2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United
	2011–12 season
Co-chairmen	Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager	Sir Alex Ferguson
Stadium	Old Trafford
Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Fifth Round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Community Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Wayne Rooney (27); All: Wayne Rooney (34)
Highest home attendance	75,627 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers,; 10 December)
Lowest home attendance	52,624 (vs. Crystal Palace,; 30 November)
Average home attendance	75,387
← 2010–11	2012–13 →

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

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	New England Revolution	1-4	Manchester United	Boston, Massachusetts
		Report	Owen Macheda (2) Park

20 July 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	0-7	Manchester United	Seattle, Washington
		Report	Owen Diouf Rooney (3) Park Obertan

23 July 2011	Chicago Fire Soccer Club	1-3	Manchester United	Soldier Field
		Report	Rooney Rafael Nani

27 July 2011	MLS All-Stars	0-4	Manchester United	Red Bull Arena
		Report	Anderson Park Berbatov Welbeck

30 July 2011	Manchester United	2-1	FC Barcelona	Maryland
	Nani Owen	Report

Community Shield

7 August 2011	Manchester United	3-2	Manchester City	Wembley Stadium
	Smalling - Nani (2)	Report

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	From	Fee
DF	Phil Jones	Blackburn Rovers	£16 m^[4]
MF	Ashley Young	Aston Villa	£17 m^[5]
GK	David de Gea	Atlético Madrid	£17.8 m^[6]

**Out**
Pos.	Name	To	Fee
DF	Wes Brown	Sunderland	£1 m^[7]
DF	John O'Shea	Sunderland	£4 m^[8]
MF	Gabriel Obertan	Newcastle United	£3 m^[9]

**New deal**
Pos.	Name
DF	Chris Smalling ^[10]
MF	Antonio Valencia ^[11]
MF	Park Ji-Sung ^[12]
MF	Tom Cleverley ^[13]
FW	Javier Hernández ^[14]

**Loan out**
Pos.	Name	To
FW	Bébé	Beşiktaş^[15]
DF	De Laet	Norwich City^[16]

**Released**
Pos.	Name
MF	Owen Hargreaves ^[17]

**Retired**
Pos.	Name
GK	Edwin van der Sar ^[18]
MF	Paul Scholes ^[19]

Squad

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	David de Gea
29	GK	Tomasz Kuszczak
34	GK	Anders Lindegaard
40	GK	Ben Amos

No.	Pos.	Name
3	DF	Patrice Evra
4	DF	Phil Jones
5	DF	Rio Ferdinand
6	DF	Jonny Evans
12	DF	Chris Smalling
15	DF	Nemanja Vidić
20	DF	Fábio
21	DF	Rafael ^[20]

No.	Pos.	Name
8	MF	Anderson
11	MF	Ryan Giggs
13	MF	Park Ji-Sung
16	MF	Michael Carrick
17	MF	Nani
18	MF	Ashley Young
23	MF	Tom Cleverley
24	MF	Darren Fletcher
25	MF	Antonio Valencia
28	MF	Darron Gibson

No.	Pos.	Name
7	FW	Michael Owen
9	FW	Dimitar Berbatov
10	FW	Wayne Rooney
14	FW	Javier Hernández
19	FW	Danny Welbeck
27	FW	Federico Macheda
32	FW	Mame Biram Diouf

Premier League

1 14 August 2011	West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Manchester United	The Hawthorns
	Long	Report	Rooney - Own goal

2 22 August 2011	Manchester United	3-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford
	Welbeck - Anderson - Rooney	Report

3 28 August 2011	Manchester United	8-2	Arsenal	Old Trafford
	Welbeck - Young (2) - Rooney (3) - Nani - Park	Report	Walcott - Van Persie

Pos	Club	P	Pts
1	Manchester United	3	9
2	Manchester City	3	9
3	Liverpool	3	7

4 10 September 2011	Bolton Wanderers	0-5	Manchester United	Reebok Stadium
		Report	Hernández (2) - Rooney (3)

5 18 September 2011	Manchester United	3-1	Chelsea	Old Trafford
	Smalling - Nani - Rooney	Report	Torres

6 24 September 2011	Stoke City	1-1	Manchester United	Stoke-on-Trent
	Crouch	Report	Nani

Pos	Club	P	Pts
1	Manchester United	6	16
2	Manchester City	6	16
3	Chelsea	6	13

7 1 October 2011	Manchester United	2-0	Norwich City	Old Trafford
	Anderson - Welbeck

8 15 October 2011	Liverpool	1-1	Manchester United	Anfield
	Gerrard		Hernández

9 23 October 2011	Manchester United	1-6	Manchester City	Old Trafford
	Fletcher		Balotelli (2) - Agüero - Dzeko (2) - Silva

10 29 October 2011	Everton	0-1	Manchester United	Goodison Park
			Hernández

Pos	Club	P	Pts
1	Manchester City	10	28
2	Manchester United	10	23
3	Newcastle United	10	22

