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Leeds United
2011–12 season
ChairmanEngland Ken Bates
ManagerEngland Simon Grayson
The Championship5th (ongoing)
League Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ross McCormack (9)
All: Ross McCormack (10)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 25,650 vs Middlesbrough (14 Aug 2011)
All: 31,031 vs Manchester United (20 Sept 2011)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 22,363 vs Hull City (14 Aug 2011)
All: 17,665 vs Bradford City (9 Aug 2010)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 23,412
All: 23,680

This article will detail Leeds United A.F.C.'s 2011–12 season in The Championship.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2011–12 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 11 May 2011 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2011-12 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

June

  • 30 June: The players return for pre-season training with only one new face, goalkeeper Paul Rachubka[2]

July

Players

First team squad information

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK England Andrew Lonergan 41 2011 12 0 2014 £200k Leeds United
2 DF England Paul Connolly 41 2010 38 0 2013 Free Leeds United
3 DF Australia Patrick Kisnorbo (VC) 43 2009 45 1 2013 Free Leeds United
4 DF England Alex Bruce 40 2010 26 1 2012 £300k Leeds United
5 DF Republic of IrelandEngland Andy O'Brien 45 2010 35 2 2013 Undisclosed Leeds United
7 MF Finland Mika Väyrynen 42 2011 4 0 2012 Free BBC Sport
8 MF England Michael Brown 47 2011 5 0 2012 Free Leeds United
9 FW England Billy Paynter 40 2010 24 1 2013 Free Leeds United
10 FW Argentina Luciano Becchio 40 2008 153 57 2014 £300k Leeds United
11 MF GhanaEngland Lloyd Sam 40 2010 28 3 2012 Free Leeds United
12 GK EnglandUnited States Paul Rachubka 43 2011 2 0 2013 Free Leeds United
14 MF England Jonathan Howson (captain) 36 2006 215 28 2012 Youth system Leeds United
15 MF England Adam Clayton 35 2010 15 2 2013 Undisclosed Leeds United
16 MF England Danny Pugh3 42 2004
2011
61 8 2006
2012
PX
Loan
Leeds United
18 FW Finland Mikael Forssell 43 2011 5 0 2012 Free BBC Sport
19 DF England Ben Parker 37 2007 55 1 2012 Youth system Leeds United
20 MF Honduras Ramón Núñez 39 2010 12 5 2012 Free Leeds United
22 DF England Tom Lees 34 2008 11 2 2015 Youth system Leeds United
23 FW Scotland Robert Snodgrass 37 2008 156 29 2013 £ 35k Leeds United
26 DF England Leigh Bromby 44 2009 57 1 2013 £250k Leeds United
27 FW South Africa Davide Somma 39 2009 34 12 2014 Free Leeds United
28 DF England Aidan White 33 2008 35 0 2012 Youth system Leeds United
29 DF England Zac Thompson 31 2011 3 0 2011 Free Leeds United
30 GK England Alex Cairns 31 2011 0 0 2012 Youth system Leeds United
31 DF England Charlie Taylor 31 2011 3 0 2014 Youth system Leeds United
32 DF England Lewis Turner 32 2011 0 0 2012 Youth system Leeds United
38 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh2 38 2003
2011
11 1 2005
2012
Youth system
Loan
Leeds United
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 38 2010 34 12 2013 £350k Leeds United
48 DF Republic of Ireland Darren O'Dea 37 2011 12 0 2012 Loan Leeds United
  • Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
  • Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.
2Player made one appearance for the club during his first spell at the club in the League Cup against Portsmouth on 26 October 2004.[6]
3Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club[7]

Squad stats

Total Football League Championship FA Cup FL Cup
N
Pos.
Name
Nat.
GS
App
Gls
Min
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
Notes
1 GK Lonergan England 12 12 1114 10 2
2 RB Connolly England 5 2 440 2
3 CB Kisnorbo Australia 8 9 747 7 2
4 CB Bruce Republic of Ireland
England
5 CB O'Brien Republic of Ireland
England
3 4 278 2 2
7 MF Väyrynen Finland 4 79 3 1
8 DM Brown England 5 5 372 4 1
9 FW Paynter England 1 42 1
10 FW Becchio Argentina 1 6 1 199 5 1 1
11 RW Sam England 2 8 279 6 2
12 GK Rachubka England
United States
1 2 112 1 1
14 CM Howson England 12 12 1097 9 3
15 CM Clayton England 11 11 2 1028 9 2 2
16 LM Pugh England 3 3 2 269 3 2
18 FW Forssell Finland 5 124 4 1
19 LB Parker England 1 1 95 1
20 LW Núñez Honduras 5 10 5 535 7 1 3 4
22 RB Lees England 10 10 2 969 9 2 1 Started 2 games at CB
23 RW Snodgrass Scotland 11 12 1 929 10 1 2
26 CB Bromby England 3 6 351 3 3
27 FW Somma South Africa
28 LB White England 9 9 762 7 2
29 CM Thompson England 1 3 131 2 1
30 GK Cairns England
31 LB C. Taylor England 1 3 133 1 2
32 LB L. Turner England
38 FW Keogh Republic of Ireland 10 10 1 786 8 1 2
44 FW McCormack Scotland 13 13 10 1006 10 9 3 1
48 CB O'Dea Republic of Ireland 12 12 1131 10 2
Players who have been avaliable for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:
7 LW Gradel Ivory Coast 4 5 1 336 4 1 1
13 FW Grella United States
21 LB Bessone Argentina
Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
Source: Leeds United
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Most frequent starting line-up

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2.
The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
14 CM Howson England 12 Club captain
3 CB Kisnorbo Australia 1 Vice captain

Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
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.

Assists

R Player Position The Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 Scotland Snodgrass RW 9 0 0 9
2 Scotland McCormack FW 2 0 0 2
England Clayton CM 0 0 2 2
4 Argentina Becchio FW 1 0 0 1
Finland Forssell FW 1 0 0 1
England Howson CM 1 0 0 1
England Taylor LB 1 0 0 1
England Sam RW 0 0 1 1

Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
Source: BBC Sport

Disciplinary record

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
14 CM England Howson 3 1
7 LW Ivory Coast Gradel 2 1
15 CM England Clayton 3
48 LB Republic of Ireland O'Dea 3
3 DF Australia Kisnorbo 1 1
28 MF England White 1 1
8 DM England Brown 2
44 FW Scotland McCormack 2
23 FW Scotland Snodgrass 2
26 DF England Bromby 1
38 FW Republic of Ireland Keogh 1
1 GK England Lonergan 1
5 DF Republic of Ireland O'Brien 1
16 MF England Pugh 1
31 LB England Taylor 1

Last updated: 23 Sep 2011
Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Transfers

In

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1Includes an option of the club extending the contract by one year.[8][9]
2Although the fee was officially 'undiscolosed', the Yorkshire Evening Post confirmed that the fee was £200k[10]

Loans In

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
48 DF Darren O'Dea Republic of Ireland 37 Celtic 4 Aug Leeds United
38 FW Andy Keogh Republic of Ireland 38 Wolves 15 Aug Leeds United
16 MF Danny Pugh England 42 Stoke City 22 Sep Leeds United
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans Out

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
13 FW Mike Grella United States 24 Brentford 26 Aug 29 Aug Leeds United Leeds United
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

N
P
Name
Country
Age
Type
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Apps
Goals
Source
1 GK Kasper Schmeichel Denmark 24 Transferred Leicester City Summer £1.5m 40 0 Leeds United
MF Elliott Kebbie England 16 Out of Contract Barcelona Summer n/a 0 0 BBC Sport
12 GK Shane Higgs England 34 Out of Contract Summer n/a 29 0 Leeds United
6 DF Richard Naylor England 34 Out of Contract Doncaster Rovers Summer n/a 76 4 Leeds United
MF James Baxendale England 18 Out of Contract Doncaster Rovers Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
DF Jonny Birbeck England 18 Out of Contract Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
DF James Booker England 18 Out of Contract Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
8 MF Neil Kilkenny Australia
England
25 Out of Contract Bristol City Summer n/a 144 11 BBC Sport
16 MF Bradley Johnson England 24 Out of Contract Norwich City Summer n/a 140 17 BBC Sport
13 FW Mike Grella United States 24 Released Brentford Summer n/a 42 5 Leeds United
21 DF Federico Bessone Argentina 27 Released Swansea Summer n/a 8 0 BBC Football
7 MF Max Gradel Ivory Coast 23 Transferred Saint-Étienne Summer Undisclosed 84 25 Leeds United

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

New Contracts

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
20 MF Honduras Ramón Núñez 25 Signed 1 year June 2012 Leeds United
DF England Nathan Turner 18 Signed 1 year June 2012 Leeds United
32 MF England Lewis Turner 18 Signed 1 year June 2012 Leeds United
31 DF England Charlie Taylor 17 Signed 3 years June 2014 Leeds United
DF Germany Monty Gimpel 17 Signed 1 year June 2012 Leeds United
30 GK England Alex Cairns 18 Signed 1 year1 June 2012 Leeds United
22 DF England Tom Lees 20 Signed 4 years June 2015 Leeds United


1The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.

Club

Club officials

Position Staff
Patron Australia The Countess of Harewood
Chairman England Ken Bates
Directors England Yvonne Allen
England Ken Bates
England Shaun Harvey
Scotland Peter Lorimer
Chief Executive Officer England Shaun Harvey

Last updated: 9 Sep 2011
Source: We Are Leeds, 9 August 2011 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Position Staff
Manager England Simon Grayson
First Team Coaches Scotland Ian Miller
England Glynn Snodin
Goalkeeping Coach England Andy Beasley
Head Physio England Harvey Sharman
Fitness Coach England Matt Pears
Assistant Physio England Paul Perkins
Performance Analyst England Alex Davies

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Yorkshire Evening Pos (August 4, 2010)

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football Administration England Alison Royston
Technical Director Wales Gwyn Williams
Chief Scout England Mervyn Day
Kit Man England Chris Beasley
Groundsman England Norman Southernwood

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2009/10 Season Official Handbook

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other information

Mascot Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m)

Updated to match played 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Football League Championship 7th 6 August 2011
FL Cup R1 R3 R3 9 August 2011 20 September 2011
FA Cup

Updated to match played 20 Sep 2011
Source: Competitions

Detailed overall summary

Total Home Away
Games played 13 7 6
Games won 7 5 2
Games drawn 2 0 2
Games lost 4 2 2
Biggest win 4-1 vs Hull City 4-1 vs Hull City 3-0 vs Doncaster Rovers
Biggest loss 0-3 vs Manchester United 0-3 vs Manchester United 1-3 vs Southampton
Clean sheets 2 1 1
Goals scored 25 13 12
Goals conceded 21 10 11
Goal difference +5 +4 +1
Average GF per game 1.92 1.86 2
Average GA per game 1.62 1.43 1.83
Winning rate 53.85% 71.43% 33.33%
Yellow cards Yellow card 24 13 11
Red cards Red card 4 3 1
Most appearances Scotland McCormack (13) England Lees (7)
England Lonergan (7)
Scotland McCormack (7)
England Howson (6)
Scotland McCormack (6)
Republic of Ireland O'Dea (6)
Most minutes played Republic of Ireland O'Dea (1131) England Lonergan (658) England Howson (568)
Republic of Ireland O'Dea (568)
Top scorer Scotland McCormack (10) Scotland McCormack (5) Scotland McCormack (5)
Top assister Scotland Snodgrass (9) Scotland Snodgrass (3) Scotland Snodgrass (6)

Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
Source: Competitive matches

Championship

Table

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Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 5 2 3 20 15  +5 17 4 0 1 10 5  +5 1 2 2 10 10  0

Last updated: 14 Oct 2011.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

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Results

Pre-Season Friendlies

19 July 2011 Rochdale 0 - 1 Leeds United Spotland Stadium
19:30 Report Gradel 30' Attendance: 3935
26 July 2011 Sandefjord 1 – 1 Leeds United Adeccoligaen
19:00 Stokke 87' Report Núñez 90'
31 July 2011 Leeds United 3 – 2 Newcastle United Elland Road
14:00 Kisnorbo 5'
Sam 67'
Paynter 85'
S. Taylor 35'
Vučkić 77'
Attendance: 20,457

The Championship

06 August 2011 1 Southampton 3 - 1 Leeds United St Mary's Stadium
17:20 Hammond 10'
Lallana 25'
Connolly 52'
Report Gradel 90+5' (pen.) Attendance: 25,860
Referee: K. Wright
13 August 2011 2 Leeds United 0 - 1 Middlesbrough Elland Road
15:00 Gradel Yellow card 26' Red card
Howson Yellow card 59' Red card
Report Emnes 67'
McMahon Yellow card 45+2' Red card
Attendance: 25,650
Referee: A. Taylor
16 August 2011 3 Leeds United 4 – 1 Hull City Elland Road
19:45 McCormack 17'
Lees 40'
Snodgrass 47'
Nunez 68'
Report Lees 21' (o.g.) Attendance: 22,363
Referee: E. Ilderton
21 August 2011 4 West Ham United 2 – 2 Leeds United Boleyn Ground
13:15 Cole 6'
Kisnorbo 62' (o.g.)
Report McCormack 59'
Clayton 90+1'
Attendance: 28,252
Referee: M. Oliver
27 August 2011 5 Ipswich Town 2 – 1 Leeds United Portman Road
15:00 Scotland 77'
Andrews 90'
Report McCormack 34'
White Red card 48'
Attendance: 19,758
Referee: Andy D'Urso
10 September 2011 6 Leeds United 3 – 2 Crystal Palace Elland Road
15:00 McCormack 8'
Becchio 71'
McCormack 84'
Report McCarthy 12'
Scannell 21'
Attendance: 23,916
Referee: S. Mathieson
17 September 2011 7 Leeds United 2 – 1 Bristol City Elland Road
15:00 Clayton 3'
McCormack 86'
Report Kilkenny 11'
Attendance: 22,655
Referee: F. Graham
23 September 2011 8 Brighton 3 – 3 Leeds United The Amex
19:45 Mackail-Smith 48'
Barnes 60'
Mackail-Smith 85'
Report Keogh 19'
McCormack 24'
McCormack 90+2'
Attendance: 20,646
Referee: L. Probert
1 October 2011 8 Leeds United 1 – 0 Portsmouth Elland Road
15:00 Pugh 14' Report Attendance: 22,467
Referee: N. Miller

FA Cup

Carling Cup

9 August 2011 Round 1 Leeds United 3 - 2 Bradford City Elland Road
19:45 Nunez 46', 75'
McCormack 70'
Report Compton 31'
Flynn 57'
Attendance: 17,667
Referee: C. Webster
23 August 2011 Round 2 Doncaster Rovers 1 - 2 Leeds United Keepmoat Stadium
19:45 Hayter 2' Report Nunez 30', 83' Attendance: 8,505
Referee: M. Brown
20 September 2011 Round 3 Leeds United 0 - 3 Manchester United Elland Road
19:45 Report Owen 15', 32'
Giggs 45+1'
Attendance: 31,031
Referee: M. Jones

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