2010–11 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham initially arranged three pre-season friendlies, away to Brentford (14 July) and AFC Bournemouth (17 July), and at home against German side Werder Bremen on 7 August.[1] The club announced a further friendly against Portsmouth, as a testimonial match for former Portsmouth defender Linvoy Primus, who had been forced to retire due to injury. The match was played on 31 July.[2] Fulham also organised a ten-day tour to Sweden, with friendlies fixtures against Halmstads BK on 22 July and Malmö FF on 27 July.[3]

The first team squad returned to training on 6 July, with the exception of Mark Schwarzer, John Pantsil, Clint Dempsey, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Dickson Etuhu and Philippe Senderos who had been competing in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[4] The first pre-season fixture against Brentford ended in a 5–0 victory, with Chris Baird, David Elm, Damien Duff, Eddie Johnson and Simon Davies all getting on the scoresheet, while Brentford's Charlie MacDonald missed a penalty that would have brought Brentford level at 1–1.[5] The second match against AFC Bournemouth was played three days later at Dean Court. Fulham striker Bobby Zamora scored an equaliser after Anton Robinson's opening goal to secure a 1–1 draw.[6] The squad then travelled to Sweden, where they faced Halmstads BK and Malmö FF. Zoltán Gera scored twice against Halmstad in a 2–2 draw as Fulham came from 2–1 behind to draw the match. Gera put Fulham ahead in the eighth minute but Joe Sise turned the game around with two goals (24 and 26) before Gera scored again in the 58th minute. The match against Malmö ended in a 0–0 draw.

Fulham's final two pre-season matches were back in England. Hughes watched from the stands as Fulham lost 1–0 to Portsmouth who had been relegated to the Championship, with Marc Wilson scoring the only goal of the match. The club then welcomed German side Werder Bremen to Craven Cottage. Gera scored a hat-trick and Zamora and Johnson both scored in a 5–1 victory; Claudio Pizarro scored the goal for the away side.

After the departure of Chris Smalling to Manchester United, fellow defender Philippe Senderos was Fulham's first signing of the summer when he moved from Arsenal on a free transfer.[7][8] Nicky Shorey and Stefano Okaka both returned to Aston Villa and Roma respectively at the end of their loan deals, while Wayne Brown was released.[7] Erik Nevland, Toni Kallio, Christopher Buchtmann, Michael Uwezu, Andranik Teymourian and Stefan Payne all left the club at the beginning of July.[9] Jonathan Greening committed his future to Fulham by completing a permanent transfer from West Bromwich Albion after a season-long loan.

Fulham made further signings following the start of the Premier League season. Mousa Dembélé moved in a £5 million deal from Dutch side AZ. Algerian defender Rafik Halliche signed for the club on 24 August from Benfica for an undisclosed fee. Three days later, Fulham secured a deal to bring Mexican defender Carlos Salcido to the club for £1.5 million. On transfer deadline day, defender Paul Konchesky departed to Liverpool, with two young players – Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex Kačaniklić – joining Fulham as part of the deal.[10]

Following Roy Hodgson's decision to replace Rafael Benítez as the manager of Liverpool on 1 July,[11] Sven-Göran Eriksson, Bob Bradley, Alan Curbishley and Ottmar Hitzfeld – the managers of the Ivory Coast national team, United States national team and Switzerland national team respectively – were all strongly linked to the job, but Ajax coach Martin Jol emerged as the favourite for the post.[12] After Jol chose to stay with Ajax and Bradley renewed his contract with the United States, Fulham appointed Mark Hughes as its new manager; he was presented to the press on 3 August.[13]

This is a list of the First Team players for the 2010–11 season.[24] Kagisho Dikgacoi was given the number 26 shirt, previously worn by Chris Smalling, while Carlos Salcido was given the number 3 shirt after the departure of Paul Konchesky. Eiður Guðjohnsen took Fredrik Stoor's number 22 shirt during his loan spell. All the new players filled in a few gaps in the squad.[25][26]

