2011–12 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
2011–12 season
	(from left to right) Roberto Mancini, Samir Nasri, Sergio Agüero, and Vincent Kompany with the Premier League trophy
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Semi-final
Community Shield	Runner-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sergio Agüero (23); All: ; Sergio Agüero (30)
Highest home attendance	47,435 v. Queens Park Rangers ; (13 May 2012)
Lowest home attendance	25,070 v. Birmingham City ; (21 September 2011, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	47,044[1]

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.

Kit

Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways

Home

Home alt.

Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 2 alt.

Goalkeeper 3

Kit information

Umbro supplied kits for Manchester City for a third season in a row.

Home: The home kit for 2011–12 season featured a striking "soundwave" graphic embedded on to the front of the shirt. The "soundwave" graphic took inspiration from the club's anthem, the Blue Moon, which was sung by fans on the match days. The shirt was combined with sky blue shorts for the first time since the 2006–07 season and with hooped socks.
Away: The away strip saw a return to the red-and-black stripes, the traditional Manchester City away colours that were famously introduced by the club's former co-manager Malcolm Allison in the 1960s. The most notable element of the strip was the position of the stripes on the arms, which was designed so that if a player scored and held his arms out horizontally whilst celebrating, the stripes would match up with the stripes on the body. The kit was embellished with gold applications and completed with black shorts and socks.
Third: Manchester City's navy away strip from the previous season was retained as a third kit and was worn with white shorts and socks in its only outing against Aston Villa.
Keeper: Umbro made two new goalkeeper strips for the 2011–12 season. The first choice kit was based on the design of the outfield home strip and included the "soundwave" graphic, but in dark green with light green detailing. The second choice kit was dark grey with white detailing, whilst the yellow/black outfit introduced in 2009–10 was retained as an alternative for its third season.

Friendlies

Pre-season games

World Football Challenge

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Real Madrid (C)	3	3	0	0	0	9	2	+7	8	17
2	Manchester United	3	3	0	0	0	9	3	+6	8	17
3	Manchester City	3	2	1	0	0	5	2	+3	5	13
4	Juventus	3	2	0	0	1	3	2	+1	3	9
5	Barcelona	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	4	7
6	Guadalajara	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3	6
7	MLS Western[lower-alpha 1]	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−4	3	4
8	MLS Eastern[lower-alpha 2]	3	0	0	0	3	3	9	−6	3	3
9	Club América	3	0	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0	0

Source: World Football Challenge Standings[2]
Note: Sporting CP played only one game and did not accrue points.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

MLS Western Conference composed of one game by the Vancouver Whitecaps and two games by the Los Angeles Galaxy
MLS Eastern Conference composed of one game each by the New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, and Chicago Fire

16 July 2011	América	0–2	Manchester City	San Francisco, California, United States
17:00 PST			McGivern 17' Wright-Phillips 27'	Stadium: AT&T Park Attendance: 11,250 Referee: Grajeda

18 July 2011	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–2	Manchester City	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19:00 PST	Sanvezzo 30'		Guidetti 68' Wright-Phillips 84'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 24,074 Referee: Navarro

24 July 2011	LA Galaxy	1–1 (6–7 p)	Manchester City	Carson, California, United States
13:00 PST	Magee 53'		Balotelli 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,897 Referee: Salazar
	Penalties
	Keat Birchall Juninho Dunivant Stephens McBean Gonzalez McCarty DeLaGarza		Milner Weiss Suárez Kolarov Guidetti Lescott De Jong Wright-Phillips Hart

Dublin Super Cup

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester City	2	2	0	6	0	+6	12
Celtic	2	1	1	5	2	+3	8
Internazionale	2	1	1	2	3	−1	5
League of Ireland XI	2	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Source:

Fixtures

30 July 2011	Manchester City	3–0	League of Ireland XI	Dublin, Ireland
14:00 BST	Wright-Phillips 52' Johnson 61' Scapuzzi 84'	Report (Video)		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 5,114

31 July 2011	Inter Milan	0–3	Manchester City	Dublin, Ireland
16:30 BST		Report	Balotelli 45+1' Džeko 46' Johnson 90+3'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium

Competitions

FA Community Shield

7 August 2011	Manchester City	2–3	Manchester United	London
14:30 BST	Richards 22' Touré 34' Lescott 38' Džeko 19' 45+1' Milner 55' Kolarov 60'	Report	Anderson 19' Evra 40' Smalling 52' Nani 58', 90+4'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 77,169 Referee: Phil Dowd

Premier League

Matches

15 August 2011 1	Manchester City	4–0	Swansea City	Manchester
20:00 BST	Džeko 57' Agüero 68', 90+1' Silva 71'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,802 (2,785 away) Referee: Mike Dean

21 August 2011 2	Bolton Wanderers	2–3	Manchester City	Bolton
16:00 BST	Klasnić 39' Muamba 44' K. Davies 44', 63'	Report	Silva 26' Barry 37' Džeko 47'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 24,273 (4,846 away) Referee: Mike Jones

28 August 2011 3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–5	Manchester City	London
13:30 BST	Assou-Ekotto 10' van der Vaart 31' Kaboul 68'	Report	Barry 20' Zabaleta 23' Touré 25' Džeko 34', 41', 55', 90+3' Agüero 60' Savić 76'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,150 (1,757 away) Referee: Phil Dowd

10 September 2011 4	Manchester City	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
15:00 BST	Agüero 13', 63', 69'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,509 (1,122 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

18 September 2011 5	Fulham	2–2	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST	Zamora 55' Kompany 75' (o.g.)[3]	Report	Agüero 18', 46'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,750 (1,584 away) Referee: Mark Clattenburg

24 September 2011 6	Manchester City	2–0	Everton	Manchester
12:45 BST	Balotelli 68' Milner 89'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,293 (2,826 away) Referee: Howard Webb

1 October 2011 7	Blackburn Rovers	0–4	Manchester City	Blackburn
15:00 BST		Report	Johnson 56' Balotelli 59' Nasri 73' Savić 87'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 24,760 (7,531 away) Referee: Phil Dowd

15 October 2011 8	Manchester City	4–1	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 BST	Balotelli 28' Johnson 47' Kompany 52' Milner 71'	Report	Warnock 65'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,019 (1,528 away) Referee: Anthony Taylor

23 October 2011 9	Manchester United	1–6	Manchester City	Trafford
13:30 BST	Fletcher 81'	Report	Balotelli 22', 60' Agüero 69' Džeko 89', 90+3' Silva 90+1'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,487 (2,996 away) Referee: Mark Clattenburg

29 October 2011 10	Manchester City	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 BST	Džeko 52' Kolarov 67' Johnson 90+1'	Report	Hunt 75' (pen.)	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,142 (2,364 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

5 November 2011 11	QPR	2–3	Manchester City	London
17:30 GMT	Bothroyd 28' Helguson 69' Barton 81'	Report	Džeko 43' Silva 52' Y. Touré 74' Balotelli 78'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,076 (3,026 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 November 2011 12	Manchester City	3–1	Newcastle United	Manchester
15:00 BST	Balotelli 41' (pen.) Richards 44' Agüero 72' (pen.)	Report	Gosling 89'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,408 (1,685 away) Referee: Chris Foy

27 November 2011 13	Liverpool	1–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	Lescott 33' (o.g.) Carroll 90'	Report	Kompany 13' 31' Barry 32' Balotelli 77' 83' Milner 86'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,071 (2,964 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

3 December 2011 14	Manchester City	5–1	Norwich City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Agüero 32' Nasri 51' Y. Touré 68' Balotelli 88' Johnson 90+1'	Report	Morison 81'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,201 (2,786 away) Referee: Howard Webb

12 December 2011 15	Chelsea	2–1	Manchester City	London
20:00 GMT	Meireles 34' Lampard 83' (pen.)	Report	Balotelli 2'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,730 (1,458 away) Referee: Mark Clattenburg

18 December 2011 16	Manchester City	1–0	Arsenal	Manchester
16:10 GMT	Silva 53'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,303 (2,796 away) Referee: Phil Dowd

21 December 2011 17	Manchester City	3–0	Stoke City	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Agüero 29', 54' Johnson 36'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,321 (853 away) Referee: Mike Dean

26 December 2011 18	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Manchester City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,938 (2,560 away) Referee: Lee Mason

1 January 2012 19	Sunderland	1–0	Manchester City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Ji 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,625 (2,101 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

