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2011–12 Montpellier HSC season

The 2011–12 Montpellier HSC season was the 38th professional season of the club since its creation in 1974.

Montpellier
2011–12 season
ChairmanLaurent Nicollin
ManagerRené Girard
StadiumStade de la Mosson
Ligue 11st
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
(vs Gazélec Ajaccio)
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
(vs Lorient)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Olivier Giroud (21)
All:
Olivier Giroud (25)
Highest home attendance27,649 vs Lille (12 May 2012)
Lowest home attendance4,787 vs Lorient (26 October 2011)
Average home league attendance17,492

In that season, the club was won its first Ligue 1 title, finishing the season with 82 points, three points ahead of runners-up Paris Saint-Germain. On 20 May 2012, in a game marred by stoppages for crowd violence, John Utaka scored a brace to secure a 2–1 victory over Auxerre and win the Ligue 1 title for Montpellier. Olivier Giroud, who finished the season with 21 goals and 9 assists, was the league's top goal scorer. Despite being tied on goals with Paris Saint-Germain attacker Nenê, he was named the league's top scorer by the Ligue de Football Professionnel due to finishing with more goals in open play.[1]

Players edit

Main article: List of Montpellier HSC players
For a list of all former and current Montpellier HSC players, see Category: Montpellier HSC players.

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Current squad edit

As of August 4, 2011.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Laurent Pionnier
2 DF   FRA Garry Bocaly
3 DF   FRA Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (captain)
4 DF   BRA Hilton
5 DF   CMR Henri Bedimo
6 MF   FRA Joris Marveaux
7 FW   NGA John Utaka
10 MF   MAR Younès Belhanda
11 MF   FRA Grégory Lacombe
12 MF   FRA Geoffrey Dernis
13 MF   CHI Marco Estrada
14 MF   FRA Romain Pitau
15 MF   FRA Jonathan Tinhan
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK   FRA Geoffrey Jourdren
17 FW   FRA Olivier Giroud
18 FW   FRA Karim Aït-Fana
19 FW   SEN Souleymane Camara
20 MF   FRA Rémy Cabella
21 DF   MAR Abdel El Kaoutari
22 MF   FRA Benjamin Stambouli
23 MF   TUN Jamel Saihi
25 DF   FRA Mathieu Deplagne
27 DF   FRA Cyril Jeunechamp
30 GK   FRA Jonathan Ligali
40 GK   FRA Baptiste Valette

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   FRA Guillaume Legras (at Martigues)
24 FW   FRA Bengali-Fodé Koita (at Lens)
28 MF   FRA Jonas Martin (at Amiens)
31 DF   FRA Teddy Mézague (at Martigues)
32 MF   FRA Adrian Coulomb (at Vannes)

Transfers edit

Summer in edit

Date Name Moving from Fee
9 June 2011   Henri Bedimo Lens Undisclosed[3]
2 August 2011   Vitorino Hilton Marseille Free[4]

Summer out edit

Date Name Moving to Fee
21 May 2011   Antoine Jouan Clermont Free[5]
2 June 2011   Téji Savanier Arles-Avignon Free
2 June 2011   Hugo Rodriguez Arles-Avignon Free
6 June 2011   Romain Armand Clermont Free[6]

Winter out edit

Date Name Moving to Fee
30 January 2012   Bengali-Fodé Koita Lens Loan[7]

Competitions edit

Ligue 1 edit

Main article: 2011–12 Ligue 1

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Montpellier (C) 38 25 7 6 68 34 +34 82 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Paris Saint-Germain 38 23 10 5 75 41 +34 79
3 Lille 38 21 11 6 72 39 +33 74 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Lyon 38 19 7 12 64 51 +13 64 Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
5 Bordeaux 38 16 13 9 53 41 +12 61 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lyon won the 2011–12 Coupe de France and thus qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished 4th, the spot for the Europa League play-off round goes to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 25 7 6 68 34  +34 82 16 2 1 37 11  +26 9 5 5 31 23  +8

Source: Soccerway

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWLWDWLDWWWDWWWLDLWWWWDWDWLWWWLWWDWWW
Position22111214222222111122222212221111111111
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 30 versus Marseille was postponed and later played on 11 April 2012. It should appear between rounds 31 & 32.

