# 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.

## 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.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 29 | MF | Manuel Pascali | | 30 | Club captain |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    Last updated 13 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Cammy Bell | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Lewis Toshney | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | James Fowler | 44 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Ryan O'Leary | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CPV | David Silva | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Liam Kelly | 41 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | NED | Danny Buijs | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | James Dayton | 33 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Gary Harkins | 35 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | CZE | Zdeněk Kroča | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | IRL | Paul Heffernan | 36 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 17 | GK | WAL | Kyle Letheren | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Lee Johnson | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Ben Gordon | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NIR | Dean Shiels | 42 | 15 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | William Gros | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Danny Racchi | 23 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Rory McKeown | 21 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Alex Pursehouse | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Dieter Van Tornhout | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Pascali | 30 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Ross Davidson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Matthew Kennedy | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | NIR | Jude Winchester | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | SCO | Chris Johnston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | SCO | Ross Barbour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | FIN | Anssi Jaakkola | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko | 31 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Players who left the club during the 2010–11 season ||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Tim Clancy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Patrick Ada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Billy Berntsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Jorge Galán | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SVN | Leon Panikvar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Ben Hutchinson | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Daniel McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Gary Fisher | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Rory McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 13 May 2012
| Number | Position | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Cammy Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tim Clancy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Lewis Toshney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Garry Hay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | James Fowler | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ryan O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Patrick Ada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Michael Nelson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | David Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Liam Kelly | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Danny Buijs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | James Dayton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Gary Harkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Zdeněk Kroča | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Paul Heffernan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Billy Berntsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Jorge Galán | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Kyle Letheren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Leon Panikvar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Lee Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Ben Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Ben Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Dean Shiels | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | William Gros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Danny Racchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Rory McKeown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Daniel McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Alex Pursehouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Dieter Van Tornhout | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Gary Fisher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Manuel Pascali | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Rory McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Ross Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Matthew Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Jude Winchester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Chris Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Ross Barbour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | Anssi Jaakkola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Mohamadou Sissoko | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 47 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 43 | |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 41 | |
* 1 2 Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.