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, 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.[11] 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.[12]

This is a list of the First Team players for the 2010–11 season.[23] 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.[24][25]

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.[26][27] 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.[28] 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.[27][29][30]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Mark Schwarzer	33	0	31+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Kelly	12	0	8+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	MEX	Carlos Salcido	26	0	22+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	GHA	John Paintsil	18	0	15+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	NOR	Brede Hangeland	42	7	37+0	6	3+0	1	2+0	0
6	DF	NIR	Chris Baird	31	2	25+4	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Steve Sidwell	14	2	10+2	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
8	FW	ENG	Andrew Johnson	29	3	15+12	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	HUN	Zoltán Gera	32	4	10+17	1	1+2	1	2+0	2
12	GK	ENG	David Stockdale	10	0	7+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
13	MF	ENG	Danny Murphy	42	2	37+0	0	3+0	2	2+0	0
14	DF	SUI	Philippe Senderos	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	SEN	Diomansy Kamara	11	5	7+3	2	1+0	3	0+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Damien Duff	27	4	22+2	4	2+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF	NOR	Bjørn Helge Riise	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	NIR	Aaron Hughes	43	1	38+0	1	3+0	0	2+0	0
19	GK	SUI	Pascal Zuberbühler	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	NGA	Dickson Etuhu	31	3	23+5	2	1+0	1	2+0	0
22	FW	ISL	Eiður Guðjohnsen	10	0	4+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	USA	Clint Dempsey	42	13	35+2	12	3+0	0	1+1	1
24	FW	FRA	Gaël Kakuta	7	1	2+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Bobby Zamora	16	7	9+5	5	0+1	0	1+0	2
26	MF	RSA	Kagisho Dikgacoi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Jonathan Greening	14	1	6+4	0	0+2	1	0+2	0
28	DF	ENG	Matthew Briggs	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	MF	WAL	Simon Davies	33	4	25+5	4	1+1	0	1+0	0
30	FW	BEL	Mousa Dembélé	28	5	22+2	3	2+0	1	2+0	1
31	MF	ENG	Matthew Saunders	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	ALG	Rafik Halliche	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
33	FW	NED	Danny Hoesen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	FW	FIN	Lauri Dalla Valle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	SWE	Alexander Kačaniklić	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	GK	PHI	Neil Etheridge	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW	ENG	Keanu Marsh-Brown	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	DF	ENG	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	ENG	Paul Konchesky	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	USA	Eddie Johnson	12	0	1+10	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	SWE	Fredrik Stoor	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	SWE	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