# 2011–12 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Queens Park Rangers's 123rd professional season and their fifth season in the Premier League. The club competed in the Premier League for the first time in fifteen years, following their promotion as champions from The Championship in 2010–11. The club finished the season in 17th place, avoiding relegation by one point on the final day of the season.

## Kit

Lotto Sport Italia continued as manufacturers of QPR's kit. Airlines Malaysian Airlines and Air Asia became new kit sponsors.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

### First team squad

Ages as of 13 May 2012.
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Paddy Kenny | GK | 2010 | (1978-05-17)17 May 1978 (aged 33) | Sheffield United |
| 24 | Radek Černý | GK | 2008 | (1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 38) | Slavia Prague |
| 26 | Brian Murphy | GK | 2011 | (1983-05-07)7 May 1983 (aged 29) | Ipswich Town |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Clint Hill | CB / LB | 2010 | (1978-10-19)19 October 1978 (aged 33) | Crystal Palace |
| 5 | Fitz Hall | CB | 2008 | (1980-02-20)20 February 1980 (aged 32) | Wigan Athletic |
| 6 | Danny Gabbidon | CB | 2011 | (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 32) | West Ham United |
| 13 | Armand Traoré | LB / LM | 2011 | (1989-10-08)8 October 1989 (aged 22) | Arsenal |
| 15 | Bruno Perone | CB | 2011 | (1987-06-06)6 June 1987 (aged 24) | On loan from Tombense |
| 16 | Matthew Connolly | CB | 2008 | (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 24) | Arsenal |
| 18 | Luke Young | RB | 2011 | (1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 32) | Aston Villa |
| 27 | Peter Ramage | CB | 2008 | (1983-11-22)22 November 1983 (aged 28) | Newcastle United |
| 28 | Danny Shittu | CB | 2011 | (1980-09-02)2 September 1980 (aged 31) | Millwall |
| 34 | Taye Taiwo | LB | 2012 | (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 27) | On loan from Milan |
| 35 | Anton Ferdinand | CB | 2011 | (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 27) | Sunderland |
| 40 | Michael Harriman | RB | 2011 | (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 19) | Queens Park Rangers Academy |
| 42 | Nedum Onuoha | RB | 2012 | (1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 25) | Manchester City |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 2 | Samba Diakité | DM | 2012 | (1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 23) | On loan from Nancy |
| 4 | Shaun Derry | DM | 2010 | (1977-12-06)6 December 1977 (aged 34) | Crystal Palace |
| 7 | Adel Taarabt | AM | 2009 | (1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 22) | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 8 | Kieron Dyer | AM | 2011 | (1978-12-29)29 December 1978 (aged 33) | West Ham United |
| 11 | Alejandro Faurlín | CM | 2009 | (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 25) | Instituto Atlético |
| 14 | Ákos Buzsáky | CM | 2007 | (1982-05-07)7 May 1982 (aged 30) | Plymouth Argyle |
| 17 | Joey Barton | CM | 2011 | (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 29) | Newcastle United |
| 21 | Tommy Smith | RM | 2010 | (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 31) | Portsmouth |
| 25 | Hogan Ephraim | RM / LM | 2007 | (1988-03-31)31 March 1988 (aged 24) | West Ham United |
| 29 | Michael Doughty | LM | 2010 | (1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 19) | Queens Park Rangers Academy |
| 32 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | RW / LW | 2011 | (1981-10-25)25 October 1981 (aged 30) | Manchester City |
| 36 | Bruno Andrade | AM | 2010 | (1993-10-02)2 October 1993 (aged 18) | Queens Park Rangers Academy |
| 37 | Lee Cook | LM | 2004 | (1982-07-03)3 July 1982 (aged 29) | Watford |
| 39 | Jordan Gibbons | CM | 2011 | (1993-10-18)18 October 1993 (aged 18) | Queens Park Rangers Academy |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | DJ Campbell | ST | 2011 | (1981-11-12)12 November 1981 (aged 30) | Blackpool |
| 10 | Jay Bothroyd | CF | 2011 | (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 30) | Cardiff City |
| 12 | Jamie Mackie | ST / RW | 2010 | (1985-09-22)22 September 1985 (aged 26) | Plymouth Argyle |
| 19 | Patrick Agyemang | CF | 2008 | (1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 31) | Preston North End |
| 20 | Rob Hulse | CF | 2010 | (1979-10-25)25 October 1979 (aged 32) | Derby County |
| 22 | Heiðar Helguson | CF | 2008 | (1977-08-22)22 August 1977 (aged 34) | Bolton Wanderers |
| 23 | Djibril Cissé | CF | 2012 | (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 30) | Lazio |
| 30 | Troy Hewitt | CF | 2011 | (1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (aged 22) | Harrow Borough |
| 33 | Federico Macheda | ST | 2012 | (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 20) | On loan from Manchester United |
| 46 | Ángelo Balanta | ST | 2007 | (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 21) | Queens Park Rangers Academy |
| 52 | Bobby Zamora | CF | 2012 | (1981-01-16)16 January 1981 (aged 31) | Fulham |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | No. | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 July 2011 | 10 | FW | Jay Bothroyd | Cardiff City | Free |
| 13 July 2011 | 8 | MF | Kieron Dyer | West Ham United | Free |
| 25 July 2011 | 6 | DF | Danny Gabbidon | West Ham United | Free |
| 4 August 2011 | 9 | FW | DJ Campbell | Blackpool | £1.25 million |
| 10 August 2011 | 26 | GK | Brian Murphy | Ipswich Town | Free |
| 26 August 2011 | 17 | MF | Joey Barton | Newcastle United | Free |
| 27 August 2011 | 18 | DF | Luke Young | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2011 | 13 | DF | Armand Traoré | Arsenal | £1.3 million |
| 31 August 2011 | 32 | MF | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Manchester City | £4 million |
| 31 August 2011 | 35 | DF | Anton Ferdinand | Sunderland | £3 million |
| 26 January 2012 | 42 | DF | Nedum Onuoha | Manchester City | £4.2 million |
| 31 January 2012 | 23 | FW | Djibril Cissé | Lazio | £4.4 million |
| 31 January 2012 | 52 | FW | Bobby Zamora | Fulham | £5 million |

