2012–13 Fulham F.C. season

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Fulham
2012–13 season
Chairman Mohammed Al Fayed
Manager Martin Jol
Stadium Craven Cottage
Premier League 12th
FA Cup Fourth Round
(Lost to Manchester United)
League Cup Second Round
(Lost to Sheffield Wednesday)
Top goalscorer League:
Dimitar Berbatov (15)
All:
Dimitar Berbatov (15)
Highest home attendance 25,700 (26 December vs Southampton, League)
Lowest home attendance 14,473 (5 January vs Blackpool, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance 24,848
(in all competitions)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2012–13 season is Fulham's 115th professional season and their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They will also compete in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

First team squad

As of 19 May 2013
No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Year Signed Signed From Appearance (s) Goal (s)
Goalkeepers
1 Mark Schwarzer Australia GK (1972-10-06) 6 October 1972 (age 52) 2008 Middlesbrough 220 0
13 David Stockdale England GK (1985-09-20) 20 September 1985 (age 39) 2008 Darlington 26 0
38 Neil Etheridge Philippines GK (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34) 2008 Fulham Academy 1 0
Defenders
3 John Arne Riise Norway LB (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980 (age 44) 2011 Italy Roma 76 0
4 Philippe Senderos Switzerland CB (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39) 2010 Arsenal 53 1
5 Brede Hangeland Norway CB (1981-06-20) 20 June 1981 (age 43) 2008 Denmark Copenhagen 245 12
6 Chris Baird Northern Ireland RB (1982-02-25) 25 February 1982 (age 42) 2007 Southampton 165 4
17 Matthew Briggs England LB (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 33) 2006 Fulham Academy 28 1
18 Aaron Hughes Northern Ireland CB (1979-11-08) 8 November 1979 (age 44) 2007 Aston Villa 233 3
25 Stanislav Manolev Bulgaria RB (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985 (age 38) 2013 Netherlands PSV 4 0
27 Sascha Riether Germany RB (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 (age 41) 2012 Germany 1. FC Köln 39 1
Midfielders
7 Steve Sidwell England CM (1982-12-14) 14 December 1982 (age 41) 2011 Aston Villa 74 9
8 Pajtim Kasami Switzerland CM (1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 32) 2011 Italy Palermo 21 0
12 Emmanuel Frimpong Ghana CM (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32) 2013 Arsenal 6 0
14 Giorgos Karagounis Greece CM (1977-03-06) 6 March 1977 (age 47) 2012 Free Agent 28 2
15 Kieran Richardson England LW (1984-10-21) 21 October 1984 (age 39) 2012 Sunderland 16 2
16 Damien Duff Republic of Ireland RW (1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 45) 2009 Newcastle United 155 22
19 Mahamadou Diarra Mali DM (1981-05-18) 18 May 1981 (age 43) 2012 Free Agent 19 1
21 Kerim Frei Turkey AM (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30) 2011 Fulham Academy 33 1
24 Ashkan Dejagah Iran AM (1986-07-05) 5 July 1986 (age 38) 2012 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 24 0
28 Urby Emanuelson Netherlands LW (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 (age 38) 2013 Italy Milan 13 1
29 Simon Davies Wales LW (1979-10-23) 23 October 1979 (age 44) 2007 Everton 168 17
31 Alexander Kačaniklić Sweden LW (1991-08-13) 13 August 1991 (age 33) 2010 Liverpool 28 4
33 Eyong Enoh Cameroon CM (1986-03-23) 23 March 1986 (age 38) 2013 Netherlands Ajax 9 0
Forwards
9 Dimitar Berbatov Bulgaria ST (1981-01-30) 30 January 1981 (age 43) 2012 Manchester United 35 15
10 Mladen Petrić Croatia ST (1981-01-01) 1 January 1981 (age 43) 2012 Germany Hamburger SV 24 5
11 Bryan Ruiz Costa Rica ST (1985-08-18) 18 August 1985 (age 39) 2011 Netherlands Twente 61 7
20 Hugo Rodallega Colombia ST (1985-07-25) 25 July 1985 (age 39) 2012 Wigan Athletic 33 2

