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2011–12 A-League

The 2011–12 A-League was the 35th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons.[1]

Clubs

Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Gold Coast United
Melbourne Heart
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix

Personnel and kits

Transfers

Managerial changes

Foreign players

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Regular season

League table

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.

Home and away season

The 2011–12 season saw each team play 27 games, host 13 and play 1 regional game over 25 rounds. On 4 January, over 11 hours of soccer was broadcast with all matches aired back to back starting in Wellington and ending in Perth. The season began on 8 October 2011 and concluded on 22 April 2012. All times are local unless otherwise stated.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Midweek Fixture[note 2]

Round 10

Midweek Fixture

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Midweek Round

Round 14

Round 15

Midweek Fixture

Round 16

Midweek Fixture

Round 17

Midweek Fixture

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Postponed Round 17 Fixture[note 3]

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Table of results


Finals series

Elimination-finals

Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 10,019
Referee: Chris Beath
nib Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Semi-finals

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 15,081
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 9,846
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Brisbane Roar won 5–2 on aggregate.

nib Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 13,695
Referee: Peter Green

Preliminary final

Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 7,572[39]
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Grand Final

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 50,334[40]
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of end of regular season

Own goals

As of end of regular season

Attendances

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

Updated to the 25 March 2012 note: Adelaide United's lowest crowd was at Bathurst's Carrington Park(NSW) as part of the regional round fixtures.

Top 10 Season Attendances

Discipline

Updated to end of Week 17, 2 February 2012The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play table at the conclusion of the home and away season.

Awards

End-of-season awards

All-Star team

Formation: 3–4–3[42]

See also

Team season articles

Notes

  1. ^ Galekovic replaced McKain as captain mid-season.
  2. ^ Game was postponed due to severe weather in Perth, preventing travel for Perth Glory.
  3. ^ Game was postponed due to risk of flooding in the Gold Coast.
  4. ^ Mathew Ryan was named as NAB Young Footballer of the Year for the second year running.[41]

References

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