2011–12 Irish Cup
Linfield were the defending champions, after a 2–1 victory over Crusaders in last season's final. The two clubs met again in this season's final, and Linfield successfully defended the cup to win it for the sixth time in seven seasons after defeating Crusaders 4–1. Crusaders qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as Linfield had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League by winning the 2011–12 IFA Premiership.


2011–12 Irish Cup, Results, First round
The draw for the first round was held on 1 September 2011. Ards Rangers, Broomhedge, Lower Maze, Newington Youth Club, Rathfriland Rangers and Sirocco Works all received a bye into the Second Round. Matches were played on 17 and 24 September 2011.


2011–12 Irish Cup, Results, Fourth round
All 30 clubs from IFA Championship 1 and 2 entered the competition at this stage, as well as the 10 lower league clubs that had progressed through the previous rounds. The games were played on 10 and 17 December 2011.


2011–12 Irish Cup, Results, Fifth round
The draw for the Fifth Round was made on 14 December 2011. All 12 clubs from the IFA Premiership entered at this stage, along with the 20 winners from the fourth round matches. The games were played on 14 January 2012. Replays were played on 24 January 2012.


2011–12 Irish Cup, Results, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 3 March 2012, with the replay played on 12 March 2012.


2011–12 Irish Cup, Results, Quarter-finals
†Ballymena United were later ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player in this match. Newry City were consequently reinstated. Ballymena United appealed the decision, but the appeal was rejected.


2011–12 Irish Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was made on 3 March 2012. Both ties were due to be played on 31 March 2012. However, Ballymena United's appeal over their disqualification delayed Linfield's semi-final match until 14 April 2012. Newry City were confirmed as their opponents when Ballymena's appeal was rejected.


2011–12 Irish Cup, Results, Final
The final took place on 5 May 2012 at Windsor Park.


2011–12 Irish League Cup
The 2011–12 Irish League Cup (known as the Irn-Bru League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. The competition was contested by the 12 members of the IFA Premiership, as well as the 30 members of the IFA Championship. The competition began on 27 August 2011 and ended with the final on 28 January 2012.


2011–12 Irish League Cup
Lisburn Distillery were the defending champions, following a 2–1 victory over Portadown in the previous season's final. However, they were eliminated in the Third Round by Crusaders.


2011–12 Irish League Cup
Crusaders went on to win the cup for the second time by defeating Coleraine 1–0 in the final.


2011–12 Irish League Cup, First round
The draw for the first round was made on 22 August 2011. The games were played in a one-leg format on 27 August and 30 August 2011.


2011–12 Irish League Cup, First round
Ards, Bangor, Chimney Corner, Dergview, Knockbreda, Limavady United, Newry City, PSNI, Tobermore United and Wakehurst all received byes into the Second Round.


2011–12 Irish League Cup, Second round
The draw for the second round was made on 2 September 2011. The games were played in a one-leg format on 20 and 21 September 2011.


2011–12 Irish League Cup, Second round
The 12 members of the IFA Premiership entered at this stage, along with the 10 winners from the First Round matches, and the 10 teams who received byes.


2011–12 Irish League Cup, Third round
The draw for the third round was made on 21 September 2011. The games were played in a one-leg format on 12 October 2011.


2011–12 Irish League Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the Quarter-finals was made on 13 October 2011. The games were played on 16 November 2011.


2011–12 Isle of Man League
The 2011–12 Isle of Man League is the 103rd season of the Isle of Man Football League on the Isle of Man.


2011–12 Israel State Cup
The 2011–12 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 73rd season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 58th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. It began on 2 September 2011, while the final was held in Ramat Gan Stadium on 15 May 2012.


2011–12 Israel State Cup
The competition was won by Hapoel Tel Aviv, who had beaten Maccabi Haifa 2–1 in the final. With this victory, Hapoel Tel Aviv won the cup for the third year in a row, equalizing its own record of consecutive titles, set between 1937 and 1939.


2011–12 Israel State Cup
By winning, Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, entering in the Play-off round.


2011–12 Israel State Cup, Results, Seventh Round
The 16 winners from the previous round of the competition join the 16 Liga Leumit clubs in this stage of the competition. These matches were played on 3 and 4 January 2012.


2011–12 Israel State Cup, Results, Eighth Round
The 16 winners from the previous round of the competition join the 16 clubs from the Israeli Premier League in this stage of the competition. These matches were played on 7 and 8 February 2012.


2011–12 Israel State Cup, Results, Round of 16
The 16 winners of the previous round entered this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 20 and 21 March 2012.


2011–12 Israel State Cup, Results, Quarter-finals
The eight winners of the previous round entered this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 9 and 10 April 2012.


2011–12 Israel State Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The four winners of the previous round entered this stage of the competition. These matches took  place on 2 May 2012, in Ramat Gan Stadium.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball State Cup
The 2011-12 Israeli Basketball State Cup was the 52nd edition of the Israeli Basketball State Cup, organized by the Israel Basketball Association. A total of 26 teams took part in the competition. The semifinals and finals were played at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball State Cup
Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Rishon LeZion 82-69 in the final, successfully defending their title. It was Maccabi Tel Aviv's 38th Israeli State Cup.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League
The 2011–2012 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 58th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 16 October 2011 and ended on 24 May 2012.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League
Maccai Tel Aviv won the championship title for the 50th time.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League, Format
Each of the 11 participating teams play 20 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. After that, there is 3rd round in which every team play against each other team once. The top eight teams advance to the playoff, where they play best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on). The series winners play in the Final Four to determine the championship. The two 9th and 10th ranked teams compete in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, and the loser will be relegated to Liga Leumit 2012–2013.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League, Regular season
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League, Regular season, Rounds 1-2
The home team is listed on the left-hand column. The rightmost column and the bottom row list the teams' home and away records respectively.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League, Playoffs
The Quarter Finals were played as The-Best-of-5 series, while the Semifinals and the final were 1 match stages.


2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League, All-Star Game
The 2012 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 8, 2012, at the Ashkelon Sports Arena.


2011–12 Israeli Futsal League
The 2011–12 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 6th season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 12th overall. The regular season started on 26 December 2011 and was concluded on 24 March 2012. The championship playoffs began on 27 March 2012 with quarter-finals series and concluded with the championship final, played on 10 April.


2011–12 Israeli Futsal League
ASA Ben-Gurion University were the defending champions, but lost the title by losing to Maccabi Nahlat Itzhak Tel Aviv in the playoff final.


2011–12 Israeli Futsal League, Format changes
With 8 clubs registered to play in the league, the clubs played each other in a double round-robin tournament, with all matches played in Amal School Hall in Hadera (home of basketball team Maccabi Hadera). At the end of the regular season, all teams qualified to the playoffs, with seeding determined by their regular season placing.


2011–12 Israeli Hockey League season
The 2011–12 Israeli Hockey League season was the 21st season of Israel's hockey league. 10 teams participated in the league, and the Maccabi Metulla Eggenbreggers won the championship.


2011–12 Israeli Noar Premier League
The 2011–12 Israeli Noar Premier League was the 18th season since its introduction in 1994 as the top-tier football in Israel for teenagers between the ages 18–20, and the first under the name Noar Premier League.


2011–12 Israeli Noar Premier League
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title, whilst Hapoel Ra'anana and Maccabi Herzliya were relegated.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League
The 2011–12 Israeli Premier League was the thirteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 70th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. Maccabi Haifa were the defending champions.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League
Ironi Kiryat Shmona secured the title with a 0–0 draw against Hapoel Tel Aviv on 2 April 2012. This was their first Israeli league title, This draw gave Ironi Kiryat Shmona a 16-point advantage over the second-place team Hapoel Tel Aviv with five more rounds to go.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League, Teams
A total of sixteen teams are competing in the league, including fourteen sides from the 2010–11 season and two promoted teams from the 2010–11 Liga Leumit.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League, Teams
Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Ramat Gan were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League, Teams
Two teams were directly promoted from the 2010–11 Liga Leumit. These were champions Ironi Ramat HaSharon and the runners-up Hapoel Rishon LeZion.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League, Teams
While Teddy Stadium was in renovation. Beitar Jerusalem hosted their home games in alternative stadia until the stadium was completed on 20 November 2011. Beitar chose to host its games in Ramat Gan Stadium. Hapoel Acre played their first home game at the Ilut Stadium while their stadium was under construction. The Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium was demolished. Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva hosted their home games in alternative stadia until the new Petah Tikva Stadium was fully constructed in December 2011. Both Hapoel and Maccabi hosted its games in Ramat Gan Stadium. Ironi Ramat HaSharon played their home games at the Winter Stadium until March 2012 while their stadium was under construction.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League, Teams, Managerial changes
Gili Landau refused to reduce his salary and was resigned, he was appointed the following day after his salary was intact. Nir Levine was acted as caretaker manager for a month until his appointment as manager on 9 January 2012. Ron Tziblin acted as caretaker manager only once, in the club Toto Cup Al semi-finals against Maccabi Petah Tikva.


