2016–17 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham
2016–17 season
Chairman Shahid Khan
Manager Slaviša Jokanović
Stadium Craven Cottage
Football League Championship 10th
FA Cup Not entered yet
EFL Cup Third round
(lost to Bristol City)
Top goalscorer League: Chris Martin (6)
All: Chris Martin (6)
Highest home attendance 23,922 (vs Newcastle United, Championship, 5 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance 6,017 (vs Bristol City, EFL Cup, 21 September 2016)
Average home league attendance 18,782
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2016–17 Fulham season is the club's 119th professional season and third consecutive in the Football League Championship after the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2013–14. The club will also compete in the EFL Cup and the FA Cup.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name Previous club Fee Source
20 May 2016 DF Austria Michael Madl Austria Sturm Graz Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2016 MF Togo Floyd Ayité France Bastia Undisclosed [2]
8 July 2016 FW Nigeria Sone Aluko England Hull City Free [3]
14 July 2016 DF Belgium Denis Odoi Belgium Lokeren Undisclosed [4]
19 July 2016 DF England Scott Malone Wales Cardiff City Swap [5]
19 July 2016 GK England David Button England Brentford Undisclosed [6]
22 July 2016 MF Scotland Kevin McDonald England Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [7]
12 August 2016 MF Spain Jozabed Spain Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed [8]
22 August 2016 DF Iceland Ragnar Sigurðsson Russia Krasnodar Undisclosed [9]
26 August 2016 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Neeskens Kebano Belgium Genk Undisclosed [10]
26 August 2016 MF Norway Stefan Johansen Scotland Celtic Undisclosed [11]

Loans in

Date Pos. Name Parent club End date Source
13 July 2016 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Kalas England Chelsea End of season [12]
31 August 2016 FW Brazil Lucas Piazon England Chelsea 15 January 2017 [13]
31 August 2016 FW Scotland Chris Martin England Derby County End of season [14]

Out

Date Pos. Name New club Fee Source
8 May 2016 DF England Dan Burn England Wigan Athletic Free [15][16][17][18]
18 May 2016 FW Greece Konstantinos Mitroglou Portugal Benfica Undisclosed [19]
20 May 2016 GK England Andrew Dawber England Altrincham Undisclosed [20]
7 June 2016 DF England Stephen Arthurworrey
Released
 [17]
7 June 2016 DF Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly England Hartlepool United Free [17][21]
7 June 2016 DF Republic of Ireland Shane Elworthy
Released
 [17]
7 June 2016 DF Wales Jordan Evans England Wrexham Free [17][22]
7 June 2016 DF England Shaun Hutchinson England Millwall Free [17][23]
7 June 2016 MF Sweden Alexander Kačaniklić France Nantes Free [17][24]
7 June 2016 MF Republic of Ireland Dean O'Halloran
Released
 [17]
7 June 2016 MF England Jamie O'Hara England Gillingham Free [17][25]
7 June 2016 DF Spain Ian Pino Soler
Released
 [17]
7 June 2016 MF France Ange-Freddy Plumain France Sedan Free [17][26]
7 June 2016 FW England Aaron Redford England Basingstoke Town Free [17][27]
8 June 2016 GK England Andy Lonergan England Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [28]
17 June 2016 MF United States Emerson Hyndman England AFC Bournemouth Free [29][30]
28 June 2016 FW France Moussa Dembélé Scotland Celtic Free [31]
1 July 2016 GK Netherlands Maarten Stekelenburg England Everton Undisclosed [32]
4 July 2016 MF England Ben Pringle England Preston North End Undisclosed [33]
19 July 2016 DF Wales Jazz Richards Wales Cardiff City Swap [5]
22 July 2016 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta Spain Sporting Gijón Undisclosed [34]
4 August 2016 FW Scotland Ross McCormack England Aston Villa £12,000,000 [35]
8 August 2016 MF Finland Sakari Mattila Denmark SønderjyskE Free [36][37]
26 August 2016 DF Bulgaria Nikolay Bodurov
Released
 [38]

    Loans out

    Date Pos. Name Subsequent club End date Source
    18 July 2016 DF Australia Cameron Burgess England Oldham Athletic 5 January 2017 [39]
    29 July 2016 MF Wales George Williams England Milton Keynes Dons End of season [40]
    31 August 2016 DF England Richard Stearman England Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season [41]
    31 August 2016 MF England Larnell Cole Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle January 2017 (exact date unknown) [42]
    31 August 2016 DF Scotland Jack Grimmer England Shrewsbury Town End of season [43]

    Fixtures and results

    Pre-season friendlies

    Football League Championship

    Matches

    The fixture list was released on 22 June 2016, with Fulham playing their first match at home to Newcastle United live on Sky Sports.[44]


    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    19 7 7 5 30 21  +9 28 3 4 3 18 13  +5 4 3 2 12 8  +4

    Last updated: 3 December 2016.
    Source: Sky Sports

    Results by matchday

    Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
    GroundHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH                           
    Result W W D D W L D D L D L W D L W W D L W                                                      
    Position 1 3 4 4 2 5 6 8 13 12 13 9 11 14 11 7 8 10 10                                                      

    Last updated: 3 December 2016.
    Source: Statto.com
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    EFL Cup

    Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

    The same day the Championship fixture list was released, the draw for the first round of the EFL Cup took place; Fulham were drawn away to Leyton Orient.[45] In the next round they were drawn at home to Middlesbrough.[46][47]

