2011–12 Feyenoord season

Feyenoord
2011–12 season
Chairman	Dick van Well
Manager	Ronald Koeman
Stadium	De Kuip
Eredivisie	2nd
KNVB Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: John Guidetti (20); All: John Guidetti (20)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was Feyenoord's 104th season of play, it was their 56th season in the Eredivisie and its 90th consecutive season in the highest Dutch football division. They ended their league campaign in second place, after winning ten of the last eleven games of the season. They reached the third round of the KNVB Cup. It was the first season with Ronald Koeman, who signed as manager of Feyenoord^[1] after former manager Mario Been resigned on 13 July 2011^[2] due to a lack of trust from the squad.^[3]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Eredivisie	—	Runner-up	5 August 2011	6 May 2012
KNVB Cup	2nd round	3rd round	20 September 2011	27 October 2011

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	23	7	4	93	36	+57	76	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Feyenoord	34	21	7	6	70	37	+33	70	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	PSV	34	21	6	7	87	47	+40	69	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
4	AZ	34	19	8	7	64	35	+29	65	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
5	Heerenveen	34	18	10	6	79	59	+20	64	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b PSV qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 KNVB Cup. As they finished third in the league, all Europa League berths and play-off places were moved down one spot from the original scheme.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	7	6	70	37	+33	70	12	3	2	39	15	+24	9	4	4	31	22	+9

Source: Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	3	2	3	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	8	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2011 (2011-08-05)	Excelsior	0 – 2	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
		Report	55' Fernandez 71' (o.g.) Van Steensel	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,518 Referee: Vink

13 August 2011 (2011-08-13)	Feyenoord	3 – 0	Roda JC	Rotterdam
	Cabral 12', 54' Fer 48'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Kuipers

21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)	Heracles Almelo	1 – 1	Feyenoord	Almelo
	Plet 63'	Report	78' Fernandez	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Wiedemeijer

28 August 2011 (2011-08-28)	Feyenoord	2 – 2	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
	Fer 33' Cabral 57'	Report	26' (pen.) Dost 47' Assaidi	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Braamhaar

11 September 2011 (2011-09-11)	NAC Breda	1 – 3	Feyenoord	Breda
	Schilder 7'	Report	37' Bakkal 60' El Ahmadi 87' (pen.) Guidetti	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Van Hulten

17 September 2011 (2011-09-17)	Feyenoord	4 – 0	De Graafschap	Rotterdam
	Schaken 47' Guidetti 59' (pen.) Leerdam 67' Fernandez 79' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Wiedemeijer

25 September 2011 (2011-09-25)	AZ	2 – 1	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
	Elm 60' Holman 85'	Report	36' Bakkal	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,733 Referee: Van Boekel

2 October 2011 (2011-10-02)	Feyenoord	0 – 3	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam
		Report	15', 45' Verhoek 53' Chery	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Vink

16 October 2011 (2011-10-16)	Feyenoord	4 – 0	VVV-Venlo	Rotterdam
	Guidetti 31' (pen.), 50' (pen.) El Ahmadi 52' Van Haaren 83'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Gözübüyük

23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)	Ajax	1 – 1	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
	Vertonghen 67'	Report	61' De Vrij	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 52,316 Referee: Nijhuis

30 October 2011 (2011-10-30)	FC Groningen	6 – 0	Feyenoord	Groningen
	Tadić 1' Kieftenbeld 16' Andersson 18' Bacuna 57' Van Dijk 89' Suk 90'	Report		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Kuipers

5 November 2011 (2011-11-05)	Feyenoord	0 – 1	N.E.C.	Rotterdam
		Report	7' Van der Velden	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Van Sichem

20 November 2011 (2011-11-20)	Vitesse Arnhem	0 – 4	Feyenoord	Arnhem
		Report	4', 42' Guidetti 32' Clasie 56' Cissé	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,039 Referee: Nijhuis

27 November 2011 (2011-11-27)	RKC Waalwijk	1 – 2	Feyenoord	Waalwijk
	Ten Voorde 36'	Report	76' Guidetti 83' Cabral	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Blom

