# 2011–12 Everton F.C. season

The 2011–12 season of Everton F.C. was the club's 20th season in the Premier League and 58th consecutive season in the top division of English football. It was also Everton's 113th season of league football and 115th season in all competitions. The club entered the League Cup in the second round and were knocked out in the fourth round following a 1–2 home defeat to Chelsea. The club entered the FA Cup in the third round and advanced all the way to the semi-finals where they faced rivals Liverpool, at Wembley, for the first time since 1989. Everton's run ensured they stretched their number of quarter-final appearances in the competition to 41, which is a record. Despite taking the lead in the semi-final, Everton lost the game 1–2.
Everton's Premier League campaign was delayed by a week due to the London riots forcing a postponement of their scheduled starting match at Tottenham Hotspur. In January, manager David Moyes became the fourth boss to win 150 Premier League games in its 20-year history, after Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and Harry Redknapp. Everton finished in seventh place, boasting a nine-game-long unbeaten run in the league to end the season. The unbeaten run was led by winter signing Nikica Jelavić, who scored nine goals in thirteen league games, and was awarded with the Premier League Player of the Month award for April for his efforts.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 7 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 56 | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 9 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 52 | |
* 1 2 Chelsea won the Champions League and thus qualified for the group stage as defending champions, forfeiting their spot in the Europa League as the FA Cup winners. This meant that Tottenham were to compete in the Europa League group stage, since, pursuant to the rules, only four clubs from the Premier League could play in the Champions League.
* ↑ Liverpool won the League Cup and thus qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Ján Mucha |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tony Hibbert |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Leighton Baines |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson |
| 5 | DF | NED | John Heitinga |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Nikica Jelavić |
| 10 | MF | NED | Royston Drenthe (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Denis Stracqualursi (on loan from Tigre) |
| 12 | GK | USA | Marcus Hahnemann |
| 14 | FW | SCO | James McFadden |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Distin |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Tim Cahill |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Phil Neville (captain) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Magaye Gueye |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Ross Barkley |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Leon Osman |
| 22 | MF | RSA | Steven Pienaar (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman |
| 24 | GK | USA | Tim Howard |
| 25 | MF | BEL | Marouane Fellaini |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Jack Rodwell |
| 27 | FW | GRE | Apostolos Vellios |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Victor Anichebe |
| 29 | FW | POR | João Silva |
| 30 | MF | POR | Francisco Júnior |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Adam Forshaw |
| 34 | DF | IRL | Shane Duffy |
| 43 | FW | ENG | Conor McAleny |

#### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | NGA | Joseph Yobo (at Fenerbahçe) |
| 70 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev (at Panionios) |

## Statistics
### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2012. Source: Results

### Appearances

    As of match played 13 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Ján Mucha | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tony Hibbert | 36 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Leighton Baines | 42 | 5 | 33+0 | 4 | 5+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson | 15 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | John Heitinga | 39 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka | 33 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Nikica Jelavić | 16 | 11 | 10+3 | 9 | 3+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Royston Drenthe | 27 | 4 | 10+11 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Denis Stracqualursi | 27 | 3 | 7+13 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Marcus Hahnemann | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | James McFadden | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Distin | 33 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Tim Cahill | 42 | 3 | 27+8 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Phil Neville | 36 | 1 | 24+3 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Magaye Gueye | 24 | 1 | 3+14 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Ross Barkley | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Leon Osman | 34 | 5 | 28+2 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RSA | Steven Pienaar | 14 | 4 | 14+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman | 24 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | USA | Tim Howard | 44 | 1 | 38+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BEL | Marouane Fellaini | 43 | 5 | 31+3 | 3 | 6+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Jack Rodwell | 17 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GRE | Apostolos Vellios | 15 | 3 | 2+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Victor Anichebe | 16 | 5 | 5+7 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | POR | João Silva | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | POR | Francisco Júnior | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Adam Forshaw | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | IRL | Shane Duffy | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Jose Baxter | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | James Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ENG | Conor McAleny | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who no longer play for Everton but have made appearances this season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Louis Saha | 20 | 2 | 15+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Landon Donovan | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Mikel Arteta | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Jermaine Beckford | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 13 May 2012
| Nat | Name | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| | Nikica Jelavić | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| | Victor Anichebe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| | Leighton Baines | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| | Marouane Fellaini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| | Leon Osman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| | Steven Pienaar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | Royston Drenthe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| | Tim Cahill | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | Apostolos Vellios | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | Denis Stracqualursi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| | Phil Jagielka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Jack Rodwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | John Heitinga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Mikel Arteta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Louis Saha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | Darron Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Magaye Gueye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Tim Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Phil Neville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| | Total | 50 | 6 | 10 | 66 |

