2011–12 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Kilmarnock's thirteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99.[1] Kilmarnock also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Kilmarnock F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanMichael Johnston
ManagerKenny Shiels
StadiumRugby Park
SPLSeventh place
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Hibernian
League CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Shiels (13)
All: Shiels (15) & Heffernan (15)
Highest home attendance15,926 v Celtic, SPL, 7 April 2012
Lowest home attendance3,645 v St Mirren, SPL, 2 May 2012
Average home league attendance5,537

Summary

Kilmarnock finished seventh in the Scottish Premier League with 47 points.[2] They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian[3] and won the League Cup for the first time in their history after a 1–0 victory over Celtic at Hampden.[4]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-Season
5 July 2011 Friendly Linfield 1 – 3 Kilmarnock Windsor Park, Belfast
Thompson  25' Linfield Report Hay  52'
O'Leary  54'
Harkins  76'		 Referee: D. Malcolm
7 July 2011 Friendly Ballymena United 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena
Kilmarnock report
9 July 2011 Friendly Coleraine 0 – 2 Kilmarnock The Showgrounds, Coleraine
Kilmarnock Report Heffernan
Harkins
12 July 2011 Friendly Brechin City 4 – 4 Kilmarnock Glebe Park, Brechin
D.Carcary  4'
Molloy  23' (pen.)
Weir  70'
P.McManus  78'		 Brechin City Report Racchi  9'
Dayton  73'
Hutchinson  79'
Fisher  88'		 Attendance: 302
16 July 2011 Friendly Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Ross County Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Harkins  1'
Buijs  6'		 Scotsman Report Corcoran  74' Referee: Steven McLean
18 July 2011 Friendly Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Preston North End Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Dayton  1' Preston Report Mellor  49' Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
27 July 2011 Friendly Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Sunderland Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Hay  47' SAFC Report Sessègnon  36'
Wickham  75'		 Attendance: 2,333
Referee: Steve Conroy

