2015–16 Fulham F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Fulham's 118th professional season and second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Fulham

2015–16 season
Chairman	Shahid Khan
Manager	Kit Symons (until 8 November 2015) Peter Grant (caretaker) (from 21 November 2015 to 8 December 2015) Stuart Gray (Senior coach) (assumed managerial duties between 8 December 2015 and 29 December 2015) Slaviša Jokanović (announced 27 December 2015, assumed duties 30 December 2015[1])
Stadium	Craven Cottage
Championship	20th
FA Cup	Third round (lost to Sheffield Wednesday
League Cup	Third round (lost to Stoke City)
Top goalscorer	League: Ross McCormack (21) All: Ross McCormack (23)
Highest home attendance	20,316 (vs Bristol City, Championship, 12 March 2016)
Lowest home attendance	5,927 (vs Sheffield United, League Cup, 25 August 2015)
Average home league attendance	17,566
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Previous club	Fee	Source
19 June 2015	GK	Andy Lonergan	Bolton Wanderers	Free	[2]
19 June 2015	MF	Ben Pringle	Rotherham United	Free	[2]
26 June 2015	MF	Tom Cairney	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	[2]
2 July 2015	DF	Jazz Richards	Swansea City	Undisclosed	[2]
7 July 2015	MF	Jamie O'Hara	Blackpool	Free	[2]
29 July 2015	GK	Andrew Dawber	Accrington Stanley	Free	[2]
4 August 2015	MF	Sakari Mattila	Aalesund	Undisclosed	[2]
20 August 2015	DF	Tim Ream	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[2]
31 August 2015	DF	Ryan Fredericks	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[2]
31 August 2015	DF	Ian Pino Soler	Almería	Free	[2]
1 September 2015	DF	Richard Stearman	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[2]
17 November 2015	FW	Isaac Pearce	Bristol Rovers	Free	[3]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	Parent club	End date	Source
25 July 2015	DF	Luke Garbutt	Everton	End of season	[2]
24 August 2015	GK	Joe Lewis	Cardiff City	End of season	[2]
28 August 2015	DF	James Husband	Middlesbrough	12 December 2015	[4]
29 January 2016	DF	Michael Madl	Sturm Graz	End of season	[5]
1 February 2016	MF	Rohan Ince	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season	[6]
1 February 2016	FW	Zakaria Labyad	Sporting CP	End of season	[7]
18 February 2016	DF	Chris Baird	Derby County	End of season	[8]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	New club	Fee	Source
6 June 2015	DF	Tom Richards	Aldershot Town	Free	[9]
12 June 2015	FW	Hugo Rodallega	Akhisar Belediyespor	Free	[10]
12 June 2015	DF	Tim Hoogland	VfL Bochum	Free	[10][11]
12 June 2015	GK	Gábor Király	Szombathelyi Haladás	Free	[10][12]
12 June 2015	MF	Chris David	Go Ahead Eagles	Free	[10]
12 June 2015	MF	Adil Chihi	Esteghlal	Free	[10]
12 June 2015	DF	Josh Passley	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free	[10][13]
12 June 2015	MF	Solomon Sambou	Bedford Town	Free	[10][14]
12 June 2015	DF	Jonathan Buatu Mananga	Waasland-Beveren	Free	[10][15]
12 June 2015	DF	Noe Baba	Birmingham City	Free	[10][16]
7 July 2015	FW	Bryan Ruiz	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	[17]
19 July 2015	FW	Patrick Roberts	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[18]
22 July 2015	MF	Lyle Della-Verde	Fleetwood Town	Free	[19]
26 July 2015	MF	Ryan Williams	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[20]
7 August 2015	MF	Mesca	AEL Limassol	Undisclosed	[21]
21 August 2015	MF	Thomas Eisfeld	VfL Bochum	Undisclosed	[22]
29 August 2015	DF	Tiago Casasola	Como	Free	[23]
26 January 2016	FW	Adam Taggart	Perth Glory	Undisclosed	[24]
1 February 2016	DF	Kay Voser	Released		[25]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End date	Source
19 May 2015	GK	Magnus Norman	Hayes & Yeading	End of season	[26]
22 June 2015	GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	Southampton	End of season	[27]
1 July 2015	DF	Stephen Arthurworrey	Yeovil Town	End of season	[28]
31 July 2015	DF	Liam Donnelly	Crawley Town	27 October 2015	[29]
6 August 2015	FW	Konstantinos Mitroglou	Benfica	End of season	[30]
27 August 2015	GK	Jesse Joronen	Stevenage	10 January 2016	[31]
28 August 2015	DF	Fernando Amorebieta	Middlesbrough	1 February 2016	[32][33][34]
31 August 2015	MF	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Red Star	End of season	[35]
1 September 2015	MF	Larnell Cole	Shrewsbury Town	End of season	[36][37]
1 September 2015	FW	Adam Taggart	Dundee United	1 January 2016	[38]
15 September 2015	GK	Andrew Dawber	Aldershot Town	15 October 2015	[39]
26 November 2015	DF	Jordan Evans	Oxford United	End of season	[40][41]
5 January 2016	DF	Jack Grimmer	Shrewsbury Town	End of season	[37]
23 January 2016	DF	Sean Kavanagh	Mansfield Town	End of season	[42]
26 January 2016	DF	Cameron Burgess	Cheltenham Town	End of season	[43]
1 February 2016	DF	Nikolay Bodurov	Midtjylland	End of season	[44]
12 February 2016	MF	Ben Pringle	Ipswich Town	12 March 2016	[45][46]
12 February 2016	MF	George Williams	Gillingham	End of season	[47]

