2011–12 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2011–12 Leicester City F.C. season was the club's 107th season in the English football league system and their 60th (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football. This was their third consecutive season in the Football League Championship.

Leicester City

2011–12 season
Chairman	Vichai Raksriaksorn
Manager	Sven-Göran Eriksson Until 24 October 2011 Jon Rudkin and Mike Stowell (caretakers) Nigel Pearson From 15 November 2011
Football League Championship	9th
FA Cup	Sixth Round
League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: David Nugent (15) All: David Nugent (16)
Highest home attendance	27,720 (vs. Leeds United, Championship, 6 November 2011)
Lowest home attendance	16,210 (vs. Nottingham Forest, FA Cup, 17 January 2012)
Average home league attendance	23,036
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The summer saw Leicester spend big in an attempt to gain promotion back to the Premier League, but an inconsistent start saw manager Sven-Göran Eriksson sacked after a 3–0 defeat at home to struggling Millwall saw Leicester sitting in 13th position after 13 games.

After days of negotiations, Nigel Pearson was finally re-appointed as manager on 15 November 2011, starting his second spell at the club after leaving for Hull City 17 months earlier.^[1] However, the club continued their inconsistent form under Pearson and sat mid-table for virtually the entire season before eventually finishing in 9th place.

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.^[2]
• 7 June 2011 – Susan Whelan named as club chief executive. Simon Capper named as new finance director and Andrew Neville named as football director.^[3]
• 5 July 2011 – Leicester's home ground The Walkers' Stadium is renamed The King Power Stadium due to a change in sponsorship.^[4]
• 5 July 2011 – First team coach Dietmar Hamann leaves the club to become manager of Stockport County.^[5]
• 5 August 2011 – Aleksandar Tunchev signs a one-year contract extension which ends in 2012.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

IK Sirius v Leicester City

12 July 2011 Stockholm Football Trophy	IK Sirius	1–3	Leicester City	Uppsala
18:00 BST	Ogbu 84'	Report	Waghorn 37' Moussa 45' Kermorgant 56'	Stadium: Studenternas IP

RCD Mallorca v Leicester City

14 July 2011 Stockholm Football Trophy	RCD Mallorca	1–1	Leicester City	Stockholm
19:00 BST	Hemed 15' De Guzmán  73'	Report	Gallagher 50' (pen.) Danns  84'	Stadium: Söderstadion Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

Vasalunds IF v Leicester City

18 July 2011 Stockholm Football Trophy	Vasalunds IF	1–4	Leicester City	Stockholm
18:00 BST	Ali 85'	Report	Howard 49' (pen.), 60', 77' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Enskede IP

Bursaspor v Leicester City

20 July 2011 Kärnten Cup	Bursaspor	0–0	Leicester City	Klagenfurt
17:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Welzenegg Stadium

Valencia v Leicester City

23 July 2011 Kärnten Cup	Valencia	1–0	Leicester City	Sankt Veit an der Glan
18:30 BST	Jonas 22'	Report		Stadium: Jacques-Lemans Arena Referee: G. Meschnark

Kettering Town v Leicester City XI

26 July 2011 Friendly	Kettering Town	1–1	Leicester City XI	Kettering
19:45 BST	Marna 14'	Report	Moussa 18'	Stadium: Elgood's Brewery Arena Attendance: 1,567

Leicester City v Real Madrid

30 July 2011 npower Challenge Cup[9]	Leicester City	1–2	Real Madrid	Leicester
17:15 BST	Dyer 89'	Report	Callejón 43' Benzema 62'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,188 Referee: Andre Marriner
Note: Leicester City started the match wearing their home kit then changed into their away kit at half-time.[10]

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.^[11]
• 7 October 2011 – Tom Hopper signs a professional contract until 2013.^[12]
• 24 October 2011 – Sven-Göran Eriksson and Derek Fazackerley left their posts as Manager and Assistant Manager by mutual agreement.^[13]
• 24 October 2011 – Mike Stowell and Jon Rudkin are placed in temporary charge of first team affairs as joint caretaker managers.^[14]
• 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.^[1]
• 10 January 2012 – Cian Bolger signs new deal until June 2013.^[15]
• 12 January 2012 – Chris Short leaves his post as fitness coach.^[16]
• 19 January 2012 – Liam Moore signs a contract extension which ends in 2013.^[17]
• 19 January 2012 – Shane Byrne signs a contract extension which ends in 2013.^[17]
• 25 February 2012 – Matt Mills is stripped of the captaincy.^[18]
• 29 February 2012 – Jeffrey Schlupp signs a new contract until 2015.^[19]
• 1 March 2012 – Bruno Berner announces his retirement from professional football.^[20]

