Fulham F.C.

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Fulham FC
Full name	Fulham Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Cottagers, The Whites
Founded	1879
Ground	Craven Cottage Fulham London England
Capacity	24,550
Chairman	Mohamed Al-Fayed
Manager	Chris Coleman
League	FA Premier League
2005-06	Premier League, 12th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Fulham Football Club (FFC) are an English football team based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1879, they celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004, and they are in the top tier of English football, The Football Association Premier League. Fulham FC are the oldest professional football team in London, usually considered to have been founded in 1879.^[1]

They spent much time in the Old First Division (Premiership) through the 60s, but are yet to gain any major honours, their only FA Cup final appearance being in 1975. They did win qualification to the UEFA Cup in 2002 by winning the Intertoto Cup, beating Bologna F.C. 1909 5-3 in the final over two legs. In the UEFA Cup, they won through two rounds before being defeated by Hertha Berlin.

They currently play at Craven Cottage, their famous home since 1896, a riverside ground on the banks of the River Thames in Fulham, having spent two years at Loftus Road while Craven Cottage was undergoing renovations to bring it up to Premier League standards. The club achieved their main aim of avoiding relegation for the 2005-06 season, eventually finishing 12th.

The club's training ground is found near to Motspur Park (and was where Chariots of Fire among others was filmed), where the Academy is also situated, including a mini-stadium where the reserves play. The Ladies' team also played the majority of their games here prior to being dissolved in summer 2006.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Amateur days 1.2 Early professional years 1.3 Between the wars 1.4 1946-1969 1.5 1970-1992 2 Recent history 2.1 Wilkins, Keegan, Bracewell & Tigana 2.2 Coleman takes over 3 Current management 4 Rivalries 5 Managers 6 Grounds 7 Honours 8 Statistics 9 Current squad 9.1 Players out on loan 10 Notes 11 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Amateur days

Fulham Football Club started its existence in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School, founded by worshippers at the C of E church on Star Road, West Kensington, which still stands today with a plaque commemorating the team's foundation. They won the West London Amateur Cup in 1887 and, having shortened the name to its present form in 1888, the West London League in 1893 at the first attempt. The club played in red with white sleeves which would later be adopted by Arsenal in this early era, and only found their current ground, Craven Cottage, in 1896.

Years	League
1898-03	Southern League Division 2
1903-07	Southern League Division 1

[edit] Early professional years

They gained professional status on December 12, 1898, in the same year that they were admitted into the Southern League's 2nd division. In 1902-03 they won promotion from this division, entering the Southern League 1st Division. After turning professional, it was a number of years before Fulham gained admission to the national Football League. They eventually did having won the Southern League Championship twice, in 1905-06 and 1906-07.

Fulham's first ever league game, playing in the 2nd Division's 1907-8 season, saw them losing 1-0 at home to Hull City on September 3rd 1907. The first win came a few days later on September 7th 1907 at Derby County's Baseball Ground, by a score line of 1-0. When they eventually found their feet in the division they impressed, ending up only three points short of promotion in 4th place. A highlight of that first season was an 8-3 away win at Luton Town in an FA Cup game. The club actually managed to reach the semi-finals of that tournament, where they were humbled 6-0 by Newcastle United. This is still a record loss for an FA Cup semi-final game.^[2] A couple of years later the club won the London Challenge Cup in the 1909-10 season.

[edit] Between the wars

They didn't come any closer to promotion to the First Division for a while, and in fact after only winning 13 out of 42 games in the 1927-28 season they were relegated to the 3rd Division South, which was created in 1920.

After finishing 5th, 7th and 9th (out of 22 teams) in their first three seasons at this lower level, Fulham won the division in the 1931-32 season. In doing this they beat Torquay United 10-2, won 24 out of 42 games and scored 111 goals, thus being promoted back to the Second Division. The next season they missed out on a second consecutive promotion, finishing 3rd behind Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City. A mixed bag of league performances followed, although the club also reached another FA Cup semi-final during the 1935-36 season.