Fixtures and Results

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

On 26 June 2015, Fulham announced their pre-season schedule.^[48]

Fulham v Aston Villa

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Training Match	Fulham	3–1	Aston Villa	Albufeira, Portugal
19:30 CEST	Smith 22' Kačaniklić 67' McCormack 86'	Report	Kozák 56'	Stadium: Estadio Da Nora

Crawley Town v Fulham

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Crawley Town	1–3	Fulham	Crawley
15:00 BST	McLeod 17' (pen.)	Report	Cairney 15' Richards 43' Donnelly 90'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Hertha BSC v Fulham

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly	Hertha BSC	2–2	Fulham	Schladming, Austria
18:00 CEST	Darida 5' Hegeler 14' (pen.)	Report	Taggart 31' Woodrow 71'	Stadium: Athletic Arena Schladming

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fulham

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Fulham	Irdning, Austria
16:30 BST	Seferovic 37'	Report		Stadium: ATV Arena

Fulham v Crystal Palace

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Fulham	1–1	Crystal Palace	London
15:00 BST	Pringle 7'	Report	Souaré 51'	Stadium: Craven Cottage

In-season friendlies

Watford v Fulham

9 October 2015 Friendly	Watford	0–2	Fulham	Watford, London
		Report	Kačaniklić

Fulham v Watford

12 November 2015 Friendly	Fulham	0–1	Watford	Motspur Park, London
		Report	Diamanti

Championship

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Championship

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[49][50]

Cardiff City v Fulham

8 August 2015 1	Cardiff City	1–1	Fulham	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
12:00 BST	Pilkington  52' Noone 86'	Report	Smith 47' Dembélé  85'	Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Darren Bond

Fulham v Brighton and Hove Albion

15 August 2015 2	Fulham	1–2	Brighton and Hove Albion	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Cairney 43' Bodurov  54' Hutchinson  90+4'	Report	Baldock 30' LuaLua  69' Hemed  71', 90+4' (pen.)	Attendance: 19,029 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Hull City v Fulham