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

No.	Nationality	Name	Position	Joined	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		Kasper Schmeichel	GK	2011	Leeds United
21		Chris Weale	GK	2009	Bristol City
25		Conrad Logan	GK	2004	Youth
31		Adam Smith	GK	2010	Middlesbrough
		Patrick Lane*	GK	2011	Unattached
Defenders
2		Lee Peltier	RB / RW / CB / DM	2011	Huddersfield Town
3		Paul Konchesky	LB	2011	Liverpool
4		John Paintsil	RB	2011	Unattached
5		Matt Mills	CB	2011	Reading
6		Sol Bamba	CB	2011	Hibernian
12		Sean St Ledger	CB	2011	Preston North End
15		Bruno Berner#	LB / CB / DM	2008	Blackburn Rovers
16		Michael Ball*	LB	2011	Unattached
26		Wes Morgan	CB	2012	Nottingham Forest
30		Tom Kennedy	LB	2010	Rochdale
32		Tom Parkes	CB	2009	Youth
33		Aleksander Tunchev	CB / LB	2008	CSKA Sofia
34		Liam Moore	CB / RB	2011	Youth
36		George Taft	CB	2011	Youth
		Cian Bolger	CB	2009	Youth
Midfielders
8		Matt Oakley	CM	2008	Derby County
10		Andy King	CM / DM / AM	2006	Youth
11		Lloyd Dyer	LW / RW	2008	Milton Keynes Dons
16		Danny Drinkwater	CM	2012	Manchester United
17		Michael Johnson*	CM	Loan	Manchester City
18		Franck Moussa	CM / RW / LW	2010	Southend United
19		Richie Wellens	CM	2009	Doncaster Rovers
22		Yuki Abe*	DM / RB	2010	Urawa Red Diamonds
22		Ben Marshall	RW / LW / AM	2012	Stoke City
23		Neil Danns	CM / RW	2011	Crystal Palace
26		Gélson Fernandes*	DM	Loan	Saint-Étienne
		Jason Banton*	LW	2011	Unattached
		Shane Byrne	CM	2011	Youth
		Moreno*	DM / CB	2010	Vitória de Guimarães
		Dany N'Guessan*	LW	2009	Lincoln City
		Oliver Norburn	CM	2011	Youth
Forwards
7		Paul Gallagher	AM / RW / CF	2009	Blackburn Rovers
9		Steve Howard	CF	2008	Derby County
13		Darius Vassell	CF / RW	2010	Unattached
14		Martyn Waghorn	CF / RW	2010	Sunderland
15		Harry Panayiotou	CF / AM	2012	Youth
20		Jermaine Beckford	CF	2011	Everton
24		Nathan Delfouneso*	CF / RW	Loan	Aston Villa
27		Jeffrey Schlupp	CF / RW	2010	Youth
35		David Nugent	CF / RW	2011	Unattached
37		Tom Hopper	CF	2011	Youth
		Elliott Chamberlain	CF	2010	Youth
		Leon Crnčič*	CF	2010	Atalanta
		Yann Kermorgant*	CF	2009	Stade Reims

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

Position	Nationality	Name
Manager (Until 24 October 2011)		Sven-Göran Eriksson*
Manager (From 15 November 2011)		Nigel Pearson
Assistant manager (Until 24 October 2011)		Derek Fazackerley*
Assistant manager (From 15 November 2011)		Craig Shakespeare
Assistant manager/Head of Recruitment (From 15 November 2011)		Steve Walsh
First Team Coach/Goalkeeping Coach		Mike Stowell
Fitness Coach (Until 12 January 2012)		Chris Short
Head physio		David Rennie
Academy manager		Jon Rudkin
Academy coach (Under 18s)		Steve Beaglehole
Academy coach (Under 16s)		Trevor Peake

