then taking three wickets for 27 runs in nine overs.


2011–12 Pro50 Championship
Mid West Rhinos batsman Gary Ballance was the tournament's leading run-scorer with a total of 432 runs. Mountaineers bowler Tendai Chatara was the leading wicket-tacker with a total of 17 wickets.


2011–12 Professional Arena Soccer League season
The 2011–12 Professional Arena Soccer League season was the fourth season for the American professional indoor soccer league, now using the nickname "PASL" instead of "PASL- Pro". The San Diego Sockers became the first team in league history to finish a season undefeated. The Sockers won their third straight PASL Championship and the first Ron Newman Cup trophy by defeating the Detroit Waza 10-7 at the Del Mar Arena, home of the Sockers.


2011–12 Professional Arena Soccer League season, Standings
As of February 26, 2012  2011-12 League Championship  2011-12 Playoff Team(Bold) Division Winner


2011–12 Professional Hockey League season
The 2011–12 Professional Hockey League season was the 20th annual edition of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship held in 2011–12. The season marked the first season of the Professional Hockey League and first time the national title was administered and awarded independently of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU). Eight teams participated in the league, which was won by HC Donbass-2.


2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College in the Big East Conference. For the third straight season, the team finished with a 4–14 conference record, while amassing a 15–17 record overall.


2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team
Replacing Keno Davis, who was fired following the 2010–11 season, Providence native Ed Cooley took over as head coach and his first season with the Friars would come without departing seniors Marshon Brooks, who was a first-round selection in the 2011 NBA Draft after leading the Big East in scoring in 2010–11, and reserve center Ray Hall. In addition, sophomore guard Duke Mondy, freshman guard Dre Evans, and redshirt freshman guard Xavier Davis all did not return to the team or transferred, while incoming freshman guard Kiwi Gardner was deemed ineligible to play in the 2011–12 season by the NCAA.


2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team
With just nine scholarship players available, the Friars had three players in the top five in the conference for minutes played per game, including freshman forward LaDontae Henton (37.2 minutes per game), who was named the Big East All-Rookie Team, and sophomore guard Bryce Cotton (38.6 minutes per game). Leading the conference in both minutes per game (38.7) and assists per game (7.5) was junior guard Vincent Council, who was selected to the All-Big East Third Team.


2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team
The Friars managed four conference wins, but defeated #14 Louisville at home, 90–59, on January 10. The Friars did not receive votes in either the AP Poll or Coaches' Poll at any point in the season. They finished 15th in the conference and were defeated by Seton Hall in the first round of the 2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament.


2011–12 Prva A liga
The Prva A liga 2011–12 basketball team regular season started October 2011.


2011–12 Prva A liga
The Opportunity Liga (in English: Opportunity League) is a national professional basketball league in Montenegro. It is the top basketball division in Montenegro's Košarkaški savez Crne Gore (KSCG) national basketball federation. It was established in the year 2006, shortly after Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia and Montenegro. The league is sponsored by Opportunity Bank.


2011–12 Puebla F.C. season
The 2011–12 Puebla season was the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Puebla began their season on July 23, 2011 against Atlas, Puebla play their homes games on Sundays at 12:00pm local time.


2011–12 Puebla F.C. season, Torneo Apertura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Puebla F.C. season, Torneo Clausura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. The head coach of the Boilermakers was Matt Painter, in his ninth season with the Boilers. The team played its home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


2011–12 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team, Rankings
Note: Purdue was seeded 37th by the NCAA Tournament selection committee.


2011–12 Pécsi Mecsek FC season
The 2011–12 season will be Pécsi Mecsek FC's 47th competitive season, 1st consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 61st year in existence as a football club.


2011–12 Pécsi Mecsek FC season, 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 Pécsi Mecsek FC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Pécsi Mecsek FC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Pécsi Mecsek FC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Pécsi Mecsek FC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Pécsi Mecsek FC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2011–12 Pécsi Mecsek FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2011–12 QMJHL season
The 2011–12 QMJHL season was the 43rd season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season, which consisted of 17 teams playing 68 games each, began in September 2011 and ended in March 2012. This season was Blainville-Boisbriand Armada's first season in the league, as the team relocated to Boisbriand from Verdun where they played as the Montreal Junior Hockey Club from 2008 to 2011. The league lost one of his charter teams when the Lewiston Maineiacs folded during after the previous season, the QMJHL later announce an expansion team to  Sherbrooke for the 2012–13 season. In the playoffs, the Saint John Sea Dogs became the seventh team in league history to capture consecutive President's Cup championships.