    FA Cup

    Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

    Competitions

    Overall

    Competition Started roundCurrent
    position / round    		 Final
    position / round    		 First match Last match
    Championship —10th 5 August 2016
    League Cup Template:Fb round2 2016–17 FL Cup R1— Third round 9 August 201621 September 2016
    FA Cup Third round—

    Last updated: 3 December 2016
    Source: Competitions

    Championship table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    8 Huddersfield Town 19 9 3 7 21 24 −3 30
    9 Derby County 19 8 5 6 17 13 +4 29
    10 Fulham 19 7 7 5 30 21 +9 28
    11 Bristol City 19 8 3 8 26 22 +4 27
    12 Barnsley 19 7 4 8 32 29 +3 25
    Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: English Football League
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

    Squad statistics

    Appearances & goals

    Last updated 3 December 2016.
    • Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship EFL Cup FA Cup
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    1 GK England Marcus Bettinelli 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    2 DF England Ryan Fredericks 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    3 DF England Scott Malone 15 2 13+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0
    4 DF Belgium Denis Odoi 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    6 MF Scotland Kevin McDonald 16 3 16+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
    7 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Neeskens Kebano 10 0 4+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
    8 MF England Scott Parker 16 0 12+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
    9 FW England Matt Smith 12 2 6+5 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
    10 MF Scotland Tom Cairney 19 4 17+1 4 0+1 0 0+0 0
    11 MF Togo Floyd Ayité 11 0 7+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    13 DF United States Tim Ream 12 1 5+4 1 3+0 0 0+0 0
    14 MF Norway Stefan Johansen 11 2 9+1 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
    15 DF Austria Michael Madl 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
    16 FW England Cauley Woodrow 8 2 1+4 0 3+0 2 0+0 0
    17 DF Iceland Ragnar Sigurðsson 12 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    19 MF England Ryan Tunnicliffe 10 0 3+4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
    20 FW Brazil Lucas Piazon (on loan from Chelsea) 11 3 8+2 2 1+0 1 0+0 0
    21 MF Denmark Lasse Vigen Christensen 7 1 0+4 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
    23 MF Spain Jozabed 8 0 1+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
    24 FW Nigeria Sone Aluko 18 4 18+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
    25 FW Scotland Chris Martin (on loan from Derby County) 14 6 12+2 6 0+0 0 0+0 0
    26 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea) 13 1 13+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
    27 GK England David Button 19 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    30 DF England Ryan Sessegnon 9 2 6+2 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
    32 MF Republic of Ireland Sean Kavanagh 2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
    35 MF England Dennis Adeniran 4 1 0+1 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
    36 MF United States Luca de la Torre 3 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
    37 DF England Tayo Edun 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
    41 GK Finland Jesse Joronen 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
    Out on loan
    5 DF England Richard Stearman (on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers) 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
    28 DF Scotland Jack Grimmer (on loan at Shrewsbury Town) 1 0 0+0 0 1+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 3 December 2016.
    Rank No. Nationality Player Championship EFL Cup FA Cup Total
    125ScotlandChris Martin6006
    2
    10ScotlandTom Cairney4004
    24NigeriaSone Aluko4004
    4
    6ScotlandKevin McDonald3003
    20BrazilLucas Piazon2103
    6
    3EnglandScott Malone2002
    9EnglandMatt Smith2002
    14NorwayStefan Johansen2002
    16EnglandCauley Woodrow0202
    30EnglandRyan Sessegnon2002
    11
    13United StatesTim Ream1001
    21DenmarkLasse Vigen Christensen0101
    26Czech RepublicTomáš Kalas1001
    35EnglandDennis Adeniran0101
    Own goals1102
    TOTALS 30 6 0 36

    Disciplinary record

    Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.

    N P Nat. Name Championship EFL Cup FA Cup Total Notes
    2 DF England Ryan Fredericks 2 2
    3 DF England Scott Malone 2 2
    4 DF Belgium Denis Odoi 5 5
    6 MF Scotland Kevin McDonald 3 1 3 1
    8 MF England Scott Parker 5 5
    10 MF Scotland Tom Cairney 2 2
    11 MF Togo Floyd Ayité 1 1
    13 DF United States Tim Ream 1 1
    14 MF Norway Stefan Johansen 3 3
    15 DF Austria Michael Madl 2 1 2 1
    17 DF Iceland Ragnar Sigurðsson 2 2
    20 MF Brazil Lucas Piazon 1 1
    24 DF Nigeria Sone Aluko 2 2
    25 FW Scotland Chris Martin 3 3
    27 GK England David Button 2 2
    32 MF Republic of Ireland Sean Kavanagh 1 1
    35 MF England Dennis Adeniran 2 2
    41 GK Finland Jesse Joronen 1 1
    Out on loan
    5 DF England Richard Stearman 1 1 (on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers)
    TOTALS 36 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 1

    Last updated: 3 December 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

    PlayerDate ReceivedOffenceLength of suspension
    Michael Madl10 September 2016Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Birmingham City1 MatchBurton Albion (H) (Championship)
    Kevin McDonald24 September 2016Red card vs Bristol City3 MatchesNottingham Forest (A), Queens Park Rangers (H), Barnsley (A) (Championship)
    Scott Parker19 November 2016Five 1 MatchBrighton and Hove Albion (A) (Championship)
    Denis Odoi26 November 2016Five 1 MatchReading (H) (Championship)

    Last updated: 3 December 2016.
    Source: Football Association

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