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
21 June 2011	RB		Lee Peltier	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed[21]
27 June 2011	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	Leeds United	Undisclosed[22]
1 July 2011	CM		Neil Danns	Crystal Palace	Free[23]
4 July 2011	CB		Sean St Ledger	Preston North End	Undisclosed[24]
5 July 2011	CF		David Nugent	Free agent	Free[25]
7 July 2011	CB		Matt Mills	Reading	Undisclosed[26]
12 July 2011	LW		Jason Banton	Free agent	Free[27]
13 July 2011	LB		Paul Konchesky	Liverpool	Undisclosed[28]
21 July 2011	RB		John Paintsil	Free agent	Free[29]
6 August 2011	LB		Michael Ball	Free agent	Free[30]
29 August 2011	DM		Callum Webb	Free agent	Free[31]
29 August 2011	CB		Steven Smith	Free agent	Free[31]
31 August 2011	CF		Jermaine Beckford	Everton	Undisclosed[32]
27 October 2011	GK		Patrick Lane	Free agent	Free[33]
20 January 2012	CM		Danny Drinkwater	Manchester United	£1,000,000[34]
30 January 2012	CB		Wes Morgan	Nottingham Forest	£1,000,000[35][36]
31 January 2012	RW		Ben Marshall	Stoke City	£750,000–£1,000,000[36][37]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
13 June 2011	RB		Michael Lamey	Wisła Kraków	Free[38]
30 June 2011	CB		Jack Hobbs	Hull City	Undisclosed[39]
31 August 2011	LW		Dany N'Guessan	Millwall	Undisclosed[40]
27 February 2012	GK		Patrick Lane	Karlstad BK	Free[41]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
28 July 2011	End of Season	CM		Michael Johnson	Manchester City[42]
4 August 2011	4 January 2012	CM		Gélson Fernandes	Saint-Étienne[43][44]
23 January 2012	February 2012	CF		Nathan Delfouneso	Aston Villa[45]

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
11 July 2011	January 2012	CB		Cian Bolger	Bristol Rovers[46]
12 July 2011	January 2012	GK		Conrad Logan	Rotherham United[47]
28 July 2011	January 2012	CB		Tom Parkes	Burton Albion[48]
5 August 2011	December 2011	CB		Liam Moore	Bradford City[49][50]
5 August 2011	September 2011	CB		Aleksandar Tunchev	Crystal Palace[6]
8 August 2011	January 2012	LW		Dany N'Guessan	Millwall[51]
16 August 2011	September 2011	CF		Elliott Chamberlain	Stockport County[52]
23 August 2011	October 2011	CB		George Taft	Kettering Town[53][54]
31 August 2011	January 2011	CM		Shane Byrne	Bury[55]
31 August 2011	January 2012	CF		Martyn Waghorn	Hull City[56]
16 September 2011	October 2011	GK		Adam Smith	Chesterfield[57]
23 September 2011	January 2012	CM		Oliver Norburn	Bristol Rovers[58][59]
30 September 2011	October 2011	CM		Matt Oakley	Exeter City[60]
30 September 2011	October 2011	LB		Tom Kennedy	Peterborough United[60]
30 September 2011	October 2011	CF		Jason Banton	Burton Albion[60]
25 November 2011	January 2012	CF		Elliott Chamberlain	Telford United[61]
6 January 2012	19 January 2012	GK		Adam Smith	Lincoln City[62][63]
20 January 2012	February 2012	GK		Chris Weale	Northampton Town[64]
9 February 2012	March 2012	CB		Tom Parkes	Bristol Rovers[65]
10 February 2012	22 February 2012	GK		Patrick Lane	Hinckley United[66]
25 March 2012	July 2012	CB		George Taft	Karlstad BK[67]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name
30 June 2011	CM		Aman Verma[68]
30 June 2011	GK		Robert Ambrusics[68]
30 June 2011	CF		Ashley Chambers[68]
30 June 2011	CM		Nathan Hicks[68]
30 June 2011	RW		Jorrin John[68]
30 June 2011	CF		Craig King[68]
30 June 2011	CM		Ben Milnes[68]
30 June 2011	RB		Luke O'Neill[68]
30 June 2011	CF		Adi Yussuf[68]
30 June 2011	GK		Ricardo[68]
18 July 2011	RB		Robbie Neilson[69]
30 August 2011	CF		Leon Črnčič[70]
5 September 2011	CF		Yann Kermorgant[71]
22 December 2011	LW		Jason Banton[72]
13 January 2012	DM		Moreno[73]
23 January 2012	DM		Yuki Abe[74]
23 January 2012	LB		Michael Ball[75]

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Football League Championship

Coventry City v Leicester City

6 August 2011 1	Coventry City	0–1	Leicester City	Coventry
12:30 BST	Baker  38' Hussey  65' O'Donovan  90+3'	Report	Vassell  11' Peltier 52' Wellens  80' Gallagher  82' Fernandes  90+2' Mills  90+3'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 21,102 Referee: Darren Deadman

Leicester City v Reading

13 August 2011 2	Leicester City	0–2	Reading	Leicester
15:00 BST		Report	Manset  53' Hunt 64' Robson-Kanu 90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,399 Referee: K Stroud

Leicester City v Bristol City

18 August 2011 3	Leicester City	1–2	Bristol City	Leicester
15:00 BST	Fernandes  23' Bamba  45+1' Nugent 56' Gallagher  76'	Report	Maynard 5', 66' Skuse  43' Wilson  45+2' Nyatanga  76'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 20,794 Referee: N Miller

