# 2011–12 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2011–12 Leicester City F.C. season was the club's 107th season in the English football league system and their 60th (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football. This was their third consecutive season in the Football League Championship.
The summer saw Leicester spend big in an attempt to gain promotion back to the Premier League, but an inconsistent start saw manager Sven-Göran Eriksson sacked after a 3–0 defeat at home to struggling Millwall saw Leicester sitting in 13th position after 13 games.
After days of negotiations, Nigel Pearson was finally re-appointed as manager on 15 November 2011, starting his second spell at the club after leaving for Hull City 17 months earlier. However, the club continued their inconsistent form under Pearson and sat mid-table for virtually the entire season before eventually finishing in 9th place.

## Pre-season
### Pre-season events

Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below.
* 18 May 2011 – Asia Football Investments led by Vichai and Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn acquire a 100% stake in the club's ownership.
* 7 June 2011 – Susan Whelan named as club chief executive. Simon Capper named as new finance director and Andrew Neville named as football director.
* 5 July 2011 – Leicester's home ground The Walkers' Stadium is renamed The King Power Stadium due to a change in sponsorship.
* 5 July 2011 – First team coach Dietmar Hamann leaves the club to become manager of Stockport County.
* 5 August 2011 – Aleksandar Tunchev signs a one-year contract extension which ends in 2012.

### Kit and sponsorship

On 6 May 2011 a preview of the 2011–12 home kit was released on the official Leicester City website. It was announced that the kit would be worn against Ipswich Town in the last game of the 2010–11 season. On 7 May 2011 the home kit was revealed to have a collar for the first time since the 2001–2002 season with white shorts and blue socks with a white trim.

### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Events

Note:This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below.
* 21 September 2011 – Sol Bamba signs a new contract until 2014.
* 7 October 2011 – Tom Hopper signs a professional contract until 2013.
* 24 October 2011 – Sven-Göran Eriksson and Derek Fazackerley left their posts as Manager and Assistant Manager by mutual agreement.
* 24 October 2011 – Mike Stowell and Jon Rudkin are placed in temporary charge of first team affairs as joint caretaker managers.
* 15 November 2011 – Nigel Pearson is re-appointed manager, 17 months after leaving the club. Craig Shakespeare and Steve Walsh are also re-appointed as his assistants.
* 10 January 2012 – Cian Bolger signs new deal until June 2013.
* 12 January 2012 – Chris Short leaves his post as fitness coach.
* 19 January 2012 – Liam Moore signs a contract extension which ends in 2013.
* 19 January 2012 – Shane Byrne signs a contract extension which ends in 2013.
* 25 February 2012 – Matt Mills is stripped of the captaincy.
* 29 February 2012 – Jeffrey Schlupp signs a new contract until 2015.
* 1 March 2012 – Bruno Berner announces his retirement from professional football.

## Players and staff
### 2011–12 squad

* This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2011–12 season
* Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
* Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
* Italics indicate loan player
| No. | Name | Position | Joined | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel | GK | 2011 | Leeds United |
| 21 | Chris Weale | GK | 2009 | Bristol City |
| 25 | Conrad Logan | GK | 2004 | Youth |
| 31 | Adam Smith | GK | 2010 | Middlesbrough |
| | Patrick Lane* | GK | 2011 | Unattached |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Lee Peltier | RB / RW / CB / DM | 2011 | Huddersfield Town |
| 3 | Paul Konchesky | LB | 2011 | Liverpool |
| 4 | John Paintsil | RB | 2011 | Unattached |
| 5 | Matt Mills | CB | 2011 | Reading |
| 6 | Sol Bamba | CB | 2011 | Hibernian |
| 12 | Sean St Ledger | CB | 2011 | Preston North End |
| 15 | Bruno Berner# | LB / CB / DM | 2008 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 16 | Michael Ball* | LB | 2011 | Unattached |
| 26 | Wes Morgan | CB | 2012 | Nottingham Forest |
| 30 | Tom Kennedy | LB | 2010 | Rochdale |
| 32 | Tom Parkes | CB | 2009 | Youth |
| 33 | Aleksander Tunchev | CB / LB | 2008 | CSKA Sofia |
| 34 | Liam Moore | CB / RB | 2011 | Youth |
| 36 | George Taft | CB | 2011 | Youth |
| | Cian Bolger | CB | 2009 | Youth |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Matt Oakley | CM | 2008 | Derby County |
| 10 | Andy King | CM / DM / AM | 2006 | Youth |
| 11 | Lloyd Dyer | LW / RW | 2008 | Milton Keynes Dons |
| 16 | Danny Drinkwater | CM | 2012 | Manchester United |
| 17 | Michael Johnson* | CM | Loan | Manchester City |
| 18 | Franck Moussa | CM / RW / LW | 2010 | Southend United |
| 19 | Richie Wellens | CM | 2009 | Doncaster Rovers |
| 22 | Yuki Abe* | DM / RB | 2010 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 22 | Ben Marshall | RW / LW / AM | 2012 | Stoke City |
| 23 | Neil Danns | CM / RW | 2011 | Crystal Palace |
| 26 | Gélson Fernandes* | DM | Loan | Saint-Étienne |
| | Jason Banton* | LW | 2011 | Unattached |
| | Shane Byrne | CM | 2011 | Youth |
| | Moreno* | DM / CB | 2010 | Vitória de Guimarães |
| | Dany N'Guessan* | LW | 2009 | Lincoln City |
| | Oliver Norburn | CM | 2011 | Youth |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Paul Gallagher | AM / RW / CF | 2009 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 9 | Steve Howard | CF | 2008 | Derby County |
| 13 | Darius Vassell | CF / RW | 2010 | Unattached |
| 14 | Martyn Waghorn | CF / RW | 2010 | Sunderland |
| 15 | Harry Panayiotou | CF / AM | 2012 | Youth |
| 20 | Jermaine Beckford | CF | 2011 | Everton |
| 24 | Nathan Delfouneso* | CF / RW | Loan | Aston Villa |
| 27 | Jeffrey Schlupp | CF / RW | 2010 | Youth |
| 35 | David Nugent | CF / RW | 2011 | Unattached |
| 37 | Tom Hopper | CF | 2011 | Youth |
| | Elliott Chamberlain | CF | 2010 | Youth |
| | Leon Crnčič* | CF | 2010 | Atalanta |
| | Yann Kermorgant* | CF | 2009 | Stade Reims |