2011–12 QMJHL season, Regular season, Division standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses ; SL - Shootout losses ; GF = Goals for ; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points


2011–12 QMJHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2011–12 QMJHL season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Total ice time; W = Wins; L = Losses ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2011–12 QMJHL season, Playoff scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2011–12 QMJHL season, Playoff leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2011–12 Qatar Stars League
The 2011-12 Qatari League, also known as Qatari Stars League was the 39th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season started on 1 September 2011 and finished on 13 April 2012. Lekhwiya won the league title.


2011–12 Qatar Stars League, Teams
Al-Sailiya were relegated to the second-level league after finishing bottom in the 2010–11 Qatar Stars League campaign.


2011–12 Qatar Stars League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Qatari Stars Cup
The 2011 Qatari Stars Cup took place from October 2011 to March 2012. It was the 3rd edition of the cup.


2011–12 Qatari Stars Cup
It featured 12 teams from the Qatar Stars League divided into two groups, with the winner and runner-up of each group advancing to the semi-finals.


2011–12 Qatari Stars Cup, Prizes
The 2011 edition of Qatar Stars Cup was sponsored by Qatar National Bank (QNB).


2011–12 Quad City Mallards season
The 2011–12 Quad City Mallards season was the second season in the Central Hockey League of the CHL franchise in Moline, Illinois.


2011–12 Quad City Mallards season, Transactions
The Mallards have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.


2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
The 2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was one of two first-class domestic cricket competitions that were held in Pakistan during the 2011–12 season. It was the 54th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, contested by 22 teams representing regional cricket associations and departments, and was followed in the schedule by the Pentangular Cup, contested by five teams representing the four provinces and the federal areas.


2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
The competition format was retained from the previous season, with the teams being split into two divisions: twelve teams (six regions and six departments) in Division One and the remaining ten teams (seven regions and three departments) in Division Two. Each division was played in a round-robin of 4-day matches starting on 23 October 2010, with 5-day finals between the top two teams to determine the winners.


2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
At the end of the season, the lowest ranked department and region in division one were to have been relegated to division two, with the equivalent top teams in division two being promoted and the lowest department being relegated to Grade II cricket, but the domestic structure changed prior to the 2012–13 season.


2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Pakistan International Airlines won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the seventh time, beating Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited by nine wickets in the Division One final, which like the previous season was a day/night match.


2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Division standings
The top teams in each division (highlighted) advanced to the finals.


2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Division standings
Position determined by total points, most matches won after having a lead on first innings, fewest matches lost, followed by adjusted net run rate (matches with no result, i.e. those where both teams did not complete their first innings, were disregarded); matches finishing in a draw were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:


2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Queen of the South's tenth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2001–02 season. Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season, Summary
Queen of the South finished tenth in the First Division and were relegated to the Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.


2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season, Summary, Management
The club began the 2011–12 season under the management of Gus MacPherson. On 30 April 2012, MacPherson resigned after relegation was confirmed. On 3 May, Allan Johnston was appointed as manager.


2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains
Last updated: 5 May 2012Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season, Player statistics, Clean sheets
Last updated: 5 May 2012Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2011–12 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Queens Park Rangers's 123rd professional season and their fifth season in the Premier League. The club competed in the Premier League for the first time in fifteen years, following their promotion as champions from The Championship in 2010–11. The club finished the season in 17th place, avoiding relegation by one point on the final day of the season.


2011–12 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Pre-season, Trofeo Bortolotti
The Trofeo Bortolotti is a triangular tournament, with each match lasting for 45 minutes.


2011–12 Querétaro F.C. season
The 2011–12 Querétaro season was the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Querétaro began their season on July 24, 2011 against América, Querétaro play their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.


2011–12 Querétaro F.C. season, Torneo Apertura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Querétaro F.C. season, Torneo Clausura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey season
The Quinnipiac Bobcats represent Quinnipiac University in ECAC Hockey. The Bobcats will attempt to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. The Bobcats will compete in the Nutmeg Classic on November 25 and 26.


2011–12 RCD Espanyol season
The 2011–12 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 81st year in its history.


2011–12 RCD Mallorca season
The 2011–12 season will be the 78th season in Real Club Deportivo Mallorca's history and their 15th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.


2011–12 RCD Mallorca season
Mallorca will compete for their first La Liga title after a 17th-place finish in the 2010–11 La Liga. They will also enter the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32.


