2018-19 season

2018-19 season
Club information
Chairman	Shahid Khan
Manager	Slaviša Jokanović (sacked 14 Nov) Claudio Ranieri (sacked 28 Feb) Scott Parker (caretaker)
Club Captain	Tom Cairney
Ground	Craven Cottage
League season information
League	Premier League
Position	19th/20 (Relegated)
Matches played	38 (W7 D5 L26)
Other competitions
FA Cup	3rd round (v Oldham)
EFL Cup	4th round (v Man City)
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League)	Aleksandar Mitrović (11)
Top goalscorer (All)	Aleksandar Mitrović (11)
Most appearances (League)	Aleksandar Mitrović (37)
Most appearances (All)	Aleksandar Mitrović (39)
Biggest home win	4-2 v Burnley (25 Aug 2018) 4-2 v Brighton (29 Jan 2019)
Biggest away win	3-1 v Millwall (25 Sept 2018)
Biggest home defeat	1-5 v Arsenal (7 Oct 2018)
Biggest away defeat	1-4 v Man Utd (8 Dec 2018) 1-4 v Arsenal (1 Jan 2019) 1-4 v Watford (2 Apr 2019)
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Overview

The 2018-19 season was Fulham's 137th season, and the club's first return to the Premier League after four years in the Championship.

The club spent over £100 million in the summer transfer window ahead of the new campaign, which had made them the first promoted team to do so in the Premier League. Big money signings included Jean Michaël Seri from Nice for a reported £27 million, André Zambo Anguissa from Marseille for around £22 million and Aleksandar Mitrović for another £22 million from Newcastle United. The club were touted by many to finish comfortably in the league, however, this was certainly not the case.

The club started poorly and never quite recovered, shipping plenty of goals in the process. Slaviša Jokanović' reign lasted only until November, when Claudio Ranieri had replaced him. This only lasted a few months before former player turned coach Scott Parker was handed a caretaker role until the end of the season, though it was too late to prevent Fulham from relegation. Finishing in a lowly 19th position, lack of quality recruitment was to blame despite the large amount of money spent.

League table

Premier League

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Additional info
1	Manchester City	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98
2	Liverpool	38	30	7	1	89	22	+67	97
3	Chelsea	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	23	2	13	67	39	+28	71
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70
6	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	65	54	+11	66
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	52	55	-3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	-7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	51	53	-2	49
13	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17	42	48	−6	45
14	Bournemouth	38	13	6	19	56	70	-14	45
15	Burnley	38	11	7	20	45	68	−23	40
16	Southampton	38	9	12	17	45	65	−20	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	9	20	35	60	–25	36
18	Cardiff City	38	10	4	24	34	69	-35	34
19	Fulham	38	7	5	26	34	81	−47	26
20	Huddersfield Town	38	3	7	28	22	76	−54	16