4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)	Feyenoord	2 – 0	PSV	Rotterdam
	Cissé 41' Schaken 50'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Kuipers

11 December 2011 (2011-12-11)	FC Utrecht	2 – 2	Feyenoord	Utrecht
	Bovenberg 31' Duplan 51'	Report	2' Guidetti 66' Cabral	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Vink

18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)	Feyenoord	3 – 2	FC Twente	Rotterdam
	Guidetti 8', 43', 44'	Report	56' Chadli 66' De Jong	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Liesveld

22 January 2012 (2012-01-22)	VVV-Venlo	2 – 1	Feyenoord	Venlo
	Linssen 40' Vorstermans 45'	Report	12' Martins Indi	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Makkelie

29 January 2012 (2012-01-29)	Feyenoord	4 – 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
	Guidetti 30' (pen.), 41', 83' Bakkal 50'	Report	18' Eriksen 80' Bulykin	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kuipers

5 February 2012 (2012-02-05)	N.E.C.	0 – 2	Feyenoord	Nijmegen
		Report	6' Bakkal 48' Fernandez	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 11,687 Referee: Boucaut

12 February 2012 (2012-02-12)	Feyenoord	3 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Rotterdam
	Guidetti 12', 31' (pen.), 83'	Report	41' (pen.) Hofs	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Gözübüyük

18 February 2012 (2012-02-18)	Feyenoord	1 – 1	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
	Guidetti 77' (pen.)	Report	87' Braber	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Makkelie

26 February 2012 (2012-02-26)	PSV	3 – 2	Feyenoord	Eindhoven
	Toivonen 44' Mertens 66' Labyad 85'	Report	71', 79' Fernandez	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Liesveld

4 March 2012 (2012-03-04)	Feyenoord	1 – 0	FC Groningen	Rotterdam
	Clasie 44'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Van Hulten

11 March 2012 (2012-03-11)	Feyenoord	1 – 1	FC Utrecht	Rotterdam
	Bakkal 6'	Report	59' Van der Gun	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Van Boekel

18 March 2012 (2012-03-18)	FC Twente	0 – 2	Feyenoord	Enschede
		Report	Röseler 49' (o.g.) Cissé 86'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Blom

25 March 2012 (2012-03-25)	De Graafschap	0 – 3	Feyenoord	Doetinchem
		Report	71' Guidetti 77' Schaken 90+3' Cissé	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Kuipers

31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)	Feyenoord	3 – 1	NAC Breda	Rotterdam
	Bakkal 3' Schaken 32' Cissé 43'	Report	19' Bayram	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Nijhuis

11 April 2012 (2012-04-11)	Roda JC	0 – 0	Feyenoord	Kerkrade
		Report		Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 17,029 Referee: Liesveld

14 April 2012 (2012-04-14)	Feyenoord	3 – 0	Excelsior	Rotterdam
	Guidetti 8' Clasie 49' Cabral 58'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Van Boekel

22 April 2012 (2012-04-22)	ADO Den Haag	1 – 2	Feyenoord	The Hague
	Immers 89' (pen.)	Report	46' Schaken 70' Fernandez	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 13,248 Referee: Vink

29 April 2012 (2012-04-29)	Feyenoord	1 – 0	AZ	Rotterdam
	Bakkal 54'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Braamhaar

2 May 2012 (2012-05-02)	Feyenoord	4 – 1	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
	Bakkal 11' Cabral 53' Cissé 64' Schaken 65'	Report	72' Overtoom	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 51,777 Referee: Bossen

6 May 2012 (2012-05-06)	SC Heerenveen	2 – 3	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
	Dost 56' Van La Parra 85'	Report	60' Bakkal 69' Cissé 71' Manu	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Kuipers

KNVB Cup

20 September 2011 (2011-09-20) Second round	Feyenoord	4 – 0	AGOVV	Rotterdam
	Cissé 14' El Ahmadi 39' Bakkal 51' Achahbar 68'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Liesveld

