# 2011–12 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Manchester City Football Club's 110th season of competitive football, 83rd season in the top flight of English football and 15th season in the Premier League. After finishing third in the league the previous season, the Blues qualified for the UEFA Champions League for only the second time in their history, and the first since 1968–69 when the tournament was known as the European Cup.
The season was filled with ups and downs, but in the end it would be forever remembered as the one that brought Manchester City the long-awaited league title after a 44-year wait. City's third English top tier title was clinched on the final day of the season, after the Blues defeated Queens Park Rangers 3–2, coming back from being down 1–2 with two stoppage-time goals just before the final whistle. The championship marked City's first English title since 1968, as well as the first time the Premier League has been won by a club whose current spell in the top division began after the league commenced play. It was also the first and currently only Premier League title to be decided on goal difference, with City's title-clinching goal against QPR coming 15 seconds after the final whistle blew in city rivals Manchester United's 1–0 win at Sunderland, which would otherwise have brought the title to the side of Sir Alex Ferguson.

## Kit

Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways
| Home | Home alt. | Away | Third | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 1 alt. | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 2 alt. | Goalkeeper 3 |

### Kit information

Umbro supplied kits for Manchester City for the third season in a row.
* Home: The home kit for the 2011–12 season featured a striking "soundwave" graphic embedded on to the front of the shirt. The "soundwave" graphic took inspiration from the club's anthem, the Blue Moon, which was sung by fans on the match days. The shirt was combined with sky blue shorts for the first time since the 2006–07 season and with hooped socks.
* Away: The away strip saw a return to the red-and-black stripes, the traditional Manchester City away colours that were famously introduced by the club's former co-manager Malcolm Allison in the 1960s. The most notable element of the strip was the position of the stripes on the arms, which was designed so that if a player scored and held his arms out horizontally whilst celebrating, the stripes would match up with the stripes on the body. The kit was embellished with gold applications and completed with black shorts and socks.
* Third: Manchester City's navy away strip from the previous season was retained as a third kit and was worn with white shorts and socks in its only outing against Aston Villa.
* Keeper: Umbro made two new goalkeeper strips for the 2011–12 season. The first choice kit was based on the design of the outfield home strip and included the "soundwave" graphic, but in dark green with light green detailing. The second choice kit was dark grey with white detailing, whilst the yellow/black outfit introduced in 2009–10 was retained as an alternative for its third season with yellow socks.

## Friendlies
### Pre-season games
#### World Football Challenge

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Juventus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | MLS Western | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | MLS Eastern | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Club América | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 0 |
* ↑ MLS Western Conference composed of one game by the Vancouver Whitecaps and two games by the Los Angeles Galaxy
* ↑ MLS Eastern Conference composed of one game each by the New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, and Chicago Fire

#### Dublin Super Cup
##### Table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Manchester City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 12 |
| Celtic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 |
| Internazionale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 |
| League of Ireland XI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |

##### Fixtures
## Competitions
### Premier League
#### Matches
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester City (C) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 93 | 29 | +64 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Manchester United | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
* 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.

