2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season

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

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

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

Community Shield

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

Squad
No. Pos. Name
1GKSpain David de Gea
29GKPoland Tomasz Kuszczak
34GKDenmark Anders Lindegaard
40GKEngland Ben Amos
No. Pos. Name
3DFFrance Patrice Evra
4DFEngland Phil Jones
5DFEngland Rio Ferdinand
6DFNorthern Ireland Jonny Evans
12DFEngland Chris Smalling
15DFSerbia Nemanja Vidić
20DFBrazil Fábio
21DFBrazil Rafael Injured [20]
No. Pos. Name
8MFBrazil Anderson
11MFWales Ryan Giggs
13MFSouth Korea Park Ji-Sung
16MFEngland Michael Carrick
17MFPortugal Nani
18MFEngland Ashley Young
23MFEngland Tom Cleverley Injured
24MFScotland Darren Fletcher
25MFEcuador Antonio Valencia
28MFRepublic of Ireland Darron Gibson
No. Pos. Name
7FWEngland Michael Owen Injured
9FWBulgaria Dimitar Berbatov
10FWEngland Wayne Rooney
14FWMexico Javier Hernández
19FWEngland Danny Welbeck Injured
27FWItaly Federico Macheda
32FWSenegal Mame Biram Diouf

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

Stats
No. Pos. Name Goals
10FWEngland Wayne Rooney9
14FWMexico Javier Hernández6
17MFPortugal Nani3
19FWEngland Danny Welbeck3
No. Pos. Name Assists
18MFEngland Ashley Young5
17MFPortugal Nani4
11MFWales Ryan Giggs2
No. Pos. Name Yellow card
18MFEngland Ashley Young3
3DFFrance Patrice Evra3
6DFNorthern Ireland Jonny Evans2
No. Pos. Name Red card
6DFNorthern Ireland Jonny Evans1

Champions League

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester United 422084+48
Portugal S.L. Benfica 422052+38
Switzerland FC Basel 412167–15
Romania FC Oțelul Galați 400417–60

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".
  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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