2011–12 Israeli Premier League, Playoffs
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):


2011–12 Israeli Women's Cup
The 2011–12 Israeli Women's Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה נשים, Gvia HaMedina Nashim) was the 14th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition.


2011–12 Israeli Women's Cup
The competition was won by ASA Tel Aviv University who had beaten Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 2–0 in the final.


2011–12 Israeli Women's Cup
The Second Division League Cup was won by F.C. Ramat HaSharon, who had beaten Bnot Caesarea Tiv’on 5–0 in the final.


2011–12 Israeli Women's Cup, Gvia Ligat Nashim Shniya, Format
The five second division teams were split into two groups, north and south. The two regional winners met in the final. Since the Northern group had only two teams, they played each other twice.


2011–12 Isthmian League
The 2011–12 season was the 97th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011.


2011–12 Isthmian League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:


2011–12 Isthmian League, Premier Division
Billericay Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Hornchurch, while Lowestoft Town lost their second consecutive play-off final. Four clubs were relegated and there were no reprieves from relegation for the first time since the creation of North and South divisions in 2006.


2011–12 Isthmian League, Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:


2011–12 Isthmian League, Division One North
Leiston won the division and were promoted for the second time in a row along with play-off winners Enfield Town. Great Wakering Rovers finished bottom of the table and were the only relegated club, while Ware were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up in the pyramid.


2011–12 Isthmian League, Division One South
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:


2011–12 Isthmian League, Division One South
Croydon Athletic were deducted ten points for financial irregularities, and resigned from the league on 18 January 2012. Croydon's record of P19 W3 D3 L13 GF23 GA44 Pts2 was subsequently expunged.


2011–12 Isthmian League, Division One South
Whitehawk won Division One South and were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history. Bognor Regis Town finished second for the second season in a row. After defeating Godalming Town in the semi-final, Bognor Regis Town gained revenge on their semifinal rivals from the previous year, Dulwich Hamlet, 1–0 and joined Whitehawk in the Premier Division. Dulwich Hamlet lost their second consecutive play-off final. Croydon Athletic resigned from the league in the middle of the season, so there was only one relegation place, taken by Whyteleafe.


2011–12 Isthmian League, League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2011–12 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2011–12 for sponsorship reasons) is the 38th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.


2011–12 Isthmian League, League Cup, First round
Four clubs from division Ones participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.


2011–12 Isthmian League, League Cup, Second round
The two clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal
The 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal emerged on 1 June 2011 after a number of football-related figures were arrested or placed under official scrutiny by Italian police for alleged match-fixing. The list included well-known figures like former Italian international footballer Giuseppe Signori, as well as former Serie A players Mauro Bressan, Stefano Bettarini and Cristiano Doni. The group was accused of having fixed a wide range of Serie B, Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione games.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal
The inquiry started following a denunciation from Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Cremonese, instigated by internal suspicions involving first team goalkeeper Marco Paoloni, who was sold to Benevento in January 2011.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, First investigation, June 2011, Involved figures
Some of the involved persons had already been questioned or condemned for similar charges: Cristiano Doni was acquitted in 2000, whereas Vincenzo Sommese (in 2007) and Stefano Bettarini (in 2005) were each disqualified for six months due to illegal betting.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, First investigation, June 2011, Potential consequences
Following the inquiry, media speculated about the possibility that Atalanta and Siena might lose their right to play in Serie A in 2011–12. Atalanta's situation was considered particularly delicate due to the direct involvement of Cristiano Doni in the match fixing process, whereas Siena was accused of having paid Sassuolo players in order to obtain a win by more than three goals (game ended 4–0); Sassuolo, Ascoli, Padova and Piacenza were also mentioned in the inquiry and were at risk of being punished by the Federation due to the "objective responsibility" law.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, First investigation, June 2011, First-degree sentences
On 9 August 2011, the Italian Football Federation announced the first-degree charges for all involved parties in the scandal.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, First investigation, June 2011, Appeal
The Corte di Giustizia Federale of Italian Football Federation announced the following appeal.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, First investigation, June 2011, Court of Final Appeal
The Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport of the Italian National Olympic Committee announced the following final appeal:


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Juve Stabia – Sorrento match-fixing
On 11 October 2011, as part of a betting investigation, FIGC announced the ban for match-fixing of Juve Stabia – Sorrento on 5 April 2009. The case was referred to FIGC by Naples criminal court.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Second investigation, December 2011
On 19 December 2011, a new police operation coordinated by the Magistrature of Cremona led to a number of high-profile arrests, including active and former footballers such as Cristiano Doni, Luigi Sartor, Alessandro Zamperini, Nicola Santoni, Carlo Gervasoni and Filippo Carobbio. The inquiry started after Gubbio defender Simone Farina denounced a match fixing attempt from Zamperini (a former teammate of him at Roma), with a subsequent investigation leading the police to unveil a complex gambling system involving criminal figures in Singapore, Eastern Europe and Italy with interest in fixing football games all over Europe. Both investigations were initiated and helped by abnormal betting flow reports. Those reports were generated and reported to authorities by Austrian bookmaker SKS365.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Second investigation, December 2011
The scandal then dramatically evolved a few months later: on 28 May 2012, a number of higher-profile players were involved, and the Cremone Magistrature went on to arrest Lazio vice-captain Stefano Mauri, former Genoa captain Omar Milanetto, Cristian Bertani, Paolo Acerbis, Matteo Gritti, Alessandro Pellicori, Ivan Tisci and Marco Turati, whereas José Joelson Inácio was put under house arrest and Kewullay Conteh and Francesco Ruopolo were forbidden to leave the country.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Second investigation, December 2011
More football figures were also put under investigation: among these, Juventus Serie A-winning head coach Antonio Conte (due to alleged failure to report attempted sporting fraud during his period as Siena manager), former Milan star Kakha Kaladze, Genoa striker Giuseppe Sculli (for whom the judge rejected an arrest request), Chievo striker Sergio Pellissier and Italian international Domenico Criscito who was training at Coverciano with the Azzurri team at the time, and was excluded from the UEFA Euro 2012 roster as a consequence.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Second investigation, December 2011
Shortly after the latest arrests, Premier Mario Monti publicly suggested that football competition in the country be suspended for at least two years. He indicated that this was his personal opinion, not a formal government proposal. The manager of the Italian national team, Cesare Prandelli, said he "would have no problem" if his side were barred from Euro 2012 in the wake of the scandal.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Second investigation, December 2011, Sentences
The National Discipline Commission (CDN) of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced the first-degree charges for some involved parties in the scandal on 31 May and 18 June. On 6 July 2012 "Corte di Giustizia Federale" of FIGC announced the appeal ruling.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Second investigation, December 2011, Sentences, Sentences - September
On 18 June 2012, FIGC announced that the discipline action against the following players were suspended due to criminal body had started the legal process, the committee resumed the action in September.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Third investigation, March 2012
Following intensive interrogation in March 2012, the authority of Bari and Cremona had referred several players, coaches and clubs to Italian Football Federation for disciplinary action as the third lot of operation. This included Siena coach Antonio Conte, as well as Italian internationals Leonardo Bonucci of Bari, Simone Pepe of Udinese, and Marco Di Vaio of Bologna.


2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal, Third investigation, March 2012
On 1 August, Conte's plea bargain was rejected. On 10 August 2012 Pepe, Bonucci, Di Vaio and three other players were acquitted along with Udinese. A series of appeals from both sides was rejected by the judge; however, Grosseto and club president Piero Camilli were acquitted.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season
The 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members that began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season, continuing from the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902. Harvard was the preseason favorite for the first time and spent most of the season receiving vote in the 2011–12 national rankings. The season marked the first time that four Ivy League teams (Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale) participated in the postseason. The season marked the second time that the Ivy League had three 20-win teams (Harvard, Penn and Princeton).