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 August 2011 1 Montpellier 3–1 Auxerre Montpellier
21:00 Belhanda   35'
Dernis   75'
Giroud   90'		 Report Traoré   45' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,198
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
14 August 2011 2 Lille 0–1 Montpellier Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 Report Giroud   70' Stadium: Stadium Nord Lille Métropole
Attendance: 16,304
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
21 August 2011 3 Montpellier 4–0 Rennes Montpellier
21:00 Belhanda   31' (pen.)
Dernis   52'
S. Camara   72', 86'		 Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 14,021
Referee: Alexandre Castro
27 August 2011 4 Lyon 2–1 Montpellier Lyon
17:00 Pjanić   49'
Pied   83'		 Report Belhanda   82'
Bedimo   90+1'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 31,634
Referee: Antony Gautier
11 September 2011 5 Montpellier 1–0 Nice Montpellier
19:00 S. Camara   75' Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,168
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
17 September 2011 6 Brest 2–2 Montpellier Brest
19:00 Ben Basat   70'
Gentiletti   88'
Makonda   90'		 Report Giroud   19', 41' Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 12,565
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
21 September 2011 7 Ajaccio 1–3 Montpellier Ajaccio
19:00 Mostefa   53' Report Cabella   3'
Estrada   9'
Utaka   35'
El Kaoutari   53'   63'		 Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 5,670
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
24 September 2011 8 Montpellier 0–3 Paris-Saint-Germain Montpellier
21:00 Report Gameiro   39'
Pastore   43', 80'		 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 24,842
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
1 October 2011 9 Bordeaux 2–2 Montpellier Bordeaux
21:00 Diabaté   18'
Planus   25'
Ciani   50'		 Report Yanga-Mbiwa   76'   80'
Belhanda   88' (pen.)
Hilton   90'		 Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 17,713
Referee: Clément Turpin
15 October 2011 10 Montpellier 5–3 Dijon Montpellier
19:00 Estrada   26'
Giroud   50', 57' (pen.), 81'
S. Camara   64'		 Report Corgnet   9', 11'
Guerbert   90'		 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,047
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
22 October 2011 11 Caen 1–3 Montpellier Caen
19:00 Frau   48'   87'
Nivet   82' (pen.)		 Report Yanga-Mbiwa   14'
Marveaux   18'   64'
Utaka   20'
Belhanda   79'		 Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 14,290
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
29 October 2011 12 Montpellier 2–0 Nancy Montpellier
19:00 Giroud   62'
S. Camara   74'		 Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 11,683
Referee: Wilfred Bien
6 November 2011 13 Saint-Étienne 1–1 Montpellier Saint-Étienne
17:00 Nicoliță   32' Report Marveaux   57' Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 18,788
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
19 November 2011 14 Montpellier 1–0 Marseille Montpellier
21:00 Diawara   62' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 26,241
Referee: Tony Chapron
26 November 2011 15 Sochaux 1–3 Montpellier Montbéliard
19:00 A. Camara   84' Report Giroud   50', 87', 89' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 11,941
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
3 December 2011 16 Montpellier 4–0 Lorient Montpellier
19:00 Dernis   27'
Giroud   47'
Utaka   62'
Cabella   86'		 Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,866
Referee: Antony Gautier
10 December 2011 17 Valenciennes 1–0 Montpellier Valenciennes
19:00 Kadir   46' Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 14,078
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
17 December 2011 18 Montpellier 1–1 Toulouse Montpellier
19:00 Dernis   7' Report M'Bengue   40'
Tabanou   56'   87'		 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 16,780
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
21 December 2011 19 Evian 4–2 Montpellier Annecy
19:00 Barbosa   52'
Khalifa   68'
Cambon   71'
Dja Djédjé   75'		 Report Giroud   47'
Belhanda   54'		 Stadium: Parc des Sports
Attendance: 12,336
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
14 January 2012 20 Montpellier 1–0 Lyon Montpellier
21:00 Giroud   62' Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 18,889
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
28 January 2012 21 Nice 0–1 Montpellier Nice
19:00 Report Giroud   90' Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray
Attendance: 7,099
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
4 February 2012 22 Montpellier 1–0 Brest Montpellier
19:00 Dernis   41' Report Sissoko   90+3' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 11,149
Referee: Wilfred Bien
11 February 2012 23 Montpellier 3–0 Ajaccio Montpellier
19:00 Belhanda   53'
Cabella   64'
Giroud   67'		 Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 11,647
Referee: Clément Turpin
19 February 2012 24 Paris-Saint-Germain 2–2 Montpellier Paris
21:00 Alex   41'
Hoarau   88'		 Report Belhanda   45'
Utaka   82'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,398
Referee: Tony Chapron
25 February 2012 25 Montpellier 1–0 Bordeaux Montpellier
19:00 Utaka   80' Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 21,284
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
3 March 2012 26 Dijon 1–1 Montpellier Dijon
19:00 Kakuta   67' Report Tinhan   88' Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 14,016
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
11 March 2012 27 Montpellier 3–0 Caen Montpellier
21:00 Aït-Fana   51'
S. Camara   83'
Giroud   90' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 14,501
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
17 March 2012 28 Nancy 1–0 Montpellier Tomblaine
19:00 André Luiz   63' (pen.) Report Hilton   43'
Stambouli   60'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 17,136
Referee: Philippe Kalt
24 March 2012 29 Montpellier 1–0 Saint-Étienne Montpellier
19:00 Giroud   89' Report Mignot   77' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 24,615
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
7 April 2012 31 Montpellier 2–1 Sochaux Montpellier
19:00 Belhanda   4'
S. Camara   55'		 Report Maïga   28' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 18,429
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
11 April 2012 30 Marseille 1–3 Montpellier Marseille
18:00 Mbia   33' Report Belhanda   7' (pen.), 71'
Giroud   49'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 41,519
Referee: Clément Turpin
15 April 2012 32 Lorient 2–1 Montpellier Lorient
17:00 Bedimo   69' (o.g.)
Campbell   77'		 Report Giroud   78' Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,952
Referee: Wilfred Bien
21 April 2012 33 Montpellier 1–0 Valenciennes Montpellier
19:00 S. Camara   6' Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 18,731
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
27 April 2012 34 Toulouse 0–1 Montpellier Toulouse
19:00 Report Belhanda   3' Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 21,251
Referee: Tony Chapron
1 May 2012 35 Montpellier 2–2 Evian Montpellier
21:00 Belhanda   42' (pen.),   90+5'
Giroud   84'		 Report Kahlenberg   44'
Bérigaud   69'
Mongongu   90+5'
Khalifa   90+7'		 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 22,599
Referee: Olivier Thual
7 May 2012 36 Rennes 0–2 Montpellier Rennes
21:00 Report S. Camara   26'
Costil   52' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 28,172
Referee: Antony Gautier
13 May 2012 37 Montpellier 1–0 Lille Montpellier
21:00 Aït-Fana   90+3' Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 27,649
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
20 May 2012 38 Auxerre 1–2 Montpellier Auxerre
21:00 Kapo   20' Report Utaka   32', 76' Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps
Attendance: 16,509
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Coupe de France edit

