2008–09 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham

2008–09 season
Chairman	Mohamed al-Fayed
Manager	Roy Hodgson
Stadium	Craven Cottage
Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Johnson (7) All: Andy Johnson (10)
Highest home attendance	25,661 vs Liverpool (4 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	7,584 vs Leicester (27 August 2008)
Home colours Away colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Fulham's 111th professional season and their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League, since their return in 2001. They were managed by Roy Hodgson in his first full season as Fulham manager. They played in the Premier League by virtue of staying up on goal difference from Reading on the last day of the previous campaign and were hoping to improve on their placing of seventeenth. They eventually finished in 7th place in the Premier League table with 53 points, an improvement of ten places and 18 points. Their league position secured a place in the newly formed Europa League for the 2009-10 season as well as their highest league finish in their history. The club received a number of additional awards from the Premier League, namely the Fair Play Award,^[1] the Behaviour of the Public Award and the Barclays Spirit Award for manager Roy Hodgson.^[2]

Some of the most notable results of the season came against clubs who finished in the top four in the table. The club beat Manchester United and Arsenal at home and managed a draw at home against Chelsea. In other competitions, Fulham reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup before losing to league champions Manchester United. In the Football League Cup they defeated Leicester City in the second round but were knocked out by Burnley in the third round.

Pre-season

Roy Hodgson added to the team in the summer with signings including goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer from Middlesbrough and strikers Bobby Zamora from West Ham United and Andrew Johnson who arrived from Everton for a club record £10.5million (though Steve Marlet had cost more when including agents fees in 2001). Club captain Brian McBride decided to return to United States,^[3] where he eventually signed with Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire.^[4] Olivier Dacourt joined Fulham during the winter transfer window.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
15 July 2008	Southend United	A	2–0	Nevland 59', Murphy 61'	3,750
19 July 2008	Celtic	H	3–1	Nevland 2', Zamora 30', Andreasen 86' (Celtic: Barry Robson 41')	16,000
23 July 2008	Busan I'Park	A	[ 0–1]	(Busan I'Park: Choi Ki Suk 57')
26 July 2008	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	A	2–1	Davies 57', Gera 79' (Ulsan: Lee Jin Ho 32')
2 August 2008	Birmingham City	A	1–1	Davies 17' (Birmingham: Larsson 77')
9 August 2008	Torino	H	2–2	Zamora 22', Gera 28' (Torino: Abbruscato 82', Ogbonna 88')

Fulham also put out teams in away matches against Walton Casuals (won 3–1), Staines Town (lost 2–0), Banstead (won 3–0), Carshalton (won 2–0), Crystal Palace (drew 0–0) and Kingstonian (won 8–0). These matches are not included as part of the official pre-season match schedule and the club fielded second-string sides in each game.

Premier League

Fulham started the season playing away at the KC Stadium against newly promoted Hull City. Seol Ki-Hyeon gave Fulham the lead in the 8th minute. Their lead lasted less than 15 minutes because Geovanni equalised in the 22nd minute. Caleb Folan completed the Hull turn-around 10 minutes from the end of normal time, capping a 2-1 victory for the home team. However, the following week the team gained their first victory of the season with a win against much-fancied Arsenal for only the second time in 43 years. The only goal of the game came from Brede Hangeland midway through the first half who scored directly from a Jimmy Bullard cross, from a couple of yards. A slightly off-colour Arsenal played their usual passing game but could not break Fulham down.^[5]

The team did not have another Premier League game to play until 13 September due to Manchester United's participation in the UEFA Super Cup, as well as the break from league football at the beginning of September for international World Cup qualifying matches.