#### 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: Premier League

#### Results by match

| 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Manchester City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Villarreal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 2 | RB | Micah Richards | 24 | EU | 2005 | 189 | 9 | 2015 | Youth system |
| 3 | LB | Wayne Bridge | 31 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 58 | 0 | 2013 | £10M |
| 4 | CB | Vincent Kompany (captain) | 26 | EU | 2008 | 140 | 4 | 2014 | £6M |
| 5 | RB | Pablo Zabaleta | 27 | Non-EU | 2008 | 103 | 3 | 2015 | £6M |
| 6 | CB | Joleon Lescott | 29 | EU | 2009 | 62 | 5 | 2014 | £22M |
| 7 | AM | James Milner | 26 | EU | 2010 | 39 | 2 | 2015 | £24M |
| 10 | FW | Edin Džeko | 26 | Non-EU | 2011 (Winter) | 33 | 18 | 2015 | £27M |
| 11 | AM | Adam Johnson | 24 | EU | 2010 (Winter) | 68 | 11 | 2016 | £7M |
| 12 | GK | Stuart Taylor | 31 | EU | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Free |
| 13 | LB | Aleksandar Kolarov | 26 | Non-EU | 2010 | 47 | 5 | 2015 | £16M |
| 15 | CB | Stefan Savić | 21 | Non-EU | 2011 | 6 | 1 | 2015 | £6M |
| 16 | FW | Sergio Agüero | 24 | EU | 2011 | 12 | 13 | 2016 | £35M |
| 18 | CM | Gareth Barry | 31 | EU | 2009 | 94 | 6 | 2014 | £12M |
| 19 | AM | Samir Nasri | 25 | EU | 2011 | 10 | 2 | 2015 | £25M |
| 20 | CM | Owen Hargreaves | 31 | EU | 2011 | 2 | 1 | 2012 | Free |
| 21 | AM | David Silva | 26 | EU | 2010 | 67 | 9 | 2014 | £24M |
| 22 | LB | Gaël Clichy | 26 | EU | 2011 | 6 | 0 | 2015 | £7M |
| 25 | GK | Joe Hart | 25 | EU | 2006 | 126 | 0 | 2016 | £1.5M |
| 28 | CB | Kolo Touré | 31 | Non-EU | 2009 | 57 | 3 | 2013 | £16M |
| 30 | GK | Costel Pantilimon | 25 | EU | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 2012 | Loan |
| 32 | FW | Carlos Tevez | 28 | Non-EU | 2009 | 84 | 52 | 2014 | £25.5M |
| 34 | CM | Nigel de Jong | 27 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 99 | 1 | 2013 | £18M |
| 42 | CM | Yaya Touré | 29 | Non-EU | 2010 | 62 | 10 | 2015 | £24M |
| 45 | FW | Mario Balotelli | 21 | EU | 2010 | 36 | 16 | 2015 | £22.5M |
* Last updated: 29 October 2011
* Source: , Transfers, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, goals and contracts).
* Ordered by squad number.

### Playing statistics

    As of 13 May 2012
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only. Apps. numbers denote: "no. of games started (no. of games subbed on)." Red card numbers denote: "no. of second yellow cards / no. of straight red cards." Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Pos. | Player name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Community Shield | Community Shield | TOTALS All competitions | TOTALS All competitions | TOTALS All competitions | TOTALS All competitions |
| No. | Pos. | Player name | Apps. | | | | Apps. | | | Apps. | | | Apps. | | | Apps. | | | Apps. | | | Apps. | | | |
| 2 | DF | Micah Richards | 23(6) | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | | 3 | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | 1 | 31(6) | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | DF | Wayne Bridge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 4 | DF | Vincent Kompany (c) | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 42 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Pablo Zabaleta | 18(3) | 1 | 5 | | 4 | | 1 | 0(1) | | | 0(1) | | | 4 | | | | | | 26(5) | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | DF | Joleon Lescott | 31(1) | 2 | 1 | | 4 | | | 2(1) | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | 40(2) | 3 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | James Milner | 17(9) | 3 | 3 | | 2(2) | | | 1(1) | | | 1 | | | 1(2) | | | 1 | | 1 | 23(14) | 3 | 4 | |
| 8 | MF | David Pizarro | 1(4) | | | | | | | 1(1) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2(5) | 1 | | |
| 10 | FW | Edin Džeko | 16(15) | 14 | 1 | | 5 | | | 1(2) | 1 | | | | | 3(1) | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26(17) | 19 | 2 | |
| 11 | MF | Adam Johnson | 10(16) | 6 | 1 | | 1(4) | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 3(1) | 1 | | 0(1) | | | 16(22) | 7 | 1 | |
| 13 | DF | Aleksandar Kolarov | 9(3) | 2 | 1 | | 3(2) | 1 | 1 | 2(1) | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 4(1) | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 20(7) | 4 | 6 | |
| 15 | DF | Stefan Savić | 5(6) | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | | 1 | | 1 | 0(1) | | | 5 | | 1 | | | | 13(7) | 1 | 3 | |
| 16 | FW | Sergio Agüero | 31(3) | 23 | 2 | | 3(3) | 1 | 1 | 3(1) | 4 | | 1 | 1 | | 1(2) | 1 | | | | | 39(9) | 30 | 3 | |
| 18 | MF | Gareth Barry | 31(3) | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3(1) | | | 3 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | 0(1) | | | 39(5) | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Samir Nasri | 26(4) | 5 | 2 | | 5(1) | | | 2(2) | | 1 | 1 | | | 3(1) | 1 | 1 | | | | 37(8) | 6 | 4 | |
| 20 | MF | Owen Hargreaves | 0(1) | | | | | | | | | | 0(1) | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | 2(2) | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | MF | David Silva | 33(3) | 6 | | | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 46(3) | 8 | 1 | |
| 22 | DF | Gaël Clichy | 28 | | 1 | 1 | 3(1) | | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | 0(1) | | | 35(2) | | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Joe Hart | 38 | | | | 6 | | | 4 | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 51 | | | |
| 28 | DF | Kolo Touré (vc) | 8(6) | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 14(6) | | 1 | |
| 30 | GK | Costel Pantilimon | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 32 | FW | Carlos Tevez | 7(6) | 4 | 1 | | 0(1) | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 8(7) | 4 | 1 | |
| 34 | MF | Nigel de Jong (vc) | 11(10) | | 5 | | 3(2) | | | 3(1) | | 2 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | | 1 | | | 23(13) | 1 | 7 | |
| 36 | MF | Denis Suárez | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0(1) | | | | | | 0(1) | | | |
| 42 | MF | Yaya Touré | 31(1) | 6 | 8 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 41(1) | 9 | 13 | |
| 44 | DF | Karim Rekik | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0(2) | | | | | | 0(2) | | | |
| 45 | FW | Mario Balotelli | 14(9) | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2(1) | 2 | 2 | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | 21(11) | 17 | 6 | 2 |
| 49 | FW | Luca Scapuzzi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1(1) | | | | | | 1(1) | | | |
| 62 | MF | Abdul Razak | 0(1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2(1) | | | | | | 2(2) | | | |
| - | DF | Nedum Onuoha | 0(1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2(1) | | | |
| | | Own goals | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 93 | 52 | 5 | | 9 | 10 | | 9 | 13 | | 2 | 1 | | 10 | 4 | | 2 | 5 | | 125 | 81 | 6 |
Statistics correct as of 13 May 2012
Last updated: 13 May 2012. Source: (for players and positions) Season 2011–12 First Team Squad (for squad numbers) Season 2011–12 Squad Numbers (for actual stats). All match reports are in Competitive games section above.

