| Club: | Fulham |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Chairman: | Shahid Khan |
| Manager: | Slaviša Jokanović |
| Stadium: | Craven Cottage |
| League: | EFL Championship |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fifth round (lost to Tottenham Hotspur) |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round (lost to Bristol City) |
| Cup3: | Play-offs |
| Cup3 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Tom Cairney (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Tom Cairney, Stefan Johansen (13) |
| Highest Attendance: | 24,300 (vs Brighton & Hove Albion, Championship, 2 January 2017) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,017 (vs Bristol City, EFL Cup, 21 September 2016) |
| Average Attendance: | 18,498 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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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.[1]
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2016 | DF |  Michael Madl | Sturm Graz | Undisclosed | [2] | |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Floyd Ayité |  Bastia | Undisclosed | [3] | |
| 8 July 2016 | FW |  Sone Aluko | Hull City | Free | [4] | |
| 14 July 2016 | DF |  Denis Odoi | Lokeren | Undisclosed | [5] | |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Scott Malone | Cardiff City | Swap | ||
| 19 July 2016 | GK | David Button | Brentford | Undisclosed | [6] | |
| 22 July 2016 | MF | Kevin McDonald | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed | [7] | |
| 12 August 2016 | MF |  Jozabed | Rayo Vallecano | Undisclosed | [8] | |
| 22 August 2016 | DF |  Ragnar Sigurðsson |  Krasnodar | Undisclosed | [9] | |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Neeskens Kebano | Genk | Undisclosed | [10] | |
| 26 August 2016 | MF |  Stefan Johansen | Celtic | Undisclosed | [11] |
| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2016 | DF |  Tomáš Kalas | Chelsea | End of season | [12] | |
| 31 August 2016 | FW |  Lucas Piazon | Chelsea | 15 January 2017 | [13] | |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Chris Martin | Derby County | End of season | [14] | |
| 17 January 2017 | FW | Lucas Piazon | Chelsea | End of season | [15] | |
| 26 January 2017 | MF | Thanos Petsos |  Werder Bremen | End of season | [16] | |
| 31 January 2017 | FW |  Cyriac | Oostende | End of season | [17] |
| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2016 | DF | Dan Burn | Wigan Athletic | Free | [18] [19] [20] [21] | |
| 18 May 2016 | FW | Konstantinos Mitroglou | Benfica | Undisclosed | [22] | |
| 20 May 2016 | GK | Andrew Dawber | Altrincham | Undisclosed | [23] | |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Stephen Arthurworrey | Released | |||
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Liam Donnelly | Hartlepool United | Free | [24] | |
| 7 June 2016 | DF |  Shane Elworthy | Released | |||
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Jordan Evans | Wrexham | Free | [25] | |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Shaun Hutchinson | Millwall | Free | [26] | |
| 7 June 2016 | MF |  Alexander Kačaniklić | Nantes | Free | [27] | |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Dean O'Halloran | Released | |||
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Jamie O'Hara | Gillingham | Free | [28] | |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Ian Pino Soler | Released | |||
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Sedan | Free | [29] | |
| 7 June 2016 | FW | Aaron Redford | Basingstoke Town | Free | [30] | |
| 8 June 2016 | GK | Andy Lonergan | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed | [31] | |
| 17 June 2016 | MF |  Emerson Hyndman | AFC Bournemouth | Free | [32] [33] | |
| 28 June 2016 | FW | Moussa Dembélé | Celtic | Free | [34] | |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Everton | Undisclosed | [35] | |
| 4 July 2016 | MF | Ben Pringle | Preston North End | Undisclosed | [36] | |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Jazz Richards | Cardiff City | Swap | [37] | |
| 22 July 2016 | DF |  Fernando Amorebieta | Sporting Gijón | Undisclosed | [38] | |
| 4 August 2016 | FW | Ross McCormack | Aston Villa | £12,000,000 | [39] | |
| 8 August 2016 | MF |  Sakari Mattila | SønderjyskE | Free | [40] [41] | |
| 26 August 2016 | DF | Nikolay Bodurov | CSKA Sofia | Free | [42] | |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Matt Smith | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed | [43] | |
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2016 | DF | 5 January 2017 | [44] | |||
| 29 July 2016 | MF | 3 January 2017 | [45] [46] | |||
| 31 August 2016 | DF | End of season | [47] | |||
| 31 August 2016 | MF | January 2017 (exact date unknown) | [48] | |||
| 31 August 2016 | DF | End of season | [49] | |||
| 5 January 2017 | MF | End of season | [50] | |||
| 6 January 2017 | DF |  Cameron Burgess | Bury | End of season | [51] | |
| 13 January 2017 | MF | Jozabed | Celta Vigo | End of season | [52] | |
| 13 January 2017 | GK |  Marek Rodák | Accrington Stanley | End of season | [53] | |
| 20 January 2017 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Wigan Athletic | End of season | [54] | |
| 26 January 2017 | FW | Stephen Humphrys | Shrewsbury Town | End of season | [55] | |
| 27 January 2017 | MF | Lasse Vigen Christensen | Burton Albion | End of season | ||
| 27 January 2017 | FW | Cauley Woodrow | Burton Albion | End of season | [56] |
See main article: article and 2016–17 EFL Championship.
The fixture list was released on 22 June 2016, with Fulham playing their first match at home to Newcastle United live on Sky Sports.[57]
See main article: article and 2016–17 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.[58] In the next round they were drawn at home to Middlesbrough.[59] [60]
See main article: article and 2016–17 FA Cup.
Last updated 13 May 2017.
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Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
Last updated 13 May 2017.
| width=60 | width=60 | width=150 | Nationality | width=180 | Player | width=100 | Championship | width=80 | EFL Cup | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tom Cairney | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 14 | | Stefan Johansen | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | Chris Martin | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Floyd Ayité | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 24 | | Sone Aluko | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 30 | Ryan Sessegnon | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Scott Malone | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Neeskens Kebano | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 20 | | Lucas Piazon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Kevin McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | | Denis Odoi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | Matt Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Cauley Woodrow | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Cyriac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 | | Tim Ream | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 | | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 | Lasse Vigen Christensen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 26 | | Tomáš Kalas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 35 | Dennis Adeniran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 85 | 6 | 6 | 97 | |||||||||||
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.
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| Player | Date Received | Offence | Length of suspension | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Madl | 10 September 2016 | vs Birmingham City | 1 Match | Burton Albion (H) (Championship) | |
| Kevin McDonald | 24 September 2016 | vs Bristol City | 3 Matches | Nottingham Forest (A), Queens Park Rangers (H), Barnsley (A) (Championship) | |
| Scott Parker | 19 November 2016 | Five | 1 Match | Brighton and Hove Albion (A) (Championship) | |
| Denis Odoi | 26 November 2016 | Five | 1 Match | Reading (H) (Championship) | |
| Ryan Fredericks | 4 February 2017 | vs Birmingham City | 3 Matches | Wigan Athletic (H), Nottingham Forest (H) (Championship), Tottenham Hotspur (H) (FA Cup) | |
| Chris Martin | 14 April 2017 | vs Norwich City | 3 Matches | Aston Villa (H), Huddersfield Town (A), Brentford (H) (Championship) | |