### Clean sheets

   "It's getting harder and harder to get clean sheets now. So many goals get scored in the Premier League and for whatever reason they're hard to come by. It's why you're so happy when you finally get one. There's so much going on in this league – we have some of the world's best players and one moment of hesitation in a game, one slip-up and bang, somebody will capitalise on it." 28 November 2011
Includes all competitive matches.
| R | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | Tim Howard | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Ján Mucha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Last updated: 6 May 2012 Source: Match reports in Results

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Sorting is based on the UEFA Fair Play criteria that a yellow card is worth one point and a red card is worth three points.
| R | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | Tim Cahill | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Royston Drenthe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| = | Marouane Fellaini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Leighton Baines | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| = | John Heitinga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Sylvain Distin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Steven Pienaar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jack Rodwell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Darron Gibson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Phil Neville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nikica Jelavić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Leon Osman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Séamus Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Magaye Gueye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Phil Jagielka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Mikel Arteta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Victor Anichebe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Landon Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Tony Hibbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Tim Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Denis Stracqualursi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Apostolos Vellios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Ján Mucha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Total | 61 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 2 |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Match reports in Results

#### Notes

* ↑ Red card against Liverpool on 1 October 2011 was rescinded on appeal.

### Home attendances

   "I am a football supporter, first and foremost. I know how it works. If I am winning games, supporters will turn up. I, as manager of Everton, have not won enough games this season for them to come. I have not entertained them enough. We have not scored enough goals. I need to do that to get the supporters to fill Goodison. Over the years, in the main, we have done that. But the fans on the road have seen a few victories." 3 January 2012
Correct as of match played 13 May 2012  Win  Draw  Loss
| Comp | Date | Score | Opponent | Attendance |
| Premier League | 20 August 2011 | 0–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 35,008 |
| League Cup | 24 August 2011 | 3–1 | Sheffield United | 17,173 |
| Premier League | 10 September 2011 | 2–2 | Aston Villa | 32,736 |
| Premier League | 17 September 2011 | 3–1 | Wigan Athletic | 31,576 |
| League Cup | 21 September 2011 | 2–1 | West Bromwich Albion | 17,647 |
| Premier League | 1 October 2011 | 0–2 | Liverpool | 39,510 |
| League Cup | 26 October 2011 | 1–2 | Chelsea | 23,170 |
| Premier League | 29 October 2011 | 0–1 | Manchester United | 35,494 |
| Premier League | 19 November 2011 | 2–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33,953 |
| Premier League | 4 December 2011 | 0–1 | Stoke City | 33,219 |
| Premier League | 17 December 2011 | 1–1 | Norwich City | 31,004 |
| Premier League | 21 December 2011 | 1–0 | Swansea City | 32,004 |
| Premier League | 4 January 2012 | 1–2 | Bolton Wanderers | 29,561 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2012 | 2–0 | Tamworth | 27,564 |
| Premier League | 21 January 2012 | 1–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 32,464 |
| FA Cup | 27 January 2012 | 2–1 | Fulham | 25,300 |
| Premier League | 31 January 2012 | 1–0 | Manchester City | 29,856 |
| Premier League | 11 February 2012 | 2–0 | Chelsea | 33,924 |
| FA Cup | 18 February 2012 | 2–0 | Blackpool | 38,347 |
| Premier League | 10 March 2012 | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 34,992 |
| FA Cup | 17 March 2012 | 1–1 | Sunderland | 38,875 |
| Premier League | 21 March 2012 | 0–1 | Arsenal | 30,330 |
| Premier League | 31 March 2012 | 2–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 32,051 |
| Premier League | 9 April 2012 | 4–0 | Sunderland | 32,249 |
| Premier League | 28 April 2012 | 4–0 | Fulham | 31,885 |
| Premier League | 13 May 2012 | 3–1 | Newcastle United | 39,517 |
| | | | Total attendance | 780,812 |
| | | | Total league attendance | 631,333 |
| | | | Average attendance | 30,031 |
| | | | Average league attendance | 33,228 |

