The 2011–12 TSV 1860 Munich season started on 17 July 2011 and finished on 6 May 2012. 1860 Munich finished the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga in sixth place and were eliminated in the second round of the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal.
Competitions
2. Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga review
July
1860 Munich started their season on 17 July 2011 with a 3–1 loss to Eintracht Braunschweig in the 2. Bundesliga. Kevin Volland scored for 1860 Munich. Dennis Kruppke, Nico Zimmermann, and Domi Kumbela scored for Eintracht Braunschweig. Stefan Buck was sent–off during the match. 1860 Munich finished matchday one in 16th place. On 23 July 2011, 1860 Munich's first home match was against Karlsruher SC. 1860 Munich won the match 2–1 with goals from Christopher Schindler and Stefan Aigner. 1860 Munich finished matchday two in 10th place.
August
1860 Munich started August with a 5–0 win against Energie Cottbus in Cottbus. 1860 Munich got goals from Stefan Aigner, Kevin Volland, Daniel Halfar, an own goal from Uwe Hünemeier, and a goal from Benjamin Lauth. Sebastian Maier made his 2. Bundesliga debut. 1860 Munich finished matchday three in fourth place. on 14 August 2011, 1860 Munich defeated Erzgebirge Aue 4–0 with two goals from Daniel Halfar and a goal each from Benjamin Lauth and Manuel Schäffler. 1860 Munich finished matchday four in second place. On 19 August 2011 (matchday five), 1860 Munich lost 3–1 to Fortuna Düsseldorf. Benjamin Lauth scored from a penalty shot for 1860 Munich and Fortuna Düsseldorf got goals from Sascha Rösler, who scored from a penalty shot, Andreas Lambertz, and Maximilian Beister. 1860 Munich finished matchday five in seventh place. 1860 Munich finished August with a 3–1 win against Union Berlin on 28 August 2011 (matchday six). 1860 Munich got two goals from Kevin Volland and a goal from Stefan Aigner and Union Berlin got their goal from John Mosquera. 1860 Munich finished matchday six in fifth place.
September
1860 Munich started September with a 4–2 loss to FC St. Pauli, which took place on 11 September 2011 (matchday seven). 1860 Munich took a 2–0 lead with a penalty shot from Benjamin Lauth and an own goal from Kevin Schindler. However, FC St. Pauli got a goal from Marius Ebbers, a goal from Sebastian Schachten, and two goals from Max Kruse to win 4–2. 1860 Munich dropped down to seventh place. On 18 September 2011 (matchday eight), 1860 Munich defeated FSV Frankfurt 4–0 with a goal from Stefan Aigner, two goals from Kevin Volland and an own goal from Alexander Huber. 1860 Munich moved up to sixth place. The 125th Bavarian Derby took place on 25 September 2011 (matchday nine). 1860 Munich lost 2–0 to Greuther Fürth. Christopher Nöthe and Bernd Nehrig scored for Greuther Fürth. Kai Bülow (1860 Munich) was sent–off during the match. 1860 Munich finished matchday nine in sixth place.
October
1860 Munich started October with a 4–2 loss to Dynamo Dresden. The match took place on 2 October 2011. Daniel Bierofka scored both of 1860 Munich's season. Dynamo Dresden got three goals from Mickael Poté and a goal from Romain Bregerie. With the win, Dynamo Dresden picked up their first 3 points away from home. Stefan Buck was sent–off. 1860 Munich finished matchday 10 in seventh place. 1860 Munich faced Hansa Rostock on 14 October 2011. Hansa Rostock defeated 1860 Munich 2–0. Dominic Peitz and Matthias Holst scored for Hansa Rostock. 1860 Munich dropped down to ninth place. On 21 October 2011, the match between 1860 Munich and SC Paderborn 07 finished in a 1–1 draw. Kevin Volland scored for 1860 Munich and Florian Mohr for SC Paderborn 07. 1860 Munich finished matchday 12 by remaining in ninth place. 1860 Munich finished October with a 3–0 win against MSV Duisburg. The match took place on 30 October 2011. Daniel Bierofka, Sandro Kaiser, and Kevin Volland scored for 1860 Munich. The win for 1860 Munich finished their four–match winless streak. 1860 Munich finished matchday 13 by moving up to seventh place.