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season
Zack Rosen earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year and earned Associated Press All-American honorable mention recognition. Reggie Willhite was Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and Shonn Miller was the Conference Rookie of the Year. In addition to Rosen, Ian Hummer was a unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection. The conference had two Academic All-America honorees (Matthew Sullivan and Chris Wroblewski) and a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist (Rosen).


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Preseason
Entering the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season head coach Mitch Henderson began his tenure at Princeton. Greg Mangano was one of 22 USA Basketball invitees to the USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team training camp to select the team for the 2011 Summer Universiade held at Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. He competed in basketball at the 2011 Summer Universiade, becoming the first Men's Ivy League Basketball World University Games participant since Bill Bradley. Jeremiah Kreisberg was named to the Israeli team for the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B held in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Preseason
He played in 6 of the team's 8 games, leading the team in scoring and finishing second in rebounds. Preseason publications predicted Harvard would finish in first place. For the first time in school history, the Ivy League media panel selected Harvard as its first place choice. Princeton and Yale finished tied for second.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season
By returning all of their key players from the 2010–11 Ivy League co-champion 2010–11 Crimson and competing successfully, Harvard received votes in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings polls every week until the final week of the season and was ranked for many weeks. Harvard represented the Ivy League by sweeping its three contests and emerging victorious in the 2011 Battle 4 Atlantis. Among the highlights of the season were victories by both Harvard and Princeton over eventual 2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Champion Florida State. Zack Rosen finished the season as the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season
Following the annual 14-game round robin home & home schedule, Harvard emerged as champion and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Harvard entered the tournament as a number 12 seed, making its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1946. Princeton and Penn were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational. Yale was invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The season marked the first time that four Ivy League teams (Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale) participated in the postseason. The season marked the second time that the Ivy League had three 20-win teams (Harvard, Penn and Princeton).


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors and accolades
Five players (Eitan Chemerinski - Jr., Cornell; Austin Morgan - Jr., Yale; Matthew Sullivan - Jr., Brown; Reggie Willhite - Sr., Yale; Chris Wroblewski - Sr. Cornell)  were named Academic All-District, meaning that they were among the 40 finalists to be named to the 15-man Academic All-America Team. Sullivan and Wroblewski were both named third team Academic All-Americans. It was Wrobleski's second consecutive Academic All-American recognition.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors and accolades
Keith Wright was a preseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award and the Lou Henson Award. Penn's Zack Rosen, Columbia's Brian Barbour, Cornell's Wroblewski and Harvard's Brandyn Curry were among 65 preseason Cousy Award preseason watchlist candidates. Rosen made the list of 20 finalists. Rosen and Wrobleski were among 30 preseason Lowe's Senior CLASS Award candidates. Rosen was among the ten finalists.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors and accolades, In season
Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors and accolades, USBWA
On March 6, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2011–12 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors and accolades, NABC
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All‐District teams on March 14, recognizing the nation’s best men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selection on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches’ Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the District 13 players chosen to the list.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors and accolades, Other
Rosen was named an honorable mention Associated Press All-American. Wright was also selected to participate in the NABC 2012 Reese's Division I All-Star Game at the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament final four.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Rankings
On December 5, 2011, Harvard made its first ever appearance in either the AP (25) or Coaches Poll (24). It leaves Brown as the only remaining Ivy League school to have never been ranked in the AP Poll and leaves only seven schools that have played Division I basketball since the AP Poll began that have never been ranked in it.


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Rankings
Harvard is the first Ivy League team ranked in the Coaches Poll since the 2009–10 Cornell Big Red and the first Ivy League team ranked in the AP Poll since the 1997–98 Princeton Tigers, who finished 8th in the poll. By January 2, the team achieved rankings of 22 in the AP Poll and 21 in the Coaches Poll. The team was also ranked 21st in the Coaches Poll On February 6. Below are Harvard's rankings for the season:


2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament
The Ivy League did not have any entrants in this tournament.


2011–12 JS Kabylie season
In the 2011–12 season, JS Kabylie competed in the Ligue 1 for the 41st season, as well as the Algerian Cup.


2011–12 JS Kabylie season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2011.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 JS Kabylie season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2011–12 JSM Béjaïa season
In the 2011–12 season, JSM Béjaïa competed in the Ligue 1 for the 12th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They competed in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup and the Champions League.


2011–12 JSM Béjaïa season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2011.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Jack&Jones Ligaen
The 2011–12 Danish Handball League season, officially known as Jack & Jones Ligaen for sponsorship reasons.


2011–12 Jaguares de Chiapas season
The 2011–12 Chiapas 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. Chiapas began their season on July 24, 2011 against Monterrey, Chiapas play their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.


2011–12 Jaguares de Chiapas 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 Jaguares de Chiapas 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 Jaguares de Chiapas season, Copa Mesoamericana
Jaguares participated in the Copa Mesoamericana 2011 in Tapachula, Chiapas from 28 to 30 December 2011.


2011–12 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team
The 2011–12 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team represented James Madison University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dukes, led by fourth year head coach Matt Brady, played their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Dukes completed the regular season 12–19, 5–13 in CAA play to finish tied for eighth place. As the eighth seed in the CAA Tournament, the Dukes were defeated by UNC Wilmington 70–59 in the first round to end their season.


2011–12 Japan Figure Skating Championships
The 2011–12 Japan Figure Skating Championships took place on 23–26 December 2011 at the Namihaya Dome in Kadoma, Osaka. It was the 80th edition of the event. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level for the title of national champion of Japan.


2011–12 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
The ladies' free skating attracted television ratings of 26.7% in the Tokyo and Osaka regions, and 29.9% in Nagoya, peaking at 40.0% before Asada's score was announced.


2011–12 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2011–12 Junior Championships took place on 25–27 November 2011 at the Technol Ice Park Niida in Hachinohe, Aomori.


2011–12 Jordan FA Cup
The 2011–12 version of the Jordan FA Cup was the 32nd edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Jordan. The tournament was adjusted to be played over one leg rather than two in previous editions.


2011–12 Jordan FA Cup
Al-Faisaly (Amman) went into this edition as the club with the most wins, on 16.


2011–12 Jordan FA Cup
Al Wahdat are the current title holders, having won the competition for the last three seasons.


2011–12 Jordan FA Cup
The cup winner was guaranteed a place in the 2013 AFC Cup.


2011–12 Jordan FA Cup, Quarter-Finals
8 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.


2011–12 Jordan FA Cup, Semi-Finals
4 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.


2011–12 Jordan League
The 2011–12 Jordan League was the 60th season of the top-flight football in Jordan and started in August. The season is expected to finish in April 2012


2011–12 Jordan League, Teams
Al-Hussein (Irbid) and Al-Ahli were relegated to the second level of Jordan football. Al Ahli had withdrawn from the league prior to finishing the campaign due to the Arab Spring. Al-Hussein (Irbid) on the other hand lost in the end of season relegation playoff against Kfarsoum after both teams finished the season level on points.


2011–12 Jordan League, Teams
Promoted from the second level are Al-Jalil and That Ras.


2011–12 Jordan League, Championship playoff
Because the top two teams finished with the same number of points, a championship playoff was played to determine the champions of Jordan for 2011–2012 season.


2011–12 Juventus F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Juventus Football Club's 114th in existence and fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In Serie A, the club won their first legitimate league title since 2003; they had initially won two Serie A titles in the meantime (2004–05 and 2005–06), but were stripped of both as a result of the Calciopoli scandal.


2011–12 Juventus F.C. season, Season review
Former club captain and fan favourite Antonio Conte was officially appointed as the new manager on 31 May 2011, taking over the post previously left vacant following the sacking of Luigi Delneri. It was Conte's first appointment at a major Serie A club; he previously managed Siena, Arezzo, Atalanta, and Bari respectively, winning two Serie A promotions in the process (with Bari and Siena). His arrival coincided with the acquisitions of Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal, both top-class midfielders. The 2011–12 season also marked the opening of a new stadium, named Juventus Stadium. It was officially opened on 11 September, in a match against Parma that ended 4–1. First half of league saw Juventus gain several key-wins such as over Milan and Inter, both beaten in the month of October.


2011–12 Juventus F.C. season, Season review
Despite criticism for lacking a centre-forward, a role sometimes covered by Matri, the team was able to score regularly with its other players. Juventus reached first place, and the title was certainly won on the penultimate game of the season due to a 2–0 success away to Cagliari – the first time in nine years. Juventus ended the season without any losses, breaking a record for the 20-team league format in Italy. Conte's squad also played the Coppa Italia final, losing to Napoli 2–0 — the first and only seasonal loss. This match was the last for Juventus for Alessandro Del Piero, who seven days before had scored his last goal in a 3–1 win over Atalanta.


