2011–12 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
2011–12 season
ChairmanDatuk Chan Tien Ghee
ManagerMalky Mackay
StadiumCardiff City Stadium
Championship6th
FA Cup3rd Round
(eliminated by West Bromwich Albion)
Football League CupRunners-up
(by Liverpool)
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Whittingham (12)
All: Peter Whittingham (13)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 25,109 vs. Leeds United, 21 April 2012
All: 25,652 vs. Crystal Palace, 24 January 2012
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 20,366 vs. Hull City, 13 March 2012
All: 6,829 vs. Huddersfield Town, 23 August 2011
Average home league attendanceLeague: 22,139
All: 22,139

The 2011–12 season was Cardiff City's 85th in the Football League after joining in 1920. Cardiff were in their eighth consecutive season in the second tier of English football. They failed to gain promotion the previous year after being knocked out of the play-off semi-finals by Reading. During the season, Cardiff reached the Football League Cup final, however their first final in the competition ended in defeat against Liverpool.

Events of season

New manager Malky Mackay signed from Watford, also led Cardiff to their first Football League Cup final
May
  • 30 May – Dave Jones' contract was terminated after an end of season review[1]
June
  • 3 June – Cardiff City reach agreement with PMG over their debt, as a result Mike Hall will join the board.[2]
  • 11 June – Any disciplinary action taken against Cardiff City, will be solved by The Football Association with representatives of the Football Association of Wales sitting on the panel.[3]
  • 14 June – Cardiff holds talks with former England and Newcastle United captain, Alan Shearer for the managers job.[4]
  • 15 June – Shearer rejects offer to become new manager.[5] Watford refuse permission for Cardiff to speak to their manager Malky Mackay.[6]
  • 16 June – Watford give Cardiff permission to speak to Malky Mackay after a discussion within their board.[7]
  • 17 June – Malky Mackay signs a three-year contract as manager, paying Watford an undisclosed fee for his services.[8]
  • 21 June – Former Dundee United winger, Craig Conway agrees terms and will complete medical within the following week.[9]
  • 23 June – Cardiff open talks with Dundee United over a possible move for 22-year-old striker, David Goodwillie.[10]
  • 28 June – Assistant manager, Terry Burton, First Team coach, Paul Wilkinson and Fitness coach, Alex Armstrong are all placed on gardening leave until the end of their contracts.[11]
  • 30 June – David Kerslake, Joe McBride and Richard Collinge join the back-room staff. Kerslake joins as assistant manager, whilst McBride joins as First-team coach and Collinge joins as Head of Performance[12]
July
August
September
October
  • 22 October – Chief Executive Gethin Jenkins steps down from his position.[35]
November
January
February
  • 22 February - Malky Mackay signs a three and a half-year contract extension, keeping him at the club till June 2016.[41]

Championship Data

Main article: 2011-12 Football League Championship

Standings

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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
46 19 18 9 66 53  +13 75 11 7 5 37 29  +8 8 11 4 29 24  +5

Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: [1]

Result round by round

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Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Malaysia

Home
Home Alternate
Away
Away Alternate
Alternative
GK Home
GK Away
GK Alternate

Last updated: 11 September 2012.
Source: [citation needed]

