2011-12 season

2011-12 season
Club information
Chairman	Mohamed Al-Fayed
Manager	Martin Jol
Club Captain	Danny Murphy
Ground	Craven Cottage
League season information
League	Premier League
Position	9th/20
Matches played	38 (W14 D10 L14)
Other competitions
FA Cup	4th round (v Everton)
League Cup	3rd round (v Chelsea)
Europa League	Group stage (Group K)
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League)	Clint Dempsey (17)
Top goalscorer (All)	Clint Dempsey (23)
Most appearances (League)	Brede Hangeland (38)
Most appearances (All)	Brede Hangeland (53)
Biggest home win	6-0 v QPR (2 Oct 2011)
Biggest away win	3-0 v Bolton (7 Apr 2012)
Biggest home defeat	0-5 v Man Utd (21 Dec 2011)
Biggest away defeat	0-4 v Everton (28 Apr 2012)
Biggest home attendance	25,700 v Aston Villa (13 Aug 2011) 25,700 v Man Utd (21 Dec 2011) 25,700 v Arsenal (2 Jan 2012) 25,700 v Norwich (31 Mar 2012)
Biggest away attendance	75,570 v Man Utd (26 Mar 2012)
Lowest home attendance	14,110 v Twente (15 Sept 2011)
Lowest away attendance	1,245 v NSÍ Runavík (7 Jul 2011)
Previous season	Next season
← 2010-11	2012-13 →

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.

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	38	28	5	5	93	29	+64	89
2	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	89	33	+56	89
3	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	74	49	+25	70
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	9	9	66	41	+25	69
5	Newcastle United	38	19	8	11	56	51	+5	65
6	Chelsea	38	18	10	10	65	46	+19	64
7	Everton	38	15	11	12	50	40	+10	56
8	Liverpool	38	14	10	14	47	40	+7	52
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
12	Norwich City	38	12	11	15	52	66	−14	47
13	Sunderland	38	11	12	15	45	46	−1	45
14	Stoke City	38	11	12	15	36	53	−17	45
15	Wigan Athletic	38	11	10	17	42	62	−20	43
16	Aston Villa	38	7	17	14	37	53	−16	38
17	Queens Park Rangers	38	10	7	21	43	66	−23	37
18	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6	22	46	77	−31	36
19	Blackburn Rovers	38	8	7	23	48	78	−30	31
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	5	10	23	40	82	−42	25

Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Mark Schwarzer 2 DF Stephen Kelly 3 DF John Arne Riise 4 MF Steve Sidwell 5 DF Brede Hangeland 6 DF Chris Baird 7 FW Pavel Pogrebnyak 8 FW Andy Johnson 9 FW Orlando Sá 10 MF Pajtim Kasami 11 FW Bryan Ruiz 12 GK David Stockdale 13 MF Danny Murphy 14 DF Philippe Senderos 15 MF Marcel Gecov 16 MF Damien Duff 17 MF Bjørn Helge Riise 18 DF Aaron Hughes 19 MF Mahamadou Diarra 20 MF Dickson Etuhu 21 MF Kerim Frei 22 GK Csaba Somogyi 23 MF Clint Dempsey

No. Position Player 24 FW Lauri Dalla Valle 25 FW Bobby Zamora 26 DF Zdeněk Grygera DF Carlos Salcido 28 DF Matthew Briggs 29 MF Simon Davies 30 MF Mousa Dembélé 31 MF Alex Kačaniklić 32 DF Rafik Halliche 33 FW Danny Hoesen 34 MF Tom Donegan 35 FW Richard Peniket 36 DF Keanu Marsh-Brown MF Mesca 37 MF Courtney Harris 38 GK Neil Etheridge 39 DF Stephen Arthurworrey 40 DF Alex Smith 41 GK Marcus Bettinelli 42 FW Marcello Trotta 43 MF Josh Pritchard 44 GK Jesse Joronen

