# 2011–12 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Swansea City's third season in the first tier of English football, and their first return to top-flight football since 1983. During the 2010–11 season, Swansea finished in 3rd place and beat Reading 4–2 in the Championship play-off final, to win promotion to the Premier League. In doing so, they became the first Welsh team to enter the Premier League. Swansea finished the season at 11th place after beating Liverpool 1–0 in the last game of the season on 13 May 2012. Safety was already confirmed two weeks prior when the Swans drew 4–4 with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 28 April 2012, a game Swansea had led 4–1, although Andrea Orlandi posted the fastest goal of the season in that match.

## Players
### Squad

    Updated 13 May 2012.
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 | NED | Michel Vorm |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Ashley Williams |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Neil Taylor |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Alan Tate (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Ferrie Bodde |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Leon Britton |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Andrea Orlandi |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Danny Graham |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Scott Sinclair |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Nathan Dyer |
| 13 | GK | WAL | David Cornell |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Stephen Dobbie |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Wayne Routledge |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Garry Monk (captain) |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Leroy Lita |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Luke Moore |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Federico Bessone |
| 21 | GK | POR | José Moreira |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Àngel Rangel |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Darnel Situ |
| 24 | MF | WAL | Joe Allen |
| 25 | GK | GER | Gerhard Tremmel |
| 26 | MF | NED | Kemy Agustien |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Mark Gower |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Curtis Obeng |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Ashley Richards |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Scott Donnelly |
| 31 | MF | WAL | Lee Lucas |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Ben Davies |
| 34 | DF | WAL | Joe Walsh |
| 35 | DF | WAL | Daniel Alfei |
| 36 | FW | WAL | Casey Thomas |
| 37 | MF | WAL | Jordan Smith |
| 38 | MF | WAL | Gwion Edwards |
| 39 | MF | WAL | Kurtis March |
| 41 | FW | NIR | Rory Donnelly |

#### On loan players during the season

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 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Steven Caulker (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur for the season) |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Josh McEachran (on loan from Chelsea for the season) |
| 42 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim for the season) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Vorm | 27 | EU | Utrecht | Transfer | Summer | August 2014 | £1,500,000 |
| 10 | FW | Graham | 25 | EU | Watford | Transfer | Summer | June 2015 | £3,500,000 |
| 15 | MF | Routledge | 26 | EU | Newcastle United | Transfer | Summer | August 2014 | Undisclosed fee |
| 18 | FW | Lita | 26 | EU | Middlesbrough | Transfer | Summer | August 2014 | £1,750,000 |
| 20 | DF | Bessone | 27 | EU | Leeds United | Transfer | Summer | August 2013 | Free |
| 21 | GK | Moreira | 29 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | July 2013 | Undisclosed fee |
| 23 | DF | Situ | 32 | EU | Lens | Transfer | Summer | August 2013 | £250,000 |
| 25 | GK | Tremmel | 32 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | August 2013 | Free |
| 28 | DF | Obeng | 22 | EU | Wrexham | Transfer | Winter | June 2015 | Undisclosed fee |
| 41 | FW | Donnelly | 19 | EU | Cliftonville | Transfer | Winter | June 2015 | Undisclosed fee |
| 44 | DF | Moras | 30 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Mid-season | January 2012 | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | de Vries | 30 | EU | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 8 | MF | Pratley | 26 | EU | Bolton Wanderers | Out of contract | Summer | |
| 9 | FW | Beattie | 28 | EU | Heart of Midlothian | Mutual consent | Winter | |
| 11 | FW | van der Gun | 32 | EU | Utrecht | Out of contract | Summer | |
| 17 | DF | Serrán | 26 | EU | AEK Larnaca | Out of contract | Summer | |
| 17 | DF | Cotterill | 24 | EU | Barnsley | Mutual consent | Winter | |
| 18 | FW | Pintado | 33 | EU | AEK Larnaca | Mutual consent | Summer | |
| 20 | MF | MacDonald | 23 | EU | Bournemouth | Transfer | Summer | £80,000 |
| 23 | MF | Harley | 26 | EU | Brighton & Hove Albion | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed fee |
| 25 | GK | Ma-Kalambay | 25 | EU | Mechelen | Out of contract | Summer | |
| 28 | MF | Butler | 30 | EU | Free agent | Mutual consent | Winter | |
| 33 | FW | Morgan | 22 | EU | Neath | Out of contract | Summer | |
| 38 | DF | Grimes | 20 | EU | Free agent | Out of contract | Summer | |
| 44 | DF | Moras | 30 | EU | Cesena | Out of contract | Winter | |