3 January 2012 20	Manchester City	3–0	Liverpool	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Agüero 10' Y. Touré 33' Milner 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,131 (2,685 away) Referee: Mike Jones

16 January 2012 21	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Manchester City	Wigan
20:00 GMT		Report	Džeko 22'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 16,026 (4,406 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

22 January 2012 22	Manchester City	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
13:30 GMT	Nasri 56' Lescott 59' Balotelli 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Defoe 60' Bale 65'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,422 (2,804 away) Referee: Howard Webb

31 January 2012 23	Everton	1–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Gibson 60'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 29,856 (2,485 away) Referee: Peter Walton

4 February 2012 24	Manchester City	3–0	Fulham	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Agüero 10' (pen.) Baird 30' (o.g.) Džeko 72'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,963 (741 away) Referee: Mike Dean

12 February 2012 25	Aston Villa	0–1	Manchester City	Birmingham
16:00 GMT		Report	Lescott 63'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,132 (1,350 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

25 February 2012 26	Manchester City	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Balotelli 30' Agüero 52' Džeko 81'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,782 (556 away) Referee: Mike Jones

3 March 2012 27	Manchester City	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Steinsson 23' (o.g.) Balotelli 69'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,219 (963 away) Referee: Mark Clattenburg

11 March 2012 28	Swansea City	1–0	Manchester City	Swansea
14:00 GMT	Moore 83'	Report	De Jong 18' Balotelli 76'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,510 (2,032 away) Referee: Lee Mason

21 March 2012 29	Manchester City	2–1	Chelsea	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Agüero 78' (pen.) Nasri 85'	Report	Cahill 60'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,324 Referee: Mike Dean

24 March 2012 30	Stoke City	1–1	Manchester City	Stoke
17:30 GMT	Crouch 59' Wilson 65'	Report	Barry 38' Y. Touré 76', 90+5'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,535 Referee: Howard Webb

31 March 2012 31	Manchester City	3–3	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00 BST	Balotelli 43' (pen.), 85' De Jong 56' Kolarov 86'	Report	Larsson 31', 55' Gardner 40' Bendtner 45+4'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,007 Referee: Phil Dowd

8 April 2012 32	Arsenal	1–0	Manchester City	London
16:00 BST	Santos 60' Koscielny 68' Arteta 87'	Report	Y. Touré 2' Balotelli 38' 90' Milner 56'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,096 Referee: Martin Atkinson

11 April 2012 33	Manchester City	4–0	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester
19:45 BST	Agüero 6', 54' Tevez 61' Silva 64'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,746 Referee: Kevin Friend

14 April 2012 34	Norwich City	1–6	Manchester City	Norwich
12:45 BST	Surman 51' R. Bennett 59'	Report	Tevez 9', 18', 73', 80' Agüero 27', 75' Nasri 43' Johnson 90+3'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,812 Referee: Chris Foy

22 April 2012 35	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
16:00 BST		Report	Agüero 27' Y. Touré 56' Nasri 74'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,576 Referee: Lee Probert

30 April 2012 36	Manchester City	1–0	Manchester United	Manchester
20:00 BST	Kompany 19', 45+1' Y. Touré 53' De Jong 76'	Report	Jones 69' Carrick 78'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,259 Referee: Andre Marriner

6 May 2012 37	Newcastle United	0–2	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30 BST	Ben Arfa 26' Tioté 32' Perch 36' Ferguson 80'	Report	Barry 29' Y. Touré 38' 70', 89' Zabaleta 79'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,389 Referee: Howard Webb

13 May 2012 38	Manchester City	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Manchester
15:00 BST	Zabaleta 39' Džeko 90+2' Agüero 90+4'	Report	Cissé 48' Barton 55' Mackie 66' Bothroyd 77'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,435 Referee: Mike Dean

League table

Manchester City supporters invade the pitch following their 2011–12 championship title win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C)	38	28	5	5	93	29	+64	89	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5	Newcastle United	38	19	8	11	56	51	+5	65	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Chelsea won the Champions League and thus qualified for the group stage as defending champions, forfeiting their spot in the Europa League as the FA Cup winners. This meant that Tottenham were to compete in the Europa League group stage, since, pursuant to the rules in effect at the time, only four clubs from the Premier League could play in the Champions League.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	28	5	5	93	29	+64	89	18	1	0	55	12	+43	10	4	5	38	17	+21