18 August 2015 3	Hull City	2–1	Fulham	KC Stadium, Hull
19:45 BST	Elmohamady 34' Aluko 86'	Report	Pringle  35' Bodurov  60' Cairney 69' O'Hara  90'	Attendance: 16,579 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Fulham v Huddersfield Town

22 August 2015 4	Fulham	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Cairney  78' Woodrow 90+3'	Report	Wells 63' Hudson  77' Davidson  78'	Attendance: 14,283 Referee: James Adcock

Rotherham United v Fulham

29 August 2015 5	Rotherham United	1–3	Fulham	New York Stadium, Rotherham
15:00 BST	Maguire  30' Derbyshire 55' Clarke-Harris 72'	Report	Pringle 7' McCormack 16' (pen.),  76' Christensen  86' Woodrow 90+3'	Attendance: 8,839 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Fulham v Blackburn Rovers

13 September 2015 6	Fulham	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Craven Cottage, London
12:00 BST	McCormack 4' Dembélé 30' O'Hara  76'	Report	Rhodes 68' (pen.) Hanley  70' Koita  70' Duffy  77'	Attendance: 14,372 Referee: Tony Harrington

Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham

19 September 2015 7	Sheffield Wednesday	3–2	Fulham	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Forestieri 13' López  23' Lees 37' Turner 50'	Report	O'Hara 31',  90+1' Cairney 67' Burn  79'	Attendance: 18,706 Referee: Simon Hooper

Fulham v Queen's Park Rangers

25 September 2015 8	Fulham	4–0	Queen's Park Rangers	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 BST	Dembélé 2' Pringle 19' McCormack 31', 63'	Report	Perch  80'	Attendance: 19,784 Referee: Kevin Friend

Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers

29 September 2015 9	Fulham	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 BST	Cairney  35'	Report	Le Fondre 56' Ojo 59' Henry 78'	Attendance: 14,838 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Charlton Athletic v Fulham

4 October 2015 10	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Fulham	The Valley, London
12:00 BST	Gudmundsson  64' Jackson 81' Cousins 90+6'	Report	Tunnicliffe 32' Christensen  51' McCormack 59'	Attendance: 14,662 Referee: James Linington

Middlesbrough v Fulham

17 October 2015 11	Middlesbrough	0–0	Fulham	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	De Pena  27' Kalas  64' Leadbitter  79'	Report	Burn  34' Tunnicliffe  42' Garbutt  88'	Attendance: 22,498 Referee: Peter Bankes

Fulham v Leeds United

21 October 2015 12	Fulham	1–1	Leeds United	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 BST	Dembélé 23',  40' O'Hara  45' Burn  90+2' Garbutt  90+3'	Report	Wood 64' (pen.) Cook  90+3'	Attendance: 19,969 Referee: Keith Hill

Fulham v Reading

24 October 2015 13	Fulham	4–2	Reading	Craven Cottage, London
13:30 BST	McCormack 50' Dembélé 54', 74' Kačaniklić 56' Fredericks  76' Christensen  86'	Report	Piazon 13' Obita  30' Gunter  39' Sa 49' Blackman  90'	Attendance: 18,618 Referee: Fred Graham

Bristol City v Fulham

31 October 2015 14	Bristol City	1–4	Fulham	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 GMT	Freeman  32' Kodjia  45+1', 90+3'	Report	Dembélé 2', 18' McCormack 33' Tunnicliffe 36' Stearman  45+3'	Attendance: 15,752 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Burnley v Fulham

3 November 2015 15	Burnley	3–1	Fulham	Turf Moor, Burnley
19:45 GMT	Gray 18', 37' Taylor 90+1'	Report	McCormack 51'	Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Andy Madley

Fulham v Birmingham City

7 November 2015 16	Fulham	2–5	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Lewis  22' Husband  48'  49' Kačaniklić 66' McCormack  67', 90+3'	Report	Gleeson 19' Caddis 22' (pen.) Toral 31' Donaldson 82' Solomon-Otabor 90+5'	Attendance: 18,888 Referee: Iain Williamson