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League
24 July 2011 SPL Dundee United 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park, Dundee
Swanson  70' BBC Sport McKeown  46' Attendance: 6,232
Referee: Alan Muir
30 July 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 0 Motherwell Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,867
Referee: George Salmond
14 August 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 4 – 1 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Heffernan  3', 71'
Hanlon 41' (o.g.)
Dayton  65'		 BBC Sport O'Connor  13' Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Steven McLean
21 August 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,328
Referee: Murray
27 August 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Tade  26'
Shinnie  89'		 BBC Sport Shiels  35' Attendance: 3,348
Referee: Madden
10 September 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 3 – 2 Dunfermline Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Heffernan  32' (pen.), 45'
Kroca  62'		 BBC Sport Thomson  14'
Thomson  49'		 Attendance: 4,222
Referee: Winter
17 September 2011 SPL Aberdeen 2 – 2 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Considine  37'
Mawéné  53'		 BBC Sport Heffernan  15'
Shiels  28'		 Attendance: 7,672
Referee: Iain Brines
24 September 2011 SPL St Mirren 3 – 0 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park, Paisley
McGowan  32', 45' (pen.)
Hasselbaink  85'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Stephen Finnie
27 September 2011 SPL Rangers 2 – 0 Kilmarnock Ibrox Stadium Glasgow
Jelavić  64'
Wylde  66'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 43,761
Referee: William Collum
1 October 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 2 St Johnstone Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Pascali  36' BBC Sport Sandaza  22'
Sheridan  73'		 Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Brines
15 October 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 3 – 3 Celtic Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Shiels  26'
Heffernan  40'
Fowler  45'		 BBC Sport Stokes  73', 76'
Mulgrew  80'		 Attendance: 8,011
Referee: Conroy
22 October 2011 SPL Motherwell 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Fir Park, Motherwell
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,184
Referee: Thomson
29 October 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Black  16' BBC Sport Shiels  55' (pen.) Attendance: 12,829
Referee: Muir
5 November 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 3 – 6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Shiels  12', 73' (pen.)
Heffernan  90'		 BBC Sport Shinnie  39', 60', 66'
Hayes  53'
Tadé  62', 83'		 Attendance: 5,626
Referee: Madden
19 November 2011 SPL Hibernian 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Griffiths  49' BBC Sport Pascali  37' Referee: Finnie
27 November 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Rangers Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Pascali  80' BBC Sport Attendance: 9,506
Referee: Muir
3 December 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Aberdeen Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Harkins  5'
Dayton  65'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 4,367
Referee: Allan
17 December 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Dundee United Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Dayton  51' BBC Sport Dixon  90+1' Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Collum
24 December 2011 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Samaras  45+2', 53' BBC Report Racchi  87' Attendance: 49,352
Referee: Salmond
28 December 2011 SPL St Johnstone 2 – 0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park, Perth
Sandaza  26', 45+1' BBC Sport Attendance: 2,394
Referee: Brines
2 January 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 2 – 1 St Mirren Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Heffernan  34'
Racchi  89'		 BBC Sport Mair  10' Attendance: 5,986
Referee: Madden
14 January 2012 SPL Aberdeen 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
BBC Sport Attendance: 8,324
Referee: Murray
21 January 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
BBC Sport Barrowman  42'
Cardle  60'
Buchanan  87'		 Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Collum
7 February 2012 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Kilmarnock East End Park, Dunfermline
Kirk  44' BBC Sport Fowler  21' Attendance: 2,303
Referee: Murray
11 February 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Van Tornhout  54' 
Heffernan  79'		 BBC Report Hamill  80' 
Santana  92'		 Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Norris
18 February 2012 SPL Rangers 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Ibrox, Glasgow
Papac  43' BBC Sport Shiels  12' Attendance: 50,268
Referee: Brines
21 February 2012 SPL Dundee United 4 – 0 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park, Dundee
Daly  56' (pen.)
Dixon  58'
Rankin  70'
Robertson  84'		 BBC Sport Kelly  55' Attendance: 5,232
Referee: Thomson
25 February 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 3 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Shiels  83' BBC Sport Soares  17', 66'
O'Donovan  46'		 Attendance: 4,283
Referee: O'Reilly
3 March 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 0 St Johnstone Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Shiels  76'  BBC Sport Sheridan  88'  Attendance: 3,768
Referee: Charleston
10 March 2012 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Golobart  83' BBC Sport Golobart  31' (Own goal) Attendance: 3,060
Referee: Murray
24 March 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Motherwell Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Heffernan  50', 62' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 6,878
Referee: Allan
31 March 2012 SPL St Mirren 4 – 2 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
Thompson  24', 83'
Thomson  61'
Hasselbaink  66'		 BBC Sport Van Tornhout  13'
Shiels  89'		 Attendance: 4,365
Referee: Colvin
7 April 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 6 Celtic Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
BBC Sport Mulgrew  8', 35'
Loovens  17'
Hooper  45', 90'
Ledley  88'		 Attendance: 15,926
Referee: Muir
22 April 2012 SPL Hibernian 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Shiels  44' (pen.) Attendance: 8,877
Referee: Thomson
28 April 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 4 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Fowler  14'
Nelson  66'
Shiels  80', 85'		 BBC Sport McKay  29', 35'
Hayes  58' 
Williams  90'		 Attendance: 3,848
Referee: Salmond
2 May 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 2 St Mirren Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
BBC Sport McGowan  9'
Thompson  45'		 Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Beaton
5 May 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Aberdeen Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Shiels  53' BBC Sport Masson  30' Attendance: 3,893
Referee: Colvin
12 May 2012 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Kilmarnock East End Park, Dunfermline
Willis  20' BBC Sport Kelly  86'
Winchester  89'		 Attendance: 3,276
Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
20 September 2011 League Cup Round 3 Kilmarnock 5 – 0 Queen of the South Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Harkins  2'
Heffernan  41', 59', 70'
Hutchinson  74'		 BBC Sport Smith  33' Attendance: 3,091
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
25 October 2011 League Cup Quarter-Final Kilmarnock 2 – 0 East Fife Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Sissoko  73'
Harkins  81'		 BBC Report Ogleby  45'  Attendance: 4,029
Referee: Tumilty
28 January 2012 Scottish League Cup Semi-Final Ayr United 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Hampden Park, Glasgow
BBC Report Shiels  109' Attendance: 25,057
Referee: McLean
18 March 2012 Scottish League Cup Final Celtic 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Hampden Park
BBC Sport van Tornhout  84' Attendance: 49,572
Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Dundee 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Dens Park, Dundee
Milne  46' BBC Sport Pascali  32' Attendance: 3,446
Referee: O'Reilly
17 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Replay Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Heffernan  34'
Shiels  43'		 BBC Sport Rae  63' Attendance: 4,618
Referee: O'Reilly
4 February 2012 Scottish Cup Round 5 Hibernian 1 – 0 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Doyle  15' BBC Sport Attendance: 8,198
Referee: Brines

Player statistics

Captains
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
29 MF Manuel Pascali[5] 30 Club captain

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad
Last updated 13 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPLScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Cammy Bell 3803203030
2 DF Tim Clancy 10100000
2 DF Lewis Toshney 1201200000
3 DF Garry Hay 3102403040
4 MF James Fowler 4433733040
5 DF Ryan O'Leary 80800000
6 DF Patrick Ada 40400000
6 DF Michael Nelson 1811511020
7 FW David Silva 1901601020
8 MF Liam Kelly 4113413040
9 MF Danny Buijs 1701400030
10 MF James Dayton 3332932020
11 MF Gary Harkins 3533011042
13 DF Zdeněk Kroča 1711411020
14 FW Paul Heffernan 361529113143
15 DF Billy Berntsson 00000000
16 FW Jorge Galán 50400010
17 GK Kyle Letheren 20200000
18 DF Leon Panikvar 30200010
18 MF Lee Johnson 100900010
19 FW Ben Hutchinson 51400011
19 DF Ben Gordon 2001701020
20 MF Dean Shiels 421535133141
21 FW William Gros 90801000
22 MF Danny Racchi 2321923010
23 DF Rory McKeown 2111812010
25 MF Daniel McKay 00000000
26 DF Alex Pursehouse 90800010
27 FW Dieter Van Tornhout 1321111011
28 DF Gary Fisher 70600010
29 MF Manuel Pascali 3042433130
30 FW Rory McKenzie 00000000
31 FW Ross Davidson 10100000
33 MF Matthew Kennedy 1101100000
44 MF Jude Winchester 21210000
45 FW Chris Johnston 20200000
46 DF Ross Barbour 20200000
53 GK Anssi Jaakkola 60500010
88 DF Mohamadou Sissoko 3112602031

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Cammy Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Tim Clancy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Lewis Toshney 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF Garry Hay 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
4 MF James Fowler 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
5 DF Ryan O'Leary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Patrick Ada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Michael Nelson 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
7 FW David Silva 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Liam Kelly 5 1 0 0 2 0 7 1
9 MF Danny Buijs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF James Dayton 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
11 MF Gary Harkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Zdeněk Kroča 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Paul Heffernan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Billy Berntsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Jorge Galán 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 GK Kyle Letheren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Leon Panikvar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Lee Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
19 FW Ben Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Ben Gordon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Dean Shiels 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
21 FW William Gros 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF Danny Racchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Rory McKeown 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 MF Daniel McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Alex Pursehouse 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
27 FW Dieter Van Tornhout 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
28 DF Gary Fisher 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 MF Manuel Pascali 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
30 FW Rory McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Ross Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Matthew Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Jude Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 FW Chris Johnston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 DF Ross Barbour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 GK Anssi Jaakkola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF Mohamadou Sissoko 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 0

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43 +2 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
6 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 43 50 −7 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 −17 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51 −12 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 44 −8 41
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

Transfers

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