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Sunderland
2011–12 season
Chairman United States Ellis Short
Manager Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
Premier League 13th
FA Cup Sixth round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Nicklas Bendtner (8)
All: Nicklas Bendtner, Sebastian Larsson, Stéphane Sessègnon (8)
Highest home attendance 47,751 against Newcastle United (Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 26,042 against Arsenal (FA Cup)
Average home attendance 40,128
Home colours
Away colours
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During The 2011/2012 Season Sunderland competed in The F.A. Premier League, The Football League Cup and The F.A. Cup. They finished 13th in The F.A. Premier League. Nicklas Bendtner was the topscorer in The F.A. Premier League with 8 goals. They were knocked out of The Football League in the 2nd Round. Sunderland did not score in The Football League Cup. They reached the Quarter Final of The F.A. Cup. Sebastian Larsson, James McClean, Fraizer Campbell, Jack Colback, Stéphane Sessègnon, Kieran Richardson and Phil Bardsley were the joint topscorers in The F.A. Cup with 1 goal each. Bendtner, Larsson and Sessegnon were the joint topscorers in all competitions with 8 goals each.

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Pre-season

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Manager
13 July 2011 York City A 2–1 Bardsley 13', Tounkara 33' Bruce
17 July 2011 Arminia Bielefeld A 1–1 Sessègnon 74' Bruce
20 July 2011 Hannover 96 A 1–3 Sessègnon 52' Bruce
23 July 2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach A 0–0 – Bruce
27 July 2011 Kilmarnock A 2–1 Sessègnon 36', Wickham 75' Bruce
30 July 2011 Burnley A 0–1 – Bruce
2 August 2011 Hartlepool A 3–1 Gyan 31', Colback 49', Larsson 59' Bruce
3 August 2011 Darlington A 3–0 Cook 26', Gardner 41', Ji 63' Bruce
6 August 2011 Hibernian A 0–0 – Bruce

Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result
H – A		 Scorers Attendance League
position		 Manager
13 August 2011 Liverpool A 1–1 Larsson 57' 45,018 5th Bruce
20 August 2011 Newcastle United H 0–1 – 47,751 13th Bruce
27 August 2011 Swansea City A 0–0 – 19,938 13th Bruce
10 September 2011 Chelsea H 1–2 Ji 90' 36,699 16th Bruce
18 September 2011 Stoke City H 4–0 Bramble 5', Woodgate 11' o.g., Gardner 28', Larsson 59' 32,296 12th Bruce
26 September 2011 Norwich City A 2–1 Richardson 86' 26,107 14th Bruce
1 October 2011 West Bromwich Albion H 2–2 Bendtner 24', Elmohamady 26' 34,815 16th Bruce
16 October 2011 Arsenal A 2–1 Larsson 31' 60,078 17th Bruce
22 October 2011 Bolton Wanderers A 0–2 Sessègnon 82', Bendtner 90' 24,349 14th Bruce
29 October 2011 Aston Villa H 2–2 Wickham 38', Sessègnon 89' 37,062 14th Bruce
5 November 2011 Manchester United A 1–0 – 75,570 15th Bruce
19 November 2011 Fulham H 0–0 – 37,688 15th Bruce
26 November 2011 Wigan Athletic H 1–2 Larsson 8' 37,883 16th Bruce
4 December 2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–1 Richardson 52' 25,145 17th Black
11 December 2011 Blackburn Rovers H 2–1 Vaughan 83', Larsson 90' 39,863 16th O'Neill
18 December 2011 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 – 36,021 16th O'Neill
21 December 2011 Queens Park Rangers A 2–3 Bendtner 19', Sessègnon 53', Brown 89' 16,167 15th O'Neill
26 December 2011 Everton H 1–1 Colback 26' 43,619 14th O'Neill
1 January 2012 Manchester City H 1–0 Ji 90' 40,625 13th O'Neill
3 January 2012 Wigan Athletic A 1–4 Gardner 45', McClean 55', Sessègnon 73', Vaughan 80' 15,871 10th O'Neill
14 January 2012 Chelsea A 1–0 – 41,696 12th O'Neill
21 January 2012 Swansea City H 2–0 Sessègnon 14', Gardner 85' 36,904 10th O'Neill
1 February 2012 Norwich City H 3–0 Campbell 21', Sessègnon 28', Ayala 54' o.g. 34,476 8th O'Neill
4 February 2012 Stoke City A 0–1 McClean 60' 27,717 8th O'Neill
11 February 2012 Arsenal H 1–2 McClean 70' 40,312 9th O'Neill
25 February 2012 West Bromwich Albion A 4–0 – 25,311 9th O'Neill
4 March 2012 Newcastle United A 1–1 Bendtner 24' (pen) 52,388 11th O'Neill
10 March 2012 Liverpool H 1-0 Bendtner 56' 41,661 8th O'Neill
20 March 2012 Blackburn Rovers A 2-0 – 20,056 9th O'Neill
24 March 2012 Queens Park Rangers H 3-1 Bendtner 41', McClean 70', Sessègnon 76' 37,128 8th O'Neill
31 March 2012 Manchester City A 3-3 Larsson 31' 55', Bendtner 45' 47,007 9th O'Neill
7 April 2012 Tottenham Hotspur H 0-0 – 39,335 9th O'Neill
9 April 2012 Everton A 4-0 – 32,249 11th O'Neill
14 April 2012 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0-0 – 37,476 9th O'Neill
21 April 2012 Aston Villa A 0-0 – 32,557 11th O'Neill
28 April 2012 Bolton Wanderers H 2-2 Bendtner 36', McClean 55' 40,768 11th O'Neill
6 May 2012 Fulham A 2-1 Bardsley 35' 25,683 11th O'Neill
13 May 2012 Manchester United H 0-1 – 46,452 13th O'Neill

