The 2011–12 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2009–10 season. Inverness also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary Inverness finished tenth in the Scottish Premier League. They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by semifinalists Celtic. They were beaten in the second round of the League Cup by First Division side Ayr United.

Results and fixtures

Preseason

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

Squad Last updated 13 May 2012

Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 13 May 2012 NumberNationPositionNameScottish Premier LeagueLeague CupScottish CupTotal 1 GK Ryan Esson000000002 DF Thomas Piermayr60100070 3 DF Ross Tokely51000051 4 DF Owain Tudur Jones10000010 5 MF Chris Hogg21000021 6 MF Lee Cox10100020 7 MFJonny Hayes21100031 8 MF Greg Tansey6100006||1|- | 9|||| FW|| Richie Foran |11||0||1||0||0||0||12||0|- | 10|||| MF|| Andrew Shinnie |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0|- | 11|||| MF|| Nick Ross |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0|- | 12|||| GK||Jonathan Tuffey |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|- | 14|||| DF|| David Proctor |1||0||1||0||0||0||2||0|- | 15|||| FW|| Grégory Tadé |2||0||0||0||1||0||3||0|- | 16|||| FW|| Roman Golobart |5||0||0||0||1||0||6||0|- | 17|||| MF|| Gavin Morrison |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|- | 18|||| FW|| Shane Sutherland |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0|- | 19|||| DF|| Graeme Shinnie |6||0||0||0||0||0||6||0|- | 20|||| DF|| Tom Aldred |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|- | 20|||| MF|| Aidan Chippendale |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|- | 20|||| FW|| Sam Winnall |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|- | 21|||| FW|| Billy McKay |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|- | 22|||| DF|| Kenny Gillet |4||0||0||1||0||0||4||1|- | 23|||| MF|| Aaron Doran |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0|- | 24|||| DF|| Steve Williams |2||1||0||0||0||0||2||1|- | 25|||| MF|| David Davis |5||1||0||0||0||0||5||1|- | 25|||| MF|| Claude Gnakpa |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0|- | 26|||| DF|| Josh Meekings |4||1||0||0||0||0||4||1|- | 31|||| MF|| Liam Polworth |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0'

Team statistics League table

Hat-tricks +PlayerCompetitionScoreOpponentDate Richie ForanFriendly0–3Elgin City2 July 2011 Andrew ShinnieScottish Premier League3–6Kilmarnock5 November 2011

Transfers Inverness' first significant move in the close season was to release 10 first team players. Two players also returned from loan back to their parent club. Chris Hogg was originally released by Caley Thistle at end of the season but later re-signed.

Players in PlayerFromFee Grégory Tadé Raith Rovers Free Stockport County FreeWatfordLoanRangers FreeJosh MeekingsIpswich Town FreeAaron DoranBlackburn RoversFreeLASK LinzFreeNorthampton TownFreeNorwich CityFree Wigan Athletic Loan Huddersfield Town Loan Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan Bradford City Loan Wolves Loan Walsall Free

Players out PlayerToFeeGrant MunroRoss CountyFreeRoy McBainPeterheadFreeStuart GolabekBrora RangersFreeRussell DuncanRoss CountyFreeMax JohnsonBlyth SpartansFreeChris InnesArbroathFreeGil BlumsteinFree agentFreeDani SánchezWellington PhoenixFreeEric OdhiamboDenizlisporFreeAdam RooneyBirminghamFreeChris MoirBrora RangersFreeLee CoxSwindon Town UndisclosedGavin MorrisonGrindavikLoanClaude GnakpaFree agentFree

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