Nottingham Forest v Leicester City

20 August 2011 4	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Leicester City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	McGugan 79' (pen.) Boateng 90+4'	Report	Nugent 18' Fernandes 21' Wellens  51' Mills  78' Schmeichel  78'  79'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,426 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leicester City v Southampton

27 August 2011 5	Leicester City	3–2	Southampton	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vassell 3'  90' Wellens 22' Lambert 45+3' (o.g.) Danns  79'	Report	Harding 28' Seaborne  49' Connolly 53'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,808 Referee: S Mathieson

Barnsley v Leicester City

10 September 2011 6	Barnsley	1–1	Leicester City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Butterfield 38' Foster  86' Perkins  89' Drinkwater  90+4'	Report	King 46' Danns  89' Vassell  89'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,862 Referee: David Webb

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

17 September 2011 7	Leicester City	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
15:00 BST	Fernandes  11' Abe 46' Mills  58' Vassell  88' King  90+2'	Report	Painter  44' Dunk  49' Dicker  54'  80' LuaLua  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 24,128 Referee: Graham Scott

Cardiff City v Leicester City

25 September 2011 8	Cardiff City	0–0	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Cowie  75'	Report	Konchesky  77' Bamba  82' Wellens  90+2'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,154 Referee: Mark Haywood

Middlesbrough v Leicester City

28 September 2011 9	Middlesbrough	0–0	Leicester City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Bates  55' Haroun  64' Thomson  90+1'	Report	Mills  68'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 16,883 Referee: A Bates

Leicester City v Derby County

1 October 2011 10	Leicester City	4–0	Derby County	Leicester
17:20 BST	Nugent 21' Vassell 44' Bamba  48' Schlupp 88' Dyer 90+1'	Report	Hendrick  56' Shackell  90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,496 Referee: Howard Webb

Birmingham City v Leicester City

16 October 2011 11	Birmingham City	2–0	Leicester City	Birmingham
13:00 BST	Beausejour  33' King 50' Wood 84'	Report	Mills  55'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Attendance: 17,102 Referee: Graham Salisbury (Kevin Wright replaced Salisbury at half-time due to injury)

Leicester City v Watford

19 October 2011 12	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
19:45 BST	Nugent 19' Beckford 36' King  64'	Report	Mariappa  45+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 20,304 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Leicester City v Millwall

23 October 2011 13	Leicester City	0–3	Millwall	Leicester
15:00 BST	Bamba  35' Nugent  78'	Report	Henderson 36' (pen.), 45+3', 68' Robinson  73'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,991 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

West Ham United v Leicester City

29 October 2011 14	West Ham United	3–2	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Carew  19' Baldock 21', 71' Faubert 22' O'Brien  40' Faye  62'	Report	Konchesky  29' King 58', 74' Wellens  62'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 30,410 Referee: James Linington

Burnley v Leicester City

1 November 2011 15	Burnley	1–3	Leicester City	Burnley
19:45 GMT	Wallace 23'	Report	Konchesky 20' Nugent 54' Gallagher 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 13,286 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Leicester City v Leeds United

6 November 2011 16	Leicester City	0–1	Leeds United	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Konchesky  45+2' Danns  61' Bamba  78' Beckford  90+4'	Report	Snodgrass  55' Clayton 69' Connolly  79'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 26,720 Referee: Oliver Langford

Leicester City v Crystal Palace

20 November 2011 17	Leicester City	3–0	Crystal Palace	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Beckford 55' Gallagher 71', 74'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22.449 Referee: Mark Brown

Portsmouth v Leicester City

26 November 2011 18	Portsmouth	1–1	Leicester City	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Norris  56', 68' Halford  90+2'	Report	Nugent 74'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,391 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Leicester City v Blackpool

29 November 2011 19	Leicester City	2–0	Blackpool	Leicester
19:45 GMT	King 35' Danns 82'	Report	Evatt  74'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,578 Referee: Graham Scott

Hull City v Leicester City

3 December 2011 20	Hull City	2–1	Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Dawson  25' Fryatt 30' (pen.) Koren 88'	Report	Mills  29' Konchesky 40'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 20,148 Referee: Simon Hooper

Leicester City v Peterborough United

10 December 2011 21	Leicester City	1–1	Peterborough United	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Konchesky  42' Gallagher 56' Nugent  62' Bamba  73'	Report	Tomlin 71'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 25,948 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Doncaster Rovers v Leicester City

17 December 2011 22	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Leicester City	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Sharp 63', 65'	Report	Nugent 38' Howard  73'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,461 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

Leicester City v Ipswich Town

26 December 2011 23	Leicester City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Gallagher 69' (pen.),  81'	Report	Bowyer 4' Sonko  8' Martin  38'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 27,091 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Leicester City v Portsmouth

31 December 2011 24	Leicester City	1–1	Portsmouth	Leicester
12:15 GMT	Nugent 24' Danns  82'	Report	Futács 20' Mokoena  33' Lawrence  61' Halford  62' Ward  83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 25,356 Referee: Colin Webster

Crystal Palace v Leicester City

2 January 2012 25	Crystal Palace	1–2	Leicester City	London
13:00 GMT	Parr 41'	Report	Danns 19' Bamba 37',  83' Howard  87'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,468 Referee: James Linington

Leicester City v Barnsley

14 January 2012 26	Leicester City	1–2	Barnsley	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Dyer 15' Nugent  40' Peltier  71' Mills  72'	Report	Gray 12', 34' Addison  41' Vaz Tê  75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,116 Referee: D Whitestone

Southampton v Leicester City

23 January 2012 27	Southampton	0–2	Leicester City	Southampton
19:45 GMT		Report	Nugent 15',  74' Mills 26' Konchesky  69'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 21,014 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Leicester City v Middlesbrough

1 February 2012 28	Leicester City	2–2	Middlesbrough	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Nugent 7',  33' St Ledger  78' Konchesky  83' Beckford 86' Danns  90+1'	Report	McDonald 17' McMahon 79'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 20,512 Referee: Gavin Ward

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

4 February 2012 29	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Leicester City	Brighton
15:00 GMT	Greer  74' Calderón  79' Sparrow  85' Bridcutt  88' Buckley 90'	Report	Beckford  53' Danns  50'  90+4'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 20,223 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Leicester City v Cardiff City

11 February 2012 30	Leicester City	2–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Gallagher 41' (pen.), 71'	Report	Kiss  45+2' Whittingham 77' (pen.) Cowie  70'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,375 Referee: Mark Halsey

Watford v Leicester City

14 February 2012 31	Watford	3–2	Leicester City	Watford
19:45 GMT	Mariappa 5' Garner  14' Murray 33' Forsyth 80' Doyley  90+2'	Report	Nugent 11', 18' Mills  32' Konchesky  62'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 11,800 Referee: David Webb

Derby County v Leicester City

23 February 2012 32	Derby County	0–1	Leicester City	Derby
19:45 GMT	Ward  14'	Report	Danns 16',  65' Morgan  68'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 28,205 Referee: Simon Hooper

Leicester City v Coventry City

3 March 2012 33	Leicester City	2–0	Coventry City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Nugent 11' Morgan  46' Beckford 60' Konchesky  83'	Report	Nimely  34'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 25,487 Referee: Lee Probert

Bristol City v Leicester City

6 March 2012 34	Bristol City	3–2	Leicester City	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Stead  11', 79' Cissé 45+1' Pitman 54' McAllister  82'	Report	Wellens  9' Dyer 41' Danns 77'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 12,033 Referee: Mark Haywood

Reading v Leicester City

10 March 2012 35	Reading	3–1	Leicester City	Reading
15:00 GMT	Leigertwood 15',  62' Roberts 75' Church 89'	Report	Howard  72' Danns 90+2'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 21,858 Referee: Robert Madley

Leicester City v Birmingham City

14 March 2012 36	Leicester City	3–1	Birmingham City	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Beckford 34', 90+5' St Ledger  40' Kennedy  70' Schlupp 80'	Report	Elliott 20' (pen.) Davies  55' Caldwell  71'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,092 Referee: Mick Russell

Blackpool v Leicester City

21 March 2012 37	Blackpool	3–3	Leicester City	Blackpool
20:00 GMT	K. Phillips 33', 90+1' Evatt  45' M. Phillps  62' Bednář 69'	Report	Nugent  27', 54' Beckford 38', 73' Konchesky  72'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,485 Referee: Michael Naylor

Leicester City v Hull City

24 March 2012 38	Leicester City	2–1	Hull City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Dyer 18' Marshall 19' Danns  57'	Report	Fryatt 8'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,759 Referee: Nigel Miller

Leicester City v Nottingham Forest

27 March 2012 39	Leicester City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Leicester
19:45 BST	Drinkwater  45'	Report	Wooton  36'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,412 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Peterborough United v Leicester City

31 March 2012 40	Peterborough United	1–0	Leicester City	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Taylor 60' Alcock  78'	Report	Schmeichel  62' Nugent  79'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 10,714 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Doncaster Rovers

7 April 2012 41	Leicester City	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Leicester
15:00 BST	Drinkwater 33' Peltier 47' Marshall 78' Gallagher 88'	Report	Chimbonda  75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,054 Referee: Roger East

Ipswich Town v Leicester City

9 April 2012 42	Ipswich Town	1–2	Leicester City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Scotland 43'	Report	Marshall 45+2' King  55' Nugent 58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,282 Referee: Tony Bates

Millwall v Leicester City

14 April 2012 43	Millwall	2–1	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Kane 23' Keogh 55' (pen.) Lowry  63'	Report	Konchesky  55' Peltier  65' Drinkwater 82'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,525 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Leicester City v Burnley

17 April 2012 44	Leicester City	0–0	Burnley	Leicester
19:45 BST		Report	Marney  83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 19,806 Referee: Mike Jones

Leicester City v West Ham United

23 April 2012 45	Leicester City	1–2	West Ham United	Leicester
19:45 BST	Beckford 34'	Report[permanent dead link]	O'Neil  30' Reid 39' Collison 58'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,172 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Leeds United v Leicester City

28 April 2012 46	Leeds United	1–2	Leicester City	Leeds
12:30 BST	Pugh  24' Brown  34' Webber 82'	Report	St Ledger  22' Waghorn 39' Panayiotou 90+4'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 25,644 Referee: Danny McDermid

FA Cup

Nottingham Forest v Leicester City

7 January 2012 3rd round	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Leicester City	Nottingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Danns  34' Mills  84'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,477 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Leicester City v Nottingham Forest

17 January 2012 3rd round replay	Leicester City	4–0	Nottingham Forest	Leicester
19:30 GMT	Boateng 7' (o.g.) Beckford 30', 50', 57'	Report	Reid  60'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 16,210 Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v Swindon Town

28 January 2012 4th round	Leicester City	2–0	Swindon Town	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Beckford 5', 53' Konchesky  45+2'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 19,942 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Norwich City v Leicester City

18 February 2012 5th round	Norwich City	1–2	Leicester City	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Ward  17' Hoolahan 23'	Report	St Ledger 5' Morgan  37' Nugent 71'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,658 Referee: Mike Dean

Chelsea v Leicester City

18 March 2012 6th round	Chelsea	5–2	Leicester City	London
14:05 GMT	Cahill 12' Kalou 17' Torres 67', 85' Meireles 90+1'	Report	Beckford 77' Marshall 88'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,276 Referee: Lee Probert

Football League Cup

Rotherham United v Leicester City

9 August 2011 1st round	Rotherham United	1–4	Leicester City	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Mills 13' (o.g.) Marshall  42'	Report	Gallagher 36',  37' Schlupp 53', 63', 71'	Stadium: Don Valley Stadium Attendance: 3,717 Referee: Steve Rushton

Bury v Leicester City

23 August 2011 2nd round	Bury	2–4	Leicester City	Bury
19:45 BST	Jones 40' Lowe 53' Sodje  68'	Report	Schlupp 21' Oakley  24' Gallagher 70' Dyer 77' Danns 90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,779 Referee: A Haines

Cardiff City v Leicester City

21 September 2011 3rd round	Cardiff City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Leicester City	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Cowie 34' Keinan  73' Gestede 82' Quinn  117'	Report	Howard 40' Dyer 67',  78' St Ledger  81'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 8,697 Referee: Roger East
	Penalties
	Naylor Earnshaw Cowie Conway Kiss Gestede Quinn		Dyer 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.^[76]

Player of the Season Award	Kasper Schmeichel
Young Player of the Season Award	Ben Marshall
Players' Player of the Season Award	Kasper Schmeichel
Supporters' Club Player of the Season Award	Kasper Schmeichel[77]
Academy Player of the Season Award	Tom Hopper
Goal of the Season Award	Ben Marshall (vs. Chelsea, 18 March 2012)
Performance of the Season	Leicester City vs. Norwich City, 18 February 2012

Divisional awards

Date	Nation	Winner	Award
8 August 2011		Kasper Schmeichel	Championship Team of the Week[78]
19 September 2011		Kasper Schmeichel	Championship Team of the Week[79]
31 October 2011		Andy King	Championship Team of the Week[80]
21 November 2011		Matt Mills	Championship Team of the Week[81]
21 November 2011		Paul Gallagher	Championship Team of the Week[81]
13 February 2012		Paul Gallagher	Championship Team of the Week[82]
27 February 2012		Neil Danns	Championship Team of the Week[83]
27 February 2012		Lloyd Dyer	Championship Team of the Week[83]
5 March 2012		Lee Peltier	Championship Team of the Week[84]
26 March 2012		Ben Marshall	Championship Team of the Week[85]
10 April 2012		Paul Konchesky	Championship Team of the Week[86]
28 April 2012		Paul Konchesky	Championship Team of the Week[87]