Milton Keynes Dons v Fulham

21 November 2015 17	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Fulham	stadium:mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Bowditch 30'	Report	Dembélé 44' Kavanagh  56' McCormack  62'	Attendance: 14,508 Referee: Darren Handley

Fulham v Preston North End

28 November 2015 18	Fulham	1–1	Preston North End	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Husband  58' Hutchinson  59' McCormack 77'	Report[note 1]	Garner 11' Gallagher  62' Browne  69'	Attendance: 17,362 Referee: Graham Horwood

Nottingham Forest v Fulham

5 December 2015 19	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Fulham	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Mills 45', 78' O'Grady 52'	Report		Attendance: 18,377 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Fulham v Brentford

12 December 2015 20	Fulham	2–2	Brentford	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Fredericks  27' Tarowski 40' (o.g.) Stearman  57' Dembele 64'	Report	Judge 18' (pen.) Canos  36' O'Connell  57', 71'	Attendance: 19,411 Referee: David Coote

Fulham v Ipswich Town

15 December 2015 21	Fulham	1–2	Ipswich Town	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 GMT	McCormack 14'	Report	Sears 1' Pitman 57'	Attendance: 15,245 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Bolton Wanderers v Fulham

19 December 2015 22	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Fulham	Macron Stadium, Bolton
15:00 GMT	Clough 61', 74'	Report	Garbutt 28' Stearman  53' McCormack 85'	Attendance: 14,543 Referee: Nigel Miller

Derby County v Fulham

26 December 2015 23	Derby County	2–0	Fulham	iPro Stadium, Derbyshire
15:00 GMT	Keogh  37' Ream[note 2] 52' (o.g.) Butterfield 84'	Report	Stearman  22'	Attendance: 32,134 Referee: Scott Duncan

Fulham v Rotherham United

29 December 2015 24	Fulham	4–1	Rotherham United	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 GMT	Woodrow 6', 45' Kačaniklić 59' McCormack 69'	Report	Rawson 20'	Attendance: 16,333 Referee: Simon Hooper

Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday

2 January 2016 25	Fulham	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Burn  60' McCormack  78'	Report	Wallace 29' Bannan  45+2'	Attendance: 19,263 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham

12 January 2016 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Fulham	Molineux, Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Zyro 6', 13' Doherty 48'	Report	Christensen 24',  35' Burn  64' McCormack 74' Hyndman  90+4'	Attendance: 17,387 Referee: Andrew Madley

Huddersfield Town v Fulham

16 January 2016 27	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Fulham	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Hudson 19',  32' Bunn  68'	Report	McCormack 2' Garbutt  68'	Attendance: 12,039 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Fulham v Hull City

23 January 2016 28	Fulham	0–1	Hull City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Burn  42'	Report	Livermore  35' Hayden  54' Odubajo  72' Hernández 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 16,935 Referee: Paul Tierney

Fulham v Derby County

6 February 2016 29	Fulham	1–1	Derby County	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Garbutt  7' Olsson 17' (o.g.) O'Hara  81'	Report	Bryson 44' Olsson  90+3'	Attendance: 18,472 Referee: Darren Deadman

Queens Park Rangers v Fulham

13 February 2016 30	Queens Park Rangers	1–3	Fulham	Loftus Road, London
12:30 GMT	Onuoha  48' Hall  82' Chery 90+1'	Report	McCormack 35' Dembélé 40' Cairney 45+2' Burn  67' O'Hara  68'	Attendance: 17,335 Referee: Tim Robinson

Blackburn Rovers v Fulham

16 February 2016 31	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Fulham	Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Marshall 15' (pen.) Duffy 62' Graham  65', 87'	Report	Mattila  52' Fredericks  58' McCormack  71'	Attendance: 12,157 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Fulham v Charlton Athletic

