Overview [ ] The 2014-15 season was Fulham 's 133rd, and the club's 1st season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in 2013-14 . Felix Magath remained in charge for his first full season at Fulham following a disappointing season for all involved. The summer transfers saw what was virtually an entirely new squad to the previous season, with many of the club's academy products forming part of the first team. Scott Parker was one of the very few previous squad members to remain at Craven Cottage and was given the captains armband for the season. New signings included Shaun Hutchinson , Nikolay Bodurov , Ross McCormack and Thomas Eisfeld , while the likes of Patrick Roberts , Jesse Joronen , Cameron Burgess and Emerson Hyndman saw a big step up to the first team.
Pre-season was relatively successful, despite not coming up against any real meaningful opposition. Visits to Scotland , the United States and Austria meant that the squad were up and ready for the challenge of the Championship . However, the start to the League campaign was about as tragic as it could have been, with Fulham losing six of their first 7 matches, with only a solitary point. This led to Felix Magath 's sacking on 18 September 2014 after a 5-3 defeat the previous evening against Nottingham Forest .
U21 squad manager Kit Symons would then take over in a caretaker role, before being given the job on a permanent basis on 29 October 2014. Results were initially better, and he did help stabilise the situation that the club found themselves in. Nevertheless, a 17th position finish in the league when the club had originally hoped for an immediate return to the Premier League was very disappointing for all involved.
League table [ ]
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Additional info
1
Bournemouth (C,P) 46
26
12
8
98
45
+53
90
Champions, promoted to Premier League
2
Watford (P) 46
27
8
11
91
50
+41
89
Promoted to Premier League
3
Norwich City (P) 46
25
11
10
88
48
+40
86
Play-off winners, promoted to Premier League
4
Middlesbrough 46
25
10
11
68
37
+31
85
Qualified for play-offs
5
Brentford 46
23
9
14
78
59
+19
78
Qualified for play-offs
6
Ipswich Town 46
22
12
12
72
54
+18
78
Qualified for play-offs
7
Wolverhampton Wanderers 46
22
12
12
70
56
+14
78
8
Derby County 46
21
14
11
85
56
+29
77
9
Blackburn Rovers 46
17
16
13
66
59
+7
67
10
Birmingham City 46
16
15
15
54
64
−10
63
11
Cardiff City 46
16
14
16
57
61
+4
62
12
Charlton Athletic 46
14
18
14
54
60
-6
60
13
Sheffield Wednesday 46
14
18
14
43
49
−6
60
14
Nottingham Forest 46
15
14
17
71
69
+2
59
15
Leeds United 46
15
11
20
50
61
−11
56
16
Huddersfield Town 46
13
16
17
58
75
−17
55
17
Fulham 46 14 10 22 62 83 –21 52
18
Bolton Wanderers 46
13
12
21
54
67
−13
51
19
Reading 46
13
11
22
48
69
−21
50
20
Brighton & Hove Albion 46
10
17
19
44
54
−10
47
21
Rotherham United 46
11
16
19
46
67
−21
46
Deducted 3 points
22
Millwall (R) 46
9
14
23
42
76
−34
41
Relegated to League One
23
Wigan Athletic (R) 46
9
12
25
39
64
−25
39
Relegated to League One
24
Blackpool (R) 46
4
14
28
36
91
−55
26
Relegated to League One
Squad [ ]
No.
Pos.
Name
Age
Prev Apps
Prev Gls
Date signed
Fee
Goalkeepers
1
GK
Gábor Király 38
0
0
28 Aug 2014
£350,000
26
GK
Richard Lee 32
0
0
26 Mar 2015
Loan
40
GK
Marcus Bettinelli 22
0
0
c.2005
Academy
41
GK
Jesse Joronen 21
0
0
1 Jul 2009
Academy
42
GK
Marek Rodák 17
0
0
1 Jan 2013
Academy
Defenders
2
RB/DM
Tim Hoogland 29
0
0
1 Jul 2014
Free
3
LB
Kostas Stafylidis 20
0
0
9 Jul 2014
Loan
4
CB
Shaun Hutchinson 23
0
0
1 Jul 2014
Free
5
C/LB
Fernando Amorebieta 29
26
1
1 Jul 2013
Free
6
CB
Nikolay Bodurov 28
0
0
1 Aug 2014
£800,000
13 RB Elsad Zverotić 27 9 0 2 Sept 2013 £350,000
15
RB
Kay Voser 27
0
0
2 Jul 2014
£700,000
18
CB
Michael Turner 31
0
0
12 Mar 2015
Loan
23
CB
Tiago Casasola 19
0
0
22 Aug 2014
£880,000
24
LB
James Husband 21
0
0
25 Mar 2015
Loan
29
RB
Jazz Richards 23
0
0
24 Jan 2015
Loan
31
CB
Stephen Arthurworrey 19
0
0
c.2004
Academy
32
LB
Sean Kavanagh 20
0
0
31 Aug 2011
Academy
33
CB
Dan Burn 19
22
0
14 Apr 2011
£350,000
37
R/CB
Jack Grimmer 20
0
0
18 Jan 2012
£200,000
38
CB
Cameron Burgess 18
0
0
1 Jul 2012
Academy
43
CB/DM
Liam Donnelly 18
0
0
1 Jul 2012
Academy
Midfielders
7
CM
Thomas Eisfeld 21
0
0
23 Jul 2014
£880,000
8
CM/AM
Scott Parker (c)33
32
2
19 Aug 2013
£3,500,000
11
L/AM
Alex Kačaniklić 23
57
5
28 Aug 2010
Part Ex.
