Teams: Premier League 2011–12

Premier League 2011–12

The 2011–12 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) will be the twentieth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The fixture lists will be announced on 17 June 2011 at 9am[1] with the season due to commence on 13 August 2011[2] and an end date yet to be decided. Manchester United are the defending champions, having won their 19th league title the previous season.
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, seventeen returning from the 2010–11 season and three promoted from the Football League Championship. Championship champions Queens Park Rangers and runners-up Norwich City gained automatic promotion. Swansea City were promoted after beating Reading 4–2 to win the Championship play-off final.

Stadia and locations.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arsenal London Emirates Stadium &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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60,361
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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42,789
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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31,154
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Reebok Stadium &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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28,723
Chelsea London Stamford Bridge &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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42,449
Everton Liverpool Goodison Park &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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40,157
Fulham London Craven Cottage &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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25,700
Liverpool Liverpool Anfield &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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45,276
Manchester City Manchester City of Manchester Stadium &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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47,405
Manchester United Manchester Old Trafford &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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75,957
Newcastle United Newcastle-upon-Tyne St James' Park &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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52,409
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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27,033
Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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18,360
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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27,740
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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49,000
Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character
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20,532
Tottenham Hotspur London White Hart Lane &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","36,230
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","26,484
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","25,133
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","23,995

 

Personnel and kits

Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal France Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger Spain Fàbregas, CescCesc Fàbregas Nike Emirates
Aston Villa Vacant Bulgaria Petrov, StiliyanStiliyan Petrov Nike TBA[5]
Blackburn Rovers Scotland Kean, SteveSteve Kean New Zealand Nelsen, RyanRyan Nelsen Umbro TBA
Bolton Wanderers Scotland Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle England Davies, KevinKevin Davies Reebok 188BET
Chelsea Vacant England Terry, JohnJohn Terry adidas Samsung
Everton Scotland Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes England Neville, PhilPhil Neville Le Coq Sportif Chang Beer
Fulham Netherlands Jol, MartinMartin Jol England Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy Kappa FxPro
Liverpool Scotland Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish England Gerrard, StevenSteven Gerrard adidas Standard Chartered
Manchester City Italy Mancini, RobertoRoberto Mancini Argentina Tévez, CarlosCarlos Tévez Umbro Etihad Airways
Manchester United Scotland Ferguson, Sir AlexSir Alex Ferguson Serbia Vidić, NemanjaNemanja Vidić Nike Aon
Newcastle United England Pardew, AlanAlan Pardew England Nolan, KevinKevin Nolan Puma Northern Rock
Norwich City Scotland Lambert, PaulPaul Lambert England Holt, GrantGrant Holt Erreà Aviva
Queens Park Rangers England Warnock, NeilNeil Warnock Morocco Taarabt, AdelAdel Taarabt Lotto Gulf Air
Stoke City Wales Pulis, TonyTony Pulis England Shawcross, RyanRyan Shawcross adidas Britannia
Sunderland England Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce England Cattermole, LeeLee Cattermole Umbro Tombola
Swansea City Northern Ireland Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers England Monk, GarryGarry Monk adidas[6] 32Red
Tottenham Hotspur England Redknapp, HarryHarry Redknapp England Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson Puma[7] Autonomy
West Bromwich Albion England Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson Northern Ireland Brunt, ChrisChris Brunt adidas Homeserve
Wigan Athletic Spain Martínez, RobertoRoberto Martínez Scotland Caldwell, GaryGary Caldwell MiFit 188BET
Wolverhampton Wanderers Republic of Ireland McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy England Henry, KarlKarl Henry BURRDA Sportingbet


League table

Teams are listed in alphabetical order below, as no games in the 2011-2012 season have been played. (Qualification and relegation information do not currently apply to teams in this table, and should be ignored)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts


Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Everton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fulham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the 2012–13 Football League Championship
19 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0