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended |
| 4 | DF | Caulker | 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 July 2011 | 13 May 2012 |
| 17 | MF | McEachran | 18 | Chelsea | 16 January 2012 | 13 May 2012 |
| 42 | MF | Sigurðsson | 22 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2 January 2012 | 13 May 2012 |

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended |
| 9 | FW | Beattie | 27 | Watford | 24 October 2011 | 8 January 2012 |
| 13 | GK | Cornell | 20 | Hereford United | 19 August 2011 | 5 May 2012 |
| 14 | FW | Dobbie | 29 | Blackpool | 22 March 2012 | 19 May 2012 |
| 30 | MF | Donnelly | 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 June 2011 | 5 May 2012 |
| 31 | MF | Lucas | 19 | Burton Albion | 26 January 2012 | 5 May 2012 |
| 35 | DF | Alfei | 19 | Wrexham | 31 January 2012 | 7 May 2012 |
| 36 | FW | Thomas | 20 | Colchester United | 4 November 2011 | 2 January 2012 |

### New contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 2 | DF | Ashley Williams | 26 | Signed | 3 years | August 2014 |
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 22 | Signed | 4 years | July 2015 |
| 5 | DF | Alan Tate | 28 | Signed | 2 years | July 2015 |
| 6 | MF | Ferrie Bodde | 29 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 29 | Signed | 3-year | June 2015 |
| 10 | MF | Andrea Orlandi | 26 | Signed | 1 year | July 2013 |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 23 | Signed | 3 years | August 2014 |
| 16 | DF | Garry Monk | 32 | Signed | 3 years | August 2014 |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 28 | Signed | 3 years | June 2014 |
| 24 | MF | Joe Allen | 21 | Signed | 4 years | August 2015 |
| 27 | MF | Mark Gower | 33 | Signed | 1 year | June 2013 |
| 28 | MF | Thomas Butler | 30 | Signed | 1 year | July 2012 |
| 29 | MF | Jazz Richards | 20 | Signed | 1.5 years | June 2013 |
| 26 | MF | Kemy Agustien | 25 | Signed | 2 years | June 2014 |
| 31 | MF | Lee Lucas | 20 | Signed | 3 years | June 2015 |
| 38 | MF | Gwion Edwards | 19 | Signed | 3 years | June 2015 |

## Season statistics
### Premier League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 52 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 47 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 47 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 45 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2012. Source: swanseacity.net

### League performance

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 20 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |

## Statistics
### Goals and appearances

    As of 13 May 2012
| 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 | Michel Vorm | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ashley Williams | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 35(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 36(2) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Steven Caulker | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Alan Tate | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ferrie Bodde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 35(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Andrea Orlandi | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Danny Graham | 32(4) | 12 | 1(1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34(5) | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Scott Sinclair | 35(3) | 8 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 35(5) | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 29(5) | 5 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30(6) | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 2(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 17(11) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19(11) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Garry Monk | 14(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Josh McEachran | 1(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Leroy Lita | 4(12) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(12) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Luke Moore | 3(17) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5(17) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Federico Bessone | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | José Moreira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 32(2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33(2) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Darnel Situ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Joe Allen | 31(5) | 3 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31(7) | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Kemy Agustien | 7(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(6) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Mark Gower | 14(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Curtis Obeng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Ashley Richards | 6(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Lee Lucas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Ben Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Joe Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Daniel Alfei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Casey Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Jordan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Gwion Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Kurtis March | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Rory Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 17(1) | 7 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(2) | 7 | 0 | 0 |

#### Left club mid-season

| 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 | | |
| 9 | FW | Craig Beattie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | David Cotterill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Thomas Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Vangelis Moras | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | Danny Graham | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 11 | LW | Scott Sinclair | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 42 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 12 | RW | Nathan Dyer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | Joe Allen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 19 | FW | Luke Moore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 18 | FW | Leroy Lita | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | CB | Ashley Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 8 | LW | Andrea Orlandi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 22 | FB | Àngel Rangel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | Totals | 44 | 5 | 1 | 50 |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Statistics from premierleague.com

### Captains

    Accounts for the Premier League only.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Starts |
| 2 | CB | Ashley Williams | 23 |
| 16 | CB | Garry Monk | 14 |
| 5 | CB | Alan Tate | 1 |

### Starting formations

    Accounts for Premier League formations only.
| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |
| 37 | 4–3–3 | 1–35, 37, 38 |
| 1 | 3–4–3 | 36 |