On 17 May 2009 the club confirmed their highest ever league finish with a 1–0 victory over relegation-threatened Newcastle United at St. James' Park. The victory kept them in seventh place in the table, with eighth being the lowest they could finish, bettering the ninth-place finish in 2004. Kamara scored in the 41st minute of a tense game which was full of chances for both sides.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 2008	Hull City	A	1–2	Ki-Hyeon 8' (Hull: Geovanni 22', Folan 81')	24,525
23 August 2008	Arsenal	H	1–0	Hangeland 10'	25,276
13 September 2008	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	Gera 15', Zamora 41' (Bolton: K. Davies 82')	23,656
20 September 2008	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	(Blackburn: Derbyshire 84')	19,398
27 September 2008	West Ham United	H	1–2	Murphy pen 59' (West Ham: C. Cole 43', Etherington 45'+1)	23,946
4 October 2008	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	(West Brom: Bednar 61')	25,708
18 October 2008	Sunderland	H	0–0		25,116
26 October 2008	Portsmouth	A	1–1	Dempsey 87' (Portsmouth: Crouch 61')	19,233
29 October 2008	Wigan Athletic	H	2–0	Johnson 11', 60'	22,500
1 November 2008	Everton	A	0–1	(Everton: Saha 87')	31,278
9 November 2008	Newcastle United	H	2–1	A. Johnson 23', Murphy pen 66' (Newcastle: Ameobi 57')	24,740
15 November 2008	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	Davies 33', A. Johnson 70' (Tottenham: F. Campbell 81')	25,139
22 November 2008	Liverpool	A	0–0		43,589
29 November 2008	Aston Villa	A	0–0		36,625
6 December 2008	Manchester City	H	1–1	Bullard 27' (Manchester City: Benjani 6')	24,012
13 December 2008	Stoke City	A	0–0		25,287
20 December 2008	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	Bullard 41', Murphy 54', Dempsey 59'	23,722
26 December 2008	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0		35,869
28 December 2008	Chelsea	H	2–2	Dempsey 10', 89' (Chelsea: Lampard 50', 72')	25,462
18 January 2009	West Ham United	A	1–3	Konchesky 22' (West Ham: Di Michele 7', Noble pen 60', C. Cole 76')	31,838
27 January 2009	Sunderland	A	0–1	(Sunderland: K. Jones 55')	36,539
31 January 2009	Portsmouth	H	3–1	A. Johnson 14', Nevland 71', 80' (Portsmouth: Nugent 84')	23,722
7 February 2009	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0		16,499
18 February 2009	Manchester United	A	0–3	(Manchester United: Scholes 12', Berbatov 30', Rooney 63')	75,437
22 February 2009	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	Zamora 61', A. Johnson 72'	22,394
28 February 2009	Arsenal	A	0–0		60,102
4 March 2009	Hull City	H	0–1	(Hull: Manucho 90+3')	23,051
11 March 2009	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	Dempsey 2' (Blackburn: Diouf 69', Roberts 85')	22,259
14 March 2009	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–1	A. Johnson 42', S. Davies 56', Kamara 88' (Bolton: K. Davies 45')	22,117
21 March 2009	Manchester United	H	2–0	Murphy pen 18, Gera 87	25,652
4 April 2009	Liverpool	H	0–1	(Liverpool: Benayoun 90'+2)	25,661
12 April 2009	Manchester City	A	3–1	Dempsey 50', 83', Etuhu 59' (Man City: Ireland 27')	39,841
18 April 2009	Middlesbrough	A	0–0		30,389
25 April 2009	Stoke City	H	1–0	Nevland 29'	25,069
2 May 2009	Chelsea	A	1–3	Nevland 4' (Chelsea: Anelka 1', Malouda 10', Drogba 53')	41,801
9 May 2009	Aston Villa	H	3–1	Murphy pen 6', Kamara 46', 60' (Aston Villa: Young 14')	25,660
16 May 2009	Newcastle United	A	1–0	Kamara 41'	52,114
24 May 2009	Everton	H	0–2	(Everton: Osman 45', 88')	25,497

• Fulham's home match against Blackburn Rovers was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch on 10 January 2009.^[6] Their match away against Manchester United, due to be played in August, was rearranged due to United's involvement in the UEFA Super Cup.

Premier League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	28	6	4	68	24	+44	90	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Liverpool	38	25	11	2	77	27	+50	86
3	Chelsea	38	25	8	5	68	24	+44	83
4	Arsenal	38	20	12	6	68	37	+31	72	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Everton	38	17	12	9	55	37	+18	63	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Aston Villa	38	17	11	10	54	48	+6	62
7	Fulham	38	14	11	13	39	34	+5	53	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	45	45	0	51
9	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	42	45	−3	51
10	Manchester City	38	15	5	18	58	50	+8	50
11	Wigan Athletic	38	12	9	17	34	45	−11	45
12	Stoke City	38	12	9	17	38	55	−17	45
13	Bolton Wanderers	38	11	8	19	41	53	−12	41
14	Portsmouth	38	10	11	17	38	57	−19	41
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	11	17	40	60	−20	41
16	Sunderland	38	9	9	20	34	54	−20	36
17	Hull City	38	8	11	19	39	64	−25	35
18	Newcastle United (R)	38	7	13	18	40	59	−19	34	Relegation to Football League Championship 2009–10
19	Middlesbrough (R)	38	7	11	20	28	57	−29	32
20	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	8	8	22	36	67	−31	32

Updated to games played on 24 May 2009.
Source: Barclays Premier League
For further information on European qualification see Premier League - Competition.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
38	14	11	13	39	34	+5	53	11	3	5	28	14	+14	3	8	8	11	20	−9

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L

Last updated: 17 May.
Source: Premier League Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

The club entered the FA Cup in the third round, with an away match against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on 3 January 2009. Fulham took the lead through Andrew Johnson from a Danny Murphy through ball in the 12th minute but were pegged back by a 25-yard goal from Tommy Spurr after 21 minutes. The game remained 1-1 until the 88th minute, when Johnson scored his second of the game which turned out to be the winner.^[7]

Fulham next faced one of only two non-league sides left in the competition, Kettering Town. After a positive opening from the underdogs Kettering, Fulham took the lead in the 12th minute, Simon Davies scoring a volley from 15 yards from a Clint Dempsey cross. But the lead only lasted until the 36th minute as the lively Craig Westcarr scored a deflected freekick. Kettering continued to press after the break and with the additions of Danny Murphy and Bobby Zamora, they regained the lead in the 77th minute with Murphy scoring the goal. However Kettering were not finished and 9 minutes later, Westcarr scored a penalty after a trip from Brede Hangeland. With Kettering planning a trip to London, Andy Johnson and Zamora scored two late goals to seal the tie.^[8]

In the fifth round, Fulham were drawn away again to Championship side Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium. Roy Hodgson made three changes from Fulham's last Premier League match against Wigan, with Dempsey and Paintsil rested after playing abroad in midweek for their countries. to be replaced by Gera and Stoor while Zamora also dropped to the bench in favour of Nevland. Swansea created some clear-cut opportunities in the early stages, with Mark Gower, Alan Tate and Lloyd Dyer testing Mark Schwarzer. Fulham, however, found the breakthrough a minute before half-time with a slice of luck as Paul Konchesky's corner was deflected in off Swansea defender Garry Monk. Swansea continued to dominate and equalised in the 52nd minute when Jason Scotland scored, evading a challenge before firing the ball low past Schwarzer. With both sides playing attractive passing football the sides could not be separated.

Fulham and Swansea both went into the hat for the quarter-finals and were given the prospect of a tie with defending Premier League and Champions League champions Manchester United. They first had to get through the fifth round replay, which took place on 24 February 2009 at Craven Cottage. It was Fulham's second game in three days but Roy Hodgson put out a strong side with the only changes being Nevland replacing Johnson up front and Dacourt making his first start for the club in place of Danny Murphy. Jason Scotland scored just after half-time following an even first half, knocking the ball in from 15 yards. However, Fulham did not give up, Zamora coming close on several occasions before they equalised through Dempsey in the 67th minute. Four minutes later they turned the game around when Zamora scored his second goal in as many games. The home side held on to secure victory.^[9][10]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
3 January 2009	Third Round	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	A. Johnson 12', 88' (Sheffield Wednesday: Spurr 21')	18,377
24 January 2009	Fourth Round	Kettering Town	A	4–2	Davies 12', Murphy 77', Johnson 88', Zamora 89' (Kettering: Craig Westcarr 36', 86'(pen))	5406
14 February 2009	Fifth Round	Swansea City	A	1–1	Monk 44' (own goal) (Swansea: Scotland 52')	16,573
24 February 2009	Fifth Round replay	Swansea City	H	2–1	Dempsey 77', Zamora 81' (Swansea: Scotland 47')	12,316
7 March 2009	Quarter final	Manchester United	H	0–4	(Manchester United: Tevez 20', 35', Rooney 50', Park 81')	24,662

Football League Cup

Fulham entered the Football League Cup at the second round stage after receiving the bye awarded to Premier League clubs in the first round. They faced a Leicester City side finding their feet in League One after relegation the previous season. Fulham took the lead in the 31st minute through one of their new signings, the Hungarian international Zoltan Gera but Leicester turned the game around in the early stages of the second half. Veteran Paul Dickov drew them level on 46 minutes and just two minutes later Andy King completed the turnaround. The match remained 2-1 until the 83rd minute when Jimmy Bullard levelled the scores. But this was not the end of the scoring and with the game seemingly heading for Extra-time, Danny Murphy scored the winner for Fulham in the second minute of stoppage time to win the encounter and send Fulham through to the third round.

In the third round, a Fulham side featuring the attacking talents of Johnson, Gera and Dempsey lost 1–0 to a Burnley side who had been performing well and sitting in the play-off positions in the Football League Championship. With the match seemingly heading for extra-time, Jay Rodriguez won the match in the 88th minute. He collected a Chris Eagles through ball just inside the area and then slotted the ball past Pascal Zuberbühler. Fulham were therefore knocked out of the competition.

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
27 August 2008	Second Round	Leicester City	H	3–2	Gera 31', Bullard 83', Murphy 90'+2 (Leicester: Dickov 46', A. King 48')
23 September 2008	Third Round	Burnley	A	0–1	(Burnley: Rodriguez 88')	7719

Statistics

Squad statistics

Elliot Omozusi received Jimmy Bullard's squad number, #21, when Bullard left the club. Giles Barnes was #7 while Seol Ki-Hyeon was out on loan.

Statistics correct as of final match against Everton, played 24 May 2009.^[11]

No.	Pos.	Name		League		FA Cup		Carling Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Mark Schwarzer		38	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	44	0	0	0
2	DF	Moritz Volz *		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Paul Konchesky		36	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	42	1	5	0
4	DF	John Pantsil		37	0	2	0	0(1)	0	0	0	39(1)	0	8	0
5	DF	Brede Hangeland		37	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	43	1	4	0
6	MF	Andranik Teymourian **		0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0
7	MF	Seol Ki-Hyeon *		2(2)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4(2)	1	0	0
7	MF	Giles Barnes		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	Andrew Johnson		30(1)	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	34(1)	10	0	1
9	FW	Bobby Zamora		32(3)	2	3(2)	2	1	0	0	0	36(5)	4	1	0
10	FW	Erik Nevland		4(17)	4	2(1)	0	0(2)	0	0	0	6(20)	4	2	0
11	MF	Zoltan Gera		20(12)	2	2(2)	0	2	1	0	0	24(14)	3	2	0
12	GK	David Stockdale		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Danny Murphy		37	4	3(2)	1	1	1	0	0	41(1)	7	8	0
14	FW	Eddie Johnson *		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	Diomansy Kamara		3(9)	4	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	3(11)	4	0	0
16	MF	Olivier Dacourt		0(9)	0	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2(10)	0	2	0
17	MF	Julian Gray		0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
18	DF	Aaron Hughes		38	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	44	0	0	0
19	GK	Pascal Zuberbühler		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	Dickson Etuhu		20(2)	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	24(2)	1	2	0
21	MF	Jimmy Bullard **		18	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	19	3	1	0
21	DF	Elliot Omozusi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Fredrik Stoor		0(1)	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
23	MF	Clint Dempsey		28(7)	7	4(1)	1	1	0	0	0	33(8)	8	5	0
24	MF	Matthew Saunders		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Simon Davies		33	2	4(1)	1	1	0	0	0	38(1)	3	2	0
26	MF	Leon Andreasen *		0(6)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2(6)	0	1	0
27	DF	Adrian Leijer *		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Rob Milsom		0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
30	MF	Wayne Brown *		0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
33	DF	Toni Kallio		2(1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4(1)	0	1	0
34	DF	Chris Baird		3(7)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4(7)	0	0	0
37	DF	Chris Smalling		0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
38	GK	Neil Etheridge		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Adam Watts		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Hameur Bouazza *		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Gabriel Zakuani **		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Collins John *		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	TJ Moncur **		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• * Player out on loan
• ** Player left club