27 October 2011 (2011-10-27) Third round	Go Ahead Eagles	2 – 1	Feyenoord	Deventer
	Suk 7' Kolder 58' (pen.)	Report	88' Vlaar	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 6,493 Referee: Braamhaar

Player details

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Friendly
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
17	GK	NED	Erwin Mulder	41	0	34	0	0	0	7	0
1	GK	BRA	Darley	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	GK	GRE	Kostas Lamprou	9	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
29	GK	NED	Ronald Graafland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	BEL	Gill Swerts	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	NED	Stefan de Vrij	33	2	22	1	2	0	9	1
4	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar	38	2	26	0	2	1	10	1
5	DF	NED	Bruno Martins Indi	31	2	21	1	2	0	8	1
7	DF	NED	Kelvin Leerdam	34	3	23	1	1	0	10	2
14	DF	NED	Kaj Ramsteijn	15	0	6	0	1	0	8	0
18	DF	NED	Miquel Nelom	22	1	13	0	0	0	9	1
21	DF	ESP	Daniel Fernández	9	0	5	0	1	0	3	0
24	DF	NED	Mats van Huijgevoort	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	NED	Bart Schenkeveld	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	DF	NED	Matthew Steenvoorden	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF	NED	Terence Kongolo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF	MAR	Karim El Ahmadi	34	7	24	2	2	1	8	4
8	MF	NED	Otman Bakkal	25	6	21	5	2	1	2	0
8	MF	NED	Leroy Fer	7	3	0	0	0	0	7	3
15	MF	RSA	Kamohelo Mokotjo	28	2	18	0	2	0	8	2
16	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie	35	2	25	2	0	0	10	0
26	MF	NED	Ricky van Haaren	17	4	8	1	1	0	8	3
33	MF	NED	Tonny Vilhena	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
28	MF	NED	Adil Auassar	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
9	FW	NED	Guyon Fernandez	27	12	15	6	2	0	10	6
10	FW	SWE	John Guidetti	25	23	23	20	0	0	2	3
11	FW	NED	Jerson Cabral	35	7	23	5	2	0	10	2
20	FW	NED	Anass Achahbar	8	1	4	0	2	1	2	0
22	FW	NED	Diego Biseswar	8	4	0	0	1	0	7	4
23	FW	CIV	Sekou Cissé	23	7	15	3	2	1	6	3
27	FW	NED	Ruben Schaken	42	9	32	6	1	0	9	3
28	FW	NED	Elvis Manu	6	2	4	1	0	0	2	1
30	FW	NED	Shabir Isoufi	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Koeman trainer Feyenoord". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
^ "Been vertrekt per direct bij Feyenoord". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
^ "Ook nieuwkomers stemden voor vertrek Been". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[table_note_res_ECP0.76483372960465-4] PSV qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 KNVB Cup. As they finished third in the league, all Europa League berths and play-off places were moved down one spot from the original scheme.

[1] "Koeman trainer Feyenoord". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[2] "Been vertrekt per direct bij Feyenoord". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[3] "Ook nieuwkomers stemden voor vertrek Been". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

v t e Feyenoord Rotterdam
Players (Internationals) History Europe Academy & Reserves Seasons All articles
Teams	I. Feyenoord 1 (Men's first team) II. Feyenoord Vrouwen (Women's first team) III. Feyenoord U21 (Men's reserves) IV. SC Feyenoord (Men's amateurs)
Stadia	Afrikaanderplein (1908–1917) Kromme Zandweg (1917–1937) De Kuip (1937–present)
Training ground	Varkenoord
Academy	Feyenoord Academy
Tournaments	Feyenoord Tournament (1978–1991) Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament (2008)
Rivalries	De Klassieker Rotterdam derby
Supporters	Het Legioen S.C.F
Culture	Battle of Beverwijk Big Three Nail bombs incident Olli Rotterdam riots "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Media	Roffa That One Word – Feyenoord
Affiliates	Dordrecht Lion City Sailors Orange County SC Tigres Urawa Red Diamonds West African Football Academy
Other sports	Basketball Field hockey Futsal Handball
Seasons	1973–74 1983–84 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25