Squad

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Prev Apps	Prev Gls	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Marcus Bettinelli	26	98	0	c.2005	n/a
25	GK	Sergio Rico	24	0	0	9 Aug 2018	Loan
31	GK	Fabri	30	0	0	24 Jul 2018	£5,000,000
50	GK	Luca Ashby-Hammond	17	0	0	c.2009	n/a
Defenders
4	CB	Denis Odoi	30	76	5	14 Jul 2016	£900,000
5	CB/RB	Calum Chambers	23	0	0	7 Aug 2018	Loan
13	CB	Tim Ream	30	122	2	20 Aug 2015	£1,500,000
16	CB/DM	Håvard Nordtveit	28	0	0	31 Jan 2019	Loan
20	CB/LB	Maxime Le Marchand	28	0	0	12 Jul 2018	£3,500,000
21	RB	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	20	0	0	9 Aug 2018	Loan
22	RB	Cyrus Christie	25	6	0	31 Jan 2018	£3,500,000
23	LB	Joe Bryan	24	0	0	9 Aug 2018	£6,000,000
26	CB	Alfie Mawson	24	0	0	3 Aug 2018	£15,000,000
43	RB	Steven Sessegnon	18	2	0	c.2008	n/a
Midfielders
6	DM	Kevin McDonald (vc)	29	94	6	22 Jul 2016	£1,250,000
8	AM	Stefan Johansen	27	91	21	26 Aug 2016	£2,000,000
10	CM/AM	Tom Cairney (c)	27	130	27	26 Jun 2015	£3,500,000
24	CM	Jean Michaël Seri	27	0	0	12 Jul 2018	£27,000,000
29	DM	André Zambo Anguissa	22	0	0	9 Aug 2018	£22,300,000
33	CM	Matt O'Riley	17	2	0	c.2009	n/a
36	AM/RLW	Luca de la Torre	20	8	0	1 Jul 2013	Free
40	CM/AM	Mattias Käit	20	0	0	1 Jul 2014	£90,000
44	CM	Ibrahima Cissé	24	8	0	7 Jul 2017	£2,000,000
Forwards
3	LW/LB	Ryan Sessegnon	18	82	23	c.2008	n/a
7	RW/LW	Neeskens Kebano	26	61	9	26 Aug 2016	£3,800,000
9	CF	Aleksandar Mitrović	23	20	12	30 Jul 2018	£22,000,000
11	LW	Floyd Ayité	29	63	13	1 Jul 2016	£1,700,000
12	LW	Ryan Babel	32	0	0	15 Jan 2019	£1,800,000
14	LW/RW	André Schürrle	27	0	0	25 Jul 2018	Loan
19	CF	Luciano Vietto	24	0	0	9 Aug 2018	Loan
30	RW/LW	Lazar Marković	24	0	0	31 Jan 2019	Free
47	RW/CF	Aboubakar Kamara	23	35	7	31 Jul 2017	£4,000,000
Out on Loan
17	CF	Rui Fonte	28	28	3	17 Aug 2017	£8,300,000
37	LW	Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson	19	0	0	2 Sept 2015	£90,000
__	CB	Marcelo Djaló	24	4	0	3 Jul 2017	£700,000
__	CF	Stephen Humphrys	20	3	0	30 Jul 2013	Free

Staff

Board

Position	Name
Chairman	Shahid Khan
Chief Executive Officer	Alistair Mackintosh
Director of Football Operations	Tony Khan
Finance Director	Chris Bailey
Non-Executive Director	Mark Lamping
Non-Executive Director	David Daly

Coaching staff

Until 14 Nov 2018 Position Name Head Coach Slaviša Jokanović Assistant Head Coach Javier Pereira First Team Coach Scott Parker First Team Analyst Alberto Escobar Goalkeeping Coach José Sambade Carreira (left 24 Aug 2018) Goalkeeping Coach Luca Squinzani (joined 3 Sept 2018) Fitness Coach Rafael Cristóbal

14 Nov 2018-28 Feb 2019 Position Name Manager Claudio Ranieri Assistant Manager Paolo Benetti First Team Coach Scott Parker Technical Coach Carlo Cornacchia Goalkeeping Coach Paolo Orlandoni Conditioning Coach Vitantonio Pascale Head of Fitness & Physical Performance Andrea Azzalin

From 28 Feb 2019

Position	Name
Caretaker Manager	Scott Parker
Assistant Manager	Stuart Gray (joined 7 Mar 2019)
First Team Coach	Matt Wells (joined 7 Mar 2019)
Goalkeeping Coach	Paolo Orlandoni

Medical staff Position Name Manager of Medical & Sports Science Marco Cesarini Head of Sports Science Alastair Harris Head Physio Chris Hanson Club Doctor Justin Yeoh

Other staff Position Name Chief Operating Officer Darren Preston Chief Scout Brian Talbot Head Groundsman Dave Tatnell

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee
12 Jul 2018	CB	Maxime Le Marchand	Nice	£4,000,000
12 Jul 2018	CM	Jean Michaël Seri	Nice	£27,000,000
24 Jul 2018	GK	Fabri	Beşiktaş	£5,000,000
30 Jul 2018	CF	Aleksandar Mitrović	Newcastle United	£22,000,000
2 Aug 2018	CB	Alfie Mawson	Swansea City	£15,000,000
9 Aug 2018	LB	Joe Bryan	Bristol City	£6,000,000
9 Aug 2018	DM	André Zambo Anguissa	Marseille	£22,300,000
15 Jan 2019	LW	Ryan Babel	Beşiktaş	£1,800,000
31 Jan 2019	RW	Lazar Marković	Liverpool	Free
/	/	/	Total	£103,100,000

