# 2015–16 Fulham F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Fulham's 118th professional season and second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 19 June 2015 | GK | Andy Lonergan | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 19 June 2015 | MF | Ben Pringle | Rotherham United | Free |
| 26 June 2015 | MF | Tom Cairney | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2015 | DF | Jazz Richards | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2015 | MF | Jamie O'Hara | Blackpool | Free |
| 29 July 2015 | GK | Andrew Dawber | Accrington Stanley | Free |
| 4 August 2015 | MF | Sakari Mattila | Aalesund | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2015 | DF | Tim Ream | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Ryan Fredericks | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Ian Pino Soler | Almería | Free |
| 1 September 2015 | DF | Richard Stearman | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 17 November 2015 | FW | Isaac Pearce | Bristol Rovers | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 25 July 2015 | DF | Luke Garbutt | Everton | End of season |
| 24 August 2015 | GK | Joe Lewis | Cardiff City | End of season |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | James Husband | Middlesbrough | 12 December 2015 |
| 29 January 2016 | DF | Michael Madl | Sturm Graz | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Rohan Ince | Brighton & Hove Albion | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Zakaria Labyad | Sporting CP | End of season |
| 18 February 2016 | DF | Chris Baird | Derby County | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 6 June 2015 | DF | Tom Richards | Aldershot Town | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | FW | Hugo Rodallega | Akhisar Belediyespor | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | DF | Tim Hoogland | VfL Bochum | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | GK | Gábor Király | Szombathelyi Haladás | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | MF | Chris David | Go Ahead Eagles | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | MF | Adil Chihi | Esteghlal | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | DF | Josh Passley | Dagenham & Redbridge | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | MF | Solomon Sambou | Bedford Town | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | DF | Jonathan Buatu Mananga | Waasland-Beveren | Free |
| 12 June 2015 | DF | Noe Baba | Birmingham City | Free |
| 7 July 2015 | FW | Bryan Ruiz | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2015 | FW | Patrick Roberts | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | Lyle Della-Verde | Fleetwood Town | Free |
| 26 July 2015 | MF | Ryan Williams | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2015 | MF | Mesca | AEL Limassol | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2015 | MF | Thomas Eisfeld | VfL Bochum | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2015 | DF | Tiago Casasola | Como | Free |
| 26 January 2016 | FW | Adam Taggart | Perth Glory | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Kay Voser | Released | Released |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | End date |
| 19 May 2015 | GK | Magnus Norman | Hayes & Yeading | End of season |
| 22 June 2015 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Southampton | End of season |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Stephen Arthurworrey | Yeovil Town | End of season |
| 31 July 2015 | DF | Liam Donnelly | Crawley Town | 27 October 2015 |
| 6 August 2015 | FW | Konstantinos Mitroglou | Benfica | End of season |
| 27 August 2015 | GK | Jesse Joronen | Stevenage | 10 January 2016 |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | Fernando Amorebieta | Middlesbrough | 1 February 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Red Star | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | MF | Larnell Cole | Shrewsbury Town | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | FW | Adam Taggart | Dundee United | 1 January 2016 |
| 15 September 2015 | GK | Andrew Dawber | Aldershot Town | 15 October 2015 |
| 26 November 2015 | DF | Jordan Evans | Oxford United | End of season |
| 5 January 2016 | DF | Jack Grimmer | Shrewsbury Town | End of season |
| 23 January 2016 | DF | Sean Kavanagh | Mansfield Town | End of season |
| 26 January 2016 | DF | Cameron Burgess | Cheltenham Town | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Nikolay Bodurov | Midtjylland | End of season |
| 12 February 2016 | MF | Ben Pringle | Ipswich Town | 12 March 2016 |
| 12 February 2016 | MF | George Williams | Gillingham | End of season |

## Fixtures and Results
### Friendlies
#### Pre-season friendlies

On 26 June 2015, Fulham announced their pre-season schedule.

#### In-season friendlies
### Championship
#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

#### 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 2016. Source: 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 |

### Football League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Fulham were drawn away against Wycombe Wanderers. Fulham were drawn at home against Sheffield United in the second round.

### FA Cup
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Championship | — | — | 20th | 8 August 2015 | 7 May 2016 |
| League Cup | First round | — | Third round | 11 August 2015 | 22 September 2015 |
| FA Cup | Third round | — | Third round | 9 January 2016 | 9 January 2016 |
Updated to match played 7 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Championship table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 18 | Bristol City | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 52 | |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 51 | |
| 20 | Fulham | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 51 | |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 49 | |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League One |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances & goals

