# 2011–12 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2011–12 season was the 78th season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Kurt Zouma |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Marchal |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau |
| 7 | FW | GAB | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Alonso |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Max Gradel |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Laurent Batlles |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Jean-Pascal Mignot |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Faouzi Ghoulam |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Yoann Andreu |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jérémie Janot |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Fabien Lemoine |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Brison |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Yoric Ravet |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Danijel Aleksić |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Albin Ebondo |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Loïc Perrin (captain) |
| 25 | MF | ROU | Bănel Nicoliță |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Bakary Sako |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Loris Néry |
| 28 | FW | CIV | Boubacar Sanogo |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Lynel Kitambala |
| 30 | GK | SEN | Abdoulaye Coulibaly |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 7 August 2011 | 20 May 2012 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 042.11 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2012 | 7 January 2012 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 31 August 2011 | 26 October 2011 | Third round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 041.46 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 60 | |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 57 | |
| 8 | Toulouse | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 56 | |
| 9 | Evian | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 50 | |
* ↑ Lyon won the 2011–12 Coupe de France and thus qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished 4th, the spot for the Europa League play-off round goes to the fifth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |