2011–12 in Spanish football

The 2011–12 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Spain.

The season began on 3 August 2011 for the Copa Federación, 19 August for Tercera División, 20 August for Segunda División B, 26 August for Segunda División, 27 August for La Liga and 31 August 2011 for the Copa del Rey. Both La Liga and Segunda División had a delayed start after the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) called a strike.^[1] The season ended on 13 May 2012 for La Liga, 17 June 2012 for Segunda División and 24 June for Segunda División B and Tercera División.

Transfer Windows

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Teams promoted to 2011–12 La Liga

Teams relegated from 2010–11 La Liga

Teams promoted to 2011–12 Segunda División

Teams relegated from 2010–11 Segunda División

Teams promoted to 2011–12 Segunda División B

Teams relegated from 2010–11 Segunda División B

National team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

UEFA Euro qualifiers

Spain was in Group I of the Euro 2012 qualification process.

6 September 2011	Spain	6 – 0	Liechtenstein	Logroño
22:00 UTC+2	Negredo 33', 37' Xavi 44' Ramos 52' Villa 60', 79'			Stadium: Estadio Las Gaunas Attendance: 17,130 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

7 October 2011	Czech Republic	0 – 2	Spain	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2			Mata 6' Alonso 23'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 17,873 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

11 October 2011	Spain	3 – 1	Scotland	Alicante
20:45 UTC+2	Silva 5', 43' Villa 53'		Goodwillie 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Friendlies

10 August 2011	Italy	2 – 1	Spain	Bari, Italy
20:45 UTC+2	Montolivo 11' Aquilani 84'		Alonso 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

2 September 2011	Spain	3 – 2	Chile	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 UTC+2	Iniesta 55' Fàbregas 70', 90'		Isla 10' Vargas 20'	Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 14,605 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière (Switzerland)

12 November 2011	England	1 – 0	Spain	London, England
17:15 UTC	Lampard 49'			Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,189 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

15 November 2011	Costa Rica	2 – 2	Spain	San José, Costa Rica
22:05 UTC–6	Brenes 31' Campbell 41'		Silva 82' Villa 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

29 February 2012	Spain	5 – 0	Venezuela	Málaga
22:00 UTC+2	Iniesta 37' Silva 42' Soldado 50', 52', 83'			Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

26 May 2012	Spain	2 – 0	Serbia	St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Adrián 64' Cazorla 74' (pen.)			Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 15,625 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

30 May 2012	South Korea	1 – 4	Spain	Bern, Switzerland
20:00 CEST	Kim Do-heon 43'		Torres 11' Alonso 52' (pen.) Cazorla 56' Negredo 80'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 10,220 Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

3 June 2012	Spain	1 – 0	China	Sevilla
21:00	Silva 84'			Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja

Pre-season tournaments

22 July 2011 Memorial Quinocho	Celta Vigo	2 – 1	Braga	Vigo, Spain
21:00 CEST	Tomás 51' (pen.) Pillado 68'	(Report)	Henrique 68'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Julio Amoedo Chas

27 July 2011 Ciutat de Barcelona	Espanyol	3 – 1	Boca Juniors	Barcelona, Spain
21:30 CEST	Osvaldo 60' (pen.), 78' Verdú 87' (pen.)	(Report)	Cvitanich 55'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

2 August 2011 Trofeo Ágora	Levante	0 – 2	Peñarol	Valencia, Spain
21:30 CEST		Report	Palacios 44' Silva 80'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Francisco Javier Barberá Fuentes

4 August 2011 Antonio Puerta	Sevilla	5 – 0	Espanyol	Seville, Spain
22:00 CEST	Rodri 25', 76' Manu 45+1' Kanouté 73', 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

4 August 2011 Carranza Semifinal	Cádiz	0 – 0 (3 – 1 p)	Udinese	Cádiz, Spain
22:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Domingo Palomino Núñez
	Penalties
	Baquero Juanjo Góngora Dioni		Larangeira Floro Flores Vydra Neuton

6 August 2011 Ciudad de Vigo	Celta Vigo	0 – 1	Sporting Gijón	Vigo, Spain
20:00 CEST		Report	De las Cuevas 90+2'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rubén Eiriz Mata

5 August 2011 Carranza Semifinal	Málaga	3 – 1	Sporting CP	Cádiz, Spain
22:00 CEST	Baptista 37', 75' Van Nistelrooy 41'	Report	Carrillo 60'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Pedro Jesús Pérez Montero

6 August 2011 Carranza 3rd/4th	Udinese	2 – 2 (10 – 9 p)	Sporting CP	Cádiz, Spain
18:30 CEST	Abdi 15' Floro Flores 79'	Report	Rubio 47', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alonso Vizuete Sánchez
	Penalties
	Flores Pinzi Surraco Neuton Fabbrini Fabbrini Badu Doubai Ekstrand Pasquale Handanović Flores		Martins Rubio Capel Rodríguez Santos Polga Pereirinha Evaldo Rinaudo Marcelo Martins

6 August 2011 Carranza Final	Cádiz	2 – 0	Málaga	Cádiz, Spain
22:00 CEST	Juanjo 76' Dioni 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 6,691 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

12 August 2011 Trofeo Colombino	Recreativo	1 – 2	Atlético Madrid	Huelva, Spain
22:00 CEST	Vega 62'	Report	Adrián 32' Salvio 77'	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Antonio Mariscal Sánchez

12 August 2011 Trofeo Naranja	Valencia	3 – 0	Roma	Valencia, Spain
22:00 CEST	Viviani 21' (o.g.) Soldado 36' Alcácer 83'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

13 August 2011 Costa del Sol	Málaga	4 – 0	Peñarol	Málaga, Spain
21:30 CEST	Baptista 22' Van Nistelrooy 43', 48' Fernández 71'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 16,000 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

14 August 2011 Teresa Herrera	Deportivo	1 – 1 (3 – 4 p)	Sevilla	A Coruña, Spain
20:00 CEST	Riki 5'	Report	Coke 85'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Jorge Valdés Aller
	Penalties
	Vázquez Lassad Álvarez Colotto Xisco		Manu Perotti Salva Trochowski Negredo

15 August 2011 Ciudad de Zaragoza	Zaragoza	1 – 1 (4 – 3 p)	Espanyol	Zaragoza, Spain
21:30 CEST	Obradović 83'	Report	Márquez 71'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro
	Penalties
	Ponzio Lafita Obradović Juárez		Márquez S. García Albín Gómez Clerc

22 August 2011 Joan Gamper	Barcelona	5 – 0	Napoli	Barcelona, Spain
20:30 CEST	Fàbregas 26' Keita 31' Pedro 62' Messi 66', 77'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 78,002 Referee: Alfonso Javier Álvarez Izquierdo

24 August 2011 Trofeo Bernabéu	Real Madrid	2 – 1	Galatasaray	Madrid, Spain
22:30 CEST	Ramos 33' Benzema 51'	Report	İnan 10'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 81,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Honours

Trophy & League Champions

Competition	Winner	Details	At
La Liga	Real Madrid	2011–12 La Liga	San Mamés
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2011–12 Copa del Rey	Vicente Calderón
Copa Federación de España	CD Binissalem	2011–12 Copa Federación de España Beat SD Lemona on away goals after a 6–6 agg. (5–0 home and 1–6 away)	Arnolagusia
Segunda División	Deportivo	2011–12 Segunda División
Segunda División B	Mirandés & Real Madrid Castilla	2011–12 Segunda División B
Supercopa de España	Barcelona	2011 Supercopa de España Beat Real Madrid 5–4 on agg. (2–2 away and 3–2 home)	Camp Nou

League tables

La Liga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	32	4	2	121	32	+89	100	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	28	7	3	114	29	+85	91
3	Valencia	38	17	10	11	59	44	+15	61
4	Málaga	38	17	7	14	54	53	+1	58	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Atlético Madrid	38	15	11	12	53	46	+7	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Levante	38	16	7	15	54	50	+4	55	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[b]
7	Osasuna	38	13	15	10	44	61	−17	54
8	Mallorca	38	14	10	14	42	46	−4	52
9	Sevilla	38	13	11	14	48	47	+1	50
10	Athletic Bilbao	38	12	13	13	49	52	−3	49	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
11	Getafe	38	12	11	15	40	51	−11	47^[c]
12	Real Sociedad	38	12	11	15	46	52	−6	47^[c]
13	Real Betis	38	13	8	17	47	56	−9	47^[c]
14	Espanyol	38	12	10	16	46	56	−10	46
15	Rayo Vallecano	38	13	4	21	53	73	−20	43^[d]
16	Zaragoza	38	12	7	19	36	61	−25	43^[d]
17	Granada	38	12	6	20	35	56	−21	42
18	Villarreal (R)	38	9	14	15	39	53	−14	41	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Sporting Gijón (R)	38	10	7	21	42	69	−27	37
20	Racing Santander (R)	38	4	15	19	28	63	−35	27

