2011–12 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier
2011–12 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	René Girard
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	1st
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals; (vs Gazélec Ajaccio)
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16; (vs Lorient)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Olivier Giroud (21); All: ; Olivier Giroud (25)
Highest home attendance	27,649 vs Lille (12 May 2012)
Lowest home attendance	4,787 vs Lorient (26 October 2011)
Average home league attendance	17,492
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

In that , 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-Germaier 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

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

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

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

Summer in

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

Summer out

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

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

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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:

^ ^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


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

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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

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

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

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

[table_note_res_ELGS0.28218600073931-8] 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.

[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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