# 2011–12 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Middlesbrough's third consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

## Results and fixtures
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Middlesbrough goalscorers | Man of the match |
| 1 | 14 July 2011 | A | İstanbul BB | 1–1 | Unknown | Franks 86' | Coyne |
| 2 | 17 July 2011 | A | Varaždin | 3–2 | Unknown | Karlo 12' o.g., Lita 28', Bates 79' | Williams |
| 3 | 19 July 2011 | A | Antalyaspor | 0–0 | Unknown | | Ripley |
| 4 | 23 July 2011 | A | Darlington | 2–4 | 3,223 | Lita 16', Kink 29' | Lita |
| 5 | 26 July 2011 | A | Carlisle United | 0–2 | 2,218 | | Ripley |
| 6 | 29 July 2011 | H | PSV Eindhoven | 2–3 | 20,151 | McDonald 12', 38' | McMahon |

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 5 | Blackpool | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### League Cup
## Players
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Bates | 41 | Club captain |
| 17 | MF | Barry Robson | 8 | |
| 29 | DF | Tony McMahon | 3 | |
Last updated: 17 August 2011 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### First-team squad

    As of 6 April 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jason Steele | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Justin Hoyte | 44 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Joe Bennett | 45 | 1 | 40+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Matthew Bates | 42 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Merouane Zemmama | 17 | 2 | 7+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 27 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald | 36 | 9 | 31+2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Kevin Thomson | 29 | 0 | 14+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Marvin Emnes | 48 | 18 | 37+5 | 14 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Nicky Bailey | 39 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Adam Hammill | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Rhys Williams | 40 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Seb Hines | 27 | 2 | 20+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | NGA | Bartholomew Ogbeche | 18 | 3 | 5+12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Barry Robson | 39 | 9 | 37+0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Julio Arca | 33 | 0 | 22+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Luke Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | WAL | Danny Coyne | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin | 18 | 3 | 0+15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Cameron Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 13 | 2 | 0+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Tony McMahon | 39 | 1 | 28+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Lukas Jutkiewicz | 21 | 3 | 17+2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Connor Ripley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Richard Smallwood | 19 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Bruno Pilatos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Faris Haroun | 35 | 2 | 23+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Paul Weldon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Adam Reach | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players featured for club who have been sent out on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players featured for club who have left: ||||||||||||
| | GK | NGA | Carl Ikeme | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lee Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alex Nimely | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | EST | Tarmo Kink | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

| Name | Number | Position | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Barry Robson | 17 | MF | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Joe Bennett | 3 | DF | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Tony McMahon | 29 | DF | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Nicky Bailey | 10 | MF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rhys Williams | 14 | MF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Faris Haroun | 38 | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Thomson | 8 | MF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Stephen McManus | 6 | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott McDonald | 7 | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Julio Arca | 18 | MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Matthew Bates | 4 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Seb Hines | 2 | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bartholomew Ogbeche | 16 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Malaury Martin | 22 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marvin Emnes | 9 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Hoyte | 2 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Curtis Main | 2 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Smallwood | 33 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lukas Jutkiewicz | 30 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Merouane Zemmama | 5 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Ikeme | 13 | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 77 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 7 |

#### Suspensions served

| Date | Matches Missed | Player | Reason | Opponents Missed |
| 14 August | 1 | Tony McMahon | | Barnlsey (A) |
| 18 September | 1 | Joe Bennett | | Crystal Palace (CC) |
| 30 October | 1 | Barry Robson | 5x | Derby County (H) |
| 17 December | 1 | Tony McMahon | 5x | Cardiff City (A) |
| 7 January | 2 | Barry Robson | 10x | Shrewsbury (FA), Burnley (H) |
| 22 January | 1 | Kevin Thomson | | Sunderland (FA) |
| 22 January | 1 | Julio Arca | | Sunderland (FA) |
| 14 February | 1 | Kevin Thomson | | Millwall (A) |
| 4 March | 1 | R.Williams | | Barnsley (H) |
| 12 January | 3 | Barry Robson | | Birmingham (A), West Ham (A), Bristol City (H) |
| 8 April | 2 | Joe Bennett | 10x | Hull City (A), Derby County (A) |
Key: (H) = League Home, (A) = League Away, (FA) = FA Cup, (CC) = League Cup

### Top scorers

| Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| Marvin Emnes | 14 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Barry Robson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Scott McDonald | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bartholomew Ogbeche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Malaury Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lukas Jutkiewicz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Main | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rhys Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Faris Haroun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matthew Bates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nicky Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Merouane Zemmama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony McMahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seb Hines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 52 | 3 | 6 | 61 |

#### Penalties

| Date | Penalty Taker | Scored | Opponent | Competition |
| 9 August | Marvin Emnes | Yes | Walsall | League Cup |
| 1 November | Barry Robson | Yes | Doncaster Rovers | Championship |
| 3 March | Barry Robson | Yes | Portsmouth | Championship |

#### Assists

| Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| Barry Robson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Justin Hoyte | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Scott McDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony McMahon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rhys Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Bennett | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Julio Arca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Faris Haroun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marvin Emnes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Main | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Malaury Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Seb Hines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lukas Jutkiewicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 9 | FW | Emnes | 23 | Signed | 3 years | July 2015 | MFC |
| 33 | MF | Smallwood | 20 | Signed | 2 years | July 2014 | MFC |
| 14 | MF | R.Williams | 23 | Signed | 4.5 years | July 2016 | MFC |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| | Curtis Main | Free Agent | Free |
| 18 July 2011 | Malaury Martin | Free Agent | Free |
| | Julio Arca | Free Agent | Free |
| | Faris Haroun | Free Agent | Free |
| | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Free Agent | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Player | From | Duration |
| | Carl Ikeme | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Three months |
| | Alex Nimely | Manchester City | Three months |
| 1 March 2012 | Adam Hammill | Wolverhampton | Until end of season |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2011 | Willo Flood | Dundee United | Released |
| 30 June 2011 | Maximilian Haas | Free agent | Released |
| | Andrew Taylor | Cardiff City | Free |
| | Kris Boyd | Eskişehirspor | Free |
| | Didier Digard | Nice | Undisclosed |
| | Leroy Lita | Swansea City | £1.75m |
| | Lee Miller | Carlisle United | Free |
| | Tarmo Kink | Free agent | Released |

### Loans out

| Date | Player | To | Duration |
| | Ben Gibson | Plymouth Argyle | Three months |
| | Cameron Park | Barnsley | Three months |
| | Jonathan Grounds | Chesterfield | One month |
| 31 August 2011 | Jonathan Franks | Oxford United | Until 1 January |
| | Andy Halliday | Walsall | Two months |
| | Adam Reach | Darlington | One month |
| | Ben Gibson | York City | Until end of season |
| | Stephen McManus | Bristol City | Until end of season |
| 22 February 2012 | Jonathan Franks | Yeovil | Until end of season |
| 22 February 2012 | Jonathan Grounds | Yeovil | Until end of season |