2011–12 Kilmarnock F.C. season
2011–12 season | |
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Chairman | Michael Johnston |
Manager | Kenny Shiels |
Stadium | Rugby Park |
SPL | Seventh place |
Scottish Cup | Fifth round |
League Cup | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: Dean Shiels (13) All: Paul Heffernan & Dean Shiels (15) |
Highest home attendance | 15,926 v Celtic, SPL, 7 April 2012 |
Lowest home attendance | 3,645 v St Mirren, SPL, 2 May 2012 |
Average home league attendance | 5,537 |
The 2011–12 season was Kilmarnock's thirteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99.[1] Kilmarnock also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
[edit ]Kilmarnock finished seventh in the Scottish Premier League with 47 points.[2] They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian [3] and won the League Cup for the first time in their history after a 1–0 victory over Celtic at Hampden.[4]
Results and fixtures
[edit ]Win Draw Loss
Pre-season
[edit ]Molloy 23' (pen.)
Weir 70'
P.McManus 78' Brechin City Report Racchi 9'
Dayton 73'
Hutchinson 79'
Fisher 88' Attendance: 302
Scottish Premier League
[edit ]Heffernan 79' BBC Report Hamill Yellow card 80' Red card
Santana 92' Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Norris
Referee: Charleston
Thomson 61'
Hasselbaink 66' BBC Sport Van Tornhout 13'
Shiels 89' Attendance: 4,365
Referee: Colvin
Scottish League Cup
[edit ]Heffernan 41', 59', 70'
Hutchinson 74' BBC Sport Smith Red card 33' Attendance: 3,091
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
Scottish Cup
[edit ]Player statistics
[edit ]Captains
[edit ]No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | MF | Manuel Pascali [5] | Italy | 30 | Club captain |
Last updated: 13 May 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.
Squad
[edit ]- Last updated 13 May 2012
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | SPL | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Scotland SCO | Cammy Bell | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | DF | Scotland SCO | Lewis Toshney | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | Scotland SCO | Garry Hay | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
4 | MF | Scotland SCO | James Fowler | 44 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
5 | DF | Scotland SCO | Ryan O'Leary | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | England ENG | Michael Nelson | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
7 | FW | Cape Verde CPV | David Silva | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
8 | MF | Scotland SCO | Liam Kelly | 41 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
9 | MF | Netherlands NED | Danny Buijs | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
10 | MF | England ENG | James Dayton | 33 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 | MF | Scotland SCO | Gary Harkins | 35 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
13 | DF | Czech Republic CZE | Zdeněk Kroča | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
14 | FW | Republic of Ireland IRL | Paul Heffernan | 36 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
17 | GK | Wales WAL | Kyle Letheren | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | England ENG | Lee Johnson | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | DF | England ENG | Ben Gordon | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20 | MF | Northern Ireland NIR | Dean Shiels | 42 | 15 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
21 | FW | France FRA | William Gros | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | MF | England ENG | Danny Racchi | 23 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | DF | Northern Ireland NIR | Rory McKeown | 21 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
26 | DF | England ENG | Alex Pursehouse | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
27 | FW | Belgium BEL | Dieter Van Tornhout | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
29 | MF | Italy ITA | Manuel Pascali | 30 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
31 | FW | Scotland SCO | Ross Davidson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | MF | Scotland SCO | Matthew Kennedy | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | MF | Northern Ireland NIR | Jude Winchester | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | FW | Scotland SCO | Chris Johnston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | DF | Scotland SCO | Ross Barbour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
53 | GK | Finland FIN | Anssi Jaakkola | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
88 | DF | France FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko | 31 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Players who left the club during the 2010–11 season | |||||||||||
2 | DF | Republic of Ireland IRL | Tim Clancy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | Cameroon CMR | Patrick Ada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | Sweden SWE | Billy Berntsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | Spain ESP | Jorge Galán | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | DF | Slovenia SVN | Leon Panikvar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | FW | England ENG | Ben Hutchinson | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
25 | MF | Scotland SCO | Daniel McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | DF | Scotland SCO | Gary Fisher | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
30 | FW | Scotland SCO | Rory McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Disciplinary record
[edit ]Includes all competitive matches.