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date
25 Jul 2018	LW	André Schürrle	Borussia Dortmund	31 May 2020
7 Aug 2018	CB/DM	Calum Chambers	Arsenal	31 May 2019
9 Aug 2018	GK	Sergio Rico	Sevilla	31 May 2019
9 Aug 2018	CF	Luciano Vietto	Atletico Madrid	31 May 2019
9 Aug 2018	RB	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	Manchester United	31 May 2019
31 Jan 2019	CB/DM	Håvard Nordtveit	Hoffenheim	31 May 2019

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 Jul 2018	CF	Michael Elstone	Released	Free
1 Jul 2018	RB	Joe Felix	Queens Park Rangers	Free
1 Jul 2018	RB	Ryan Fredericks	West Ham United	Free
1 Jul 2018	LB	Dan Martin	Leeds United	Free
1 Jul 2018	AM	Isaac Pearce	Forest Green Rovers	Free
1 Jul 2018	GK	Julian Schwarzer	FC Pipinsried	Free
1 Jul 2018	AM	George Williams	Forest Green Rovers	Free
4 Jul 2018	RB	Djed Spence	Middlesbrough	Free
4 Jul 2018	CM	Reece York	Sheffield United	Free
16 Jul 2018	GK	David Button	Brighton & Hove Albion	£4,500,000
1 Jan 2019	CF	Cauley Woodrow	Barnsley	Free
19 Jan 2019	CF	Stephen Humphrys	Southend United	Free
/	/	/	Total	£4,500,000

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
6 Jul 2018	CF	Stephen Humphrys	Scunthorpe United	3 Jan 2019
7 Jul 2018	CF	Elijah Adebayo	Swindon Town	9 Jan 2019
25 Jul 2018	GK	Marek Rodák	Rotherham United	31 May 2019
3 Aug 2018	CM	Tayo Edun	Ipswich Town	31 Dec 2018
15 Aug 2018	GK	Magnus Norman	Rochdale	31 Jan 2019
15 Aug 2018	CB	Marcelo Djaló	Extremadura	31 May 2018
24 Aug 2018	CF	Cauley Woodrow	Barnsley	31 Dec 2018
31 Aug 2018	LW	Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson	Vendsyssel FF	31 May 2019
31 Aug 2018	CF	Rui Fonte	Lille	31 May 2019
5 Jan 2019	CB	Rob Atkinson	Braintree Town	31 May 2019
31 Jan 2019	CF	Elijah Adebayo	Stevenage	31 May 2019
31 Jan 2019	CB	Aron Davies	Maidstone United	31 May 2019
31 Jan 2019	RW/CF	Aboubakar Kamara	Yeni Malatyaspor	30 Jun 2019
31 Jan 2019	CM	Stefan Johansen	West Bromwich Albion	31 May 2019

Matches

Pre-season

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 7 Jul 2018	Crawley Town	Home	Won	4-2	Played at Motspur Park
2	Sat 14 Jul 2018	Reading	Neutral	Drew	0-0	Played at The Recreation Ground, Aldershot
3	Wed 18 Jul 2018	Fenerbahçe	Neutral	Lost	0-3	Played at Stade Joseph-Moynat, Thonon Les Bains
4	Sat 21 Jul 2018	Lyon	Neutral	Lost	0-4	Played at Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu
5	Wed 1 Aug 2018	Sampdoria	Neutral	Lost	0-1	Played at The Recreation Ground, Aldershot
6	Sat 4 Aug 2018	Celta Vigo	Home	Draw	2-2

Cup of Traditions

Semi-final	Sat 28 Jul 2018	Athletic Bilbao	Neutral	Won	3-1	45 minute match
Final	Sat 28 Jul 2018	Fiorentina	Neutral	Drew	0-0	45 minute match (Lost 9-8 on pens)

Additional friendlies

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 8 Sept 2018	ATK	Neutral	Won	1-0	Played at Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain

Premier League

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 11 Aug 2018	Crystal Palace	Home	Lost	0-2
2	Sat 18 Aug 2018	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	Lost	1-3
3	Sun 26 Aug 2018	Burnley	Home	Won	4-2
4	Sat 1 Sept 2018	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	Drew	2-2
5	Sat 15 Sept 2018	Manchester City	Away	Lost	0-3
6	Sat 22 Sept 2018	Watford	Home	Drew	1-1
7	Sat 29 Sept 2018	Everton	Away	Lost	0-3
8	Sun 7 Oct 2018	Arsenal	Home	Lost	1-5
9	Sat 20 Oct 2018	Cardiff City	Away	Lost	2-4
10	Sat 27 Oct 2018	Bournemouth	Home	Lost	0-3
11	Mon 5 Nov 2018	Huddersfield Town	Away	Lost	0-1
12	Sun 11 Nov 2018	Liverpool	Away	Lost	0-2
13	Sat 24 Nov 2018	Southampton	Home	Won	3-2
14	Sun 2 Dec 2018	Chelsea	Away	Lost	0-2
15	Wed 5 Dec 2018	Leicester City	Home	Drew	1-1
16	Sat 8 Dec 2018	Manchester United	Away	Lost	1-4
17	Sat 15 Dec 2018	West Ham United	Home	Lost	0-2
18	Sat 22 Dec 2018	Newcastle United	Away	Drew	0-0
19	Wed 26 Dec 2018	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	Drew	1-1
20	Sat 29 Dec 2018	Huddersfield Town	Home	Won	1-0
21	Tue 1 Jan 2019	Arsenal	Away	Lost	1-4
22	Sat 12 Jan 2019	Burnley	Away	Lost	1-2
23	Sat 19 Jan 2019	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	Lost	1-2
24	Sat 29 Jan 2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	Won	4-2
25	Sat 2 Feb 2019	Crystal Palace	Away	Lost	0-2
26	Sat 9 Feb 2019	Manchester United	Home	Lost	0-3
27	Fri 22 Feb 2019	West Ham United	Away	Lost	1-3
28	Wed 27 Feb 2019	Southampton	Away	Lost	0-2
29	Sun 3 Mar 2019	Chelsea	Home	Lost	1-2
30	Sat 9 Mar 2019	Leicester City	Away	Lost	1-3
31	Sun 17 Mar 2019	Liverpool	Home	Lost	1-2
32	Sat 30 Mar 2019	Manchester City	Home	Lost	0-2
33	Sat 6 Apr 2019	Watford	Away	Lost	1-4
34	Sat 13 Apr 2019	Everton	Home	Won	2-0
35	Sat 20 Apr 2019	Bournemouth	Away	Won	1-0
36	Sat 27 Apr 2019	Cardiff City	Home	Won	1-0
37	Sat 4 May 2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	Lost	0-1
38	Sun 12 May 2019	Newcastle United	Home	Lost	0-4

EFL Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
2nd Round	Tue 28 Aug 2018	Exeter City	Home	Won	2-0
3rd Round	Tue 25 Sept 2018	Millwall	Away	Won	3-1
4th Round	Thu 1 Nov 2018	Manchester City	Away	Lost	0-2

FA Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
3rd Round	Sat 6 Jan 2019	Oldham Athletic	Home	Lost	1-2

