2021–22 Fulham F.C. season

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Fulham
2021–22 season
OwnerShahid Khan
ChairmanShahid Khan
Head CoachMarco Silva
StadiumCraven Cottage
Championship1st
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Aleksandar Mitrović
(4 goals)
All:
Aleksandar Mitrović
(4 goals)
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is Fulham's 124th season in existence and their first season back in the Championship, following relegation from the Premier League the previous season. Alongside the Championship, they will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Managerial changes[]

During pre-season, head coach Scott Parker left the club by mutual consent.[1] Two days later, Marco Silva was appointed to replace Parker as head coach on a three-year deal.[2]

Pre-season friendlies[]

The Whites announced a pre-season friendly against Millwall F.C. as well as Charlton Athletic[3] as part of their preparations for the new season.

24 July 2021 Friendly Southampton 1–1 Fulham Marchwood
14:00 BST Long Goal ?' Report Kebano Goal ?' (pen.) Stadium: Staplewood Campus
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
31 July 2021 Friendly Fulham 1–0 Charlton Athletic Fulham
15:00 BST Carvalho Goal 31' Report Stadium: Craven Cottage

Competitions[]

Championship[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bournemouth 8 5 3 0 14 6 +8 18 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Fulham 8 5 1 2 18 7 +11 16
3 West Bromwich Albion 8 4 4 0 14 7 +7 16 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Coventry City 8 5 1 2 9 6 +3 16
5 Stoke City 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1 14
6 Blackburn Rovers 8 3 4 1 11 8 +3 13
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[4]

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
8 5 1 2 18 7  +11 16 2 1 1 7 3  +4 3 0 1 11 4  +7

Last updated: 18 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday12345678
GroundHAAHHAAH
ResultDWWWWLWL
Position171211212
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Fulham's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[5]

8 August 2021 1 Fulham 1–1 Middlesbrough Fulham
13:30 BST Mitrović Yellow card 1'
Wilson Goal 29', Yellow card 71'		 Report McNair Yellow card 16'
Ikpeazu Yellow card 36'
Bola Yellow card 53', Goal 77'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 16,058
Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Live on Sky Sports
14 August 2021 2 Huddersfield Town 1–5 Fulham Huddersfield
15:00 BST Pearson Goal 41'
Colwill Yellow card 73'		 Report Mitrović Goal 9'
Onomah Goal 37'
Reid Yellow card 39'
Carvalho Goal 43'
Wilson Red card 72'
Cavaleiro Goal 78', 90+5'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 15,126
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 August 2021 3 Millwall 1–2 Fulham Bermondsey
19:45 BST Romeo Yellow card 19'
Malone Yellow card 54'
Afobe Goal 87'
Evans Yellow card 88'
Cooper Yellow card 89'		 Report Mitrović Goal 3', Yellow card 90+3'
Carvalho Goal 8'
Gazzaniga Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Note: Live on Sky Sports
21 August 2021 4 Fulham 2–0 Hull City Fulham
15:00 BST Mitrović Goal 22'
Carvalho Goal 34'
Robinson Yellow card 60'
Cavaleiro Yellow card 78'
Adarabioyo Yellow card 81'		 Report Smallwood Yellow card 45+2'
Bernard Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 16,189
Referee: Tim Robinson
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 5 Fulham 3–0 Stoke City Fulham
15:00 BST Wilson Goal 5'
Reid Goal 53'
Mitrovic Goal 72'
Mitrovic Penalty missed 90'+3		 Report Wilmot Yellow card 40' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 16,791
Referee: Jarred Gillett
11 September 2021 (2021-09-11) 6 Blackpool 1–0 Fulham Blackpool
15:00 BST Bowler Goal 49'
Stewart Yellow card 53'
Lawrence-Gabriel Yellow card 86'
Garbutt Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Quina Yellow card 59'
Reed Yellow card 73'
Odoi Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,268
Referee: John Busby
15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 7 Birmingham City 1–4 Fulham Bordesley
19:45 BST Chong Yellow card 48'
Gardner Yellow card 67'
Deeney Goal 87' (pen.)		 Report Odoi Goal 10'
Seri Yellow card 36'
Mitrović Goal 44' (pen.), 83'
Wilson Goal 54'		 Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
Attendance: 14,562[6]
Referee: David Webb
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 8 Fulham 1–2 Reading Fulham
15:00 BST Seri Yellow card 28'
Wilson Yellow card 57'
Odoi Yellow card 65'
Ream Yellow card 77'
Muniz Goal 86'		 Report Ejaria Goal 19', 53'
Hoilett Yellow card 34'
Swift Yellow card 56'
Rahman Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 18,901
Referee: Steve Martin
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) 9 Bristol City v Fulham Ashton Gate
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 10 Fulham v Swansea City Fulham
19:45 BST Stadium: Craven Cottage

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Fulham entered the competition in the second round stage and were drawn away to Birmingham City[7][8] and at home to Leeds United in the third round.[9]

24 August 2021 Second round Birmingham City 0–2 Fulham Bordesley
19:45 BST Report Stansfield Goal 26'
Bryan Yellow card 50'
Hector Yellow card 56'
Robinson Goal 90+2'		 Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
Attendance: 4,783
Referee:
w/c 20 September 2021 Third round Fulham v Leeds United Fulham
19:45 BST Stadium: Craven Cottage

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

  • Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Slovakia Marek Rodák 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 GK Argentina Paulo Gazzaniga 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Netherlands Kenny Tete 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Jamaica Michael Hector 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Belgium Denis Odoi 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
13 DF United States Tim Ream 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF England Tosin Adarabioyo 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF England Joe Bryan 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF England Alfie Mawson 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF United States Antonee Robinson 7 1 6 0 0 0 0+1 1
Midfielders
6 MF England Harrison Reed 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Neeskens Kebano 6 0 3+2 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Wales Harry Wilson 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
11 MF France Anthony Knockaert 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF England Nathaniel Chalobah 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Portugal Domingos Quina 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Ivory Coast Jean Michaël Seri 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF England Josh Onomah 7 1 6 1 0 0 0+1 0
28 MF England Fabio Carvalho 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0
35 MF Australia Tyrese Francois 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
48 MF Kosovo Adrion Pajaziti 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
9 FW Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 0
14 FW Jamaica Bobby Decordova-Reid 7 1 4+2 1 0 0 1 0
17 FW Angola Ivan Cavaleiro 8 2 3+4 2 0 0 0+1 0
19 FW Brazil Rodrigo Muniz 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
65 FW England Jay Stansfield 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Out on Loan
29 MF Cameroon André-Frank Zambo Anguissa 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
Left During Season
47 FW Mauritania Aboubakar Kamara 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 16 September 2021
Source: Competitions, SoccerWay.com

Top scorers[]

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

Last updated 16 September 2021.
Rank No. Nationality Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1
9 Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović 6 0 0 6
2
8 Wales Harry Wilson 3 0 0 3
28 England Fabio Carvalho 3 0 0 3
4
17 Angola Ivan Cavaleiro 2 0 0 2
5
4 Belgium Denis Odoi 1 0 0 1
14 Jamaica Bobby Decordova-Reid 1 0 0 1
25 England Josh Onomah 1 0 0 1
33 United States Antonee Robinson 0 0 1 1
65 England Jay Stansfield 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 18 0 2 20

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
24 July 2021 GK Argentina Paulo Gazzaniga England Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [10]
24 July 2021 RW Wales Harry Wilson England Liverpool £12,000,000 [10][11]
20 August 2021 CF Brazil Rodrigo Muniz Brazil Flamengo Undisclosed [12]
31 August 2021 DM England Nathaniel Chalobah England Watford Free transfer [13]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
31 August 2021 CM Portugal Domingos Quina England Watford End of season [14]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
28 July 2021 CF England Timmy Abraham Wales Newport County End of season [15]
30 July 2021 CB England Jerome Opoku Denmark Vejle End of season [16]
4 August 2021 LW England Sylvester Jasper England Colchester United January 2022 [17]
12 August 2021 GK England George Wickens England Wealdstone End of season [18]
31 August 2021 DM Cameroon André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Italy Napoli End of season [19]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2021 LB England Jordan Aina Released [20]
30 June 2021 GK England Marcus Bettinelli England Chelsea Contract expired [21][22]
30 June 2021 CM England Ryan De Havilland Released [20]
30 June 2021 LB England Lesley Duru Released [20]
30 June 2021 CM England Jayden Harris England Aldershot Town Released [20][23]
30 June 2021 DM Scotland Kevin McDonald Released [20]
30 June 2021 LB England Jaydn Mundle-Smith Released [20]
30 June 2021 CB England Luca Murphy Released [20]
30 June 2021 GK Australia Julian Schwarzer Released [20]
30 June 2021 CF England Martell Taylor-Crossdale Released [20]
7 July 2021 MF England Jake Gee England Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer [24]
9 July 2021 RB England Jayden Barber England Aston Villa Undisclosed [25]
24 July 2021 CM Norway Stefan Johansen England Queens Park Rangers £600,000 [26][27]
30 July 2021 CF England Mika Biereth England Arsenal Undisclosed [28]
17 August 2021 CF Mauritania Aboubakar Kamara Greece Aris Thessaloniki £4,000,000 [29][30]
26 August 2021 CB France Maxime Le Marchand France RC Strasbourg Alsace Undisclosed [31]
31 August 2021 CM Thailand Ben Davis England Oxford United Undisclosed [32]

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