2011–12 Fulham F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Fulham's 114th professional season and their 11th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the FA Cup. Fulham finished the season in ninth place after their last league match against Tottenham Hotspur resulted in a 0–2 defeat on 13 May 2012.[1]

Fulham
2011–12 season
ChairmanMohamed al-Fayed
ManagerMartin Jol
StadiumCraven Cottage
Premier League9th
Europa LeagueGroup stage (3rd in group K)
FA Cup4th round
League Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Clint Dempsey (17)

All:
Clint Dempsey (23)
Highest home attendance25,700
Lowest home attendance14,110
Average home league attendance22,611
Biggest win6-0 QPR

Premier League

Results

13 August 2011 1 Fulham 0–0 Aston Villa London
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Lee Mason
21 August 2011 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Fulham Wolverhampton
14:00 BST Doyle  42'
Jarvis  45+1'
Report Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 22,657
Referee: Mike Dean
28 August 2011 3 Newcastle United 2–1 Fulham Newcastle upon Tyne
13:00 BST Best  48', 66'
Simpson  87'
Smith  90+5'
Report Sidwell  64'
Dempsey  88'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 42,684 (443 away)
Referee: Kevin Friend
11 September 2011 4 Fulham 1–1 Blackburn Rovers London
16:00 BST Zamora  38' Report Rochina  32' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,856
Referee: Howard Webb
18 September 2011 5 Fulham 2–2 Manchester City London
15:00 BST Zamora  55'
Kompany  75' (o.g.)[2]
Report Agüero  18', 46' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,750
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
24 September 2011 6 West Brom 0–0 Fulham West Bromwich
15:00 BST Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,835
Referee: Stuart Attwell
2 October 2011 7 Fulham 6–0 Queens Park Rangers London
15:00 BST Johnson  2', 38', 59'
Sidwell  5'
Murphy  20' (pen.)
Dempsey  65'
Hangeland  69'
Zamora  74'
Report Hall  61'
Faurlín  68'
Wright-Phillips  82'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 23,835
Referee: Stuart Attwell
15 October 2011 8 Stoke City 2–0 Fulham Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Walters  80'
Delap  87'
Report Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 23,835
Referee: Martin Atkinson
23 October 2011 9 Fulham 1–3 Everton London
13:30 BST Ruiz  67' Report Drenthe  3'
Saha  90'
Rodwell  90+3'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,646
Referee: Lee Probert
29 October 2011 10 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Fulham Wigan
15:00 BST Report Dempsey  41'
Dembélé  86'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 15,796
Referee: Mike Jones
6 November 2011 11 Fulham 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur London
16:00 GMT Kaboul  57' (o.g.) Report Bale  10'
Lennon  45+3'
Kaboul  69'
Defoe  90+5'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,698
Referee: Peter Walton
19 November 2011 12 Sunderland 0–0 Fulham Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 37,688
Referee: Anthony Taylor
26 November 2011 13 Arsenal 1–1 Fulham London
17:30 GMT Vermaelen  82' Report Vermaelen  65' (o.g.) Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,043
Referee: Mike Dean
5 December 2011 14 Fulham 1–0 Liverpool London
20:00 GMT Dembélé  45'
Dempsey  48',  85'
Senderos  59'
Report Bellamy  48'
Spearing  72'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,688
Referee: Kevin Friend
10 December 2011 15 Swansea City 2–0 Fulham Swansea
15:00 GMT Sinclair  56'
Graham  90+1'
Report Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 19,286
Referee: Jonathan Moss
17 December 2011 16 Fulham 2–0 Bolton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Dempsey  32'
Ruiz  34'
Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,643
Referee: Chris Foy
21 December 2011 17 Fulham 0–5 Manchester United London
20:00 GMT Report Welbeck  5'
Nani  28'
Giggs  43'
Rooney  88'
Berbatov  90'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Mark Halsey
26 December 2011 18 Chelsea 1–1 Fulham London
13:00 GMT Mata  47' Report Dempsey  56' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,548
Referee: Kevin Friend
31 December 2011 19 Norwich City 1–1 Fulham Norwich
15:00 GMT Jackson  90+4' Report  7' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,406
Referee: Howard Webb
2 January 2012 20 Fulham 2–1 Arsenal London
17:30 GMT Sidwell  85'
Zamora  90+2'
Report Koscielny  21'
Djourou  63'  78'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Lee Probert
14 January 2012 21 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Fulham Blackburn
15:00 GMT Pedersen  45+4'
Dunn  46'
Formica  79'
Report Duff  56' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 18,003
Referee: Anthony Taylor
21 January 2012 22 Fulham 5–2 Newcastle United London
15:00 GMT Murphy  52' (pen.)
Dempsey  59', 65', 89'
Zamora  68' (pen.)
Report Guthrie  43'
Ben Arfa  85'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,692
Referee: Lee Mason
1 February 2012 23 Fulham 1–1 West Bromwich Albion London
19:45 GMT Dempsey  69' Report Tchoyi  82' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,689
Referee: Mark Halsey
4 February 2012 24 Manchester City 3–0 Fulham Manchester
15:00 GMT Agüero  10' (pen.)
Baird  30' (o.g.)
Džeko  72'
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,963
Referee: Mike Dean
11 February 2012 25 Fulham 2–1 Stoke City London
15:00 GMT Pogrebnyak  16'
Sørensen  28' (o.g.)
Report Shawcross  78' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 23,555
Referee: Chris Foy
25 February 2012 26 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Fulham London
15:00 GMT Diakité  20'  33' Report Pogrebnyak  7',  7'
Dembélé  65'
J. A. Riise  69'
Baird  85'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 18,015
Referee: Phil Dowd
4 March 2012 27 Fulham 5–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
14:05 GMT Hangeland  22'
Pogrebnyak  36', 44', 61'
Dempsey  56', 83'
Report Zubar  7'
Berra  73'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,034
Referee: Mike Jones
10 March 2012 28 Aston Villa 1–0 Fulham Birmingham
15:00 GMT Petrov  66'
Herd  73'
Weimann  90+2'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 32,372
Referee: Jonathan Moss
17 March 2012 29 Fulham 0–3 Swansea City London
15:00 GMT Report Sigurðsson  36', 66'
Allen  77'
Stadium: Craven cottage
Attendance: 25,690
Referee: Mark Halsey
26 March 2012 30 Manchester United 1–0 Fulham Manchester
20:00 BST Giggs  34'
Rooney  42'
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,570 (320 away)
Referee: Michael Oliver
31 March 2012 31 Fulham 2–1 Norwich City London
15:00 BST Dempsey  2'
Duff  13'
Etuhu  89'
Report Ward  26'
Fox  54'
Wilbraham  77'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Anthony Taylor
7 April 2012 32 Bolton Wanderers 0–3 Fulham Manchester
15:00 BST Ricketts  90+3' Report Dempsey  30', 45'
Diarra  80'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 21,939
Referee: Mike Dean
9 April 2012 33 Fulham 1–1 Chelsea Fulham
20:00 Dempsey  82' Report Lampard  45' (pen.) Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,697
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
21 April 2012 34 Fulham 2–1 Wigan Athletic Fulham
15:00 Pogrebnyak  58'
Senderos  89'
Report Boyce  57' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,689
Referee: Lee Mason
28 April 2012 35 Everton 4–0 Fulham Liverpool
15:00 Jelavić  7', 40'
Fellaini  16'
Cahill  60'
Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,885
Referee: Phil Dowd
1 May 2012 36 Liverpool 0–1 Fulham Liverpool
19:45 Report Škrtel  5' (o.g.) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,106
Referee: Lee Probert
6 May 2012 37 Fulham 2–1 Sunderland London
14:00 Dempsey  12'
Dembélé  35'
Report Bardsley  34' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,683
Referee: Martin Atkinson
13 May 2012 38 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Fulham London
15:00 Adebayor  2'
Defoe  63'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,256
Referee: Phil Dowd

