page_title: 2011–12 Manchester City F.C. season
section_title: UEFA Champions League
hierarchical_section_title: 2011–12 Manchester City F.C. season / Competitions / UEFA Champions League
caption_attribution_description: English: Villarreal CF (yellow) and Manchester City FC (blue) prepare to kick-off the second half of their UEFA Champions League match at Estadio Madrigal in November 2011.
context_page_description: The 2011–12 season was Manchester City Football Club's 110th season of football, its tenth consecutive season in the Premier League, and its fifteenth season in the Premier League. The club also played in the UEFA Champions League for the second time, and the first time since its rebranding from being the European Cup, after finishing third in the 2010–11 Premier League.
  Manchester City won the English first division title for the third time in history and the first time in 44 years by beating Queens Park Rangers 3–2 on the final day of the season, coming back from being down 2–1 with two stoppage-time goals just before the final whistle. The championship marked City's first English title since 1968, as well as the first time the Premier League has been won by a club whose current spell in the top division began after the League commenced play. It is also the first Premier League title to be decided on goal difference, and City's game-winning goal against QPR came 15 seconds after City's Manchester rivals Manchester United had just defeated Sunderland 1–0.
caption: Group stage match at Villarreal's Estadio El Madrigal
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