Top scorers

Player	PL	FAC	LC	Total
Johnson, AndrewAndrew Johnson	7	3	0	10
Dempsey, ClintClint Dempsey	7	1	0	8
Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy	5	1	1	7
Kamara, DiomansyDiomansy Kamara	4	0	0	4
Zamora, BobbyBobby Zamora	2	2	0	4
Nevland, ErikErik Nevland	4	0	0	4
Davies, SimonSimon Davies	2	1	0	3
Gera, ZoltanZoltan Gera	2	0	1	3

Transfers

Summer

Mark Schwarzer arrived on a free transfer from Middlesbrough when his contract expired and fellow goalkeeper David Stockdale came from Darlington. Despite the promotion of West Bromwich Albion to the Premier League, Zoltán Gera rejected "the best contract the club could [offer]" ^[12] and signed with Fulham. The club also signed Andranik Teymourian from Bolton Wanderers on 12 June 2008. Toni Kallio signed a permanent contract after a loan spell during the second half of the previous season. On 15 July 2008, Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil signed on a joint-deal from West Ham.^[13] On 30 July 2008, Sweden international Fredrik Stoor signed a deal with the team, moving on from Rosenborg BK.^[14] Andrew Johnson was bought from Everton for a fee of around £10.5million, Fulham's second highest transfer fee.^[15]

Fulham released ten players, including Carlos Bocanegra, Philippe Christanval and goalkeeper Tony Warner.^[16] Paul Stalteri returned to Tottenham after a loan spell and Brian McBride went back home to America to play for the Chicago Fire. Norwich City took two of Fulham's players; Dejan Stefanovic permanently and Elliot Omozusi on loan for the season. Two goalkeepers also left the club, as Ricardo Batista left for Sporting Clube de Portugal and veteran Kasey Keller was released. David Healy moved to Sunderland, Steven Davis made a permanent switch to Rangers and Moritz Volz and Hameur Bouazza both went out on loan. Alexey Smertin had his contract with Fulham terminated.^[17]

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
22 May 2008	GK	Mark Schwarzer	Middlesbrough	Free[18]
4 June 2008	GK	David Stockdale	Darlington	Undisclosed[19]
11 June 2008	MF	Zoltán Gera	West Bromwich	Free[20]
12 June 2008	MF	Andranik	Bolton	Free[21]
24 June 2008	DF	Chris Smalling	Maidstone	Free
4 July 2008	DF	Toni Kallio	BSC Young Boys	Undisclosed*
15 July 2008	FW	Bobby Zamora	West Ham	£4.3m**
15 July 2008	DF	John Paintsil	West Ham	£2m**
30 July 2008	DF	Fredrik Stoor	Rosenborg BK	£2m
6 August 2008	GK	Pascal Zuberbühler	Neuchâtel Xamax	Free
7 August 2008	FW	Andy Johnson	Everton	£12.5m [22]
29 August 2008	MF	Dickson Etuhu	Sunderland	Undisclosed[23]
1 September 2008	MF	Julian Gray	Coventry	Season-long loan

• Kallio had been on loan at the club since January on loan and signed a permanent two-year deal.
• Zamora and Paintsil came for a joint fee of £6.3 million.

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
23 May 2008	DF	Paul Stalteri	Tottenham	Loan return
23 May 2008	DF	Carlos Bocanegra	Rennes	Free
23 May 2008	DF	Philippe Christanval	Released	Free
23 May 2008	DF	Ian Pearce	Oxted & District	Free
23 May 2008	MF	Simon Elliott	Released	Free
23 May 2008	MF	Jari Litmanen	FC Lahti	Free
23 May 2008	MF	Michael Timlin	Swindon Town	Free
23 May 2008	FW	Ismael Ehui	Released	Free
23 May 2008	FW	Björn Runström	OB	Free
28 May 2008	GK	Corrin Brooks-Meade	Released	Free
28 May 2008	GK	Tony Warner	Hull City	Free
28 May 2008	FW	Brian McBride	Chicago Fire	Free
16 July 2008	GK	Kasey Keller	Seattle Sounders	Free
18 July 2008	GK	Ricardo Batista	Sporting Lisbon	Nominal
18 July 2008	DF	Dejan Stefanović	Norwich	Undisclosed
25 July 2008	DF	Nathan Ashton	Wycombe	Undisclosed
21 August 2008	FW	David Healy	Sunderland	Undisclosed
21 August 2008	MF	Steven Davis	Rangers	£3m
1 September 2008	MF	Alexei Smertin		Contract terminated[17]

