Question: When was the professional association football club formed for which Fulham's Craven Cottage was named?

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2000–01 Fulham F.C. season: The 2000–01 season was Fulham's 103rd season in professional football, competing in the Football League Division 1.  This season for Fulham was of note, as they gained promotion to the Premier League and ran away with the Division 1 title with 101 points, at the time a record – with a 10-point margin over runners-up Blackburn Rovers.  The manager was former Monaco manager Jean Tigana's first season at Craven Cottage after Paul Bracewell's sacking toward the end of the 1999–2000 season.

2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final: The 2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final of the second season of the UEFA Women's Champions League and was held at Fulham's Craven Cottage in London, England, on 26 May 2011.

Paul Moody (footballer): Paul Moody (born 13 June 1967) is an English former football forward.  Moody was signed by Southampton from non league Waterlooville in August 1991.  After failing to secure regular first team football at Saints, Moody joined Oxford initially on loan in Feb 1994 and permanent deal was secured soon after.  Moody became a fans favourite at the Manor Ground.  Fulham signed Moody the summer of 1997 to spearhead the promotion push required by Mohammed Al Fayed.  Moody remained at Craven Cottage until the summer of 1999.  During his time at Fulham he suffered a broken leg but scored a hatrick on his return to the first team as Fulham celebrated winning the Division 2 title.  Moody was signed by London neighbours Millwall in June 1999 for £150,000.  Moody became a fans favourite in his 2 years at the Den due his uncompromising style of play.  Moody formed a lethal partnership with Neil Harris and won yet another Division 2 title with the Lions.  In September 2001 Moody returned to Oxford, initially on loan but a £150,000 fee was agreed a week later for a permanent deal.  After an initially bright start at Oxford things began to deteriorate due to results and change of manager Moody left in the summer of 2002 and joined Isthmian League side Aldershot Town.

List of Fulham F.C. seasons: Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.  The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., shortened to Fulham F.C. in 1888.  They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896; the club played their first professional match in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902–03 season.

2002–03 Fulham F.C. season: The 2002–03 season was Fulham F.C.'s 105th season in professional football and second consecutive season in the FA Premier League.  It was also the first season in over 115 years where Fulham did not play at Craven Cottage.  Due to pending decisions on re-vamping the cottage, all home games (apart from two early-season fixtures) were played at Loftus Road, the home of Queens Park Rangers.  Jean Tigana remained as Fulham manager up until his sacking in April 2003.  Former Fulham player Chris Coleman had not long been retired from the game since suffering a career-ending injury in a car crash when he was appointed caretaker manager for the rest of the season.

List of Premier League stadiums: Since the inception of the Premier League, England's highest level of association football annual league tournament, 58 football stadiums have been used to host matches.  The inaugural round of Premier League matches took place on 15 August 1992 with eleven clubs hosting the opening fixtures.  Following the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, the Taylor Report recommended the abolition of standing terraces by the start of the 1994–95 season, to be replaced by all-seater stadiums. However, following Fulham's promotion from Division 1 in the 2000–01 season, terraces returned temporarily to the Premier League as The Football Association allowed the club extra time to complete renovations.  The club were forced to play at Loftus Road after inadequate progress was made in converting Craven Cottage, but they returned to their home ground after building work was completed in time for the 2004–05 season.

List of Fulham F.C. records and statistics: The following article features the records and statistics of Fulham Football Club, based at Craven Cottage in London.

Fulham F.C.: Fulham Football Club ( ) is a professional association football club based in Fulham, Greater London, England.  Founded in 1879, they play in the Championship, the second tier of English football, having been relegated from the Premier League in 2013–14 after 13 consecutive seasons in the top flight.  They are the oldest-established football team from London to have played in the Premier League.

List of Fulham F.C. players (1–24 appearances): Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.  The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., before shortening it to Fulham F.C. in 1888.  They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896.  They played their first match as a professional football club in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902–1903 season.  The club also competed in the Southern Football League until 1907, when they were accepted into the Football League Second Division.  Having spent much of their history outside the top division, the team gained promotion to the Premier League in 2001.  They have since spent more than ten years in the top flight and reached the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2010.  In 2014 they were relegated to the Football League Championship.

Statue of Michael Jackson: The Michael Jackson Statue is a plaster and resin sculpture of Michael Jackson commissioned by Mohamed Al-Fayed and originally unveiled in 2011 outside Craven Cottage, the ground of Fulham Football Club of which Al-Fayed was chairman.  It was removed by new Fulham chairman Shahid Khan in 2013 and moved to the National Football Museum in Manchester in 2014.

Supporting paragraphs: 2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final Fulham F.C.
Answer: 1879