### 2011–12 backroom staff

* This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2011–12 season
* Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season
| Position | Name |
| Manager (Until 24 October 2011) | Sven-Göran Eriksson* |
| Manager (From 15 November 2011) | Nigel Pearson |
| Assistant manager (Until 24 October 2011) | Derek Fazackerley* |
| Assistant manager (From 15 November 2011) | Craig Shakespeare |
| Assistant manager/Head of Recruitment (From 15 November 2011) | Steve Walsh |
| First Team Coach/Goalkeeping Coach | Mike Stowell |
| Fitness Coach (Until 12 January 2012) | Chris Short |
| Head physio | David Rennie |
| Academy manager | Jon Rudkin |
| Academy coach (Under 18s) | Steve Beaglehole |
| Academy coach (Under 16s) | Trevor Peake |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 21 June 2011 | RB | Lee Peltier | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2011 | GK | Kasper Schmeichel | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2011 | CM | Neil Danns | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 4 July 2011 | CB | Sean St Ledger | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2011 | CF | David Nugent | Free agent | Free |
| 7 July 2011 | CB | Matt Mills | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2011 | LW | Jason Banton | Free agent | Free |
| 13 July 2011 | LB | Paul Konchesky | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2011 | RB | John Paintsil | Free agent | Free |
| 6 August 2011 | LB | Michael Ball | Free agent | Free |
| 29 August 2011 | DM | Callum Webb | Free agent | Free |
| 29 August 2011 | CB | Steven Smith | Free agent | Free |
| 31 August 2011 | CF | Jermaine Beckford | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 27 October 2011 | GK | Patrick Lane | Free agent | Free |
| 20 January 2012 | CM | Danny Drinkwater | Manchester United | £1,000,000 |
| 30 January 2012 | CB | Wes Morgan | Nottingham Forest | £1,000,000 |
| 31 January 2012 | RW | Ben Marshall | Stoke City | £750,000–£1,000,000 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 13 June 2011 | RB | Michael Lamey | Wisła Kraków | Free |
| 30 June 2011 | CB | Jack Hobbs | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | LW | Dany N'Guessan | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 27 February 2012 | GK | Patrick Lane | Karlstad BK | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Date to | Position | Name | From |
| 28 July 2011 | End of Season | CM | Michael Johnson | Manchester City |
| 4 August 2011 | 4 January 2012 | CM | Gélson Fernandes | Saint-Étienne |
| 23 January 2012 | February 2012 | CF | Nathan Delfouneso | Aston Villa |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date to | Position | Name | To |
| 11 July 2011 | January 2012 | CB | Cian Bolger | Bristol Rovers |
| 12 July 2011 | January 2012 | GK | Conrad Logan | Rotherham United |
| 28 July 2011 | January 2012 | CB | Tom Parkes | Burton Albion |
| 5 August 2011 | December 2011 | CB | Liam Moore | Bradford City |
| 5 August 2011 | September 2011 | CB | Aleksandar Tunchev | Crystal Palace |
| 8 August 2011 | January 2012 | LW | Dany N'Guessan | Millwall |
| 16 August 2011 | September 2011 | CF | Elliott Chamberlain | Stockport County |
| 23 August 2011 | October 2011 | CB | George Taft | Kettering Town |
| 31 August 2011 | January 2011 | CM | Shane Byrne | Bury |
| 31 August 2011 | January 2012 | CF | Martyn Waghorn | Hull City |
| 16 September 2011 | October 2011 | GK | Adam Smith | Chesterfield |
| 23 September 2011 | January 2012 | CM | Oliver Norburn | Bristol Rovers |
| 30 September 2011 | October 2011 | CM | Matt Oakley | Exeter City |
| 30 September 2011 | October 2011 | LB | Tom Kennedy | Peterborough United |
| 30 September 2011 | October 2011 | CF | Jason Banton | Burton Albion |
| 25 November 2011 | January 2012 | CF | Elliott Chamberlain | Telford United |
| 6 January 2012 | 19 January 2012 | GK | Adam Smith | Lincoln City |
| 20 January 2012 | February 2012 | GK | Chris Weale | Northampton Town |
| 9 February 2012 | March 2012 | CB | Tom Parkes | Bristol Rovers |
| 10 February 2012 | 22 February 2012 | GK | Patrick Lane | Hinckley United |
| 25 March 2012 | July 2012 | CB | George Taft | Karlstad BK |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name |
| 30 June 2011 | CM | Aman Verma |
| 30 June 2011 | GK | Robert Ambrusics |
| 30 June 2011 | CF | Ashley Chambers |
| 30 June 2011 | CM | Nathan Hicks |
| 30 June 2011 | RW | Jorrin John |
| 30 June 2011 | CF | Craig King |
| 30 June 2011 | CM | Ben Milnes |
| 30 June 2011 | RB | Luke O'Neill |
| 30 June 2011 | CF | Adi Yussuf |
| 30 June 2011 | GK | Ricardo |
| 18 July 2011 | RB | Robbie Neilson |
| 30 August 2011 | CF | Leon Črnčič |
| 5 September 2011 | CF | Yann Kermorgant |
| 22 December 2011 | LW | Jason Banton |
| 13 January 2012 | DM | Moreno |
| 23 January 2012 | DM | Yuki Abe |
| 23 January 2012 | LB | Michael Ball |

