2013–14 Fulham F.C. season
# 2013–14 Fulham F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Fulham's 116th professional season and their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Fulham were relegated from the Premier League, finishing in 19th place. They also exited the League Cup in the fourth round and the FA Cup in the fourth round.

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 May 2013 | RB | Sascha Riether | 1. FC Köln | £1,300,000 |
| 22 May 2013 | CB | Fernando Amorebieta | Athletic Bilbao | Free |
| 22 May 2013 | CM | Derek Boateng | Dnipro Dnipopetrovsk | Free |
| 4 June 2013 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Roma | £4,000,000 |
| 4 June 2013 | MF | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Lens | Free |
| 19 August 2013 | MF | Scott Parker | Tottenham Hotspur | £3,500,000 |
| 1 September 2013 | DF | Elsad Zverotić | Young Boys | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2014 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2014 | MF | Larnell Cole | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2014 | DF | John Heitinga | Everton | Free |
| 31 January 2014 | FW | Konstantinos Mitroglou | Olympiacos | £11,000,000 |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Length |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 August 2013 | MF | Adel Taarabt | Queens Park Rangers | 30 June 2014 (recalled on 30 January 2014) |
| 16 August 2013 | ST | Darren Bent | Aston Villa | 30 June 2014 |
| 24 December 2013 | MF | Clint Dempsey | Seattle Sounders FC | 3 March 2014 |
| 30 January 2014 | MF | William Kvist | VfB Stuttgart | 30 June 2014 |
| 31 January 2014 | MF | Lewis Holtby | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 June 2014 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 May 2013 | MF | Simon Davies | Solva | Free |
| 1 July 2013 | DF | Chris Baird | West Bromwich Albion | |
| 1 July 2013 | FW | Mladen Petrić | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2013 | GK | Mark Schwarzer | Chelsea | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2013 | GK | Csaba Somogyi | Released | |
| 1 July 2013 | MF | Tom Donegan | Released | |
| 1 July 2013 | FW | Corey Gameiro | Sydney FC | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2013 | FW | James Musa | Released | |
| 1 July 2013 | FW | Richard Peniket | Tamworth | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2013 | DF | Alex Smith | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 6 September 2013 | MF | Kerim Frei | Beşiktaş | €3,150,000 |
| 31 January 2014 | DF | Philippe Senderos | Valencia | undisclosed |
| 31 January 2014 | DF | Aaron Hughes | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Length |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 July 2013 | DF | Dan Burn | Birmingham City | 30 June 2014 (recalled on 2 January 2014) |
| 27 August 2013 | GK | Marcus Bettinelli | Accrington Stanley | 30 June 2014 |
| 15 January 2014 | FW | Bryan Ruiz | PSV | 30 June 2014 |
| 31 January 2014 | FW | Dimitar Berbatov | Monaco | 30 June 2014 |

### Overall transfer activity

For the purposes of this totaliser, Frei's fee has been converted into pounds and rounded to two significant figures.

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Premier League | — | — | 19th | 17 August 2013 | 11 May 2014 |
| League Cup | 2nd round | — | 4th round | 27 August 2013 | 29 October 2013 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | — | 4th round | 4 January 2014 | 4 February 2014 |

Updated to match played 11 May 2014 Source: Competitions

### Premier League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Hull City | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 36 | |
| 18 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 62 | −34 | 33 | Relegation to the Football League Championship |
| 19 | Fulham (R) | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 85 | −45 | 32 | Relegation to the Football League Championship |
| 20 | Cardiff City (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 74 | −42 | 30 | Relegation to the Football League Championship |

* ↑ Hull City qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as runners-up of the 2013–14 FA Cup since winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 11 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 11 May 2014

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg | 21 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | John Arne Riise | 25 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | John Heitinga | 14 | 1 | 14+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Brede Hangeland | 27 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | DEN | William Kvist | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Steve Sidwell | 41 | 8 | 36+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Pajtim Kasami | 35 | 3 | 20+9 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić | 29 | 1 | 15+8 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | David Stockdale | 26 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis | 19 | 1 | 6+8 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Kieran Richardson | 32 | 4 | 28+3 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | EIR | Damien Duff | 18 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Matthew Briggs | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GRE | Konstantinos Mitroglou | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Hugo Rodallega | 17 | 6 | 6+7 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Larnell Cole | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Elsad Zverotić | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Ashkan Dejagah | 25 | 6 | 13+9 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Cauley Woodrow | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Patrick Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Sascha Riether | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Scott Parker | 32 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Chris David | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | USA | Clint Dempsey | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Dan Burn | 12 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Ange-Freddy Plumain | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | VEN | Fernando Amorebieta | 26 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | POR | Mesca | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | DEN | Lasse Vigen Christensen | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | PHI | Neil Etheridge | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent | 29 | 6 | 11+13 | 3 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 43 | FW | SWE | Muamer Tanković | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ENG | Josh Passley | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BUL | Dimitar Berbatov | 19 | 5 | 18+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | CRC | Bryan Ruiz | 14 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Left Permanently ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | SUI | Philippe Senderos | 15 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NIR | Aaron Hughes | 17 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Adel Taarabt | 16 | 1 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |

### Top scorers

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

    Last updated on 11 May 2014

| Rank | No. | Player | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Steve Sidwell | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 39 | Darren Bent | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 20 | Hugo Rodallega | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 24 | Ashkan Dejagah | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 | Dimitar Berbatov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 15 | Kieran Richardson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 8 | Pajtim Kasami | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 28 | Scott Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | Philippe Senderos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Bryan Ruiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | Alexander Kačaniklić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | Giorgos Karagounis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | Adel Taarabt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | John Heitinga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Lewis Holtby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 35 | Fernando Amorebieta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 40 | 7 | 5 | 52 |

### Disciplinary record

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

| N | P | Name | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | John Arne Riise | 2 | | | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | DF | Philippe Senderos | 3 | | 1 | | 4 | |
| 4 | DF | John Heitinga | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| 7 | MF | Steve Sidwell | 5 | | | 1 | 6 | |
| 8 | MF | Pajtim Kasami | 5 | | | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | FW | Dimitar Berbatov | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| 9 | MF | Mahamadou Diarra | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 10 | MF | Lewis Holtby | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| 11 | MF | Alexander Kačaniklić | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | Giorgos Karagounis | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | MF | Kieran Richardson | 5 | | | | 5 | |
| 16 | MF | Damien Duff | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 18 | DF | Aaron Hughes | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| 20 | FW | Hugo Rodallega | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 22 | DF | Elsad Zverotić | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 23 | MF | Derek Boateng | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| 24 | MF | Ashkan Dejagah | 5 | | | | 5 | |
| 26 | FW | Patrick Roberts | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 27 | DF | Sascha Riether | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| 28 | MF | Scott Parker | 6 | | 1 | | 7 | |
| 30 | FW | Chris David | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 35 | DF | Fernando Amorebieta | 6 | 1 | | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 46 | DF | Josh Passley | | | | 1 | 1 | |

|} Last updated: 11 May 2014 Source: 11v11 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**

Last updated: 6 November 2013. Source:

| Player | Date Received | Offence | Length of suspension | Length of suspension | Length of suspension |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sascha Riether | 6 November 2013 | FA charge for violent conduct | 3 Matches | Liverpool (A), Swansea City (H), West Ham (A) (Premier League) |
| Fernando Amorebieta | 22 March 2014 | Sent off vs Manchester City | 1 Match | Everton (H) (Premier League) |
