2011–12 Manchester City F.C. season
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 top tier 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. Kit. Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways Kit information . Umbro supplied kits for Manchester City for a third season in a row. Competitions. Premier League. Points breakdown. Points at home: 55 Points away from home: 34 Points against 2010/11 Top Four: 12 Points against promoted teams: 15 Biggest & smallest. Biggest home win: 5–1 vs. Norwich City, 3 December 2011 Biggest home defeat: Undefeated Biggest away win: 1–6 vs. Manchester United, 23 October 2011; vs. Norwich City, 14 April 2012 Biggest away defeat: 5 by a 1-goal margin Biggest home attendance: 47,435 vs. Queens Park Rangers, 13 May 2012 Smallest home attendance: 46,321 vs. Stoke City, 21 December 2011  Biggest away attendance: 75,487 vs. Manchester United, 23 October 2011 Smallest away attendance: 16,026 vs. Wigan Athletic, 16 January 2012 Playing statistics. "Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only." "Apps. numbers denote:" "No. of games started (No. of games subbed on)" "Red card numbers denote:" "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards." "Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal." Awards. Premier League "Player of the Season" award. "Awarded to the outstanding player of the season as judged by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor" Premier League "Manager of  the Month" award. "Awarded monthly to the manager that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor" Premier League "Player of the Month" award. "Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor" Premier League "Golden Glove" award. "Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2011–12 Premier League season" PFA "Team of the Year". "The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA" LMA "Performance of the Week" award. "Awarded on a weekly basis to the  Premier League or Football League team that a five-man LMA adjudication panel deems to have performed in some outstanding manner" Etihad "Player of the Month" awards. "Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS" 2011 CAF "African Player of the Year" award. "Awarded every calendar year from a shortlist of three based on a vote of the 53 CAF national team managers" 2011 FSS "Serbian Player of the Year" award. "Awarded every calendar year in conjunction with the FSS Coach of the Year award" 2011–12 Manchester City F.C.