2016–17 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham 2016–17
Club information
Manager	Slavisa Jokanovic
League Season information
Final League position	6th
Highest position	1st
lowest position	13th
Points	81
Goals for	83
Goals against	56
Goals difference	+27
Cup placements
FA Cup	Fifth round (lost to Tottenham)
EFL Cup	Third round (lost to Bristol City)
Play-offs	Semi-finals
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Tom Cairney (2) Ryan Sessegnon (2) Matt Smith (2)
Biggest home attendance	23,922 (vs Newcastle United, Championship, 5 August 2016)
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Fulham's 119th professional season and third consecutive in the Football League Championship after the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2013–14. They will also compete in the EFL Cup and the FA Cup.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Previous club	Fee
20 May 2016	DF	Michael Madl	Sturm Graz	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	MF	Floyd Ayité	Bastia	Undisclosed
8 July 2016	FW	Sone Aluko	Hull City	Free
14 July 2016	DF	Denis Odoi	Lokeren	Undisclosed
19 July 2016	DF	Scott Malone	Cardiff City	Swap
19 July 2016	GK	David Button	Brentford	Undisclosed
22 July 2016	MF	Kevin McDonald	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed
12 August 2016	MF	Jozabed	Rayo Vallecano	Undisclosed
22 August 2016	DF	Ragnar Sigurdsson	FC Krasnodar	Undisclosed
26 August 2016	MF	Neeskens Kebano	Genk	Undisclosed
26 August 2016	MF	Stefan Johansen	Celtic	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	Parent club	End date
13 July 2016	DF	Tomáš Kalas	Chelsea	End of season
31 August 2016	FW	Lucas Piazon	Chelsea	15 January 2017
31 August 2016	FW	Chris Martin	Derby County	End of season

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	New club	Fee
8 May 2016	DF	Dan Burn	Wigan Athletic	Free
18 May 2016	FW	Kostas Mitroglou	Benfica	Undisclosed
20 May 2016	GK	Andrew Dawber	Altrincham	Undisclosed
7 June 2016	DF	Stephen Arthurworrey	Released
7 June 2016	DF	Liam Donnelly	Hartlepool United	Free
7 June 2016	DF	Shane Elworthy	Released
7 June 2016	DF	Jordan Evans	Wrexham	Free
7 June 2016	DF	Shaun Hutchinson	Millwall	Free
7 June 2016	MF	Alexander Kacaniklic	Nantes	Free
7 June 2016	MF	Dean O'Halloran	Released
7 June 2016	MF	Jamie O'Hara	Gillingham	Free
7 June 2016	DF	Ian Pino Soler	Released
7 June 2016	MF	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Sedan	Free
7 June 2016	FW	Aaron Redford	Basingstoke Town	Free
8 June 2016	GK	Andy Lonergan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed
17 June 2016	MF	Emerson Hyndman	Bournemouth	Free
28 June 2016	FW	Moussa Dembélé	Celtic	Free
1 July 2016	GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	Everton	Undisclosed
4 July 2016	MF	Ben Pringle	Preston North End	Undisclosed
19 July 2016	DF	Jazz Richards	Cardiff City	Swap
22 July 2016	DF	Fernando Amorebieta	Sporting Gijón	Undisclosed
4 August 2016	FW	Ross McCormack	Aston Villa	£12,000,000
8 August 2016	MF	Sakari Mattila	SønderjyskE	Free
26 August 2016	DF	Nikolay Bodurov	Released

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	End date
18 July 2016	DF	Cameron Burgess	Oldham Athletic	5 January 2017
29 July 2016	MF	George Williams	Milton Keynes Dons	End of season
31 August 2016	DF	Richard Stearman	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season
31 August 2016	MF	Larnell Cole	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	January 2017 (exact date unknown)
31 August 2016	DF	Jack Grimmer	Shrewsbury Town	End of season

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

6 July 2016	Cobh Ramblers	0–5	Fulham	Fota Island
		Report	Smith  8', 16' Humphrys  28', 35' Madl  57'

9 July 2016	Cork City	0–3	Fulham	Turners Cross, Cork
15:00 BST		Report	Humphrys  16', 25' Smith  51'

12 July 2016	Fulham	5–0	Preston North End	Fota Island
	Woodrow Aluko Smith	Report

16 July 2016	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Fulham	Enfield Training Centre, London
		Report	De La Torre

19 July 2016	Fulham	3–0	Brighton and Hove Albion	Recreation Ground, Hampshire
19:45 BST	Woodrow  32' Sessegnon  52' Stearman  79'	Report

23 July 2016	Real Betis	2–1	Fulham	Estadio Ciudad de Lepe, Huelva
20:00 CEST	Piccini  23' Joaquín  88' (pen.)	Report	Woodrow  37'

25 July 2016	Nacional	0–0	Fulham	Estadio da Nora, Albufeira
20:00 CEST		http://www.fulhamfc.com/first-team/2016_2017/friendly/cd-nacional

30 July 2016	Fulham	3–1	Crystal Palace	Craven Cottage, Fulham
15:00 BST	Cairney  35' Smith  55' Ayité  90+1'	http://www.fulhamfc.com/first-team/2016_2017/friendly/crystal-palace	Anderson  78'

Football League Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Championship

Matches

The fixture list was released on 22 June 2016, with Fulham playing their first match at home to Newcastle United live on Sky Sports.