League and cup football were disrupted by the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

[edit] 1946-1969

Post-war, a full league programme was only restored for 1946-47. In the 3rd season of what is now considered the modern era of football, Fulham finished top of their division, with a win-loss-draw record of 24-9-9 (identical to that which won them the 3rd Division South 17 years previously). Promotion to the top tier of English football saw the club perform poorly, finishing 17th in their first year and 18th in their second. In only their third season of First Division football, Fulham finished rock bottom of the 22-team league in the 1951-52 season, winning only 8 in 42 games. Newcastle United in 1959 offered £60,000 for the triumvirate of Bedford Jezzard, Bobby Robson and Johnny Haynes at a time when the record transfer for a player had been £19,500.

It is impossible to talk about Fulham's history without mentioning probably the single most influential character in Fulham's history: Johnny Haynes.^[3] 'Mr. Fulham' as he later came to been known signed for The Cottagers as a schoolboy in 1950, making his first team debut on Boxing Day 1952 against Southampton at Craven Cottage. 'The Maestro' played for another 18 years, notching up 657 appearances (along with many other club records too), his last appearance for Fulham on the 17th January 1970 at Craven Cottage against Stockport County. 'The Perfect 10' is often considered as the greatest player in Fulham history,^[4] and never played for another team in Britain.^[5] He gained 52 caps for England, (22 as captain)^[6] with many being earned while playing for Fulham in the Second Division. The Maestro was renowned for his long-balls, considered one of the best passers of the ball in English football history.^[7] Haynes was injured in a motorbike incident in Blackpool in 1962, but by his own admissions never regained the fitness or form to play for England again, missing out on England's victory in the 1966 World Cup which he would have stood a chance of being selected for.^[8] The Stevenage Road Stand was named in his honour after his tragic death in a car crash in 2005.

Fulham in their 1960s heydey went on a prestigious tour of Malaysia with neighbours QPR. They played several exhibition games each against Asian teams as well as each other. Fulham in more modern times have beaten Israel, China and India all 2-0 at the Cottage, leading to the rather audacious claim that Fulham have beaten half of the world (at least in terms of population).^{[citation needed]}

1907-28	Football League Div. 2	(Level 2)
1928-32	Football League Div. 3S	(Level 3)
1932-49	Football League Div. 2	(Level 2)
1949-52	Football League Div. 1	(Level 1)
1952-59	Football League Div. 2	(Level 2)
1959-68	Football League Div. 1	(Level 1)
1968-69	Football League Div. 2	(Level 2)
1969-71	Football League Div. 3	(Level 3)
1971-80	Football League Div. 2	(Level 2)
1980-82	Football League Div. 3	(Level 3)
1982-86	Football League Div. 2	(Level 2)
1986-94	Football League Div. 3/2	(Level 3)
1994-97	Football League Div. 3	(Level 4)
1997-99	Football League Div. 2	(Level 3)
1999-01	Football League Div. 1	(Level 2)
2001+	Premier League	(Level 1)

A few seasons of mediocrity in the 2nd Division followed, but then the club reached the FA Cup semis in 1958 and used this momentum to win promotion back to the 1st Division in the following season, having finished 2nd to Sheffield Wednesday. Graham Leggat joined Fulham in 1958 as well, who went on to score 134 goals in 277 appearances, (a fantastic goals to games ratio, making him the club's fifth all-time top scorer). In the 1959-60 season they achieved 10th position in the 1st Division, which until finishing 9th in the FA Premier League 2003-04 was their highest ever league position. This accompanied another appearance in the last four of the FA Cup in 1962. By this time the club were regularly playing in front of 30,000 plus crowds at Craven Cottage,^[9] despite struggling in the League. The club experienced several close escapes from relegation none more spectacular than in 1965-66. On the morning of February 26th 1966 Fulham had just 15 points from 29 matches. The last 13 games saw Fulham win 9 and draw 2 to reach safety. Eventually the club suffered relegation in the 1967-68 season having won just 10 out of their 42 games.

