2011–12 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season
| 2011–12 season | |||
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| Chairman | Steve Morgan OBE | ||
| Manager | Mick McCarthy (until 13 February) Terry Connor (from 24 February) | ||
| Premier League | 20th (relegated) | ||
| FA Cup | 3rd round | ||
| League Cup | 4th round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Steven Fletcher (12) All: Steven Fletcher (12) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 27,494 (vs Manchester United, 18 March 2012) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 7,749 (vs Millwall, 20 September 2011) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 25,682 | ||
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The 2011–12 season was the 113th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the Premier League, the highest level of English football, for a third consecutive season. The previous season had seen them narrowly survive on the final day, ending one point above the relegation zone after having occupied a place in it for much of the campaign.
After a poor season, the club were relegated to the Football League Championship, ending in 20th place. Their relegation was confirmed on 22 April with three games to spare. The team won just one of their final 24 games, and set a new club record of failing to keep a clean sheet in 30 consecutive league games.
Mick McCarthy began the campaign as the club's manager for a sixth campaign, but was sacked on 13 February 2012 after a 1–5 defeat to local rivals West Bromwich Albion. After searching for a new permanent successor for eleven days, the club opted to hand assistant manager Terry Connor the managerial post for the rest of the season. However, he failed to win any of his thirteen games in charge.
This season opened with the capacity of Molineux reduced due to the ongoing rebuilding of the new Stan Cullis Stand (North Bank) making it unavailable for use. The bottom tier of the new two-tiered structure was completed by mid-September to increase the stadium capacity to over 27,000.