Squad

No. Name Position (s) Nationality Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club caps Club goals Int. caps Int. goals Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 David Marshall GK Scotland Glasgow (1985-03-05)5 March 1985 (aged 27) 65 0 5 0 Norwich City 12 May 2009 £500,000 30 June 2013
22 Tom Heaton GK England Chester (1986-04-15)15 April 1986 (aged 26) 54 0 – – Manchester United 16 June 2010 Free 30 June 2012
29 Elliot Parish GK England Northampton (1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 22) – – – – Aston Villa 3 January 2012 Free 30 June 2013
30 Jordan Santiago GK Canada Calgary (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 21) – – – – Academy 1 June 2010 Trainee 1 July 2012
Defenders
2 Kevin McNaughton RB/LB/CB Scotland Dundee (1982-08-28)28 August 1982 (aged 29) 207 2 4 0 Aberdeen 26 May 2006 Free 30 June 2013
3 Andrew Taylor LB/LM England Hartlepool (1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 25) – – – – Middlesbrough 4 July 2011 Free 30 June 2014
5 Mark Hudson CB England Guildford (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 30) 79 2 – – Charlton Athletic 2 July 2009 £1,075,000 30 June 2014
6 Anthony Gerrard CB England Liverpool (1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 26) 49 2 – – Walsall 2 July 2009 £200,000 30 June 2013
12 Dekel Keinan CB Israel Rosh HaNikra (1984-09-15)15 September 1984 (aged 27) 20 2 20 0 Blackpool 21 January 2011 £300,000 30 June 2013
14 Paul Quinn RB/CB Scotland Wishaw (1985-07-21)21 July 1985 (aged 26) 56 1 – – Motherwell 4 June 2009 £300,000 30 June 2012
18 Lee Naylor LB England Bloxwich (1980-03-19)19 March 1980 (aged 32) 31 2 – – Celtic 19 August 2010 Free 30 June 2012
21 Jonathan Meades LB/LM Wales Cardiff (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 20) – – – – Academy 1 June 2009 Trainee 30 June 2012
23 Darcy Blake CB/RB/DM Wales New Tredegar (1998-12-13)13 December 1998 (aged 13) 90 0 2 0 Academy 1 June 2005 Trainee 30 June 2014
25 Ben Turner CB England Birmingham (1988-08-21)21 August 1988 (aged 23) – – – – Coventry City 31 August 2011 £750,000 30 June 2014
31 Alex Evans CB Wales Blackwood (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 21) – – – – Academy 1 June 2011 Trainee 30 June 2012
Midfielders
4 Filip Kiss DM/RM Slovakia Dunajská Streda (1990-10-13)13 October 1990 (aged 21) – – – – Slovan Bratislava 21 July 2011 Loan 30 June 2012
7 Peter Whittingham CM/LM/RM England Nuneaton (1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 27) 211 55 – – Aston Villa 11 January 2007 £350,000 30 June 2014
8 Don Cowie RM/CM Scotland Inverness (1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 29) – – 3 0 Watford 1 July 2011 Free 30 June 2014
11 Craig Conway LW/RW Scotland Irvine (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 27) – – 2 0 Dundee United 23 June 2011 Free 30 June 2014
13 Liam Lawrence LM/CM Republic of Ireland Retford England (1981-12-13)13 December 1981 (aged 30) – – 15 2 Portsmouth 2 March 2012 Loan 30 May 2012
17 Aron Gunnarsson DM/RB Iceland Akureyri (1988-04-22)22 April 1988 (aged 24) – – 23 0 Coventry City 8 July 2011 £350,000 30 June 2014
24 Solomon Taiwo CM/RM Nigeria Lagos (1985-04-29)29 April 1985 (aged 27) 10 0 – – Dagenham & Redbridge 25 August 2009 £250,000 30 June 2012
27 Kadeem Harris LW/RW England London (1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 19) – – – – Wycombe Wanderers 30 January 2012 £150,000 30 June 2016
28 Aaron Wildig CM/LM England Hereford (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 20) 21 1 – – Academy 15 April 2009 Trainee 30 June 2012
32 Ibrahim Farah CM Wales Cardiff (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 20) – – – – Academy 1 June 2011 Trainee 30 June 2012
37 Stephen McPhail CM/LM Republic of Ireland London England (1979-12-09)9 December 1979 (aged 32) 193 3 10 1 Barnsley 13 June 2006 Free 30 June 2013
52 Joe Ralls CM/LM England Aldershot (1993-10-13)13 October 1993 (aged 18) – – – – Academy 30 September 2011 Trainee Undisclosed
Forwards
9 Kenny Miller CF Scotland Edinburgh (1979-12-23)23 December 1979 (aged 32) – – 55 14 Bursaspor 26 July 2011 £870,000 30 June 2013
10 Robert Earnshaw CF/RW Wales Mufulira Zambia (1981-04-06)6 April 1981 (aged 31) 205 105 54 16 Nottingham Forest 6 July 2011 Free 30 June 2013
15 Rudy Gestede CF France Essey-lès-Nancy (1988-11-10)10 November 1988 (aged 23) – – – – Metz 26 July 2011 Free 30 June 2014
16 Jon Parkin CF England Barnsley (1981-01-30)30 January 1981 (aged 31) 13 1 – – Preston North End 1 January 2011 £100,000 30 June 2013
20 Joe Mason CF/LW Republic of Ireland Plymouth England (1991-05-13)13 May 1991 (aged 21) – – – – Plymouth Argyle 10 July 2011 £250,000 30 June 2016
33 Nathaniel Jarvis CF Wales Cardiff (1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 20) – – – – Academy 1 June 2010 Trainee 30 June 2013

Statistics

As of 7 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO David Marshall 48 0 45+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Kevin McNaughton 48 0 41+1 0 0+0 0 4+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Andrew Taylor 52 1 42+0 1 0+0 0 7+1 0 2+0 0
4 MF Slovakia SVK Filip Kiss (on loan from Slovan Bratislava) 33 1 13+13 1 1+0 0 2+3 0 0+1 0
5 DF England ENG Mark Hudson 44 5 38+1 5 0+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England ENG Anthony Gerrard 25 2 18+2 1 1+0 0 3+1 1 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Peter Whittingham 55 13 46+0 12 0+0 0 5+2 1 2+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Don Cowie 53 7 44+0 4 0+0 0 7+0 3 1+1 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Kenny Miller 50 11 41+2 10 0+0 0 4+1 1 2+0 0
10 FW Wales WAL Robert Earnshaw 22 4 8+11 3 1+0 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Craig Conway 38 5 24+7 3 1+0 0 5+1 2 0+0 0
13 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Liam Lawrence (on loan from Portsmouth) 15 1 12+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn 5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW France FRA Rudy Gestede 31 3 5+20 2 1+0 0 4+1 1 0+0 0
17 MF Iceland ISL Aron Gunnarsson 50 5 41+1 5 0+0 0 5+1 0 2+0 0
18 DF England ENG Lee Naylor 6 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
20 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Mason 46 12 24+15 9 0+1 1 4+0 2 2+0 0
21 MF Wales WAL Jonathan Meades 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 GK England ENG Tom Heaton 10 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Wales WAL Darcy Blake 28 0 9+11 0 1+0 0 3+2 0 1+1 0
25 DF England ENG Ben Turner 43 3 36+1 2 0+0 0 4+0 1 2+0 0
27 MF England ENG Kadeem Harris 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 GK England ENG Elliot Parish 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK Canada CAN Jordan Santiago 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF Wales WAL Alex Evans 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Wales WAL Ibrahim Farah 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen McPhail 27 0 11+8 0 1+0 0 3+2 0 1+1 0
38 DF England ENG Adedeji Oshilaja 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF Wales WAL Theo Wharton 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
52 MF England ENG Joe Ralls 14 1 5+5 1 0+0 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
Players currently out on loan:
12 DF Israel ISR Dekel Keinan (at Crystal Palace) 4 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW England ENG Jon Parkin (at Scunthorpe United) 2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
24 MF Nigeria NGA Solomon Taiwo (at Leyton Orient) 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF England ENG Aaron Wildig (at Shrewsbury Town) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Wales WAL Nathaniel Jarvis (at Newport County) 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
Players featured for club who have left:
DF Hungary HUN Gábor Gyepes 2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
MF Slovenia SVN Haris Vučkić (on loan from Newcastle United) 5 1 2+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Starting XI

The following players have been named in the most starting line-ups. This line-up may differ from the list of players with most appearances.
Starting Formation:

Pos. Formation Used
1 4–1–2–1–2 30
2 4–5–1 24
3 4-3-3 1

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
5 DF Mark Hudson England 43 Club captain
2 DF Kevin McNaughton Scotland 4
7 MF Peter Whittingham England 4
14 DF Paul Quinn Scotland 3
37 MF Stephen McPhail Republic of Ireland 3

Last updated: 18 February 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

  • Total spending: Decrease ~ £2,370,000
Notes

1Despite being a free transfer, Cardiff paid £350,000 compensation fee for Gunnarsson because he is under 24.[42]
2Although officially undisclosed, BBC Sport reported the fee to be around £250,000.[15]
3Although officially undisclosed, South Wales Echo reported the fee to be £750,000.[43]
4Although officially undisclosed, South Wales Echo reported the fee to be around £150,000.[44]

Loans in

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
4 MF Filip Kiss Slovakia 21 Slovan Bratislava 21 July 31 May BBC Sport BBC Sport
29 GK Elliot Parish England 21 Aston Villa 23 September 3 January Official Site Sky Sports
19 MF Haris Vučkić Slovenia 19 Newcastle United 10 February 12 March Official site BBC Sport
13 MF Liam Lawrence Republic of Ireland
England		 30 Portsmouth 2 March 21 May Official Site Sky Sports
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

N
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving to
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Apps
 Goals
 Source
27 DF Adam Matthews Wales 19 Transfer Celtic Summer Free 48 1 BBC Sport
11 MF Chris Burke Scotland 27 Contracted Ended Birmingham City Summer Free 121 16 Sky Sports
26 DF Martin John England 22 Contract Ended Free Agent Summer N/A 1 0 Official Site
4 MF Gavin Rae Scotland 33 Contract Ended Dundee Summer Free 153 8 South Wales Echo
8 FW Michael Chopra England 27 Transfer Ipswich Town Summer £1,000,0001 162 65 BBC Sport
9 FW Jay Bothroyd England 28 Contract Ended Queens Park Rangers Summer Free 136 46 BBC Sport
19 DF Gábor Gyepes Hungary 30 Contract Terminated Free Agent Winter Free 74 5 CCFC Official Site

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

  • Total income: Increase ~ £1,000,000
Notes
1The fee was officially believed to be £1.5 million, Ipswich Town manager Paul Jewell revealed the fee to be £1 million.[45]

Loans out

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
33 FW Jarvis Wales 20 Newport County 9 September 25 November Official Site South Wales Echo
16 FW Parkin England 29 Doncaster Rovers 21 September 24 October Sky Sports BBC Sport
28 MF Wildig England 20 Shrewsbury Town 8 November 30 June Official Site
12 DF Keinan Israel 27 Crystal Palace 21 November 7 January Official Site The Sun
16 FW Parkin England 30 Huddersfield Town 23 November 23 January Official Site HTFC Official Site
32 MF Farah Wales 19 Tamworth 24 November 1 January BBC Sport BBC Sport
33 FW Jarvis Wales 20 Newport County 1 January 30 June [5]
24 MF Taiwo Nigeria 27 Leyton Orient 26 January 30 June BBC Sport
16 FW Parkin England 30 Scunthorpe United 31 January 30 June CCFC Official Site
12 DF Keinan Israel 27 Bristol City 22 March 30 May BBC Sport
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Fixtures and results

Pre-season

15 July Friendly Charlton Athletic 0–1 Cardiff City Coria del Río
19:30 CEST Report Gestede 25' Stadium: Guadalquivir
Referee: Barea Gonzalez (Spain)
20 July Friendly Cardiff City 0–1 Scotland Celtic Cardiff
19:45 BST Report Stokes 34' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
23 July Friendly Bournemouth 2–1 Cardiff City Bournemouth
13:00 BST Malone 8'
Lovell 53'		 Report Taylor 58' Stadium: Dean Court
26 July Friendly Yeovil Town 1–1 Cardiff City Yeovil
19:45 BST Ehmer 52' Report 18' Whittingham Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 1,377
30 July Friendly Cardiff City 0–0 Italy Parma Cardiff
15:00 BST report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