Main article: 2011–12 Coupe de France
8 January 2012 Round of 64 Prix-lès-Mézières 0–4 Montpellier Charleville-Mézières
20:30 https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/match/summary/1146320-prixlesmezieres-montpellier Cabella   17', 40'
Estrada   57'
Giroud   70'		 Stadium: Stade du Petit-Bois
Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
23 January 2012 Round of 32 Tours 0–1 Montpellier Tours
20:30 Report Cabella   53' Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher
Referee: Tony Chapron
8 February 2012 Round of 16 Châteauroux 0–2 Montpellier Châteauroux
20:00 Fournier   90+1' Report Giroud   38'
Belhanda   90'		 Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit
Attendance: 7,713
Referee: Alexandre Castro
21 March 2012 Quarter-finals Gazélec Ajaccio 1–0 Montpellier Ajaccio
17:00 Bocognano   75' Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: André Petit

Coupe de la Ligue edit

Main article: 2011–12 Coupe de la Ligue
31 August 2011 Third round Montpellier 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Amiens Montpellier
20:00 Utaka   68'
Giroud   76'		 Report Puyo   11'
Gavanon   34' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 6,179
Referee: Pascal Vileo
Penalties
Dernis  
Saihi  
Marveaux  
Giroud  
Yanga-Mbiwa  
Pitau  		   Bazile
  Puyo
  Djaballah
  Cissé
  Gavanon
  Durimel
26 October 2011 Round of 16 Montpellier 1–2 Lorient Montpellier
18:45 Bocaly   48'   55'
Giroud   65'		 Report Emeghara   14'
Campbell   69'		 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 4,787
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

References edit

  1. ^ "Olivier Giroud couronné" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Groupe Pro" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Henri Bédimo première recrue" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Hilton makes Montpellier move". Sky Sports. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Clermont: Jouan jusqu'en 2013" (in French). Mercato365. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Signature de Romain Armand (MHSC)" (in French). Foot-National. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Lens voudrait Koïta en prêt". RCLensois (in French). 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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