2010–11 Fulham F.C. season

Pre-season and friendlies

Matches

Fulham initially arranged three pre-season friendlies, away to Brentford (14 July) and AFC Bournemouth (17 July), and at home against German side Werder Bremen on 7 August. The club announced a further friendly against Portsmouth, as a testimonial match for former Portsmouth defender Linvoy Primus, who had been forced to retire due to injury. The match was played on 31 July. Fulham also organised a ten-day tour to Sweden, with friendlies fixtures against Halmstads BK on 22 July and Malmö FF on 27 July.

The first team squad returned to training on 6 July, with the exception of Mark Schwarzer, John Pantsil, Clint Dempsey, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Dickson Etuhu and Philippe Senderos who had been competing in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The first pre-season fixture against Brentford ended in a 5–0 victory, with Chris Baird, David Elm, Damien Duff, Eddie Johnson and Simon Davies all getting on the scoresheet, while Brentford's Charlie MacDonald missed a penalty that would have brought Brentford level at 1–1. The second match against AFC Bournemouth was played three days later at Dean Court. Fulham striker Bobby Zamora scored an equaliser after Anton Robinson's opening goal to secure a 1–1 draw. The squad then travelled to Sweden, where they faced Halmstads BK and Malmö FF. Zoltán Gera scored twice against Halmstad in a 2–2 draw as Fulham came from 2–1 behind to draw the match. Gera put Fulham ahead in the eighth minute but Joe Sise turned the game around with two goals (24 and 26) before Gera scored again in the 58th minute. The match against Malmö ended in a 0–0 draw.

Fulham's final two pre-season matches were back in England. Hughes watched from the stands as Fulham lost 1–0 to Portsmouth who had been relegated to the Championship, with Marc Wilson scoring the only goal of the match. The club then welcomed German side Werder Bremen to Craven Cottage. Gera scored a hat-trick and Zamora and Johnson both scored in a 5–1 victory; Claudio Pizarro scored the goal for the away side.

Transfers

After the departure of Chris Smalling to Manchester United, fellow defender Philippe Senderos was Fulham's first signing of the summer when he moved from Arsenal on a free transfer. Nicky Shorey and Stefano Okaka both returned to Aston Villa and Roma respectively at the end of their loan deals, while Wayne Brown was released. Erik Nevland, Toni Kallio, Christopher Buchtmann, Michael Uwezu, Andranik Teymourian and Stefan Payne all left the club at the beginning of July. Jonathan Greening committed his future to Fulham by completing a permanent transfer from West Bromwich Albion after a season-long loan.

Fulham made further signings following the start of the Premier League season. Mousa Dembélé moved in a £5 million deal from Dutch side AZ. Algerian defender Rafik Halliche signed for the club on 24 August from Benfica for an undisclosed fee. Three days later, Fulham secured a deal to bring Mexican defender Carlos Salcido to the club for £1.5 million. On transfer deadline day, defender Paul Konchesky departed to Liverpool, with two young players – Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex Kačaniklić – joining Fulham as part of the deal.

Managerial change

Following Roy Hodgson's decision to replace Rafael Benítez as the manager of Liverpool, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Bob Bradley, Alan Curbishley and Ottmar Hitzfeld – the managers of the Ivory Coast national team, United States national team and Switzerland national team respectively – were all strongly linked to the job, but Ajax coach Martin Jol emerged as the favourite for the post. After Jol chose to stay with Ajax and Bradley renewed his contract with the United States, Fulham appointed Mark Hughes as its new manager; he was presented to the press on 3 August.

Kit

On 24 May 2010, Fulham signed a three-year deal with Kappa after having three seasons with Nike.{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2010/may/24/kappa-deal

• Designer – Kappa
• Sponsor – FxPro

Premier League

The Premier League started on 14 August 2010. The provisional fixture list was announced on 17 June 2010, with Fulham starting the season with a match against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium. The first match of the season was an even contest that ended 0–0, with Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale turning in a good performance while deputising for Mark Schwarzer. Fulham then faced Manchester United at Craven Cottage in the first home match of the season. Paul Scholes gave the away side the lead in the 11th minute. Midfielder Simon Davies scored the equaliser and Fulham's first goal of the season after 57 minutes. The game turned in both directions in the final ten minutes: defender Brede Hangeland scored an own goal in the 84th minute, only to redeem himself five minutes later by scoring at the other end of the pitch to equalise for Fulham and earn a 2–2 draw. Nani also had a penalty kick, given for a handball by Damien Duff, saved by Stockdale which would have made the scoreline 3–1 to the away team.

Fulham next played against Premier League newcomers Blackpool at Bloomfield Road, the first top league match at the stadium for 39 years. Fulham's Bobby Zamora opened the scoring in the 35th minute and the score remained at 1–0 until the 71st minute when John Paintsil scored an own goal in Blackpool's favour. Luke Varney then put Blackpool in front at 2–1, but Dickson Etuhu scored again for Fulham (87), securing their third successive league draw.

Hangeland Hangeland

Varney Etuhu

Berra

Huddlestone

Fortuné

Zabaleta Y. Touré

Piquionne

Dempsey Hangeland

Walker Dempsey

Zamora Hoilett

Saha

Etuhu

Valencia

Hangeland

Davies

Sidwell Kuyt Suárez

Zamora Gera Walcott

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

FA Cup

Fulham were drawn against Peterborough United at home in the 3rd round of the FA Cup on 28 November 2010.

Hangeland
Etuhu
Gera
Greening Tomlin McCann

Hangeland Duff
Dembélé Van der Vaart

Muamba
Petrov
Robinson
Holden

Last updated: 20 February 2011 Source: Fulham F.C.

Football League Cup

As a Premier League side not competing in European competition, Fulham entered the Football League Cup at the second round stage. The draw was made following the conclusion of the first round ties and saw Fulham facing a home match against Port Vale from League Two. Zoltan Gera and Bobby Zamora both scored twice and Clint Dempsey and new signing Mousa Dembélé also scored in a 6–0 victory. Gera gave Fulham the lead after 10 minutes; Dembélé doubled the advantage (26), Zamora scored a third goal in the 36th minute. Gera (47) and Zamora (66) both scored after half-time and Dempsey added a sixth goal in the 70th minute to round off the victory.

In the draw for the third round, Fulham were handed a meeting against fellow Premier League team Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on 21 September 2010. Fulham lost this game 2–0 which ended their 2010/2011 Carling Cup campaign. Dembélé Zamora Dempsey Higginbotham Jones Wilkinson

Last updated: 21 September 2010 Source: Fulham F.C.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

This is a list of the First Team players for the 2010–11 season. Kagisho Dikgacoi was given the number 26 shirt, previously worn by Chris Smalling, while Carlos Salcido was given the number 3 shirt after the departure of Paul Konchesky. Eiður Guðjohnsen took Fredrik Stoor's number 22 shirt during his loan spell. All the new players filled in a few gaps in the squad.

All Premier League clubs had to declare a squad of 25 players on 1 September 2010, who they could choose from until the transfer window re-opened in January 2011. The squad had to include at least eight senior "homegrown" players, defined as having spent three years in an English football academy before the age of 21. Fulham had 11 senior homegrown players in the official list released by the Premier League, with a further group of contracted players under 21 also available for selection.

|- |}

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

:Last updated on 22 May 2011

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

:Last updated on 22 May 2011

Transfers

In

Out

Loan out

References

References

1. (4 June 2010). "Werder Bremen Friendly". Fulham F.C..
2. (25 June 2010). "Portsmouth Friendly". Fulham F.C..
3. (8 July 2010). "Swedish Friendly Matches". Fulham F.C..
4. (6 July 2010). "The Boys Are Back". Fulham F.C..
5. (14 July 2010). "Friendly round-up – Weds 14th July". Premier League.
6. (17 July 2010). "Friendly round-up – Saturday 17th July". Premier League.
7. (1 July 2010). "Player Contract Round-up". Fulham F.C..
8. (8 June 2010). "Fulham sign defender Philippe Senderos from Arsenal". BBC Sport.
9. Ley, John. (10 June 2009). "Premier League Transfers: Summer 201". The Telegraph.
10. (18 July 2010). "Martin Jol set to become new Fulham manager". BBC News.
11. (3 August 2010). "Hughes Set Sights on Progress". Fulham FC.
12. (25 June 2010). "Fulham Teams Up With FxPro". Fulham F.C..
13. (17 June 2010). "Premier League fixtures: West Brom first up for Chelsea". [[BBC]].
14. Roopanarine, Les. (22 August 2010). "Bolton 0–0 Fulham". BBC Sport.
15. Dawkes, Phil. (22 August 2010). "Fulham 2–2 Man Utd". BBC Sport.
16. McNulty, Phil. (28 August 2010). "Blackpool 2–2 Fulham". BBC Sport.
17. "Third round draw made". The Football Association.
18. (11 August 2010). "League Two Accrington to meet Newcastle in Carling Cup". BBC Sport.
19. (28 August 2010). "Tottenham host Arsenal in Carling Cup third round". BBC Sport.
20. (21 September 2010). "Stoke City 2–0 Fulham report". Fulham FC.
21. "Football Squads – Fulham – 2010/11". FootballSquads.co.uk.
22. "1st Team Players". Fulham F.C..
23. "Squad Numbers 2010/11". Fulham F.C..
24. (27 July 2010). "New Premier League squad rules explained". BBC Sport.
25. (13 August 2010). "Premier League squads under scrutiny". BBC Sport.
26. "Home Grown Player rules". Premier League.
27. (1 September 2010). "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League.
28. (2 September 2010). "Premier League squads". BBC Sport.
29. (9 August 2010). "Premier League: Ins and Outs". [[ESPNsoccernet]].
30. (1 July 2010). "Jonathan Greening move confirmed by Fulham". BBC Sport.
31. (24 August 2010). "Fulham sign Benfica's Algerian defender Rafik Halliche". BBC Sport.
32. (24 August 2010). "Halliche Signs". Fulham FC.
33. (26 August 2010). "Fulham sign Mexican Carlos Slacido from PSV Eindhoven". BBC Sport.
34. (31 August 2010). "Liverpool complete Paul Konchesky signing from Fulham". BBC Sport.
35. Hibbs, Ben. (1 July 2010). "Reds swoop for Smalling". Manchester United F.C..
36. (27 August 2010). "Konchesky Departs". Fulham F.C..