2011–12 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
2011–12 season
Chairman
League Cup
Third round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Emmanuel Adebayor (17)
All:
Emmanuel Adebayor (18)
Highest home attendance36,274 vs. Arsenal
Lowest home attendance24,058 vs. Rubin Kazan

The 2011–12 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 20th season in the Premier League and 34th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

The campaign featured Tottenham's 10th appearance in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), entering the Play-off Qualifying round due to finishing fifth in the 2010–11 Premier League season. They reached the group stage by defeating Hearts over two legs, but finished third in their group and therefore didn't make the knockout stages of the tournament. The club entered the League Cup in the third round and were defeated by Stoke City on penalties, as well as the FA Cup where they reached the semi-finals but were defeated 5–1 by Chelsea.

Tottenham finished the season in fourth place after occupying third place for the majority of the season. Their last game of the Premier League season was a 2–0 victory against Fulham.[1]

This was the first season not to feature

Liverpool during the following campaign

Squad list

First-team squad

As of 14 February 2012.[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Heurelho Gomes
3 MF Wales WAL Gareth Bale
4 DF France FRA
Younès Kaboul
6 MF England ENG Tom Huddlestone
7 MF England ENG Aaron Lennon
8 MF England ENG Scott Parker
10 FW Togo TOG Emmanuel Adebayor (on loan from Manchester City)
11 MF Netherlands NED Rafael van der Vaart
13 DF France FRA
2nd vice-captain
)
14 MF Croatia CRO Luka Modrić
15 FW France FRA Louis Saha
17 FW Mexico MEX Giovani dos Santos
18 FW England ENG Jermain Defoe
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF England ENG Michael Dawson (vice captain)
21 MF Croatia CRO Niko Kranjčar
23 GK Italy ITA Carlo Cudicini
24 GK United States USA Brad Friedel
25 MF England ENG Danny Rose
26 DF England ENG Ledley King (captain)
28 DF England ENG Kyle Walker
29 MF England ENG Jake Livermore
30 MF Brazil BRA Sandro
32 DF Cameroon CMR Benoît Assou-Ekotto
33 DF New Zealand NZL Ryan Nelsen
36 DF South Africa RSA Bongani Khumalo
38 MF England ENG David Bentley

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
35 GK England ENG David Button
37 FW England ENG Harry Kane
43 MF England ENG Ryan Fredericks
44 MF Spain ESP Cristian Ceballos
45 MF Australia AUS Massimo Luongo
46 MF England ENG Tom Carroll
47 MF England ENG Jake Nicholson
51 DF England ENG Adam Smith
No. Pos. Nation Player
53 FW England ENG Cameron Lancaster
54 FW England ENG Alex Pritchard
56 MF England ENG Jesse Waller-Lassen
57 GK Scotland SCO
Jordan Archer
58 MF England ENG Dean Parrett
59 DF England ENG Kevin Stewart
60 DF England ENG Jack Barthram

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost
3 June 2011 United States Brad Friedel Aston Villa Free[4]
11 July 2011 Spain Cristian Ceballos Free agent Free[5]
18 July 2011 Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly
Siena
 Undisclosed[6]
31 August 2011 England Scott Parker West Ham United £5.5 million[7][8]
16 January 2012 Spain Iago Falque Juventus Undisclosed[9]
31 January 2012 France Louis Saha Everton Free[10]
2 February 2012 New Zealand Ryan Nelsen
Free Agent
 Free[11]

Loaned in

Date Player Club Return Date
25 August 2011 Spain Iago Falque Juventus Transferred January 2012[9][12]
25 August 2011 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor
Manchester City
 End of 2011–12 season[13]
15 February 2012 Brazil Bruno Uvini São Paulo April 2012[14]

Out

Date Player New Club Cost
16 June 2011 England Jonathan Woodgate Stoke City Released[15]
21 June 2011 England Jamie O'Hara Wolverhampton Wanderers £5 million[16]
19 July 2011 Belgium Paul-José M'Poku Standard Liège Undisclosed[17]
15 August 2011 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane LA Galaxy £3.5 million[18][19]
31 August 2011 Scotland Callum Tapping Hearts Undisclosed[20]
31 August 2011 Honduras Wilson Palacios Stoke City £6 million[21]
31 August 2011 Scotland Alan Hutton Aston Villa £3 million[22]
31 August 2011 England Peter Crouch Stoke City £12 million[23]
31 January 2012 Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko Lokomotiv Moscow £8 million[24]