1 5 August 2016	Fulham	1–0	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 BST	Odoi 10' Smith  45'	Report	Hanley 68' Dummett 75' Janmaat 90+4'	Attendance: 23,922 Referee: Simon Hooper

2 13 August 2016	Preston North End	1–2	Fulham	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST	Robinson  71'	Report	Aluko  33' Ayité 43' Smith  67' Cairney 78'	Attendance: 10,809 Referee: James Adcock

3 16 August 2016	Leeds United	1–1	Fulham	Elland Road, Leeds
19:45 BST	Bartley 76' Wood  90+3'	Report	Odoi 54' Cairney  77'	Attendance: 21,204 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

4 20 August 2016	Fulham	2–2	Cardiff City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Sessegnon  44' Madl 83' McDonald  86'	Report	Ralls  60' Pilkington  65' Whittingham 75' Harris 77'	Attendance: 15,401 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

5 27 August 2016	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Fulham	Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00 BST	Akpan 76'	Report	Parker 68' Cairney  90+4'	Attendance: 10,464 Referee: Scott Duncan

6 10 September 2016	Fulham	0–1	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Madl  26', 44' Odoi 54'	Report	Donaldson 26', 42',  49' (pen.) Grounds 45+1' Spector 90+1'	Attendance: 17,603 Referee: Tony Harrington

7 13 September 2016	Fulham	1–1	Burton Albion	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 BST	Sigurdsson 81' Sessegnon  90+3'	Report	Irvine  51', 90+7' Turner 75' Ward 90+2'	Attendance: 15,288 Referee: Tim Robinson

8 17 September 2016	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Fulham	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00 BST		Report	Odoi 51'	Attendance: Steve Martin Referee: 10,582

9 24 September 2016	Fulham	0–4	Bristol City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Parker 38' McDonald  79'	Report	Abraham  10' Little 49' Freeman  60' Reid  68' Flint  83' Paterson 83'	Attendance: 20,585 Referee: Peter Bankes

10 27 September 2016	Nottingham Forest	v	Fulham	City Ground, Nottingham
19:45 BST

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	4	2	8	10	−2	13	1	2	2	4	8	−4	2	2	0	4	2	+2

Last updated: 24 September 2016
Source: Sky Sports

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	L
Position	1	3	4	4	2	5	6	8	13

Last updated: 24 September 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

The same day the Championship fixture list was released, the draw for the first round of the EFL Cup took place; Fulham were drawn away to Leyton Orient. In the next round they were drawn at home to Middlesbrough.

1 8 August 2016	Leyton Orient	2–3	Fulham	Brisbane Road, London
19:45 BST	Pollock 28' McCallum  73', 81'	Report	Adeniran  29', 30' Woodrow  51', 54'	Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Andy Davies

2 24 August 2016	Fulham	2–1	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 BST	Adeniran 15' de Sart  54' (o.g.) Kavanagh 72' Stearman 79' Christensen  113'	Report	Nugent  8' Ayala 32'	Attendance: 8,522 Referee: David Coote

3 21 September 2016	Fulham	1–2	Bristol City	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 BST	Piazon  14' Woodrow 51' Joronen 54'	Report	Pack 28' Wilbraham  45' Moore 51' Abraham  90'	Attendance: 6,017 Referee: Andy Davies

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Championship	—	13th		5 August 2016
League Cup	First round	—	Third round	9 August 2016
FA Cup	Third round	—

Last updated: 24 September 2016
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Championship table

2016–17 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle Utd  (C) (P)	46	29	7	10	85	40	+45	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Brighton  (P)	46	28	9	9	74	40	+34	93
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	+4	85	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Reading	46	24	9	13	60	45	+15	81
5	Huddersfield Town  (P)	46	25	6	15	56	58	−2	81
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	+28	80
7	Leeds United	46	22	9	15	61	47	+14	75
8	Norwich City	46	20	10	16	85	69	+16	70
9	Derby County	46	18	13	15	54	50	+4	67
10	Brentford	46	18	10	18	75	65	+10	64
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	+1	62
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolves	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Bristol City	45	14	9	22	60	66	−6	51
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	−14	53
19	Birmingham City	46	13	14	19	45	64	−19	53
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	−14	52
21	Nottm Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	−10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers  (R)	46	12	15	19	53	65	−12	51	Relegation to the Football League One
23	Wigan Athletic  (R)	46	10	12	24	40	57	−17	42
24	Rotherham United  (R)	46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23

Updated to games played on 7 May 2017
Source: EFL.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament