Season 2011–12 Dates 8 Oct 2011 – 22 Apr 2012 Goals scored 365 | Best goalkeeper Mathew Ryan Champion Brisbane Roar FC Matches played 135 | |
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Champions Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (2nd title) Premiers Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (2nd title) Champions League Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Top goalscorer Besart Berisha
(19 goals) Similar 2014–15 A‑League, 2015–16 A‑League, 2016–17 A‑League | ||
The 2011–12 A-League was the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons.
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Foreign players
The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)
Regular season
Updated to games played on 25 March 2012..
Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2012 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home and away season
The 2011–12 season saw each team play 27 games, host 13 and play 1 regional game over 25 rounds. On 4 January, over 11 hours of soccer was broadcast with all matches aired back to back starting in Wellington and ending in Perth. The season began on 8 October 2011 and concluded on 22 April 2012. All times are local unless otherwise stated.
Round 9
Midweek Fixture
Round 10
Midweek Fixture
Round 15
Midweek Fixture
Round 16
Midweek Fixture
Round 17
Midweek Fixture
Round 20
Postponed Round 17 Fixture
Positions by round
NOTE: Brisbane Roar were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1
Top scorers
As of end of regular seasonOwn goals
As of end of regular seasonAttendances
These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.
Updated to the 25/3/12 note: Adelaide United's lowest crowd was at Bathurst's Carrington Park(NSW) as part of the regional round fixtures.
Discipline
Updated to end of Week 17, 2 February 2012 The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.
NAB Young footballer of the Year Award
The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/21 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2011–12 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season. On 10 April at the End of season awards January nominee Mathew Ryan was named as NAB Young Footballer of the Year for the second year running.
End of season awards
All-Star team
Formation: 3–4–3