Managerial change

Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
England Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce Sacked 30 November 2011[1] 16th Scotland Eric Black 30 November 2011
Scotland Eric Black Contract Terminated 3 December 2011[2] 17th Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill 3 December 2011

After winning just 2 of their first 13 League games and following the defeat to Wigan Atheltic, chairman Ellis Short moved to sack Steve Bruce on 30 November 2011. Assistant manager Eric Black assumed first team responsibilities until a new manager could be found.[3] Martin O'Neill was appointed manager on 3 December with a three-year contract.[4]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Norwich 38 12 11 15 52 66 -14 47
13 Sunderland 38 11 12 15 45 46 -1 45
14 Stoke 38 11 12 15 36 53 −17 45

League Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
H – A		 Scorers Attendance Manager
23 August 2011 Second round Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–0 – 17,090 Bruce

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
H – A		 Scorers Attendance Manager
8 January 2012 Third round Peterborough United A 2–0 Larsson 48', McClean 58' 8,954 O'Neill
29 January 2012 Fourth round Middlesbrough H 1–1 Campbell 59' 33,275 O'Neill
8 February 2012 Replay Middlesbrough A 1–2 AET Colback 41', Sessègnon 113' 26,707 O'Neill
18 February 2012 Fifth round Arsenal H 2–0 Richardson 40', Oxlade-Chamberlain o.g. 77' 26,042 O'Neill
17 March 2012 Sixth round Everton A 1–1 Bardsley 12' 38,875 O'Neill
27 March 2012 Replay Everton H 0–2 – 43,140 O'Neill

