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Fulham F.C.
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Season 2008-09
League	Premier League
Manager	Roy Hodgson
League position	--
Top goalscorer	--
FA Cup	--
Carling Cup	--
Highest home attendance	--
Lowest home attendance	--
Previous season	← 2007-08
Next season	2009-10 →

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Main article: Fulham F.C. seasons
Preceding article: Fulham F.C. season 2007-08
Succeeding article: Fulham F.C. season 2009-10

The 2008-09 season will be 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 are likely to be managed by Roy Hodgson in his first full season as Fulham manager. Fulham will be playing in the Premier League by virtue of staying up on goal difference from Reading on the last day of the previous campaign. There has also been the added bonus of the fact that due to the Fair Play league, Fulham could have been eligible for entry to the UEFA Cup,^[1]however Man City were eventually awarded the place.^[2] Fulham released ten players between May 23 and 28. Brian McBride also decided to leave the club and return home to the United States after four years at Fulham.^[3] Mark Schwarzer and Zoltan Gera became Fulham's first two summer signings, from Middlesbrough and West Brom respectively, and they were joined by Andranik Teymourian from Bolton Wanderers.

Events

June 16 2008: The fixtures for this season were announced with Fulham beginning against Hull City at the KC Stadium and finish the season at home to Everton.^[4]

July 15 2008: Fulham beat Southend United 2-0 away in their first pre-season friendly, Nevland and Murphy scoring the goals.

Players

As of 4 June 2008.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Kasey Keller
2	DF	GER	Moritz Volz
4	DF	ENG	Paul Konchesky
7	MF	KOR	Seol Ki-Hyeon
8	MF	RUS	Alexey Smertin
9	FW	NIR	David Healy
11	FW	SEN	Diomansy Kamara
14	FW	USA	Eddie Johnson
15	FW	NOR	Erik Nevland
18	DF	NIR	Aaron Hughes
21	MF	ENG	Jimmy Bullard
23	MF	USA	Clint Dempsey
24	FW	ALG	Hameur Bouazza
25	MF	WAL	Simon Davies
26	MF	DEN	Leon Andreasen
27	MF	ENG	Danny Murphy
28	MF	ENG	Robert Milsom


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	GK	FIN	Antti Niemi
31	DF	ENG	Adam Watts
32	DF	NOR	Brede Hangeland
33	DF	FIN	Toni Kallio
34	DF	NIR	Chris Baird
37	DF	AUS	Adrian Leijer
--	MF	ENG	Lee Cook
--	FW	NED	Collins John
--	MF	HUN	Zoltán Gera
--	GK	AUS	Mark Schwarzer
--	GK	ENG	David Stockdale
--	MF	IRN	Andranik
--	DF	ENG	Gabriel Zakuani
--	MF	NIR	Steven Davis
--	FW	ENG	Bobby Zamora
--	DF	GHA	John Paintsil

Transfers

Summer

Mark Schwarzer arrived on a free transfer from Middlesbrough F.C. 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]" ^[5] 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 last season. On 15 July 2008, Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil signed on a joint-deal from West Ham.^[6]

Fulham released ten players, including Carlos Bocanegra, Philippe Christanval and goalkeeper Tony Warner. ^[7]Paul Stalteri returned to Tottenham after a loan spell and Brian McBride went back home to America. Norwich City took two of Fulham's players; Dejan Stefanovic permanently and Elliot Omosuzi on loan for the season.

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
22 May 2008	GK	Mark Schwarzer	Middlesbrough	Free^[8]
4 June 2008	GK	David Stockdale	Darlington	Undisclosed^[9]
11 June 2008	MF	Zoltán Gera	West Bromwich	Undisclosed^[10]
12 June 2008	MF	Andranik	Bolton	Free^[11]
4 July 2008	DF	Toni Kallio	BSC Young Boys	Undisclosed*
15 July 2008	FW	Bobby Zamora	West Ham	Joint fee**
15 July 2008	DF	John Pantsil	West Ham	Joint fee**

Signed a 2 year deal after loan spell.
- Joint fee of £6.3m.

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
23 May 2008	DF	Paul Stalteri	Tottenham	Loan return
23 May 2008	DF	Carlos Bocanegra	Released	Free
23 May 2008	DF	Philippe Christanval	Released	Free
23 May 2008	DF	Ian Pearce	Released	Free
23 May 2008	MF	Simon Elliott	Released	Free
23 May 2008	MF	Jari Litmanen	Released	Free
23 May 2008	MF	Michael Timlin	Released	Free
23 May 2008	FW	Ismaël Ehui	Released	Free
23 May 2008	FW	Björn Runström	Released	Free
28 May 2008	GK	Corrin Brooks-Meade	Released	Free
28 May 2008	GK	Tony Warner	Released	Free
28 May 2008	FW	Brian McBride	Out of contract	Free
18 July 2008	GK	Ricardo Batista	Sporting Lisbon	Nominal
18 July 2008	DF	Dejan Stefanović	Norwich City F.C.	Undisclosed

Winter

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Out on loan

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Return Date
18 July 2008	DF	Elliot Omozusi	Norwich	End of season

Club

Kits

Home

Away

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match Template:Fb overall competition Template:Fb overall competition Template:Fb overall competition

Updated to match played 12 June 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Premier League Table

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by round

Matches

Pre-Season Friendlies

2008-07-12

15:00

Walton Casuals	1–3	Fulham XI

Franklyn Road Sports Ground, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

Referee: Darren Sheldrake

2008-07-15

19:45

Southend	0–2	Fulham
	Report	Nevland 59' Murphy 61'

Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Attendance: tbc

Referee: tbc

2008-07-15