2011–12 Juventus F.C. season, Season review
After a 3–1 win in the final matchday against Atalanta, Juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten in the current 38-game format.


2011–12 Juventus F.C. season, Kit
The kits for the 2011–12 season, made by Nike, were revealed on 6 July 2011 at the new stadium inside the Bianconeri's dressing room. The home kit is a reinterpretation of the traditional black and white stripes in order to guarantee a 3D effect. The away shirt is bright pink, dominated by a large black star. As in the previous season, the home shirt sponsor is BetClic, while for the away kit the sponsor is Balocco. The white away kit used in the previous season is now the third kit. Official club jersey numbers for the 2011–12 season were presented on 20 August 2011.


2011–12 Juventus F.C. season, Players, Squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2012. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011–12 Juventus F.C. season, Competitions, Coppa Italia
Juventus started the Coppa Italia directly in the round of 16, as one of the eight best seeded teams.


2011–12 KBL season
The 2011–12 KB Kookmin Card Professional Basketball season was the 16th season of the Korean Basketball League.


2011–12 KF Tirana season
The 2011–12 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 73rd competitive season, 73rd consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 91st year in existence as a football club. Following the title win three seasons ago, KF Tirana added to their 23 titles to make it their record 24th title win.


2011–12 KF Tirana season, Season overview
The 2011–12 season started very well for now a consolidated Tirana. They added another trophy in their wealthy palmares, the 9th Supercup, by winning the final match against defending champions Skënderbeu Korçë in Korçë, with a single goal of Bekim Balaj.


2011–12 KF Tirana season, Season overview
White and Blues ended the league in the 3rd place, 5 points below crowned champions Skënderbeu Korçë, even though outstanding Spanish coach Julián Rubio had to re-create the squad twice, due to lack of players who left the club by late summer. Additionally, Tirana players and staff had to outface a temporary financial kink, caused from the latter club transformation to sh.a. which had negative influence in the limited number of quality players which approached from the market.


2011–12 KF Tirana season, Season overview
At majority of the season coach Rubio had severe difficulties and wasn't able to even to create a proper official squad for a match! Nonetheless, despite all difficulties faced, Tirana finally ended the season in the best possible way earning 2 trophies out of 3, by also winning their 15th Cup trophy. Tirana won the final against their fierce rivals of last 2 seasons Skënderbeu Korçë, with Bekim Balaj becoming again the key scorer, netting the winning goal at 107' at extra-time, since regular time ended goalless draw.


2011–12 KF Tirana season, Season overview
KF Tirana played UEFA Europa League starting from second round against FC Spartak Trnava. Being eliminated by 1–3 in aggregate, after goalless home draw and 1–3 away loss. Tirana finished first half 1–0 ahead in scoreline but conceded 3 goals at second half, saying farewell to Europe after only 2 matches.


2011–12 KF Tirana season, Season overview
12 October 2011 was a key event for club's future. The Municipality Council voted with unanimous consent the transformation of KF Tirana status to a shareholders association. Since then, the club is originally named as KF Tirana Sh.A (Shoqëri Aksionere). Municipality of Tirana will initially hold 100% of shares, however any future private sponsors or donors approaches to share stock would always be welcome.


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


2011–12 KHL season
The 2011–12 KHL season was the fourth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began with the Opening Cup game on 7 September 2011, but because of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, which occurred during the first period of the Cup game and killed all but one member of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team, further play was delayed until 12 September 2011. The tragedy forced Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to cancel their participation in the KHL season. The Opening Cup was renamed the Lokomotiv Cup in honor of those lost in the tragedy. The regular season ended on 26 February 2012 and the following playoffs ended on 25 April.


2011–12 KHL season
The Gagarin Cup was won by Dynamo Moscow, defeating Avangard Omsk in a seven-game final series. Dynamo Moscow is the first champion from the Western Conference of the KHL.


2011–12 KHL season, League changes, Team changes
With the admission of Lev Poprad from Poprad, Slovakia the league expanded beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union. This brought the number of teams to 24. However, following a plane crash that claimed the lives of the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl squad (with the exceptions of forward Maxim Zyuzyakin and goaltending coach Jorma Valtonen), Lokomotiv withdrew from the season, leaving only 23 teams as in the previous season.


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season
The regular season was supposed to start on 7 September 2011 with the Opening Cup and end on 26 February 2012 with short breaks in November, December and February for international matches and for the all-star game. However, after the Yaroslavl plane tragedy the schedule had to be modified: the start of the season was postponed to 12 September and the number of games for each team was reduced to 54 as in the previous season, when also only 23 teams participated.


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, Notable events, Yaroslavl plane tragedy
On  7 September 2011, the day of the season opening, a tragic airplane accident occurred in Yaroslavl in which the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team was killed. After the news broke in Ufa, where the Opening Cup game between Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Atlant Moscow Oblast was already underway, the match was abandoned. Later, the KHL announced that the start of the season would be postponed to 12 September, and that pre-game ceremonies would be held to honour the Lokomotiv team, while arena entertainment would be cancelled. On 10 September, at Lokomotiv's public memorial service team president Yuri Yakovlev announced that they would not participate in the 2011–12 KHL season.


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, Notable events, All-star game
The All-star weekend took place on 20–21 January 2012 in Riga, Latvia. Team Fedorov defeated Team Ozoliņš with 15–11.


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, League standings
The conference standings determined the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division winners.


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, League standings, Western Conference
y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division); BOB - Bobrov Division, TAR - Tarasov Division


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, League standings, Eastern Conference
y – Won division; c – Won Continental Cup  (best record in KHL);CHE - Chernyshev Division, KHA - Kharlamov Division


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Updated as of the end of the regular season. Source: khl.ru


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Updated as of the end of the regular season. Source: khl.ru


2011–12 KHL season, Regular season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2011–12 KHL season, Playoffs
The playoffs started on 29 February 2012  with the top eight teams from both conferences and ended on 25 April with the seventh game of the Gagarin Cup final.


2011–12 KHL season, Playoffs, Player statistics, Playoff scoring leaders
The following players lead the league in points at the conclusion of the playoffs. Source: khl.ru


2011–12 KHL season, Playoffs, Player statistics, Playoff scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2011–12 KHL season, Playoffs, Player statistics, Playoff leading goaltenders
The following players lead the league in points at the conclusion of the playoffs. Source: khl.ru


2011–12 KHL season, Playoffs, Player statistics, Playoff leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2011–12 KHL season, Awards, KHL Awards
On 23 May 2012, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 20 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media. The most important trophies are listed in the table below.


2011–12 KHL season, Awards, KHL Awards
The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team:


2011–12 KK Crvena zvezda season
In the 2011–12 season, KK Crvena zvezda will compete in the Basketball League of Serbia, Kup Radivoja Koraća and Adriatic League.


2011–12 KK Crvena zvezda season, Competitions, Adriatic League, Standings
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


2011–12 KK Crvena zvezda season, Competitions, Basketball League of Serbia, Standings
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference, Pts=Points


2011–12 KK Mladost Mrkonjić Grad season
In the 2011–12 season, KK Mladost will compete in the National Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2011–12 KK Partizan season
In the 2011–12 season, Partizan mt:s Belgrade competed in the Basketball League of Serbia, the Radivoj Korać Cup, the Adriatic League and the Euroleague.


2011–12 KK Partizan season, Players, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.


2011–12 KK Partizan season, Competitions, Adriatic League, Regular season
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points. As of 14 March 2012


2011–12 KML season
The Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2011-2012 (KML) was the eighty-eighth season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. The season began in October 2011 and ended on 17 May 2012. The defending champion BC Kalev/Cramo won its 5th league title.


2011–12 KNVB Cup
The 2011–12 KNVB Cup was the 94th season of the Dutch national football knockout tournament. The competition began on 24 August 2011 with the matches of Round 1 and ended with the final on 8 April 2012. FC Twente were the defending champions having won the cup the previous season. The winner PSV Eindhoven qualifies for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.


2011–12 KNVB Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2011–12 KNVB Cup was as follows.


2011–12 KNVB Cup, First round
56 amateur clubs competed in this stage of the competition for a place in the Second Round. These matches took place on 24 August 2011.


2011–12 KNVB Cup, Second round
The 28 winners from the First Round entered this stage of the competition along with the 18 Eerste Divisie clubs and the 18 Eredivisie clubs. These matches took place from 20 to 22 September 2011.