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 14 10 14 48 51  −3 52 10 5 4 36 26  +10 4 5 10 12 25  −13

Last updated: 13 May 2012..
Source:

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA
ResultDLLDDDWLLWLDDWLWLDDWLWDLWWWLLLWWDWLWWL
Position91516181817121217151616151314111313131314121314121181011131110999989
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May. Source: premierleague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Everton 38 15 11 12 50 40 +10 56
8 Liverpool 38 14 10 14 47 40 +7 52 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
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
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Liverpool won the League Cup and thus qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying

Fulham entered at the First Qualifying Round, having qualified through the UEFA Fair Play League.[3] The First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 20 June 2011, while the Third Qualifying Round and Play-off draws were also held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon on 15 July 2011 and 5 August 2011 respectively.

30 June 2011 Q1 Leg 1 Fulham 3–0 NSÍ Runavík London
19:30 BST Duff  33'
Murphy  61' (pen.)
Johnson  70'
Fulham report
UEFA report
Petersen  60' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 14,910
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
7 July 2011 Q1 Leg 2 NSÍ Runavík 0–0
(3–0 agg.)
Fulham Toftir
18:45 BST Joensen  38' Fulham report
UEFA report
Sidwell  53' Stadium: Svangaskarð
Attendance: 1,245
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)
14 July 2011 Q2 Leg 1 Crusaders 1–3 Fulham Belfast
19:45 BST Watson  53'
Adamson  54'
Leeman  63'
Fulham report
UEFA report
Briggs  39'
Frei  62'
Zamora  74'
Murphy  77' (pen.)
Stadium: Seaview
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
21 July 2011 Q2 Leg 2 Fulham 4–0
(1–7 agg.)
Crusaders London
19:30 BST Johnson  19'
Duff  56'
Zamora  66'
Sidwell  70'
Fulham report
UEFA report
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 15,676
Referee: Marios Stamatis (Cyprus)
28 July 2011 Q3 Leg 1 RNK Split 0–0 Fulham Dugopolje
18:30 BST Fulham report
UEFA report
Etuhu  21'
Sidwell  77'
Stadium: Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi
Attendance: 9,987
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
4 August 2011 Q3 Leg 2 Fulham 2–0
(0–2 agg.)
RNK Split London
19:30 BST Johnson  19',  59'
Murphy  57' (pen.),  84'
Briggs  87'
Fulham report
UEFA report
Baraban  44'
Vidić  56'
Marčić  87'
Rašić  89'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,087
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
18 August 2011 Play-off Leg 1 Fulham 3–0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk London
19:30 BST Hughes  38'
Dempsey  43', 49'
Duff  65'
Zamora  68'
Fulham report
UEFA report
Boateng  50'
Oliynyk  72'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 14,823
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
25 August 2011 Play-off Leg 2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0
(3–1 agg.)
Fulham Dnipropetrovsk
19:30 BST Shakhov  22'
Boateng  34'
Fulham report
UEFA report
Murphy  34'
Baird  58'
Stadium: Dnipro Arena
Attendance: 12,100
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

Group Stage — Group K

Key to colours in group table
Group winner and runner-up advance to the round of 32
Third and fourth placed teams cannot advance to the round of 32
Fulham's group positioning
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Twente 6411147+713
Wisła Kraków 6303813−59
Fulham 622296+38
Odense 6114914−54
15 September 2011 Matchday 1 Fulham 1–1 Twente London
20:05 Grygera  16'
Johnson  19'
Murphy  71'
Senderos  83'
Dempsey  90+1'
Report Brama  36'
Schwarzer  41' (o.g.)
Rosales  61'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 14,110
Referee: Antonio Damato
29 September 2011 Matchday 2 Odense 0–2 Fulham Odense
18:00 Traoré  71'  90+1' Report Johnson  36', 88'
Senderos  62'
Etuhu  85'
Stadium: TRE-FOR Park
Attendance: 7,969
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
20 October 2011 Matchday 3 Wisła Kraków 1–0 Fulham Kraków
19:00 Iliev  2'
Chávez  27'  86'
Biton  60'
Report Dembélé  29' Stadium: Stadion im. Henryka Reymana
Attendance: 16,377[4]
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
3 November 2011 Matchday 4 Fulham 4–1 Wisła Kraków London
20:05 Duff  5'
Johnson  30', 57'
Zamora  43'
Etuhu  65'
Sidwell  79'
Report Kirm  9'
Jaliens  43'
Paljić  56'
Díaz  66'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,319
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
1 December 2011 Matchday 5 Twente 1–0 Fulham Enschede
18:00 Janko  89' Report Johnson  63'  90+2' Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
14 December 2011 Matchday 6 Fulham 2–2 Odense London
20:05 Dempsey  27'
Frei  31'
Gecov  79'
Report Andreasen  64'
Gíslason  67'
Reginiussen  74'
Fall  90+3'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 15,297
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Football League Cup