Source:BBC Sport

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Pos. Name From Fee Source
28 June 2012 ST Croatia Mladen Petrić Germany Hamburg SV Free [1]
12 July 2012 ST Colombia Hugo Rodallega England Wigan Athletic Free [2]
31 August 2012 ST Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov England Manchester United £4,000,000 [3]
31 August 2012 MF England Kieran Richardson England Sunderland £2,000,000 [4]
31 August 2012 MF Iran Ashkan Dejagah Germany VfL Wolfsburg £2,000,000 [5]
11 September 2012 MF Greece Giorgos Karagounis Free Agent Free [6]

Loans in

Date Pos. Name From Length Source
6 July 2012 DF Germany Sascha Riether Germany 1. FC Köln Season [7]
25 January 2013 MF Ghana Emmanuel Frimpong England Arsenal Season [8]
31 January 2013 MF Netherlands Urby Emanuelson Italy Milan Season [9]
31 January 2013 DF Bulgaria Stanislav Manolev Netherlands PSV Season [10]
31 January 2013 MF Cameroon Eyong Enoh Netherlands Ajax Season [11]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Source
18 June 2012 ST England Andrew Johnson England Queens Park Rangers Free [12]
25 June 2012 MF England Danny Murphy England Blackburn Rovers Free [13]
29 June 2012 ST Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak England Reading Free [14]
30 June 2012 ST Portugal Orlando Sá Cyprus AEL Limassol Released [15]
23 July 2012 MF Czech Republic Marcel Gecov Belgium Gent Undisclosed [16]
3 August 2012 MF Nigeria Dickson Etuhu England Blackburn Rovers £1,500,000 [17]
3 August 2012 MF Norway Bjørn Helge Riise Norway Lillestrøm Free [17]
29 August 2012 MF Belgium Mousa Dembélé England Tottenham Hotspur £15,000,000 [18]
31 August 2012 FW United States Clint Dempsey England Tottenham Hotspur £6,000,000 [19]
31 August 2012 DF Algeria Rafik Halliche Portugal Académica de Coimbra Free [20]
6 December 2012 DF Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera Retired [21]
11 January 2013 DF Republic of Ireland Stephen Kelly England Reading Undisclosed [22]

Loans out

Date Pos. Name To Length Source
22 November 2012 GK England David Stockdale England Hull City 2 January 2013 [23]
22 November 2012 ST Italy Marcello Trotta England Brentford Season [24]
18 January 2013 GK England David Stockdale England Hull City Season [25]

Overall transfer activity

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 12th 18 August 2012 19 May 2013
League Cup 2nd round 2nd round 28 August 2012 28 August 2012
FA Cup 3rd round 4th round 5 January 2013 26 January 2013

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitions

Premier League table

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
10 West Ham United 38 12 10 16 45 53 −8 46
11 Norwich City 38 10 14 14 41 58 −17 44
12 Fulham 38 11 10 17 50 60 −10 43
13 Stoke City 38 9 15 14 34 45 −11 42
14 Southampton 38 9 14 15 49 60 −11 41


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
38 11 10 17 50 60  −10 43 7 3 9 28 30  −2 4 7 8 22 30  −8

Source: [1]

League performance

Round 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 H A A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A H H A H A A H A A H H A H H A
Result W L L W W L D W D D D L L D L W L L D L W D L W L D W D W W L D L L L L L W
Position 1 5 8 8 6 8 9 8 6 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 13 13 14 14 13 13 14 12 13 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 15 12

Last updated: 19 May.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Pre-season