However even that was not as catastrophic as the calamity of next season. Winning only 7 in 42, the club were relegated to the 3rd Division. (Note that this is not the same as the 3rd Division South, as the regional 3rd Divisions had been removed with the 1959 creation of the 4th Division).

[edit] 1970-1992

The 3rd Division hiatus lasted only two seasons though, they were then promoted back to the Second Division as runners-up in 1970-71. This spell also saw Fulham invited to the not particularly prestigious Anglo-Italian Cup, which saw the club draw four out of four games in two appearances in the cup between 1972 and 1974. This started of a period of high-profile signings for the club under Alec Stock in the mid-70s, including Alan Mullery and Bobby Moore. The reward of this was their only ever FA Cup final in 1975, having won their first semi-final in five attempts. The club then lost to West Ham in the final. This gained the club qualification to the Anglo-Scottish Cup, where they made the final, losing to Middlesbrough.

That run in the FA Cup saw the setting of an improbable record, most games needed to reach the final, Fulham playing 11 games (including replays), four of the games going to extra time. In the build up to the 12th game, the Wembley final, Tony Rees and The Cottagers released a single, "Viva el Fulham" (based on Manolo Escobar's "Y viva España") which is still played (and chanted) at Fulham games. It reached No.46 in the Pop Charts in 1975.

George Best played 47 times for the club in the 1976-77 season. Rodney Marsh, who having grown up with Fulham in the 60s went on to play 1st Division football and play for England, rejoined the club in the same season, playing only 16 games. This capped one of the most successful eras in Fulham history.

The hangover from this meant the club were relegated again after winning only 11 in 42 in the 1979-80 season, which saw Bobby Campbell's sacking to be replaced by Malcolm Macdonald. With a strong squad during his 1980-84 period in charge (with players such as Ray Houghton, Tony Gale, Paul Parker, Gerry Peyton and Ray Lewington), they won promotion again in 1981-82 back to Division 2.

Fulham narrowly missed out on back-to-back promotions, to the First Division losing 1-0 to Derby away on the last day of the 1982-83 season - although the match was abandoned after 88 mins due to a pitch invasion. The side which had shown so much promise was gradually sold off and broken up as the club had debts to pay off, so it was little surprise when the club were relegated again to the Third Division in 1986. The club nearly went out of business in 1987 and the same year saw the break-down of an ill-advised merger attempt with QPR. It was only the intervention of ex-player Jimmy Hill that allowed the club to stay in business as a re-structured 'Fulham FC 1987 Ltd.'

[edit] Recent history

In 1992 the foundation of the Premier League saw Fulham's division of the time, the 3rd Division, re-named the 2nd Division. (There is a joke amongst football fans that at the end of the 1991-92 season they started to celebrate promotion, before realising all that had happened was that the FA had changed the numbers.) However the club were relegated from that to the new 3rd Division after a poor 1993-94 season, seeing the club in the basement of the Football League, with Ian Branfoot appointed as new manager. After a 7th place finish in his first season in charge the club hit its historical rock bottom with its performance in the 1995-96 season, finishing 17th out of 24th. This season included in infamous loss against Torquay United, who were at the time rock bottom of the Division, with Fulham just one place above them. Branfoot was soon sacked as Manager, but remained at the club in other capacities for a short while.

However, in February of 1996 the club appointed then-player Micky Adams as manager, and it was in the summer of that year that his revolution really took off. That signalled the start of the new era of Fulham Football Club.

