2011–12 Wigan Athletic F.C. season
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The 2011–12
2011–12 in English football
The 2011–12 season is the 132nd season of competitive football in England.The season began on 5 August 2011 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier starting eight days later, League Football Conference Starting one day before Premier League starts.The Championship, League One, and League Two...

English football season is Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...

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their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. They will also compete in the Carling Cup
2011–12 Football League Cup
The 2011–12 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, is the 52nd season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs...

 and the FA Cup
2011–12 FA Cup
The 2011–12 FA Cup will be the 131st season of the world's oldest association football knock-out competition. The closing date for applications was 1 April 2011, and saw 825 clubs apply to enter...

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Pre season

Premier League

League Cup

Captains

Squad

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Top Scorers

Position Nation Number Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
FW   9 Franco Di Santo
Franco di Santo
Franco Matías di Santo is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic.- Audax Italiano :Di Santo began his club career in the Chilean team Audax Italiano. In the 2006–07 season he scored 26 goals in 76 matches, including one goal in six matches in the Copa Libertadores...

4 0 0 4
MF   8 Ben Watson
Ben Watson
Ben Watson may refer to:*Ben Watson , , English footballer with Wigan Athletic*Ben Watson , English footballer with Eastbourne Borough...

2 0 1 3
MF   21 Mohamed Diamé
Mohamed Diamé
Mohamed Diamé, also known as Momo Diamé, is a French-born Senegalese international footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League, as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:...

2 0 0 2
MF   14 Jordi Gómez 2 0 0 2
DF   5 Gary Caldwell
Gary Caldwell
Gary Robert Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who is currently the captain of Wigan Athletic and also plays for the Scotland national football team....

1 0 0 1
MF   7 Albert Crusat 1 0 0 1
Totals 12 0 1 13

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 November 2011
Number Nation Position Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
2   DF Steve Gohouri  1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
5   DF Gary Caldwell
Gary Caldwell
Gary Robert Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who is currently the captain of Wigan Athletic and also plays for the Scotland national football team....

 
5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3   DF Antolín Alcaraz
Antolin Alcaraz
Antolín Alcaraz Viveros is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League, as a central defender.-Club career:...

 
3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
21   MF Mohamed Diamé
Mohamed Diamé
Mohamed Diamé, also known as Momo Diamé, is a French-born Senegalese international footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League, as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:...

 
2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14   MF Jordi Gómez  2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4   MF James McCarthy  2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9   FW Franco Di Santo
Franco di Santo
Franco Matías di Santo is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic.- Audax Italiano :Di Santo began his club career in the Chilean team Audax Italiano. In the 2006–07 season he scored 26 goals in 76 matches, including one goal in six matches in the Copa Libertadores...

 
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31   DF Maynor Figueroa
Maynor Figueroa
Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez is a Honduran footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Wigan Athletic.-Club career:...

 
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   MF David Jones  1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   DF Adrián López
Adrián López Rodríguez
Adrián López Rodríguez , also known as Piscu, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in England, as a defender.-Club career:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11   MF Victor Moses
Victor Moses
Victor Moses is a footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic. Moses can play in a variety of positions, but in the first-team games he has taken part in so far, Moses has mostly played as a left winger...

 
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18   FW Conor Sammon
Conor Sammon
Conor Sammon is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Wigan Athletic....

 
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23   DF Ronnie Stam  1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8   MF Ben Watson
Ben Watson
Ben Watson may refer to:*Ben Watson , , English footballer with Wigan Athletic*Ben Watson , English footballer with Eastbourne Borough...

 
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 23 1 0 0 0 0 23 1

Suspensions served

Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
24 September 2011 3 Steve Gohouri  Sent off vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

 
Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 (A), Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

 (H), Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

 (A)
29 October 2011 1 Gary Caldwell
Gary Caldwell
Gary Robert Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who is currently the captain of Wigan Athletic and also plays for the Scotland national football team....

 
Reached five yellow cards Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

 (A)
7 November 2011 3 Antolín Alcaraz
Antolin Alcaraz
Antolín Alcaraz Viveros is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League, as a central defender.-Club career:...

 
FA Charge - Spitting offense Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

 (H), Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

 (A), Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 (H)

Players in

Player From Fee
  Ali Al-Habsi
Ali Al-Habsi
Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi , born December 30, 1981 in Muscat) is an Omani professional association football player. He currently plays in the Premier League as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic, having played previously for Bolton Wanderers and Lyn Oslo....

  Bolton
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

£4m
  David Jones Free Agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Free
  Nouha Dicko
Nouha Dicko
Nouha Dicko is a French professional footballer who plays Wigan Athletic of the Premier League, as a winger or striker.-Early and personal life:Dicko was born on 14 May 1992 in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, a commune in the suburbs of Paris...

  Strasbourg
RC Strasbourg
Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace...

Free
  Albert Crusat   Almeria
UD Almería
Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1989 as Almería Club de Fútbol, it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, with a 22,000-seat...

Undisclosed
  Shaun Maloney
Shaun Maloney
Shaun Richard Maloney is a Scottish footballer who plays for English club Wigan Athletic in the Premier League and for the Scotland national team. He plays on either Wing or as a Striker and occasionally as an Attacking Midfielder...

  Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

£1M
  Patrick van Aanholt
Patrick van Aanholt
Patrick John Miguel van Aanholt is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Wigan Athletic, on loan from Chelsea as a left back.-Chelsea:...

  Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

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Players out

Player To Fee
  Jason Koumas
Jason Koumas
Jason Koumas is a Welsh professional footballer who is currently a free agent after being released by Wigan Athletic. Formerly of Tranmere Rovers, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion, he is a former Welsh international...

Unattached Released
  Steven Caldwell
Steven Caldwell
Steven Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who plays for Birmingham City as a defender. His younger brother Gary is also a defender and Scotland international.-Newcastle United:...

  Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

Free
  Antonio Amaya
Antonio Amaya
Antonio Amaya Carazo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis as a central defender.-Early years / Rayo Vallecano:Born in the Spanish capital of Madrid, Amaya began his football career at local San Cristóbal de los Ángeles...

  Real Betis
Real Betis
Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 12 September 1907, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín....

Undisclosed
  Daniël de Ridder
Daniël de Ridder
Daniël Robin Frederick de Ridder is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich. He has previously played for Ajax, Celta Vigo, Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic as a forward, winger or attacking midfielder....

  Grasshopper Released
  Joseph Holt Unattached Released
  Daniel Lambert Unattached Released
  Thomas Oakes Unattached Released
  Abian Serrano Davila Unattached Released
  Charles N'Zogbia
Charles N'Zogbia
Charles N'Zogbia is a French footballer who plays for Aston Villa in the Premier League. N'Zogbia was capped for the France under-21 team on thirteen occasions, and made his debut for the senior side in 2010....

  Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

£9.5 million
  Román Golobart
Román Golobart
Román Golobart Benet is a Spanish professional footballer currently playing for Inverness in the Scottish Premier League on loan from Wigan Athletic...

  Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from Inverness who compete in the Scottish Premier League. They are currently managed by Terry Butcher and assistant manager Maurice Malpas...

Five-month loan
  Callum McManaman
Callum McManaman
Callum Henry McManaman is an English footballer who plays for Blackpool on loan from Wigan Athletic, as a striker. He is also a distant relative of former Liverpool player Steve McManaman.-Club career:...

  Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

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