Winter

The first departures of the winter transfer window happened in December when Lee Cook returned to his former club Queen's Park Rangers on a permanent deal, having spent several months back there on loan. He had not made any first-team appearances for Fulham since signing in the summer 2007 transfer window. Gabriel Zakuani also moved to Peterborough United following a successful loan spell. Midfielder Jimmy Bullard also left the club on 23 January 2009, signing for Hull City in a £5 million deal.^[24] He had been a target for Bolton Wanderers but they decided not to pursue their interest in him. Adrian Leijer and Andranik Teymourian moved on loan to Norwich City^[25] and Barnsley^[26] respectively, with Elliot Omozusi returning from Norwich.^[27] Leon Andreasen signed for German side Hannover on loan.^[28] TJ Moncur left the club to sign for League Two side Wycombe Wanderers.

Giles Barnes was Fulham's first signing during the winter transfer window, moving on loan from Derby County until the end of the season.^[29] He was also joined on transfer deadline day by former Leeds United player Olivier Dacourt, who also signed on loan from Inter Milan. Julian Gray made his loan signing from Coventry City a permanent deal.^[30]

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
31 January 2009	MF	Giles Barnes	Derby County	Loan
2 February 2009	MF	Olivier Dacourt	Inter Milan	Loan[31]
2 February 2009	MF	Julian Gray	Coventry City	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
5 December 2008	MF	Lee Cook	Queen's Park Rangers	Undisclosed[32]
December 2008	DF	Gabriel Zakuani	Peterborough United	Free
2 January 2009	DF	TJ Moncur	Wycombe Wanderers	Free
23 January 2009	MF	Jimmy Bullard	Hull City	£5m[33]

Loan out

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	Moving To
19 July 2008	2 February 2009	DF	Elliot Omozusi	Norwich City[34]
1 August 2008	8 January 2009	MF	Lee Cook	Queens Park Rangers
8 August 2008	1 January 2009	DF	TJ Moncur	Bradford City[35]
9 August 2008	30 June 2009	MF	Hameur Bouazza	Charlton Athletic[36]
22 August 2008	30 June 2009	FW	Eddie Johnson	Cardiff City[37]
28 August 2008	30 June 2009	DF	Moritz Volz	Ipswich Town[38]
31 August 2008	3 March 2009	FW	Collins John	NEC Nijmegen[39]
11 September 2008	13 December 2008	DF	Gabriel Zakuani	Peterborough[40][41]
21 November 2008	31 December 2009	MF	Robert Milsom	Southend United[42]
8 January 2009	30 June 2009	MF	Hameur Bouazza	Birmingham City[43]
14 January 2009	30 June 2009	MF	Seol Ki-Hyeon	Al-Hilal
2 February 2009	30 June 2009	DF	Leon Andreasen	Hannover 96
2 February 2009	30 June 2009	DF	Adrian Leijer	Norwich City
2 February 2009	30 June 2009	MF	Andranik	Barnsley
2 March 2009	30 June 2009[44]	GK	David Stockdale	Leicester City[45]
26 March 2009	30 June 2009	DF	Adam Watts	Northampton Town[46]
2 April 2009	16 August 2009	MF	Wayne Brown	Turun Palloseura[47]

• David Stockdale was initially signed by Leicester City on a one-month loan deal but this was later extended for the rest of the season.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Roy Hodgson
Assistant manager	Mike Kelly
First team coach	Ray Lewington
Reserve team coach	Billy McKinlay

Last updated: 7 August
Source: Fulham FC

Kits

Supplier: Nike

Sponsor: LG

Other information

Chairman	Mohamed Al-Fayed
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Craven Cottage (26,000 / 105x68 meters)

Last updated: 7 August
Source: Fulham F.C. and Craven Cottage

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External links

• Fulham F.C. official website