The 2011–12 Montpellier HSC season was the 38th professional season of the club since its creation in 1974. In that season, the club was won its first Ligue 1 title, finishing the season with 82 points, three points ahead of runners-up

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. On 20 May 2012, in a game marred by stoppages for crowd violence,

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scored a brace to secure a 2–1 victory over Auxerre and win the Ligue 1 title for Montpellier.

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, 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-Germain attacker

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, he was named the league's top scorer by the Ligue de Football Professionnel due to finishing with more goals in open play.

Players

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—countries in Africa, the

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, and the

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that are signatories to the

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—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the

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Current squad

''As of August 4, 2011.''

Out on loan

Transfers

Summer in

Summer out

Winter out

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

References

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Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

French football championship-winning seasons