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2011–12 Levante UD season

Field	Value
club	Levante UD
season	2011–12
chairman	Quico Catalán
chrtitle	President
manager	Juan Ignacio Martínez
mgrtitle	Head coach
stadium	Ciutat de València
league	La Liga
league result	6th
cup1	Copa del Rey
cup1 result	Quarter-finals
league topscorer	Arouna Koné (15)
season topscorer	Arouna Koné (17)
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prevseason	2010–11
nextseason	2012–13

The 2011–12 season was the 71st season in Levante's history and their second consecutive season in La Liga.

Under the leadership of the new manager Juan Ignacio Martínez, who replaced Luis García Plaza, the club aimed to stay in the top flight of Spanish football for another season — a clause was even added to extend the contract for one more season in the event of avoiding relegation. However, their initial goals were far surpassed, finishing 6th and making its maiden qualification for European competition.

Other notable achievements this season include a win at home against Real Madrid, sparking a seven-game winning streak — the best one so far in the First Division of Spanish football — which led to the top table for the first time in the club's history, after a 0-3 win at Villarreal.

Levante competed in the 2011–12 La Liga and the 2011–12 Copa del Rey where they entered in the Round of 32.

Squad

Squad information

Updated 26 January 2012

No.	Nationality	Name	Signed in	Signed from	Apps.	Goals	Notes
1	URU	Gustavo Munúa	2010	Málaga	24	0
13	CRC	Keylor Navas	2011	Albacete	0	0	On loan
3	ESP	Nano	2010	Betis	34	3
5	ESP	Héctor Rodas	2009	Youth system	31	2
11	BRA	Pedro Botelho	2012	ENG Arsenal	0	0	On loan
12	ESP	Juanfran	2010	GRE AEK Athens	44	0
15	ESP	Asier del Horno	2011	Valencia	22	2
17	ESP	Javi Venta	2010	Villarreal	35	0
18	ESP	Sergio Ballesteros (C)	2008	Mallorca	113	2
19	ESP	Pedro López	2011	Valladolid	1	0
22	ARG	Gustavo Cabral	2011	ARG Arsenal de Sarandí	0	0	On loan
4	ESP	Javier Farinós	2011	Hércules	1	0
6	ESP	Miguel Pallardó	2008	Getafe	86	2
7	ESP	José Barkero	2011	Numancia	6	1
10	ESP	Vicente Iborra	2008	Youth system	99	5
14	ESP	Xavi Torres	2010	Málaga	37	0	On loan
16	ESP	Marc Mateu	2008	Youth system	12	0
20	ESP	Juanlu	2009	Betis	70	14
23	CPV	Valdo	2010	Espanyol	31	2
2	CIV	Arouna Koné	2011	Sevilla	5	1	On loan
8	ESP	Óscar Serrano	2012	Racing Santander	0	0
9	ESP	Rafa Jordà	2010	Hércules	34	7
21	ESP	Rubén Suárez	2008	Elche	96	30
24	ESP	Carlos Aranda	2011	Osasuna	2	0
25	MAR	Nabil El Zhar	2011	ENG Liverpool	2	0

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Type	Source
GK	CRC Keylor Navas	Albacete	Loan	LevanteUD.com
DF	ARG Gustavo Cabral	ARG Arsenal de Sarandí	Loan	LevanteUD.com
DF	ESP Asier del Horno	Valencia	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
DF	ESP Pedro López	Valladolid	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	ESP Javier Farinós	Hércules	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	ESP Miguel Pallardó	Getafe	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	ESP José Barkero	Numancia	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
MF	ESP Marc Mateu	Badajoz	Loan return
FW	ECU Felipe Caicedo	ENG Manchester City	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
FW	ESP Carlos Aranda	Osasuna	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
FW	MAR Nabil El Zhar	ENG Liverpool	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
FW	BRA Pedro Botelho	ENG Arsenal	Loan	LevanteUD.com
FW	ESP Óscar Serrano	Racing Santander	Free	LevantedUD.com

Out

Pos	Player	To	Type	Source
FW	ECU Felipe Caicedo	RUS Lokomotiv Moscow	Transfer	LevanteUD.com
DF	ESP Cerra	Córdoba	Transfer
MF	ESP Gorka Larrea	Numancia	Transfer
GK	ESP Manolo Reina	Cartagena	Transfer
FW	BRA Wellington Silva	ENG Arsenal	Loan return

Statistics

Team Stats

|} Updated 27 January.