Championship

7 August 1 West Ham United 0–1 Cardiff City London
13:00 BST report 90+1' Miller Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 25,680
Referee: Howard Webb
14 August 2 Cardiff City 3–1 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00 BST Hudson 18'
Conway 23'
Earnshaw 36'		 report 82' Maynard Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,639
Referee: Graham Salisbury
17 August 3 Cardiff City 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
19:45 BST Whittingham 90' (pen.) report 39', 63' (pen.) Barnes
87' Hoskins		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 23,013
Referee: Keith Stroud
20 August 4 Burnley 1–1 Cardiff City Burnley
15:00 BST Austin 2' report 40' Earnshaw Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 13,428
Referee: Anthony Bates
27 August 5 Portsmouth 1–1 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 BST Kanu 80' report 76' Taylor Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,354
Referee: Andy Woolmer
10 September 6 Cardiff City 2–0 Doncaster Rovers Cardiff
15:00 BST Gerrard 52'
Earnshaw 70'		 report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,863
Referee: Kevin Wright
17 September 7 Blackpool 1–1 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 BST K Phillips 62' report 49' Cowie Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 12,798
Referee: Jon Moss
25 September 8 Cardiff City 0–0 Leicester City Cardiff
15:00 BST report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,154
Referee: Mark Haywood
28 September 9 Cardiff City 2–1 Southampton Cardiff
19:45 BST Miller 56', 63' report 90+3' De Ridder Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,502
Referee: Philip Gibbs
1 October 10 Hull City 2–1 Cardiff City Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Fryatt 39'
Barmby 71'		 report 62' Ralls Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 18,305
Referee: Colin Webster
15 October 11 Cardiff City 2–2 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00 BST Gestede 19'
Whittingham 72' (pen.)		 report 30' Scotland
52' Chopra		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,809
Referee: Dean Whitestone
18 October 12 Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City Peterborough
19:45 BST Boyd 21'
McCann 24', 87' (pen.)
Taylor 90+2'		 report 6' Cowie
60' Whittingham
79' Gunnarsson		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 6,351
Referee: Nigel Miller
22 October 13 Cardiff City 5–3 Barnsley Cardiff
15:00 BST Miller 10'
Mason 34'
Gunnarsson 38', 71'
Cowie 60'		 report 36' Drinkwater
82' McNulty
86' Vaz Tê		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 20,665
Referee: Scott Mathieson
30 October 14 Leeds United 1–1 Cardiff City Leeds
13:15 BST Snodgrass 73' report 17' Mason Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 20,270
Referee: Phil Dowd
2 November 15 Derby County 0–3 Cardiff City Derby
19:45 GMT report 20' Kiss
62' (og) Kilbane
73' Whittingham		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 23,078
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
5 November 16 Cardiff City 2–0 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:00 GMT Miller 69'
Whittingham 80'		 report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,032
Referee: Steve Rushton
19 November 17 Reading 1–2 Cardiff City Reading
15:00 GMT Kébé 77' report 2' Whittingham
70' Hudson		 Stadium: Madjeski Stadium
Attendance: 20,361
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
22 November 18 Coventry City 1–1 Cardiff City Coventry
19:45 GMT Jutkiewicz 61' report 48' Whittingham Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 12,317
Referee: Darren Drysdale
26 November 19 Cardiff City 1–0 Nottingham Forest Cardiff
15:00 GMT Mason 70' report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,556
Referee: David Phillips
4 December 20 Cardiff City 1–0 Birmingham City Cardiff
12:30 GMT Miller 68' report Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card Davies Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,010
Referee: Anthony Taylor
10 December 21 Millwall 0–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 GMT report Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 11,314
Referee: Gavin Ward
17 December 22 Cardiff City 2–3 Middlesbrough Cardiff
15:00 GMT Turner 23'
Gunnarsson 44'		 report 15' Ogbeche
60' McDonald
76' Haroun		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 23,373
Referee: Graham Salisbury
26 December 23 Watford 1–1 Cardiff City Watford