2011–12 RCD Mallorca season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 RFU Championship
The 2011–12 RFU Championship was the third season (of the professionalised format) of the second tier of the English domestic rugby union competition, played between August 2011 and May 2012. New teams to the division included Leeds Carnegie who were relegated from the Aviva Premiership 2010-11 and London Scottish who were promoted from 2010–11 National League 1. The first stage was won by Bristol and the final by London Welsh who, after an appeal, won promotion to the Aviva Premiership 2012-13. Esher were relegated to the 2012–13 National League 1.


2011–12 RFU Championship
On 8 May 2012 it was announced that only Bristol was eligible for promotion under the RFU's minimum standards criteria. They were subsequently beaten by the Cornish Pirates in the semi–finals who in turn lost to the eventual champions, London Welsh. London Welsh had announced on 14 May that they would meet the  RFU's eligibility test to play in the Premiership if they should win promotion and two days later announced they would play at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford if successful.


2011–12 RFU Championship
On 23 May, the day of the first leg of the final, the RFU announced that London Welsh would not be eligible for promotion due to "various failures".


2011–12 RFU Championship
The appeal by London Welsh was heard by an Independent Panel on 29 June who upheld it stating ″... that the Exiles should be promoted on the basis that they play their home games at Oxford's Kassam Stadium and that the club meet the minimum entry criteria to the league as imposed by the Professional Game Board.″ Chief Executive Officer of the RFU, Ian Richie, subsequently announced that there would be a full review of the Minimum Standard Criteria.


2011–12 RFU Championship, Participating teams
This season saw Leeds Carnegie back in the Championship following relegation from the Aviva Premiership during the 2010-11 season, as well as London Scottish, who won promotion to the Championship from the National League 1 during the same season.


2011–12 RFU Championship, Stage one, Attendances
A total of 251,542 people watched the 132 matches stage one matches to give an average of 1,903 per match. The highest attendance was 8,067 on Sunday, 8 January 2012 at the match between Bristol and Bedford Blues which Bristol won 26–6.


2011–12 RFU Championship, Stage three
Going into the final stage, only one of the four semi–finalists Bristol, reportedly met the RFU's standards for promotion to the Premiership. According to some reports, London Welsh were also pursuing promotion, and announced on 14 May they would attempt a legal challenge to the Premiership's entry criteria if they won the play–offs. The Cornish Pirates could not meet the criteria due to deficiencies at their home ground at the Mennaye Field.


2011–12 RFU Championship, Stage three, Semi–finals
Touch judges: James Minards Richard Parker-SedgemoreTelevision Match Official: Geoff Warren


2011–12 RFU Championship, Stage three, Semi–finals
Man of the Match: Phil BurgessTouch judges: Roger Baileff Chris SharpTelevision Match Official: Steve Savage


2011–12 RFU Championship, Individual statistics, RFU Dream Team XV
The RFU Dream Team is picked by the coaches of the twelve championship teams with Robin Copeland (Rotherham Titans) voted in by seven of the twelve teams. The Cornish Pirates and Bristol both have four players in the team, whilst Gavin Cattle and Dave Ward (both Cornish Pirates) are in the team for the third season in a row. Mark Irish, James Merriman (both Bristol), Juan Pablo Socino (Nottingham) and Rob Cook (Cornish Pirates) are in the team for a second season.


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
62 - 20 Nottingham at home to Moseley on 27 November 2011


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
65 - 3 Bristol away to Doncaster Knights on 9 March 2012


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
Bedford Blues away to Esher on 10 September 2011Nottingham at home to Moseley on 27 November 2011Bristol away to Doncaster Knights on 9 March 2012Plymouth Albion at home to Moseley on 21 April 2012


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
Bristol at home to Leeds Carnegie on 4 December 2011Leeds Carnegie at home to Bedford Blues on 29 January 2012


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
Leeds Carnegie at home to Rotherham Titans on 25 November 2011


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
James Arlidge for Nottingham at home to Moseley on 27 November 2011


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Bradley Hunt for Moseley away to Nottingham on 27 November 2011 Joshua Bassett for Bedford Blues at home to London Scottish on 14 January 2012 George Watkins for Bristol at home to Doncaster Knights on 24 February 2012 Nicholas Scott for London Welsh away to Doncaster Knights on 31 March 2012


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Tristan Roberts for Bristol at home to Leeds Carnegie on 4 December 2011 Thomas Bell for Leeds Carnegie at home to Bedford Blues on 29 January 2012


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Joe Ford for Leeds Carnegie at home to Rotherham Titans on 25 November 2011


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances
Worcester Warriors at home to Cornish Pirates on 18 May 2011


2011–12 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances
Birmingham & Solihull at home to Doncaster Knights on 9 January 2011


2011–12 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey season
The 2011–12 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey team was the Tigers' 37th season of varsity hockey and last at the NCAA Division III level. They represented Rochester Institute of Technology in the 2011–12 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Scott McDonald in his sixth season as the program's head coach and played all of their home games at the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena.