12
CM
Seko Fofana 19
0
0
27 Nov 2014
Loan
13
CM
Danny Guthrie 26
0
0
26 Mar 2015
Loan
19
CM
Ryan Tunnicliffe 21
3
0
31 Jan 2014
£1,200,000
21
C/RM
Lasse Vigen Christensen 20
2
0
18 Jan 2012
Academy
22 DM Dino Fazlić 22 0 0 14 Aug 2014 Free
26 CM Mark Fotheringham 30 0 0 8 Aug 2014 Free
27
AM/LW
George Williams 18
0
0
1 Jul 2012
Academy
28
CM
Emerson Hyndman 18
0
0
1 Jul 2011
Academy
30
AM
Chris David 20
3
1
4 Jan 2013
£350,000
39
R/CM
Ryan Williams 20
0
0
31 Jan 2012
£540,000
45
LB/LM
Jordan Evans 19
0
0
1 Jul 2011
Academy
Forwards
9
CF
Matt Smith 25
0
0
1 Sept 2014
£550,000
10
RW/AM
Bryan Ruiz 29
75
8
31 Aug 2011
£10,600,000
14
RW
Patrick Roberts 17
2
0
1 Jul 2010
Academy
16
CF
Cauley Woodrow 19
6
1
25 Mar 2011
£440,000
17
CF
Adam Taggart 21
0
0
1 Jul 2014
£220,000
20
CF
Hugo Rodallega 29
50
9
12 Jul 2012
Free
25
CF
Moussa Dembélé 18
3
0
15 Jul 2012
£280,000
29
CF
Marcello Trotta 21
3
0
31 Jul 2009
Academy
34
RW
Adil Chihi 26
0
0
23 Jul 2014
Free
36
R/LW
Mesca 21
1
0
Aug 2011
Free
44
CF/LW
Ross McCormack 28
0
0
8 Jul 2014
£11,000,000
Out on Season-long Loan
18
CF
Kostas Mitroglou 26
3
0
31 Jan 2014
£12,400,000
GK
Maarten Stekelenburg 31
21
0
5 Jun 2013
£4,000,000
Starting XI [ ] This represents the most commonly selected players according to league appearances
Staff [ ] Board [ ]
Position
Name
Chairman Shahid Khan
Chief executive officer Alistair Mackintosh
Finance Director Sean O'Loughlin
Non-Executive Director Mark Lamping
Chief Football Officer Mike Rigg (hired 29 Dec 2014)
Coaching staff [ ]
Until 18 Sept 2014 [ ]
Position
Name
Manager Felix Magath
First Team Coach Tomas Oral
First Team Coach Peter Grant
Goalkeeping Coach André Lenz
Conditioning Coach Werner Leuthard
Fitness Coach Scott Miller
From 18 Sept 2014 [ ]
Position
Name
Manager Kit Symons
First Team Coach Mark Pembridge
First Team Coach Alan Curbishley (hired 5 Mar 2015)
First Team Coach Sean Reed
Goalkeeping Coach Martin Brennan
Head Fitness Coach Gary Hall
Fitness Coach Alastair Harris
Medical staff [ ]
Position
Name
Chief Medical Officer Mark Taylor
Physiotherapist Tim Maynard
Club Doctor Raj Subbu
Other staff [ ]
Position
Name
Communications Director Sarah Brookes
Groundsman Greg Bolton
Kit Man Mark Harrison
Transfers [ ] Transfers in [ ]
Date
Position
Name
From
Fee
1 Jul 2014
CB
Shaun Hutchinson Motherwell Free
1 Jul 2014
CF
Adam Taggart Newcastle Jets £220,000
1 Jul 2014
RB/DM
Tim Hoogland Schalke Free
2 Jul 2014
RB
Kay Voser FC Basel £700,000
8 Jul 2014
CF/LW
Ross McCormack Leeds United £11,000,000
23 Jul 2014
CM
Thomas Eisfeld Arsenal £880,000
23 Jul 2014
RW
Adil Chihi FC Köln Free
1 Aug 2014
CB
Nikolay Bodurov Litex Lovech £800,000
8 Aug 2014
CM
Mark Fotheringham Notts County Free
15 Aug 2014
DM
Dino Fazlić Unattached Free
22 Aug 2014
CB
Tiago Casasola Boca Juniors £880,000
28 Aug 2014
GK
Gábor Király 1860 München £350,000
1 Sept 2014
CF
Matt Smith Leeds United £550,000
Total
£15,380,000
Loans in [ ] Transfers out [ ]
Date
Position
Name
To
Fee