    Last updated 7 May 2016.
   * Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Marcus Bettinelli | 12 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Jazz Richards | 26 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Luke Garbutt (on loan from Everton) | 25 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Shaun Hutchinson | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Richard Stearman | 30 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks | 32 | 0 | 23+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Scott Parker | 24 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matt Smith | 21 | 2 | 5+15 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Tom Cairney | 42 | 8 | 37+2 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić | 27 | 4 | 10+13 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Joe Lewis (on loan from Cardiff City) | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Tim Ream | 32 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Sakari Mattila | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Michael Madl (on loan from Sturm Graz) | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Cauley Woodrow | 17 | 4 | 1+13 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 29 | 2 | 23+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Zakaria Labyad (on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal) | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Lasse Vigen Christensen | 31 | 1 | 18+10 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Chris Baird (on loan from Derby County) | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Jamie O'Hara | 39 | 1 | 32+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Andy Lonergan | 31 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé | 46 | 17 | 37+6 | 15 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | USA | Emerson Hyndman | 16 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ince (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Dan Burn | 35 | 0 | 28+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | SVK | Marek Rodak | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | Ross McCormack | 49 | 23 | 45+0 | 21 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | VEN | Fernando Amorebieta | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | BUL | Nikolay Bodurov | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | WAL | George Williams | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ben Pringle | 18 | 2 | 12+3 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Jack Grimmer | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | IRL | Sean Kavanagh | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Larnell Cole | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | WAL | Jordan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Left during season ||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | SUI | Kay Voser | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | James Husband (on loan from Middlesbrough) | 12 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 7 May 2016.
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | Championship | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 44 | | Ross McCormack | 21 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | 25 | | Moussa Dembélé | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | 10 | | Tom Cairney | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 |
| 4 | 11 | | Alexander Kačaniklić | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | | Cauley Woodrow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |
| 6 | 9 | | Matt Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | | Ben Pringle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |
| 9 | 3 | | Luke Garbutt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | | Scott Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | | Michael Madl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | | Lasse Vigen Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 23 | | Jamie O'Hara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | | Emerson Hyndman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 31 | | Rohan Ince | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 66 | 4 | 1 | 71 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number.
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Marcus Bettinelli | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | DF | | Jazz Richards | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 3 | DF | | Luke Garbutt | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 4 | MF | | Shaun Hutchinson | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 5 | DF | | Richard Stearman | 5 | | 1 | | | | | | | 5 | | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Ryan Fredericks | 9 | | | | | | | | | 9 | | |
| 8 | MF | | Scott Parker | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 9 | FW | | Matt Smith | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 10 | MF | | Tom Cairney | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Alexander Kačaniklić | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 12 | GK | | Joe Lewis | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 14 | MF | | Sakari Mattila | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 15 | DF | | Michael Madl | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 16 | FW | | Cauley Woodrow | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 19 | MF | | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 6 | | | 1 | | | | | | 7 | | |
| 21 | MF | | Lasse Vigen Christensen | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 23 | MF | | Jamie O'Hara | 8 | | | 1 | | | | | | 9 | | |
| 25 | FW | | Moussa Dembélé | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 28 | MF | | Emerson Hyndman | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 31 | MF | | Rohan Ince | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 33 | DF | | Dan Burn | 9 | | | | | | | | | 9 | | |
| 44 | FW | | Ross McCormack | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | | |
| 45 | DF | | Fernando Amorebieta | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | |
| Out on loan |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Nikolay Bodurov | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 18 | MF | | Ben Pringle | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 32 | DF | | Sean Kavanagh | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Now left club |||||||||||||||||
| 40 | DF | | James Husband | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 79 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 7 May 2016 Source: Football League 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 |
| Ryan Tunnicliffe | 16 June 2015 | Homophobic abuse of Patrick Bamford | 2 Matches | Cardiff City (A) (Championship), Wycombe Wanderers (A) (Football League Cup) |
| Tom Cairney | 29 September 2015 | vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 Matches | Charlton Athletic (A), Middlesbrough (A), Leeds United (H) (Championship) |
| Jamie O'Hara | 21 October 2015 | Five in all competitions | 1 Match | Reading (H) (Championship) |
| James Husband | 7 November 2015 | vs Birmingham City | 1 Match | Milton Keynes Dons (A) (Championship) |
| Fernando Amorebieta | 23 February 2016 | vs Leeds United | 1 Match | Middlesbrough (H) (Championship) |
| Richard Stearman | 27 February 2016 | vs Middlesbrough | 1 Match | Reading (A) (Championship) |
Last updated: 7 May 2016. Source: Football Association

## Footnotes and references
### Footnotes

* ↑ There is a discrepancy between sources for Fulham vs Preston North End on 28 November 2015. Sky Sports and the BBC's text commentary do not list Ryan Fredericks as having obtained a yellow card. However, in the BBC's team lineups, Fredericks does have a yellow card. On the Fulham F.C. website, Fredericks is credited with one in both the lineups and the commentary, but Alan Browne's yellow card does not appear in the commentary. This page uses the Sky Sports version for all games.
* ↑ There is a discrepancy between sources for Derby County vs Fulham on 26 December 2015. Sky Sports in both the summary and the main article lists Tim Ream as having scored this own goal. However, in both the BBC and Fulham F.C. versions, Emerson Hyndman is credited in the summaries but Ream in the articles proper.
* ↑ There is a discrepancy between sources for Fulham vs Preston North End on 28 November 2015. Sky Sports and the BBC's text commentary do not list Ryan Fredericks as having obtained a yellow card. However, in the BBC's team lineups, Fredericks does have a yellow card. On the Fulham F.C. website, Fredericks is credited with one in both the lineups and the commentary, but Alan Browne's yellow card does not appear in the commentary. This page uses the Sky Sports version for all games.