21 September 2011 3rd Round Chelsea 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Fulham London
19:45 BST Alex  47'
Lampard  120'
Fulham report
BBC Sport report
Frei  98' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 37,632
Referee: Chris Foy
Penalties
Lampard
David Luiz
Terry
Kalou
Malouda
Zamora
Sidwell
Dembélé
Baird
Ruiz

FA Cup

7 January 2012 3rd Round Fulham 4–0 Charlton London
15:00 GMT Dempsey  8', 61', 81' (pen.)
Duff  87'
Report Green  34' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,317
Referee: Phil Dowd
27 January 2012 4th Round Everton 2–1 Fulham Liverpool
20:00 GMT Heitinga  13'
Stracqualursi  27'
Gibson  37'
Cahill  57'
Fellaini  73'
Report Murphy  14' (pen.)
Baird  73'
Dempsey  86'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 25,300
Referee: Howard Webb

Statistics

Appearances & goals

Last updated 5 May 2012[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Mark Schwarzer 42029+000+001+0012+00
2 DF Stephen Kelly 33020+302+001+007+00
3 DF John Arne Riise 42034+102+000+005+00
4 MF Steve Sidwell 27312+210+200+104+62
5 DF Brede Hangeland 52037+002+000+0013+00
6 DF Chris Baird 27013+601+001+006+00
7 FW Pavel Pogrebnyak 11611+060+000+000+00
8 FW Andy Johnson 331113+731+000+0011+18
9 FW Orlando Sá 1213+410+001+001+30
10 MF Pajtim Kasami 1603+300+101+003+50
11 FW Bryan Ruiz 30217+1022+001+000+00
12 GK David Stockdale 1008+002+000+000+00
13 MF Danny Murphy 47632+322+010+0010+03
14 DF Philippe Senderos 25121+011+001+001+10
15 MF Marcel Gecov 500+200+001+002+00
16 MF Damien Duff 42622+521+110+0011+23
17 MF Bjørn Helge Riise 400+000+000+000+40
18 DF Aaron Hughes 27117+101+000+008+01
19 MF Mahamadou Diarra 1017+310+000+000+00
20 MF Dickson Etuhu 3309+1300+000+009+20
21 MF Kerim Frei 2415+1001+001+002+51
22 GK Csaba Somogyi 000+000+000+000+00
23 MF Clint Dempsey 452237+0162+030+006+03
24 FW Lauri Dalla Valle 200+000+000+000+20
26 DF Zdeněk Grygera 705+000+001+001+00
28 DF Matthew Briggs 1411+100+001+0010+11
29 MF Simon Davies 602+300+000+001+00
30 FW Mousa Dembélé 43132+311+000+104+20
31 MF Alexander Kačaniklić 402+200+000+000+00
32 DF Rafik Halliche 000+000+000+000+00
34 MF Tom Donegan 100+000+000+000+10
38 GK Neil Etheridge 100+000+000+001+00
42 FW Marcello Trotta 200+100+100+000+00

Top scorers

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

Last updated on 5 May 2012
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 5 0 0 0 5
/ / / TOTALS 48 5 0 24 76

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
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

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