2011–12 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2011–12 season
ChairmanRoman Romanov
ManagerJim Jefferies
(Until 1 August)
Paulo Sérgio
(From 2 August)
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
SPL5th
Scottish CupWinners
League CupThird round
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Rudi Skácel (12)
All: Rudi Skácel (18)
Highest home attendance16,279 vs. Tottenham Hotspur, Europa League, 18 August 2011
Lowest home attendance8,859 vs. St Mirren, Scottish Cup, 10 March 2012

The 2011–12 season was the 131st season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 29th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Europa League, Scottish Cup & the Scottish League Cup.

Overview

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Hearts finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.[1] They reached the Play Off Round of the Europa League,[2] the third round of the League Cup[3] and won the Scottish Cup after a 5–1 victory over Edinburgh Derby rivals Hibernian.[4]

Financial problems

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The club began experiencing severe financial problems in November 2011 which meant they were unable to pay the players wages[citation needed] and the club was put up for sale.[5] The squad's October salaries were late and the November wages were paid twenty nine days late just one day before their December salaries were due.[6] The December pay has failed to arrive,[7] and a complaint was lodged with the Scottish Premier League by the players union.[8] During this period the club advised fringe players they were free to leave the club.[citation needed] On 4 January 2012 the SPL ordered Hearts to pay all outstanding wages by 11 January 2012 and January's wages must be paid on time on 16 January.[9] Hearts paid all outstanding wages that day following the sale of Eggert Jónsson to Wolves.[10] On 17 January the day after Hearts wages were due to be paid it was revealed all players had been paid.[11] Despite this the SPL issued a statement saying Hearts had failed to pay all players on 16 January and an emergency board meeting had been called,[12] Hearts refuted this saying payment of the remuneration had been made to all players.[13] Hearts were charged by the SPL with failing to behave with the utmost good faith to the SPL.[14] A hearing of the SPL Board sub-committee was held on 27 January,[15] and the case against the club was dismissed as they believed the club were acting in good faith.[16]

On 3 May, Hearts released their financial figures. Showing that they had made a profit of £511,000 and debt had been reduced from £36.1m to £24m. Hearts said that this had come down due to a debt restructuring plan. They also reduced operating costs by 19% to £3.63m and employment costs by 12% to £8.03m. Turnover at the club fell by £1m to £6.9m, this was mainly due to an outsourcing of retail merchandise as well as a lack of significant player sales or European competition.[17]

Pre-season

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Hearts warm up before Livingston friendly

Hearts returned for pre-season training on 22 June,[18] before travelling to Il Ciocco in Tuscany for a week at their pre-season camp.[19] Hearts returned to Scotland to play East Fife before travelling to Berlin to take on Ludwigsfelder and Union Berlin.[20] Once back in Scotland they completed their pre-season taking on Cowdenbeath and Livingston before a glamour friendly at Tynecastle against Royal Antwerp,[21] to contest for the Tynecastle 125th anniversary trophy.[22]

Results and fixtures

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Pre-season / Friendlies

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1 July 2011 Friendly Barga 0–6 Heart of Midlothian Il Ciocco
Hearts News
Scotsman Report		 Žaliūkas 5'
Sutton 10', 18', 34'
Novikovas 47' (pen.), 70'
5 July 2011 Friendly East Fife 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Bayview Stadium
19:45 Hearts News
Scotsman Report		 Wallace 40'
Grainger 59'
Novikovas 60'		 Referee: Beaton
7 July 2011 Friendly Ludwigsfelder FC 0–4 Heart of Midlothian Waldstadion Ludwigsfelde
19:00 Hearts News
Scotsman Report		 Grainger 55'
Templeton 64', 87'
Taouil 85'
9 July 2011 Friendly Union Berlin 3–0 Heart of Midlothian Stadion An der Alten Försterei
14:00 Oliveira 24'
Terodde 58'
Ede 61'		 Hearts News
12 July 2011 Friendly Cowdenbeath 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Central Park
19:30 Morton 23'
Robertson 88'		 Hearts News Elliott 76' (pen.) Referee: Colvin
16 July 2011 Friendly Livingston 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Russell 33' Hearts News Referee: Beaton
17 July 2011 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Royal Antwerp Tynecastle Park
15:00 Hamill 85' (pen.) Hearts News Attendance: 4,504
Referee: McLean

Scottish Premier League

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Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League

The fixture list for the first 33 SPL matches in the 2011–12 season was announced on 17 June.[23] Hearts were given a tough away game to start the season against Rangers.

