The 2011–12 season was Blackburn Rovers 124th season as a professional football club. The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers' 18th season in the Premier League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football.
On 7 May 2012, Blackburn were relegated to the Football League Championship after a 0–1 home defeat to Wigan Athletic. They ended the season at 19th place after losing the last Premier League game 2–1 against Chelsea on 13 May 2012.
Club
Technical staff
Eric Black (appointed 20 January 2012)
Medical staff
League table
Pre-season friendlies
First Team
Reserves
Mid-season friendlies
Following the 13 July 2011 Mumbai bombings, Blackburn Rovers postponed this pre-season tour following the advice from the British Foreign office, and this includes the friendly against Pune. The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011.
Competitions
Premier League
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FA Cup
League Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club:
|colspan="14"|Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have been stripped of shirt number:
Due to clauses in Salgado's contracts regarding an automatic payrise and a one-year extension to his current contract, he was excluded from first team duty.
Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal1 FW 24 Yakubu 17 0 1 182 FW 20 Rubén Rochina 2 1 4 7MF 23 Junior Hoilett 7 0 0 74 FW 25 David Goodwillie 2 1 1 4MF 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 3 0 1 4 Own Goals 4 0 0 47 MF 10 Mauro Formica 3 0 0 38MF 8 David Dunn 2 0 0 2MF 15 Steven Nzonzi 2 0 0 2DF 4 Christopher Samba 2 0 0 2FW 29 Simon Vukčević 1 0 1 211 DF 16 Scott Dann 1 0 0 1DF 5 Gaël Givet 0 0 1 1DF 31 Grant Hanley 1 0 0 1FW 30 Jason Roberts 0 0 1 1TOTALS4711053
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal8MFDavid Dunn310000313DFMartin Olsson310010418 DF Gaël Givet210000219FWAnthony Modeste1100001124FWYakubu1100001135MFJason Lowe100001011015MFSteven Nzonzi7000007031DFGrant Hanley5000005012MFMorten Gamst Pedersen500000502DFMíchel Salgado4000004023MFJunior Hoilett2000103016DFScott Dann2000002014MFRadosav Petrović2000002030FWJason Roberts2000002020FWRubén Rochina200000204DFChristopher Samba2000002013GKMark Bunn001000107MFBrett Emerton1000001010MFMauro Formica1000001021MFMarcus Olsson1000001018DFBradley Orr10000010TOTALS5751030615
Transfers
In DatePos.NameFromFeeSource 1 July 2011 DF Myles Anderson Aberdeen Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) 4 August 2011 FW David Goodwillie Dundee United Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.8 million) 10 August 2011 MF Radosav Petrović Partizan Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.7 million) 22 August 2011 DF Bruno Ribeiro Grêmio Prudente Free transfer/End of contractBlackburn Rovers sign Brune Ribeiro. 22 August 2011 26 August 2011 MF Simon Vukčević Sporting CP Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2 million)Blackburn Rovers sign Simon Vukcevic. 26 August 2011 31 August 2011 FW Yakubu Everton Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1.5 million) 31 August 2011 DF Scott Dann Birmingham City Undisclosed fee *(rep. £6m-£8m) 31 August 2011 FW Jordan Slew Sheffield United Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1m)Blackburn Rovers sign Jordan Slew. 1 September 2011 17 January 2012MFTim PayneWaitakere UnitedUndisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)Payne seals Rovers move – New Zealander arrives in England. 17 January 201231 January 2012MFMarcus OlssonFree agentFree transferMarcus makes Rovers move. 31 January 2012 31 January 2012DFBradley OrrQueens Park RangersUndisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)Rovers agree Orr deal. 31 January 2012
Summer total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £16 million-£18 million + additional undisclosed fees & add-ons
January total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)
Out DatePos.NameToFeeSource 9 May 2011 GK Frank Fielding Derby County Undisclosed fee *(rep. £400,000) June 2011 DF Zurab Khizanishvili Kayserispor Free transfer/End of contract June/July 2011 GK Jason Brown Aberdeen Free transfer/End of contract 13 June 2011 DF Phil Jones Manchester United Undisclosed fee *(rep. £16.5m-£22m plus add ons)Manchester United sign Phil Jones. 13 June 2011 June 2011 MF Michael Potts York City Free transfer/End of contractJuly 2011 CF Maceo Rigters Gold Coast United End of contract July 2011 MF Jordan Bowen Chorley Free transfer/End of contract1 November 2011 July 2011 DF Damilola Ajagbe Free agent End of contract July 2011 DF Andy Parry Free agent End of contract July 2011 FW Toni Vastić Bayern Munich II Minimal fee July 2011 FW Benjani Portsmouth Free transfer/End of contractPortsmouth sign Benjani. 13 August 2011 13 July 2011MF Aaron Doran Inverness Caledonian Thistle Undisclosed fee *(rep. 50% sell on fee)Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign Aaron Doran. 13 July 2011 11 August 2011FW Nikola Kalinić FC Dnipro Undisclosed fee *(rep. £7m) 12 August 2011DF Gavin Gunning Dundee United Undisclosed feeDundee United sign Gavin Gunning. 12 August 2011 25 August 2011MF Brett Emerton Sydney FC Undisclosed feeSydney FC sign Brett Emerton. 25 August 2011 1 September 2011MF El Hadji Diouf Free agent Mutually agreed contract termination October 2011DF Cameron Lindsay Free agent (later signed for) Wellington Phoenix ReleasedCameron Lindsay released by Blackburn Rovers. Later joins Wellington Phoenix. 5 October 201126 January 2012FWJason RobertsReadingUndisclosed fee *(rep. £500,000)Roberts joins the Royals. 26 January 2012 31 January 2012MFKeith AndrewsFree agent (later signed for) West BromReleasedKeith Andrews released. Signs for WBA. 31 January 20121 February 2012DFRyan NelsenFree agent (later signed for) Tottenham HotspurReleasedRyan Nelsen released. 1 February 2012 2 February 2012FWTom HitchcockFree agentReleasedHitchcock leaves Blackburn. 2 February 201224 February 2012CBChristopher SambaAnzhiUndisclosed fee *(rep. £11 million)Samba heads to Russia. 24 February 2012 Summer total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £23.9 million-£29.4 million + Undisclosed fees
January total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep.£11.5 million)
Loan in Date from Date to Pos. Name FromSource 19 January 2012 31 July 2012 FW Anthony Modeste FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Loan out Date from Date to Pos. Name ToSource 31 June 2011 31 October 2011 FW Tom Hitchcock Plymouth Argyle 2 August 2011 5 November 2011 GK Jake Kean Rochdale 12 August 2011 31 January 2012 MF Keith Andrews Ipswich Town 31 October 2011 31 July 2012 FW Micah Evans Accrington Stanley 23 November 2011 26 January 2012 MF Hérold Goulon Doncaster Rovers1 February 201231 July 2012FWFilip PivkovskiFC Nordsjælland References
External links Blackburn Rovers F.C. official website