### Out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June 2011 | 6 | MF | Mikele Leigertwood | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 1 June 2011 | 18 | MF | Gavin Mahon | Notts County | Free Transfer |
| 1 June 2011 | 37 | MF | Georgios Tofas | Anagennisi Dherynia | Released |
| 1 June 2011 | 35 | MF | Josh Parker | Oldham Athletic | Free Transfer |
| 1 June 2011 | 27 | DF | Lee Brown | Bristol Rovers | Released |
| 1 June 2011 | 28 | DF | Joe Oastler | Torquay United | Released |
| 1 June 2011 | – | DF | Elliot Cox | Unattached | Released |
| 1 June 2011 | 30 | MF | Romone Rose | Muangthong United | Released |
| 1 June 2011 | 39 | DF | Pascal Chimbonda | Doncaster Rovers | Free Transfer |
| 19 August 2011 | 8 | FW | Leon Clarke | Swindon Town | Released |
| 24 August 2011 | 13 | DF | Kaspars Gorkšs | Reading | £880,000 |
| 31 August 2011 | 33 | FW | Antonio German | Stockport County | Free Transfer |
| 30 September 2011 | – | MF | Matteo Alberti | Lumezzane | Loan Return |
| 14 October 2011 | – | FW | Alessandro Pellicori | Unattached | Released |
| 31 January 2012 | 23 | MF | Petter Vaagan Moen | Unattached | Released |
| 31 January 2012 | 2 | DF | Bradley Orr | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start | No. | Pos. | Name | From | Expiry |
| 11 August 2011 | 15 | DF | Bruno Perone | Tombense | 6 June 2012 |
| 1 September 2011 | 42 | MF | Jason Puncheon | Southampton | 2 January 2012 |
| 2 January 2012 | 33 | FW | Federico Macheda | Manchester United | 13 May 2012 |
| 24 January 2012 | 34 | DF | Taye Taiwo | Milan | 13 May 2012 |
| 30 January 2012 | 2 | MF | Samba Diakité | Nancy | 13 May 2012 |