23 July 2011 SPL Rangers 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Naismith 58' BBC Report Obua 16' Attendance: 49,083
Referee: Murray
31 July 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–1 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Daly 39' Attendance: 13,821
Referee: Winter
7 August 2011 SPL Motherwell 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
15:00 Murphy 60'
Lasley Yellow card 87' Red card		 BBC Report Black Red card 50' Referee: O'Reilly
13 August 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
15:00 Novikovas 24'
Sutton 35', 52'		 BBC Report Attendance: 13,374
Referee: Conroy
21 August 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 5,328
Referee: Murray
28 August 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
15:45 Stevenson 39'
Webster 69'		 BBC Report Attendance: 15,868
Referee: Thomson
10 September 2011 SPL Inverness CT 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Tadé 50' BBC Report Elliott 81' Attendance: 4,106
Referee: Collum
17 September 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
15:00 Hamill 43' (pen.)
Mair 70' (o.g.)		 BBC Report Attendance: 12,572
Referee: Richmond
25 September 2011 SPL St Johnstone 2–0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
12:00 Sheridan 30', 55' BBC Report Attendance: 2,770
Referee: O'Reilly
2 October 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Celtic Tynecastle Park
12:45 Skácel 58'
Stevenson 81'		 BBC Report Commons Red card 65' Attendance: 14,749
Referee: Thomson
15 October 2011 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Heart of Midlothian East End Park
15:00 BBC Report Webster 43'
Skácel 76'		 Attendance: 5,694
Referee: O'Reilly
23 October 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–2 Rangers Tynecastle Park
12:30 BBC Report Naismith 21'
Jelavić 74'		 Attendance: 15,495
Referee: Murray
29 October 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Park
15:00 Black Red card 16' BBC Report Shiels 55 pen.' Attendance: 12,829
Referee: Muir
5 November 2011 SPL St Mirren 0–0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,771
Referee: Conroy
19 November 2011 SPL Dundee United 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
15:00 Robertson 24' BBC Report Attendance: 6,925
Referee: Collum
26 November 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Inverness CT Tynecastle Park
15:00 Skácel 46'
Jonsson 76'		 BBC Report Tokely 58' Attendance: 12,021
Referee: Thomson
3 December 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–2 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
15:00 Taouil 86' BBC Report Craig 3'
Mackay 79 pen.'		 Attendance: 12,815
Referee: O’Reilly
10 December 2011 SPL Celtic 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
15:00 Wanyama 72' BBC Report Attendance: 49,023
Referee: Murray
17 December 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Dunfermline Athletic Tynecastle Park
15:00 Elliott 2'
Taouil 27'
Templeton 71'
Skácel 90+2'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 11,988
Referee: Richmond
24 December 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Park
13:00 Black 17'
Elliott 28'		 BBC Report Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Allan
28 December 2011 SPL Aberdeen 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 9,210
Referee: Winter
2 January 2012 SPL Hibernian 1–3 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
12:15 Zaliukas 59 o.g.' BBC Report McGowan 58'
Webster 83'
Skácel 90+2'		 Referee: Murray
14 January 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 5–2 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
15:00 Žaliūkas 1'
Žaliūkas Red card 12'
Skácel 23', 64', 68'
Sutton 90'		 BBC Report McGowan 13 pen.'
Thompson 19'		 Attendance: 12,462
Referee: McLean
21 January 2012 SPL Inverness CT 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Sutherland 49' BBC Report Attendance: 3,812
Referee: Salmond
8 February 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–4 Celtic Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Brown 3'
Wanyama 20'
Ledley 31'
Hooper 60'		 Attendance: 14,787
Referee: Collum
11 February 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
15:00 Van Tornhout Yellow card 54' Red card
Heffernan 79'		 BBC Report Hamill Yellow card 80' Red card
Santana 92'		 Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Norris
18 February 2012 SPL Motherwell 3–0 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
15:00 Webster 37 o.g.'
Murphy 41'
Lasley Yellow card 51' Red card
Law 65'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,489
Referee: Muir
25 February 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–2 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Daly 41'
Gunning 85'		 Attendance: 13,176
Referee: Murray
3 March 2012 SPL Rangers 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Davis 45' BBC Report Black 58'
Hamill 79'		 Referee: Allan
18 March 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
12:00 Beattie 28'
Santana 94'		 BBC Report Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Thomson
24 March 2012 SPL St Johnstone 2–1 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson 35'
Sandaza 77 pen.'		 BBC Report Holt 29' Attendance: 4,365
Referee: McLean
31 March 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
15:00 McGowan 27'
Skácel 53', 89'		 BBC Report Attendance: 13,292
Referee: Collum
7 April 2012 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Heart of Midlothian East End Park
15:00 Žaliūkas 85 o.g.' BBC Report Glen 49'
Keddie 53 o.g.'		 Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Finnie
21 April 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–3 Rangers Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Aluko 29'
Little 35', 88'		 Attendance: 14,842
Referee: Murray
28 April 2012 SPL Dundee United 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
12:30 Flood 32'
Mackay-Steven 65'		 BBC Report Skácel 35'
Novikovas 83'		 Attendance: 7,001
Referee: Collum
1 May 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–1 Motherwell Tynecastle Park
19:45 BBC Report Higdon 29' Attendance: 9,185
Referee: Winter
6 May 2012 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–0 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
15:00 Skácel 21'
Webster 58'		 BBC Report Attendance: 12,543
Referee: McLean
13 May 2012 SPL Celtic 5–0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
12:30 Hooper 5', 8', 39' (pen.), 66', 87' BBC Sport Attendance: 58,875
Referee: Muir