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 13 May 2012
No. Nat Pos Player Total Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 Scotland GK Craig Gordon 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 Scotland DF Phil Bardsley 37 2 29+2 1 6+0 1 0+0 0
3 England DF Wayne Bridge 10 0 3+5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
4 England DF Michael Turner 29 0 23+1 0 4+1 0 0+0 0
5 England DF Wes Brown 22 1 20+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 England MF Lee Cattermole 27 0 23+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
7 Sweden MF Sebastian Larsson 32 8 25+0 7 6+0 1 1+0 0
8 England MF Craig Gardner 29 3 14+8 3 6+0 0 1+0 0
9 England FW Fraizer Campbell 17 2 6+6 1 2+3 1 0+0 0
10 England FW Connor Wickham 19 1 5+11 1 1+1 0 0+1 0
11 England MF Kieran Richardson 34 3 26+3 2 4+0 1 1+0 0
12 England DF Matthew Kilgallon 11 0 9+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 England MF Jack Colback 40 2 29+6 1 3+1 1 1+0 0
15 Wales MF David Vaughan 27 2 17+5 2 2+2 0 1+0 0
16 Republic of Ireland DF John O'Shea 34 0 29+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
17 South Korea FW Ji Dong-Won 21 2 2+17 2 0+1 0 0+1 0
18 Republic of Ireland MF David Meyler 9 0 1+6 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
19 England DF Titus Bramble 8 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 Republic of Ireland GK Keiren Westwood 10 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 France FW Oumare Tounkara 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 Belgium GK Simon Mignolet 35 0 29+0 0 6+0 0 0+0 0
23 Republic of Ireland MF James McClean 29 6 20+3 5 6+0 1 0+0 0
25 Greece DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos 4 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 England FW Jordan Cook 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 Egypt MF Ahmed Elmohamady 21 1 7+11 1 0+2 0 1+0 0
28 Benin MF Stéphane Sessègnon 41 8 36+0 7 4+0 1 1+0 0
31 England FW Ryan Noble 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 England FW Craig Lynch 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 England DF Louis Laing 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 Republic of Ireland DF John Egan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
52 Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner 30 8 25+3 8 2+0 0 0+0 0
Players that played for Sunderland this season that have left the club/are currently out on loan:
3 Ghana FW Asamoah Gyan 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
29 England DF Anton Ferdinand 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Goalscorers

Position Nation Number Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
FW Denmark 52 Nicklas Bendtner 8 0 0 8
MF Sweden 7 Sebastian Larsson 7 1 0 8
FW Benin 28 Stéphane Sessègnon 7 1 0 8
MF Republic of Ireland 23 James McClean 5 1 0 6
MF England 8 Craig Gardner 3 0 0 3
DF England 11 Kieran Richardson 2 1 0 3
FW South Korea 17 Ji Dong-Won 2 0 0 2
MF Wales 15 David Vaughan 2 0 0 2
FW England 9 Fraizer Campbell 1 1 0 2
MF England 14 Jack Colback 1 1 0 2
DF Scotland 2 Phil Bardsley 1 1 0 2
DF England 5 Wes Brown 1 0 0 1
MF Egypt 27 Ahmed Elmohamady 1 0 0 1
FW England 10 Connor Wickham 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 1 0 3
Totals 44 8 0 52

Overall

Games played 45
Games won 14
Games drawn 14
Games lost 17
Goals scored 53
Goals conceded 52
Goal difference +1
Clean sheets 13
Most appearances Sessègnon 42
Top scorer Bendtner 8

Updated 13 May 2012

Starting 11

No. Pos. Nat. Name GS Notes
22 GK Belgium Simon Mignolet 35 Westwood has 9 starts / Gordon has 1 start
2 RB Scotland Phil Bardsley 35 Kilgallon has 10 starts
16 CB Republic of Ireland John O'Shea 34 Bramble has 8 starts
4 CB England Michael Turner 26 Brown has 22 starts / Kyrgiakos has 3 starts
11 LB England Kieran Richardson 31 Bridge has 5 starts
7 RM Sweden Sebastian Larsson 39 Elmohamady has 8 starts
6 CM England Lee Cattermole 27 Vaughan has 20 starts
8 CM England Craig Gardner 29 Meyler has 1 start
14 LM Republic of Ireland James McClean 26
28 AM Benin Stéphane Sessègnon 42 Campbell has 8 starts
52 ST Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 26 Wickham has 6 starts / Ji has 2 starts
Starting 11 with the most used starting formation. Updated 13/05/2012

