# 2017–18 Fulham F.C. season

The 2017–18 Fulham season was the club's 120th professional season and fourth consecutive in the EFL Championship after their relegation from the Premier League in the 2013–14 campaign. Fulham also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. They were promoted to the Premier League on 26 May 2018, by winning 1–0 in the 2018 EFL Championship play-off final against Aston Villa. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Marcelo Djaló | Lugo | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Ibrahima Cissé | Standard Liège | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2017 | FW | Aboubakar Kamara | Amiens SC | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | FW | Rui Fonte | Braga | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Yohan Mollo | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Cyrus Christie | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 14 July 2017 | FW | Lucas Piazon | Chelsea | 30 June 2018 |
| 25 July 2017 | MF | Oliver Norwood | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 June 2018 |
| 27 July 2017 | DF | Tomáš Kalas | Chelsea | 30 June 2018 |
| 16 August 2017 | MF | Sheyi Ojo | Liverpool | 30 June 2018 |
| 22 August 2017 | DF | Rafa Soares | FC Porto | 31 January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Jordan Graham | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 January 2018 |
| 22 January 2018 | DF | Matt Targett | Southampton | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Aleksandar Mitrović | Newcastle United | 30 June 2018 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 26 May 2017 | DF | Cameron Burgess | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Larnell Cole | Tranmere Rovers | Free |
| 26 May 2017 | DF | Jack Grimmer | Coventry City | Free |
| 26 May 2017 | GK | Josh Lukwata | Released | Released |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Scott Parker | Retired | Retired |
| 26 May 2017 | DF | Ryheem Sheckleford | Released | Released |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Josh Smile | Chippenham Town | Free |
| 26 May 2017 | GK | Jake Soutter | Released | Released |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Cassian Thomas | Released | Released |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Millwall | Free |
| 26 May 2017 | FW | Josh Walker | Hendon | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Jozabed | Celta de Vigo | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2017 | DF | Scott Malone | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2017 | DF | Richard Stearman | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2017 | GK | Jesse Joronen | AC Horsens | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | MF | Lasse Vigen Christensen | Brøndby | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2017 | FW | Sone Aluko | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Dennis Adeniran | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2018 | DF | Michael Madl | Austria Wien | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2018 | DF | Ragnar Sigurðsson | Rostov | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2018 | MF | Mikolaj Kwietniewski | Legia Warsaw | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2018 | FW | Yohan Mollo | Released | Released |
| 22 February 2018 | DF | Sean Kavanagh | Shamrock Rovers | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | End date |
| 3 August 2017 | DF | Ragnar Sigurðsson | Rubin Kazan | 18 January 2018 |
| 17 August 2017 | FW | Cauley Woodrow | Bristol City | 30 June 2018 |
| 30 August 2017 | GK | Marek Rodák | Rotherham United | 30 June 2018 |
| 24 November 2017 | MF | Isaac Pearce | Bath City | 2 January 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | George Williams | St. Johnstone | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Stephen Humphrys | Rochdale | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Mattias Kait | Ross County | 30 June 2018 |

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

Fulham announced five pre-season friendlies against Piast Gliwice, FC Zlin, Wolfsburg, West Ham United and Darmstadt 98.
A further friendly against Queens Park Rangers was played behind closed doors on the 12 July.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Championship | — | 3rd | | 5 August 2017 | |
| League Cup | First round | — | Second round | 8 August 2017 | 22 August 2017 |
| FA Cup | Third round | — | | 6 January 2018 | 6 January 2018 |
Updated to match played 14 October 2017 Source: Competitions

### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P) | 46 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 82 | 39 | +43 | 99 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Cardiff City (P) | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 90 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Fulham (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 88 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 83 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 76 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
* ↑ 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: 28 April 2018. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

#### Football League play-offs
### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Fulham entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Southampton.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Fulham drew Wycombe Wanderers in the first round. The second round confirmed a home tie against Bristol Rovers.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 26 May 2018.
   * 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 | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks | 48 | 0 | 44+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ryan Sessegnon | 52 | 16 | 45+1 | 15 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Denis Odoi | 42 | 3 | 30+7 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald | 46 | 3 | 42+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | COD | Neeskens Kebano | 29 | 3 | 10+16 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Stefan Johansen | 49 | 8 | 43+2 | 8 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Rui Fonte | 28 | 3 | 16+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Tom Cairney | 37 | 6 | 30+4 | 5 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Floyd Ayité | 29 | 4 | 23+5 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Tim Ream | 48 | 1 | 44+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NIR | Oliver Norwood (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | 41 | 5 | 22+14 | 5 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Sheyi Ojo (on loan from Liverpool) | 24 | 4 | 18+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Lucas Piazon (on loan from Chelsea) | 27 | 6 | 16+8 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Matt Targett (on loan from Southampton) | 21 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Cyrus Christie | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Marcelo Djaló | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea) | 36 | 0 | 29+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | David Button | 21 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Mitrović (on loan from Newcastle United) | 20 | 12 | 15+2 | 12 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Matt O'Riley | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Tayo Edun | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Steven Sessegnon | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Ibrahima Cissé | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | ENG | Magnus Norman | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | FRA | Aboubakar Kamara | 35 | 7 | 8+22 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | ENG | Cauley Woodrow (on loan at Bristol City) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | SVK | Marek Rodák (on loan at Rotherham United) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Left during season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | POR | Rafa Soares (on loan from FC Porto) | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Michael Madl | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jordan Graham (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Yohan Mollo | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Sone Aluko | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+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 26 May 2018.
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | Championship | Play-offs | EFL Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 |
| 1 | 3 | | Ryan Sessegnon | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 |
| 2 | 32 | | Aleksandar Mitrović | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 8 | | Stefan Johansen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 |
| 4 | 47 | | Aboubakar Kamara | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 |
| 5 | 10 | | Tom Cairney | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 20 | | Lucas Piazon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 |
| 7 | 16 | | Oliver Norwood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 |
| 8 | 11 | | Floyd Ayité | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 19 | | Sheyi Ojo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 |
| 10 | 4 | | Denis Odoi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | | Kevin McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | | Neeskens Kebano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 9 | | Rui Fonte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |
| 14 | 13 | | Tim Ream | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 21 | | Matt Targett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 79 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 84 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by 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 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 2 | DF | | Ryan Fredericks | 9 | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | |
| 3 | DF | | Ryan Sessegnon | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 4 | DF | | Dennis Odoi | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | | |
| 6 | MF | | Kevin McDonald | 9 | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | |
| 7 | FW | | Neeskens Kebano | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Stefan Johansen | 10 | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | |
| 9 | FW | | Rui Fonte | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 10 | MF | | Tom Cairney | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 11 | FW | | Floyd Ayité | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 13 | DF | | Tim Ream | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 16 | MF | | Oliver Norwood | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | (on loan from Brighton) |
| 19 | FW | | Sheyi Ojo | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 20 | FW | | Lucas Piazon | | | | | | | | | | | | | (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 26 | DF | | Matt Targett | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | (on loan from Southampton) |
| 22 | FW | | Yohan Mollo | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 26 | DF | | Tomáš Kalas | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 27 | GK | | David Button | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 32 | FW | | Aleksandar Mitrović | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | (on loan from Newcastle) |
| 47 | FW | | Aboubakar Kamara | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | |
| Out on loan |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | | Cauley Woodrow | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | (on loan at Bristol City) |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 2 | |
Last updated: 3 March 2018 Source: Sky Sports 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 | Length of suspension |
| Tomáš Kalas | 12 August 2017 | vs Reading | 1 match | Leeds United (A) (Championship) |
| Dennis Odoi | 2 December 2017 | vs Brentford | 1 match | Birmingham City (H) (Championship) |
Last updated: 13 September 2017. Source: Football Association