Statistics

Appearances & goals

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Marcus Bettinelli	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
3		FW	Ryan Sessegnon	38	2	26+9	2	0+1	0	2	0
4		DF	Denis Odoi	34	1	29+2	0	1	1	1+1	0
5		MF	Calum Chambers	33	2	29+2	2	1	0	1	0
6		MF	Kevin McDonald	15	0	10+4	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Neeskens Kebano	9	0	0+7	0	1	0	1	0
8		MF	Stefan Johansen	13	0	4+8	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Aleksandar Mitrović	39	11	37	11	0+1	0	1	0
10		MF	Tom Cairney	33	1	24+7	1	1	0	1	0
11		FW	Floyd Ayité	19	1	3+13	1	1	0	1+1	0
12		FW	Ryan Babel	16	5	15+1	5	0	0	0	0
13		DF	Tim Ream	29	0	25+1	0	1	0	2	0
14		FW	André Schürrle	24	6	21+2	6	0	0	1	0
16		DF	Håvard Nordtveit	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
17		FW	Rui Fonte	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		FW	Luciano Vietto	22	1	10+10	1	1	0	1	0
20		DF	Maxime Le Marchand	29	0	25+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
21		DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	13	0	10+2	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Cyrus Christie	31	0	19+9	0	0	0	2+1	0
23		DF	Joe Bryan	29	1	27+1	0	0	0	1	1
24		MF	Jean Michaël Seri	33	1	27+4	1	1	0	1	0
25		GK	Sergio Rico	32	0	29	0	0	0	3	0
26		DF	Alfie Mawson	16	0	13+2	0	0	0	1	0
29		MF	André Zambo Anguissa	25	0	16+6	0	0	0	3	0
30		FW	Lazar Marković	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
31		GK	Fabri	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Matt O'Riley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
36		MF	Luca de la Torre	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
43		DF	Steven Sessegnon	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
44		MF	Ibrahima Cissé	5	0	1+2	0	1	0	1	0
47		FW	Aboubakar Kamara	15	5	5+8	3	0	0	2	2
50		GK	Luca Ashby-Hammond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56		MF	Harvey Elliott	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left the club during 2018-19:

Goalscorers

When total goals are equal, the list is sorted by player who gained that number first

#	Position	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	Aleksandar Mitrović	11	0	0	11
2	FW	André Schürrle	6	0	0	6
3	FW	Aboubakar Kamara	3	0	2	5
	FW	Ryan Babel	5	0	0	5
5	FW	Ryan Sessegnon	2	0	0	2
	DF/MF	Calum Chambers	2	0	0	2
7	MF	Jean Michaël Seri	1	0	0	1
	DF	Joe Bryan	0	0	1	1
	MF	Luca de la Torre	0	0	1	1
	DF	Cyrus Christie	0	0	1	1
	DF	Denis Odoi	0	1	0	1
	FW	Luciano Vietto	1	0	0	1
	FW	Floyd Ayité	1	0	0	1
	MF	Tom Cairney	1	0	0	1
/	/	Own Goals	1	0	0	1
/	/	TOTALS	34	1	5	40

Assists

When total assists are equal, the list is sorted by player who gained that number first

#	Position	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	Ryan Sessegnon	7	0	0	7
2	FW	Luciano Vietto	4	0	0	4
	FW	Ryan Babel	4	0	0	4
	FW	Aleksandar Mitrović	4	0	0	4
5	MF	Jean Michaël Seri	3	0	0	3
6	MF	Luca de la Torre	0	0	2	2
	DF	Cyrus Christie	1	0	1	2
8	MF	Tom Cairney	1	0	0	1
	MF	Stefan Johansen	0	0	1	1
	FW	Floyd Ayité	0	0	1	1
	DF	Maxime Le Marchand	1	0	0	1
	DF	Denis Odoi	1	0	0	1
	DF	Joe Bryan	1	0	0	1
	DF	Håvard Nordtveit	1	0	0	1
/	/	TOTALS	28	0	5	33

Disciplinary record

Bookings

#	Position	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
1	DF/MF	Calum Chambers	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2	MF	Kevin McDonald	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	FW	Aleksandar Mitrović	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	DF	Cyrus Christie	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5	MF	Jean Michaël Seri	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
6	DF	Denis Odoi	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	Maxime Le Marchand	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	Joe Bryan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
9	MF	Stefan Johansen	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	André Zambo Anguissa	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
11	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	Ryan Babel	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	FW	André Schürrle	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Alfie Mawson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Aboubakar Kamara	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	GK	Marcus Bettinelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Luciano Vietto	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Neeskens Kebano	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Ryan Sessegnon	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Tim Ream	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	Sergio Rico	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	70	2	3	0	0	0	73	2

Suspensions

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Denis Odoi	26 May 2018	Red card	2 Matches	Crystal Palace (h) (Premier League) & Tottenham (a) (Premier League)
Kevin McDonald	27 Oct 2018	Red card	1 Match	Man City (a) (EFL Cup)
André Zambo Anguissa	8 Dec 2018	Red card	1 Match	West Ham (h) (Premier League)