2011–12 KNVB Cup, Third round
These matches took place from 25 to 27 October 2011.


2011–12 KNVB Cup, Fourth round
These matches took place from 20 to 22 December 2011.


2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 114th basketball season. As in every season since 1955–56, the team played its home games at Allen Fieldhouse on its campus in Lawrence, Kansas, US. After defeating rival Missouri on February 25, the Jayhawks clinched their 8th straight outright Big 12 championship. After defeating North Carolina, the Jayhawks advanced to their 14th Final Four in school history, where they defeated Ohio State 64-62 in the national semifinals.


2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
On April 2, Kansas faced Kentucky for the national title, losing to the favored Wildcats. Kansas had played both of its Final Four opponents during the regular season, losing to Kentucky on November 15 and defeating Ohio State on December 10. They finished the season with a 32–7 overall record, and 16–2 in Big 12 play.


2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre–season, Departures
The Jayhawks lost graduating seniors Brady Morningstar, Tyrel Reed, and Mario Little. Juniors and twin brothers Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris, plus freshman Josh Selby, departed early to enter the 2011 NBA Draft. On June 23, Markieff and Marcus were drafted #13 and #14, respectively, in the first round of the draft, while Selby went in the second. Royce Woolridge also announced on April 16, 2011 his intent to transfer to another school for the following year, signing with Washington State.


2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre–season, Recruiting
On October 12, 2010, 4-star point guard Naadir Tharpe signed a letter of intent to join the Jayhawks as a freshman for the 2011–12 season. The 6-foot prep all-star chose Kansas over offers from Oklahoma, Minnesota, Boston College, Marquette, NC State, UNLV and others. He was previously committed to Providence. On January 24, 2011, combo-guard Christian Garrett joined the team as a walk-on. He was also recruited by NC State, Auburn, Alabama, and others.


2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre–season, Recruiting
On April 3, 2011, 5-star shooting guard Ben McLemore from St. Louis, Missouri, verbally committed to Kansas after the Next All-American Classic High-School All-Star Game, over offers from Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Arkansas, Purdue, and others. On April 10, 2011, Canadian forward Braeden Anderson committed to the Jayhawks over Kentucky, Arizona, Memphis, and Missouri. Jamari Traylor joined in May, while June saw the additions of Kevin Young and Merv Lindsay.


2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre–season, Recruiting, Eligibility
Three of Kansas' six recruits were declared ineligible for the 2011–12 season. Braeden Anderson was not approved to play by the Big 12 Conference due to their policy on partial qualifiers. Ben McLemore and Jamari Traylor were also declared ineligible but were able to practice with the team during the spring semester, and would be eligible to play in the 2012–13 season.


2011–12 Kansas Magic season
The 2011–12 Kansas Magic season was the first and only season of the Kansas Magic indoor soccer club as a franchise in the Professional Arena Soccer League. The Magic were an Eastern Division team who played this season's home games at EPIC Indoor Sports Center in Overland Park, Kansas. The team was led by head coach Randall Porter.


2011–12 Kansas Magic season, Off-field moves
In February 2011, the Kansas Magic franchise was announced to begin play with an April 30 exhibition game against the Illinois Piasa at the Kansas Expocentre's Landon Arena in Topeka, Kansas. The team was announced without a signed arena lease as both the franchise and venue wanted to judge response to the exhibition game. When the team began regular play in November 2011, it was instead based out of the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas.


2011–12 Kansas Magic season, Off-field moves
The team's dance team, under the direction of Karen Burec, was known as the Magic Jeanies.


2011–12 Kansas Magic season, Roster moves
The team held its first round of open tryouts on March 19, 2011, at the Topeka Sports Factory in Topeka, Kansas. In April 2011, Graceland University seniors Orin Branker and Kasy Kiarash were signed by the Magic. They joined fellow Graceland Yellowjackets alumni Matt Klaus, Stefan De Las, Brett Porter on the then-current roster.


2011–12 Kansas Magic season, Roster moves
The team held open tryouts on October 23, 2011, at their regular season home facility, the arena at the EPIC Indoor Sports Center in Overland Park, Kansas.


2011–12 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Frank Martin, who served in his 5th year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas, as they have done so since 1988. Kansas State is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team set a school record for fewest points allowed in the shot clock era. The team concluded the conference season with 10–8 to finish in 5th place in the Big 12.


2011–12 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
They were defeated by Baylor in the quarterfinals in the 2012 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament. The team made to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament for the third straight year, where they beat Southern Miss in the second round, and lost to Syracuse in the third round to close the season with a 22–11 record.


2011–12 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason
The team played their home games at the Bramlage Coliseum, which has a capacity of 12,528. They are in their 16th season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Coming back from their 2010–11 season, they compiled a record of 22–11 and advanced to the Round of 32 of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2011–12 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season
The 2011–12 season will be Kaposvári Rákóczi FC's 13th competitive season, 8th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 88th year in existence as a football club.


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


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


2011–12 Kategoria Superiore
The 2011–12 Kategoria Superiore was the 73rd official season, or 76th season of top-tier football in Albania (including three unofficial championships of WW2) and the fourteenth season under the name Kategoria superiore. The season began on 10 September 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. The defending champions were Skënderbeu, who won their second Albanian league championship last season and third in their history.


2011–12 Kategoria Superiore
The size of the league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams this season.


2011–12 Kategoria Superiore, Teams
Besa and Elbasani finished the 2010–11 season in 11th and 12th place and were relegated to the Kategoria e Parë. Taking their places were the champions of the 2010–11 Kategoria e Parë competition, Pogradeci, and the runners-up, Tomori.


2011–12 Kategoria Superiore, Teams
In addition, because the league expanded to 14 clubs this season, the third- and fourth-placed clubs of last season's Kategoria e Parë were also promoted to this competition automatically. These clubs were Kamza and Apolonia.


2011–12 Kategoria Superiore, Teams
Finally, two more spots in this competition were available via a promotion-relegation playoff between the 9th and 10th-place finishers of last season's Kategoria Superiore, Shkumbini Peqin and Dinamo Tirana, and the 5th and 6th-place finishers of last season's Kategoria e Parë, Besëlidhja Lezhë and Adriatiku Mamurras. Shkumbini defeated Adriatiku 1–0 after extra time and Dinamo Tirana defeated Besëlidhja 4–1, so both Superiore teams retained their spots in the league for this season.


2011–12 Kategoria Superiore, Relegation playoffs
The 10th-, 11th- and 12th-placed Superliga teams competed against the third-, fourth- and fifth-placed First Division sides in single match relegation playoffs.


2011–12 Kategoria e Parë
The 2011–12 Kategoria e Parë was the 65th season of a second-tier association football league in Albania.


2011–12 Kategoria e Parë, Teams
The league was comprised fourteen teams, the teams ranked fifth through twelfth from the 2010–11 season, two relegated teams from the 2010–11 Kategoria Superiore, the two group winners of the 2010–11 Kategoria e Dytë, the two losing teams from the promotion/relegation playoffs between Kategoria e Parë and Kategoria Superiore teams and the two winning teams from the promotion/relegation playoffs between Kategoria e Parë and Kategoria e Dytë teams.


2011–12 Kategoria e Parë, Teams
Pogradeci have earned direct promotion to the 2011–12 Kategoria Superiore season. They will be replaced by Elbasani, who were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 Kategoria Superiore season. Three additional directly promoted teams, as well as the other team to be directly relegated from the 2010–11 Kategoria Superiore, are yet to be determined.


2011–12 Kategoria e Parë, Teams
Partizani were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Kategoria e Dytë after finishing the 2010–11 Kategoria e Parë season at the bottom of the table. The other team to be directly relegated, as well as both Kategoria e Dytë group winners, which will earn direct promotion, are yet to be determined.


2011–12 Kategoria e Parë, Promotion playoffs
The third-, fourth- and fifth-placed Kategoria e Parë teams competed against the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-placed Kategoria Superiore sides in single match relegation playoffs.


2011–12 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
The 2011–12 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship was the 20th season of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan. 10 teams participated in the league, and Beibarys Atyrau won the championship.


2011–12 Kecskeméti TE season
The 2011–12 season will be Kecskeméti TE's 4th competitive season, 4th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 100th year in existence as a football club.


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


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


2011–12 Kecskeméti TE season, Europa League
The First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 20 June 2011.


