The 2016–17 Fulham F.C. season was the Fulham F.C. 119th professional season and third consecutive in the EFL Championship after the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2013–14. The club contested the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. Fulham mathematically secured a place in the 2016–17 EFL Championship play-offs by beating fellow promotion hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 away from home on 7 May 2017.
Transfers
In Date Pos. Name Previous club Fee Source 20 May 2016 DF Michael Madl Sturm Graz Undisclosed 1 July 2016 MF Floyd Ayité Bastia Undisclosed 8 July 2016 FW Sone Aluko Hull City Free 14 July 2016 DF Denis Odoi Lokeren Undisclosed 19 July 2016 DF Scott Malone Cardiff City Swap 19 July 2016 GK David Button Brentford Undisclosed 22 July 2016 MF Kevin McDonald Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 12 August 2016 MF Jozabed Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed 22 August 2016 DF Ragnar Sigurðsson Krasnodar Undisclosed 26 August 2016 MF Neeskens Kebano Genk Undisclosed 26 August 2016 MF Stefan Johansen Celtic Undisclosed
Loans in Date Pos. Name Parent club End date Source 13 July 2016 DF Tomáš Kalas Chelsea End of season 31 August 2016 FW Lucas Piazon Chelsea 15 January 2017 31 August 2016 FW Chris Martin Derby County End of season 17 January 2017 FW Lucas Piazon Chelsea End of season 26 January 2017 MF Thanos Petsos Werder Bremen End of season 31 January 2017 FW Cyriac Oostende End of season
Out Date Pos. Name New club Fee Source 8 May 2016 DF Dan Burn Wigan Athletic Free 18 May 2016 FW Konstantinos Mitroglou Benfica Undisclosed 20 May 2016 GK Andrew Dawber Altrincham Undisclosed 7 June 2016 DF Stephen ArthurworreyReleased 7 June 2016 DF Liam Donnelly Hartlepool United Free 7 June 2016 DF Shane ElworthyReleased 7 June 2016 DF Jordan Evans Wrexham Free 7 June 2016 DF Shaun Hutchinson Millwall Free 7 June 2016 MF Alexander Kačaniklić Nantes Free 7 June 2016 MF Dean O'HalloranReleased 7 June 2016 MF Jamie O'Hara Gillingham Free 7 June 2016 DF Ian Pino SolerReleased 7 June 2016 MF Ange-Freddy Plumain Sedan Free 7 June 2016 FW Aaron Redford Basingstoke Town Free 8 June 2016 GK Andy Lonergan Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 17 June 2016 MF Emerson Hyndman AFC Bournemouth Free 28 June 2016 FW Moussa Dembélé Celtic Free 1 July 2016 GK Maarten Stekelenburg Everton Undisclosed 4 July 2016 MF Ben Pringle Preston North End Undisclosed 19 July 2016 DF Jazz Richards Cardiff City Swap 22 July 2016 DF Fernando Amorebieta Sporting Gijón Undisclosed 4 August 2016 FW Ross McCormack Aston Villa £12,000,000 8 August 2016 MF Sakari Mattila SønderjyskE Free 26 August 2016 DF Nikolay Bodurov CSKA Sofia Free 31 January 2017 FW Matt Smith Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed
Loans out Date Pos. Name Subsequent club End date Source 18 July 2016 DF Cameron Burgess Oldham Athletic 5 January 2017 29 July 2016 MF George Williams Milton Keynes Dons 3 January 2017 31 August 2016 DF Richard Stearman Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season 31 August 2016 MF Larnell Cole Inverness Caledonian Thistle January 2017 (exact date unknown) 31 August 2016 DF Jack Grimmer Shrewsbury Town End of season 5 January 2017 MF Sean Kavanagh Hartlepool United End of season 6 January 2017 DF Cameron Burgess Bury End of season 13 January 2017 MF Jozabed Celta Vigo End of season 13 January 2017 GK Marek Rodák Accrington Stanley End of season 20 January 2017 MF Ryan Tunnicliffe Wigan Athletic End of season 26 January 2017 FW Stephen Humphrys Shrewsbury Town End of season 27 January 2017 MF Lasse Vigen Christensen Burton Albion End of season 27 January 2017 FW Cauley Woodrow Burton Albion End of season
Pre-season
Friendlies
Competitions EFL Championship
Overall
League table
Results summary
Matches The fixture list was released on 22 June 2016, with Fulham playing their first match at home to Newcastle United live on Sky Sports.
Results by matchday
Play-offs
EFL Cup
The same day the Championship fixture list was released, the draw for the first round of the EFL Cup took place; Fulham were drawn away to Leyton Orient. In the next round they were drawn at home to Middlesbrough.
FA Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
Last updated 13 May 2017.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |Out on loan
|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |Left during season
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
Last updated 13 May 2017.
NationalityPlayerChampionshipEFL CupFA CupTotal110Tom Cairney13001314Stefan Johansen110213325Chris Martin100111411Floyd Ayité900924Sone Aluko8019630Ryan Sessegnon502773Scott Malone60067Neeskens Kebano600620Lucas Piazon5106106Kevin McDonald3003114Denis Odoi20029Matt Smith200216Cauley Woodrow0202149Cyriac100113Tim Ream100117Ragnar Sigurðsson100121Lasse Vigen Christensen010126Tomáš Kalas100135Dennis Adeniran0101Own goals2103TOTALS856697
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.
|colspan=17 style="text-align:center;" |Out on loan
|colspan=17 style="text-align:center;" |Left during season
|colspan=4|TOTALS |80 |1 |3 |5 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 |88 |1 |3 |
Suspensions
PlayerDate ReceivedOffenceLength of suspensionMichael Madl10 September 2016 vs Birmingham City1 MatchBurton Albion (H) (Championship)Kevin McDonald24 September 2016 vs Bristol City3 MatchesNottingham Forest (A), Queens Park Rangers (H), Barnsley (A) (Championship)Scott Parker19 November 2016Five 1 MatchBrighton and Hove Albion (A) (Championship)Denis Odoi26 November 2016Five 1 MatchReading (H) (Championship)Ryan Fredericks4 February 2017 vs Birmingham City3 MatchesWigan Athletic (H), Nottingham Forest (H) (Championship), Tottenham Hotspur (H) (FA Cup)Chris Martin14 April 2017 vs Norwich City3 MatchesAston Villa (H), Huddersfield Town (A), Brentford (H) (Championship)
References