12:00 GMT Bauben 62' report 80' (og) Mariappa Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 14,604
Referee: Patrick Miller
31 December 24 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Cardiff City Nottingham
15:00 GMT report 59' Miller Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,750
Referee: Andy Woolmer
2 January 25 Cardiff City 3–1 Reading Cardiff
15:00 GMT Mason 13'
Gunnarsson 19'
Miller 36'		 report 45' McAnuff Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 23,655
Referee: Chris Foy
14 January 26 Doncaster Rovers 0–0 Cardiff City Doncaster
15:00 GMT report Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 8,834
Referee: Oliver Langford
21 January 27 Cardiff City 3–2 Portsmouth Cardiff
15:00 GMT Miller 15'
Hudson 69'
Conway 90+2'		 report 39' Futács
49' Halford		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,199
Referee: Steve Tanner
31 January 28 Southampton 1–1 Cardiff City Southampton
19:45 GMT Lambert 57' (pen.) report 36' Conway Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 24,356
Referee: Mark Haywood
4 February 29 Cardiff City 1–3 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00 GMT Mason 59' report 79' K Phillips
83', 90' M Phillips		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,577
Referee: Keith Stroud
11 February 30 Leicester City 2–1 Cardiff City Leicester
15:00 GMT Gallagher 41' (pen.), 71' report 77' (pen.) Whittingham Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Referee: Mark Hasley
14 February 31 Cardiff City 3–1 Peterborough United Cardiff
19:45 GMT Whittingham 34'
Gestede 38'
Vučkić 40'		 report 90' Taylor Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,342
Referee: Michael Naylor
18 February 32 Ipswich Town 3–0 Cardiff City Ipswich
15:00 GMT Martin 21', 73'
Chopra 48'		 report Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,032
Referee: Simon Hooper
25 February Cardiff City –
Postponed due to League Cup Final		 Hull City Cardiff
15:00 GMT Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
4 March 33 Cardiff City 0–2 West Ham United Cardiff
12:45 GMT report 43' Nolan
77' McCartney		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 23,872
Referee: Chris Foy
7 March 34 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Cardiff City Brighton
19:45 GMT Barnes 72'
Vokes 89'		 report 52' Mason
74' Whittingham		 Stadium: AMEX Stadium
Attendance: 18,786
Referee: Roger East
10 March 35 Bristol City 1–2 Cardiff City Bristol
17:20 GMT Stead 52' report 45+3' (og) McManus
87' (og) Cissé		 Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 12,495
Referee: Michael Oliver
13 March 36 Cardiff City 0–3 Hull City Cardiff
19:45 GMT report 6' (og) McNaughton
47' Chester
55' McLean		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 20,366
Referee: Graham Scott
18 March 37 Cardiff City 0–0 Burnley Cardiff
15:00 GMT report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,276
Referee: Iain Williamson
21 March 38 Cardiff City 2–2 Coventry City Cardiff
19:45 GMT McDonald 18' (og)
Whittingham 83'		 report 69' Clarke
90+5' Norwood		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 20,564
Referee: Robert Madley
25 March 39 Birmingham City 1–1 Cardiff City Birmingham
12:00 GMT Huseklepp 68' report 78' Hudson Stadium: St Andrews Stadium
Attendance: 17,704
Referee: Andy D'Urso
31 March 40 Cardiff City 0–0 Millwall Cardiff
12:30 GMT report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,259
Referee: Andrew Bates
7 April 41 Middlesbrough 0–2 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
15:00 BST report 11' Turner
19' Mason		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 17,564
Referee: Kevin Friend
9 April 42 Cardiff City 1–1 Watford Cardiff
15:00 BST Miller 45' report 82' Nosworthy Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,259
Referee: Darren Deadman
14 April 43 Barnsley 0–1 Cardiff City Barnsley
15:00 BST report 69' Lawrence Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,122
Referee: Geoff Eltrigham
17 April 44 Cardiff City 2–0 Derby County Cardiff
19:45 BST Mason 24'
Hudson 63'		 report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,216
Referee: Lee Probert
21 April 45 Cardiff City 1–1 Leeds United Cardiff
12:30 BST Mason 41' report 73' Becchio Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 25,109
Referee: Mark Halsey
28 April 46 Crystal Palace 1–2 Cardiff City London
12:30 BST Zaha 13' report 53' Whittingham
62' Cowie		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,510
Referee: Lee Mason