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: 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

6 points: Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United,

0Newcastle United, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur

0Wigan Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers

4 points: Fulham, Liverpool, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion

3 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Swansea City

1 point: 0Sunderland

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

Results by match

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2012. Source: Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

8 January 2012 Third round	Manchester City	2–3	Manchester United	Manchester
13:00 GMT	Kompany 12' Kolarov 48' Agüero 65'	Report	Rooney 10', 40' Welbeck 30'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,808 Referee: Chris Foy

Football League Cup

21 September 2011 Third round	Manchester City	2–0	Birmingham City	Manchester
19:45	Hargreaves 17' Balotelli 38'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 25,070 Referee: Kevin Friend

26 October 2011 Fourth round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–5	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
19:45	Milijaš 18' O'Hara 65'	Report	Johnson 37' Nasri 39' Džeko 40', 64' De Vries 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 12,436 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

29 November 2011 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	0–1	Manchester City	London
20:00 GMT		Report	Agüero 83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,028 Referee: Lee Probert

11 January 2012 Semi-finals First leg	Manchester City	0–1	Liverpool	Manchester
19:45 GMT		Report	Gerrard 13' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 36,017 Referee: Lee Mason

25 January 2012 Semi-finals Second leg	Liverpool	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Manchester City	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Gerrard 41' (pen.) Bellamy 73'	Report	De Jong 32' Džeko 67'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,590 Referee: Phil Dowd

UEFA Champions League

Group stage match at Villarreal's Estadio El Madrigal

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Napoli	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Manchester City	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Transfer to Europa League
4	Villarreal	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Source:

14 September 2011 1	Manchester City	1–1	Napoli	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST	Kolarov 75'	Report	Cavani 69'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 44,026 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

27 September 2011 2	Bayern Munich	2–0	Manchester City	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST	Gómez 38', 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

18 October 2011 3	Manchester City	2–1	Villarreal	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Marchena 43' (o.g.) Agüero 90+3'	Report	Cani 4'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,236 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

2 November 2011 4	Villarreal	0–3	Manchester City	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CET		Report	Y. Touré 30', 71' Balotelli 45+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 24,235 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

22 November 2011 5	Napoli	2–1	Manchester City	Naples, Italy
20:45 CET	Cavani 17', 49'	Report	Balotelli 33'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

7 December 2011 6	Manchester City	2–0	Bayern Munich	Manchester, England
20:45 CET	Silva 36' Y. Touré 52'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,002 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

16 February 2012 First leg	Porto	1–2	Manchester City	Porto, Portugal
21:05 CET	Varela 27'	Report	Pereira 55' (o.g.) Agüero 84'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 47,417 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

22 February 2012 Second leg	Manchester City	4–0 (6–1 agg.)	Porto	Manchester, England
18:00 CET	Agüero 1' Džeko 76' Silva 84' Pizarro 86'	Report	Rolando 14' 77'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,538 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Round of 16

8 March 2012 First leg	Sporting CP	1–0	Manchester City	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET	Xandão 51'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,371 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 March 2012 Second leg	Manchester City	3–2 (a) (3–3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Agüero 60', 82' Balotelli 75' (pen.)	Report	Fernández 33' Van Wolfswinkel 40'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,021 Referee: Tom Hagen (Norway)
Note: Manchester City lose on away goals rule.