Starting XI

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

No. Pos. Name Appearances Notes 1 GK Schwarzer, MarkMark Schwarzer 29 Stockdale, DavidDavid Stockdale had 8 appearances 2 DR Kelly, StephenStephen Kelly 20+3 Baird, ChrisChris Baird had 13+6 appearances 18 DC Senderos, PhilippePhilippe Senderos 21 Hughes, AaronAaron Hughes had 17+1 appearances 5 DC Hangeland, BredeBrede Hangeland 37 3 DL Riise, John ArneJohn Arne Riise 34+1 16 MR Duff, DamienDamien Duff 22+5 13 MC Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy 32+3 Sidwell, SteveSteve Sidwell had 12+2 appearances Etuhu, DicksonDickson Etuhu had 9+13 appearances Diarra, MahamadouMahamadou Diarra had 7+3 appearances 30 MC Dembélé, MousaMousa Dembélé 32+3 11 ML Dempsey, ClintClint Dempsey 37 Frei, KerimKerim Frei had 5+10 appearances 23 SS Ruiz, BryanBryan Ruiz 17+10 7 ST Johnson, AndyAndy Johnson 13+7 Zamora, BobbyBobby Zamora had 14+1 appearances Pogrebnyak, PavelPavel Pogrebnyak had 11 appearances

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Kits

Transfers

Players in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 Jul 2011	DF	Dan Burn	Darlington	£350,000
1 Jul 2011	MF	Tom Donegan	Everton	Undisclosed
8 Jul 2011	GK	Csaba Somogyi	Rákospalotai	Free
13 Jul 2011	DF	John Arne Riise	Roma	£2.3 million
20 Jul 2011	MF	Marcel Gecov	Slovan Liberec	£700,000
25 Jul 2011	MF	Pajtim Kasami	Palermo	£1.4 million
20 Aug 2011	MF	Lyle Della-Verde	Southend	£100,000
31 Aug 2011	DF	Zdeněk Grygera	Juventus	Free
31 Aug 2011	FW	Bryan Ruiz	Twente	£10.6 million
31 Aug 2011	FW	Orlando Sá	Porto	Free
1 Sept 2011	DF	Sean Kavanagh	Belvedere	Undisclosed
1 Sept 2011	FW	Muamer Tanković	IFK Norrköping	Undisclosed
26 Sept 2011	MF	Mesca	Chelsea	Free
18 Jan 2012	DF	Jack Grimmer	Aberdeen	£200,000 (plus incentives)
18 Jan 2012	MF	Lasse Vigen Christensen	FC Midtjylland	£88,000
25 Jan 2012	GK	Max Oberschmidt	Energie Cottbus	Free
31 Jan 2012	MF	Ryan Williams	Portsmouth	£500,000
31 Jan 2012	FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Stuttgart	£440,000
16 Feb 2012	MF	Mahamadou Diarra	Unattached	Free
2 Apr 2012	MF	Dino Islamović	Malmö FF	Free

Players out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 Jul 2011	FW	Diomansy Kamara	Eskişehirspor	Free
1 Jul 2011	FW	Eddie Johnson	Released	Free
1 Jul 2011	MF	Zoltán Gera	Released	Free
1 Jul 2011	DF	John Pantsil	Released	Free
1 Jul 2011	MF	Matthew Saunders	Released	Free
1 Jul 2011	DF	Michael Kamau	Brentford	Free
1 Jul 2011	DF	Aaron Pierre	Brentford	Free
1 Jul 2011	MF	Lewis Thomas	Released	Free
1 Jul 2011	MF	Albert Owusu-Ansah	Released	Free
1 Jul 2011	GK	Pascal Zuberbühler	Retired	n/a
4 Jul 2011	MF	Kagisho Dikgacoi	Crystal Palace	£600,000
7 Jul 2011	DF	Cristian Márquez Sánchez	Málaga CF	Undisclosed
18 Jul 2011	MF	Jonathan Greening	Nottingham Forest	£600,000
30 Aug 2011	DF	Cheick Touré	FC Lorient	Free
21 Nov 2011	MF	Keanu Marsh-Brown	Mutual termination	Free
31 Jan 2012	FW	Bobby Zamora	QPR	£5.1 million
7 Mar 2012	DF	Carlos Salcido	Tigres de la UANL	£440,000

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Date Returned
30 Apr 2012	GK	Connor Roberts	Everton	End of season