### Goalscorers

| Ranking | Player | Premier League | Champions League | Europa League | FA Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Total |
| 1 | Sergio Agüero | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 2 | Edin Džeko | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | Mario Balotelli | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Yaya Touré | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | David Silva | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Adam Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Samir Nasri | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Own Goal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Carlos Tevez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Aleksandar Kolarov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Vincent Kompany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | James Milner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Joleon Lescott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Gareth Barry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Micah Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Stefan Savić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Pablo Zabaleta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | David Pizarro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Nigel de Jong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Owen Hargreaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Total | 93 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 125 |

## Awards
### Premier League Player of the Season award

Awarded to the outstanding player of the season as judged by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor.
| Season | Player |
| 2011–12 | Vincent Kompany |

### Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the manager that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor.
| Month | Manager |
| November | Roberto Mancini |

### Premier League Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor.
| Month | Player |
| August Archived 30 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine | Edin Džeko |
| September | David Silva |

### Premier League Golden Glove award

Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2011–12 Premier League season.
| Player | Clean sheets |
| Joe Hart | 17 |

### PFA Team of the Year

The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA.
| Player | Position |
| Joe Hart | Goalkeeper |
| Vincent Kompany | Defence |
| David Silva | Midfield |
| Yaya Touré | Midfield |

### LMA Performance of the Week award

Awarded on a weekly basis to the Premier League or Football League team that a five-man LMA adjudication panel deems to have performed in some outstanding manner.
| Week ending | For performance in |
| 27 October 2011 | Manchester United 1 – 6 Manchester City |
| 13 May 2012 | Newcastle United 0 – 2 Manchester City |

### Etihad Player of the Year awards

| Player | Season 2011–12 awards |
| Sergio Agüero | Player of the Year |
| David Silva | Players' Player of the Year |
| Denis Suárez | Young Player of the Year |
| Sergio Agüero | Goal of the Season Norwich City 1 – 6 Manchester City (27th-minute goal) |
| Manchester Derby Double | Moment of the season |
| Vincent Kompany | City in the Community Player of the Year |
| David Silva | EA Sports Player Performance Index Award |

### Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the official website of Manchester City.
| Month | Player |
| August | Edin Džeko |
| September | David Silva |
| October | Mario Balotelli |
| November | James Milner |
| December | Gareth Barry |
| January | Joe Hart |
| February | Sergio Agüero |
| March | Samir Nasri |

### 2011 CAF African Footballer of the Year award

Awarded every calendar year from a shortlist of three based on a vote of the 53 CAF national team managers.
| Year | Player |
| 2011 | Yaya Touré |

### 2011 FSS Serbian Player of the Year award

Awarded every calendar year in conjunction with the FSS Coach of the Year award.
| Year | Player |
| 2011 | Aleksandar Kolarov |