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
2	RB	Micah Richards	32	EU	2005	189	9	2015	Youth system
3	LB	Wayne Bridge	40	EU	2009 (Winter)	58	0	2013	£10M
4	CB	Vincent Kompany (captain)	34	EU	2008	140	4	2014	£6M
5	RB	Pablo Zabaleta	35	Non-EU	2008	103	3	2015	£6M
6	CB	Joleon Lescott	37	EU	2009	62	5	2014	£22M
7	AM	James Milner	34	EU	2010	39	2	2015	£24M
10	FW	Edin Džeko	34	Non-EU	2011 (Winter)	33	18	2015	£27M
11	AM	Adam Johnson	33	EU	2010 (Winter)	68	11	2016	£7M
12	GK	Stuart Taylor	39	EU	2009	0	0	2012	Free
13	LB	Aleksandar Kolarov	34	Non-EU	2010	47	5	2015	£16M
15	CB	Stefan Savić	29	Non-EU	2011	6	1	2015	£6M
16	FW	Sergio Agüero	32	EU	2011	12	13	2016	£35M
18	CM	Gareth Barry	39	EU	2009	94	6	2014	£12M
19	AM	Samir Nasri	33	EU	2011	10	2	2015	£25M
20	CM	Owen Hargreaves	39	EU	2011	2	1	2012	Free
21	AM	David Silva	34	EU	2010	67	9	2014	£24M
22	LB	Gaël Clichy	35	EU	2011	6	0	2015	£7M
25	GK	Joe Hart	33	EU	2006	126	0	2016	£1.5M
28	CB	Kolo Touré	39	Non-EU	2009	57	3	2013	£16M
30	GK	Costel Pantilimon	33	EU	2011	3	0	2012	Loan
32	FW	Carlos Tevez	36	Non-EU	2009	84	52	2014	£25.5M
34	CM	Nigel de Jong	35	EU	2009 (Winter)	99	1	2013	£18M
42	CM	Yaya Touré	37	Non-EU	2010	62	10	2015	£24M
45	FW	Mario Balotelli	30	EU	2010	36	16	2015	£22.5M

Last updated: 29 October 2011
Source: , Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals), (for contracts)
Ordered by squad number.

Playing statistics

As of 13 May 2012

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.

No.	Pos.	Squad status	Player name	Premier League				Champions League			Europa League			FA Cup			League Cup			Community Shield			TOTALS All competitions
No.	Pos.	Squad status	Player name	Apps.				Apps.			Apps.			Apps.			Apps.			Apps.			Apps.
2	DF	ACG	Micah Richards	23(6)	1	2		1			3		1	1			2			1		1	31(6)	1	4
3	DF	HGP	Wayne Bridge														1						1
4	DF	FOR	Vincent Kompany (c)	31	3	5	1	6		1	3		1	1		1				1			42	3	7	2
5	DF	FOR	Pablo Zabaleta	18(3)	1	5		4		1	0(1)			0(1)			4						26(5)	1	6
6	DF	HGP	Joleon Lescott	31(1)	2	1		4			2(1)			1			2			1	1		40(2)	3	1
7	MF	HGP	James Milner	17(9)	3	3		2(2)			1(1)			1			1(2)			1		1	23(14)	3	4
8	MF	FOR	David Pizarro	1(4)							1(1)	1											2(5)	1
10	FW	FOR	Edin Džeko	16(15)	14	1		5			1(2)	1					3(1)	3		1	1	1	26(17)	19	2
11	MF	HGP	Adam Johnson	10(16)	6	1		1(4)			1			1			3(1)	1		0(1)			16(22)	7	1
13	DF	FOR	Aleksandar Kolarov	9(3)	2	1		3(2)	1	1	2(1)		2	1	1		4(1)		1	1		1	20(7)	4	6
15	DF	YTH	Stefan Savić	5(6)	1	1		2			1		1	0(1)			5		1				13(7)	1	3
16	FW	FOR	Sergio Agüero	31(3)	23	2		3(3)	1	1	3(1)	4		1	1		1(2)	1					39(9)	30	3
18	MF	HGP	Gareth Barry	31(3)	1	8	1	3(1)			3		1				2			0(1)			39(5)	1	9	1
19	MF	FOR	Samir Nasri	26(4)	5	2		5(1)			2(2)		1	1			3(1)	1	1				37(8)	6	4
20	MF	FOR	Owen Hargreaves	0(1)										0(1)			2	1	1				2(2)	1	1
21	MF	FOR	David Silva	33(3)	6			6	1	1	4	1		1			1			1			46(3)	8	1
22	DF	HGP	Gaël Clichy	28		1	1	3(1)		1	3						1			0(1)			35(2)		2	1
25	GK	HGP	Joe Hart	38				6			4						2			1			51
28	DF	FOR	Kolo Touré (vc)	8(6)				1		1	2						3						14(6)		1
30	GK	FOR	Costel Pantilimon											1			3						4
32	FW	FOR	Carlos Tevez	7(6)	4	1		0(1)									1						8(7)	4	1
34	MF	FOR	Nigel de Jong (vc)	11(10)		5		3(2)			3(1)		2	1			4	1		1			23(13)	1	7
36	MF	YTH	Denis Suárez														0(1)						0(1)
42	MF	FOR	Yaya Touré	31(1)	6	8		6	3	1	3		3							1		1	41(1)	9	13
44	DF	ACG	Karim Rekik														0(2)						0(2)
45	FW	YTH	Mario Balotelli	14(9)	13	3	2	2(1)	2	2	2(1)	1	1				2	1		1			21(11)	17	6	2
49	FW	ACG	Luca Scapuzzi														1(1)						1(1)
62	MF	YTH	Abdul Razak	0(1)													2(1)						2(2)
-	DF	Sold	Nedum Onuoha	0(1)													2						2(1)
			OWN GOAL		2				1			1												4
TOTALS					93	52	5		9	10		9	13		2	1		10	4		2	5		125	81	6
TOTALS

