2011-12 A-League
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| Season | 2011–12 |
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| Champions | Brisbane Roar (2nd title) |
| Premiers | Central Coast Mariners (2nd title) |
| Champions League |
Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar |
| Matches played | 135 |
| Goals scored | 365 (2.7 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Besart Berisha (19 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Mathew Ryan |
| Biggest home win |
Brisbane Roar 7–1 Adelaide United (28 October 2011) |
| Biggest away win |
Adelaide United 0–4 Central Coast Mariners (2 December 2011) Sydney FC 0–4 Melbourne Heart (29 December 2011) |
| Highest scoring |
Brisbane Roar 7–1 Adelaide United (28 October 2011) Perth Glory 4–2 Melbourne Victory (24 March 2012) |
| Longest winning run | Central Coast Mariners (6) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Central Coast Mariners (15) |
| Longest winless run | Gold Coast United (13) |
| Longest losing run |
Brisbane Roar Gold Coast United (5) |
| Highest attendance | 40,351 |
| Lowest attendance | 1,141 |
| Average attendance | 10,488 |
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2012–13 →
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The 2011–12 A-League was the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons.
The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)
Updated to games played on 25 March 2012..
Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2012 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
The 2011–12 season saw each team play 27 games, host 13 and play 1 regional game over 25 rounds. On 4 January, over 11 hours of soccer was broadcast with all matches aired back to back starting in Wellington and ending in Perth. The season began on 8 October 2011 and concluded on 22 April 2012. All times are local unless otherwise stated.
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