20 February 2016 32	Fulham	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Amorebieta  20' Cairney 32', 78' Burn  43' Madl 59' Tunnicliffe  86'	Report	Fox  85'	Attendance: 16,565 Referee: Kevin Friend

Leeds United v Fulham

22 February 2016 33	Leeds United	1–1	Fulham	Elland Road, Leeds
19:45 GMT	Cook 38',  90+3' Bamba  68'	Report	Cairney 17' Amorebieta  68'  90+4' Fredericks  84'	Attendance: 17,103 Referee: Kevin Wright

Fulham v Middlesbrough

27 February 2016 34	Fulham	0–2	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	Burn  71' Stearman  86' O'Hara  90+5'	Report	Adomah 3' Leadbitter 20' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,862 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Reading v Fulham

5 March 2016 35	Reading	2–2	Fulham	Madejski Stadium, Reading
15:00 GMT	Robson-Kanu 24' (pen.), 41'	Report	Dembélé 8' Fredericks  21' McCormack 52' (pen.),  64' Tunnicliffe  72' Richards  90'	Attendance: 17,859 Referee: Simon Hooper

Fulham v Burnley

8 March 2016 36	Fulham	2–3	Burnley	Craven Cottage, London
19:45 GMT	McCormack 17' Dembélé 22' Madl  85'	Report	Vokes 9', 49' (pen.) Gray 61' Boyd  70' Arfield  89'	Attendance: 15,281 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Fulham v Bristol City

12 March 2016 37	Fulham	1–2	Bristol City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT	McCormack 3' Fredericks  79' Madl  89'	Report	Pack  63', 69' Tomlin 90'	Attendance: 20,316 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Birmingham City v Fulham

19 March 2016 38	Birmingham City	1–1	Fulham	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Morrison 56'	Report	Ince 38' Dembélé  49' Parker  62' Madl  64' Fredericks  89' Bettinelli  90+6'	Attendance: 17,104 Referee: Darren Handley

Fulham v Milton Keynes Dons

2 April 2016 39	Fulham	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Amorebieta  19' Stearman  33' McCormack 54' Dembélé 75',  90+6' Tunnicliffe  90+3'	Report	Walsh  56' Murphy 63'	Attendance: 17,588 Referee: Tim Robinson

Preston North End v Fulham

5 April 2016 40	Preston North End	1–2	Fulham	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 BST	Hugill  44' Vermijl 63' Beckford  90+1' Huntington  90+5'	Report	McCormack 5' Cairney  53' Ince  60' Dembélé 74' Tunnicliffe  86'	Attendance: 10,358 Referee: Scott Duncan

Fulham v Cardiff City

9 April 2016 41	Fulham	2–1	Cardiff City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Parker 46' Fredericks  88' Hyndman 90+3'	Report	Immers 41'	Attendance: 17,149 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Brighton and Hove Albion v Fulham

15 April 2016 42	Brighton and Hove Albion	5–0	Fulham	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45 BST	Hemed 29' (pen.), 34', 79',  37' Bruno 54' Knockaert 87'	Report	O'Hara  38' Fredericks  47' Christensen  74'	Attendance: 28,505 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Ipswich Town v Fulham

19 April 2016 43	Ipswich Town	1–1	Fulham	Portman Road, Ipswich
19:45 BST	Knudsen 90+1' Smith  90+4'	Report	Dembélé 66' Parker  86'	Attendance: 16,953 Referee: Paul Tierney

Fulham v Nottingham Forest

23 April 2016 44	Fulham	1–3	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Fredericks  21' Smith 62',  81'	Report	Mills  18' Tesche 23' Lansbury 43' (pen.), 70'	Attendance: 18,253 Referee: Robert Lewis

Brentford v Fulham

30 April 2016 45	Brentford	3–0	Fulham	Griffin Park, London
15:00 BST	Saunders 5' Hogan 7', 40' Canos  51'	Report		Attendance: 12,301 Referee: Mark Haywood