Source:[5]

Players

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Craig Gordon
2 Scotland DF Phil Bardsley
3 England DF Wayne Bridge (on loan from Manchester City)
4 England DF Michael Turner
5 England DF Wes Brown (Vice Captain)
6 England MF Lee Cattermole (Captain)
7 Sweden MF Sebastian Larsson
8 England MF Craig Gardner
9 England FW Fraizer Campbell
10 England FW Connor Wickham
11 England DF Kieran Richardson
12 England DF Matthew Kilgallon
14 England MF Jack Colback
No. Position Player
15 Wales MF David Vaughan
16 Republic of Ireland DF John O'Shea
17 South Korea FW Ji Dong-Won
18 Republic of Ireland MF David Meyler
19 England DF Titus Bramble
20 Republic of Ireland GK Keiren Westwood
22 Belgium GK Simon Mignolet
23 Republic of Ireland MF James McClean
24 Northern Ireland GK Trevor Carson
25 Greece DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos (on loan from Wolfsburg)
27 Egypt MF Ahmed Elmohamady
28 Benin MF Stéphane Sessègnon
52 Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner (on loan from Arsenal)

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
27 MF EGYEgypt Ahmed Elmohamady 23 Non-EU ENPPI Transfer Summer £2m
10 FW ENGEngland Connor Wickham 18 EU Ipswich Town Transfer Summer £12m
17 FW KORSouth Korea Ji Dong-Won 20 Non-EU Chunnam Dragons Transfer Summer £2m
8 MF ENGEngland Craig Gardner 24 EU Birmingham City Transfer Summer £6m
7 MF SWESweden Sebastian Larsson 26 EU Birmingham City England Transfer Summer Free
20 GK IRERepublic of Ireland Keiren Westwood 26 EU Coventry City Transfer Summer Free
MF ENGEngland Roarie Deacon 19 EU Arsenal Transfer Summer Free
5 DF ENGEngland Wes Brown 31 EU Manchester United Transfer Summer £1m
16 DF IRERepublic of Ireland John O'Shea 30 EU Manchester United England Transfer Summer £5m
15 MF WALWales David Vaughan 28 EU Blackpool England Transfer Summer Free
23 MF IRERepublic of Ireland James McClean 22 EU Derry City Northern Ireland Transfer Summer £350,000
52 FW DENDenmark Nicklas Bendtner 23 EU Arsenal England Loan Summer Season Long Loan
3 DF ENGEngland Wayne Bridge 31 EU Manchester City Loan Winter Season Long Loan
25 DF GREGreece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 32 EU VfL Wolfsburg Germany Loan Winter Season Long Loan