### Loans out

| Start | No. | Pos. | Name | To | Expiry |
| 21 July 2011 | – | MF | Max Ehmer | Yeovil Town | 31 December 2011 |
| 1 August 2011 | 46 | FW | Ángelo Balanta | Milton Keynes Dons | 31 December 2011 |
| 5 August 2011 | 27 | DF | Peter Ramage | Crystal Palace | 15 January 2012 |
| 12 August 2011 | – | GK | Elvijs Putninš | Boreham Wood | 30 April 2012 |
| 19 August 2011 | 29 | MF | Michael Doughty | Crawley Town | 21 January 2012 |
| 27 August 2011 | – | FW | Rowan Vine | Exeter City | 26 September 2011 |
| 22 September 2011 | 3 | DF | Clint Hill | Nottingham Forest | 22 October 2011 |
| 26 September 2011 | – | MF | Martin Rowlands | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 December 2011 |
| 29 September 2011 | 46 | MF | Bruno Andrade | Aldershot Town | 29 October 2011 |
| 29 September 2011 | 30 | FW | Troy Hewitt | Dagenham & Redbridge | 29 October 2011 |
| 13 October 2011 | 19 | FW | Patrick Agyemang | Millwall | 9 November 2011 |
| 15 November 2011 | 25 | MF | Hogan Ephraim | Charlton Athletic | 3 January 2012 |
| 24 November 2011 | 37 | MF | Lee Cook | Leyton Orient | 21 January 2012 |
| 31 January 2012 | 16 | DF | Matthew Connolly | Reading | 3 May 2012 |
| 5 March 2012 | 29 | MF | Michael Doughty | Aldershot Town | 1 April 2012 |
| 8 March 2012 | 19 | FW | Patrick Agyemang | Stevenage | 9 June 2012 |
| 17 March 2012 | – | MF | Max Ehmer | Preston North End | 17 May 2012 |
| 19 March 2012 | 37 | MF | Lee Cook | Charlton Athletic | 31 May 2012 |
| 22 March 2012 | 25 | MF | Hogan Ephraim | Bristol City | 30 April 2012 |
| 22 March 2012 | – | FW | Rowan Vine | Gillingham | 31 May 2012 |

## Season statistics
### Premier League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 43 | |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 | |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 37 | |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 77 | −31 | 36 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 78 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Football League Championship |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2012. Source: QPR.CO.UK

### Results by match

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 20 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 |

## Pre-season
### Trofeo Bortolotti

The Trofeo Bortolotti is a triangular tournament, with each match lasting 45 minutes.

## Player statistics

    As of the end of the season

### Appearances, goals and discipline

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Paddy Kenny | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Bradley Orr | 2(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Samba Diakité | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Clint Hill | 19(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(3) | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Shaun Derry | 28(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 30(2) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Fitz Hall | 11(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(3) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Danny Gabbidon | 15(2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Adel Taarabt | 24(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25(3) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Kieron Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DJ Campbell | 2(9) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(9) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Jay Bothroyd | 12(9) | 2 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14(10) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Alejandro Faurlín | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Jamie Mackie | 24(7) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27(7) | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Armand Traoré | 18(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(5) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Ákos Buzsáky | 10(8) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(9) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Bruno Perone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Matthew Connolly | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Joey Barton | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | Luke Young | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Patrick Agyemang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Rob Hulse | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Tommy Smith | 4(13) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(14) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Heiðar Helguson | 13(3) | 8 | 1(2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14(5) | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Djibril Cissé | 7(1) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | GK | Radek Černý | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Hogan Ephraim | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Brian Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Danny Shittu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Troy Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Shaun Wright-Phillips | 24(8) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26(8) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Federico Macheda | 0(3) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(0) | 0 | 2(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Taye Taiwo | 13(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Anton Ferdinand | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Bruno Andrade | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Lee Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Martin Rowlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Michael Harriman | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Jason Puncheon | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Nedum Onuoha | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | Bobby Zamora | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Position | PL | FAC | LC | Total |
| 1 | Heiðar Helguson | FW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Jamie Mackie | FW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Djibril Cissé | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Joey Barton | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jay Bothroyd | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Luke Young | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Tommy Smith | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Bobby Zamora | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ákos Buzsáky | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Adel Taarabt | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Shaun Derry | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Alejandro Faurlín | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Samba Diakité | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DJ Campbell | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Taye Taiwo | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Danny Gabbidon | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 22 August 2015
| Rank | Player | Position | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Paddy Kenny | GK | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |