The 2011–12 season was Tottenham Hotspurs 20th season in the Premier League and 34th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

The campaign featured Tottenham's 10th appearance in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), entering the Play-off Qualifying round due to finishing fifth in the 2010–11 Premier League season. They reached the group stage by defeating Hearts over two legs, but finished third in their group and therefore didn't make the knockout stages of the tournament. The club entered the League Cup in the third round and were defeated by Stoke City on penalties, as well as the FA Cup where they reached the semi-finals but were defeated 5–1 by Chelsea.

Tottenham finished the season in fourth place after occupying third place for the majority of the season however did not qualify for the Champions League as Chelsea won the 2011-12 campaign costing Tottenham their place in the tournament. Their last game of the Premier League season was a 2–0 victory against Fulham.

This was the first season not to feature Robbie Keane since 2001–02 and 2008–09 who departed to join LA Galaxy, although Keane returned for his second spell from Liverpool during the following campaign

Squad list

First-team squad As of 14 February 2012.

Reserve squad

Transfers

In Date Player Previous club Cost 3 June 2011 Brad FriedelAston VillaFree 11 July 2011 Cristian CeballosFree agentFree 18 July 2011 Souleymane CoulibalySienaUndisclosed 31 August 2011 Scott ParkerWest Ham United£5.5 million 16 January 2012 Iago FalqueJuventusUndisclosed 31 January 2012 Louis SahaEvertonFree 2 February 2012 Ryan NelsenFree AgentFree

Loaned in Date Player Club Return Date 25 August 2011 Iago FalqueJuventusTransferred January 2012 25 August 2011 Emmanuel AdebayorManchester CityEnd of 2011–12 season 15 February 2012 Bruno UviniSão PauloApril 2012

Out Date Player New Club Cost 16 June 2011 Jonathan WoodgateStoke CityReleased 21 June 2011 Jamie O'HaraWolverhampton Wanderers£5 million 19 July 2011 Paul-José M'PokuStandard LiègeUndisclosed 15 August 2011 Robbie KeaneLA Galaxy£3.5 million 31 August 2011 Callum TappingHeartsUndisclosed 31 August 2011 Wilson PalaciosStoke City£6 million 31 August 2011 Alan HuttonAston Villa£3 million 31 August 2011 Peter CrouchStoke City£12 million 31 January 2012 Roman PavlyuchenkoLokomotiv Moscow£8 million

Loaned out Date Player Club Return Date 1 July 2011 Steven CaulkerSwansea CityEnd of 2011–12 season 21 July 2011 Kyle NaughtonNorwich CityEnd of 2011–12 season 28 July 2011 Nathan ByrneAFC BournemouthEnd of 2011–12 season 28 July 2011 Ryan MasonDoncaster RoversEnd of 2011–12 season 4 August 2011 Jonathan ObikaYeovil TownEnd of 2011–12 season 8 August 2011 Mirko RanieriEsperiaEnd of 2011–12 season 31 August 2011 Jermaine JenasAston VillaEnd of 2011–12 season 30 September 2011 Jordan ArcherBishop's StortfordEnd of 2011–12 season 29 December 2011 Harry KaneMillwallEnd of 2011–12 season 29 December 2011 Ryan MasonMillwallEnd of 2011–12 season 13 January 2012 Dean ParrettYeovil TownEnd of 2011–12 season 16 January 2012 Iago FalqueSouthamptonEnd of 2011–12 season 30 January 2012 Tom CarrollDerby CountyEnd of 2011–12 season 30 January 2012 Kudus OyenugaSt JohnstoneEnd of 2011–12 season 31 January 2012 Adam SmithLeeds UnitedEnd of 2011–12 season 31 January 2012 Vedran ĆorlukaBayer LeverkusenEnd of 2011–12 season 31 January 2012 Sébastien BassongWolverhampton WanderersEnd of 2011–12 season 31 January 2012 Steven PienaarEvertonEnd of 2011–12 season 14 February 2012 Simon DawkinsSan Jose EarthquakesJune 2012 18 February 2012 Oscar JanssonShamrock RoversJune 2012 24 February 2012 Andros TownsendBirmingham CityEnd of 2011–12 season 19 March 2012 David ButtonBarnsleyApril 2012 22 March 2012 John BostockSwindon TownEnd of 2011–12 season

Completed loans Date Player Club Return Date 8 August 2011 Oscar JanssonBradford CitySeptember 2011 15 August 2011 Kudus OyenugaBurySeptember 2011 16 August 2011 Adam SmithMK Dons31 January 2012 25 August 2011 David ButtonLeyton OrientJanuary 2012 31 August 2011 David BentleyWest Ham UnitedOctober 2011 9 September 2011 Ben AlnwickLeyton OrientDecember 2011 25 July 2011 Bongani KhumaloReading31 January 2012 1 January 2012 Andros TownsendLeeds UnitedFebruary 2012 1 January 2012 David ButtonDoncaster RoversFebruary 2012 30 January 2012 John BostockSheffield WednesdayMarch 2012

Match results

Spurs XI DateOpponentsH / AResult ScorersAttendance23 July 2011BarnetA3 - 2Kane , Obika 1,58223 July 2011MK DonsA3 - 5Pavlyuchenko , Kane , Kranjčar 16,18929 July 2011Leyton OrientA1 - 4Crouch , Cuthbert (o.g.) , Kranjčar 9 August 2011Birmingham XIH6 - 3Kane , Bostock , Carroll , Coulibaly 7 September 2011Kettering TownA4 - 5Falque , Ceballos , Bostock 87412 September 2011West Ham XIH2 - 2Lancaster , Parrett 4 October 2011Leyton OrientH3 - 1Lancaster , Bostock , Stewart 11 October 2011Queens Park RangersA2 - 2Coulibaly , Falque 24 October 2011West Ham XIA2 - 5Parrett , Falque , Kane , Ceballos 2 November 2011Crystal Palace XIH1 - 3Ceballos 7 November 2011Ipswich TownH1 - 3Lancaster 16 November 2011Enfield TownA2 - 1Obika 30 November 2011Sports & Future Football AcademyH7 - 2Bostock , Mason , Lancaster , Luongo 13 December 2011Queens Park Rangers XIA2 - 6Dawkins , Mason , Lancaster , Ceballos , Oyenuga 11 January 2012Queens Park Rangers XIA2 - 2Parrett , Lancaster 17 January 2012Celtic XIH4 - 1Lancaster , Dos Santos , Bostock 24 January 2012Leyton Orient XIH2 - 3Dawkins , Coulibaly 21 February 2012Leyton Orient XIH7 - 3Lancaster , Luongo , Ekong , Ceballos , Dawkins 28 February 2012Nike AcademyH2 - 0Ceballos , Byrne 6 March 2012Southampton XIH2 - 3Coulibaly 13 March 2012Brighton XIH1 - 4Pritchard

Pre-season DateOpponentsH / AResult ScorersAttendance16 July 2011Kaizer ChiefsA1 – 0n/a19 July 2011Orlando PiratesA1 – 1Van der Vaart n/a23 July 2011Orlando PiratesA0 - 3Van der Vaart , Defoe 38,77730 July 2011Brighton & Hove AlbionA2 - 3Kaboul , Ćorluka , Livermore 6 August 2011Athletic Club BilbaoH2 - 1 Crouch Defoe

Premier League

League table

Matches 1 Goal originally awarded to Gareth Bale but subsequently ruled a Chris Baird own goal by the Premier League's Dubious Goals Committee.

Results by matchday

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentsH / AResultScorersAttendanceThird round7 January 2012CheltenhamH3 – 0Defoe , Pavlyuchenko , Dos Santos 35,672Fourth round27 January 2012WatfordA0 – 1Van der Vaart 15,384Fifth round19 February 2012StevenageA0 – 0 –6,332Fifth round Replay7 March 2012StevenageH3 – 1Defoe , Adebayor 35,757Quarter-finals17 March 2012Bolton WanderersH1 – 1 1Walker –27 March 2012Bolton WanderersH3 – 1Nelsen , Bale , Saha 30,718Semi-finals15 April 2012ChelseaN1 – 5Bale 85,731

1 Fabrice Muamba collapsed after 41 minutes, with the score at 1–1, after which referee Howard Webb abandoned the game. It was later revealed to be a cardiac arrest.

