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The 2011–12 season was Leeds United A.F.C.'s second season back in the second tier of English football which initially saw the club challenging for the play-offs positions but dismal form in spring resulted in a 14th position finish. In other competitions, the squad only saw one round of the FA Cup with defeat at the hands of Arsenal for the second year in a row and reached the 3rd round of the League Cup, losing to rivals Manchester United.
Contents
- Events
- May
- June
- July
- October
- November
- February
- First team squad information
- Squad stats
- Most frequent starting line up
- Captains
- Assists
- Disciplinary record
- In
- Loans In
- Loans Out
- Out
- New Contracts
- Kit
- Club officials
- First team coaching and medical staff
- Other staff
- Former staff
- Other information
- Overall summary
- Table
- Results summary
- Results by round
- Official Player of the Year Awards
- Championship Team of the Week
- References
A turbulent February saw Reserve Team Manager Neil Redfearn in charge of the team for four games with Manager Simon Grayson relieved of his duties and replaced by veteran promotion specialist Neil Warnock. Ross McCormack drastically improved his performance from the 2010-11 season by scoring 19 goals - the most in the squad. He narrowly lost out on Player of the Year to Robert Snodgrass who was made Club Captain by Warnock following the sale of influential local skipper Jonny Howson in January. Young Player of the Year went to Tom Lees who led an injection of the youth into the side with Aidan White establishing himself in the starting line-up and debuts being handed to youngsters Zac Thompson, Charlie Taylor and keeper Alex Cairns.
Off the field, the club's directors reported a healthy profit of £3.5m, but found themselves at war with some supporters following the controversial £7m summer renovation of the Elland Road stadium - a summer which saw a contrasting £0.7m spent on players' transfers and £5.2m received in player sales. Chairman Ken Bates also came under scrutiny from fans following the departures of fans' favourite Howson and 2010-11 Player of the Year Max Gradel.
Events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2011–12 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 11 May 2011 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2011–12 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.
May
June
July
October
November
February
First team squad information
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.
2Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club
Squad stats
Last updated: 24 Mar 2012
Source: Leeds United
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank
Most frequent starting line-up
Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2.
The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.
Captains
Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.
Assists
Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: BBC Sport
Disciplinary record
Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
In
1Includes an option of the club extending the contract by one year.
2Although the fee was officially 'undisclosed', the Yorkshire Evening Post confirmed that the fee was £200k
Loans In
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.
Loans Out
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.
Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
1Although the fees were officially 'undisclosed', chairman Ken Bates confirmed that the Gradel fee was approximately £1,700,000, Schmeichel fee - £1,000,000 and Howson fee - £2,000,000
2Despite being out of contract, Atletico Madrid were legally obliged to pay his former club an undisclosed fee which was later reported to be £500,000
New Contracts
Last updated:
1The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.
Kit
Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): Enterprise Insurance
Features: OHS
Source: Home, Away
Club officials
Includes staff currently registered with club only.
First team coaching and medical staff
Includes staff currently registered with club only.
1Appointed in February 2012
Other staff
Includes staff currently registered with club only.
Former staff
Date = Date the staff member left the club. Reason = Reason for departure from the club.
Other information
Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United
Overall summary
Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: Competitions
Table
Updated to games played on 28 April 2012.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.
Results summary
Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: The Football League
Results by round
Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Official Player of the Year Awards
The results of the 2011-12 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 30 April 2012 at Elland Road.
Championship Team of the Week
The following Leeds players have been selected in the official 2011-12 Championship team of the week.