Loaned out

Date Player Club Return Date
1 July 2011 England Steven Caulker Swansea City End of 2011–12 season[25]
21 July 2011 England Kyle Naughton Norwich City End of 2011–12 season[26]
28 July 2011 England Nathan Byrne
AFC Bournemouth
 End of 2011–12 season[27]
28 July 2011 England Ryan Mason Doncaster Rovers End of 2011–12 season[28]
4 August 2011 England Jonathan Obika Yeovil Town End of 2011–12 season[29][30]
8 August 2011 Italy Mirko Ranieri
Esperia
 End of 2011–12 season[31]
31 August 2011 England Jermaine Jenas Aston Villa End of 2011–12 season[22]
30 September 2011
Jordan Archer
 Bishop's Stortford End of 2011–12 season[32][33]
29 December 2011 England Harry Kane Millwall End of 2011–12 season[34]
29 December 2011 England Ryan Mason Millwall End of 2011–12 season[34]
13 January 2012 England Dean Parrett Yeovil Town End of 2011–12 season[35][36]
16 January 2012 Spain Iago Falque Southampton End of 2011–12 season[37]
30 January 2012 England Tom Carroll Derby County End of 2011–12 season[38]
30 January 2012 England Kudus Oyenuga St Johnstone End of 2011–12 season[39]
31 January 2012 England Adam Smith Leeds United End of 2011–12 season[40]
31 January 2012 Croatia Vedran Ćorluka Bayer Leverkusen End of
2011–12 season[41]
31 January 2012 Cameroon Sébastien Bassong Wolverhampton Wanderers End of 2011–12 season[42]
31 January 2012 South Africa Steven Pienaar Everton End of 2011–12 season[43]
14 February 2012 England Simon Dawkins San Jose Earthquakes June 2012[44][45]
18 February 2012 Sweden Oscar Jansson Shamrock Rovers June 2012[46]
24 February 2012 England Andros Townsend Birmingham City End of 2011–12 season[47]
19 March 2012 England David Button Barnsley April 2012[48]
22 March 2012 England John Bostock Swindon Town End of 2011–12 season[49]

Completed loans

Date Player Club Return Date
8 August 2011 Sweden Oscar Jansson
Bradford City
 September 2011[50][51]
15 August 2011 England Kudus Oyenuga Bury September 2011[52]
16 August 2011 England Adam Smith MK Dons 31 January 2012[40][53]
25 August 2011 England David Button Leyton Orient January 2012[54]
31 August 2011 England David Bentley West Ham United October 2011[55][56]
9 September 2011 England Ben Alnwick Leyton Orient December 2011[57][58]
25 July 2011 South Africa Bongani Khumalo Reading 31 January 2012[59]
1 January 2012 England Andros Townsend Leeds United February 2012[60][61]
1 January 2012 England David Button Doncaster Rovers February 2012[48][62]
30 January 2012 England John Bostock Sheffield Wednesday March 2012[49][63]

Match results

Spurs XI

Date Opponents H / A Result
(H/A) 		Scorers Attendance
23 July 2011 Barnet A 3 - 2 Kane 55'(pen), Obika 70' 1,582
23 July 2011 MK Dons
A
 3 - 5 Pavlyuchenko 8', 36', Kane 78', 90', Kranjčar 83' 16,189
29 July 2011 Leyton Orient A 1 - 4 Crouch 22', 34', Cuthbert (o.g.) 50', Kranjčar 70'
9 August 2011 Birmingham XI
H
 6 - 3 Kane 25', 34', ?', Bostock ?', Carroll ?', Coulibaly ?'
7 September 2011 Kettering Town A 4 - 5 Falque 20', 73', Ceballos 22', 64', Bostock 66' 874
12 September 2011 West Ham XI
H
 2 - 2 Lancaster 8', Parrett 72'
4 October 2011 Leyton Orient
H
 3 - 1 Lancaster 19', Bostock 27' (pen), Stewart 55'
11 October 2011
Queens Park Rangers
A
 2 - 2 Coulibaly 27', Falque 44'
24 October 2011
West Ham XI
A
 2 - 5 Parrett 20', Falque 27', Kane ?', ?', Ceballos 77'
2 November 2011 Crystal Palace XI
H
 1 - 3 Ceballos 76' (pen.)
7 November 2011
Ipswich Town
H
 1 - 3 Lancaster 86'
16 November 2011 Enfield Town A 2 - 1
Obika
47'
30 November 2011 Sports & Future Football Academy
H
 7 - 2 Bostock ?', Mason 15', ?', 61', ?', Lancaster ?', Luongo 85'
13 December 2011 Queens Park Rangers XI A 2 - 6 Dawkins 9', Mason ?', ?', Lancaster 65', Ceballos ?', Oyenuga ?'
11 January 2012 Queens Park Rangers XI A 2 - 2 Parrett 60', Lancaster ?'
17 January 2012 Celtic XI
H
 4 - 1 Lancaster 14' (pen.), Dos Santos 20', Bostock 31', ?' (pen.)
24 January 2012 Leyton Orient XI
H
 2 - 3 Dawkins 34', Coulibaly 74'
21 February 2012 Leyton Orient XI
H
 7 - 3 Lancaster 6', 50', 57', Luongo 27', Ekong 64', Ceballos ?', Dawkins 90'
28 February 2012 Nike Academy
H
 2 - 0 Ceballos 20', Byrne 65'
6 March 2012 Southampton XI
H
 2 - 3 Coulibaly 44', 55'
13 March 2012 Brighton XI
H
 1 - 4 Pritchard 17'