Additional info
26 Jun 2014
RB
Sascha Riether Freiburg £300,000
1 Jul 2014
LW
Charles Banya Released Free
Signed for Crawley Town on 7 Aug 2014
1 Jul 2014
DM
Derek Boateng Rayo Vallecano Free
1 Jul 2014
LB
Matthew Briggs Released Free
Signed for Millwall on 1 Aug 2014
1 Jul 2014
DM
Mahamadou Diarra Retired
1 Jul 2014
R/LW
Damien Duff Melbourne City Free
1 Jul 2014
GK
Neil Etheridge Released Free
Signed for Oldham Athletic on 30 Oct 2014
1 Jul 2014
CB
Brede Hangeland Released Free
Signed for Crystal Palace on 30 Oct 2014
1 Jul 2014
CB
Johnny Heitinga Hertha Berlin Free
1 Jul 2014
DM
Giorgos Karagounis Retired
1 Jul 2014
DM
Josh Pritchard Gillingham Free
1 Jul 2014
LB
John Arne Riise Released Free
Signed for APOEL on 1 Sept 2014
1 Jul 2014
CM
Steve Sidwell Stoke City Free
1 Jul 2014
CF/AM
Muamer Tanković AZ Alkmaar Free
9 Jul 2014
CM
Pajtim Kasami Olympiakos £4,400,000
9 Jul 2014
LB/LW
Kieran Richardson Aston Villa £650,000
28 Jul 2014
GK
David Stockdale Brighton £1,100,000
29 Jul 2014
R/LW
Ashkan Dejagah Al-Arabi £5,500,000
9 Jan 2015
CF
Marcello Trotta AS Avellino £600,000
30 Jan 2015
CM
Mark Fotheringham Released Free
Signed for Livingstone on 6 Jan 2016
16 Feb 2015
DM
Dino Fazlić NK Zadar Free
16 Feb 2015
RB
Elsad Zverotić FC Sion Free
Total
£12,550,000
Loans out [ ] Matches [ ] Pre-season [ ]
#
Date
Opposition
Venue
Result
Score
Other info
1
Sat 5 Jul 2014
East Fife Away
Won
3-0
2
Thu 10 Jul 2014
Rangers Away
Lost
2-4 Played behind closed doors
3
Sat 12 Jul 2014
Motherwell Away
Won
2-0
4
Sat 19 Jul 2014
Crawley Town Away
Won
2-0
5
Sat 26 Jul 2014
DC United Neutral
Won
3-0
6
Wed 30 Jul 2014
Simurq Neutral
Cancelled
C-C
Due to waterlogged pitch; was to be played at Stadion Jenbach, Austria
7
Sat 2 Aug 2014
Çaykur Rizespor Neutral
Won
1-0 Played at Stadion Jenbach, Austria
Additional friendlies [ ]
#
Date
Opposition
Venue
Result
Score
Other info
1
Fri 5 Sept 2014
Saudi Arabia Home
Won
2-1
2
Thu 9 Oct 2014
Cardiff City XIHome
Drew
3-3
3
Thu 13 Nov 2014
West Ham United XIAway
Drew
3-3
#
Date
Opposition
Venue
Result
Score
Other info
1
Sat 9 Aug 2014
Ipswich Town Away
Lost
1-2
2
Sat 16 Aug 2014
Millwall Home
Lost
0-1
3
Wed 20 Aug 2014
Wolverhampton Wanderers Home
Lost
0-1
4
Sat 23 Aug 2014
Derby County Away
Lost
1-5
5
Sat 30 Aug 2014
Cardiff City Home
Drew
1-1
6
Sat 13 Sept 2014
Reading Away
Lost
0-3
7
Wed 17 Sept 2014
Nottingham Forest Away
Lost
3-5
8
Sat 20 Sept 2014
Blackburn Rovers Home
Lost
0-1
9
Sat 27 Sept 2014
Birmingham City Away
Won
2-1
10
Wed 1 Oct 2014
Bolton Wanderers Home
Won
4-0
11
Sat 4 Oct 2014
Middlesbrough Away
Lost
0-2
12
Sat 18 Oct 2014
Norwich City Home
Won
1-0
13
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Rotherham United Away
Drew
3-3
14
Fri 24 Oct 2014
Charlton Athletic Home
Won
3-0
15
Sat 1 Nov 2014
Wigan Athletic Away
Drew
3-3
16
Wed 5 Nov 2014
Blackpool Home
Drew
2-2
17
Sat 8 Nov 2014
Huddersfield Town Home
Won
3-1
18
Fri 21 Nov 2014
Brentford Away
Lost
1-2
19
Sat 29 Nov 2014