Fulham v Bolton Wanderers

7 May 2016 46	Fulham	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Craven Cottage, London
12:30 BST	Cairney 77'	Report		Attendance: 17,207 Referee: Oliver Langford

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
46	12	15	19	66	79	−13	51	8	5	10	36	36	0	4	10	9	30	43	−13

Last updated: 7 May 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W
Position	10	17	21	21	14	11	16	11	14	13	13	13	11	10	11	12	12	13	16	17	17	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	19	18	18	20	19	19	20	21	21	19	17	17	19	21	21	20

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Football League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Fulham were drawn away against Wycombe Wanderers.^[51] Fulham were drawn at home against Sheffield United in the second round.^[52]

Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham

11 August 2015 First round	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Fulham	Adams Park, High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Rowe  78' Harriman  86'	Report	Kačaniklić  55', 69' O'Hara  72'	Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Gavin Ward

Fulham v Sheffield United

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Fulham	3–0	Sheffield United	Craven Cottage, Fulham
19:45 BST	McCormack 62' (pen.), 75' Dembélé 90'	Report	J. Wallace  47' Alcock  69' Baxter  88' K. Wallace  90'	Attendance: 5,927 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Fulham v Stoke City

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Third round	Fulham	0–1	Stoke City	Craven Cottage, Fulham
19:45 BST	Tunnicliffe  90'	Report	Crouch 33',  72' Pieters  90'	Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Stuart Attwell

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham

9 January 2016 Third round	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Fulham	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Bannan 42' Nuhiu 73'	Report	Richards  9' Woodrow  18' Dembélé 43'	Attendance: 15,244 Referee: Gavin Ward

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Championship	—	—	20th	8 August 2015	7 May 2016
League Cup	First round	—	Third round	11 August 2015	22 September 2015
FA Cup	Third round	—	Third round	9 January 2016	9 January 2016

Updated to match played 7 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Championship table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Bristol City	46	13	13	20	54	71	−17	52
19	Huddersfield Town	46	13	12	21	59	70	−11	51
20	Fulham	46	12	15	19	66	79	−13	51
21	Rotherham United	46	13	10	23	53	71	−18	49
22	Charlton Athletic (R)	46	9	13	24	40	80	−40	40	Relegation to EFL League One

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Squad statistics

Appearances & goals

Last updated 7 May 2016.

• Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Marcus Bettinelli	12	0	11+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	WAL	Jazz Richards	26	0	21+1	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Luke Garbutt (on loan from Everton)	25	1	19+5	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Shaun Hutchinson	10	0	7+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Richard Stearman	30	0	27+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	DF	ENG	Ryan Fredericks	32	0	23+9	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Scott Parker	24	1	20+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Matt Smith	21	2	5+15	2	0+1	0	0+0	0
10	MF	SCO	Tom Cairney	42	8	37+2	8	1+1	0	1+0	0
11	MF	SWE	Alexander Kačaniklić	27	4	10+13	3	3+0	1	1+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Joe Lewis (on loan from Cardiff City)	9	0	7+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF	USA	Tim Ream	32	0	27+2	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
14	MF	FIN	Sakari Mattila	9	0	2+4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
15	DF	AUT	Michael Madl (on loan from Sturm Graz)	14	1	13+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW	ENG	Cauley Woodrow	17	4	1+13	4	2+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Ryan Tunnicliffe	29	2	23+4	2	1+1	0	0+0	0
20	MF	MAR	Zakaria Labyad (on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal)	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	DEN	Lasse Vigen Christensen	31	1	18+10	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
22	MF	NIR	Chris Baird (on loan from Derby County)	7	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Jamie O'Hara	39	1	32+5	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
24	GK	ENG	Andy Lonergan	31	0	28+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
25	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé	46	17	37+6	15	1+1	1	0+1	1
28	MF	USA	Emerson Hyndman	16	1	8+7	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Rohan Ince (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)	10	1	8+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Dan Burn	35	0	28+4	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
42	GK	SVK	Marek Rodak	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW	SCO	Ross McCormack	49	23	45+0	21	3+0	2	1+0	0
45	DF	VEN	Fernando Amorebieta	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Out on loan
6	DF	BUL	Nikolay Bodurov	5	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF	WAL	George Williams	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Ben Pringle	18	2	12+3	2	3+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	SCO	Jack Grimmer	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	IRL	Sean Kavanagh	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	ENG	Larnell Cole	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	DF	WAL	Jordan Evans	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Left during season
15	DF	SUI	Kay Voser	9	0	4+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
40	DF	ENG	James Husband (on loan from Middlesbrough)	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