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup

Having qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League the previous season, Hearts entered the Scottish League Cup at the third round stage.[24] The third round draw was held on 29 August where Hearts were paired with Scottish First Division side Ayr United.[25] Hearts lost to Ayr United on penalties after a 1 – 1 draw after extra time.[26] After the match Hearts asked the SFA to clarify the decision by referee Iain Brines after appearing to give the goal on three separate occasions.[27] to disallow an Eggert Jonsson goal for handball[28]

21 September 2011 Third round Ayr United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)		 Heart of Midlothian Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Wardlaw 63' BBC Report Robinson 49' Attendance: 2,517
Referee: Brines
Penalties
Moffat soccer ball with check mark
McKernon soccer ball with check mark
Trouten soccer ball with check mark
Roberts soccer ball with check mark		 Jónsson soccer ball with check mark
Grainger soccer ball with red X
Skácel soccer ball with red X

Scottish Cup

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Main articles: 2011–12 Scottish Cup and 2012 Scottish Cup Final
Scottish Cup in Hearts colours following 2012 win

Hearts enter the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage. The draw was conducted on 22 November[29] and drew Hearts against Junior side Auchinleck Talbot.[30] Hearts won 1–0 through a Gordon Smith goal after Fraser Mullen had a first half penalty saved.[31] The fifth round draw took place on 9 January drawing Hearts with fellow premier league side St Johnstone,[32] a reply of the fourth round the previous year.[33] Hearts were held to a 1–1 draw.[34] David Templeton scored early in the first half before St Johnstone equalised through Cillian Sheridan in the 78th minute forcing a replay.[35] The draw was held for the quarter-finals on 6 February 2012 drawing Hearts against either Ross County or St Mirren should they beat St Johnstone in the replay.[36] Hearts won the replay 2–1 in extra time.[37] Murray Davidson scored for St Johnstone in the 83rd minute before Suso Santana was brought down in the box during the last minute of injury time. Jamie Hamill scored the resulting penalty to take the match to extra time, before captain Marius Žaliūkas scored in the 117th minute to win the match.[38] St Mirren beat Ross county in their replay setting up another all Scottish Premier League tie in the quarter-finals.[39]