Championship statistics

Championship table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Middlesbrough	46	18	16	12	52	51	+1	70
8	Hull City	46	19	11	16	47	44	+3	68
9	Leicester City	46	18	12	16	66	55	+11	66
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	17	15	14	52	52	0	66
11	Watford	46	16	16	14	56	64	−8	64

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Club standings

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	12	16	66	55	+11	66	11	6	6	36	22	+14	7	6	10	30	33	−3

Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: LCFC Championship Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W
Position	2	15	17	14	10	10	9	9	11	8	13	9	13	14	8	12	8	9	6	9	9	10	12	13	10	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	9	9	9	10	10	9

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: Football League Championship matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores by club

Leicester City score given first.

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Barnsley	1–2	1–1
Birmingham City	3–1	0–2
Blackpool	2–0	3–3
Bristol City	1–2	2–3	Bristol City do double
Burnley	1–1	3–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	0–1
Cardiff City	2–1	0–0
Coventry City	2–0	1–0	Leicester City do double
Crystal Palace	3–0	2–1	Leicester City do double
Derby County	4–0	1–0	Leicester City do double
Doncaster Rovers	4–0	1–2
Hull City	2–1	1–2
Ipswich Town	1–1	2–1
Leeds United	0–1	2–1
Middlesbrough	2–2	0–0
Millwall	0–3	1–2	Millwall do double
Nottingham Forest	0–0	2–2
Peterborough United	1–1	0–1
Portsmouth	1–1	1–1
Reading	0–2	1–3	Reading do double
Southampton	3–2	2–0	Leicester City do double
Watford	2–0	2–3
West Ham United	1–2	2–3	West Ham United do double

Club statistics

All data from LCFC.com^{[permanent dead link]}

Appearances

• Starts + Substitute appearances.
• Italics indicates loan player.
• Asterisks indicates player left mid-season.
• Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	DEN	Kasper Schmeichel	52	0	46	0	5	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Lee Peltier	47	2	39+1	2	4+1	0	1+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Paul Konchesky	48	2	42	2	4+1	0	1	0
4	DF	GHA	John Paintsil	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Mills	31	1	25	1	3	0	3	0
6	DF	CIV	Sol Bamba	37	1	32+4	1	1	0	0	0
7	FW	SCO	Paul Gallagher	34	10	18+10	8	4	0	2	2
8	MF	ENG	Matt Oakley*	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	SCO	Steve Howard	23	1	3+17	0	0+2	0	1	1
10	MF	WAL	Andy King	32	4	24+6	4	1	0	0+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Lloyd Dyer	44	6	27+9	4	4+1	0	3	2
12	DF	IRL	Sean St Ledger	32	1	23+3	0	4	1	2	0
13	FW	ENG	Darius Vassell	13	2	10+3	2	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Martyn Waghorn	5	1	1+3	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF	SUI	Bruno Berner#	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	ENG	Harry Panayiotou	1	1	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Michael Ball*	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	MF	ENG	Danny Drinkwater	19	2	13+6	2	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Michael Johnson*	9	0	3+4	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF	BEL	Franck Moussa	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	MF	ENG	Richie Wellens	46	1	39+2	1	4+1	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Jermaine Beckford	44	15	33+6	9	4+1	6	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Chris Weale	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	JPN	Yuki Abe*	19	1	13+3	1	1	0	1+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Ben Marshall	18	4	12+4	3	1+1	1	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Neil Danns	37	6	22+7	5	5+0	0	1+2	1
24	FW	ENG	Nathan Delfouneso*	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	GK	IRL	Conrad Logan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	SUI	Gélson Fernandes*	18	1	10+5	1	0	0	0+3	0
26	DF	ENG	Wes Morgan	19	0	15+2	0	2	0	0	0
27	FW	GHA	Jeffrey Schlupp	26	6	3+18	2	1+1	0	3	4
30	DF	ENG	Tom Kennedy	8	0	4+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Adam Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Tom Parkes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BUL	Aleksander Tunchev	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF	ENG	Liam Moore	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	David Nugent	48	16	41+1	15	5	1	0+1	0
36	DF	ENG	George Taft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG	Tom Hopper	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Top scorers