Pre-season

Date Opponents H / A Result
(H/A) 		Scorers Attendance
16 July 2011
Kaizer Chiefs
 A 1 – 0
n/a
19 July 2011
Orlando Pirates
 A 1 – 1 Van der Vaart 17'
n/a
23 July 2011
Orlando Pirates
A
 0 - 3 Van der Vaart 34', 52', Defoe 88' 38,777
30 July 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2 - 3
Kaboul 42', Ćorluka 44', Livermore
69'
6 August 2011
Athletic Club Bilbao
 H 2 - 1 Crouch 49' Defoe 52'

Premier League

Main article: 2011–12 Premier League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Manchester United 38 28 5 5 89 33 +56 89 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 74 49 +25 70
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 20 9 9 66 41 +25 69 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Newcastle United 38 19 8 11 56 51 +5 65 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
6 Chelsea 38 18 10 10 65 46 +19 64 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Chelsea won the Champions League and thus qualified for the group stage as defending champions, forfeiting their spot in the Europa League as the FA Cup winners. This meant that Tottenham were to compete in the Europa League group stage, since, pursuant to the rules, only four clubs from the Premier League could play in the Champions League.

Matches

22 August 2011 1 Manchester United 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
20:00 GMT Welbeck 61'
Anderson 76'
Rooney 87'		 Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,498
Referee: Lee Probert
28 August 2011 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1–5 Manchester City London
13:30 GMT Kaboul 68' Report Džeko 34', 41', 55', 90+3'
Agüero 60'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,150
Referee: Phil Dowd
10 September 2011 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Report Adebayor 67'
Defoe 80'		 Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 25,274
Referee: Walton
18 September 2011 4 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Liverpool London
13:30 GMT Modrić 7'
Defoe 66'
Adebayor 68', 90+3'		 Report Adam Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 28'
Škrtel Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 63'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,129
Referee: Mike Jones
24 September 2011 5 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Wigan
15:00 GMT Diamé 50' Report Van der Vaart 3'
Bale 23'		 Stadium:
Jonathan Moss
2 October 2011
6
 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Arsenal London
16:00 GMT Van der Vaart 40'
Walker 73'		 Report Ramsey 51' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,274
Referee: Mike Dean
Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
16 October 2011 7 Newcastle United 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle upon Tyne
16:00 GMT Ba 48'
Sh. Ameobi 86'		 Report Van der Vaart 40' (pen.)
Defoe 68'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 46,420
Referee: Lee Probert
23 October 2011 8 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn
15:00 GMT Formica 28' Report van der Vaart 15', 53' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,786
Referee: Stuart Attwell
30 October 2011 9 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Queens Park Rangers London
16:00 GMT Bale 20', 72'
Van der Vaart 33'		 Report Bothroyd 62' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,147
Referee: Howard Webb
6 November 2011 10 Fulham 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur London
16:00 GMT
Kaboul 57' (o.g.
)		 Report
Kaboul Yellow card 69'
Defoe
90+5'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,698
Referee: Peter Walton
21 November 2011 11 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0
London
20:00 GMT Adebayor 14', 40' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,818
Referee: Mark Halsey
26 November 2011 12 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich
15:00 GMT
Mulumbu
8'		 Report Adebayor 25', 90+3'
Defoe 81'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,801
Referee: Lee Probert
3 December 2011 13 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Bolton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Bale 7'
Lennon 50'
Defoe 61'		 Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,896
Referee: Stuart Attwell
11 December 2011 14 Stoke City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Stoke-on-Trent
16:00 GMT Etherington 13', 43' Report Adebayor 62' (pen.) Stadium:
Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 27,529
Referee: Chris Foy
18 December 2011 15 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Sunderland London
15:00 GMT Pavlyuchenko 61' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,021
Referee: Mike Dean
Chelsea
22 December 2011 16 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Chelsea London
20:00 GMT Adebayor 8', Yellow card 19'
Bale Yellow card 70'		 Report Yellow card 12' Ivanović
23' Sturridge
Yellow card 42' Ramires		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,141
Referee: Howard Webb
27 December 2011 17 Norwich City 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich, Norfolk