Micky Adams was appointed as manager and oversaw an upturn in form that lifted the side out of what little relegation danger was present. The next season he engineered a complete turnaround in form and his side, captained by Simon Morgan, finished second - only missing out on first place due to the league dropping the old "goal difference" system in favour of a "goals scored" tally. (While Fulham's goal difference was one better than that of champions Wigan Athletic, they scored twelve less goals.) This was somewhat ironic, as the club's then Chairman Jimmy Hill, had successfully argued that goals scored should decide places of teams tied on points while sitting on an FA panel.

[edit] Wilkins, Keegan, Bracewell & Tigana

Millionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed purchased the club that summer and fired Adams in the aftermath of a poor start. In Adams' place he installed a managerial 'dream team' of Ray Wilkins (as First Team Manager) and Kevin Keegan (as Chief Operating Officer),^[10] pledging that the club would reach the Premiership within five years.

After an argument over team selection, Wilkins left the club in May 1998 to hand over the full managerial duties to Keegan, who steered the club to a spectacular promotion the next season, winning 101 points of a possible 138, captained by Chris Coleman - then the most expensive footballer outside the top two divisions of the English league.^[11] Keegan then left to become manager of the England team, and veteran player Paul Bracewell was put in charge.

Bracewell was sacked in March 2000, as Fulham's promising early season form dwindled away. Frenchman Jean Tigana was put in charge and having signed a number of young stars, including Louis Saha, he guided Fulham to their third promotion in five seasons in the 2000-01 season in emphatic style, scoring 46 goals in 100 games. That gave Fulham top flight status for the first time since 1968. During this season club captain and subsequent manager, Chris Coleman, was involved in a car crash which eventually finished his playing career. Fulham were widely tipped to take the Premiership by storm, with many pundits^[12] predicting a challenge for the UEFA cup or even Champions League places (although others were less kind^[13]), but their first Premiership season was largely underwhelming; despite a couple of good games and some flashes of brilliance, the end product was a respectable 13th-place finish. Fulham remain the only team in this millienium to play top-flight football with some standing areas. Due to restrictions on standings, Fulham decamped to Loftus Road, during the 2002-3 and 2003-4 seasons, but have now safely returned back to The Cottage.

The following season saw Fulham dangerously close to the relegation zone, and chairman Mohammed Al Fayed told Tigana that his contract would not be renewed at the end of the season. But an awful run of results, culminating in a 4-0 home defeat by Blackburn Rovers led him to be sacked before the season came to an end and relegation was desperately near.

[edit] Coleman takes over

Chris Coleman took charge for five games at the end of that (2002-03) season, earning Fulham 10 points out of a possible 15 and preserving a place in the Premier League for the next season. Coleman was given the manager's job on a permanent basis in the summer of 2003 and despite predictions that the inexperience of Coleman would result in Fulham's relegation,^[14] he kept the club well clear of relegation, guiding them to a club record ninth place finish in his debut season. The final day of the season saw them cruise to a 2-0 win away at Bolton - a third goal could have saw them jump the Trotters into eighth place. Coleman notched up another impressive performance in the 2004-05 season and guided Fulham to a secure 13th place finish. The 2005-06 season proved a tougher affair, but safety was once again mathematically assured with three games left of the season and a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic. There were three relative high points in an inconsistent season: a 6-1 rout of West Bromwich Albion, a 1-0 win over rivals and champions Chelsea in the West London derby, and a 2-0 win over 2005 European champions Liverpool F.C. Fulham's home form was the best outside the top six, with 12 wins from 18 games, while their away form was the worst in the entire league with one win and four draws from 18 games. A game they were winning away 1-0, versus Sunderland, was abandoned after 21 minutes because of persistent snowfall. Finally, on 29 April 2006, Fulham achieved a first away victory of the campaign with a 2-1 win over Manchester City F.C.. Despite the difficulties experienced throughout this season, Fulham achieved a 12th place finish - an improvement on the previous campaign.

