2011-12 season

Overview
The 2011-12 season was Fulham's 130th, and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top-flight. It was manager Martin Jol's first season in charge of Fulham following Mark Hughes' departure in the off-season. Thirteen months after becoming runners-up of the Europa League, Fulham returned to the competition for the second time, this time qualifying via the UEFA Fair Play ranking. This meant starting in late June in the first qualifying round against NSÍ Runavík, and although a respectable run in the competition it ended disappointly, culminating in a last minute goal knocking them out of the group stage against Odense. In the Premier League, Fulham made a fairly shaky start but eventually gained ground and clear of the relegation places by christmas. Notable victories included a 1-0 victory hosting Liverpool, a 2-1 win over Arsenal, and several thrashings against Newcastle, Wolves, and newly-promoted rivals Q.P.R. (5-2, 5-0 & 6-0). In addition, a good comeback against the eventual champions Manchester City earned them a 2-2 draw. Unfortunately for the cottagers, a cup run in either the FA Cup or the League Cup was thwarted by losses to Everton in the fourth round, and Chelsea in the third round, respectively. After a strong second half of the season, which included a first ever victory at Anfield, Fulham finished in 9th position with 52 points, just 1 point short of their highest Premier League points tally. Clint Dempsey was voted as the fans' Player of the Season, and justified this with 23 goals; 17 in the league, bringing up his 50th league goal with Fulham on his last game of the season against Sunderland. Shortly after the finish of the 2011-12 season, transfer speculation immediately followed concerning Mousa Dembélé and Clint Dempsey, due to their fantastic displays for Fulham, with the former seemingly certain to move in the summer to one of the bigger clubs. It would also seem that the plans on expanding Craven Cottage to 30,000 seats were to go ahead in the summer, increasing the capacity of the Riverside stand.

Starting XI
This represents the most commonly selected players in the domestic league by starting appearances

Pre-season

 * Note: Due to Fulham's early season start in the Europa League, it created a heavy fixture list and therefore these pre-season friendlies were not strictly first-team fixtures.

Appearances & goals

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