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

Last updated 7 May 2016.

Rank	No.	Nationality	Player	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	44		Ross McCormack	21	2	0	23
2	25		Moussa Dembélé	15	1	1	17
3	10		Tom Cairney	8	0	0	8
4
	11		Alexander Kačaniklić	3	1	0	4
	16		Cauley Woodrow	4	0	0	4
6
	9		Matt Smith	2	0	0	2
	18		Ben Pringle	2	0	0	2
	19		Ryan Tunnicliffe	2	0	0	2
9
	3		Luke Garbutt	1	0	0	1
	8		Scott Parker	1	0	0	1
	15		Michael Madl	1	0	0	1
	21		Lasse Vigen Christensen	1	0	0	1
	23		Jamie O'Hara	1	0	0	1
	28		Emerson Hyndman	1	0	0	1
	31		Rohan Ince	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
TOTALS				66	4	1	71

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number.

N	P	Nat.	Name	Championship			League Cup			FA Cup			Total			Notes
1	GK		Marcus Bettinelli	1									1
2	DF		Jazz Richards	1						1			2
3	DF		Luke Garbutt	4									4
4	MF		Shaun Hutchinson	2									2
5	DF		Richard Stearman	5		1							5		1
7	DF		Ryan Fredericks[note 3]	9									9
8	MF		Scott Parker	2									2
9	FW		Matt Smith	1									1
10	MF		Tom Cairney	2		1							2		1
11	MF		Alexander Kačaniklić				1						1
12	GK		Joe Lewis	1									1
14	MF		Sakari Mattila	1									1
15	DF		Michael Madl	3									3
16	FW		Cauley Woodrow							1			1
19	MF		Ryan Tunnicliffe	6			1						7
21	MF		Lasse Vigen Christensen	5									5
23	MF		Jamie O'Hara	8			1						9
25	FW		Moussa Dembélé	4									4
28	MF		Emerson Hyndman	1			1						2
31	MF		Rohan Ince	1									1
33	DF		Dan Burn	9									9
44	FW		Ross McCormack	6									6
45	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	2	1								2	1
Out on loan
6	MF		Nikolay Bodurov	2									2
18	MF		Ben Pringle	1									1
32	DF		Sean Kavanagh	1									1
Now left club
40	DF		James Husband	1	1								1	1
TOTALS				79	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	84	2	2

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: Football League
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Ryan Tunnicliffe	16 June 2015	Homophobic abuse of Patrick Bamford[53]	2 Matches	Cardiff City (A) (Championship), Wycombe Wanderers (A) (Football League Cup)
Tom Cairney	29 September 2015	vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 Matches	Charlton Athletic (A), Middlesbrough (A), Leeds United (H) (Championship)
Jamie O'Hara	21 October 2015	Five in all competitions	1 Match	Reading (H) (Championship)
James Husband	7 November 2015	vs Birmingham City	1 Match	Milton Keynes Dons (A) (Championship)
Fernando Amorebieta	23 February 2016	vs Leeds United	1 Match	Middlesbrough (H) (Championship)
Richard Stearman	27 February 2016	vs Middlesbrough	1 Match	Reading (A) (Championship)

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Football Association