Table statistics current for games played up until the end of 6 May 2012

Last updated: 13 May2012.
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2011–12 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2011–12 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goalscorers

Ranking	Player	Premier League	Champions League	Europa League	FA Cup	League Cup	Community Shield	Total
1	Sergio Agüero	23	1	4	1	1	0	30
2	Edin Džeko	14	0	1	0	3	1	19
3	Mario Balotelli	13	2	1	0	1	0	17
4	Yaya Touré	6	3	0	0	0	0	9
5	David Silva	6	1	1	0	0	0	8
6	Adam Johnson	6	0	0	0	1	0	7
7	Samir Nasri	5	0	0	0	1	0	6
8	Own Goal	2	1	1	0	1	0	5
9	Carlos Tevez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
9	Aleksandar Kolarov	2	1	0	1	0	0	4
11	Vincent Kompany	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	James Milner	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	Joleon Lescott	2	0	0	0	0	1	3
14	Gareth Barry	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Micah Richards	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Stefan Savić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Pablo Zabaleta	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	David Pizarro	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Nigel de Jong	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Owen Hargreaves	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Total	93	9	9	2	10	2	125

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

Season	Player
2011–12	Vincent Kompany

Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month	Manager
	Roberto Mancini

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

Month	Player
August[4]	Edin Džeko
September[5]	David Silva

Premier League Golden Glove award

Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2011–12 Premier League season

Player	Clean sheets
Joe Hart	17

PFA Team of the Year

The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA

Player	Position
Joe Hart	Goalkeeper
Vincent Kompany	Defence
David Silva	Midfield
Yaya Touré	Midfield

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

Week ending	For performance in
27 October 2011[6]	Manchester United 1 – 6 Manchester City
13 May 2012[7]	Newcastle United 0 – 2 Manchester City

Etihad Player of the Year awards

Player	Season 2011–12 awards[8]
Sergio Agüero	Player of the Year
David Silva	Players' Player of the Year
Denis Suárez	Young Player of the Year
Sergio Agüero	Goal of the Season Norwich City 1 – 6 Manchester City (27th-minute goal)
Manchester Derby Double	Moment of the season
Vincent Kompany	City in the Community Player of the Year
David Silva	EA Sports Player Performance Index Award

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

Month	Player
August[9]	Edin Džeko
September[10]	David Silva
October[11]	Mario Balotelli
November[12]	James Milner
December[13]	Gareth Barry
January[14]	Joe Hart
February[15]	Sergio Agüero
March[16]	Samir Nasri

2011 CAF Blacks 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

Year	Player
2011[17]	Yaya Touré

2011 FSS Serbian Player of the Year award

Awarded every calendar year in conjunction with the FSS Coach of the Year award

Year	Player
2011[18]	Aleksandar Kolarov

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team
Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
4 July 2011	DF	22	Gaël Clichy	Arsenal	£10,000,000[19]
6 July 2011	DF	15	Stefan Savić	Partizan	£15,000,000[20]
28 July 2011	FW	16	Sergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid	£36,000,000[21]
24 August 2011	MF	19	Samir Nasri	Arsenal	£24,000,000[22]
31 August 2011	MF	20	Owen Hargreaves	Free agent[23]
-	GK	30	Costel Pantilimon	Politehnica Timișoara	£5,000,000[24]

Reserves and Academy
Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 June 2011	MF	–	Denis Suárez	Celta Vigo	Undisclosed[25]
16 June 2011	MF	–	Karim Rekik	Feyenoord	Undisclosed[26]
28 June 2011	GK	–	Angus Gunn	Norwich City	Undisclosed
15 July 2011	FW	–	John Guidetti	Re-signed[27][28]