Discipline

No.	Pos	Player	[[Image:Yellow card.svg	10px]]	[[Image:Yellow-red card.svg
1	GK	URU Gustavo Munúa	3	0	0
13	GK	CRC Keylor Navas	1	0	0
3	DF	ESP Nano	6	0	1
5	DF	ESP Héctor Rodas	1	1	0
11	DF	BRA Pedro Botelho	1	0	0
12	DF	ESP Juanfran	3	1	1
15	DF	ESP Asier del Horno	4	0	0
17	DF	ESP Javi Venta	6	0	0
18	DF	ESP Sergio Ballesteros	7	0	0
19	DF	ESP Pedro López	2	0	0
22	DF	ARG Gustavo Cabral	1	0	0
4	MF	ESP Javier Farinós	3	0	0
6	MF	ESP Miguel Pallardó	1	0	0
7	MF	ESP José Barkero	6	0	0
10	MF	ESP Vicente Iborra	7	0	0
14	MF	ESP Xavi Torres	5	0	0
16	MF	ESP Marc Mateu	0	0	0
20	MF	ESP Juanlu	6	0	0
23	MF	CPV Valdo	3	0	0
2	FW	CIV Arouna Koné	2	0	0
8	FW	ESP Óscar Serrano	1	1	0
9	FW	ESP Rafa Jordà	0	0	0
21	FW	ESP Rubén Suárez	3	0	0
24	FW	ESP Carlos Aranda	1	0	0
25	FW	MAR Nabil El Zhar	3	0	0

Updated 29 January

Competitions

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in CET. Wesley Torres Jordà Farinós Carlos David Monforte Silvia

La Liga

Main article: 2011–12 La Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET. Lopo Miku Torres Lacen Sarabia Juanfran Juanlu Barkero Kouli Diop Acosta Barkero Juanlu Ballesteros Venta Koné Torres Suárez Pallardó Munúa Di María Pepe Coentrão Piti Tamudo Botelho P. López Ballesteros Munúa Juanlu Barkero Forlín Amat Moreno Pandiani S. García Márquez Iriney Nano Juanlu , Barkero Nano Juanlu , Koné Rossi Juanlu Koné Valdo , Nano Suárez Juanfran De la Bella I. Martínez Nino García Del Horno Valdo Ballesteros Munúa Torres Nano Aranda Alba T. Costa Rami Piatti Adrián , Domínguez Pizzi Diego Torres Iborra Suárez Juanlu , Venta Koné Novo Cuenca Messi Sánchez Valdés Ballesteros Del Horno Nano Ballesteros Navarro Navas Spahić Abel Jara Barkero Juanfran Koné Farinós Nano Farinós Cendrós Pereira Llorente Aurtenetxe Herrera San José Juanfran Del Horno Farinós Ballesteros Suárez Masilela Castro Lopo Torres
Juanfran Arana Ronaldo
Pepe
Benzema
Arbeloa Serrano
Iborra
Koné
Cabral Farinós Barkero

Del Horno
Suárez Torres Cabral Bangoura , Pulido Costa , Delibašić Uche Valdo
Munúa
Barkero
Torres
Suárez
Farinós Barkero Ballesteros Torres Koné Iborra Valdo Juanfran Sevilla Fabricio Pereira Venta Juanfran Torres Castellani Martinuccio Pérez Nilmar Marchena Elustondo Estrada González Navarro Koné Farinós Botelho P. López Juanfran Torres Venta Nino Rovérsio Hernández Parejo Jonas Aduriz Juanfran Koné Barkero Koné , Ballesteros Juanfran Diego Salvio Suárez Miranda Gabi Lora , Barral Botía Órfila Cases Sangoy Koné Botelho Iborra Cabral Valdo Juanfran Adriano Messi Negredo Medel Manu Koné , Venta Valdo El Zhar Torres Valdo López Ighalo Júlio César Álvarez Lafita Postiga Roberto García Cabral Botelho Valdo Torres Pereira Munúa Botelho Farinós

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2011–12 Copa del Rey

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round of 32

Saúl Vázquez Aranda Ballesteros , Suárez , Koné Navas Saúl Bodipo Lux Borja Aythami Seoane Valerón

Round of 16

Expósito Nagore Rueda Nano El Zhar Iborra Cabral Koné Roger Iborra , Nano Suárez Venta Mora Babin Miguélez Riera

Quarter-finals

Soldado , Piatti Feghouli Alves T. Costa , Koné Cabral Roger El Zhar Juanfran Iborra Serrano Ballesteros Del Horno Iborra Torres Piatti Banega

References

(10 June 2011). "El Levante ficha a Juan Ignacio Martínez como entrenador". [[Reuters]].
(2 August 2011). "El nuevo Levante de Juan Ignacio y la veteranía". [[El Mundo (Spain).
(9 June 2011). "Juan Ignacio Martínez entrenará al Levante". [[El Mundo (Spain).
(13 May 2012). "El Levante hace historia con su clasificación para la Europa League".
(18 September 2011). "El Real Madrid cosecha su primera derrota liguera en el campo del Levante". [[RTVE]].
(7 November 2011). "El Levante, un equipo de rachas". [[Super Deporte]].
Sid, Lowe. (26 October 2011). "Levante pulls off the impossible". [[Sports Illustrated]].
(10 October 2021). "El Levante entre los 25 líderes históricos de Primera División tras vencer al Villarreal 0-3". Museo Virtual Levante UD.
(3 October 2011). "Levante Squad". LevanteUD.com.
(26 July 2011). "Player's brawl suspends NAC-Levante pre-season match.". LevanteUD.com.
(19 August 2011). "LFP and AFE to continue talks". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.

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