Premier League

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Football League Cup

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FA Cup

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Squad statistics

Appearances & goals

Last updated 19 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Mark Schwarzer 39 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Norway John Arne Riise 32 0 29+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Switzerland Philippe Senderos 22 0 18+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Norway Brede Hangeland 39 1 35+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
6 DF Northern Ireland Chris Baird 22 2 14+5 2 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF England Steve Sidwell 30 4 23+4 4 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov 35 15 32+1 15 2+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Croatia Mladen Petrić 24 5 9+14 5 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz 31 5 26+3 5 2+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF Ghana Emmanuel Frimpong 6 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Greece Giorgos Karagounis 28 2 20+5 1 2+1 1 0+0 0
15 MF England Kieran Richardson 16 2 12+2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0
16 MF Republic of Ireland Damien Duff 34 3 27+4 3 2+0 0 1+0 0
18 DF Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 28 1 23+1 0 2+1 1 1+0 0
19 MF Mali Mahamadou Diarra 8 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Colombia Hugo Rodallega 33 3 14+15 3 1+2 0 1+0 0
21 MF Turkey Kerim Frei 8 0 2+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 MF Iran Ashkan Dejagah 24 0 13+8 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
25 DF Bulgaria Stanislav Manolev 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF Germany Sascha Riether 39 1 35+0 1 3+0 0 0+1 0
28 MF Netherlands Urby Emanuelson 13 1 5+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Wales Simon Davies 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Sweden Alexander Kačaniklić 24 4 16+4 4 3+0 0 1+0 0
33 MF Cameroon Eyong Enoh 9 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 GK Philippines Neil Etheridge 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 DF England Alex Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who are no longer playing for Fulham or who have been loaned out:
2 DF Republic of Ireland Stephen Kelly 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Switzerland Pajtim Kasami 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK England David Stockdale 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF England Matthew Briggs 8 0 3+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
22 GK Hungary Csaba Somogyi 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Belgium Mousa Dembélé 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW Italy Marcello Trotta 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Top scorers

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

Last updated on 19 May 2013
Rank No. Player Premier League League Cup FA Cup Total
1 9 Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov 15 0 0 15
2 10 Croatia Mladen Petrić 5 0 0 5
11 Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz 5[a] 0 0 5
4 16 England Steve Sidwell 4 0 0 4
31 Sweden Alexander Kačaniklić 4 0 0 4
6 16 Republic of Ireland Damien Duff 3 0 0 3
20 Colombia Hugo Rodallega 3 0 0 3
8 6 Northern Ireland Chris Baird 2 0 0 2
14 Greece Giorgos Karagounis 1 0 1 2
15 England Kieran Richardson 1 0 1 2
11 5 Norway Brede Hangeland 0 0 1 1
18 Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 0 0 1 1
27 Germany Sascha Riether 1 0 0 1
28 Netherlands Urby Emanuelson 1 0 0 1
# Own Goals 5 0 0 5
TOTALS 50 0 4 54
a. ^ The Premier League's Dubious Goals Panel ruled that Fulham's first goal against Everton on 3 November 2012 was in fact a Bryan Ruiz goal and therefore has not been credited as an own goal by Tim Howard.[26][27]

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.

N P Nat. Name Premier League League Cup FA Cup Other Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Schwarzer
13 GK England Stockdale
3 DF Norway Riise 4 4
4 DF Switzerland Senderos 6 6
5 DF Norway Hangeland 2 1 2 1
6 DF Northern Ireland Baird 5 1 6
17 DF England Briggs 1 1 2
18 DF Northern Ireland Hughes 1 1
25 DF Bulgaria Manolev 2 2
27 DF Germany Riether 4 1 5
7 MF England Sidwell 7 2 1 8 2
8 MF Switzerland Kasami 1 1
12 MF Ghana Frimpong 1 1
14 MF Greece Karagounis 3 3
15 MF England Richardson 2 1 3
16 MF Republic of Ireland Duff
19 MF Mali Diarra 1 1
21 MF Turkey Frei
24 MF Iran Dejagah 3 3
28 MF Netherlands Emanuelson 1 1
29 MF Wales Davies
31 MF Sweden Kačaniklić
33 MF Cameroon Enoh 3 3
9 FW Bulgaria Berbatov 1 1
10 FW Croatia Petrić
11 FW Costa Rica Ruiz 2 2
20 FW Colombia Rodallega

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Fixtures
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

Player Date Received Offence Length of suspension
Northern Ireland Chris Baird Booked v Arsenal, 10 November 5 cautions 1 Match Sunderland (H), Premier League
Norway Brede Hangeland Red card v Sunderland, 18 November Serious foul play 3 Matches Stoke (A), Chelsea (A), Tottenham Hotspur (H), Premier League
England Steve Sidwell Booked v Queens Park Rangers, 15 December 5 cautions 1 Match Liverpool (A), Premier League
England Steve Sidwell Red card v Queens Park Rangers, 1 April Serious foul play 3 Matches Newcastle (A), Aston Villa (A), Chelsea (H), Premier League
England Steve Sidwell Red card v Arsenal, 20 April Serious foul play 4 Matches Everton (A), Reading (H), Liverpool (H), Swansea City (A), Premier League