## Results

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Football League Cup
## Awards
### Club awards

At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2011–12 season.

### Divisional awards

| Date | Winner | Award |
| 8 August 2011 | Kasper Schmeichel | Championship Team of the Week |
| 19 September 2011 | Kasper Schmeichel | Championship Team of the Week |
| 31 October 2011 | Andy King | Championship Team of the Week |
| 21 November 2011 | Matt Mills | Championship Team of the Week |
| 21 November 2011 | Paul Gallagher | Championship Team of the Week |
| 13 February 2012 | Paul Gallagher | Championship Team of the Week |
| 27 February 2012 | Neil Danns | Championship Team of the Week |
| 27 February 2012 | Lloyd Dyer | Championship Team of the Week |
| 5 March 2012 | Lee Peltier | Championship Team of the Week |
| 26 March 2012 | Ben Marshall | Championship Team of the Week |
| 10 April 2012 | Paul Konchesky | Championship Team of the Week |
| 28 April 2012 | Paul Konchesky | Championship Team of the Week |

## Championship statistics
### Championship table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 |
| 8 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 66 |
| 11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 64 |

### Club standings

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2012. Source: LCFC Championship Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |

### Scores by club

Leicester City score given first.
| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double |
| Barnsley | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Birmingham City | 3–1 | 0–2 | |
| Blackpool | 2–0 | 3–3 | |
| Bristol City | 1–2 | 2–3 | Bristol City do double |
| Burnley | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Cardiff City | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Coventry City | 2–0 | 1–0 | Leicester City do double |
| Crystal Palace | 3–0 | 2–1 | Leicester City do double |
| Derby County | 4–0 | 1–0 | Leicester City do double |
| Doncaster Rovers | 4–0 | 1–2 | |
| Hull City | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Leeds United | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Millwall | 0–3 | 1–2 | Millwall do double |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Peterborough United | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Portsmouth | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Reading | 0–2 | 1–3 | Reading do double |
| Southampton | 3–2 | 2–0 | Leicester City do double |
| Watford | 2–0 | 2–3 | |
| West Ham United | 1–2 | 2–3 | West Ham United do double |

