# 2018–19 Fulham F.C. season

The 2018–19 Fulham season was the club's 121st professional season and their 14th in the Premier League, after the club won promotion from the EFL Championship after defeating Aston Villa in the 2018 EFL Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2018. The club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. 1 | Home alt. 2 | Home alt. 3 | Away | Away alt. 1 | Third | Third alt. 1 | Third alt. 2 | Fourth |

## Players

    As of 10 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Marcus Bettinelli |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Ryan Sessegnon |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Denis Odoi |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Calum Chambers (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald |
| 7 | MF | COD | Neeskens Kebano |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Stefan Johansen |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Mitrović |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Tom Cairney (captain) |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Floyd Ayité |
| 13 | DF | USA | Tim Ream |
| 14 | FW | GER | André Schürrle (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Maxime Le Marchand |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | NED | Timothy Fosu-Mensah (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Cyrus Christie |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Joe Bryan |
| 24 | MF | CIV | Jean Michaël Seri |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Alfie Mawson |
| 29 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Fabri |
| 36 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Steven Sessegnon |
| 44 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Cissé |
| 47 | FW | MTN | Aboubakar Kamara |
| 50 | GK | ENG | Luca Ashby-Hammond |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Terry Ablade | Jazz | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Toni Stahl | RB Leipzig | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2018 | LB | Maxime Le Marchand | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | CM | Jean Michaël Seri | Nice | ‌‌‌‌£18,000,000 |
| 24 July 2018 | GK | Fabri | Beşiktaş | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2018 | CF | Aleksandar Mitrović | Newcastle United | £22,000,000 |
| 2 August 2018 | CB | Alfie Mawson | Swansea City | £15,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | LB | Joe Bryan | Bristol City | £6,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | DM | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | Marseille | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2018 | CB | Riley Warland | Perth Glory | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2019 | LW | Ryan Babel | Beşiktaş | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2019 | RW | Lazar Marković | Liverpool | Free transfer |
| 29 March 2019 | CB | Luca Murphy | Hartlepool United | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 25 July 2018 | LW | André Schürrle | Borussia Dortmund | 31 May 2020 |
| 7 August 2018 | CB | Calum Chambers | Arsenal | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | RB | Timothy Fosu-Mensah | Manchester United | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | GK | Sergio Rico | Sevilla | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | CF | Luciano Vietto | Atlético Madrid | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CB | Håvard Nordtveit | 1899 Hoffenheim | 31 May 2019 |
André Schürrle's loan ended early when Fulham were relegated in 2019.

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Joe Felix | Queens Park Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Michael Elstone | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Ryan Fredericks | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Daniel Martin | Cardiff City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Isaac Pearce | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Julian Schwarzer | FC Pipinsried | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | George Williams | Forest Green Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Djed Spence | Middlesbrough | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Reece York | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2018 | GK | David Button | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2019 | CF | Cauley Woodrow | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2019 | CF | Stephen Humphrys | Southend United | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2019 | CM | Foday Nabay | Nuneaton Borough | Free transfer |
| 22 February 2019 | AM | Atli Hrafn Andrason | Víkingur Reykjavík | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 6 July 2018 | CF | Stephen Humphrys | Scunthorpe United | 3 January 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | CF | Elijah Adebayo | Swindon Town | 9 January 2019 |
| 25 July 2018 | GK | Marek Rodák | Rotherham United | 31 May 2019 |
| 3 August 2018 | DM | Tayo Edun | Ipswich Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | CB | Marcelo Djaló | Extremadura | 31 May 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | GK | Magnus Norman | Rochdale | 31 May 2019 |
| 24 August 2018 | CF | Cauley Woodrow | Barnsley | 3 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Rui Fonte | Lille | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | LM | Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson | Vendsyssel | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Elijah Adebayo | Stevenage | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Aboubakar Kamara | Yeni Malatyaspor | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CM | Stefan Johansen | West Bromwich Albion | 31 May 2019 |

## Friendlies

Fulham confirmed friendlies against Crawley Town, Reading, Fenerbahçe, Lyon, Sampdoria and Celta de Vigo.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 39 | |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 36 | |
| 18 | Cardiff City (R) | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Fulham (R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 34 | 81 | −47 | 26 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town (R) | 38 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 76 | −54 | 16 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 May 2019. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 19 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Marcus Bettinelli | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Fabri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | ENG | Luca Ashby-Hammond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BEL | Denis Odoi | 34 | 1 | 29+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Calum Chambers | 32 | 2 | 29+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Tim Ream | 35 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Håvard Nordtveit | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Maxime Le Marchand | 29 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NED | Timothy Fosu-Mensah | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Cyrus Christie | 31 | 1 | 19+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Joe Bryan | 29 | 1 | 27+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Alfie Mawson | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Steven Sessegnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald | 16 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | COD | Neeskens Kebano | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Tom Cairney | 33 | 1 | 24+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CIV | Jean Michaël Seri | 34 | 1 | 27+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | 25 | 0 | 16+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SRB | Lazar Marković | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Matt O'Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Cissé | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | ENG | Harvey Elliott | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 3 | FW | ENG | Ryan Sessegnon | 36 | 2 | 24+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Mitrović | 39 | 11 | 37 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Floyd Ayité | 19 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | NED | Ryan Babel | 16 | 5 | 15+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | André Schürrle | 25 | 6 | 21+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto | 22 | 1 | 10+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NOR | Stefan Johansen | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Rui Fonte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | MTN | Aboubakar Kamara | 15 | 5 | 5+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 11 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 27 April 2019.
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | Carabao Cup | Total |
| 1 |
| 1 | 9 | | Aleksandar Mitrović | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 |
| 2 | 14 | | André Schürrle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 12 | | Ryan Babel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 47 | | Aboubakar Kamara | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 | 3 | | Ryan Sessegnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | | Calum Chambers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |
| 7 | 4 | | Denis Odoi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | | Tom Cairney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | | Floyd Ayité | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | | Luciano Vietto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | | Cyrus Christie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | | Joe Bryan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 24 | | Jean Michaël Seri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 36 | | Luca de la Torre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 5 | 39 |