2011–12 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey season
The Tigers compiled a 23–1–1 record in the regular season; they hosted and won the ECAC West Tournament for the second straight year, and hosted the NCAA Frozen Four (national semifinals and finals) for the second straight year. After a disappointment in the 2011 title game, the Tigers won the 2012 national championship on home ice. It was the first national championship for any women's athletic team from RIT, and the third overall.


2011–12 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey season
Three days later, the university officially announced their application to move the program to the Division I level for the 2012–13 season.


2011–12 RK Zamet season
The 2011–12 season was the 55th season in RK Zamet’s history. It is their 4th successive season in the Dukat Premier League, and 34th successive top tier season.


2011–12 RNK Split season
The 2011–12 season is the 100th season in RNK Split’s history and their second in the Prva HNL. Their 3rd place finish in the 2010–11 season means it is their 2nd successive season playing in the Prva HNL.


2011–12 RNK Split season, First-team squad
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2011–12 RNK Split season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 12 May 2012.


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


2011–12 Radivoj Korać Cup
The 2012 Radivoj Korać Cup was the 10th season of the Serbian national basketball cup tournament. The Žućko's left trophy awarded to the winner Partizan from Belgrade.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season
The 2011–12 season will be Rah Ahan Football Club's 7th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 65th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup and 75th year in existence as a football club.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Player, Iran Pro League squad
As of August 3, 2011Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Player, Iran Pro League squad
For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2011.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Transfers
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2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top assistors
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assistors are equal.


2011–12 Rah Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top assistors
Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match assist.


2011–12 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
The 2011–12 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2011–12 Raith Rovers F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Raith Rovers's third consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season. Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2011–12 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Summary
Raith Rovers finished seventh in the First Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.


2011–12 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains
Last updated: 5 May 2012Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2011–12 Raja CA Casablanca season
The 2012–13 season will be the 63rd season in Raja Casablanca's existence. Raja finished 4th in Botola last season and this season they will be looking for their 11th Botola title.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was the 132nd season of competitive football by Rangers.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2011–12 season. Smith's deputy and Rangers record goalscorer Ally McCoist was appointed manager of the club. However, McCoist was hampered by a bizarre transfer policy the club utilised under Whyte's control. This resulted in protracted transfer negotiations with several targets but without significant recruitment and this probably contributed to Rangers being knocked out of both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League by the end of August, depriving the club of income that may have been anticipated.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
With the new ownership there initially appeared to be some financial stability of the club. A number of first-team regulars were secured on long-term contract extensions including Steven Davis, Allan McGregor, Steven Whittaker and Gregg Wylde. When McCoist entered the transfer market, his first signing being Almería midfielder Juan Manuel Ortiz, he soon encountered difficulties. A number of highly publicised failed transfers, including deals for Wesley Verhoek and Roland Juhász, led to many doubting Whyte's financial prowess.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers's first Scottish Premier League match of the season was a home match against Jim Jefferies' Heart of Midlothian, where the league flag was unfurled by then chairman Craig Whyte, as Rangers were under considerable pressure for most of the first half but managed to salvage a draw. The following week, McCoist claimed his first competitive victory as manager with a win over St Johnstone.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The season proved to be a baptism of fire for McCoist, by early October the club held a ten-point lead over Celtic, and on 5 November the lead stood at fifteen points over Celtic and twelve over second placed Motherwell. However, a draw with St Johnstone and subsequent defeats to Kilmarnock, St Mirren and Old Firm rivals Celtic, who then went on a run of twenty-one matches undefeated saw Rangers slip to second place where the club remained for the rest of the season.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Ranger's European adventure began in the middle of the final week of July, where Rangers were defeated by underdogs Malmö 1–0 at home and Rangers crashed out of the Champions League with a bad tempered 1–1 draw in Sweden in which both Steven Whittaker and Madjid Bougherra were both given their marching orders, and ultimately relegating the Gers to the Europa League play-off round, where they faced Slovenian team NK Maribor. In cup competitions the club fair no better, a third round defeat to First Division side Falkirk in the League Cup and a fifth round exit at home at the hands of Dundee United.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
On 13 February 2012, Rangers filed legal papers at the Court of Session giving notice of their intention to appoint administrators. Rangers officially entered administration on the following day, appointing London-based financial advisers Duff & Phelps as administrators. Rangers entered administration over an alleged non-payment of £9m in PAYE and VAT taxes to HM Revenue and Customs. On entering administration, the team was docked ten points by the SPL, a move regarded as 'effectively ending' its 2012 championship challenge. A failure then to submit accounts for 2011 meant the club was not granted a licence to play in European football in season 2012–13. In April it was revealed that the club's total debts could be as high as £134m.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
On 13 May it was revealed that Whyte sold his controlling interest in The Rangers Football Club Plc for £2 to a consortium led by Charles Green. Green offered the creditors a settlement, in the form of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), in an attempt to exit administration. On 12 June 2012, it emerged that HMRC would reject the CVA put forward by Green. Green's takeover of the club depended on the CVA being accepted by HMRC, which would have seen only £8.5m of the total debt repaid.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The formal rejection of the CVA, two days later, meant that the Rangers Football Club Plc entered the liquidation process and the clubs corporate owner would have to be transferred to a new company. The oldco's assets, including Rangers F.C., Ibrox Stadium and Rangers Training Centre, were sold to Sevco 5088 Ltd, a consortium led by Green, in a deal worth £5.5m.