2011–12 Kent Football League
The 2011–12 Kent Football League season (known as the 2011–12 Hurliman Kent Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 46th in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.


2011–12 Kent Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs, joined from the Kent County League:


2011–12 Kent Invicta Football League
The 2011–12 Kent Invicta Football League season was the first in the history of the Kent Invicta Football League, a football competition in England.


2011–12 Kent Invicta Football League, Clubs
The inaugural season of the league featured the following 14 clubs from the Kent County League and two new clubs.


2011–12 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by first year head coach Rob Senderoff, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center and are members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 10–6 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division. They lost in the semifinals of the MAC Basketball Tournament to Akron. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to USC Upstate.


2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2011–12 college basketball season. The team's head coach was John Calipari, who was in his third season after taking the Wildcats to their first Final Four in thirteen seasons. The team won the 2012 NCAA Championship, bringing Kentucky its eighth title. The team's 38 wins broke a record shared by 5 teams for the most wins in NCAA men's Division I history.


2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Pre-season, Departures
Former Wildcats Josh Harrellson, Brandon Knight and DeAndre Liggins were all selected in the 2011 NBA Draft. Knight was taken No. 8 overall by the Detroit Pistons, Harrellson was selected No. 45 overall by the New Orleans Pelicans while the Oklahoma City Thunder selected Liggins at No. 53. The trio increased UK's total under John Calipari to 8 players selected in the Draft, including 6 in the first round.


2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Pre-season, Class of 2011 signees
For the third consecutive season the Wildcats boasted the No. 1 recruiting class. Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marquis Teague, Kyle Wiltjer formed the four-member freshman class for the 2011-12 season.


2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
The 2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference and play its home games on campus at Memorial Coliseum—unlike UK's famous men's program, which plays off-campus at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington. The Wildcats was coached by Matthew Mitchell.


2011–12 Kilmarnock F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Kilmarnock's thirteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2011–12 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Summary
Kilmarnock finished seventh in the Scottish Premier League with 47 points. They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian and won the League Cup for the first time in their history after a 1–0 victory over Celtic at Hampden.


2011–12 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains
Last updated: 13 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 Kitchee SC season
This article records the 2011–2012 season for the Kitchee Sports Club, a Hong Kong soccer club.


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


2011–12 Kitchee SC season, Stats, Squad Stats
Players Used: Kitchee has used a total of 23 different players in all competitions.


2011–12 Kitchee SC season, Stats, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.


2011–12 Kitchee SC season, Stats, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 5 February 2012Source: Only competitive matchesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2011–12 Korfball Europa Cup
The 2011–12 Korfball Europa Cup is the main korfball competition for clubs in Europe played in the season 2011-2012.


2011–12 Korfball Europa Cup, First round
The first round took place in the weekend of 23–25 September 2011 in Prievidza (Slovakia)


2011–12 Korfball Europa Cup, Final round
The final round is held in Warsaw, Poland from 17 to 21 January 2012. With the seeded champions of Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Czech Republic, Russia, England, Catalonia, Germany and host country Poland. As well as the 3 best teams in the first round.


2011–12 Korisliiga season
The Korisliiga 2011-2012 regular season started in September 2011. Nilan Bisons Loimaa eventually won its first national championship, by beating Joensuun Kataja 3–1 in the Finals.


2011–12 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
The 2011–12 Kuwaiti Crown Prince Cup is a cup competition involving teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwaiti Division One league. The competition has been brought forward to the beginning of the season and has been changed from a single knockout competition to feature a group stage similar to the Kuwait Federation Cup.


2011–12 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
The 2011–12 edition is the 19th edition to be held and Al Kuwait Kaifan are the current defending champions.


2011–12 Kuwait Emir Cup
The Kuwait Emir Cup is the premier cup competition involving teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwaiti Division One league.


2011–12 Kuwait Emir Cup
The 2012 edition is the 49th to be held and has been brought forward from its usual slot to be played over two calendar years.


2011–12 Kuwait Emir Cup
Defending Emir Cup champions Kazma and defending Kuwaiti Premier League title holders Al Qadsia received byes to the Quarter-Final round.


2011–12 Kuwaiti Federation Cup
The 5th Kuwaiti Federation Cup started on 5 September 2011.


2011–12 Kuwaiti Federation Cup
The fifth Federation Cup is one of four competitions in the Kuwaiti 2011/2012 season. 14 clubs are taking part in the tournament.


2011–12 Kuwaiti Federation Cup
They were divided into two groups of seven, and the winner and runner-up of each group will advance to the semi-finals.


2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League
The 2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League season was the 50th since its establishment. The season started on 30 December with the regular league season finishing on 1 June. A relegation play-off match was needed to end the campaign on the 5 and 8 June.


2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League, Teams
Al Sahel were relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One league after finishing bottom in the 2010–11 season. They were replaced by Al Shabab, back in the top flight for the first time since relegation in the 2008–09 campaign.


2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League, Promotion/relegation playoff, 2nd Leg
Al Naser secured place in the top flight after winning 6–1 on aggregate.


2011–12 LEB Oro season
The 2011–12 LEB Oro season is the 16th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. It's named too Adecco Oro by sponsorship reasons. The 306-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) will begin on Friday, September 23, 2010, and will end on Friday, April 27, 2011. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to Liga ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 5 games play off, where the winner will be promoted too to the higher division. The teams 16th and 17th will play a best of 5 games play-out where the loser will be relegated to LEB Plata, with the 18th team.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Eligibility of players
Teams can not sign any player after February 29, 2012.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Regular season
Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga LEB the league ends after every team plays 34 games. The first round will be played on September 23, 2011 and the last one on April 27, 2012.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Regular season
Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga LEB takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One feature of the league that may be unusual to North American observers is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the arenas used. This procedure is typical in Europe; it is also used by La Liga in football.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Regular season
Since the 18th round, if two or more teams have accumulated the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Regular season
After the first half of the season (17th round), the two top qualified teams will play the Copa Príncipe de Asturias and the leader will be the host team. This game will be on February 1, 2012.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Team information
CB Granada and Menorca Bàsquet were directly relegated from ACB after finishing in the bottom two places and they will substitute CB Murcia (champion) and Blu:sens Monbús.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Team information
Aguas de Sousas Ourense and Fundación Adepal Alcázar, who lost the relegation playoffs against Palencia Baloncesto, left the league after finishing in 17th and 18th position. Knet Rioja as champion of LEB Plata and Iberostar Bàsquet Mallorca as LEB Plata playoffs winner will enjoy the league.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Team information
On August 1, and when the registration date expired days ago, CB Tarragona announced would resign to their berth in LEB Oro and would try to join the group C of Liga EBA, but finally the Catalan team will compete at this league.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Copa Príncipe de Asturias
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa Príncipe de Asturias at home of the winner of the first half season (17th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa Príncipe, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Copa Príncipe de Asturias
The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified. The Copa Príncipe will be played on January 31, 2012.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Playoffs, Relegation playoffs
The loser of a best-of-five series will be relegated to LEB Plata.


2011–12 LEB Oro season, Stats leaders in regular season
Players must play at least 17 games to appear in the rankings


2011–12 LEB Plata season
The 2011–12 LEB Plata season is the 12th  season of the LEB Plata, second league of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and third division in Spain. It is also named Adecco Plata for sponsorship reasons.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Competition format
Teams will play a regular season of 26 weeks with a Round-robin tournament format. This regular season will start on October 8 and will finish on April 20. The regular season champion will promote directly to LEB Oro and the last qualified will be relegated to Liga EBA. Teams qualified from second to ninth will join the promotion playoffs. The winner will promote also to LEB Oro.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Competition format
The two first qualified teams after the first half of the league will play the Copa LEB Plata.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Competition format, Eligibility of players
Teams can not sign any player after February 29, 2012.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Team information
Champion of last season Knet Rioja and playoffs winner Iberostar Bàsquet Mallorca were promoted to LEB Oro. Fundación Adepal Alcázar and Aguas de Sousas Ourense were relegated from LEB Oro to LEB Plata. Adepal resigned to its spot and was dissolved.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Team information
Aurteneche Maquinaria, Gandía Bàsquet, Platja de Palma and Eninter CB Santfeliuenc were the Liga EBA playoffs winners and promoted to LEB Plata, but Palma and Santfeliuenc refused to play in this league and stayed in Liga EBA. Lan Mobel ISB was also relegated to Liga EBA from LEB Plata.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Team information
By July 12, only seven teams were confirmed to play in LEB Plata. These teams were Aguas de Sousas Ourense (relegated from LEB Oro), River Andorra, CB Prat, Fontedoso Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila, FC Barcelona Regal B, Aurteneche Maquinaria (champion of last Liga EBA) and Tenerife Baloncesto (achieved one of the vacants).