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		David Nugent	15	1	0	16
2		Jermaine Beckford	9	6	0	15
3		Paul Gallagher	8	0	2	10
4		Neil Danns	5	0	1	6
=		Lloyd Dyer	4	0	2	6
=		Jeffrey Schlupp	2	0	4	6
7		Andy King	4	0	0	4
=		Ben Marshall	3	1	0	4
9		Danny Drinkwater	2	0	0	2
=		Paul Konchesky	2	0	0	2
=		Lee Peltier	2	0	0	2
=		Darius Vassell	2	0	0	2
13		Yuki Abe	1	0	0	1
=		Sol Bamba	1	0	0	1
=		Gélson Fernandes	1	0	0	1
=		Matt Mills	1	0	0	1
=		Harry Panayiotou	1	0	0	1
=		Martyn Waghorn	1	0	0	1
=		Richie Wellens	1	0	0	1
=		Sean St Ledger	0	1	0	1
=		Steve Howard	0	0	1	1
Own Goals			1	1	0	2
Total			66	10	10	86

Most assists

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		David Nugent	8	1	0	9
2		Paul Gallagher	3	2	3	8
3		Richie Wellens	5	0	0	5
4		Jermaine Beckford	3	1	0	4
=		Ben Marshall	3	1	0	4
=		Neil Danns	2	1	1	4
7		Steve Howard	3	0	0	3
=		Sean St Ledger	3	0	0	3
=		Matt Mills	2	1	0	3
10		Danny Drinkwater	2	0	0	2
=		Lloyd Dyer	2	0	0	2
=		Gélson Fernandes	2	0	0	2
=		Tom Kennedy	2	0	0	2
=		Lee Peltier	2	0	0	2
=		Andy King	1	0	1	2
=		Jeffrey Schlupp	1	0	1	2
13		Yuki Abe	1	0	0	1
=		Paul Konchesky	1	0	0	1
=		Darius Vassell	1	0	0	1
=		Martyn Waghorn	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

Nation	Name
	Neil Danns	8	2
	Matt Mills	7	2
	Paul Konchesky	11	1
	Darius Vassell	3	1
	Steve Howard	2	1
	Kasper Schmeichel	2	1
	Jermaine Beckford	1	1
	Sol Bamba	7	0
	David Nugent	7	0
	Richie Wellens	5	0
	Paul Gallagher	4	0
	Sean St Ledger	4	0
	Gélson Fernandes	3	0
	Andy King	3	0
	Wes Morgan	3	0
	Lee Peltier	2	0
	Danny Drinkwater	1	0
	Lloyd Dyer	1	0
	Tom Kennedy	1	0
	Matt Oakley	1	0
Totals		75	9

Captains

• Only counts starts as captain

No.	Position	Nation	Name	Starts
5	CB		Matt Mills	31
19	CM		Richie Wellens	19
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	3
23	CM		Neil Danns	1

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Nation	Name	Games Missed	Reason
6 August 2011		Darius Vassell	3	(vs. Coventry City)
20 August 2011		Kasper Schmeichel	1	(vs. Nottingham Forest)
16 October 2011		Matt Mills	3	(vs. Birmingham City)
6 November 2011		Sol Bamba	1
3 December 2011		Matt Mills	2	(vs. Hull City)
2 January 2012		Steve Howard	2	(vs. Crystal Palace)
4 February 2012		Neil Danns	1	(vs. Brighton & Hove Albion)
3 March 2012		Paul Konchesky	3	(vs. Coventry City)
24 March 2011		Neil Danns	4	(vs. Hull City)

Penalties

Date	Nation	Name	Opposition	Scored?
1 November 2011		Paul Gallagher	Burnley	Y
26 December 2011		Paul Gallagher	Ipswich Town	Y
11 February 2012		Paul Gallagher	Cardiff City	Y
3 March 2012		Neil Danns	Coventry City	N

Overall seasonal record

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

Games played	54 (46 Championship, 5 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Games won	23 (18 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games drawn	14 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games lost	17 (16 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Win %	42.59%
Goals scored	86 (66 Championship, 10 FA Cup, 10 League Cup)
Goals conceded	66 (55 Championship, 6 FA Cup, 5 League Cup)
Goal difference	+20 (+11 Championship, +4 FA Cup, +5 League Cup)
Yellow cards	77 (69 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Red cards	9 (9 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline	Neil Danns (8 yellows, 2 reds)
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Derby County (Championship, 1 October 2011) & vs. Nottingham Forest (FA Cup, 17 January 2012) & vs. Doncaster Rovers (Championship 7 April 2012)
Heaviest defeat	0–3 vs. Millwall (Championship, 23 October 2011) & 2–5 vs. Chelsea (FA Cup, 18 March 2012)
Highest scoring match	2–5 vs. Chelsea (FA Cup, 18 March 2012)
Most appearances	52 (Kasper Schmeichel)
Top scorer	16 (David Nugent)
Most assists	9 (David Nugent)