Championship Play-offs

3 May 1st Leg Cardiff City 0–2
(0–2 agg.)		 West Ham United Cardiff
19:45 BST report 9', 41' Collison Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 23,029
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
7 May 2nd Leg West Ham United 3–0
(5–0 agg.)		 Cardiff City London
16:30 BST Nolan 15'
Vaz Tê 40'
Maynard 90'		 report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,682
Referee: Mike Dean

FA Cup

7 January Round Three West Bromwich Albion 4–2 Cardiff City West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Odemwingie 7'
Cox 33', 61', 90'		 report 36' Earnshaw
50' Mason		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 12,454
Referee: Lee Probert

League Cup

10 August Round One Oxford United 1–3 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Oxford
19:45 BST Clist 30' report 12' Conway
98' Whittingham
120+1' Jarvis		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,435
Referee: Andy D'Urso
23 August Round Two Template:Fb team Cardiff City 5–3 (a.e.t.) Template:Fb team Huddersfield Town Cardiff
19:45 BST Gyepes 16'
Parkin 17'
Cowie 90+3', 117'
Conway 96'		 report 53', 88' Rhodes
70' Ward		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 6,829
Referee: James Linington
21 September Round Three Template:Fb team Cardiff City 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)		 Template:Fb team Leicester City Cardiff
19:45 BST Cowie 33'
Gestede 82'		 report 40' Howard
66' Dyer		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 8,697
Referee: Roger East
Penalties
Naylor soccer ball with check mark
Earnshaw soccer ball with check mark
Cowie soccer ball with check mark
Conway soccer ball with check mark
Kiss soccer ball with check mark
Gestede soccer ball with check mark
Quinn soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Dyer
soccer ball with check mark Howard
soccer ball with check mark Abe
soccer ball with check mark Danns
soccer ball with check mark St Ledger
soccer ball with check mark Paintsil
soccer ball with red X Fernandes
24 October Round Four Template:Fb team Cardiff City 1–0 Template:Fb team Burnley Cardiff
19:45 BST Mason 40' report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 11,601
Referee: Darren Deadman
29 November Quarter Finals Template:Fb team Cardiff City 2–0 Template:Fb team Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
19:45 GMT Miller 19'
Gerrard 50'		 report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 19,436
Referee: Martin Atkinson
10 January Semi-finals 1st leg Template:Fb team Crystal Palace 1–0 Template:Fb team Cardiff City London
20:00 GMT Gardner 43' report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 22,147
Referee: Mike Dean
24 January Semi-finals 2nd leg Template:Fb team Cardiff City 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(3–1 p)		 Template:Fb team Crystal Palace Cardiff
19:45 GMT Gardner 7' (og) report Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 78' McCarthy Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 25,652
Referee: Howard Webb
Penalties
Miller soccer ball with red X
Conway soccer ball with check mark
Gestedesoccer ball with check mark
Whittingham soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Easter
soccer ball with red X Scannell
soccer ball with check mark Jedinak
soccer ball with red X Parr
26 February Final Cardiff City 2-2 (a.e.t.)
(2-3 p)		 Liverpool London
16:00 GMT Mason 19'
Turner 118'		 Report 60' Škrtel
108' Kuyt		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 89,044
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Penalties
Miller soccer ball with red X
Cowie soccer ball with check mark
Gestede soccer ball with red X
Whittingham soccer ball with check mark
Gerrard soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Gerrard
soccer ball with red X Adam
soccer ball with check mark Kuyt
soccer ball with check mark Downing
soccer ball with check mark Johnson

Overall summary

Club staff

Main article: Cardiff City F.C. personnel

Honours

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