Transfers out

First team
Exit Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 June 2011	FW	20	Felipe Caicedo	Lokomotiv Moscow	£9,500,000
1 June 2011	MF	24	Patrick Vieira	Unattached	Retired[29]
14 July 2011	DF	17	Jérôme Boateng	Bayern Munich	£12,500,000[30]
18 July 2011	GK	1	Shay Given	Aston Villa	£7,000,000
20 July 2011	FW	27	Jô	Internacional	£8,000,000[31]
31 August 2011	FW	39	Craig Bellamy	Liverpool	Free[32]
31 August 2011	MF	8	Shaun Wright-Phillips	Queens Park Rangers	£6,000,000[33]
26 January 2012	DF		Nedum Onuoha	Queens Park Rangers	£4,000,000[34]

Reserves and Academy
Exit Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 June 2011	DF	35	Scott Kay	Macclesfield Town	Free[35]
1 June 2011	FW	47	James Poole	Hartlepool United	Free[36]
1 June 2011	DF	30	Shaleum Logan	Brentford	Free[37]
1 June 2011	DF	–	Kim Skogsrud	Rangers	Free[38]
1 June 2011	DF	–	Tom Skogsrud	Rangers	Free[38]
1 June 2011	MF	–	Andrew Tutte	Rochdale	Free[39]
1 June 2011	DF	36	Javan Vidal	Yeovil Town	Free[40]
1 July 2011	MF	49	Donal McDermott	Huddersfield Town	Free[41]
31 January 2012	DF	56	Freddie Veseli	Manchester United	Undisclosed

Loans in

First team
Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	From club
5 August 2011	31 January 2012	GK	Costel Pantilimon	Poli Timișoara[42]
31 January 2012	31 May 2012	MF	David Pizarro	Roma

Loans out

First team
Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club
1 July 2011	31 December 2011	GK	26	David González	Aberdeen[43]
28 July 2011	31 May 2012	MF	6	Michael Johnson	Leicester City[44]
25 August 2011	31 May 2012	FW	9	Emmanuel Adebayor	Tottenham Hotspur[45]
26 August 2011	31 May 2012	DF	38	Dedryck Boyata	Bolton Wanderers[46]
27 August 2011	31 May 2012	FW	14	Roque Santa Cruz	Real Betis[47]
29 August 2011	31 May 2012	MF	40	Vladimír Weiss	Espanyol[48]
16 September 2011	16 December 2011	FW	43	Alex Nimely	Middlesbrough[49]
25 October 2011	31 December 2011	DF	33	Greg Cunningham	Nottingham Forest[50]
28 October 2011	31 December 2011	MF	62	Abdul Razak	Portsmouth[51]

Reserves and Academy
Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club
28 June 2011	1 January 2012	MF	–	Mohammed Abu	Strømsgodset IF[52]
14 July 2011	31 May 2012	DF	41	Ben Mee	Burnley[53]
26 July 2011	31 May 2012	DF	51	Kieran Trippier	Burnley[54]
31 July 2011	31 May 2012	MF	50	Abdisalam Ibrahim	NEC[55]
3 August 2011	3 September 2011	DF	48	Ryan McGivern	Crystal Palace[56]
29 August 2011	December 2011	GK	46	Loris Karius	Mainz 05[48]
31 August 2011	31 May 2012	DF	48	Ryan McGivern	Bristol City[57]
31 August 2011	31 May 2012	MF		Ahmed Benali	Rochdale[58]
31 August 2011	31 May 2012	FW	60	John Guidetti	Feyenoord[59]
23 November 2011	2 January 2012	MF	53	Chris Chantler	Carlisle United[60]

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[table_note_WST0.62599035055656-2] MLS Western Conference composed of one game by the Vancouver Whitecaps and two games by the Los Angeles Galaxy

[table_note_EST0.62599035055656-3] MLS Eastern Conference composed of one game each by the New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, and Chicago Fire

[table_note_res_ELGS0.65677561641521-6] Chelsea won the Champions League and thus qualified for the group stage as defending champions, forfeiting their spot in the Europa League as the FA Cup winners. This meant that Tottenham were to compete in the Europa League group stage, since, pursuant to the rules in effect at the time, only four clubs from the Premier League could play in the Champions League.