## Club statistics

All data from LCFC.com

### Appearances

* Starts + Substitute appearances.
* Italics indicates loan player.
* Asterisks indicates player left mid-season.
* Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Kasper Schmeichel | 52 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lee Peltier | 47 | 2 | 39+1 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Paul Konchesky | 48 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | John Paintsil | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Matt Mills | 31 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CIV | Sol Bamba | 37 | 1 | 32+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Paul Gallagher | 34 | 10 | 18+10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Matt Oakley* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steve Howard | 23 | 1 | 3+17 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | WAL | Andy King | 32 | 4 | 24+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Lloyd Dyer | 44 | 6 | 27+9 | 4 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Sean St Ledger | 32 | 1 | 23+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Darius Vassell | 13 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Martyn Waghorn | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Bruno Berner# | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Harry Panayiotou | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Michael Ball* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Danny Drinkwater | 19 | 2 | 13+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Michael Johnson* | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Franck Moussa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Richie Wellens | 46 | 1 | 39+2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Jermaine Beckford | 44 | 15 | 33+6 | 9 | 4+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Chris Weale | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Yuki Abe* | 19 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Ben Marshall | 18 | 4 | 12+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Neil Danns | 37 | 6 | 22+7 | 5 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Nathan Delfouneso* | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | IRL | Conrad Logan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Gélson Fernandes* | 18 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Wes Morgan | 19 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GHA | Jeffrey Schlupp | 26 | 6 | 3+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Tom Kennedy | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Adam Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Tom Parkes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BUL | Aleksander Tunchev | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Liam Moore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | David Nugent | 48 | 16 | 41+1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | George Taft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Tom Hopper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | | David Nugent | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | | Jermaine Beckford | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | | Paul Gallagher | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | | Neil Danns | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| = | | Lloyd Dyer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| = | | Jeffrey Schlupp | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | | Andy King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | | Ben Marshall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | | Danny Drinkwater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | Paul Konchesky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | Lee Peltier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | Darius Vassell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | Yuki Abe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Sol Bamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Gélson Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Matt Mills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Harry Panayiotou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Martyn Waghorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Richie Wellens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Sean St Ledger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | Steve Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 66 | 10 | 10 | 86 |

### Most assists

| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | David Nugent | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Paul Gallagher | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Richie Wellens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Jermaine Beckford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| = | Ben Marshall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| = | Neil Danns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Steve Howard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Sean St Ledger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Matt Mills | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Danny Drinkwater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Lloyd Dyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Gélson Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Tom Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Lee Peltier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Andy King | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | Jeffrey Schlupp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Yuki Abe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Paul Konchesky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Darius Vassell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Martyn Waghorn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Nation | Name | | |
| | Neil Danns | 8 | 2 |
| | Matt Mills | 7 | 2 |
| | Paul Konchesky | 11 | 1 |
| | Darius Vassell | 3 | 1 |
| | Steve Howard | 2 | 1 |
| | Kasper Schmeichel | 2 | 1 |
| | Jermaine Beckford | 1 | 1 |
| | Sol Bamba | 7 | 0 |
| | David Nugent | 7 | 0 |
| | Richie Wellens | 5 | 0 |
| | Paul Gallagher | 4 | 0 |
| | Sean St Ledger | 4 | 0 |
| | Gélson Fernandes | 3 | 0 |
| | Andy King | 3 | 0 |
| | Wes Morgan | 3 | 0 |
| | Lee Peltier | 2 | 0 |
| | Danny Drinkwater | 1 | 0 |
| | Lloyd Dyer | 1 | 0 |
| | Tom Kennedy | 1 | 0 |
| | Matt Oakley | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 75 | 9 |

### Captains

* Only counts starts as captain
| No. | Position | Name | Starts |
| 5 | CB | Matt Mills | 31 |
| 19 | CM | Richie Wellens | 19 |
| 1 | GK | Kasper Schmeichel | 3 |
| 23 | CM | Neil Danns | 1 |

### Suspensions

| Date Incurred | Name | Games Missed | Reason |
| 6 August 2011 | Darius Vassell | 3 | (vs. Coventry City) |
| 20 August 2011 | Kasper Schmeichel | 1 | (vs. Nottingham Forest) |
| 16 October 2011 | Matt Mills | 3 | (vs. Birmingham City) |
| 6 November 2011 | Sol Bamba | 1 | |
| 3 December 2011 | Matt Mills | 2 | (vs. Hull City) |
| 2 January 2012 | Steve Howard | 2 | (vs. Crystal Palace) |
| 4 February 2012 | Neil Danns | 1 | (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 3 March 2012 | Paul Konchesky | 3 | (vs. Coventry City) |
| 24 March 2011 | Neil Danns | 4 | (vs. Hull City) |

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opposition | Scored? |
| 1 November 2011 | Paul Gallagher | Burnley | Y |
| 26 December 2011 | Paul Gallagher | Ipswich Town | Y |
| 11 February 2012 | Paul Gallagher | Cardiff City | Y |
| 3 March 2012 | Neil Danns | Coventry City | N |

### Overall seasonal record

Note: Games which are level after extra-time and are decided by a penalty shoot-out are listed as draws.