Brighton & Hove Albion Away
Won
2-1
20
Fri 5 Dec 2014
Watford Home
Lost
0-5
21
Sat 13 Dec 2014
Leeds United Away
Won
1-0
22
Sat 20 Dec 2014
Sheffield Wednesday Home
Won
4-0
23
Fri 26 Dec 2014
Bournemouth Away
Lost
0-2
24
Mon 29 Dec 2014
Brighton & Hove Albion Home
Lost
0-2
25
Sat 10 Jan 2015
Cardiff City Away
Lost
0-1
26
Sat 17 Jan 2015
Reading Home
Won
2-1
27
Wed 21 Jan 2015
Nottingham Forest Home
Won
3-2
28
Sat 31 Jan 2015
Blackburn Rovers Away
Lost
1-2
29
Sat 7 Feb 2015
Birmingham City Home
Drew
1-1
30
Tue 10 Feb 2015
Bolton Wanderers Away
Lost
1-3
31
Sat 14 Feb 2015
Ipswich Town Home
Lost
1-2
32
Sat 21 Feb 2015
Millwall Away
Draw
0-0
33
Tue 24 Feb 2015
Wolverhampton Wanderers Away
Lost
0-3
34
Sat 28 Feb 2015
Derby County Home
Won
2-0
35
Tue 3 Mar 2015
Watford Away
Lost
0-1
36
Fri 6 Mar 2015
Bournemouth Home
Lost
1-5
37
Sat 14 Mar 2015
Sheffield Wednesday Away
Drew
1-1
38
Wed 18 Mar 2015
Leeds United Home
Lost
0-3
39
Sat 21 Mar 2015
Huddersfield Town Away
Won
2-0
40
Fri 3 Apr 2015
Brentford Home
Lost
1-4
41
Tue 7 Apr 2015
Charlton Athletic Away
Drew
1-1
42
Fri 10 Apr 2015
Wigan Athletic Home
Drew
2-2
43
Wed 15 Apr 2015
Rotherham United Home
Drew
1-1
44
Sat 18 Apr 2015
Blackpool Away
Won
1-0
45
Sat 25 Apr 2015
Middlesbrough Home
Won
4-3
46
Sat 2 May 2015
Norwich City Away
Lost
2-4
#
Date
Opposition
Venue
Result
Score
Other info
2nd round Tue 26 Aug 2014
Brentford Away
Won
1-0
3rd round Tue 23 Sept 2014
Doncaster Rovers Home
Won
2-1
4th round Tue 28 Oct 2014
Derby County Home
Lost
2-5
#
Date
Opposition
Venue
Result
Score
Other info
3rd round Sat 3 Jan 2015
Wolverhampton Wanderers Home
Drew
0-0
Replay Tue 13 Jan 2015
Wolverhampton Wanderers Away
Drew
3-3 Fulham won 5-3 on penalties
4th round Sat 24 Jan 2015
Sunderland Away
Drew
0-0
Replay Tue 3 Feb 2015
Sunderland Home
Lost
1-3
Statistics [ ] Appearances & goals [ ] Goalscorers [ ] When total goals are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first
Assists [ ] When total assists are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first
Disciplinary [ ] Cards [ ]
Fulham F.C. Seasons
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Shahid Khan
Felix Magath (sacked 18 Sept 2014)
Kit Symons
Scott Parker
Ross McCormack (17)
Bournemouth (C,P)
Watford (P)
Norwich City (P)
Middlesbrough
Brentford
Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Derby County
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest
Leeds United
Huddersfield Town
Bolton Wanderers
Reading
Brighton & Hove Albion
Rotherham United
Millwall (R)
Wigan Athletic (R)
Blackpool (R)
Gábor Király
Jesse Joronen
Marek Rodák
Kostas Stafylidis
Fernando Amorebieta
Nikolay Bodurov
Elsad Zverotić
Kay Voser
Tiago Casasola
Sean Kavanagh
Liam Donnelly
Alex Kačaniklić
Seko Fofana
Lasse Vigen Christensen
Dino Fazlić
Chris David
Ryan Williams
Bryan Ruiz
Hugo Rodallega
Marcello Trotta
Adil Chihi
Mesca
Derek Boateng
Rayo Vallecano
Mahamadou Diarra
Neil Etheridge
Brede Hangeland
Ashkan Dejagah
Al-Arabi
NK Zadar