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Team information
The Spanish Basketball Federation conceded an extension of the July 28 deadline for nine more teams. At this date, four more teams were admitted: Gandía Bàsquet, Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña, Lan Mobel ISB and CB Las Rozas, who played last season in 1ª División (fifth tier, one below Liga EBA).


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Team information
Some teams demanded a new extension to get the endorsement, and the Federation conceded it until August 10. Oviedo CB and Plasencia Extremadura were admitted after this last extension.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Promotion playoffs
The playoffs will start on 24 April 2012, and it will finish on May 23, 25 or 27 if necessary.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Promotion playoffs
The quarterfinal round will be played in a best-of-three games format, with the best ranked team playing games 1 and 3 if necessary at home. Semifinals and finals will be played in a best-of-5 games format, with the seeded playing the games 1, 2 and 5 if necessary at home. The winner of the playoffs will promote to 2012–2013 LEB Oro season with River Andorra, the champion of the regular season.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Copa LEB Plata
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa LEB Plata at home of the winner of the first half season (13th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa LEB Plata, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue.


2011–12 LEB Plata season, Copa LEB Plata
The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified. The Copa LEB Plata will be played on January 29, 2012.


2011–12 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
The 2011-12 LEN Women's Champions' Cup is the ongoing 25th edition of LEN's competition for women's water polo national champion clubs. Thirteen teams from England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Serbia and Spain entered the competition.


2011–12 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
Pro Recco defeated Vouliagmeni 8–7 in the final to win the competition for the first time. Kinef Kirishi and Orizzonte Catania also reached the Final Four, with the Russians hosting the stage. Defending champion CN Sabadell was defeated by Vouliagmeni in the quarter-finals.


2011–12 LFL season
The 2011-12 LFL Season was the third season of the Lingerie Football League. The league features 12 teams in various cities across the United States and Canada. For the 2011–2012 season the League granted five new franchises: Cleveland Crush, Green Bay Chill, Las Vegas Sin, Minnesota Valkyrie and Toronto Triumph. Dallas Desire has suspended operations for the 2011-2012 season with a planned return in 2012-2013. The stated reasons were financial and issues with the commitment of players on and off the field. The statuses of the Miami Caliente and San Diego Seduction are unknown; they are no longer included on the LFL's list of teams and are not included in the 2011-2012 schedule, but no suspension of operations has been publicly indicated. The Denver Dream and New York Majesty/Euphoria remain shuttered.


2011–12 LFL season
After two years as a professional league, the LFL ceased paying players beginning in the 2011 season, converting the league into an amateur league.


2011–12 LFL season
In 2011-12, MTV Networks' MTV2 channel once again broadcast 20 regular season games, two conference playoff games, and the championship game during the pre-game of the Super Bowl. This year however, they presented the games in their entirety at 9:00 PM ET. LFL Presents: LFL, Friday Night Football on MTV2 premiered on August 26, 2011 from Green Bay, Wisconsin.


2011–12 LFL season
The 2011 All-Fantasy Game was held in Hamilton, Ontario on July 30, 2011 at Copps Coliseum. Trailing 18-6 in the second half, the Eastern Conference rallied to win 24-18 over the Western Conference. Christy Bell, quarterback for the Philadelphia Passion, was awarded offensive MVP for her 2 touchdown passes, while Liz Gorman, a safety with the Tampa Breeze, was named defensive MVP. The city of Hamilton lost at least $50,000 hosting the game, which drew an estimated crowd of "a few thousand" that only filled approximately half of the lower bowl of the arena, even after ticket prices were slashed to $10 per ticket.


2011–12 LFL season
The season kicked off on August 26, 2011 and culminated with Lingerie Bowl IX on February 4, 2012. The LFL Eastern and Western Conference Playoff games were played back-to-back on January 28, 2012 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. Los Angeles Temptation won its third straight Western Conference Championship while Philadelphia Passion won the Eastern Conference Championship, its second in a row, to set up a rematch of last season's Lingerie Bowl. The 2012 Lingerie Bowl was played during the pre-match of Super Bowl XLVI at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Los Angeles Temptation won its third consecutive Lingerie Bowl with a 28 - 6 victory over Philadelphia Passion. The Temptation's Ashley Salerno and Amber Reed were co-MVP's, with Salerno throwing three touchdown passes and Reed scoring two rushing touchdowns.


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
On November 10, 2010, it was announced that Oklahoma City would be receiving an expansion franchise for the 2011–12 season, only to be publicly rejected by the city's mayor, who said he would not allow the league to operate in the city.


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
On December 6, 2010, it was announced that Cleveland, Ohio beat out Columbus, Ohio for the newest franchise. In the 2011–12 season, the Cleveland Crush began play at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland.


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
On December 8, 2010, it was announced that a Las Vegas expansion side, to be known as the Las Vegas Sin, would begin play for the 2011–12 season.


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
On January 25, 2011, the league announced an expansion team  would be awarded to Green Bay, Wisconsin in the fall of 2011. They would be known as the Green Bay Chill and play home games at Resch Center.


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
On March 17, 2011, the LFL announced that the Dallas Desire would be suspended for the 2011-2012 season with a planned return in 2012-2013. The stated reasons were financial and issues with the commitment of players on and off the field.


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
On March 23, 2011, the LFL announced a franchise to Minneapolis for the 2011 season. The team would be known as the Minnesota Valkyrie and play at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis (home of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves).


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
On April 12, 2011, the LFL announced that they would have a franchise in Toronto, Ontario. This was the first franchise outside of the United States. Their games would be played in the Ricoh Coliseum where the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies play.


2011–12 LFL season, Expansion and contraction
The status of the San Diego Seduction is unknown; they are no longer included on the LFL's list of teams, but no suspension of operations has been publicly indicated. The Miami Caliente folded.


2011–12 LFL season, Standings, Western Conference
*  - clinched playoff berth   ^  - eliminated from playoffs


2011–12 LKL season
The 2011–12 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 19th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The regular season started on October 2011, and ended on January 2012


2011–12 LNAH season
The 2011–12 LNAH season was the 16th season of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (before 2004 the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League), a minor professional league in the Canadian province of Quebec. Seven teams participated in the regular season, which was won by the Marquis de Saguenay. Isothermic de Thetford Mines won the playoff championship.


2011–12 LNBP season
The 2011–12 LNBP was the 12th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on August 30, 2011 and ended on February 13, 2012. The league title was won by Halcones Rojos Veracruz, which defeated Toros de Nuevo Laredo in the championship series, 4–1.


2011–12 LNBP season, Format
14 teams participate. All the teams played against each other and the standings included all 14 teams with no separation in groups. The first 12 teams qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have a first round (best-of-5), a second round (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7).


2011–12 LNBP season, Playoffs, Preliminary round
The team seed is indicated after the team name. The first 4 teams in the standings are automatically qualified for the quarterfinals.


2011–12 LNH Division 1
2011–12 Ligue Nationale de Handball Division 1 season was the 60th since its establishment. Montpellier were the defending champions, having won their title the previous season.


2011–12 LNH Division 1, League table
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


2011–12 LSU Tigers basketball team
The 2011–12 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University in the sport of basketball during the 2011–12 college basketball season. The Tigers competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Trent Johnson, and played their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the university's Baton Rouge, Louisiana campus.


2011–12 LSU Tigers basketball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2010–11 season 11–21 overall, 3–13 in SEC play and lost in the first round of the SEC Tournament to Vanderbilt.


2011–12 LV Cup
The 2011–12 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 41st season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the seventh to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.


2011–12 LV Cup
The competition consisted of the four Welsh Pro12 teams and the 12 English Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. Teams were guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other, with the top team from each pool qualifying for the semi finals. The competition took place during the autumn soon after the World Cup and on international fixture dates during the Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.


2011–12 LV Cup
The defending champions were Gloucester, who this season failed to progress from the pool stage.


2011–12 LV Cup, Pool stages, Points system
The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:


2011–12 LV Cup, Pool stages, Pool 1 v Pool 4, Round 4
This match was postponed due to a frozen pitch at Rodney Parade. The LV= Organising Committee subsequently awarded the match to Saracens by 20 points to nil (a bonus point win). Dragons were also fined £10,000 (suspended) for their failure under LV= Cup Regulation 6.7 (that the pitch was unplayable and no suitable alternative arrangements were in place). Dragons appealed this decision and their appeal was upheld. The decision was quashed, with the match instead being recorded as a 0–0 draw and the suspended fine reduced from £10,000 to £5,000.


