The 2011–12 season of Everton F.C. was the club's 20th season in the Premier League and 58th consecutive season in the top division of English football. It was also Everton's 113th season of league football and 115th season in all competitions. The club entered the League Cup in the second round and were knocked out in the fourth round following a 1–2 home defeat to Chelsea. The club entered the FA Cup in the third round and advanced all the way to the semi-finals where they faced rivals Liverpool, at Wembley, for the first time since 1989. Everton's run ensured they stretched their number of quarter-final appearances in the competition to 41, which is a record. Despite taking the lead in the semi-final, Everton lost the game 1–2.
Everton's Premier League campaign was delayed by a week due to the London riots forcing a postponement of their scheduled starting match at Tottenham Hotspur. In January, manager David Moyes became the fourth boss to win 150 Premier League games in its 20-year history, after Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and Harry Redknapp. Everton finished in seventh place, boasting a nine-game-long unbeaten run in the league to end the season. The unbeaten run was led by winter signing Nikica Jelavić, who scored nine goals in thirteen league games, and was awarded with the Premier League Player of the Month award for April for his efforts.
Results
Preseason
Premier League
League Cup
FA Cup
League table
Players
First-team squad
Out on loan
Statistics
League results summary
Appearances
|colspan="14"|Players who no longer play for Everton but have made appearances this season:
Goalscorers
Name PremierLeague LeagueCup FA Cup Total Nikica Jelavić 9 0 2 11 Victor Anichebe 4 1 0 5 Leighton Baines 4 0 1 5 Marouane Fellaini 3 1 1 5 Leon Osman 5 0 0 5 Steven Pienaar 4 0 0 4 Royston Drenthe 3 0 1 4 Tim Cahill 2 0 1 3 Apostolos Vellios 3 0 0 3 Denis Stracqualursi 1 0 2 3 Phil Jagielka 2 0 0 2 Jack Rodwell 2 0 0 2 John Heitinga 1 0 1 2 Mikel Arteta 1 1 0 2 Louis Saha 1 1 0 2 Darron Gibson 1 0 0 1 Magaye Gueye 1 0 0 1 Tim Howard 1 0 0 1 Phil Neville 0 1 0 1 Own Goals 2 1 1 4 Total 50 6 10 66
Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=15| !width=15| !width=150|Name !width=80|Premier League !width=80|FA Cup !width=80|League Cup !width=80|Total |- |1 | |Tim Howard |12 |3 |0 |15 |- |2 | |Ján Mucha |0 |0 |0 |0 |- |colspan="2"| |Total |12 |3 |0 |15
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Sorting is based on the UEFA Fair Play criteria that a yellow card is worth one point and a red card is worth three points.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:2.5%; text-align:center;"| ! rowspan="2" style="width:3%; text-align:center;"| ! rowspan="2" style="width:12%; text-align:center;"|Name ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Premier League ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|League Cup ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|FA Cup ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Total |- ! style="width:25px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:28px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:25px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:25px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:28px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:25px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:25px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:28px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:25px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:25px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:28px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:25px; background:#ff8888;"| |- |1 | |Tim Cahill |5 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |6 |0 |1
|Royston Drenthe |5 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |6 |1 |0
|Marouane Fellaini |6 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |9 |0 |0 |- |4 | |Leighton Baines |7 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |7 |0 |0
|John Heitinga |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 |7 |0 |0 |- |6 | |Sylvain Distin |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |6 |0 |0
|Steven Pienaar |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |6 |0 |0 |- |8 | |Jack Rodwell |2 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |1Red card against Liverpool on 1 October 2011 was rescinded on appeal.
|Darron Gibson |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 |- |10 | |Phil Neville |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 |- |11 | |Nikica Jelavić |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0
|Leon Osman |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 |- |13 | |Séamus Coleman |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
|Magaye Gueye |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
|Phil Jagielka |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
|Mikel Arteta |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |- |17 | |Victor Anichebe |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|Landon Donovan |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|Tony Hibbert |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|Tim Howard |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|Denis Stracqualursi |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|Apostolos Vellios |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|Ján Mucha |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |- |colspan="2"| |Total |61 |0 |2 |5 |1 |0 |13 |0 |0 |79 |1 |2
Notes
Home attendances