Since January 2007, Coleman's Fulham has three United States players - Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra and Clint Dempsey, the first of the three being a retired Team USA player, the latter two continuing to represent their country. This has led to occasional chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A" at Craven Cottage, especially since the three players have all begun to play well in early 2007. Prior to this, Fulham had signed U.S. internationals Eddie Lewis and Marcus Hahnemann, neither of whom had much success at the club. This has accompanied the club's reported bids/approaches for Claudio Reyna, Freddy Adu, and Oguchi Onyewu, to give the club the appearance of something of an affinity with Americans. The club also currently employs one other North American, Tomasz Radzinski (Canada), having previously had another - Paul Peschisolido. Also Simon Elliott, while from New Zealand, had played for MLS sides Columbus Crew and Los Angeles Galaxy prior to joining Fulham.

At the beginning of the 2006-2007 season Fulham introduced electronic swipe cards, as used by other clubs such as Manchester City, in place of paper tickets for season ticket holders and other fans who have regularly bought tickets over the last few seasons. Away fans and less regular attendees to the Cottage continue to use paper tickets.

Famous Fulham fans include Keith Allen, Lily Allen, Kirsty Gallacher, Hugh Grant, David Hasselhoff, Pope John Paul II, Daniel Radcliffe and Georgie Thompson.^[15] The members of the New York City punk rock band, The Rapture, are also fans of Fulham as well as rapperMC Example.^[16] Due to Fulham's proximity to the BBC Headquarters at White City, Craven Cottage often doubles for other football stadia, having appeared in sketches such as Hancock's Half Hour. Fulham has an extensive fanbase across the world, especially Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Malaysia and the USA.^[17]

Fulham have also found a new hero in the form of Vincenzo Montella - a 32 year old striker on loan from AS Roma who has already hit 4 goals in his first 5 matches in English football. His most recent goal for Fulham came on the 27th January 2007 when Fulham beat Championship side Stoke City 3-0 in the FA Cup Fourth Round. Fulham then faced Tottenham Hotspur on the 18th February in the Fifth Round. Spurs won this game 4-0. Fulham have also bought three other players in the January 2007 transfer window - Simon Davies from Everton, Clint Dempsey from United States side New England Revolution and Alexey Smertin from Dynamo Moscow.

Fulham did not get off to a good start in 2006-07, losing their first match 5-1 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. This result consigned them to the foot of the table and left them as the season's favourites for early relegation contenders with the bookies; however, they have since recovered well and were riding as high as 8th at one point in December 2006. As of 4 March 2007, they stand 14th in the Premiership - 10 points off of a automatic UEFA cup spot and 9 points off of the relegation zone.

[edit] Current management

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Chris Coleman	Welsh
Assistant Manager:	Steve Kean	Scottish
Goalkeeping Coach:	Dave Beasant	English
Assistant Coach:	Billy McKinlay	Scottish
Assistant Coach:	Ray Lewington	English
International Representative:	Craig Brown	Scottish
Strength/Conditioning	Steve Nance	Australian
First Team Physio:	Jason Palmer	Australian
Fulham Academy Director:	John Murtough	English

[edit] Rivalries

Chelsea F.C. are another Premiership football team, also based in Fulham; this creates a clear rivalry between the two clubs (known as the 'SW6 Derby'). While Fulham fans have incorporated this rivalry into several of their football chants, it is not fully reciprocated by Chelsea fans. Fulham have rivalries with other West London clubs QPR and Brentford, although these rivalries have not been exercised for several years due to these two teams being in different divisions to Fulham.

Fulham also have rivalries with other London clubs including West Ham United F.C., Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, and Arsenal, all of which have been regularly contested during recent seasons. There are no teams outside of London which would necessarily be considered rivals for Fulham, although Blackburn Rovers and Fulham have contested some high-tempered games, and the two were involved in a 1st Division title race during the 2000-01 season. Fulham ran out clear Champions that year winning the league by 10 clear points.

