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 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 Gtr-Manchester rivals Manchester United had just defeated Sunderland 1–0.
Kit
Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad AirwaysKit 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
Dublin Super Cup
Table
Fixtures
Competitions
FA Community Shield
Premier League
Matches
League table
Results summary
Points breakdown
Points at home: 55Points 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 2011Biggest 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
FA Cup
Football League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
UEFA Europa League
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Round of 16
Squad information
Playing statistics
Appearances numbers are for appearances in competitive games only.Apps. numbers denote: "No. of games started "
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards." Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
Table statistics current for games played up until the end of 6 May 2012
Goalscorers
Awards
Premier League ''Player of the Season''">Premier League Player of the Season">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 |
 Vincent Kompany |
Premier League ''Manager of the Month''">Premier League Manager of the Month">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''">Premier League Player of the Month">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 |
 Edin Džeko | |
 David Silva |
Premier League ''Golden Glove''">Premier League Golden Glove">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''">PFA Team of the Year">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">League Managers Association">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 | Manchester United 1 – 6 Manchester City |
| 13 May 2012 | Newcastle United 0 – 2 Manchester City |
Etihad ''Player of the Year'' awards
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 | Edin Džeko |
| September | David Silva |
| October | Mario Balotelli |
| November | James Milner |
| December | Gareth Barry |
| January | Joe Hart |
| February |  Sergio Agüero |
| March |  Samir Nasri |
2011 CAF">Confederation of African Football">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 | Yaya Touré |
2011 FSS">Football Association of Serbia">FSS ''Serbian Player of the Year'' award
Awarded every calendar year in conjunction with the FSS Coach of the Year award| Year | Player |
| 2011 |  Aleksandar Kolarov |
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Transfers out
| Exit Date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 June 2011 | FW | 20 |  Felipe Caicedo |  Lokomotiv Moscow | £9.5 million |
| 1 June 2011 | MF | 24 | Patrick Vieira | Unattached | Retired |
| 14 July 2011 | DF | 17 |  Jérôme Boateng | Bayern Munich | £12.5 million |
| 18 July 2011 | GK | 1 |  Shay Given | Aston Villa | £7 million |
| 20 July 2011 | FW | 27 |  Jô | Internacional | £8 million |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | 39 |  Craig Bellamy | Liverpool | Free |
| 31 August 2011 | MF | 8 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Queens Park Rangers | £6 million |
| 26 January 2012 | DF | Nedum Onuoha | Queens Park Rangers | £4 million |
| Exit Date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | 35 | Scott Kay | Macclesfield Town | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | FW | 47 | James Poole | Hartlepool United | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | 30 | Shaleum Logan | Brentford | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | – |  Kim Skogsrud |  Rangers | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | – | Tom Skogsrud | Rangers | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | MF | – | Andrew Tutte | Rochdale | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | 36 | Javan Vidal | Yeovil Town | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | 49 | Donal McDermott | Huddersfield Town | Free |
| 31 January 2012 | DF | 56 |  Freddie Veseli | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
Loans in
| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | From club |
| 5 August 2011 | 31 January 2012 | GK |  Costel Pantilimon | Poli Timișoara |
| 31 January 2012 | 31 May 2012 | MF |  David Pizarro | Roma |
Loans out
| Start date | End date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club |
| 1 July 2011 | 31 December 2011 | GK | 26 |  David González | Aberdeen |
| 28 July 2011 | 31 May 2012 | MF | 6 | Michael Johnson | Leicester City |
| 25 August 2011 | 31 May 2012 | FW | 9 |  Emmanuel Adebayor | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 26 August 2011 | 31 May 2012 | DF | 38 | Dedryck Boyata | Bolton Wanderers |
| 27 August 2011 | 31 May 2012 | FW | 14 |  Roque Santa Cruz | Real Betis |
| 29 August 2011 | 31 May 2012 | MF | 40 |  Vladimír Weiss | Espanyol |
| 16 September 2011 | 16 December 2011 | FW | 43 | Alex Nimely | Middlesbrough |
| 25 October 2011 | 31 December 2011 | DF | 33 | Greg Cunningham | Nottingham Forest |
| 28 October 2011 | 31 December 2011 | MF | 62 | Abdul Razak | Portsmouth |
| Start date | End date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club |
| 28 June 2011 | 1 January 2012 | MF | – |  Mohammed Abu | Strømsgodset IF |
| 14 July 2011 | 31 May 2012 | DF | 41 | Ben Mee | Burnley |
| 26 July 2011 | 31 May 2012 | DF | 51 | Kieran Trippier | Burnley |
| 31 July 2011 | 31 May 2012 | MF | 50 | Abdisalam Ibrahim |  NEC |
| 3 August 2011 | 3 September 2011 | DF | 48 | Ryan McGivern | Crystal Palace |
| 29 August 2011 | December 2011 | GK | 46 | Loris Karius | Mainz 05 |
| 31 August 2011 | 31 May 2012 | DF | 48 | Ryan McGivern | Bristol City |
| 31 August 2011 | 31 May 2012 | MF |  Ahmed Benali | Rochdale | |
| 31 August 2011 | 31 May 2012 | FW | 60 |  John Guidetti | Feyenoord |
| 23 November 2011 | 2 January 2012 | MF | 53 | Chris Chantler | Carlisle United |