Comp Date Score Opponent AttendancePremier League20 August 2011 0–1 Queens Park Rangers 35,008League Cup24 August 2011 3–1 Sheffield United 17,173Premier League10 September 2011 2–2 Aston Villa 32,736Premier League17 September 2011 3–1 Wigan Athletic 31,576League Cup21 September 2011 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 17,647Premier League1 October 2011 0–2 Liverpool39,510League Cup26 October 2011 1–2 Chelsea23,170Premier League29 October 2011 0–1 Manchester United35,494Premier League19 November 2011 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33,953Premier League4 December 2011 0–1 Stoke City33,219Premier League17 December 2011 1–1 Norwich City31,004Premier League21 December 2011 1–0 Swansea City 32,004Premier League4 January 2012 1–2 Bolton Wanderers29,561FA Cup7 January 2012 2–0 Tamworth 27,564Premier League21 January 2012 1–1 Blackburn Rovers32,464FA Cup27 January 2012 2–1 Fulham 25,300Premier League31 January 2012 1–0 Manchester City 29,856Premier League11 February 2012 2–0 Chelsea 33,924FA Cup18 February 2012 2–0 Blackpool 38,347Premier League10 March 2012 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur 34,992FA Cup17 March 2012 1–1 Sunderland 38,875Premier League21 March 2012 0–1 Arsenal30,330Premier League31 March 2012 2–0 West Bromwich Albion 32,051Premier League9 April 2012 4–0 Sunderland 32,249Premier League28 April 2012 4–0 Fulham 31,885Premier League13 May 2012 3–1 Newcastle United 39,517 Total attendance780,812 Total league attendance631,333 Average attendance30,031 Average league attendance33,228
Overall
Includes all competitive games. {|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 47 (38 Premier League, 3 League Cup, 6 FA Cup) |- |Games won || 21 (15 Premier League, 2 League Cup, 4 FA Cup) |- |Games drawn || 12 (11 Premier League) and 1 FA Cup) |- |Games lost || 14 (12 Premier League, 1 League Cup and 1 FA Cup) |- |Goals scored || 66 (50 Premier League, 6 League Cup, 10 FA Cup) |- |Goals conceded || 48 (40 Premier League, 4 League Cup, 4 FA Cup) |- |Goal difference || +18 (+10 Premier League, +2 League Cup, +6 FA Cup) |- |Clean sheets || 15 (12 Premier League and 3 FA Cup) |- |Yellow cards || 79 |- |Red cards || 3 |- |Worst discipline || Tim Cahill (1 and 6 ) Royston Drenthe (1 and 6 ) Marouane Fellaini (9 ) |- |Best results || W 4–0 (H) v Sunderland – Premier League – 9 April 2012W 4–0 (H) v Fulham – Premier League – 28 April 2012 |- |Worst result || L 3–0 (A) v Liverpool – Premier League – 13 March 2012 |- |Most appearances || Tim Howard with 44 appearances |- |Top scorer || Nikica Jelavić (11 ) |- |Penalties for || 6/7 (86% converted) |- |Penalties against || 3/5 (60% converted) |- |Points (League) || 56/114 (49%) |- |Win rate || 21/47 games (45%)
Transfers
Transfers in Player From DatePlayers to sign transfers on or prior to 30 June do not officially move until 1 July. Fee Marcus Hahnemann Unattached 23 September 2011 Free James McFadden Unattached 17 October 2011 Free Darron Gibson Manchester United 13 January 2012 Undisclosed (~£0.5M) Nikica Jelavić Rangers 31 January 2012 £5.5 million Francisco Júnior Unattached 14 February 2012 Free
Transfers out Player To Date Fee James Vaughan Norwich City 27 May 2011 £2.5 million Iain Turner Preston North End 1 June 2011 Free Kieran Agard Yeovil Town 1 June 2011 Free Hope Akpan Crawley Town 1 June 2011 Free John Nolan Stockport County 12 July 2011 Free Mikel Arteta Arsenal 31 August 2011 £10 million Yakubu Blackburn Rovers 31 August 2011 Undisclosed (~£1.5M) Jermaine Beckford Leicester City 31 August 2011 £3 million Shkodran Mustafi Sampdoria 4 January 2012 Free Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Spartak Moscow 29 January 2012 £5 million Louis Saha Tottenham Hotspur 31 January 2012 Free
Loans in
Player From Date Length of loan Royston Drenthe Real Madrid 31 August 2011 Season-long loan Denis Stracqualursi Tigre 31 August 2011 Season-long loan Landon Donovan LA Galaxy 15 December 2011Loan was announced on 15 December 2011, with Donovan arriving over the Christmas period and being eligible to play from 4 January to 25 February 2012. Two-month loan Steven Pienaar Tottenham Hotspur 31 January 2012 Six-month loan
Loans out
Player To Date Length of loan João Silva Vitória de Setúbal 12 August 2011 Season-long loan Shane Duffy Scunthorpe United 31 August 2011Loan was originally for one-month, but was extended multiple times, with Duffy eventually leaving on 5 January 2012, due to an injury crisis at Everton. Four-month loan Joseph Yobo Fenerbahçe 6 September 2011 Season-long loan Jose Baxter Tranmere Rovers 22 September 2011 One-month loan James Wallace Shrewsbury Town 3 November 2011Loan was originally for one-month, but a second was added on 30 November 2011. Two-month loan James Wallace Stevenage 10 January 2012Loan was cancelled on 17 January 2012, due to Stevenage manager Graham Westley leaving the club. One-month loan James Wallace Tranmere Rovers 19 January 2012Loan was originally for one-month, but was extended until the end of the season. Five-month loan Adam Forshaw Brentford 24 February 2012 Four-month loan Conor McAleny Scunthorpe United 23 March 2012 Two-month loan
Awards
Player of the Month awarded by Everton F.C. to the best first team Everton player of the month. MonthPos.Name August Tim Howard September Tony Hibbert October Jack Rodwell November Phil Jagielka December Leighton Baines January Landon Donovan February Denis Stracqualursi March John Heitinga April Nikica Jelavić
Premier League Player of the Month awarded to the best player in the Premier League during a given month, as chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor. MonthPos.Name April Nikica Jelavić
PFA Premier League Team of the Year awarded to the best XI of the Premier League season, as chosen by the Professional Footballers' Association. Pos.Name Leighton Baines
End-of-season awards in-club awards ceremony held at the end of every season. AwardWinner Player of the Season John Heitinga Players' Player of the Season Sylvain Distin Young Player of the Season Apostolos Vellios Reserve Player of the Season Adam Forshaw Academy Player of the Season Hallam Hope Goal of the Season Phil Neville vs. West Bromwich Albion
References
External links
2011–12 Season at ESPN