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[4] "World Football Challenge Standings". MLS. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Dzeko named Barcla of the Month". premierleague.com. (Premier League)ys Player. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

[8] "Dzeko named Barclays mercinery of the Month". skysports.com. (Sky Sports). 30 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

[9] "AWAY WIN AGAINST MAN UTD EARNS MAN CITY THE ACCOLADE". leaguemanagers.com. (LMA). 27 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

[10] "AWAY WIN AGAINST NEWCASTLE EARNS MAN CITY THE ACCOLADE". leaguemanagers.com. (LMA). 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

[11] "Aguero is City Player of the Year". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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[13] "Silva scoops Etihad player of the month award". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 7 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.

[14] "Balotelli is Etihad Player of the Month". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.

[15] "Milner is Player of the Month". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

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[17] "Hart is Etihad Player of the Month". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[18] "Aguero scores in Etihad awards". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2011.

[19] "Nasri is Etihad player of the month". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.

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[22] "City clinch Clichy capture". Sky Sports. Sky Sports. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

[23] "Savic signs four-year City deal". Sky Sports. Sky Sports. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2001.

[24] "Sergio Aguero joins Manchester City". Manchester City. mcfc.co.uk. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

[25] "Samir Nasri completes Manchester City move from Arsenal". BBC Football. 24 August 2011.

[26] "Owen Hargreaves signs one-year deal with Manchester City". BBC Football. 1 September 2011.

[27] "Pantilimon signs permanent deal at City as Mancini bolsters keeper options". Daily Mail. 1 February 2012.

[28] "Man City trump Barcelona in snapping up Suarez from Celta Vigo". Daily Mail. London: Daily Mail. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

[29] "Manchester City sign Feyenoord wunderkid Karim Rekik". Click Manchester. 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

[30] "Guidetti bekräftar: Nu är jag klar för City (Guidetti confirms: I am now ready for City)". Afton Bladet (Swedish). 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

[31] "JOHN GUIDETTI SIGNS NEW MANCHESTER CITY CONTRACT". Daily Star. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[32] "Vieira released by City". Sky Sports. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

[33] "Bayern agree fee for Boateng". football365. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

[34] "Jo leaves Manchester City". mcfc.co.uk. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

[35] "Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy rejoins Liverpool". BBC Sport. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[36] "QPR sign Shaun Wright-Phillips from Manchester City". BBC Sport. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[37] "Nedum Onuoha signs for QPR from Manchester City". BBC Sport. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

[38] "Midfielder Scott Kay joins Macclesfield Town". BBC Sport. (BBC). 25 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

[39] "Pools seal Poole capture". Sky Sports. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[40] "Brentford sign defenders Shaleum Logan and Marcel Eger". BBC Sport. (BBC). 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

[Skogsrud-41] "Rangers snap up Manchester City twins". stv. (STV). 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

[42] "Dale bring back Tutte". Sky Sports. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

[43] "Vidal eyes regular football". Sky Sports. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[44] "Terriers snatch up McDermott". Sky Sports. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

[45] "Manchester City sign Romania goalkeeper Pantilimon". BBC Football. 5 August 2011.

[46] "Gonzalez set for Dons spell". Sky Sports. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

[47] "Michael Johnson has moved on loan to Leicester City for the 2011/12 season". Manchester City FC Official Web Site. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2001.

[48] "Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor joins Tottenham on loan". BBC Football. 25 August 2011.

[49] "Bolton clinch Boyata loan". Sky Sports.

[50] "Man City striker Roque Santa Cruz joins Real Betis on loan". BBC. 29 August 2011.

[Espanyol_agree_Weiss_deal-51] "Espanyol agree Weiss deal". Sky Sports.

[52] "Boro move for City starlet". Sky Sports.

[53] "Greg Cunningham loaned to Nottingham Forest". MCFC website. 25 October 2011.

[54] "Portsmouth loan move for Razak". MCFC website. 28 October 2011.

[55] "Abu Extends Norway Stay". MCFC. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

[56] "Clarets land Mee". Sky Sports.

[57] "Burnley sign Manchester City defender Kieran Trippier". BBC Football. 26 July 2011.

[58] "NEC sign City youngster". Sky Sports.

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