Hearts were held to a 2–2 draw in the quarter-final tie with St Mirren forcing a replay.[40] St Mirren went ahead through a Graham Carey free kick before Craig Beattie equalised. Hearts should have gone in at half time with a 2–1 lead but a further strike by Beattie was wrongly ruled off side by linesman Gary Cheyne.[41] Rudi Skácel put Hearts in front before a Marius Žaliūkas own goal in the 84th minute levelled the tie.[42] The draw was held for the semi-finals on 11 March 2012, drawing the winner of the replay against Celtic.[citation needed] In the replay Nigel Hasselbaink had the ball in the net for St Mirren in the 12-minute, however the referee had blown for a penalty for St Mirren a split second before. The resulting Graham Carey penalty was saved by Jamie MacDonald.[43] Hearts went on win the tie 2–0, through goals from Jamie Hamill and Rudi Skácel.[44] The victory put Hearts through to the semi-finals for the first time in 5 years.[45]

Hearts won the semi-final 2–1.[46] After a goalless first half the introduction of Craig Beattie at half time made Hearts more of an attacking threat. After just 70 seconds he set up Rudi Skácel to score the match's opener.[46] Gary Hooper equalised on the 87th minute, television replays later showed that Hooper was half-a-yard offside.[citation needed] With the match in injury time, referee Euan Norris awarded Hearts a penalty for a handball in the Celtic box by Joe Ledley.[47] Beattie stepped up to score the Penalty,[46] before getting booked for taking his shirt off and his impromptu lap of honour in his celebration of the goal.[48] Celtic had an appeal for handball turned down in the dying minutes of the game and Hearts progressed to the final.[47]

Hibernian beat Aberdeen in their semi final, to set up the final Edinburgh Derby of the season.[49] This is the first time the two Edinburgh clubs have met in the Scottish Cup Final since 1896.[50]

7 January 2012 Fourth round Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Auchinleck Talbot Tynecastle Park
15:00 Smith 84' BBC Report Attendance: 8,895
Referee: Beaton
5 February 2012 Fifth round Heart of Midlothian 1–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
14:15 Templeton 10' BBC Report MacKay Red card 74'
Sheridan 77'		 Attendance: 9,185
Referee: Thomson
14 February 2012 Fifth round replay St Johnstone 1–2 (a.e.t.) Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Davidson 84' BBC Report Hamill 95'
Žaliūkas 117'		 Attendance: 3,404
Referee: Winter
10 March 2012 Quarter-finals Heart of Midlothian 2–2 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
12:30 Beattie 37'
Skácel 48'		 BBC Report Carey 27'
Žaliūkas 84 o.g.'		 Attendance: 8,859
Referee: O'Reilly
21 March 2012 Quarter-finals replay St Mirren 0–2 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
19:45 BBC Report Hamill 31'
Skácel 86'		 Attendance: 5,291
Referee: O'Reilly
15 April 2012 Semi-finals Celtic 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park
12:45 Hooper 87' BBC Report Skácel 47'
Beattie 90+2 pen.'		 Attendance: 36,609
Referee: Norris
19 May 2012 Final Hibernian 1–5 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park
15:00 McPake 41' [1] Barr 15'
Skácel 27', 75'
Grainger 47 pen.'
McGowan 50'		 Attendance: 51,041
Referee: Thomson

UEFA Europa League

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Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
Hearts line up against Tottenham at Tynecastle

Hearts entered the Europa League during the third qualifying round[51] having qualified after finishing third in the SPL During season 2010–11.[52] Hearts would have entered at the 2nd qualification round but thanks to Celtic winning the Scottish cup[53] and gaining a higher qualification place their place went to Hearts. Hearts have been seeded for the third qualifying round.[54] Hearts drew Paksi[55] and travelled to Hungary, playing out a 1–1 draw. In the second leg goals from Ryan Stevenson, Andy Driver and Rudi Skácel were enough to win the tie 4–1 and progress to the play-off round with a 5–2 aggregate.[56] Unseeded for the Play Off round Hearts drew English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur[57] in a game dubbed by the press as a Battle of Britain fixture.[citation needed] In the home leg at Tynecastle, Hearts were outclassed[58][59] by Spurs who won the first leg 0–5. Hearts were much improved in the second leg but weren't able to claw back the tie earning a 0 – 0 draw, making them only first team since Real Madrid to leave White Hart Lane with a clean sheet. Hearts were eliminated on aggregate.[60]