On 19 March 2006 Fulham recorded their first victory over Chelsea in nearly 27 years, with a goal from Luís Boa Morte. In a very heated and controversial game, Didier Drogba had a goal disallowed for a hand ball, and Chelsea's William Gallas was sent off for a late challenge on Heidar Helguson, which led to a melee between the 2 sets of players. A pitch invasion by both sets of fans following the final whistle led to some skirmishes and arrests and resulted in an FA probe.^[18]

The next season, Chelsea won 2-0 at Craven Cottage in September, but a roller-coaster of a game in December (during which Moritz Volz scored the 15,000th goal in Premiership history) ended 2-2. Both goals in the 2-0 Chelsea win were scored by Frank Lampard, who has built up an impressive goalscoring record in recent SW6 derbies.

[edit] Managers

Fulham have so far had 29 managers at the club in 102 years, meaning that the average length of service for a Fulham manager is 3 years and 189 days. Prior to the appointment of the first manager at the club (Bradshaw in 1904), duties normally assigned to a modern day manager would have been shared between club secretary, captain and other officials.

Name From To Harry Bradshaw 1904 1909 Phil Kelso 1909 1924 Andy Ducat 1924 1926 Joe Bradshaw 1926 1929 Ned Liddell 1929 1931 James McIntyre 1931 1934 Jimmy Hogan 1934 1935 Jack Peart 1935 1948 Frank Osborne* 1948 1949 Bill Dodgin, Sr. 1949 1953

Name From To Frank Osborne* 1953 1956 Doug Livingstone 1956 1958 Bedford Jezzard 1958 1964 Vic Buckingham 1965 1968 Bobby Robson 1968 1968 Bill Dodgin, Jr. 1969 1972 Alec Stock 1972 1976 Bobby Campbell 1976 1980 Malcolm MacDonald 1980 1984 Ray Harford 1984 1986

Name From To Ray Lewington 1986 1990 Alan Dicks 1990 1991 Don Mackay 1991 1994 Ian Branfoot** 1994 1996 Micky Adams 1996 1997 Ray Wilkins 1997 1998 Kevin Keegan*** 1998 1999 Paul Bracewell 1999 2000 Jean Tigana 2000 2003 Chris Coleman 2003 2007 Template:(flagicon Alexei Smertin

• *Frank Osborne was employed continuously by the club from 1948-1963, but only spent the above periods as designated manager.
• **Ian Branfoot continued to be employed by the club after his dismissal as manager.
• ***Kevin Keegan was employed by the club as Chief Operating Officer (during which time he essentially acted as an Assistant Manager) during the time of his predecessor (Ray Wilkins) being the actual manager.

Managerial records:

• Only one man has managed the club through two different spells, Frank Osbourne in 1948-9 and then 1953-6.
• The longest spell as Fulham manager was by Phil Kelso, 15 years (1909-1924)
• Several managers have failed to last more than a year at the club: Bobby Robson, Alan Dicks, Ray Wilkins and Paul Bracewell. Further to this, Frank Osborne only had a year after his initial arrival at the club during which he was principally in charge of the team (before Dodgin, senior) arrived, although he later took sole charge of the club for an extended period.

Temporary managers at the club have included:

• Karlheinz Riedle: when Paul Bracewell was fired half way through the 1999-2000 season, there was a temporary period of Fulham being managed by their striker Karlheinz Riedle, assisted his old boss at Liverpool, Roy Evans. Riedle actually injured a lung in the season's penultimate game - his last for the club.
• Chris Coleman: after Tigana resigned four months before planned in 2003, Chris Coleman was soon appointed as caretaker manager, much to the delight of the fans. Having initially denied he wanted the post, Coleman accepted the role of full-time manager that summer.

[edit] Grounds

Between the years 1879 and when Fulham had a ground to call their own in 1896, they played at a number of stadiums, only some of which were recorded and this should not be regarded as a full or complete list^{[citation needed]}. Some of the early grounds listed below are likely to have been park/parkland which has now been developed on. Even when the club purchased Craven Cottage and the surrounding land in 1894, they had to wait two years before they could play a game there.