2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League
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2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, UEFA Champions League
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2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, UEFA Europa League
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2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Cup
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2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, League Cup
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2011–12 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Friendlies
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2011–12 Ranji Trophy
The 2011–12 Ranji Trophy season is the 78th Ranji trophy season. It is being contested through two leagues: Super and Plate. Each division is divided into 2 groups - A and B, each team plays all the other teams from its group only once either home or away.


2011–12 Ranji Trophy
The Super League is divided into two groups of eight and seven teams, while the Plate League is divided into two groups of six teams each. The top two from each Plate sub-group contest semi-finals; the winners of these two matches then join the top three from each Super League sub-group in an eight-team knock-out tournament. The winner of this knock-out tournament then wins the Ranji Trophy. Knock-out matches are decided on the first innings result if the final result is a draw.


2011–12 Ranji Trophy, Points summary
Points in the league stages of both divisions are awarded as follows:


2011–12 Ranji Trophy, Knock-out Stage, Plate League
The two top teams from each group of the Plate league will meet in semi-finals, the winners of which will qualify for quarter-finals of the Super league.


2011–12 Ranji Trophy, Knock-out Stage, Super League
The top three teams of each group of the Super league along with the two winners of the semi-finals from plate league will qualify for the quarter-finals.


2011–12 Rapid City Rush season
The 2011–12 Rapid City Rush season is the fourth season in the Central Hockey League for the professional ice hockey franchise in Rapid City, South Dakota.


2011–12 Rapid City Rush season, Transactions
The Rush have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.


2011–12 Ravan Baku season
The Ravan Baku 2011–12 season was Ravan Baku's first Azerbaijan Premier League season, which they finished in 8th place. They also took part in the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup, getting knocked out in the first round by FK Baku on penalties. Ravan Baku started the season under Bahman Hasanov who Resigned on 20 September 2011, being replaced by Vladislav Kadyrov who in turn was sacked on 5 February 2012, to be replaced by Bahman Hasanov.


2011–12 Ravan Baku season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Rayo Vallecano season
The 2011–12 Rayo Vallecano season was the club's 78th season in history and its 13th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football, following promotion after finishing as runners-up in the Segunda División. It covers a period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.


2011–12 Rayo Vallecano season
Rayo Vallecano will compete for their second La Liga title and will enter the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32.