Third qualifying round

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28 July 2011 First leg Hungary Paksi SE 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Sóstói Stadion
19:00 Sipeki 32' BBC Report Hamill 45' (pen.) Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Gestranius
4 August 2011 Second leg Heart of Midlothian 4–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Hungary Paksi SE Tynecastle Park
19:45 Stevenson 34', 45'
Driver 50'
Skácel 76'		 BBC Report Böde 89' Attendance: 12,611
Referee: Malek

Play-off round

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18 August 2011 First leg Heart of Midlothian 0–5 England Tottenham Hotspur Tynecastle Park
19:45 BBC Report van der Vaart 5'
Defoe 13'
Livermore 28'
Bale 63'
Lennon 78'		 Attendance: 16,279
Referee: Tagliavento
25 August 2011 Second leg England Tottenham Hotspur 0–0
(5–0 agg.)		 Heart of Midlothian White Hart Lane
20:00 BBC Report Attendance: 32,590
Referee: Kakos

First team player statistics

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Captains

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No Pos Country Name No of games Notes
1 DF Lithuania Marius Žaliūkas 47 Team Captain
2 DF Scotland Andy Webster 3 Club Captain

Last updated: 19 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 information

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This section includes all players who have been part of the first team during the season. They may not have made an appearance.

Last updated 19 May 2012[61]
Number Position Nation Name Totals SPL League Cup Scottish Cup Europe
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Hungary HUN János Balogh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Hamill 35 5 29 2 3 2 0 0 3 1
3 DF England ENG Danny Grainger 38 1 27 0 6 1 1 0 4 0
4 DF Iceland ISL Eggert Jónsson 20 1 16 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
4 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie 9 3 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Darren Barr 20 1 15 0 4 1 1 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Andy Webster 40 4 31 4 7 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF Spain ESP Suso Santana 18 2 13 2 4 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Ian Black 38 2 29 2 6 0 0 0 3 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Kyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Elliott 34 3 26 3 5 0 0 0 3 0
11 MF England ENG Andrew Driver 30 1 21 0 6 0 1 0 2 1
12 MF Scotland SCO David Templeton 35 2 27 1 3 1 1 0 4 0
13 MF Uganda UGA David Obua 22 1 19 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Calum Elliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW England ENG John Sutton 18 3 14 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Stevenson 22 4 19 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
17 DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 38 3 28 2 6 1 1 0 3 0
18 MF Lithuania LTU Arvydas Novikovas 19 2 15 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
19 MF Czech Republic CZE Rudi Skácel 40 18 29 12 7 5 1 0 3 1
20 DF Scotland SCO Jason Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Morocco MAR Mehdi Taouil 30 2 24 2 4 0 1 0 1 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Gordon Smith 9 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Gary Glen 10 1 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK Slovakia SVK Marián Kello 23 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 DF Lithuania LTU Marius Žaliūkas 47 2 36 1 6 1 1 0 4 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Scott Robinson 28 1 20 0 6 0 1 1 1 0
28 GK Scotland SCO Mark Ridgers 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Scotland SCO Jamie MacDonald 26 0 18 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
31 MF Poland POL Adrian Mrowiec 36 0 29 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
34 MF Scotland SCO Jonny Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Ukraine UKR Denis Prychynenko 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Scotland SCO Jordan Morton 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Scotland SCO Colin Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 FW Scotland SCO David Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Scotland SCO Brad McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Scotland SCO Chris Kane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 DF Scotland SCO Kevin McHattie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 DF Scotland SCO Fraser Mullen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
53 GK Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 FW Scotland SCO Billy King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Last updated: 19 May 2012
  • Source: Match Reports[62]
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premier League, League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