- Last updated 13 May 2012
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Premier League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scotland | GK | Cammy Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Republic of Ireland | DF | Tim Clancy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Scotland | DF | Lewis Toshney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
3 | Scotland | DF | Garry Hay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
4 | Scotland | MF | James Fowler | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
5 | Scotland | DF | Ryan O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Cameroon | DF | Patrick Ada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | England | DF | Michael Nelson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
7 | Portugal | FW | David Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Scotland | MF | Liam Kelly | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
9 | Netherlands | MF | Danny Buijs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | England | MF | James Dayton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
11 | Scotland | MF | Gary Harkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Czech Republic | DF | Zdeněk Kroča | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Republic of Ireland | FW | Paul Heffernan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Sweden | DF | Billy Berntsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Spain | FW | Jorge Galán | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Wales | GK | Kyle Letheren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Slovenia | DF | Leon Panikvar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | England | MF | Lee Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | England | FW | Ben Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | England | DF | Ben Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20 | Northern Ireland | MF | Dean Shiels | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
21 | Réunion | FW | William Gros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | England | MF | Danny Racchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Northern Ireland | DF | Rory McKeown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
25 | Scotland | MF | Daniel McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | England | DF | Alex Pursehouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
27 | Belgium | FW | Dieter Van Tornhout | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
28 | Scotland | DF | Gary Fisher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
29 | Italy | MF | Manuel Pascali | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
30 | Scotland | FW | Rory McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Scotland | FW | Ross Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Scotland | MF | Matthew Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Northern Ireland | MF | Jude Winchester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
45 | Scotland | FW | Chris Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Scotland | DF | Ross Barbour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
53 | Finland | GK | Anssi Jaakkola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
88 | France | MF | Mohamadou Sissoko | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Team statistics
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round [a] |
6 | St Johnstone | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [a] |
7 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 47 | |
8 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 43 | |
9 | Aberdeen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 41 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ a b Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.
Transfers
[edit ]Notes and references
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- ^ "2011/12 Scottish Premier League Table / Table". ESPN Soccernet . ESPN. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Hibernian F.C. v Kilmarnock F.C." Scottish Football Association. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Celtic 0 Kilmarnock 1". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Pascali New Killie Captain". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Kilmarnock complete Heffernan signing". STV (TV network). 15 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Dundee's Gary Harkins signs for Kilmarnock". BBC Sport . 21 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Patrick Ada sign for Kilmarnock". BBC Sport . 21 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Trio Join Kilmarnock". Kilmarnock FC. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Killie capture Kroca". BSkyB. Sky Sports. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "Dutch midfielder Danny Buijs joins Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Killie sign Rory McKeown, not Mitchell Pique". Kilmarnock Standard . 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Ben Hutchinson seals short-term Kilmarnock deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Doncaster's Dean Shiels signs for father at Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Kilmarnock secure loan deal for Jorge Galan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Kilmarnock sign Panikvar". Sky Sports. BSKYB. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Udinese's Mohamadou Sissoko returns to Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Kilmarnock complete deals for Dean Shiels and Ben Gordon". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "Shiels delight at Nelson deal". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Kilmarnock sign Belgian striker Dieter van Tornhout". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Celtic defender Lewis Toshney loaned to Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Kilmarnock sign ex-Bristol City midfielder Lee Johnson". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Jamie Hamill, John Sutton & Danny Grainger join Hearts". BBC Sport . 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "St Johnstone sign defender Frazer Wright". BBC Sport . 3 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Derby sign Kilmarnock captain Craig Bryson". BBC Sport. 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Mehdi Taouil leaves Kilmarnock for Hearts". BBC Sport . 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Rui Miguel Ricardo returns and renews". abola.pt (in Portuguese). 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "More new faces arrive". alloaathletic.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Motherwell complete signing of Kilmarnock's Tim Clancy". BBC Sport . 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Mansfield Town sign Hutchinson, Green and Roberts". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Burton Agree Deal with Patrick Ada". burtonalbionfc.co.uk. Burton Albion F.C. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Fringe duo exit Kilmarnock". stv.tv . STV Group. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Young Killie Striker Signs for City". brechincity.com. Brechin City F.C. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels reveals he turned away Arsenal loanees". The Telegraph . Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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