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Date Returned
24 Jul 2011	FW	Danny Hoesen	Fortuna Sittard	End of season
26 Jul 2011	GK	David Stockdale	Ipswich	End of season (recalled 14 Dec 2011)
17 Aug 2011	DF	Carlos Salcido	Tigres de la UANL	End of season (signed 7 Mar 2012)
24 Aug 2011	FW	Lauri Dalla Valle	Dundee Utd	16 Jan 2012
30 Aug 2011	MF	Keanu Marsh-Brown	Dundee Utd	16 Jan 2012
31 Aug 2011	FW	Richard Barroilhet	VPS	31 Oct 2011
1 Nov 2011	FW	Richard Peniket	Hereford	End of season
26 Sept 2011	MF	Bjørn Helge Riise	Portsmouth	17 Nov 2011
24 Nov 2011	FW	Marcello Trotta	Wycombe Wanderers	15 Jan 2012
24 Nov 2011	FW	Corey Gameiro	Hayes & Yeading	1 Jan 2012
30 Jan 2012	MF	Alex Kačaniklić	Watford	End of season (recalled 27 Mar 2012)
7 Feb 2012	DF	Matthew Briggs	Peterborough	7 Mar 2012
23 Feb 2012	FW	Marcello Trotta	Watford	26 Mar 2012
9 Mar 2012	FW	Jonathan Cosgrove	Chesham Utd	End of season
19 Mar 2012	FW	Lauri Dalla Valle	Exeter	19 Apr 2012

Matches

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.

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 9 Jul 2011	AFC Wimbledon	Away	Lost	0-2
2	Sun 17 Jul 2011	Stevenage	Away	Lost	0-1

Europa League

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Thu 30 Jun 2011	NSÍ Runavík	Home	Won	3-0
2	Thu 7 Jul 2011	NSÍ Runavík	Away	Drew	0-0	Won 3-0 on aggregate
3	Thu 14 Jul 2011	Crusaders	Away	Won	3-1
4	Thu 21 Jul 2011	Crusaders	Home	Won	4-0	Won 7-1 on aggregate
5	Thu 28 Jul 2011	RNK Split	Away	Drew	0-0
6	Thu 4 Aug 2011	RNK Split	Home	Won	2-0	Won 2-0 on aggregate
7	Thu 18 Aug 2011	Dnipro	Home	Won	3-0
8	Thu 25 Aug 2011	Dnipro	Away	Lost	0-1	Won 3-1 on aggregate
9	Thu 15 Sept 2011	Twente	Home	Drew	1-1
10	Thu 29 Sept 2011	Odense	Away	Won	2-0
11	Thu 20 Oct 2011	Wisła Kraków	Away	Lost	0-1
12	Thu 3 Nov 2011	Wisła Kraków	Home	Won	4-1
13	Thu 1 Dec 2011	Twente	Away	Lost	0-1
14	Wed 14 Dec 2011	Odense	Home	Drew	2-2

Premier League

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 13 Aug 2011	Aston Villa	Home	Drew	0-0
2	Sun 21 Aug 2011	Wolves	Away	Lost	0-2
3	Sun 28 Aug 2011	Newcastle	Away	Lost	1-2
4	Sun 11 Sept 2011	Blackburn	Home	Drew	1-1
5	Sun 18 Sept 2011	Man City	Home	Drew	2-2
6	Sat 24 Sept 2011	West Brom	Away	Drew	0-0
7	Sun 2 Oct 2011	Q.P.R.	Home	Won	6-0
8	Sat 15 Oct 2011	Stoke	Away	Lost	0-2
9	Sun 23 Oct 2011	Everton	Home	Lost	1-3
10	Sat 29 Oct 2011	Wigan	Away	Won	2-0
11	Sun 6 Nov 2011	Tottenham	Home	Lost	1-3
12	Sat 19 Nov 2011	Sunderland	Away	Drew	0-0
13	Sat 26 Nov 2011	Arsenal	Away	Drew	1-1
14	Mon 5 Dec 2011	Liverpool	Home	Won	1-0
15	Sat 10 Dec 2011	Swansea	Away	Lost	0-2
16	Sat 17 Dec 2011	Bolton	Home	Won	2-0
17	Wed 21 Dec 2011	Man Utd	Home	Lost	0-5
18	Mon 26 Dec 2011	Chelsea	Away	Drew	1-1
19	Sat 31 Dec 2011	Norwich	Away	Drew	1-1
20	Mon 2 Jan 2012	Arsenal	Home	Won	2-1
21	Sat 14 Jan 2012	Blackburn	Away	Lost	1-3
22	Sat 21 Jan 2012	Newcastle	Home	Won	5-2
23	Wed 1 Feb 2012	West Brom	Home	Drew	1-1
24	Sat 4 Feb 2012	Man City	Away	Lost	0-3
25	Sat 11 Feb 2012	Stoke	Home	Won	2-1
26	Sat 25 Feb 2012	Q.P.R.	Away	Won	1-0
27	Sun 4 Mar 2012	Wolves	Home	Won	5-0
28	Sat 10 Mar 2012	Aston Villa	Away	Lost	0-1
29	Sat 17 Mar 2012	Swansea	Home	Lost	0-3
30	Mon 26 Mar 2012	Man Utd	Away	Lost	0-1
31	Sat 31 Mar 2012	Norwich	Home	Won	2-1
32	Sat 7 Apr 2012	Bolton	Away	Won	3-0
33	Mon 9 Apr 2012	Chelsea	Home	Drew	1-1
34	Sat 21 Apr 2012	Wigan	Home	Won	2-1
35	Sat 28 Apr 2012	Everton	Away	Lost	0-4
36	Tue 1 May 2012	Liverpool	Away	Won	1-0
37	Sun 6 May 2012	Sunderland	Home	Won	2-1
38	Sun 13 May 2012	Tottenham	Away	Lost	0-2

League Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Wed 21 Sept 2011	Chelsea	Away	Drew	0-0	a.e.t., lost 3-4 on penalties

FA Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 7 Jan 2012	Charlton	Home	Won	4-0
2	Fri 27 Jan 2012	Everton	Away	Lost	1-2

Statistics

Appearances & goals

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Mark Schwarzer	42	0	29+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	12+0	0
2		DF	Stephen Kelly	33	0	20+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	7+0	0
3		DF	John Arne Riise	42	0	34+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
4		MF	Steve Sidwell	27	3	12+2	1	0+2	0	0+1	0	4+6	2
5		DF	Brede Hangeland	52	0	37+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	13+0	0
6		DF	Chris Baird	27	0	13+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	6+0	0
7		FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	11	6	11+0	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8		FW	Andy Johnson	33	11	13+7	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	11+1	8
9		FW	Orlando Sá	12	1	3+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+3	0
10		MF	Pajtim Kasami	16	0	3+3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+5	0
11		FW	Bryan Ruiz	30	2	17+10	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12		GK	David Stockdale	10	0	8+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13		MF	Danny Murphy	47	6	32+3	2	2+0	1	0+0	0	10+0	3
14		DF	Philippe Senderos	25	1	21+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
15		MF	Marcel Gecov	5	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
16		MF	Damien Duff	42	6	22+5	2	1+1	1	0+0	0	11+2	3
17		MF	Bjørn Helge Riise	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+4	0
18		DF	Aaron Hughes	27	1	17+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	8+0	1
19		MF	Mahamadou Diarra	10	1	7+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20		MF	Dickson Etuhu	33	0	9+13	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	9+2	0
21		MF	Kerim Frei	24	1	5+10	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+5	1
22		GK	Csaba Somogyi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23		MF	Clint Dempsey	45	22	37+0	16	2+0	3	0+0	0	6+0	3
24		FW	Lauri Dalla Valle	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
26		DF	Zdeněk Grygera	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
28		DF	Matthew Briggs	14	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	10+1	1
29		MF	Simon Davies	6	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
30		FW	Mousa Dembélé	43	1	32+3	1	1+0	0	0+1	0	4+2	0
31		MF	Alex Kačaniklić	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32		DF	Rafik Halliche	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34		MF	Tom Donegan	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
38		GK	Neil Etheridge	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
42		FW	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.

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
		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
		30	Mousa Dembélé	2	0	0	0	2
10		9	Orlando Sá	1	0	0	0	1
		18	Aaron Hughes	0	0	0	1	1
		19	Mahamadou Diarra	1	0	0	0	1
		21	Kerim Frei	0	0	0	1	1
		28	Matthew Briggs	0	0	0	1	1
		14	Philippe Senderos	1	0	0	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	4	0	0	0	4
/	/	/	TOTALS	47	5	0	24	76

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europa League		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