2011–12 Rayo Vallecano season, Players, Squad information
Updated 3 September 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Reading Football Club's fourth consecutive season in the Championship since relegation from the Premier League in 2008. It was Brian McDermott's second full season in charge.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season
Despite a poor start, which saw them 23rd in the table at one point, Reading went on to win 17 of 23 games in the second half of the season, securing the Championship title and ensuring promotion back to the Premier League. McDermott was named the LMA Championship Manager of the Season for the achievement.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On 2 June Reading announced that long time defender and club captain Ívar Ingimarsson was being released, along with David Mooney, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Danny Joyce, James Rowe and Erik Opsahl. It was also revealed that Julian Kelly and Scott Davies were also leaving to join Notts County and Crawley Town respectively.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On the same day Reading announced the signings of Australian youth internationals, and brothers, Cameron and Ryan Edwards from Perth Glory and the Australian Institute of Sport respectively, as well as confirming that Mikele Leigertwood would be joining from Queens Park Rangers for a substantial fee upon the opening of the transfer window. On 6 July Reading released pictures of their new kits for the upcoming season. On 7 July Matthew Mills was sold to Leicester City for a substantial fee, rumoured to be £5 million.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On 13 July the official squad numbers were released for the season along with Jobi McAnuff being named the new club captain following Matt Mills' departure. On 25 July Reading announced that Bongani Khumalo had joined them on a season-long loan from Tottenham Hotspur, and would take the number 26. On 8 August Shane Long was sold to West Brom for an undisclosed amount, believed to be £4.5 million, rising to £6.5 million in clauses.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
On 2 June Reading announced that they would be partaking in a pre-season trip to Slovenia to play a two games between 11 and 20 July, but the opponents had yet to be confirmed. It was also announced that Reading would have a friendly away against Northampton Town on 27 July. The Reading team split into the first team and the Reading X1. The Reading XI played their first pre-season friendly against Eastleigh F.C. losing 3–2, with goals from Jordan Obita and Gozie Ugwu. Obita's goal then lead him to being called up to the first 11's trip to Slovenia.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
The Reading XI's second pre-season game was against Swindon Supermarine and they won 3–0 with goals from Brett Williams, Michael Cain and David Murphy. On Reading's second game of their tour of Slovenia they lost 3–1 to Karabükspor. Sinan Kaloğlu scored first for Karabükspor after 2 minutes, before Brynjar Gunnarsson equalised 2 minutes later. Sinan Kaloğlu went on to secure the win for Karabükspor, and secure his hat trick, with goals in the 18th and 40th minutes.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
On 1 August, Ben Hamer joined Charlton Athletic for an undisclosed amount. Reading started the season on 6 August with a 2–2 draw against Millwall. Millwall took the lead through ex-Reading striker Darius Henderson on 49 minutes, before John Marquis doubled their lead on 62. Reading then brought on substitute Mathieu Manset who scored a quickfire double in the 86th and 89th minutes to level the game and share the points.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
On 9 August it was announced that Reading's first round League Cup game against Charlton Athletic at The Valley was postponed after police advice, along with a host of other football fixtures including the International friendly between England and the Netherlands, due to the ongoing 2011 London riots. Reading's second game of the season was away to Leicester City on 13 August. Reading came away with a victory thanks to second half goals from Noel Hunt and Hal Robson-Kanu.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
Reading's midweek clash was away to Portsmouth on 16 August, and ex-Reading striker Dave Kitson scored the only goal of the game in the 51st minute to subject Reading to their first defeat of the season. On 20 August Reading hosted Barnsley and suffered their second defeat of the season, losing 2–1. Barnsley took the lead in the 27th minute through Stephen Foster. Reading started off the second half by winning two penalties in the space of three minutes.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
First of all Jimmy Kebe was fouled by Jay McEveley in the box, but the resulting penalty was saved from Ian Harte. The second penalty saw Hal Robson-Kanu fouled in the area and this time Harte handing the ball to Noel Hunt, whose penalty was again saved. On 68 minutes Barnsley doubled their lead thanks to Matt Done. Reading pulled one goal back after being awarded a third penalty on 74 minutes, this time Hal Robson-Kanu took penalty and converted it past Luke Steele.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
Reading signed defender Joseph Mills from Southampton on a free transfer on 20 August and followed it with the signature of Kaspars Gorkšs from Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed amount on the 24th. On 26 August, Reading signed Adam Le Fondre from league two Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £400k, and two days later Brett Williams went the opposite way to Rotherham United on loan until the end of January 2012. Then next day Reading played Hull City away and suffered their third defeat in a row courtesy of a Robbie Brady goal, leaving Reading in 20th place at the end of August.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
Reading started September by losing their fourth straight game, with defeat at home to Watford on the 10th. The goals in this game came from Mark Yeates on 12 minutes and John Eustace on 51, this defeat saw reading drop to 23rd in the championship. 7 days later Reading hosted Doncaster Rovers at home and managed to holt their losing streak by winning 2–0 thanks to goals from Simon Church and Adam Le Fondre's first for the club. On 24 September, Reading visited Coventry City and drew 1–1, both goals came in the first half. Coventry took the lead through Gary McSheffrey after 2 minutes but Simon Church equalised 8 minutes later.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
On 27 September Reading announced that midfielders Jake Taylor and Brian Howard had joined Exeter City and Millwall respectively on loan. Later on in the day Reading faced Bristol City at Ashton Gate, with Bristol City taking a 2–0 lead with goals from Albert Adomah in the 22nd and Brett Pitman in the 58th minute. However, Reading came back to win 2–3 after Jobi McAnuff and Adam Le Fondre both scored within 3 minutes of each other before Mathieu Manset found the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Reading started October with a 0–0 home draw against Middlesbrough on 1st and followed it up 10 days later with an away win at Burnley thanks to a Jem Karacan goal in the 9th minute of injury time. Reading's next game on 19 October was a 2–2 draw at home to Derby County, Theo Robinson opened the scoring in the 59th minute, with Adam Le Fondre equalising in the 65th minute. Tomasz Cywka restored Derby's lead in the 75th minute only for Le Fondre to get his second, and square the game two minutes later. On the 22nd