• 1879 (possible first ground though records are inaccurate) - Hurlingham Park, Fulham
• 1879-1883 - Star Road, West Kensington
• 1883-1884 - Eel Brook Common, Fulham
• 1884-1885 - Lillie Rec, Fulham
• 1885-1886 - Putney Lower Common, Putney
• 1886-1888 - Ranelagh House, Fulham
• 1888-1889 - Barn Elms Playing Fields, Barnes
• 1889-1891 - Parsons Green, Fulham and Roskell's Fields (next to Parsons Green tube station)
• 1891-1895 - Half Moon, Putney
• 1895-1896 - Captain James Field, West Brompton
• 1896-2002 - Craven Cottage, Fulham
• 2002-2004 - Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush (groundshare with Queens Park Rangers during Craven Cottage renovation)
• since 2004 - Craven Cottage (read the Craven Cottage article for future prospects of the ground.)

[edit] Honours

Fulham Football Club have never won a major trophy, however, they have a reasonably long list of achievements. In the list below, all trophies and leagues are referred to by the names they held at the time, which due to commercial and practical reasons have changed over time. For more information see articles in individual leagues from here.

• 1892 & 1893, West London League champions
• 1893 West London Cup runners-up
• 1893 West London Observer Cup runners-up (seperate cup competition), lost 3-2 to QPR
• 1906 & 1907 - Southern League Champions
• 1907 - Admission to The Football League as Southern League Champions
• 1908 - FA Cup Semi-Finalists
• 1932 - Division Three South Champions
• 1936 - FA Cup Semi-Finalists
• 1949 - Division Two Champions
• 1958 - FA Cup Semi-Finalists
• 1959 - Promotion from Division Two
• 1962 - FA Cup Semi-Finalists
• 1970 - Promotion from Division Three
• 1975 - FA Cup Finalists
• 1975 - Anglo-Scottish Cup Finalists
• 1982 - Promotion from Division Three
• 1997 - Promotion from Division Three
• 1999 - Division Two Champions
• 2001 - Division One Champions
• 2002 - FA Cup Semi-Finalists
• 2002 - Intertoto Cup Winners

[edit] Statistics

Main article: Fulham F.C. Statistics

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 2 DF Moritz Volz 3 DF Carlos Bocanegra 4 DF Franck Queudrue 5 DF Philippe Christanval 6 DF Zat Knight (vice-captain) 7 DF Liam Rosenior 8 MF Michael Brown (captain) 9 FW Heiðar Helguson 11 FW Vincenzo Montella (on loan from A.S. Roma) 12 GK Jan Laštůvka (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 13 FW Tomasz Radzinski 14 MF Papa Bouba Diop 15 FW Collins John 16 MF Claus Jensen

No. Position Player 17 MF Simon Elliott 19 DF Ian Pearce 20 FW Brian McBride 21 MF Jimmy Bullard 22 MF Wayne Routledge (on loan from Tottenham) 23 MF Clint Dempsey 24 MF Mark Pembridge 25 MF Simon Davies 26 MF Matthew Collins 27 MF Ahmad Elrich 28 MF Robert Milsom 29 GK Antti Niemi 32 DF Elliot Omozusi 37 MF Alexey Smertin

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player 1 GK Mark Crossley (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday) 10 FW Björn Runström (on loan to Luton Town) 18 DF Gabriel Zakuani (on loan to Stoke City) 30 GK Tony Warner (on loan to Norwich City) 31 GK Ricardo Batista (on loan to Wycombe Wanderers) –– MF Michael Timlin (on loan to Swindon Town)

For recent transfers see List of English football transfers 2006-07.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Supporters' Trust

• Fulham F.C. on BBC Sport: Club News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Club stats
• Premierleague.com - Fulham FC

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