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Atlético Madrid won the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and thus secured the title holder spot in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
^ ^a ^b Athletic Bilbao qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey to Barcelona, who have qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Consequently, Levante entered the play-off round.
^ ^a ^b ^c GET: 8 pts; RSO: 5 pts; BET: 2 pts
^ ^a ^b RVA 0–0 ZAR; ZAR 1–2 RVA

Segunda División

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (C, P)	42	29	4	9	76	45	+31	91	Promotion to La Liga
2	Celta de Vigo (P)	42	26	7	9	83	37	+46	85	Promotion to La Liga
3	Valladolid (P)	42	23	13	6	69	37	+32	82	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Alcorcón	42	21	10	11	58	42	+16	73
5	Hércules	42	22	6	14	62	43	+19	72
6	Córdoba	42	20	11	11	52	43	+9	71
7	Almería	42	18	16	8	63	43	+20	70
8	Barcelona B	42	16	11	15	63	53	+10	59
9	Las Palmas	42	16	10	16	58	59	−1	58
10	Numancia	42	15	12	15	54	52	+2	57^[a]
11	Elche	42	17	6	19	56	58	−2	57^[a]
12	Villarreal B (R)	42	14	10	18	54	64	−10	52	Relegation to Segunda División B^[b]
13	Huesca	42	14	9	19	49	63	−14	51
14	Xerez	42	13	11	18	50	66	−16	50
15	Girona	42	12	13	17	58	61	−3	49^[c]
16	Guadalajara	42	14	7	21	50	75	−25	49^[c]
17	Recreativo	42	12	11	19	49	52	−3	47^[d]
18	Murcia	42	13	8	21	49	67	−18	47^[d]
19	Sabadell	42	11	13	18	45	64	−19	46
20	Cartagena (R)	42	9	13	20	37	58	−21	40	Relegation to Segunda División B
21	Alcoyano (R)	42	9	10	23	46	78	−32	37
22	Gimnàstic (R)	42	6	13	23	37	58	−21	31

Source: LFP - Liga Adelante
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ELC 2–2 NUM; NUM 3–0 ELC
^ Since first team Villarreal was relegated to the Segunda División, reserve team Villarreal B was automatically relegated to Segunda División B, whilst Sabadell was re-instated.^[2]
^ ^a ^b GIR 0–0 GUA; GUA 1–4 GIR
^ ^a ^b REC 0–2 MUR; MUR 0–3 REC

Segunda División B

Tercera División

References

^ "AFE anuncia que no habrá fútbol en la primera jornada de liga". Marca. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ "Reglamento General de la RFEF 2011 (Artículo 196 1-a)" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.60615449380416-2] Atlético Madrid won the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and thus secured the title holder spot in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.60615449380416-3] Athletic Bilbao qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey to Barcelona, who have qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Consequently, Levante entered the play-off round.

[table_hth_GET0.60615449380416-4] GET: 8 pts; RSO: 5 pts; BET: 2 pts

[table_hth_RVA0.60615449380416-5] RVA 0–0 ZAR; ZAR 1–2 RVA

[table_hth_ELC0.24821264820556-6] ELC 2–2 NUM; NUM 3–0 ELC

[table_note_res_R10.24821264820556-8] Since first team Villarreal was relegated to the Segunda División, reserve team Villarreal B was automatically relegated to Segunda División B, whilst Sabadell was re-instated.^[2]

[table_hth_GIR0.24821264820556-9] GIR 0–0 GUA; GUA 1–4 GIR

[table_hth_REC0.24821264820556-10] REC 0–2 MUR; MUR 0–3 REC

[1] "AFE anuncia que no habrá fútbol en la primera jornada de liga". Marca. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[7] "Reglamento General de la RFEF 2011 (Artículo 196 1-a)" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

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