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Reading hosted Southampton in that weekend's late kickoff, Mikele Leigertwood put Reading in front in the 71st minute. Southampton then had Dean Hammond sent off for two yellow cards in the 70th and 77th minute, but Steve De Ridder managed to equalise in the 80th minute to end the game 1–1. Reading's last game of October saw them go away to Crystal Palace and earn a 0–0 drawn, which meant that they had gone the month without defeat and extended their unbeaten run 8 games.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Reading's first game of November was an away trip to Nottingham Forest which the lost 1–0 after a 75th strike from Marcus Tudgay, this ended an 8-game unbeaten run. On the 6th, Reading hosted Birmingham City, and thanks to a 75th strike from Noel Hunt, won the game 1–0. 19 November saw Reading host Cardiff City at the Madjeski Stadium. Cardiff took the lead through a 2nd-minute goal from Peter Whittingham, while Mark Hudson made it 2–0 in the 70th minute.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Reading pulled one goal back in the 77th through Jimmy Kebe but could not find a second, losing the game 1–2. The following weekend Reading travelled to Ipswich Town. Ipswich took the lead in the 56th minute after a Daryl Murphy strike before Kaspars Gorkss briefly leveled things in the 76th before another Ipswich goal in the 79th minute by Josh Carson. Reading managed to still all 3 points with 2 goals in stoppage time thanks to Alex Pearce in the 91st and Noel Hunt 93rd.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Reading's last game of November was at home to Peterborough United, which they won 3–2. Peterborough took the lead through Tommy Rowe in the 16th minute before Simon Church equalised in the 27th. After the break Reading took the lead in the 78th minute thanks to Hal Robson-Kanu before extending their lead 2 minutes later through Adam Le Fondre. Emile Sinclair pulled a late goal back for Peterborough in the 90th minute.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
On 1 January 2012, Marcus Williams left the club on a free transfer to join Sheffield United. The next day Reading suffered their first defeat in four games away at Cardiff City, losing 3–1. All the goals came in the first half with Cardiff taking a 3–0 lead through Joe Mason, Aron Gunnarsson and Kenny Miller, before Jobi McAnuff scored Reading solitary goal on half time. On 7 January 2012, Reading were knocked out of the F.A. Cup by League One side Stevenage, after losing 1–0 at home to a Darius Charles goal in the 20th minute.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
On 9 January 2012, it was announced that Alex McCarthy had signed a contract extension until 2015, and also gone out on loan to Ipswich Town for three months. On 12 January 2012 Reading announced the signing of Republic of Ireland U21 international Karl Sheppard from Shamrock Rovers on a free transfer. Reading returned to winning form on 14 January away at Watford. Watford took the lead through a Shaun Cummings own goal after 29 minutes, but Jimmy Kebe fired home the equaliser on 42 to see the sides in level at half time.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
Reading's winner was thanks to substitute Adam Le Fondre who netted with 5 minutes remaining to give Reading all the points. On 20 January, Reading announced that Russian investment group, Thames Sports Investment, had agreed a deal with Sir John Madejski to buy a significant holding in Reading FC. The deal see Madejski stay on as chairman until 2014, and provide Brian McDermott and Nick Hammond with funds to spend during the January transfer window.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
21 January saw Reading lose at home to another promotion contender, Hull City when Robbie Brady scored the only goal of the game after 66 minutes. On 24 January, Jimmy Kebe signed a new contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2014. On 26 January, Tomasz Cywka joined Reading on a Free transfer from Derby County until the end of the season. On the same day the club also announced the signing of Jason Roberts on an 18-month contract from Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
Two days later Jason Roberts scored on his debut against Bristol City, converting his saved penalty on 58 minutes after Louis Carey had been shown a straight red card. On Transfer deadline day, 31 January 2012, Reading announced the signing of Matthew Connolly on loan till the end of the season from QPR, while Bongani Khumalo's loan was ended early and he returned to Tottenham Hotspur.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
During January, Nigerian defender Chibuzor Okonkwo, was also on trial at the club.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
