# 2011–12 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Blackburn Rovers 124th season as a professional football club. The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers' 18th season in the Premier League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football.
On 7 May 2012, Blackburn were relegated to the Football League Championship after a 0–1 home defeat to Wigan Athletic. They ended the season at 19th place after losing the last Premier League game 2–1 against Chelsea on 13 May 2012.

## Club
### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Steve Kean |
| Assistant manager | John Jensen (until 28 September 2011) Eric Black (appointed 20 January 2012) |
| Assistant head coach | Paul Clement (appointed 14 October 2011) (until 6 January 2012) |
| Assistant coaches | Iain Brunskill Bobby Mimms |
| Goalkeeping coach | Bobby Mimms |
| Youth coach | David Lowe |
Last updated: October 2011 Source:

### Medical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Doctor | Duncan Robertson |
| Youth team Doctor | Chris Dalton |
| Physiotherapist | Dave Fevre Mark Palmer |
Last updated: October 2011 Source:

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 82 | −42 | 25 | Relegation to Football League Championship |

## Pre-season friendlies
### Mid-season friendlies

* Following the 13 July 2011 Mumbai bombings, Blackburn Rovers postponed this pre-season tour following the advice from the British Foreign office, and this includes the friendly against Pune. The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011.

## Competitions
### Results by Round

| Match | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

### League Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 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 | ENG | Paul Robinson | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Martin Olsson | 30 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | David Dunn | 28 | 2 | 21+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Mauro Formica | 38 | 4 | 25+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Vince Grella | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NOR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 36 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Mark Bunn | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Radosav Petrović | 23 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi | 34 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Scott Dann | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Bradley Orr | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Jordan Slew | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Rubén Rochina | 22 | 6 | 9+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 4 |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Marcus Olsson | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Nick Blackman | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CAN | Junior Hoilett | 37 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Yakubu | 32 | 18 | 29+1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | David Goodwillie | 23 | 4 | 4+16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | MNE | Simon Vukčević | 9 | 2 | 4+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Grant Hanley | 27 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Bruno Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Josh Morris | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ENG | Jake Kean | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Jason Lowe | 36 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ALG | Amine Linganzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Zac Aley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Myles Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | WAL | Adam Henley | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Robbie Cotton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | CGO | Christopher Samba | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Ryan Nelsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Brett Emerton | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | GRN | Jason Roberts | 11 | 1 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have been stripped of shirt number: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Míchel Salgado (removed from 1st team duty)* | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Due to clauses in Salgado's contracts regarding an automatic payrise and a one-year extension to his current contract, he was excluded from first team duty.

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 24 | Yakubu | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Rubén Rochina | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Junior Hoilett | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 25 | David Goodwillie | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | | | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Mauro Formica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | David Dunn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 15 | Steven Nzonzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Christopher Samba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 29 | Simon Vukčević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 16 | Scott Dann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Gaël Givet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 31 | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 30 | Jason Roberts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 47 | 1 | 10 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 8 | MF | David Dunn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Martin Olsson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Gaël Givet | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Anthony Modeste | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Yakubu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | Jason Lowe | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Steven Nzonzi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Grant Hanley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Míchel Salgado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Junior Hoilett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Scott Dann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Radosav Petrović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Jason Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Rubén Rochina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Christopher Samba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Mark Bunn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Brett Emerton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mauro Formica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Marcus Olsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Bradley Orr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 5 |

## Transfers
### Summer 2011
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Myles Anderson | Aberdeen | Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) |
| 4 August 2011 | FW | David Goodwillie | Dundee United | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.8 million) |
| 10 August 2011 | MF | Radosav Petrović | Partizan | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.7 million) |
| 22 August 2011 | DF | Bruno Ribeiro | Grêmio Prudente | Free transfer/End of contract |
| 26 August 2011 | MF | Simon Vukčević | Sporting CP | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2 million) |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | Yakubu | Everton | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1.5 million) |
| 31 August 2011 | DF | Scott Dann | Birmingham City | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £6m-£8m) |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | Jordan Slew | Sheffield United | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1m) |
Total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £16 million-£18 million + additional undisclosed fees & add-ons

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| May 2011 | GK | Frank Fielding | Derby County | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £400,000) |
| June 2011 | DF | Zurab Khizanishvili | Kayserispor | Free transfer/End of contract |
| June/July 2011 | GK | Jason Brown | Aberdeen | Free transfer/End of contract |
| 13 June 2011 | DF | Phil Jones | Manchester United | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £16.5m-£22m plus add ons) |
| June 2011 | MF | Michael Potts | York City | Free transfer/End of contract |
| July 2011 | CF | Maceo Rigters | Gold Coast United | End of contract |
| July 2011 | MF | Jordan Bowen | Chorley | Free transfer/End of contract |
| July 2011 | DF | Damilola Ajagbe | Free agent | End of contract |
| July 2011 | DF | Andy Parry | Free agent | End of contract |
| July 2011 | FW | Toni Vastić | Bayern Munich II | Minimal fee |
| July 2011 | FW | Benjani | Portsmouth | Free transfer/End of contract |
| July 2011 | MF | Aaron Doran | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Undisclosed fee *(rep. 50% sell on fee) |
| 11 August 2011 | FW | Nikola Kalinić | FC Dnipro | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £7m) |
| 12 August 2011 | DF | Gavin Gunning | Dundee United | Undisclosed fee |
| 25 August 2011 | MF | Brett Emerton | Sydney FC | Undisclosed fee |
| 1 September 2011 | MF | El Hadji Diouf | Free agent | Mutually agreed contract termination |
| October 2011 | DF | Cameron Lindsay | Free agent (later signed for) Wellington Phoenix | Released |
Total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £23.9 million-£29.4 million + Undisclosed fees

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 31 June 2011 | 31 October 2011 | FW | Tom Hitchcock | Plymouth Argyle |
| 2 August 2011 | 5 November 2011 | GK | Jake Kean | Rochdale |
| 12 August 2011 | 31 January 2012 | MF | Keith Andrews | Ipswich Town |
| 31 October 2011 | 31 July 2012 | FW | Micah Evans | Accrington Stanley |
| 23 November 2011 | 26 Jan 2012 | MF | Hérold Goulon | Doncaster Rovers |

### January transfer window 2012
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 17 January 2012 | MF | Tim Payne | Waitakere United | Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) |
| 31 January 2012 | MF | Marcus Olsson | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2012 | DF | Bradley Orr | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) |
Total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 26 January 2012 | FW | Jason Roberts | Reading | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £500,000) |
| 31 January 2012 | MF | Keith Andrews | Free agent (later signed for) West Brom | Released |
| 1 February 2012 | DF | Ryan Nelsen | Free agent (later signed for) Tottenham Hotspur | Released |
| 2 February 2012 | FW | Tom Hitchcock | Free agent | Released |
| 24 February 2012 | CB | Christopher Samba | Anzhi | Undisclosed fee *(rep. £11 million) |
Total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep.£11.5 million)

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 19 January 2012 | 31 July 2012 | FW | Anthony Modeste | FC Girondins de Bordeaux |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 1 February 2012 | 31 July 2012 | FW | Filip Pivkovski | FC Nordsjælland |