# 2011–12 Fulham F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Fulham's 114th professional season and their 11th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup, the League Cup, and the Europa League. Fulham finished the season in ninth place after their last league match against Tottenham Hotspur resulted in a 0–2 defeat on 13 May 2012.

## Premier League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 56 | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 9 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 52 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 | |
| 11 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 47 | |
* ↑ Liverpool won the League Cup and thus qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2012.. Source:
| Round | 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

### Results
## UEFA Europa League
### Qualifying

Fulham entered at the First qualifying round, having qualified through the UEFA Fair Play League. The First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 20 June 2011, while the Third Qualifying Round and Play-off draws were also held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon on 15 July 2011 and 5 August 2011 respectively.

### Group stage

* Key to colours in group table
* Group winner and runner-up advance to the round of 32
* Third and fourth placed teams cannot advance to the round of 32
* Fulham's group positioning
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Twente | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 |
| Wisła Kraków | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 9 |
| Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| Odense | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 4 |

## Statistics
### Appearances & goals

    Last updated 5 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Mark Schwarzer | 42 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Stephen Kelly | 33 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | John Arne Riise | 42 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Steve Sidwell | 27 | 3 | 12+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+6 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Brede Hangeland | 52 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NIR | Chris Baird | 27 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 11 | 6 | 11+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Andy Johnson | 33 | 11 | 13+7 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 11+1 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Orlando Sá | 12 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Pajtim Kasami | 16 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRC | Bryan Ruiz | 30 | 2 | 17+10 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | David Stockdale | 10 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Danny Murphy | 47 | 6 | 32+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 10+0 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | SUI | Philippe Senderos | 25 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CZE | Marcel Gecov | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Damien Duff | 42 | 6 | 22+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 11+2 | 3 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Bjørn Helge Riise | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NIR | Aaron Hughes | 27 | 1 | 17+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Dickson Etuhu | 33 | 0 | 9+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Kerim Frei | 24 | 1 | 5+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | HUN | Csaba Somogyi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Clint Dempsey | 46 | 23 | 37+0 | 17 | 2+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 24 | FW | FIN | Lauri Dalla Valle | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CZE | Zdeněk Grygera | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Matthew Briggs | 14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Simon Davies | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | BEL | Mousa Dembélé | 43 | 1 | 32+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ALG | Rafik Halliche | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Tom Donegan | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | PHI | Neil Etheridge | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 5 May 2012
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | | 23 | Clint Dempsey | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | | 8 | Andy Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | | 25 | Bobby Zamora | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | | 13 | Danny Murphy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | | 16 | Damien Duff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | | 7 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | | 4 | Steve Sidwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | | 11 | Bryan Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | 30 | Mousa Dembélé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 9 | Orlando Sá | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 18 | Aaron Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | 19 | Mahamadou Diarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 21 | Kerim Frei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | 28 | Matthew Briggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | 14 | Philippe Senderos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| / | / | / | TOTALS | 48 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 76 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 6 | DF | Chris Baird | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Danny Murphy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Philippe Senderos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Dickson Etuhu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Steve Sidwell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mousa Dembélé | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Brede Hangeland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Andy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Clint Dempsey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Bobby Zamora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Damien Duff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Zdeněk Grygera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | John Arne Riise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kerim Frei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Mark Schwarzer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Marcel Gecov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Matthew Briggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 74 | 2 |

## Transfers
### Players in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Dan Burn | Darlington | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Tom Donegan | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2011 | GK | Csaba Somogyi | Rákospalotai | Free |
| 13 July 2011 | DF | John Arne Riise | Roma | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2011 | MF | Marcel Gecov | Slovan Liberec | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2011 | MF | Pajtim Kasami | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | DF | Zdeněk Grygera | Juventus | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | Bryan Ruiz | Twente | £10.6 million |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | Orlando Sá | Porto | Free |
| 31 January 2012 | FW | Pavel Pogrebnyak | VfB Stuttgart | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | MF | Ryan Williams | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2012 | MF | Mahamadou Diarra | Free Agent | |

### Players out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Zoltán Gera | West Bromwich Albion | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Eddie Johnson | Seattle Sounders | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Diomansy Kamara | Eskişehirspor | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | John Pantsil | Leicester City | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Matthew Saunders | | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | GK | Pascal Zuberbühler | | Retired |
| 4 July 2011 | MF | Kagisho Dikgacoi | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2011 | MF | Jonathan Greening | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 21 November 2011 | MF | Keanu Marsh-Brown | | Released |
| 31 January 2012 | FW | Bobby Zamora | QPR | Undisclosed |
| 7 March 2012 | DF | Carlos Salcido | Tigres UANL | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Date Returned |
| 24 July 2011 | FW | Danny Hoesen | Fortuna Sittard | End of season |
| 26 July 2011 | GK | David Stockdale | Ipswich Town | End of season (recalled in December) |
| 17 August 2011 | DF | Carlos Salcido | Tigres UANL | End of season |
| 24 August 2011 | FW | Lauri Dalla Valle | Dundee United | 16 January 2012 |
| 30 August 2011 | MF | Keanu Marsh-Brown | Dundee United | January 2012 |
| 26 September 2011 | MF | Bjørn Helge Riise | Portsmouth | 17 November 2011 |
| 24 November 2011 | FW | Marcello Trotta | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 January 2012 |