# 2016–17 Fulham F.C. season

The 2016–17 Fulham F.C. season was the Fulham F.C. 119th professional season and third consecutive in the EFL Championship after the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2013–14. The club contested the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. Fulham mathematically secured a place in the 2016–17 EFL Championship play-offs by beating fellow promotion hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 away from home on 7 May 2017.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 20 May 2016 | DF | Michael Madl | Sturm Graz | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Floyd Ayité | Bastia | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2016 | FW | Sone Aluko | Hull City | Free |
| 14 July 2016 | DF | Denis Odoi | Lokeren | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Scott Malone | Cardiff City | Swap |
| 19 July 2016 | GK | David Button | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2016 | MF | Kevin McDonald | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2016 | MF | Jozabed | Rayo Vallecano | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2016 | DF | Ragnar Sigurðsson | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Neeskens Kebano | Genk | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Stefan Johansen | Celtic | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 13 July 2016 | DF | Tomáš Kalas | Chelsea | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Lucas Piazon | Chelsea | 15 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Chris Martin | Derby County | End of season |
| 17 January 2017 | FW | Lucas Piazon | Chelsea | End of season |
| 26 January 2017 | MF | Thanos Petsos | Werder Bremen | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Cyriac | Oostende | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 8 May 2016 | DF | Dan Burn | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 18 May 2016 | FW | Konstantinos Mitroglou | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 20 May 2016 | GK | Andrew Dawber | Altrincham | Undisclosed |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Stephen Arthurworrey | Released | Released |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Liam Donnelly | Hartlepool United | Free |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Shane Elworthy | Released | Released |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Jordan Evans | Wrexham | Free |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Shaun Hutchinson | Millwall | Free |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Alexander Kačaniklić | Nantes | Free |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Dean O'Halloran | Released | Released |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Jamie O'Hara | Gillingham | Free |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Ian Pino Soler | Released | Released |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Sedan | Free |
| 7 June 2016 | FW | Aaron Redford | Basingstoke Town | Free |
| 8 June 2016 | GK | Andy Lonergan | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 17 June 2016 | MF | Emerson Hyndman | AFC Bournemouth | Free |
| 28 June 2016 | FW | Moussa Dembélé | Celtic | Free |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2016 | MF | Ben Pringle | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Jazz Richards | Cardiff City | Swap |
| 22 July 2016 | DF | Fernando Amorebieta | Sporting Gijón | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2016 | FW | Ross McCormack | Aston Villa | £12,000,000 |
| 8 August 2016 | MF | Sakari Mattila | SønderjyskE | Free |
| 26 August 2016 | DF | Nikolay Bodurov | CSKA Sofia | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Matt Smith | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date |
| 18 July 2016 | DF | Cameron Burgess | Oldham Athletic | 5 January 2017 |
| 29 July 2016 | MF | George Williams | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Richard Stearman | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Larnell Cole | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | January 2017 (exact date unknown) |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Jack Grimmer | Shrewsbury Town | End of season |
| 5 January 2017 | MF | Sean Kavanagh | Hartlepool United | End of season |
| 6 January 2017 | DF | Cameron Burgess | Bury | End of season |
| 13 January 2017 | MF | Jozabed | Celta Vigo | End of season |
| 13 January 2017 | GK | Marek Rodák | Accrington Stanley | End of season |
| 20 January 2017 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Wigan Athletic | End of season |
| 26 January 2017 | FW | Stephen Humphrys | Shrewsbury Town | End of season |
| 27 January 2017 | MF | Lasse Vigen Christensen | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 27 January 2017 | FW | Cauley Woodrow | Burton Albion | End of season |

## Competitions
### EFL Championship
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Championship | — | 6th | | 5 August 2016 | |
| League Cup | First round | — | Third round | 9 August 2016 | 21 September 2016 |
| FA Cup | Third round | — | Fifth round | 8 January 2017 | 19 February 2017 |
Updated to match played 1 April 2017 Source: Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Fulham | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 80 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Leeds United | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 75 | |
| 8 | Norwich City | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 85 | 69 | +16 | 70 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2017. Source: Sky Sports

#### Matches

The fixture list was released on 22 June 2016, with Fulham playing their first match at home to Newcastle United live on Sky Sports.

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Play-offs
### EFL Cup

The same day the Championship fixture list was released, the draw for the first round of the EFL Cup took place; Fulham were drawn away to Leyton Orient. In the next round they were drawn at home to Middlesbrough.