### Overall

   "You can’t really celebrate finishing seventh. You celebrate if you are first or maybe if you get into the Champions League, or you celebrate if you get to seventh and it gets you into Europe. But nevertheless, from where we were in October and November, and the people we have had to overtake to get to where we are and the points we were behind, it has been a brilliant achievement for the players to come back from so far away. With our form, we don’t want the season to end. It was definitely the best January we have had because in the main it’s not a month I’d do much business. We needed it because we weren’t in a good position. We beat Fulham in the Cup and then we beat Man City here and that was probably the catalyst with Darron Gibson in the team and we knew Steven Pienaar and Nikica Jelavic would arrive that night. We have to try and build on it and see if we can start the season a bit better and take it into next season. We have tried to progress and get better players in. That isn’t always easy. It wasn’t a quick fix here, the way we do it is a longer, slower job than just going out and spending the cash. I take a lot of heart from it. It gives me a good feeling we’ve played so well but we’ve done that for a few years, playing well in pockets of the season. There have been bits when we’ve had the style and bits when we’ve not but that’s about quality players. We had quality players but they needed help and the players we brought in January helped."
Includes all competitive games.
| Games played | 47 (38 Premier League, 3 League Cup, 6 FA Cup) |
| Games won | 21 (15 Premier League, 2 League Cup, 4 FA Cup) |
| Games drawn | 12 (11 Premier League) and 1 FA Cup) |
| Games lost | 14 (12 Premier League, 1 League Cup and 1 FA Cup) |
| Goals scored | 66 (50 Premier League, 6 League Cup, 10 FA Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 48 (40 Premier League, 4 League Cup, 4 FA Cup) |
| Goal difference | +18 (+10 Premier League, +2 League Cup, +6 FA Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 15 (12 Premier League and 3 FA Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 79 |
| Red cards | 3 |
| Worst discipline | Tim Cahill (1 and 6 ) Royston Drenthe (1 and 6 ) Marouane Fellaini (9 ) |
| Best results | W 4–0 (H) v Sunderland – Premier League – 9 April 2012 W 4–0 (H) v Fulham – Premier League – 28 April 2012 |
| Worst result | L 3–0 (A) v Liverpool – Premier League – 13 March 2012 |
| Most appearances | Tim Howard with 44 appearances |
| Top scorer | Nikica Jelavić (11 ) |
| Penalties for | 6/7 (86% converted) |
| Penalties against | 3/5 (60% converted) |
| Points (League) | 56/114 (49%) |
| Win rate | 21/47 games (45%) |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Competitive matches and Statistics

## Transfers

* 1 2 Players to sign transfers on or prior to 30 June do not officially move until 1 July.
* ↑ Loan was announced on 15 December 2011, with Donovan arriving over the Christmas period and being eligible to play from 4 January to 25 February 2012.
* ↑ Loan was originally for one-month, but was extended multiple times, with Duffy eventually leaving on 5 January 2012, due to an injury crisis at Everton.
* ↑ Loan was originally for one-month, but a second was added on 30 November 2011.
* ↑ Loan was cancelled on 17 January 2012, due to Stevenage manager Graham Westley leaving the club.
* 1 2 Loan was originally for one-month, but was extended until the end of the season.

## Awards

* ↑ awarded by Everton F.C. to the best first team Everton player of the month.
* ↑ awarded to the best player in the Premier League during a given month, as chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor.
* ↑ awarded to the best XI of the Premier League season, as chosen by the Professional Footballers' Association.
* ↑ in-club awards ceremony held at the end of every season.