February started off for Reading with the Postponement of their Championship game against Doncaster Rovers due to a frozen pitch at the Keepmoat Stadium. This game was later rescheduled for 13 March. On 8 February 2012, young defender Angus MacDonald joined League Two Torquay United on loan until the end of the season, and Brett Williams joined Northampton Town on loan for a month. Also on 8 February, Joseph Mills signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract, keeping him at The Madejski until 2014.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
On 9 February, another young Reading player – Lawson D'Ath – joined Yeovil Town on loan for a month. After the postponement of the Doncaster game, Reading's first game of February was a 2–0 win at home to Coventry City on 11 February, thanks to goals from Jimmy Kebe and Jason Roberts, his second in two games for Reading. They then travelled away to Derby County for a midweek game on the 14th, which they won 1–0 thanks to a 61st-minute goal from Noel Hunt.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
Reading where back at home on 17 February for the game against Burnley, which saw Jason Roberts net his third goal in four games to secure a 1–0 win. On 22 February, after rumours linking him with the vacant Wolves job, Brian McDermott signed a new contract with Reading keeping him at the Madejski Stadium until 2015. On 24 February, it was confirmed that Mathieu Manset had joined Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua on loan until 30 June 2012. The next day saw Reading in action against fellow promotion chasers Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. Noel Hunt's first half goal and Ian Harte's superb free kick saw Reading come away with another three points, and meant that they had won all four games played in February.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 2 March, it was announced that Jordan Obita would be joining Gillingham on loan for a month. On 3 March, Reading came from 1–0 down away to Millwall to win 2–1, thanks to goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and substitute Adam Le Fondre, to extended their winning run to 6 games. Reading extended their winning run to 7 on 6 March, with a 1–0 victory over Portsmouth thanks to a first half goal from Noel Hunt.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 8 March, it was announced that Brian McDermott had been nominated for February's Manager of the Month for four wins out of four, while Adam Federici had been nominated for Player of the Month for keeping four clean sheets in the four wins. The next day it was announced that both McDermott and Federici had won the awards.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 10 March, Reading played Leicester City at the Madejski Stadium and came away with their 8th win on the trot, 3–1, thanks to goals from Mikele Leigertwood, Jason Roberts and Simon Church with Neil Danns scoring Leicester City's consolation goal in the 92nd minute. On 13 March Reading played their re-arranged away fixture against Doncaster Rovers, which ended 1–1 ending Reading's winning streak but continuing their unbeaten run, their goal was courtesy of Alex Pearce. On 15 March, Reading announced the signing of Hayden Mullins on loan until the end of the season from Portsmouth.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 17 March, Reading headed to Barnsley, and after a goalless first half, early second half goals from Jobi McAnuff and Jem Karacan gave reading the lead. Reading added another from Karacan midway through the second half and then a fourth thanks to Jason Roberts in the 89th minute. This victory extended their unbeaten run to 10 games and moved them 3 points clear of West Ham United in second place. On 20 March Reading's unbeaten run came to an end away at Peterborough United, losing 3–1.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
Reading took the lead through Noel Hunt in the 20th minute, before George Boyd equalised 5 minutes later. Peterborough took the lead in the 34th minute thanks to Tyrone Barnett, before Paul Taylor finished the scoring 8 minutes from time. Despite the defeat Reading remained in 2nd place. On 22 March, Reading announced the loan signing of Benik Afobe from Arsenal until the end of the season.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 24 March, Reading got back to winning ways with a 3–1 home victory over Blackpool, with the goals coming from Ian Harte and Alex Pearce in the first half and Mikele Leigertwood in the second. Blackpools goal was scored by Lomana LuaLua. Alex McCarthy was recalled from his loan with Ipswich Town on 28 March due to an injury to Mikkel Andersen. Reading saw out March the way they started by winning their 6th game of the month, away to West Ham United.


2011–12 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
Reading went 1–0 down inside 10 minutes to Carlton Cole's goal, before two goals at the end of the first half through, Kaspars Gorkšs and Noel Hunt, saw Reading goal in at the break ahead. The second half saw a converted penalty from Ian Harte and a Ricardo Vaz Tê header make it 2–3, before Mikele Leigertwood sealed the win with his 4th goal of the season making it 2–4 victory to Reading.