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentsH / AResultScorersAttendanceThird round20 September 2011Stoke CityA0 - 0 –15,023

Europa League

Play-off round LegDateOpponentsH / AResultScorersAttendance1st Leg18 August 2011Heart of MidlothianA0 - 5Van der Vaart , Defoe , Livermore , Bale , Lennon ,16,2792nd Leg25 August 2011Heart of MidlothianH0 - 032,590 Tottenham Hotspur win 5–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

DateOpponentsH / AResult ScorersAttendance15 September 2011PAOKA0 – 0 –24,64529 September 2011Shamrock RoversH3 – 1Pavlyuchenko , Defoe , Dos Santos 24,78220 October 2011Rubin KazanH1 – 0Pavlyuchenko 24,0583 November 2011Rubin KazanA1 – 0 –21,25030 November 2011PAOKH1 – 2Modrić 26,22915 December 2011Shamrock RoversA0 – 4 Pienaar , Townsend , Defoe , Kane 7,500

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGoalkeepers 1 GK Heurelho Gomes 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 23 GK Carlo Cudicini 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 24 GK Brad Friedel 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0Defenders 4 DF Younes Kaboul 33 1 3 0 1 0 2+2 0 39+2 1 13 DF William Gallas 15 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 0 19 DF Sebastien Bassong 1+4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 9+4 0 20 DF Michael Dawson 6+1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 12+1 0 22 DF Vedran Corluka 1+2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 6+2 0 25 DF Danny Rose 3+8 0 4+1 0 0 0 4 0 11+9 0 26 DF Ledley King 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 28 DF Kyle Walker 37 2 4+1 0 0 0 4+1 0 45+2 232DF Benoît Assou-Ekotto 34 2 2 0 1 0 2+1 0 39+1 233DF Ryan Nelsen 0+5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3+5 143DF Ryan Fredericks 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 2+1 051DF Adam Smith 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0Midfielders 3 MF Gareth Bale 36 9 4 2 0 0 1+1 1 41+1 12 6 MF Tom Huddlestone 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 1+3 0 7 MF Aaron Lennon 19+4 3 3+2 0 0 0 4 1 26+6 4 8 MF Scott Parker 28+1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 33+1 0 11 MF Rafael van der Vaart 28+5 11 4 1 1 0 1 1 34+5 13 14 MF Luka Modrić 36 4 3 0 0 0 1+1 1 40+1 5 21 MF Niko Kranjčar 9+3 1 2+1 0 0 0 2+1 0 13+5 1 29 MF Jake Livermore 7+17 0 4+1 0 1 0 8 1 20+18 1 30 MF Sandro 17+6 0 0+1 0 1 0 2 0 20+7 0 31 MF Andros Townsend 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 4+2 1 4+3 1 34 MF Iago Falque 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+3 0 2+4 0 40 MF Steven Pienaar 0+2 0 1+1 0 0 0 3 1 4+3 1 41 MF John Bostock 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 45 MF Massimo Luongo 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 46 MF Tom Carroll 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 5 0 6+1 0 46 MF Jake Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 58 MF Dean Parrett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0+2 0Forwards 10 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 32+1 17 3+1 1 0 0 0 0 35+2 1815FW Louis Saha 5+5 3 1+1 1 0 0 0 0 6+6 417FW Giovani dos Santos 0+7 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 6+7 218FW Jermain Defoe 11+14 11 4+2 3 0+1 0 6 3 21+17 1737FW Harry Kane 0 0 0 0 0 0 3+3 1 3+3 153FW Cameron Lancaster 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0Players transferred out during the season 9 FW Roman Pavlyuchenko 0+5 1 1+1 1 1 0 5+1 2 7+7 4 15 FW Peter Crouch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total 1 FW 10 Emmanuel Adebayor 17 1 0 0 18 2 FW 18 Jermain Defoe 11 3 0 3 173 MF 3 Gareth Bale 10 2 0 1 13 MF 11 Rafael van der Vaart 11 1 0 1 135 MF 14 Luka Modrić 4 0 0 1 56 MF 7 Aaron Lennon 3 0 0 1 4 FW 9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 1 1 0 2 4 FW 15 Louis Saha 3 1 0 0 49 FW 17 Giovani dos Santos 0 1 0 1 2 DF 28 Kyle Walker 2 0 0 0 2 DF 32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto 2 0 0 0 212 DF 4 Younes Kaboul 1 0 0 0 1 MF 21 Niko Kranjčar 1 0 0 0 1 MF 29 Jake Livermore 0 0 0 1 1 MF 31 Andros Townsend 0 0 0 1 1 DF 33 Ryan Nelsen 0 1 0 0 1 FW 37 Harry Kane 0 0 0 1 1 MF 40 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 1 1TOTALS661101491

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 24 Brad Friedel 14 0 0 0 142 23 Carlo Cudicini 0 3 0 3 63 1 Heurelho Gomes 0 0 1 2 3TOTALS1431523

References

External links Official Club site BBC - Tottenham club news