2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United
2011–12 season
Co-chairmenJoel and Avram Glazer
ManagerSir Alex Ferguson
StadiumOld Trafford
Premier League2nd
FA CupFourth Round
League CupFifth Round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Community ShieldWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Wayne Rooney (27)
All: Wayne Rooney (34)
Highest home attendance75,627 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers,
10 December)
Lowest home attendance52,624 (vs. Crystal Palace,
30 November)
Average home league attendance75,387

The 2011–12 season is Manchester United's 20th season in the Premier League.

Manchester United signed a £40 million four-year deal with DHL.[1]

In November, Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated 25 years in charge of the club.[2]

Pre-season

Manchester United started their season with a tour in the United States. United finishing the tour with a game against Barcelona in Washington on 30 July.[3]

13 July 2011 New England Revolution 1-4 Manchester United Boston, Massachusetts
Report Owen
Macheda (2)
Park
20 July 2011 Seattle Sounders FC 0-7 Manchester United Seattle, Washington
Report Owen
Diouf
Rooney (3)
Park
Obertan
23 July 2011 Chicago Fire Soccer Club 1-3 Manchester United Soldier Field
Report Rooney
Rafael
Nani
27 July 2011 MLS All-Stars 0-4 Manchester United Red Bull Arena
Report Anderson
Park
Berbatov
Welbeck
30 July 2011 Manchester United 2-1 FC Barcelona Maryland
Nani
Owen		 Report

Community Shield

Transfers

In
Pos. Name From Fee
DF Phil Jones Blackburn Rovers £16 m[4]
MF Ashley Young Aston Villa £17 m[5]
GK David de Gea Atlético Madrid £17.8 m[6]
Out
Pos. Name To Fee
DF Wes Brown Sunderland £1 m[7]
DF John O'Shea Sunderland £4 m[8]
MF Gabriel Obertan Newcastle United £3 m[9]
New deal
Pos. Name
DF Chris Smalling [10]
MF Antonio Valencia [11]
MF Park Ji-Sung [12]
MF Tom Cleverley [13]
FW Javier Hernández [14]
Loan out
Pos. Name To
FW Bébé Beşiktaş[15]
DF De Laet Norwich City[16]
Released
Pos. Name
MF Owen Hargreaves [17]
Retired
Pos. Name
GK Edwin van der Sar [18]
MF Paul Scholes [19]

Squad

No. Pos. Name
1 GK David de Gea
29 GK Tomasz Kuszczak
34 GK Anders Lindegaard
40 GK Ben Amos
No. Pos. Name
3 DF Patrice Evra
4 DF Phil Jones
5 DF Rio Ferdinand
6 DF Jonny Evans
12 DF Chris Smalling
15 DF Nemanja Vidić
20 DF Fábio
21 DF Rafael [20]
No. Pos. Name
8 MF Anderson
11 MF Ryan Giggs
13 MF Park Ji-Sung
16 MF Michael Carrick
17 MF Nani
18 MF Ashley Young
23 MF Tom Cleverley
24 MF Darren Fletcher
25 MF Antonio Valencia
28 MF Darron Gibson
No. Pos. Name
7 FW Michael Owen
9 FW Dimitar Berbatov
10 FW Wayne Rooney
14 FW Javier Hernández
19 FW Danny Welbeck
27 FW Federico Macheda
32 FW Mame Biram Diouf

Premier League

Pos Club P Pts
1 Manchester United 3 9
2 Manchester City 3 9
3 Liverpool 3 7
Pos Club P Pts
1 Manchester United 6 16
2 Manchester City 6 16
3 Chelsea 6 13
Pos Club P Pts
1 Manchester City 10 28
2 Manchester United 10 23
3 Newcastle United 10 22

Stats

No. Pos. Name Goals
10 FW Wayne Rooney 9
14 FW Javier Hernández 6
17 MF Nani 3
19 FW Danny Welbeck 3
No. Pos. Name Assists
18 MF Ashley Young 5
17 MF Nani 4
11 MF Ryan Giggs 2
No. Pos. Name
18 MF Ashley Young 3
3 DF Patrice Evra 3
6 DF Jonny Evans 2
No. Pos. Name
6 DF Jonny Evans 1

Champions League

Manchester United will face Benfica, Basel and Otelul Galati in Group C.[21]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Manchester United 4 2 2 0 8 4 +4 8
S.L. Benfica 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 8
FC Basel 4 1 2 1 6 7 –1 5
FC Oțelul Galați 4 0 0 4 1 7 –6 0

League Cup and FA Cup

League Cup

Manchester United were drawn against Crystal Palace in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.[22]

20 September 2011 3 Leeds United 0-3 Manchester United Leeds
Owen (2)
Giggs
24 October 2011 4 Aldershot 0-3 Manchester United Aldershot
Berbatov
Owen
Valencia
28 November 2011 1/4 final Crystal Palace v Manchester United Old Trafford

References

  1. ↑ "Manchester United sign new partner as Arsenal deal in doubt". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  2. ↑ "United edge to anniversary win". Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  3. ↑ "United confirm US tour".
  4. ↑ "Phil Jones given England call-up for Holland date".
  5. ↑ "Reds sign Ashley Young".
  6. ↑ "De Gea signs on".
  7. ↑ "Wes Brown signs four-year Sunderland deal".
  8. ↑ "Black Cats Swoop For Irish Back John O'Shea".
  9. ↑ "Obertan completes Newcastle move". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  10. ↑ "Manchester United defender Chris Smalling signs new deal".
  11. ↑ "Valencia signs new deal".
  12. ↑ "Park signs new deal until 2012-13".
  13. ↑ "Cleverley signs four-year deal to stay at Man United". Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  14. ↑ "Hernandez signs five-year deal at United: Agent".
  15. ↑ "Besiktas land Bebe on loan".
  16. ↑ "Top-flight loan for De Laet".
  17. ↑ "Manchester United release midfielder Owen Hargreaves".
  18. ↑ "Edwin on retirement".
  19. ↑ "Scholes retires".
  20. ↑ "Rafael suffers injury blow".
  21. ↑ "Arsenal and United drawn favourably".
  22. ↑ "Arsenal face City in League Cup".
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