11 5 November 2011	Manchester United	1-0	Sunderland	Old Trafford
	Brown (o.g)

12 19 November 2011	Swansea City	0-1	Manchester United	Swansea
			Hernández

13 26 November 2011	Manchester United	v	Newcastle United	Old Trafford
	Hernández

14 3 December 2011	Aston Villa	v	Manchester United	Villa Park

Stats

No.	Pos.	Name	Goals
10	FW	Wayne Rooney	9
14	FW	Javier Hernández	6
17	MF	Nani	3
19	FW	Danny Welbeck	3

No.	Pos.	Name	Assists
18	MF	Ashley Young	5
17	MF	Nani	4
11	MF	Ryan Giggs	2

No.	Pos.	Name
18	MF	Ashley Young	3
3	DF	Patrice Evra	3
6	DF	Jonny Evans	2

No.	Pos.	Name
6	DF	Jonny Evans	1

Champions League

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8
S.L. Benfica	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8
FC Basel	4	1	2	1	6	7	–1	5
FC Oțelul Galați	4	0	0	4	1	7	–6	0

1 14 September 2011	Benfica	1-1	Manchester United	Lisbon
	Cardozo		Giggs

2 27 September 2011	Manchester United	3-3	Basel	Old Trafford
	Welbeck (2) - Young		Fabian Frei - Alexander Frei (2)

3 18 October 2011	Oțelul	0-2	Manchester United	Galaţi
			Rooney (2)

4 2 November 2011	Manchester United	2-0	Oțelul	Old Trafford
	Valencia - Rooney

5 22 November 2011	Manchester United	v	Benfica	Old Trafford

League Cup and FA Cup

League Cup

Manchester United were drawn against Crystal Palace in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.^[22]

3 20 September 2011	Leeds United	0-3	Manchester United	Leeds
			Owen (2) Giggs

4 24 October 2011	Aldershot	0-3	Manchester United	Aldershot
			Berbatov Owen Valencia

1/4 final 28 November 2011	Crystal Palace	v	Manchester United	Old Trafford

2011–12 Manchester United F.C. Season Media

Scoreboard during United's pre-season game against Barcelona
Teams lining up at Wembley prior to the match

References

[1] Manchester United sign new partner as Arsenal deal in doubt.. http://www.footballtradedirectory.com/news/2011/august/manchester-united-sign-new-partner-as.html. Retrieved 2011-09-11.

[2] United edge to anniversary win. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/980228/prem:-man-utd-edge-to-win-over-sunderland,-arsenal-thrash-wba?cc=4716. Retrieved 2011-11-05.

[3] United confirm US tour. http://www.manutd.com/en/Tour-2011/Tour-2011-News/2011/Mar/Reds-confirm-USA-tour.aspx.

[4] Phil Jones given England call-up for Holland date. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/8682792/Phil-Jones-given-England-call-up-for-Holland-date-but-Jack-Wilshere-and-Theo-Walcott-unlikely-to-play-at-Wembley.html.

[5] Reds sign Ashley Young. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/Jun/ashley-young-joins-manchester-united.aspx.

[6] De Gea signs on. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/Jun/De-Gea-signs-on.aspx.

[7] Wes Brown signs four-year Sunderland deal. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/07/wes-brown-sunderland.

[8] Black Cats Swoop For Irish Back John O'Shea. http://www.united-latest.com/1/post/2011/7/black-cats-swoop-for-irish-back-john-oshea.html. ^{[dead link]}

[9] Obertan completes Newcastle move. http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/104910.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12.

[10] Manchester United defender Chris Smalling signs new deal. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14081334.stm.

[11] Valencia signs new deal. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_7075677,00.html.

[12] Park signs new deal until 2012-13. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/942879/park-ji-sung-signs-new-man-utd-deal-until-2012-13?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=4716. ^{[dead link]}

[13] Cleverley signs four-year deal to stay at Man United. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/uk-soccer-england-united-cleverley-idUKTRE7991NS20111010. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

[14] Hernandez signs five-year deal at United: Agent. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/epl/epl-news/Hernandez-signs-five-year-deal-at-United-Agent/articleshow/10339044.cms.

[15] Besiktas land Bebe on loan. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/Jun/Besiktas-land-Bebe-on-loan.aspx.

[16] Top-flight loan for De Laet. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/Jun/top-flight-loan-for-ritchie-de-laet.aspx.

[17] Manchester United release midfielder Owen Hargreaves. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13492384.stm.

[18] Edwin on retirement. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/May/van-der-sar-on-retirement.aspx.

[19] Scholes retires. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/May/scholes-retires.aspx.

[20] Rafael suffers injury blow. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_7101276,00.html.

[21] Arsenal and United drawn favourably. http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/107721.html. ^{[dead link]}

[22] Arsenal face City in League Cup. http://tribune.com.pk/story/284746/football-arsenal-face-city-in-league-cup/.

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