Total spending: decrease £28.35 million

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
MF NEDNetherlands Boudewijn Zenden 34 EU Free agent Contract expired Summer Released
14 MF ENGEngland Jordan Henderson 20 EU Liverpool Transfer Summer £16m
2 DF FRAFrance Jean-Yves M'voto 22 EU Oldham Athletic England Transfer Summer Released
14 MF ENGEngland Nathan Luscombe 21 EU Hartlepool United Transfer Summer Released
10 MF NIRNorthern Ireland Robbie Weir 22 EU Tranmere Rovers England Transfer Summer Released
17 DF ENGEngland Michael Kay 21 EU Tranmere Rovers Transfer Summer Released
16 MF PARParaguay Cristian Riveros 28 Non-EU Kayserispor Turkey Loan Summer Season Long Loan
17 MF ENGEngland Liam Noble 20 EU Carlisle United Loan Summer Short Loan
25 MF FRAFrance Steed Malbranque 31 EU Saint-Étienne Transfer Summer £1m
3 DF NIRNorthern Ireland George McCartney 30 EU West Ham United England Loan Summer Season Long Loan
35 DF ENGEngland Anton Ferdinand 26 EU Queens Park Rangers Transfer Summer £3m
24 DF ENGEngland Blair Adams 20 EU Brentford Loan None Short Loan
3 FW GHAGhana Asamoah Gyan 25 Non-EU Al Ain United Arab Emirates Loan None Season Long Loan, £6m loan fee received
30 GK NIRNorthern Ireland Trevor Carson 23 EU Bury England Loan None Season Long Loan (recalled in November)
37 MF ENGEngland Adam Reed 20 EU Bradford City Loan None One Month Loan
33 DF JAMJamaica Nyron Nosworthy 31 Non-EU Watford England Loan None Season Long Loan
35 GK ENGEngland Ben Wilson 19 EU Harrogate Town Loan None One Month Loan
29 DF ENGEngland Blair Adams 20 EU Northampton Town Loan Winter Two Month Loan
37 DF IRERepublic of Ireland John Egan 19 EU Crystal Palace England Loan Winter One Month Loan
27 GK ENGEngland Ben Wilson 19 EU Gateshead Loan Winter One Month Loan
33 DF JAMJamaica Nyron Nosworthy 31 Non-EU Watford England Transfer Winter Undisclosed
28 MF ENGEngland Billy Knott 19 EU AFC Wimbledon Loan Winter One Month Loan
17 MF ENGEngland Liam Noble 20 EU Carlisle United Transfer Winter Released
36 GK NIRNorthern Ireland Trevor Carson 23 EU Hull City England Loan Winter One Month Loan
16 ST ENGEngland Jordan Cook 21 EU Carlisle United Loan Winter Two Month Loan
3 DF ENGEngland Louis Laing 18 EU Wycombe Wanderers Loan Winter Season Long Loan
12 FW ENGEngland Ryan Noble 20 EU Derby County Loan Winter One Month Loan
24 GK ENGEngland Jordan Pickford 17 EU Darlington Loan Winter One Month Loan
19 DF NIRNorthern Ireland Liam Bagnall 19 EU Darlington England Loan Winter One Month Loan
30 GK NIRNorthern Ireland Trevor Carson 23 EU Bury England Loan None Season Long Loan + Option For Permanent Deal
29 DF ENGEngland Michael Liddle 22 EU Accrington Stanley Loan None One Month Loan
26 DF IRERepublic of Ireland John Egan 19 EU Sheffield United England Loan None One Month Loan
8 MF ENGEngland Adam Reed 20 EU Leyton Orient Loan None Season Long Loan
35 FW ENGEngland Ryan Noble 20 EU Hartlepool United Loan None Season Long Loan
24 GK ENGEngland Lewis King 18 EU Stockport County Loan None One Month Loan
36 FW FRAFrance Oumare Tounkara 21 EU Oldham Athletic England Loan None Season Long Loan

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. Total income: increase £25 million

Awards

Monthly Awards

Award Month/Round Winner
Premier League Manager of the Month December Martin O'Neill
Budweiser Player of the Round Fifth Round Proper Kieran Richardson

End of Season Awards

Supporters' Association's Young Player of the Year Supporters' Association's Player of the Year Player of the Year Young Player of the Year Goal of the Season Save of the Season Team Performance of the Season
Player James McClean Stéphane Sessègnon Stéphane Sessègnon James McClean Fraizer Campbell against Norwich Simon Mignolet against Newcastle 1-0 win against Manchester City

See also

References

  1. ^ "Manager Steve Bruce leaves Sunderland". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 30 November 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15975008.stm. Retrieved 30 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "O'Neill named Sunderland manager". BBC Sport. 3 December 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15997197.stm. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "Black takes first team duties". 365 Media Group Ltd.. 30 November 2011. http://www.football365.com/news/21554/7343468/Struggling-Black-Cats-sack-Bruce. Retrieved 30 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "O'Neill named Sunderland manager". BBC Sport. 3 December 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15997197.stm. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "Sunderland FC Player Appearances | Past & Present". Soccer Base. 19 July 2011. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2493&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 

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