# Sunderland AFC in het seizoen 2011/12

Dit artikel beschrijft de prestaties van de Engelse voetbalclub Sunderland AFC in het seizoen 2011–2012. Het was het vijfde opeenvolgende seizoen dat de club uit Sunderland uitkwam in de hoogste divisie van het Engelse profvoetbal, de Premier League, na de degradatie in 2006. De club stond voor het derde seizoen op rij onder leiding van oud-speler Steve Bruce, maar hij moest het veld ruimen op 30 november 2011 en werd vervangen door Martin O'Neill.

## Premier League
### Wedstrijden

| № | Datum | Wedstrijd | Uitslag | Pos | Pnt. |
| 1 | 13.08.2011 | Liverpool – Sunderland | 1–1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 20.08.2011 | Sunderland – Newcastle United | 0–1 | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | 27.08.2011 | Swansea City – Sunderland | 0–0 | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | 10.09.2011 | Sunderland – Chelsea | 1–2 | 16 | 2 |
| 5 | 18.09.2011 | Sunderland – Stoke City | 4–0 | 12 | 5 |
| 6 | 26.09.2011 | Norwich City – Sunderland | 2–1 | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | 01.10.2011 | Sunderland – West Bromwich Albion | 2–2 | 14 | 6 |
| 8 | 16.10.2011 | Arsenal – Sunderland | 2–1 | 17 | 6 |
| 9 | 22.10.2011 | Bolton Wanderers – Sunderland | 0–2 | 12 | 9 |
| 10 | 29.10.2011 | Sunderland – Aston Villa | 2–2 | 14 | 10 |
| 11 | 05.11.2011 | Manchester United – Sunderland | 1–0 | 14 | 10 |
| 12 | 19.11.2011 | Sunderland – Fulham | 0–0 | 15 | 11 |
| 13 | 26.11.2011 | Sunderland – Wigan Athletic | 1–2 | 16 | 11 |
| 14 | 04.12.2011 | Wolverhampton Wanderers – Sunderland | 2–1 | 17 | 11 |
| 15 | 11.12.2011 | Sunderland – Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | 16 | 14 |
| 16 | 18.12.2011 | Tottenham Hotspur – Sunderland | 1–0 | 16 | 14 |
| 17 | 21.12.2011 | Queens Park Rangers – Sunderland | 2–3 | 15 | 17 |
| 18 | 26.12.2011 | Sunderland – Everton | 1–1 | 14 | 18 |
| 19 | 01.01.2012 | Sunderland – Manchester City | 1–0 | 13 | 21 |
| 20 | 03.01.2012 | Wigan Athletic – Sunderland | 1–4 | 10 | 24 |
| 21 | 14.01.2012 | Chelsea – Sunderland | 1–0 | 11 | 24 |
| 22 | 21.01.2012 | Sunderland – Swansea City | 2–0 | 10 | 27 |
| 23 | 01.02.2012 | Sunderland – Norwich City | 3–0 | 8 | 30 |
| 24 | 04.02.2012 | Stoke City – Sunderland | 0–1 | 8 | 33 |
| 25 | 11.02.2012 | Sunderland – Arsenal | 1–2 | 9 | 33 |
| 26 | 25.02.2012 | West Bromwich Albion – Sunderland | 4–0 | 9 | 33 |
| 27 | 04.03.2012 | Newcastle United – Sunderland | 1–1 | 12 | 34 |
| 28 | 10.03.2012 | Sunderland – Liverpool | 1–0 | 8 | 37 |
| 29 | 20.03.2012 | Blackburn Rovers – Sunderland | 2–0 | 9 | 37 |
| 30 | 24.03.2012 | Sunderland – Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 | 8 | 40 |
| 31 | 31.03.2012 | Manchester City – Sunderland | 3–3 | 9 | 41 |
| 32 | 07.04.2012 | Sunderland – Tottenham Hotspur | 0–0 | 9 | 42 |
| 33 | 09.04.2012 | Everton – Sunderland | 4–0 | 11 | 42 |
| 34 | 14.04.2012 | Sunderland – Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | 9 | 43 |
| 35 | 21.04.2012 | Aston Villa – Sunderland | 0–0 | 10 | 44 |
| 36 | 28.04.2012 | Sunderland – Bolton Wanderers | 2–2 | 11 | 45 |
| 37 | 06.05.2012 | Fulham – Sunderland | 2–1 | 11 | 45 |
| 38 | 13.05.2012 | Sunderland – Manchester United | 0–1 | 13 | 45 |

### Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| | Manchester City | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 93 | 29 | +64 | 89 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 89 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 70 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 69 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 65 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 64 |
| 7 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 56 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 52 |
| 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 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 53 | –17 | 45 |
| 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 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 77 | –31 | 36 |
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 78 | –30 | 31 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 82 | –42 | 25 |

### Toeschouwers

| № | Club | Totaal | Gem | Duels | +/– | Record |
| 1 | Manchester United | 1.432.358 | 75.387 | 19 | +0,4% | 75.627 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 1.140.006 | 60.000 | 19 | 0,0% | 60.111 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 948.777 | 49.936 | 19 | +4,6% | 52.389 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 893.851 | 47.045 | 19 | +2,5% | 48.000 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 840.808 | 44.253 | 19 | +3,3% | 45.071 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 788.089 | 41.478 | 19 | +0,1% | 41.830 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 742.813 | 39.095 | 19 | –2,3% | 47.751 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 684.501 | 36.026 | 19 | +0,9% | 36.274 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 643.590 | 33.873 | 19 | –8,9% | 40.053 |
| 10 | Everton | 631.333 | 33.228 | 19 | –7,8% | 39.517 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 517.290 | 27.226 | 19 | +1,4% | 27.789 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 505.509 | 26.606 | 19 | +4,8% | 26.819 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 487.967 | 25.672 | 19 | –8,1% | 27.447 |
| 14 | Fulham | 480.576 | 25.293 | 19 | +1,0% | 25.700 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 471.165 | 24.793 | 19 | +0,4% | 26.358 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 449.729 | 23.670 | 19 | +3,5% | 26.901 |
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 428.474 | 22.551 | 19 | –9,8% | 26.532 |
| 18 | Swansea City | 378.978 | 19.946 | 19 | +28,6% | 20.605 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 354.038 | 18.634 | 19 | +10,8% | 22.187 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 328.613 | 17.295 | 19 | +10,6% | 18.076 |
| Totaal | Totaal | 13.148.465 | 34.600 | 380 | –2,0% | 75.627 |

### Statistieken

Bijgaand een overzicht van de spelers die Sunderland vertegenwoordigden in de Premier League in het seizoen 2011/12 en onder leiding van trainer-coach Martin O'Neill als dertiende eindigden.
| Naam | Min. | Duels | B | | | | | | |
| Stéphane Sessègnon | 3134' | 36 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Colback | 2671' | 35 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Larsson | 2707' | 32 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Bardsley | 2478' | 31 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Gardner | 2114' | 30 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Simon Mignolet | 2572' | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John O'Shea | 2441' | 29 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kieran Richardson | 2284' | 29 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicklas Bendtner | 2231' | 28 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 2115' | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Cattermole | 1942' | 23 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| James McClean | 1843' | 23 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Vaughan | 1486' | 22 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Brown | 1736' | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ji Dong-won | 436' | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed Elmohamady | 776' | 18 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Wickham | 523' | 16 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frazier Campbell | 635' | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Kilgallon | 793' | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keiren Westwood | 758' | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Titus Bramble | 651' | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Bridge | 317' | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Meyler | 158' | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Ferdinand | 270' | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asamoah Gyan | 233' | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 189' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Noble | 5' | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Gordon | 90' | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Carson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Egan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Laing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcos Angeleri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## FA Cup
### Wedstrijden

| Ronde | Datum | Wedstrijd | Uitslag |
| Derde ronde | 08.01.2012 | Peterborough United – Sunderland | 0–2 |
| Vierde ronde | 29.01.2012 | Sunderland – Middlesbrough | 1–1 |
| Vierde ronde | 08.02.2012 | Middlesbrough – Sunderland | 1–2 |
| Vijfde ronde | 18.02.2012 | Sunderland – Arsenal | 2–0 |
| Kwartfinale | 17.03.2012 | Everton – Sunderland | 1–1 |
| Kwartfinale | 27.03.2012 | Sunderland – Everton | 0–2 |

## Football League Cup
### Wedstrijden

| Ronde | Datum | Wedstrijd | Uitslag |
| Tweede ronde | 23.08.2011 | Brighton & Hove Albion – Sunderland | 1–0 |
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