2011–12 LV Cup, Knockout stage, Qualification criteria
The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria:


2011–12 LV Cup, Knockout stage, Qualification criteria
Each of the four qualifying clubs shall be ranked as above and shall play each other as follows:


2011–12 LV Cup, Knockout stage, Qualification criteria
The first club listed in each of the semi-final matches shall be the home club.


2011–12 La Liga
The 2011–12 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of the top level Spanish association football competition. The campaign began on 27 August 2011, and ended on 13 May 2012. Real Madrid won a record 32nd title following victory over Athletic Bilbao on 2 May 2012.


2011–12 La Liga
Real Madrid broke a number of league records, including most points in a single season (100), most goals scored (121), best goal difference (+89), most away wins (16), and most overall wins (32). This season also saw Lionel Messi score a record 50 league goals in 37 games. Behind Messi was Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 46 goals; the pair's combined tally of 96 goals was the most ever by two players playing in the same major European league in the same season.


2011–12 La Liga
The season was scheduled to start on 20 August 2011, but was delayed due to a strike called by the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE).


2011–12 La Liga, Teams
Deportivo de La Coruña, Hércules CF from Alicante and UD Almería were relegated to the 2011–12 Segunda División after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2010–11 season. Deportivo were relegated to the Segunda División after 20 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Spain, while Almería ended a four-year tenure in La Liga and Hércules made their immediate return to the second level.


2011–12 La Liga, Teams
The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2010–11 Segunda División sides. Champions Betis, who terminated their second-level status after two years, runners-up Rayo Vallecano, who returned to the top flight after eight seasons at lower levels, earned direct promotion.


2011–12 La Liga, Teams
The third promoted team was decided in the promotion play-offs where Granada CF returned to the league for the first time in 35 years, having spent 26 of them in Segunda División B and Tercera División.


2011–12 La Liga, Teams, Personnel and sponsorship
As in the previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new T90 Seitiro model which was used throughout the season.


2011–12 La Liga, Awards, LaLiga Awards
La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the LaLiga Awards.


2011–12 La Liga, Awards, Top goalscorers
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by the newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season.


2011–12 La Liga, Awards, Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.


2011–12 La Liga, Awards, Fair Play award
This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to determine the best fair play, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.


2011–12 La Liga, Awards, Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals(H) - Home ; (A) - Away


2011–12 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 2011–12 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by eighth year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in A-10 to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Basketball Tournament to Saint Louis. They were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Minnesota.


2011–12 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
The 2011–12 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by first year head coach Pat Knight, played their home games at the Montagne Center and are members of the East Division of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals finished the season 23–12, 11–5 in Southland play. They were the champions of the Southland East Division and are the champions of the Southland Basketball Tournament and earned an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they lost to Vermont in the First Four round.


2011–12 Laredo Bucks season
The 2011–12 Laredo Bucks season was the 10th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL) franchise in Laredo, Texas.


2011–12 Laredo Bucks season, Off-season
It was announced during the off-season that Serge Dube would be the new head coach replacing Terry Ruskowski.


2011–12 Laredo Bucks season, Transactions
The Bucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.


2011–12 Latvian Basketball League
The Latvijas Basketbola līga 2011–2012 (LBL) is the twenty-first season. The regular season starts on October 2011.


2011–12 Latvian Football Cup
The 2011–12 Latvian Football Cup is the seventieth season of the Latvian annual football knock-out competition. The winners will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.


2011–12 Latvian Football Cup, First round
The matches of this round took place between 29 May and 6 June 2011.


2011–12 Latvian Football Cup, Second round
The 11 winners from the First round and Zelis Gulbene, who received a bye into this round, competed in this stage of the competition. These matches took place between 14 and 21 June 2011.


2011–12 Latvian Football Cup, Third round
Entering this round were the 6 winners from the previous round and 10 teams who enter the competition in this round. These matches took place between 1 and 17 July 2011.


2011–12 Latvian Football Cup, Fourth round
On 17 July 2011, two winners from the previous round played each other for a spot in this stage of the competition.


2011–12 Latvian Football Cup, Fourth round
This winner, the remaining 6 winners from the previous round and the remaining 9 teams from the Latvian Higher League competed in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 30 and 31 July 2011.


2011–12 Latvian Hockey League season
The 2011–12 Latvian Hockey League season was the 21st season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Nine teams participated in the league, and HK Liepājas Metalurgs won the championship.


2011–12 Latvian Hockey League season, Regular season
Note: SC Energija of Elektrenai remained invited to the league but were not allowed to participate in the play-offs.


2011–12 Lebanese Basketball League
The 2011-2012 season was the 16th edition of the Lebanese Basketball League. The regular season began on Saturday, October 22, 2011 and ended on Friday April 20, 2012. The playoffs began on Thursday, April 26 and ended with the 2012 Finals on Sunday May 13, 2012, after Champville SC defeated Anibal Zahle in 4 games to win their first title (new format).


2011–12 Lebanese Basketball League, Lebanese Basketball Cup
On May 22, 2012, Anibal Zahle defeated Hoops Club in the finals of the cup.


2011–12 Lebanese Basketball League, Lebanese Basketball Cup
Anibal Zahle reached the Final after beating the newly crowned Lebanese Basketball League champions Champville SC in the Semifinals. As for Hoops Club they reached this stage after winning against Riyadi Beirut by forfeit due to the decision taken by the Riyadi administration.


2011–12 Lebanese FA Cup
The 2012 edition of the Lebanese FA Cup is the 40th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Lebanon.


2011–12 Lebanese Premier League
The 2011–12 Lebanese Premier League was the 51st season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams competed in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions.


2011–12 Lebanese Premier League, Teams
Shabab Al-Ghazieh and Al Islah were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places. Promoted from the second level were Al-Ahli Saida and Tripoli SC


2011–12 Lebanese Second Division
The 2011–12 Lebanese Second Division is the current 78th season of the second-highest level of Soccer in Lebanon. This season  featured 14 Clubs divided into two sub-division groups.


2011–12 Lebanese Second Division, Teams
This is list of the 14 teams is for the season


2011–12 Lebanese Women's Football League
The 2011–12 Lebanese Women's Football League was the 5th edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League since its inception in 2008. Four-time defending champions Sadaka won their fifth title, while GFA came second.


2011–12 Lechia Gdańsk season
The 2011–12 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 68th since their creation, and was their 4th continuous season in the top league of Polish football.


2011–12 Lechia Gdańsk season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.


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


2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Leeds United A.F.C. 's second season back in the second tier of English football which initially saw the club challenging for the play-offs positions but dismal form in spring resulted in a 14th position finish. In other competitions, the squad only saw one round of the FA Cup with defeat at the hands of Arsenal for the second year in a row and reached the 3rd round of the League Cup, losing to rivals Manchester United.


2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season
A turbulent February saw Reserve Team Manager Neil Redfearn in charge of the team for four games with Manager Simon Grayson relieved of his duties and replaced by veteran promotion specialist Neil Warnock. Ross McCormack drastically improved his performance from the 2010–11 season by scoring 19 goals – the most in the squad. He narrowly lost out on Player of the Year to Robert Snodgrass who was made Club Captain by Warnock following the sale of influential local skipper Jonny Howson in January. Young Player of the Year went to Tom Lees who led an injection of the youth into the side with Aidan White establishing himself in the starting line-up and debuts being handed to youngsters Zac Thompson, Charlie Taylor and keeper Alex Cairns.


2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season
Off the field, the club's directors reported a healthy profit of £3.5m, but found themselves at war with some supporters following the controversial £7m summer renovation of the Elland Road stadium – a summer which saw a contrasting £0.7m spent on players' transfers and £5.2m received in player sales. Chairman Ken Bates also came under scrutiny from fans following the departures of fans' favourite Howson and 2010–11 Player of the Year Max Gradel.


2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season, Events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2011–12 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 11 May 2011 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2011–12 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.


2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, First team squad information
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. 1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year. 2Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club


2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Captains
Last updated: 28 April 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 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 28 April 2012Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, In
1Includes an option of the club extending the contract by one year. 2Although the fee was officially 'undisclosed', the Yorkshire Evening Post confirmed that the fee was £200k