### FA Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 13 May 2017.
   * Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Play Offs | Play Offs | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Marcus Bettinelli | 11 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks | 33 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Scott Malone | 42 | 6 | 34+2 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Denis Odoi | 32 | 2 | 21+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald | 48 | 3 | 43+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | COD | Neeskens Kebano | 31 | 6 | 12+16 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Scott Parker | 28 | 0 | 12+14 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Cyriac (on loan from Oostende) | 10 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Tom Cairney | 51 | 13 | 44+1 | 12 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | TOG | Floyd Ayité | 34 | 9 | 22+8 | 9 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Tim Ream | 41 | 1 | 29+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Stefan Johansen | 42 | 13 | 35+1 | 11 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Michael Madl | 17 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ISL | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 18 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Lucas Piazon (on loan from Chelsea) | 33 | 6 | 20+9 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Sone Aluko | 50 | 9 | 44+1 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Chris Martin (on loan from Derby County) | 34 | 11 | 27+4 | 10 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea) | 40 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | David Button | 40 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Ryan Sessegnon | 30 | 7 | 17+8 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | GRE | Thanos Petsos (on loan from Werder Bremen) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Dennis Adeniran | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Tayo Edun | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | FIN | Jesse Joronen | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ENG | Richard Stearman (on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers) | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Cauley Woodrow (on loan at Burton Albion) | 8 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Ryan Tunnicliffe (on loan at Wigan Athletic) | 10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Lasse Vigen Christensen (on loan at Burton Albion) | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jozabed (on loan at Celta Vigo) | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Jack Grimmer (on loan at Shrewsbury Town) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Stephen Humphrys (on loan at Shrewsbury Town) | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | IRL | Sean Kavanagh (on loan at Hartlepool United) | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Left during season ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matt Smith (joined Queens Park Rangers) | 14 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 13 May 2017.
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | Championship | EFL Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 |
| 1 | 10 | | Tom Cairney | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 14 | | Stefan Johansen | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 25 | | Chris Martin | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 |
| 4 | 11 | | Floyd Ayité | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 24 | | Sone Aluko | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 |
| 6 | 30 | | Ryan Sessegnon | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 | 3 | | Scott Malone | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | | Neeskens Kebano | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 20 | | Lucas Piazon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 |
| 10 | 6 | | Kevin McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |
| 11 | 4 | | Denis Odoi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 9 | | Matt Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 16 | | Cauley Woodrow | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |
| 14 | 9 | | Cyriac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 13 | | Tim Ream | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 17 | | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 21 | | Lasse Vigen Christensen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 26 | | Tomáš Kalas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 35 | | Dennis Adeniran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 85 | 6 | 6 | 97 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total | Notes |
| 1 | GK | | Marcus Bettinelli | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | DF | | Ryan Fredericks | 8 | | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | | 1 | |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Malone | 8 | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | |
| 4 | DF | | Denis Odoi | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 6 | MF | | Kevin McDonald | 13 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 14 | | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | | Scott Parker | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 10 | MF | | Tom Cairney | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 11 | MF | | Floyd Ayité | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 13 | DF | | Tim Ream | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 14 | MF | | Stefan Johansen | 9 | | | | | | 1 | | | 10 | | | |
| 15 | DF | | Michael Madl | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | | |
| 17 | DF | | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 20 | MF | | Lucas Piazon | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 24 | DF | | Sone Aluko | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 25 | FW | | Chris Martin | 5 | | 1 | | | | | | | 5 | | 1 | (on loan from Derby County) |
| 26 | DF | | Tomáš Kalas | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 27 | GK | | David Button | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 35 | MF | | Dennis Adeniran | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 41 | GK | | Jesse Joronen | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Out on loan |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Richard Stearman | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | (on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 32 | MF | | Sean Kavanagh | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | (on loan at Hartlepool United) |
| Left during season |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Matt Smith | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | (joined Queens Park Rangers) |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 80 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 3 | |
Last updated: 13 May 2017 Source: EFL Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

#### Suspensions

| Player | Date Received | Offence | Length of suspension | Length of suspension |
| Michael Madl | 10 September 2016 | vs Birmingham City | 1 Match | Burton Albion (H) (Championship) |
| Kevin McDonald | 24 September 2016 | vs Bristol City | 3 Matches | Nottingham Forest (A), Queens Park Rangers (H), Barnsley (A) (Championship) |
| Scott Parker | 19 November 2016 | Five | 1 Match | Brighton and Hove Albion (A) (Championship) |
| Denis Odoi | 26 November 2016 | Five | 1 Match | Reading (H) (Championship) |
| Ryan Fredericks | 4 February 2017 | vs Birmingham City | 3 Matches | Wigan Athletic (H), Nottingham Forest (H) (Championship), Tottenham Hotspur (H) (FA Cup) |
| Chris Martin | 14 April 2017 | vs Norwich City | 3 Matches | Aston Villa (H), Huddersfield Town (A), Brentford (H) (Championship) |
Last updated: 25 April 2017. Source: Football Association