All Premier League clubs had to declare a squad of 25 players on 1 September 2010, who they could choose from until the transfer window re-opened in January 2011.[27][28] The squad had to include at least eight senior "homegrown" players, defined as having spent three years in an English football academy before the age of 21.[29] Fulham had 11 senior homegrown players in the official list released by the Premier League, with a further group of contracted players under 21 also available for selection.[28][30][31]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mark Schwarzer	33	0	31+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Stephen Kelly	12	0	8+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF		Carlos Salcido	26	0	22+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		John Paintsil	18	0	15+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Brede Hangeland	42	7	37+0	6	3+0	1	2+0	0
6	DF		Chris Baird	31	2	25+4	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Steve Sidwell	14	2	10+2	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
8	FW		Andrew Johnson	29	3	15+12	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Zoltán Gera	32	4	10+17	1	1+2	1	2+0	2
12	GK		David Stockdale	10	0	7+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
13	MF		Danny Murphy	42	2	37+0	0	3+0	2	2+0	0
14	DF		Philippe Senderos	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW		Diomansy Kamara	11	5	7+3	2	1+0	3	0+0	0
16	MF		Damien Duff	27	4	22+2	4	2+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF		Bjørn Helge Riise	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF		Aaron Hughes	43	1	38+0	1	3+0	0	2+0	0
19	GK		Pascal Zuberbühler	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Dickson Etuhu	31	3	23+5	2	1+0	1	2+0	0
22	FW		Eiður Guðjohnsen	10	0	4+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Clint Dempsey	42	13	35+2	12	3+0	0	1+1	1
24	FW		Gaël Kakuta	7	1	2+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Bobby Zamora	16	7	9+5	5	0+1	0	1+0	2
26	MF		Kagisho Dikgacoi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Jonathan Greening	14	1	6+4	0	0+2	1	0+2	0
28	DF		Matthew Briggs	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	MF		Simon Davies	33	4	25+5	4	1+1	0	1+0	0
30	FW		Mousa Dembélé	28	5	22+2	3	2+0	1	2+0	1
31	MF		Matthew Saunders	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF		Rafik Halliche	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
33	FW		Danny Hoesen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	FW		Lauri Dalla Valle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF		Alexander Kačaniklić	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	GK		Neil Etheridge	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW		Keanu Marsh-Brown	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	DF		Alex Smith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who are no longer playing for Fulham or who have been loaned out in the January transfer window:
3	DF		Paul Konchesky	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW		Eddie Johnson	12	0	1+10	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF		Fredrik Stoor	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW		David Elm	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

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

Last updated on 22 May 2011

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		23	Clint Dempsey	12	0	1	13
2		5	Brede Hangeland	6	1	0	7
=		25	Bobby Zamora	5	0	2	7
3		15	Diomansy Kamara	2	3	0	5
=		30	Mousa Dembélé	3	1	1	5
4		11	Zoltán Gera	1	1	2	4
=		16	Damien Duff	4	0	0	4
=		29	Simon Davies	4	0	0	4
5		8	Andy Johnson	3	0	0	3
=		20	Dickson Etuhu	2	1	0	3
6		6	Chris Baird	2	0	0	2
=		7	Steve Sidwell	2	0	0	2
=		13	Danny Murphy	0	2	0	2
7		18	Aaron Hughes	1	0	0	1
=		24	Gaël Kakuta	1	0	0	1
=		27	Jonathan Greening	0	1	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	1	0	0	1
/	/	/	TOTALS	49	10	6	65

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 22 May 2011

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
				Y	R	Y	R	Y	R	Y	R
1		13	Danny Murphy	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2		5	Brede Hangeland	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
3		5	Chris Baird	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
=		4	John Paintsil	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4		23	Clint Dempsey	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5		16	Damien Duff	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
=		7	Steve Sidwell	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		11	Zoltán Gera	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
=		20	Dickson Etuhu	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
=		8	Andrew Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
=		30	Carlos Salcido	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		25	Bobby Zamora	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
=		27	Jonathan Greening	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		22	Eiður Guðjohnsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0