2011–12 Leicester City F.C. season

Pre-season

Pre-season events

Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

• 18 May 2011 – Asia Football Investments led by Vichai and Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn acquire a 100% stake in the club's ownership.
• 7 June 2011 – Susan Whelan named as club chief executive. Simon Capper named as new finance director and Andrew Neville named as football director.
• 5 July 2011 – Leicester's home ground The Walkers' Stadium is renamed The King Power Stadium due to a change in sponsorship.
• 5 July 2011 – First team coach Dietmar Hamann leaves the club to become manager of Stockport County.
• 5 August 2011 – Aleksandar Tunchev signs a one-year contract extension which ends in 2012.

Kit and sponsorship

On 6 May 2011 a preview of the 2011–12 home kit was released on the official Leicester City website. It was announced that the kit would be worn against Ipswich Town in the last game of the 2010–11 season. | access-date = 6 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110509050355/http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2354365,00.html | archive-date = 9 May 2011 | url-status = dead On 7 May 2011 the home kit was revealed to have a collar for the first time since the 2001–2002 season with white shorts and blue socks with a white trim. | access-date = 7 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110510025306/http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2354618,00.html | archive-date = 10 May 2011 | url-status = dead

Friendlies

Moussa
Kermorgant De Guzmán Danns Benzema

Events

Note:This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

• 21 September 2011 – Sol Bamba signs a new contract until 2014.
• 7 October 2011 – Tom Hopper signs a professional contract until 2013.
• 24 October 2011 – Sven-Göran Eriksson and Derek Fazackerley left their posts as Manager and Assistant Manager by mutual agreement.
• 24 October 2011 – Mike Stowell and Jon Rudkin are placed in temporary charge of first team affairs as joint caretaker managers.
• 15 November 2011 – Nigel Pearson is re-appointed manager, 17 months after leaving the club. Craig Shakespeare and Steve Walsh are also re-appointed as his assistants.
• 10 January 2012 – Cian Bolger signs new deal until June 2013.
• 12 January 2012 – Chris Short leaves his post as fitness coach.
• 19 January 2012 – Liam Moore signs a contract extension which ends in 2013.
• 19 January 2012 – Shane Byrne signs a contract extension which ends in 2013.
• 25 February 2012 – Matt Mills is stripped of the captaincy.
• 29 February 2012 – Jeffrey Schlupp signs a new contract until 2015.
• 1 March 2012 – Bruno Berner announces his retirement from professional football.

Players and staff

2011–12 squad

• This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2011–12 season
• Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
• Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
• Italics indicate loan player

2011–12 backroom staff

• This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2011–12 season
• Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Released

Results

[[2011–12 Football League Championship|Football League Championship]]

Hussey
O'Donovan Peltier
Wellens
Gallagher
Fernandes
Mills Hunt Robson-Kanu Bamba Nugent Gallagher Skuse Wilson Nyatanga Boateng Fernandes Wellens Mills Schmeichel Wellens Lambert Danns Seaborne Connolly Foster Perkins Drinkwater Danns Vassell Abe Mills Vassell King Dunk Dicker LuaLua Bamba Wellens Haroun Thomson Vassell Bamba Schlupp Dyer Shackell King Wood Beckford King Nugent Robinson Baldock Faubert O'Brien Faye King Wellens Nugent Gallagher Danns Bamba Beckford Clayton Connolly Gallagher Halford Danns Fryatt Koren Konchesky Gallagher Nugent Bamba Howard Sonko Martin Danns Mokoena Lawrence Halford Ward Bamba , Howard Nugent Peltier Mills Addison Vaz Tê Mills Konchesky St Ledger Konchesky Beckford Danns McMahon Calderón Sparrow Bridcutt Buckley Danns Whittingham Cowie Garner Murray Forsyth Doyley Mills Konchesky Morgan Morgan Beckford Konchesky Cissé Pitman McAllister Dyer Danns Roberts Church Danns St Ledger Kennedy Schlupp Davies Caldwell Evatt M. Phillps Bednář Beckford Konchesky Marshall Danns Alcock Nugent Peltier Marshall Gallagher King Nugent Keogh Lowry Peltier Drinkwater Reid Collison Brown Webber Waghorn Panayiotou

[[2011–12 FA Cup|FA Cup]]

Mills Beckford Konchesky Hoolahan Morgan Nugent Kalou Torres Meireles Marshall

[[2011–12 Football League Cup|Football League Cup]]

Marshall Schlupp Lowe Sodje Oakley Gallagher Dyer Danns Keinan Gestede Quinn Dyer , St Ledger Earnshaw
Cowie
Conway
Kiss
Gestede
Quinn Howard
Abe
Danns
St Ledger
Paintsil
Fernandes

Awards

Club awards

At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2011–12 season.

Divisional awards

Championship statistics

Championship table

Club standings

Results by round

Scores by club

Leicester City score given first.

Club statistics

All data from LCFC.com

Appearances

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• Italics indicates loan player.
• Asterisks indicates player left mid-season.
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Top scorers

Most assists

Disciplinary record

Captains

• Only counts starts as captain

Suspensions

Penalties

Overall seasonal record

Note: Games which are level after extra-time and are decided by a penalty shoot-out are listed as draws.

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