Goal scorers

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Last updated 19 May 2012

Place Position Nation Name SPL League Cup Scottish Cup Europe Total
1 MF Czech Republic Rudi Skácel 12 0 5 1 18
2 MF Scotland Jamie Hamill 2 0 2 1 5
3 MF Scotland Ryan Stevenson 2 0 0 2 4
DF Scotland Andy Webster 4 0 0 0 4
4 FW Scotland Craig Beattie 2 0 1 0 3
FW Republic of Ireland Stephen Elliott 3 0 0 0 3
FW Australia Ryan McGowan 2 0 1 0 3
FW England John Sutton 3 0 0 0 3
5 MF Scotland Ian Black 2 0 0 0 2
MF Lithuania Arvydas Novikovas 2 0 0 0 2
MF Spain Suso Santana 2 0 0 0 2
MF Morocco Mehdi Taouil 2 0 0 0 2
MF Scotland David Templeton 1 0 1 0 2
DF Lithuania Marius Žaliūkas 1 0 1 0 2
6 DF Scotland Darren Barr 0 0 1 0 1
MF Scotland Andrew Driver 0 0 0 1 1
FW Scotland Gary Glen 1 0 0 0 1
DF England Danny Grainger 0 0 1 0 1
MF Scotland Jason Holt 1 0 0 0 1
DF Iceland Eggert Jónsson 1 0 0 0 1
MF Uganda David Obua 1 0 0 0 1
MF Scotland Scott Robinson 0 1 0 0 1
FW Scotland Gordon Smith 0 0 1 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 1 0 0
Total 45 1 15 5 66

Disciplinary record

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During the 2011–12 season, Hearts players were issued eighty-six yellow cards and four red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.

Last updated 19 May 2012
Number Position Nation Name SPL League Cup Scottish Cup Europe Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 MF Scotland Jamie Hamill 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1
3 DF England Danny Grainger 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
4 DF Iceland Eggert Jónsson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 FW Scotland Craig Beattie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF Scotland Darren Barr 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
6 DF Scotland Andy Webster 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 MF Spain Suso Santana 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF Scotland Ian Black 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 13 2
11 MF Scotland Andrew Driver 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
12 MF Scotland David Templeton 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
16 MF Scotland Ryan Stevenson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 DF Australia Ryan McGowan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
19 MF Czech Republic Rudi Skácel 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
21 DF Morocco Mehdi Taouil 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 DF Lithuania Marius Žaliūkas 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1
27 MF Scotland Scott Robinson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
30 GK Scotland Jamie MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
31 MF Poland Adrian Mrowiec 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
38 FW Scotland Jordan Morton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 66 4 2 0 14 0 4 0 86 4

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Motherwell 38 18 8 12 49 44 +5 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 11 11 62 50 +12 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43 +2 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
6 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 43 50 −7 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 −17 47
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.

Management statistics

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Last updated 15 May 2011
Name From To P W D L Win%[a]
Jim Jefferies 1 June 2011 1 August 2011 3 0 2 1 000.00
Paulo Sérgio 2 August 2011 19 May 2012 47 21 10 16 044.68
  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

Club

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Management

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Hearts started the season under the stewardship of Jim Jefferies but after only three games on 1 August 2011, he was removed from his post as manager by owner Vladimir Romanov.[63] Jefferies was offered a new role at Hearts of Director of football which he turned down next day,[64] marking his departure along with coach Billy Brown for the second time. Paulo Sérgio was appointed as the new manager the same day.[65][66]

Playing kit

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Hearts continue with Umbro as their kit manufacture for the 5th consecutive season, with Wonga.com[67] replacing Ukio Bankas as sponsor having signed a two-year deal with Hearts.

Transfers

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Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2011 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2011–12

Hearts first transfer activity over the summer came on 25 May with the announcement that Jamie Hamill, John Sutton and Danny Grainger had all signed three-year contracts.[68] The following day they announced the departure of three first team players, Jamie Mole, Dawid Kucharski and Paul Mulrooney. Along with six youth players who were not offered new contracts.[69] Mehdi Taouil became Hearts fourth signing of the new season with Jonathan Brown, Rubén Palazuelos and Ismael Bouzid also leaving on freedom of contract. After featuring during pre-season and with only two days remaining before the season started Hearts accepted a bid of £1.5 Million for Lee Wallace from Rangers. Hearts had refused previous bids from Rangers for the player.[70] That completed the transfer activity under Jim Jefferies. New manager Sergio made one transfer deal before the close of the summer transfer window with Callum Tapping joining Hearts from Tottenham.[71]

See also

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