19:30 GMT Whitbread Yellow card 69' Report Gallas Yellow card 52'
Bale 55', 67'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,807
Referee: Michael Oliver
31 December 2011 18 Swansea City 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Swansea
15:00 GMT
Richards Yellow card 15'
Sinclair
84'		 Report Bale Yellow card 41'
van der Vaart 44'
Livermore Yellow card 88'		 Stadium:
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 20,393
Referee: Phil Dowd
3 January 2012 19 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 West Bromwich Albion London
19:45 GMT Defoe 63' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,062
Referee: Mark Halsey
Everton
11 January 2012 20 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Everton London, England
19:45 GMT Lennon 35', Yellow card 74'
Assou-Ekotto 63'		 Report Donovan Yellow card 45+2'
Cahill Yellow card 83'
Fellaini Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,132
Referee: Martin Atkinson
14 January 2012 21 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Modrić 51' Report Fletcher 22' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,194
Referee: Mike Jones
22 January 2012 22 Manchester City 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
13:30 GMT Nasri 56'
Lescott 59'
Balotelli 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Defoe 60'
Bale 65'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 47,422
Referee: Howard Webb
31 January 2012 23 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Wigan Athletic London
20:00 GMT Bale 29', 64'
Modrić 34'		 Report McArthur 80' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,801
Referee: Lee Probert
6 February 2012 24 Liverpool 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,461
Referee: Mike Oliver
11 February 2012 25 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Newcastle United London
17:30 GMT Assou-Ekotto 4'
Saha 6', 20'
Kranjčar 34'
Adebayor 64'		 Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,176
Referee: Andre Marriner
26 February 2012
26
 Arsenal 5–2 Tottenham Hotspur London
13:30 GMT Koscielny Yellow card 31'
Sagna 40'
Arteta Yellow card 42'
Van Persie 43', Yellow card 79'
Rosický 51'
Walcott 65', 68'		 Report 4' Saha
Yellow card 29' Modrić
Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 87' Parker
    34' (pen.) Adebayor
   Yellow card 61' Sandro		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,106
Referee: Mike Dean
4 March 2012 27 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Manchester United London
16:10 BST (UTC+1) Defoe 87' Report Rooney 45'
Young 60', 69'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,034
Referee: Martin Atkinson
10 March 2012 28 Everton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
17:30 GMT Jelavić 22'
Heitinga Yellow card 80'
Howard Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Assou-Ekotto Yellow card 60'
Defoe Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 34,992
Referee: Mark Halsey
21 March 2012 29 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Stoke City London
20:00 GMT van der Vaart Yellow card 81', 90+3' Report Palacios Yellow card 44'
Jerome 75'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,172
Referee: Mike Jones
24 March 2012 30 Chelsea 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur London
12:30 GMT Essien Yellow card 50' Report Assou-Ekotto Yellow card 65'
Sandro Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,830
Referee: Martin Atkinson
1 April 2012 31 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Swansea City London
16:00 GMT van der Vaart 19'
Adebayor 73', 86'		 Report Sigurðsson 59' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,174
Referee: Andre Marriner
7 April 2012 32
Sunderland
12:45 GMT Larsson Yellow card 87'
Vaughan Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Sandro Yellow card 62'
Assou-Ekotto Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 39,335
Referee: Chris Foy
9 April 2012 33 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Norwich City London
15:00 GMT Defoe 33' Report Pilkington 13'
E. Bennett 66'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,126
Referee: Michael Oliver
21 April 2012 34 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur London
17:30 GMT Zamora Yellow card 22'
Taarabt 24', Yellow card 42', Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card
Onuoha Yellow card 75'
Hill Yellow card 79'		 Report Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 18,021
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
29 April 2012 35 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Blackburn Rovers London
16:00 GMT van der Vaart 22'
Walker 75'		 Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,798
Referee: Mike Jones
2 May 2012 36 Bolton Wanderers 1–4 Tottenham Hotspur Bolton
20:00 GMT Reo-Coker 51' Report Modrić 37'
Van der Vaart 60'
Adebayor 62', 69'		 Stadium:
Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 22,349
Referee: Mike Dean
v Tottenham Hotspur
6 May 2012 37
Birmingham
15:00 GMT Clark 35' Report Rose Red card 50'
Adebayor 63' (pen.)		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,008
Referee: Lee Probert